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Zimbabwean family in mourning as teenage son stabbed to death at Leeds house party
A murder probe has been launched after a 17-year-old boy, identified as Trust Junior Jordan Gangata, was stabbed to death in Leeds.Police were called to a house in Salisbury Grove, Armley at 2...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 11:52hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Makamure probe by 6 months
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended by another six months the timelines for an inquiry into corruption allegations against former Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner John Mak...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
City Parking gives grace period, steep fine remains
CITY Parking of Harare yesterday moved to end the uproar over its clamping penalties with a 60 minute grace period before vehicles were clamped if the driver had not bought enough parking time and a 3...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Govt probes Bulawayo passport office staff
GOVERNMENT has dispatched a team of investigators to probe alleged rampant corruption at the Bulawayo passport offices.The probe follows reports that some staffers at the passport office were ...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
Public workers want Parly to investigate PSMAS
The civil service workers umbrella body has called on Parliament to probe into just what is happening at Premier Service Medical Aid Society that has resulted in health facilities owned by its subsidi...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's money hidden in couch 'was not declared to Sars'
The DA has revealed that the US dollars hidden inside a couch on President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm was not declared to the SA Revenue Service.Party leader John Steenhuisen said Sars...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:57hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
South African Human Rights Commission CEO suspended over racism
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has suspended its acting CEO, Chantal Kisoon, pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations that she made racial remarks at fellow staff me...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 20:52hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
'Mambondiani was forced to resign'
Former BancABC Zimbabwe managing director Lance Mambondiani is said to have violated policies relating to procurement of vendors where prices are said to have been inflated, Business Times reported....Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:24hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe probes plane crashes
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) has established a board of inquiry to probe circumstances surrounding this month's plane accident.An AFZ SF260 aircraft went down during routine training near G...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 974 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans man survives SA horror bus crash that claimed 21 lives
One of the survivors of the bus crash that claimed at least 21 lives and left more than 60 people injured has described the accident as the "worst event" he has seen in his 59 years of life.Ja...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:32hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
'Police refuse to co-operate in fatal accident probe'
POLICE have reportedly refused to name the officers who caused the death of four people in Mutare last year after throwing spikes on a moving vehicle resulting in a fatal road traffic accident....Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops probe political violence incidences
Police have launched investigations into alleged political violence incidences which occurred in Gokwe and Chivi over the weekend.In Gokwe, the incident occurred at Nembudziya Government Schoo...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:19hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Factional-driven fights rock Nssa
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) Investments and Properties director Brian Mrewa has been suspended, as turmoil, external interference and factional-driven fights continue to buffet the compu...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:23hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean villagers face eviction by Chinese lithium mining company
Hundreds of villagers in three Mutoko villages face displacement from their ancestral land after a shadowy Chinese company has made a spirited attempt to annex the area under a planned lithium mining ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 20:51hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bribe' backfires
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are said to have refused to entertain the duo.An alleged attempt to bribe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President C...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 4971 | by Staff reporter
ZimCopter inventor still wants to fly
"Since 1994, my social life has been a mess. The helicopter and African rifle project just consumed me."That's how the long-forgotten and probably never heard of by some – retired Flight Lie...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:15hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to probe Zec commissioners
ELECTORAL watchdogs have demanded that government must launch an inquiry into the fallout among Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, which they say has crippled the electoral body six mo...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police probe High Court judge shooting incident
A shot was fired near High Court Judge, Justice Emilia Muchawa, as she was driving home in Harare on Tuesday by a motorist who told police later that he fired once in the air because he thought he was...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
What Zondo's Commission did not want South Africa to know
An explosive affidavit that turned the state capture narrative on its head never made it to the final report of the state capture commission of inquiry or was even considered by Chief Justice Raymond ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:37hrs | 2835 | by Staff reporter
Attempt to corner top judge hits brick wall
A CHEGUTU man's efforts to have the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) probe top judge, Justice Tendai Uchena for allegedly fraudulently releasing suspects who reportedly killed a Chegutu man for alleg...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:12hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 2130 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 4160 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga stops NSSA boss appointment
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has moved in to stop the National Social Security Authority (Nssa's) rotational policy of filling the vacant post of general manager by blocking the recent appoin...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:22hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls corruption jolts July Moyo into action
LOCAL Government and Public Works minister July Moyo has recommended the Victoria Falls City Council to come up with a robust housing policy whose absence is fuelling the rampant illegal allocation of...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
Catholic priest under probe for harassing teachers, corruption
A Catholic resident priest at St Benedict High School, Fr Innocent Mangwiro is at loggerheads with the mission's authority and is now under investigation over allegations of misconduct, corrupt tenden...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 08:56hrs | 742 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Probe red flags Zec ahead of polls
Zimbabwe Civil Society Anti-Corruption Coalition (ZCSACC), a grouping of 22 organisations drawn from diverse sectors, has produced a damning report on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying t...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF probes 'rigged' CC elections
Zanu-PF party last week deployed a team to investigate reports of rigging during the central committee (CC) elections held a few months ago.The deployment of the team from its party headquarte...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Police probe ZB Bank Vic Falls robbery
SEVERAL bank employees have been questioned by the police following a theft when a lone armed robber pounced on ZB Bank branch in Victoria Falls last week, entering the banking hall a few minutes befo...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Joburg motorist arrested as SA registered Audi A4 found fitted with Zimbabwean number plates
A 42-year-old man has been arrested by the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department's (JMPD) undercover reaction unit officers in Ormonde for allegedly committing fraud.JMPD spokesperson Xo...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 09:23hrs | 1713 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's stolen dollars linked to CIA?
South Africa and the world would have never known about President Cyril Ramaphosa's alleged illicit financial mess if the millions of US dollars had not been stolen from his Phala Phala farm.T...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:16hrs | 6343 | by Staff reporter
UZ exam paper leaks under probe
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has taken a keen interest in reports that rich and politically exposed persons are bribing their way to obtain law qualifications at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)....Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:13hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
'Ministries dodge Zacc probe'
GOVERNMENT ministries are reportedly refusing to release information required for investigation of graft cases, in the process frustrating and delaying the finalisation of cases brought to the courts,...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:13hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Another probe into AK-47 arms saga
GOVERNMENT has launched yet another investigation — the third one so far in as many weeks — into the controversial AK-47s arms import saga through Beitbridge Border Post which is now entangled in ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo pressures Victoria Falls City Council to give prime land to gold baron
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo, who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraudulent land ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:59hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
How can Zimbabweans be helped when they don't want to help themselves?
There is a popular Chinese adage - 'it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'.Indeed, as the people of Zimbabwe, we have endure unbelievable untold suffering, oppression and po...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:22hrs | 990 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
July Moyo entangled in Vic Falls corruption scandals
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo (pictured), who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraud...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo probes Chitungwiza councillors
Local Government minister July Moyo has appointed a four-member tribunal to look into allegations of misconduct against six suspended Chitungwiza Municipality Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) counc...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:40hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
African Court 'refuses' to probe Zimbabwe rights abuses
THE African Court on Human and People's Rights has revealed that Zimbabwe has not yet ratified the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the establishment of the court, hence it has no juris...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest witness testifying against Ken Sharpe
A witness testifying against Ken Sharpe has been arrested today by the police in sudden turn of events, the controversial businessman is accused of ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:27hrs | 903 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga urged to probe corruption, abuses at hospitals
Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has been urged to investigate corruption and ill-treatment of patients at the country's hospitals.Raising a matter of national interest ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
US NGO paints gloomy picture of Zanu-PF
A RECENT report by the World Justice Project (WJP) which ranked Zimbabwe among the world's most authoritarian states is a damning indictment on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lack of political will to...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
$1,2 billion sanitary wear 'vanishes'
SANITARY wear worth $1,2 billion bought by government for distribution to rural schools cannot be accounted for, a Parliamentary probe has revealed.The Parliamentary Committee on Primary and S...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Thandiwe Mlobane announced new Zacc spokesperson
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Thandiwe Mlobane has been announced as the new spokesperson for the commission with immediate effect. This comes after former Zacc ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Warara appointment raises stink
THE appointment of lawyer Charles Warara as a member of the tribunal to investigate Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner John Makamure has raised stink following revelations that he...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:54hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF boss under fire over mine
A BID by Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Youth League secretary for administration, Tendai Chiwetu to grab Eiffe blue mine in Kadoma backfired after the ruling party slapped him with a prohibition order. Acc...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:38hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba might fit well in Unai Emery's philosophy
WARRIORS midfielder Marvelous Nakamba might just fit well in new Aston Villa manager Unai Emery's philosophy.The 28-year-old Zimbabwean has not seen game-time at the Clarets and Blue in the En...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:52hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Top govt official in trouble over ‘questionable' wealth
THE Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has suspended senior official Marcos Nyaruwanga to pave way for investigations to ascertain his source of wealth as a public official, the Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:33hrs | 1699 | by Staff reporter
Comedian probes Mugabe's life
BRITISH-ZIMBABWEAN comedian Munya Chawawa is preparing to launch a new documentary comedy titled How to Survive A Dictator with the production house Rumpus Media.Chawawa (29) is to meet the fr...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 19:03hrs | 1916 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | 2048 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki questions Ramaphosa's fate amid Phala Phala probe
Former president Thabo Mbeki says the ANC has to decide what must happen if a parliamentary process finds that President Cyril Ramaphosa has a case to answer regarding the Phala Phala saga.Acc...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 19:02hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
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