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Dreaded CIO Minister in fresh mine wrangle storm
Minister of State Security in the Office of the President Owen Mudha Ncube has been fingered in the mine wrangle that is happening at Gaika gold mine in Kwekwe.In a letter that is circulating ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2240 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyberbullying and Cyber Harassment
I was approached by a fellow executive on how he could legally pursue and remove malicious information that is online. For years, Zimbabwe high profile individuals, executives and business owners have...Published: 24 hrs ago | 114 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Velaphi: Daring by bringing first batch of weapons into Rhodesia
IN the past few weeks we have been focusing the spotlight on what may be considered the pioneers of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle. This was done as part of a build up towards independen...Published: 24 hrs ago | 3211 | by Pathisa Nyathi
The new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill is cruel like POSA
There have been reports in the State-owned press that the Government was planning to repeal the "toxic" Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and replace it with a new Maintenance of Peace and Order Bi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 09:37hrs | 1555 | by Veritas
Sudan's revolution has melted the core - pray, new cast is not yet another dictatorship
"In his first televised address, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman said he was also cancelling a night curfew ordered by his predecessor and ordered the release of all prisoners ja...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 212 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC official finally buried
THE family of an MDC Highfield district executive who reportedly died after being abducted during Shutdown Zimbabwe protests in January finally managed to bury their relative yesterday following an in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Clerk tampers with court records
A RUSAPE clerk of court appeared at the Mutare Magistrate Court yesterday facing allegations of tampering with courts records.Brit Zambara (35), who is employed by the Judicial Services Commis...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer smokes out goats thief
A PRISON officer sold out a Chipinge woman who was allegedly preying on other villagers' goats after she sold him two suspected stolen goats.Eliza Sithole (47), of Mwandifira village, is now i...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps his in-laws, jailed
A Chitungwiza man will spend the next two years in prison after he was convicted of kidnapping his in-laws following a dispute at a funeral. Benson Matamise (45) appeared before Chitungwiza ma...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:03hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Omar al-Bashir moved to prison, faces ICC hand over
Sudan's former President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Kobar maximum security prison, days after he was deposed in a military coup.Reports say the ex-leader has until now been detained at t...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 12:22hrs | 5327 | by BBC
'Gumbura has case to answer'
HARARE magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message Church founder Robert Martin Gumbura, who together with his six alle...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man discussed at State capture commission in South Africa
Leon Abednigo Mbangwa, real name Lionel Moyo, was tasked with running Nathi Nhleko's police ministry as a chief of staff. He is a Zimbabwean. He had not been naturalized. Was arrested ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 21:12hrs | 7116 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers arrested over Cyclone Idai aid
AFTER weeks of frenzied speculation, some members of the military have finally been exposed for allegedly looting goods donated to survivors of the recent Cyclone Idai which left a trail of dest...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3427 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get pay increase
It was a case of smiling all the way to the bank for civil servants yesterday as Government honoured its pledge to increase the workers' salaries by 29 percent beginning this month.The civil s...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 4999 | by Staff reporter
Laptop thieves locked for 15 months
TWO thieves from Bulawayo have been sentenced to 15 months in prison while a third was ordered to perform community service after they used a duplicate key to unlock a door and stole a laptop from a h...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Parliament hopeful jailed for conning residents
A GWANDA Central parliamentary candidate for the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP) in last year's elections has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conning residents of about RTGS $800....Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:11hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's path to prosperity
ON April 3, I gave President Emmerson Mnangagwa a letter from my government conveying the heartfelt sympathy of the American people for the lives lost in Cyclone Idai. I also announced that the Americ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:51hrs | 1260 | by Brian Nichols
MDC member arrested for assault moments after release from prison
Felix Mashavele (32) of Ranganai village under Chief Neshuro was on Thursday released from jail after serving his prison sentence but was arrested moments later for assaulting his elderly mother in-la...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:32hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Cops sued for not granting post-mortem consent
THE family of a man allegedly killed by police has sued the law enforcement agency for refusing to grant consent for a hospital post-mortem to obtain information on the cause of death.Rights l...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime mum on Sudanese coup
BARELY 17 months after the cathartic fall of former president Robert Mugabe, another dictator has been pushed out of power in Sudan following months of popular protests that jolted the military into s...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1752 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Army Generals read riot act to Mnangagwa, as he privately offers to resign as President
The game is all but over for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's young presidency, as hardline army generals are reportedly said to have read the riot act to him, over a sheaf of serious issues caused by h...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 24832 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Malvin Motsi
Prophet gave burglar charms to evade arrest
A HABITUAL Chipinge burglar has been jailed for two years for theft of goods worth over $600 in Buhera and Bikita after being given a charm by a prophet to evade arrest.Tinashe Mutete was conv...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra cadre predicts civil unrest
WHITE former Zimbabwe Peoples' Revolutionary Army (Zipra) freedom fighter, Jeremy Brickhill has warned that Zimbabwe is heading for conflict and urged citizens to find each other and stop the blame ga...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to sensational return to Zanu-PF?
FORMER president Robert Mugabe could make a sensational return to Zanu-PF - one-and-a-half years after the frail nonagenarian was swept from power by a military coup - if the party's overtures to him ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:14hrs | 11347 | by Staff reporter
Cops foil attempt to smuggle equipment
KATIYO tea estate contracted construction concern Mandebvu Construction's employees were convicted of attempting to smuggle an excavator, tractor, trailer and a bowser along Pungwe River from Mozambiq...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:13hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Cain Mathema, Hodzi risk jail term over contempt of court
HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi now face a three-month jail term after they were convicted of contempt of court by the High Court.A Zimbabwe Lawyers fo...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Inmate escapes during clean-up campaign
A 31-year-old Kwekwe prisoner was slapped with another 12 months jail term after he tried to escape during a clean-up campaign.Brian Rungu, who is an inmate at Kwekwe prisons, appeared before ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:42hrs | 2332 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers derail Parliament committee hearing
ORAL evidence of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee set up to look into a matter involving four legislators affiliated to the Mines Committee who allegedly demanded a $400 000 bribe from businessm...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:23hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
T.C Hardy High School Child MP hits the ground running
The newly-elected Goromonzi South Junior MP, Fadzai Makuvise of Terence Cecil Hardy High School in Ruwa, Mashonaland East province of Zimbabwe has hit the ground running, already leading other student...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 894 | by Brian Maregedze
Jailbreak attempt hits snag
An escape attempt by a prisoner serving jail time in Kwekwe for theft hit a snag after he was apprehended by alert members of the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS). Brian Rungu ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants salary dates announced
The Secretary of the Treasury G.T. Guvamatanga has announced the civil servants salary schedule for April 2019.The schedule is as follows:Army ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 21:47hrs | 6192 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teaching University or Research University: More than a case of to be or not to be
That our State Universities have modelled themselves mostly as teaching-focused universities where, the main activities are teaching and scholarship of learning and teaching, is a public secret. With ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:33hrs | 1262 | by Enock JONATHAN
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance set to clash in Mutasa Central Ward 10 by-election
ALL is set for the Mutasa Central Ward 10 council by-election slated for next month, with nomination of candidates having been completed on Tuesday. The contest would be between Zanu-PF candid...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader who wanted to arrest Mnangagwa freed
The High Court on Wednesday ended the three-week detention of Tinashe Jonas, leader of Ideal Zimbabwe party.Jonas who was represented by members of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights was fr...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 3334 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Woman jailed for poisoning husband, stepchildren
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman, who allegedly tried to kill her husband and stepchildren with rat poison after a marital dispute, was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison by a Chivhu regional magistrate....Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Supa seeks acquittal on graft charges
Former Minister Supa Mandiwanzira, who is embroiled in a $218 million-consultancy scandal, is seeking acquittal on charges of corruption, arguing the indictment is defective. Mandiwanzira is o...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader appears for bail hearing
President of Ideal Zimbabwe Tinashe Jonas will be appearing in court on Wednesday to apply for a bail hearing after his bail application was turned down by the magistrate."The High Court will ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 07:39hrs | 298 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Protesters faint after sentencing
There was drama at the Gweru courts when two of five suspected MDC hooligans fainted after being jailed for three years for public violence. The two failed to come to terms with their sentence...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 17:13hrs | 5443 | by Staff reporter
Man fondles friend's wife
AN 18-year-old man from Filabusi has been jailed eight years for fondling his friend's wife and inserting his finger into her privates. Wayne Sibanda of Bekezela Township went to his friend's ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:06hrs | 3039 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer thrown 6 years in jail for looting
A prison officer based at Whawha Medium Security Prison in Gweru, who went on the rampage together with other looters during violent MDC-Alliance demonstrations in January, has been sentenced to six y...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Gumbura jailbreak case ruling
A Harare magistrate is on April 10 expected to make a ruling on the application for discharge at the close of the State case by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami fined for threatening someone on WhatsApp
BULAWAYO deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami has been fined $50 for sending threatening messages on an MDC Alliance WhatsApp chat group. Kambarami threatened Mr Mpikelelo Khumalo in a WhatsApp grou...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 17:26hrs | 3658 | by Methusi Ncube
Mwonzora is a friendly but difficult opponent
AS THE eagerly-anticipated MDC congress looms large, alliances, vitriol and realignments are taking centre stage in the country's largest opposition movement.Deputy Chief Writer Tendai Kamhung...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:45hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
Debate on running mate plausible
With its 2013 constitution Zimbabwe made a much better job of putting together a coherent, consistent and democratic constitution to replace the much amended and somewhat tatty 1980 constitution....Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:03hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Deliberate transmission of HIV: The pros & cons
THE most topical issue this past week was the announcement by Justice minister of government's plans to revoke section 79(1) of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act, which makes the deliberate t...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:39hrs | 173 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Man assaults, sprays wife for 'bewitching' daughter
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been fined $300 after he assaulted and sprayed his wife with a car spray claiming she had bewitched their daughter who was ill. Brighton Wunidze of Trenance...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1636 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe buys London wigs for judges
THE Judiciary Service Commission has placed orders for 64 wigs made of horsehair from the exclusive and expensive Stanley Ley Legal Outfitters in England, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt.T...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:10hrs | 4063 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed for defending killer driver
A Zimbabwe Republic Police accident evaluator Shackmore Chitate has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after taking a bribe from a negligent driver who was accused of culpable homicide. ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | 2730 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hungry man steals teaspoon to spread peanut butter on bread
A 20-YEAR-OLD man pleaded extreme hunger in court after he was caught on CCTV stealing a knife and a teaspoon from Pick n Pay supermarket in Gweru.Obert Sibanda of Mkoba 6 suburb told Magistra...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1530 | by Methuseli Ncube
Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act [Xenophobia]
When Mandela became the first black South African President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government, many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 09:37hrs | 4031 | by Njabulo
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