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Tshabangu's committee reshuffle sparks uproar
Tempers flared in Zimbabwe's Parliament on Tuesday as Deputy Speaker Tsitsi Gezi's announcement of sweeping changes to opposition-led portfolio committees sparked a dramatic walkout by Citizens Coalit...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 12:51hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's presidential ambitions exposed
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa's growing feud with business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is not merely political - it is rooted in a long-standing de...Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 09:42hrs | 1809 | by Staff reporter
Renewed scrutiny for Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe's crown jewel of tourism and a UNESCO World Heritage Site - has come under fierce scrutiny from environmentalists amid allegations of unchecked commercial development threatening the area's e...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 14:07hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
'Mutsvangwa of abusing Tagwirei for selfish political agenda
Former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman and ex-Norton independent legislator Themba Mliswa has accused party spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa of pursuing a personal political agenda by ...Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 12:32hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Harare water crisis worsens
Harare's persistent water shortages are being made worse by growing demand from neighbouring towns, raising serious concerns about the sustainability of the capital's already stretched supply system. ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:35hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi family set to hold separate events in September
LAST year, the family of the late Zimbabwean music legend Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi was thrust into the national spotlight amid a public fallout involving his daughter Selmor Mtukudzi. The drama, marked ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:30hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Court ruling reopens Norton land dispute
A protracted legal battle over land rights in Norton has been reignited after the High Court ordered the reinstatement of a previously dismissed case between two rival property development companies l...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:40hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Fadzayi Mahere v Edmund Kudzayi - Plea to set aside proceedings
Return correspondence to the address on record (Ref: .H4531/22). High Court of Zimbabwe Civil Division Mapondera Building Corner 3rd Street & Samora Machel Aven...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 10:03hrs | 1263 | by Edmund Kudzayi
No more free water across Zimbabwe
The Government of Zimbabwe is set to begin the nationwide rollout of prepaid water meters in a landmark move aimed at improving water management, curbing wastage, and enhancing revenue collection. The...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:38hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Man up for raping sex worker
A Damafalls man has appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing serious allegations of raping a sex worker on two separate occasions after luring her under false pretenses.The acc...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:34hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos' slow but obvious death
Dynamos' downfall is no longer a rumor - it's a reality show, and the doubting Thomases are now the panic-stricken prophets, DeMbare DotComs reported. The problem isn't the coaching staff...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Mafume defends Harare's water quality
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume, along with senior city officials, on Thursday appeared before the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to respond to allegations of violating residents' environmental and...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 10:25hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa fired as CP Chemicals Chair
Outspoken politician and businessman Temba Mliswa has been dismissed from his roles as Director and Chairperson of CP Chemicals (Private) Limited with immediate effect, amid serious allegations of mis...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 18:21hrs | 2182 | by Staff reporter
Swallowfield Estates dispute reignited by EIA certificate
The long-running legal wrangle over ownership and development rights at Swallowfield Estates in Norton has taken a fresh twist following the issuance of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) certif...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:06hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Pervert uncle jumps from 3rd Floor in wild suicide bid
In a jaw-dropping courtroom spectacle, a 38-year-old man convicted of attempted rape shocked onlookers at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court on Thursday by hurling himself from the third floor in a despe...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:02hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Susan Mutami appeals to Mliswa for a daughter
Controversial Australia-based Zimbabwean activist Susan Mutami has reached out publicly to former Norton legislator Temba Mliswa, pleading for reconciliation and suggesting the possibility of having a...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 13:06hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
Borrowdale road: A stretch of prestige shadowed by tragedy
Driving along Borrowdale Road offers a stark contrast to the chaotic scenes common on many other city roads. Known as the route favored by Zimbabwe's elite-politicians, business executives, and securi...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 10:44hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Fading giants in a goalless draw
Dynamos 0 - 0 HighlandersThe highly anticipated Battle of Zimbabwe between giants Dynamos and Highlanders ended in a 0-0 stalemate at Rufaro Stadium yesterday, with neither side able t...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls conservationist faces $2 million lawsuit
Victoria Falls-based wildlife painter and conservationist Larry Benjamin Norton is preparing to defend himself against a US$2 million lawsuit filed by Scanner Investments, the developers of Baines Res...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:17hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Duo appears in court for illegal diamond deal
Two men appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs. Ethel Chichera on Tuesday, accused of attempting to sell diamonds without the required licence.Stanley Zhanda (55) from Norton and Wellington Muk...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:43hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Crypto not yet subject to exchange controls
In a landmark ruling, the Pretoria High Court has clarified that cryptocurrencies do not fall under South Africa's exchange control regulations. The judgment came in a case between Standard Bank and t...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:40hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dissident's mother abducted, dumped near Norton
The 73-year-old mother of suspended Zanu-PF politician Godwin Gomwe was abducted on Friday night and later dumped near a police roadblock in Norton, in what appears to be a targeted act of intimidatio...Published: 26 May 2025 at 19:35hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Top Victoria Falls restaurant seeks to gag vocal conservationist
A prominent conservationist who raised concerns over the construction of a restaurant just 35 metres from the Victoria Falls Rain Forest fence is facing a US$2 million lawsuit from the restaurant's ow...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:14hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Police evict ZPRA veterans
Police have ordered former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) combatants to vacate a piece of land they occupied in Chinhoyi last week during a protest demanding the return of properties seiz...Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:02hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Garwe under fire for alleged land grab benefiting Mnangagwa ally
Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe is once again embroiled in a controversial land seizure scandal, this time accused of stripping residential stands from nearly 100 former Members of Parliament (...Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:15hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Ex-farm manager up for stealing 100 cattle, 38 Boer goats
Police have arrested a former farm manager in connection with the suspected theft of 100 cattle and 38 Boer goats from a farm in Mvurwi, in a case that has shocked the local agricultural community....Published: 07 May 2025 at 15:49hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Innscor facilitates cleft lip, palate surgery
Innscor Africa Limited, through its health subsidiary Providence Health and Wellness, has partnered with the Global Cleft and Cranio-Facial Foundation to provide life-changing cleft lip and palate sur...Published: 05 May 2025 at 15:58hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa slams Mnangagwa's borehole projects
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has launched a blistering critique of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Borehole Scheme, accusing the government of failing t...Published: 01 May 2025 at 12:18hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa blows whistle on alleged corruption involving Minister Chombo
Former Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has publicly raised the alarm over what he described as a deeply entrenched corruption network in Mashonaland West Province, accusing senior government ...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:33hrs | 3587 | by Staff reporter
Condolence messages pour in for Pinjisi
Condolence messages continue to pour in for Sungura musician Tatenda Pinjisi who died last night at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital.He succumbed to injuries sustained from an accident in Norton....Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 14:03hrs | 1142 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Parliament petitioned over privatisation of Harare water
The Community Water Alliance (CWA) and the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) have called on Parliament to intervene and halt the Zimbabwean government's plans to privatise water services ...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:19hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Public uproar over Zimbabwe MPs' upmarket stands
The Ministry of Local Government has issued a statement defending members of Parliament (MPs) accused of being part of a controversial land grab scheme that could see them receive between 300sqm and 1...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:36hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Richard Tsvangirai accused of lying over land-for-votes scandal
Norton Member of Parliament Richard Tsvangirai has come under fire after denying claims that he received land from the government in exchange for supporting efforts to shield President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 14:22hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
MPs push for legislation to protect vendors
Members of Parliament have launched a renewed call for legislative measures to protect the livelihoods of vendors, following concerns over the frequent confiscation of their goods by law enforcement a...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 08:23hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
4 dead, 4 injured in Gutu road accident
A tragic accident occurred on Sunday afternoon along the Chatsworth-Kurai Road in Gutu, resulting in the death of four people and injuries to four others. The accident took place around 3 pm when a To...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 11:28hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's presidential ambitions under scrutiny
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa's recent attack on Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has sparked speculation that he harbors presidential ambitions and is attempting to weaken a key riva...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 15:18hrs | 3796 | by Staff reporter
Parliament launches investigation into predatory MPs fraud scandal
HARARE - A parliamentary investigation has been secretly launched into ZANU-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers amid resource squandering, privileges abuse, and a double-dipping (loot...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 20:05hrs | 456 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Woman masterminds release of armed robbers from prison
Police in Zimbabwe are pushing for the continued incarceration of a woman accused of facilitating the release of armed robbers from prison and harbouring them at her residence.Theresa Chenjera...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:34hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Duo nabbed for trying to bribe detective
Bid to bribe a police detective to lie under oath in court hit the brick wall after a trap was set on the duo who wanted the detective to lie ...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 22:38hrs | 1324 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe MPs defraud Parliament
A group of ZANU-PF urban lawmakers including Martin Matinyanya (Mbare constituency), Trymore Kanopula (Harare South), and opposition legislator Richard Tsvangirai (Norton) among others, are embroiled ...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 11:02hrs | 1484 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Tsvangirai's children snubbed memorial service organised by Mwonzora
The children of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, the founding leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), have reportedly snubbed a memorial service organised in his honour by Douglas Mwonzora, the...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:05hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
4 cops accused of stealing US$57,000 and 2kg of gold at accident scene
Four police officers have been accused of stealing US$57,000 and 2kg of pure gold at an accident scene near Selous, along the Harare-Bulawayo highway, in the early hours of Saturday morning. The incid...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 19:22hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver banned road accident
A CAG Travellers Coaches driver, Thomas Chokuda, has been fined US$300 or three months in prison after being convicted of negligent driving. The incident occurred along the Harare-Chirundu Road on Sep...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:41hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate fined US$400 for causing fatal accident
Local magistrate Tavengwa Timeon Makunde has been fined US$400 after being convicted of culpable homicide for a road accident that claimed the life of a school pupil. The incident occurred on November...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:32hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds hubby's face with boiling oil in infidelity row
A Norton man is fighting for his life in hospital after his wife allegedly scalded him with boiling cooking oil in a violent dispute over infidelity.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 11:30hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Harare Mayor blames Zesa for City's street light crisis
Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume has revealed that the city's municipality is struggling to maintain street lights due to ongoing issues stemming from the takeover of the thermal power station by the power u...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 07:03hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya fails to produce O' levels proof
Controversial self-proclaimed prophet and football club owner Walter Magaya has failed in his court bid to halt the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidential elections, scheduled for January 2...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 05:41hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa seeks High Court intervention to stop dubious ZIFA elections
Former Norton National Assembly representative and Village Headman, Temba Mliswa, has approached the High Court seeking to halt the upcoming Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections scheduled fo...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 18:30hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya seek to stop 'fraudulent' Zifa elections
Yadah Stars Football Club president, Prophet Walter Magaya, has approached the High Court in a bid to halt the January 25 ZIFA elections. The urgent application will be heard this morning at 9 a.m. in...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:02hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary calls for expanded sentencing powers for Regional Magistrates
The Judiciary has urged the legislature to promptly amend laws to expand the sentencing powers of regional magistrates, aligning them with the gravity of crimes they adjudicate. This follows concerns ...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:40hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
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