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Zimbabwe man jailed 10 years in US$2.7 million ZB Bank heist set free
Tendai Zuze, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his alleged involvement in the 2021 US$2.7 million ZB Bank highway cash heist, has been acquitted by the High Court on appeal aft...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 08:21hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businessman successfully challenges conviction, sentence
In a significant ruling, the High Court of Zimbabwe has quashed the conviction and five-year jail term previously imposed on Marondera businessman Francesco Marconati, stating that the lower court had...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
High Court acquits businessman of US$1 million fraud
The High Court has overturned the conviction of Spartan Security (Pvt) Ltd and its director, businessman Luka Ignatius Fabris, in a high-profile fraud case involving US$1 million. In a ruling delivere...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:17hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is presiding over a mobster regime!
It has been confirmed.So, the ruling ZANU PF party can, after all, have its opponents arrested and thrown in jail on trumped-up charges.This shocking revelation was made by none other ...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 644 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Relief as High Court reverses Masvingo evictions
The High Court has overturned the conviction of 16 villagers who were previously found guilty of illegally occupying gazetted land in Masvingo. The original conviction, handed down b...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Hate attacks on Zimbabwe magistrates condemned
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern and urged the public to desist from conducting hate campaigns against judges and magistrates as this not only endangers the judicial o...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:55hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans don't need to be paid by the US to reject oppression, Mr. Mnangagwa!
It never ceases to amaze!Can there be anything more demeaning than an entire nation being regarded as dimwits by its own leaders?What can be more insulting than your own government acc...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 17:17hrs | 883 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa regime knows can't shoot people in front of regional leaders!
Why has the President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime, of late, intensified its crackdown on gatherings? What are they so terrified of?...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 05:11hrs | 439 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sikhala successfully appeal conviction
Opposition activist and former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has successfully appealed a High Court conviction and sentence for publishing falsehoods on social media. Sikhala had been co...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:23hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger's criminal charges quashed
ZANU-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi has been acquitted of fraud charges by a Harare magistrate. Musengezi was accused of falsely representing his residential address to Zanu-PF for personal gain. He den...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt nullifies SC ruling on former NSSA boss
Former National Social Security Authority chairman Robin Vela received a reprieve when the Constitutional Court overturned a Supreme Court ruling that upheld an audit report by BDO Chartered Accountan...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF director general quits
Zanu-PF Director General Dickson Dzora has voluntarily retired with immediate effect after serving the party for more than 23 years. He was replaced by Rtd Brigadier General Ezekiel Zamanyana....Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally acquitted
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Fadzayi Mahere has been acquitted by the High Court on charges of publishing falsehoods.Mahere was cleared on both conviction and sentence...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court quashes former Air Zimbabwe bosses' convictions
THE High Court has upheld an appeal by former Air Zimbabwe bosses Peter Chikumba and Grace Pfumbidzai who were challenging their conviction for swindling the airline of $10 million.Chikumba, A...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Umvutcha farm dispute referred to Constitutional Court
LANDS minister Anxious Masuka has been taken to the Constitutional Court over a raging farm dispute in Umvutcha on the outskirts of Bulawayo.Farmer Alistair Michael Fletcher (81) is challengin...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Why did Ngarivhume spend 8 months in jail without prima facie evidence?
Finally, Zimbabwe opposition activist Jacob Ngarivhume has been released from jail. This was after languishing behind bars for the past eight months – as part of a three-year sentence in Apr...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 16:38hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa to step down after second term in office speculation quashed
Christopher Mutsvangwa, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information, has dismissed rumors suggesting that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is aiming for a third term as Head of State. Speculations had arisen that t...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 15:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Muppet Show
A couple of days after the first storm, I headed out just before sunrise when it was cool and overcast. The dust had gone, the ground was soft underfoot, and everything looked fresh, clean and green....Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 11 | by Cathy Buckle
Molai never sponsored Kasukuwere
Adam Molai, the tobacco tycoon and owner of Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), has refuted allegations that he provided financial support for former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's fail...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha faction leader confronts police
The long-standing factional dispute for control of the African Apostolic Church (AAC), founded by Archbishop Paul Mwazha, has resurfaced, with one faction accusing its rivals of using the police to pr...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 17:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 5 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu killed Insimbi Zezhwane band members?
Leader of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Mqondisi Moyo, has made sensational claims that the late Insimbi ZeZhwane musicians, ' Mpofu ‘Ma Eli' Mathe and Thembinkosi ‘Maviri' Mpofu were killed ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor taken to task over lack of development
Community members from Ward 7 in Insiza South have accused their local councillor, Thabani ‘Malele' Ncube, of failing to deliver yet is seeking re-election in the upcoming elections.The comm...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 18:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere scares the living daylights out of Mnangagwa
EVEN though independent presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has been barred by the courts from contesting the 23 August election, he has managed to prove a point in a short space of tim...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'CCC' candidates push ahead
CANDIDATES accused by the opposition CCC of fraudulently submitting nomination court papers while masquerading as bona fide party nominees have persisted with campaigns ahead of the 23 August general ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
US$27m needed to modernise Bulawayo CBD roads
THE Bulawayo City Council says it needs about US$27 million to completely modernise the city centre road network and ensure the establishment of efficient parking infrastructure.While some sta...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spooked Zanu-PF leaders itch to block Kasukuwere
WHILE Zanu-PF bigwigs maintain that independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere is a criminal and should be barred from contesting the August elections, the party's former political commissa...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere coming to Zimbabwe to fight the biggest electoral battle of his life
Zimbabwe's independent presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere, a former Zanu-PF minister and MP, is coming home to fight the biggest electoral battle of his life.Kasukuwere will ba...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere arrest warrants are invalid'
Zimbabwean independent Presidential Election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere's chief election agent Jackie Sande, who is a lawyer, has dismissed police claims that there are two warrants of arrest ...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 21:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere onslaught now on steroids
Zanu-PF has launched yet another bid to block exiled former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere from challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the presidency in the upcoming elections....Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere unmoved by threats
EXILED independent presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere, has vowed to defy arrest threats and fly back to Harare to launch his election campaign.Police said Kasukuwere had two pending warr...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere not intimidated by arrest threats
EXILED former Zimbabwean cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has dismissed allegations that he has two pending arrest warrants, insisting that no form of intimidation will stop him from coming back ho...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says Mnangagwa can't arrest him
EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has announced that he fears for his safety if he returns to Zimbabwe where he is expected to launch his election campaign in person.He will be...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere keeps whereabouts secret
Iron-willed ex-cabinet minister and presidential hopeful, Saviour Kasukuwere filed his nomination papers through his lawyer Wednesday while keeping his whereabouts secret.The exiled former Zan...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere raps Mnangagwa for reneging on 2018 campaign promises, looting minerals
SELF-EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he will be filing his papers when the nomination court sits on Wednesday to select candidates for the upcoming general elections.He ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official's sentence quashed
EVANS Kamombo, a top Zanu-PF official, who was disqualified from standing as the party's parliamentary candidate for Nyanga North constituency and sentenced to nine years in jail for theft, has had hi...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Youth conscientization critical in liberating Zimbabwe!
As youth in Zimbabwe mark the 'Day of the African Child', it is clear that today's generation lacks conscientization on why the country is still not free. A few days ago, I penned an article, ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 13:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Machaya acquitted
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya and provincial planning officer Chaisayanyerwa Chibururu who recently completed their 48 months imprisonment term for criminal abuse of office...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral safety - MPs pile pressure on minister
PARLIAMENT has raised questions over the safety of Zimbabweans ahead of the 23 August general election, with legislators challenging Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to issue a ministerial statem...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume files appeal against conviction and sentence
Leader of the Transform Zimbabwe political group Jacob Ngarivhume has filed an appeal against both his conviction and sentence.Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights together with Professor Lovemor...Published: 09 May 2023 at 20:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers' rights brutally suppressed, says US embassy
ZIMBABWEAN workers are reeling under deteriorating conditions underlined by serious violations of fundamental rights by parastatals, security forces and Chinese companies amid a clear pattern of intim...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc quashes 'catch and release' allegations
THE ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has quashed speculation that it is engaged in "catch and release" practice in corruption cases.Speaking to Chronicle last week in Bulawayo, Zacc ...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Impeach Mnangagwa over gold mafia!' No, focus on denying him legitimacy and all else will follow!
Team Pachedu have done excellent work in the fight for free, fair and credible elections. However in calling for Mnangagwa to be impeached over the Al Jazeera Gold Mafia expose, they are losing the pl...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 17:29hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Lying' Coventry, Kamambo in bare knuckle fight
SUSPENDED Zifa board members have accused Sports minister Kirsty Coventry of lying under oath, following her recent claims in Parliament that she stepped in and fired them after they failed to account...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry complicit in Zimbabwean football ban
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister, Kirsty Coventry has quashed any lingering hopes of the government reinstating the fired Zifa board members as has been demanded by Fifa for the country's su...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Africa: Embattling a Continent
When the IMF goes to warSo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has decided to grant Ukraine some whooping USD15,6 billion?Ukraine is at war with Russia.A war funded and...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | | by Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Prisons officer sacked over missing food rations to be re-instated
The High Court has ordered the reinstatement of a prison officer who was dismissed from service 2019 after an internal hearing found her guilty of misappropriating inmates' food stocks.Rhoda M...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
CCC led council scuttles Rufaro Stadium deal
A certain comedian once made a metaphoric comparison of having a vision and the height of people. He said tall people are so tall that they can see tomorrow, while short people are so short th...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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