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Zanu-PF fallout over campaign vehicles escalates
Unsuccessful Zanu-PF candidates in the recent harmonized elections have criticized the Harare provincial leadership for their perceived punitive actions, including threats to involve the police in the...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK cleric says no mercy for Zimbabwean 'thieves'
EFFORTS by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to get the Church of England's Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to seek help for the removal of sanctions face headwinds after the cleric sa...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Breakthrough as Zimbabwe pastors meet Anglican leader over sanctions
A delegation of Zimbabwean clerics organized as the Zimbabwe churches' sanctions relief initiative (ZICSRI) on Monday held a meeting with Anglican's global leader met the Archbishop of Canterbury, Jus...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 19:54hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Wetland victims regret
A NUMBER of families in Budiriro Extension on Sunday had a sleepless night following rains that left their houses flooded.Houses built on wetland were flooded and residents failed to cross a s...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 20:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber slapped with 24-year jail term
A BEITBRIDGE armed robber has been slapped with a 24-year jail sentence after a crime spree which include an attempted murder of a villager in the border town.Petious Ndou (26) of Beitbridge d...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nyamandlovu farmer charged over threats to shoot govt officials
A Nyamandlovu farmer has been dragged to court on charges of threatening to shoot lands ministry officials that are allegedly trying to force him off his property.Ramutsi Mukwena, who runs Wel...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for MDC officials
POLICE have launched a manhunt for at least 27 MDC-Alliance officials and activists, including their civil society partners, for allegedly organising the so-called stay-away that degenerated into an o...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC activists flees Zimbabwe, holed in SA
MDC-Alliance activists and their civil society partners have fled the country and are reportedly holed up in South Africa after organising the so-called stay-away that degenerated into an orgy of loot...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans await to see what happens next
Zimbabwe's capital was calm on Friday hours after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner of the tight election, which began with Monday's peaceful vote but turned deadly when the militar...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has 32 illegal crossing points
Zimbabwe has 16 formal crossing points and 32 illegal crossing points along it borderline which stretches more than 2,000 kilometres a Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official has revealed....Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of Zanu-PF perennial losers
Persistence, perseverance, patience, they say, are the hallmarks of success. Not so for many Zanu-PF parliamentary aspirants, who have tried their luck several times with no success after being beaten...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Spurned Zanu-PF candidates vow to go independent
SCORES of aspiring Zanu-PF candidates in Masvingo, who were spurned by the party and barred from contesting in the party primaries, have vowed to go independent, NewsDay reported.Some of the c...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally shoves out contestants
It is going to be a dog-eat-dog in Zanu-PF primary elections slated for May 05, 2018 amid allegations that the Masvingo provincial executive made some shocking decisions to disqualify at least eight s...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Race for Zanu-PF ticket hots up
Zanu-PF members interested in contesting in the May 5 primary elections have begun submitting their curricula vitae (CVS) across the country ahead of today's deadline. By last night, some members were...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dear Mr Mugabe
I hope I find you well dear Former President of our Republic of Zimbabwe. I would like to make it glass clear dear Former President that you are misreading the moods of the people in Zimbabwe. I read ...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 20:56hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu PF official denies villagers agricultural inputs for associating with MDC-T
A Zanu PF District Provincial Chairperson for Wedza is reported to have denied villagers farm inputs because they were MDC-T activists.This was revealed by the Zimbabwe Peace Project in its la...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Wicknell mocks Parly Committee
CONTROVERSIAL Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo yesterday mocked members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Mines and Energy who 'grilled' him on Monday over the ZPC Gwanda solar project....Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF purges start
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial executive has annulled the election of bigwigs such as former provincial Governor Willard Chiwewe and Provincial Affairs Minister Dr Paul Chimedza to the Central Commit...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere blamed for chaos
Former ZANU-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has been accused of fomenting chaos within the ruling party structures in Chiredzi, where he allegedly created parallel structures in an ...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army boss kidnaps resident at gunpoint
A ZIMBABWE National Army boss has appeared before a Beitbridge magistrate court facing charges of kidnapping and threatening his victim with a fire arm.Colonel Dalton Muleya (56) of Dulibadzim...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 16:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda community wants water treatment takeover
GWANDA council, residents' associations, civic groups and churches have said they will support the takeover of the water treatment plant from Zinwa when they meet a commission appointed to assess the ...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attempted kidnap drama, kombi operator fingered
THERE was drama in Mutare's Dangamvura high-density suburb last Friday morning after a 25-year old woman was mobbed and assaulted by local residents who accused her of attempting to kidnap a five-year...Published: 26 May 2017 at 10:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rt Brigadier Gwanetsa stole Presidential rice - Mahofa
The Minister of State for Masvingo Shuvai Mahofa has accused three Zanu PF MPs for Chiredzi including Retired Brigadier Gwanetsa, Robert Mukwena and Denford Masiya of diverting donated rice which was ...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Former Tongaat agric director enters political fray
Daggers are drawn in Zanu PF for the 2018 plebiscite.Dark horses are entering the race and in Chiredzi District, the most notable political newcomer seeking a seat in 2018 is former Tongaa...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Coalition of opposition parties must work.
A member of the ZimPF Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo has urged opposition political parties to make sure that a coalition works so as to challenged the ruling Zanu PF at an advantageous position.he a...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 04:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Top human rights lawyer elected PDP Vice President
Top human rights lawyer, Kucaka Phulu, was today elected as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Vice President at the party's General Council meeting at the Rajiv Gandhi Hall at the Harare Showgro...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 17:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Love triangle 'killer' on the run
POLICE in the Midlands province have launched a manhunt for Melody Ncube Mukwena who allegedly killed a man who had confronted him for allegedly having a love affair with his estranged wife last S...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police chief accused of benefiting from Tongaat land as demo is thwarted
A senior Police chief at Masvingo Central Police Station (name supplied) is a beneficiary of land grabbed from Tongaat Hulett hence her interest to thwart demonstrations against appropriation of t...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 14:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's ally dismisses new war vets leadership
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda, has dismissed attempts by President Robert Mugabe to impose new leadership on the organisation...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo beats Mutare
Bulawayo City 1 - 0 Mutare City Rovers FOR a second consecutive game, Bulawayo City finished with 10 men, only that this time around they were on the winning side, seeing off Mutare City in ...Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets application thrown out
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association's (ZNLWVA) bid to stop the election of new leadership took a new twist on Wednesday after the High Court threw out the application for proced...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
War vets bid to stop leadership election takes new twist
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association's (ZNLWVA) bid to stop the election of new leadership took a new twist yesterday after the High Court threw out the application for proce...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets saga continues
JUDGMENT in the case in which war veterans are embroiled in a fierce legal battle over the election of new leadership of the association has been reserved to a later date. Justice Joseph Musakwa said ...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:09hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
War vets on collision course
The High Court yesterday postponed to today the hearing of the war veterans wrangle over the election of new leadership of the association. The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Assoc...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 08:08hrs | | by Court Reporter
Mlala hits out at Tshinga Dube
WAR veterans Council of Elders member George Mlala yesterday refuted reports that he was part of a group attempting a hostile takeover of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association....Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 08:29hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Tshinga Dube attacks Chimene, Mlala
WELFARE Services for War Veterans, Collaborators and Ex-Detainees Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has launched a blistering attack on Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Mandi Ch...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe arm-twists Mutsvangwa
President Robert Mugabe, eager to purge dissenting voices in the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA), has reached out to their leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa, for him to st...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare humble Bosso
Highlanders 1-2 Mutare City RoversRELEGATION threatened Mutare City Rovers put on a disciplined performance to upset Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields ...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
War veterans block elections
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) has obtained a court order to stop a war veterans' splinter group from convening a special meeting to elect the association's new le...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Zanu-PF MP disappears after failing to pay domestic worker
Chiredzi North MP (Zanu PF) Robert Mukwena is not answering his phone or seen at home after failing to pay his domestic worker's outstanding wages as arranged by Chiredzi Labour Officers.Mukwe...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mahofa, Hungwe face Mugabe axe
Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Ben Mahofa and Psychomotor minister Josiah Hungwe's political survival in Zanu-PF is under threat amid reports that their government jobs are hanging on...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwange stunned by Mutare Rovers
Hwange 0-1 Mutare CityHWANGE fans left the Colliery Stadium dejected and stunned yesterday after the coalminers put up a lifeless performance to fall to Castle Lager Premier League new boys Mutare...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Tobias Mandoreba
Caps United back on top
Mutare City Rovers 0 - 2 CAPS UnitedCAPS United responded in style to the in-house issues that rocked their camp last week as the Green Machine powered back to the top of the Castle Lager Pr...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Ray Bande
MP Mukwena agrees on payment plan for herdboy
Chiredzi North MP Robert Mukwena has conceded before Chiredzi Labour Officers that he has not been paying his herdboy's wages for over a year.He then agreed on a payment plan to clear the $124...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Magaya off the hook in Kwekwe deaths inquest
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder and leader Prophet Walter Magaya is off the hook after prosecutors gave in to his demands not to testify during an inquest over the death of 11 peo...Published: 07 Jun 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Prophet Magaya makes request not to testify
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya has chickened out of testifying in the ongoing inquest into the death of 11 people at his church's crusade in Kwekwe in ...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mutare City shock How Mine
Mutare City Rovers 1-0 How MineRUSAPE-BASED referee Brighton Chimene's highly questionable decisions against Mutare City Rovers could not stop the 10-man home team coast to victory against a compl...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Petrol bomber' in court
THE suspect in the petrol-bombing of a school administration block in Kwekwe reappeared in court yesterday after his initial appearance at the weekend. One of the teachers at Manunure High School, Pat...Published: 05 Apr 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Bodyguard dumps Mangoma
Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe president, Mr Elton Steers Mangoma's bodyguard, has reportedly dumped the former Energy and Power Development Minister for failing to pay him $400 monthly salary for the ...Published: 17 Dec 2015 at 05:39hrs | | by Crime Reporter
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