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When the president officially commissions companies, then Zimbabwe is still far from developing!
So, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is still making national news headlines for officially commissioning new companies. In fact, his latest stunt was not even commissioning a new company...Published: 8 hrs ago | 173 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is this another catch-and-release?
The arrest of Neville Mutsvangwa has just ruffled feathers and opened a can of worms in Zanu PF's political factional fights. Is this government really serious about fighting corruption in the...Published: 8 hrs ago | 235 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe's very own Emperor Nero is burning down povo's hovels to build palatial villas for filthy rich few
"The closer the collapse of the empire, the crazier its laws" Marcus Tullius Cicero. Well we in Zimbabwe are witness this first hand. Zanu PF introduced the new local currency insisting ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 200 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF official arrested for forgery and fraud
A former Zanu PF councillor and unsuccessful parliamentary candidate has been apprehended for fraud, accused of forging land ownership documents in an attempt to claim mining rights at a farm near Gwe...Published: 16 hrs ago | 911 | by Staff reporter
Granny 'steals' boy's corpse from mortuary
IN a bizarre incident, a woman is accused of posing as her deceased grandson's mother and orchestrating the removal of his body from the mortuary for a hastened burial, all without the knowledge or co...Published: 16 hrs ago | 434 | by Staff reporter
No holy cows in Zimbabwe's forex violations blitz
Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the police delivered a firm message yesterday, emphasizing that in the nationwide crackdown on individuals and entities breaching the Exchange Control ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 352 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's PVO Bill public hearing abandoned
A public hearing on the controversial Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill (H.B 2024) was abruptly halted in Harare after a female participant voiced strong opposition to the proposed ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 66 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo now owns Chihuri's US$7m house
Exiled former Zimbabwe Republic Police commissioner Augustine Chihuri's US$7 million mansion in Harare has been snapped up by Wicknell Chivayo, a convicted criminal-cum-tenderpreneur with access to Pr...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's son approaches High Court for bail
Neville Mutsvangwa, son of ZANU-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, sought bail from the High Court yesterday on charges of illegal foreign currency trading and money laundering.Earlier th...Published: 18 hrs ago | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths disrupt PVO Bill hearings
ZANU-PF youths disrupted public hearings on the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill in Gweru and Harare yesterday.In Gweru, the meeting was abandoned after ruling party youths becam...Published: 18 hrs ago | 30 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's son to spend second weekend in custody
Christopher Mutsvangwa's son Neville will remain in remand prison for another weekend as the High Court has reserved judgment on his bail appeal. Mutsvangwa faces three charges of illegal foreign curr...Published: 18 hrs ago | 40 | by Staff reporter
FIU sufficiently resourced to fight ZiG saboteurs
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a division of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), is well-equipped with skilled personnel and advanced hardware to tackle financial crimes. Recent recruitment ef...Published: 18 hrs ago | 19 | by Staff reporter
Rutendo Matinyarare drags Mnangagwa and his family into his contempt of court saga
Self professed marketing and communication strategist Rutendo Matinyarare has dragged the President and the President's family into his shenanigans. Rutendo paid a visit to Champions Milling where he ...Published: 17 May 2024 at 14:37hrs | 1099 | by George Tshuma
Zimbabwe's Justice Minister part of drug cartels
In a clear sign for miscarriage of justice and security institutions porosity, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi has been fingered by one of his close associates, L...Published: 17 May 2024 at 11:42hrs | 6919 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Magistrate refuses to recuse himself
No joy for three suspected cattle thieves who applied for the recusal of a Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware after they were denied bail.Shelton Dube (21), Sibangiswani Ncube (48) and Gilbe...Published: 17 May 2024 at 11:38hrs | 217 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man steals battery from Botswana
A 44-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man is in soup after an alleged stolen lithium battery sold him out.Ozious Dube was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts on Thursday where he appeared before magistr...Published: 17 May 2024 at 11:35hrs | 239 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe police dismisses media reports on non-availability of uniforms
The ZRP have dismissed the false information being peddled by some errant police officers concerning the availability of uniforms for the 2024 Independence Day parades at national and provincial level...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 19:24hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Mai Titi's daughter drags lover to court for leaking nudes
The daughter of controversial socialite, local Felistas Murata popularly known as Mai Titi has taken her ex-boyfriend to court for leaking her nude pictures.Felicia Muzeya (18) accused Amir Mh...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 19:17hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
RBZ is the problem not ZiG!
Before going to press on the Zimbabwe currency crisis, I had seven questions I wanted authoritatively answered. Professor Gift Mugano was the answer."Isn't he the one who is supposed to disapp...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:58hrs | 144 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Return Home affairs ministry to Zapu officials: Ex Zipra cadre
THE SECOND Republic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been challenged to return the Home Affairs ministry to Zapu in honour of the unity accord that was signed by late former Vice President Jo...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 15:10hrs | 682 | by Stephen Jakes
Man robbed by sex workers
A HARARE man was left counting his losses after he was alleged robbed by two sex workers.Samantha Moyo (22) and Tafadzwa Bandare (33) have since appeared in court facing charges of robbing Tin...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 08:45hrs | 1806 | by Staff reporter
Stop Zanu-PF extortionists, villagers plead
VILLAGERS in some parts of the country have appealed to the Zanu-PF leadership to rein in their local party leaders who are reportedly fleecing them of cash under the guise of raising funds for indepe...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 08:44hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's disgruntled cops stage uniform protests
JUNIOR police details are showing up at this year's independence celebrations inspection parades wearing clothes that do not match in a planned protests to express their disgruntlement against the esc...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:59hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi activists seek medical attention in SA
Opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) members who were released from prison recently have been shipped for medical attention in South Africa.The nine former political prisoners were releas...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:57hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Social media comes to cop's rescue
A POLICEMAN who was facing imminent forced retirement for requesting to be transferred to Kadoma to look after his disabled child has been granted his will after Zimbabweans took to social media to fi...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:57hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo housing scammer arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man who allegedly moved around the city scamming several residents of money promising them houses to rent, which, however, were never availed.Gerald Sibanda,...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:55hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Thieves vandalise region's heroes acres
BULAWAYO, Matebeleland North and South provincial heroes acres are being targeted by thieves who are stealing plants, flower pots and floral tributes from graves.The shocking incidents have be...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:54hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for making false rape report to police
A 26 year old Karoi woman was sentenced to five months imprisonment by a Karoi Magistrate for "deliberately supplying false information to a public authority" alleging that she had been raped by a nei...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:54hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Cop sentenced to 3 months in prison for culpable homicide
A POLICE officer was sentenced to three months in prison for culpable homicide and failing to report an accident.In a statement, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe said the inciden...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:51hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Reward for businessman's lost firearm
Police in Harare are offering a reward to anyone with information that might assist in the recovery of a businessman's firearm that was lost in Highlands sometime last month.The black pistol, ...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:50hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businessman found dead in SA
THE body of a Zimbabwean businessman, Evans Katumba, who was abducted in Durban last month with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of R2,5 million, has been found by police in KwaZulu Natal, South Afri...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:49hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer convicted of theft
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer has been convicted of stealing valuables ranging from laptops to printers from offices at Mgandane Dlodlo Building (New Government Complex) in Hara...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Police mounting strategic checkpoints to deal with crime
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has adopted a deliberate policy to set up strategic checkpoints on the roads to curb crime and not the multiplicity of the past that inconvenienced the public, a senior of...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:47hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife drops charges against women who booed her
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has decided to withdraw charges against nine women from Manicaland who were accused of booing her after feeling sidelined during a donation event for foodstuffs and cloth...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 20:28hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Village Head caught pants down
There was drama in Silobela after a local village head was caught pants down with a married woman during daylight on Friday.The v...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 19:59hrs | 2701 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF MP taken to court
Zanu-PF Mberengwa North legislator Tinashe Shumba has been taken to court after he tried to evict villagers from their ancestral lands to pave way for his gold mining activities.The villagers,...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:09hrs | 1242 | by Staff reporter
Former Zacc commissioner goes berserk
Former Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Farai Mashonganyika-Chinyani and her husband went berserk and destroyed a community gate after they were denied entry to a property she a...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:50hrs | 2337 | by Staff reporter
'Increase in sugar prices unwarranted'
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has expressed concern over speculative pricing of sugar on the local market.In a statement yesterday, CZR president Denford Mutashu said the recen...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:49hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi says SA strategically placed to push agenda
THE opposition Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has described South Africa as a strategic country to push its revolutionary agenda based on the democratic space accorded by its government compared to Zi...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:48hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to conduct blitz on street traders manipulating ZiG currency
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has announced plans for law enforcement crackdowns on black market traders accused of manipulating Zimbabwe's new structured currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). This initi...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army boss ordered to pay ZiG40,000 to torture victim
Defense Minister Oppah Muchinguri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Anselem Sanyatwe have been directed by Harare magistrate Tamara Chibindi to compensate Muchademba Muponde of Glenview with ...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:49hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Harare to install cameras at intersections
THE City of Harare will install cameras in the central business district to deal with traffic offenders, and those who violate city by-laws.Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said this while commission...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:44hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Community service for killing boyfriend
The High Court has sentenced a Kariba woman to 620 hours of community service after she fatally stabbed her jealous boyfriend with a broken beer bottle on the neck in front of police officers at the N...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:43hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZACC commissioner in court
FORMER Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) commissioner Farai Chinyani and her husband Tendai Chinyani appeared in court yesterday facing a charge of malicious damage to property.The du...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:43hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Robbers reign of terror ends
TWO men who are believed to be part of a syndicate that unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo have been arrested.The suspects are linked to a hijacking incident that occurred in Shurugwi and...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:37hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Policeman acquitted in abuse of office case
A POLICEMAN based at ZRP Glen View, who was facing a charge of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday set free by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.The magistrate ruled that the State faile...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Blitz exposes unregistered medicines
A JOINT operation between the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) and the police this week uncovered an illegal distribution network of unregistered and expired medicines including illicit ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Retailers, service providers switch to ZiG prices
SEVERAL businesses and key service providers had by yesterday successfully converted prices of their goods and services to the new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency to ensure smooth consumer transactions....Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Cigarettes worth R100 000 seized in border operation
SOUTH African border security officials on Monday destroyed a wooden raft used by criminals to smuggle goods between Zimbabwe and the neighbouring country. The team also recovered smuggled cig...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe finds a way to turn paper into gold long live Gushungo!!!
Money, the market, free enterprise, free trade, law, and justice, among others - existed in other forms before the colonialists introduced paper currency. The natives had their own functional institut...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:58hrs | 2673 | by Sam Wezhira
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