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Old habits die hard for Zimbabwe police
The death of a Harare vendor in remand prison after he was allegedly tortured during interrogation is yet another indication that old habits in the police force have not been banished.Hilton T...Published: 3 hrs ago | 35 | by Staff reporter
Another Anderlecht chance for Musona
BELGIAN giants RSC Anderlecht's new head coach Frank Vercauteren has given Warriors hitman Knowledge Musona a big chance to salvage his future with the club after welcoming him back into the first tea...Published: 3 hrs ago | 147 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after he was 'tortured' by police and denied access to doctor
A man tortured in police custody died on Friday night after prison authorities denied him access to a doctor, his lawyers said.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said Hilton...Published: 3 hrs ago | 43 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa rejects church's proposal on elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rejected proposals by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) to have a seven-year moratorium on elections saying secular systems are run on laws which are bound ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 26 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo ready for anti-sanctions demonstrations
BULAWAYO is geared up to join the rest of the country and the Southern African Development Community on Friday in marching against sanctions that were imposed by America and the European Union, ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2355 | by Staff Reporter
Bogus CIO serial fraudster remanded in custody
A SERIAL fraudster who allegedly masqueraded as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and a close security aide to President Emmerson Mnangagwa before duping Ingwebu Breweries of 375 l...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
'Armed' sangoma raids client's family
AN inyanga-cum-prophet from Bulawayo allegedly armed himself with a gun and ganged up with two friends to raid his client's home in Mzilikazi suburb in a revenge mission after "not being paid for serv...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healers drug, kidnap and rape client
Two self-styled spiritual healers allegedly drugged, kidnapped and took turns to rape a woman who had visited their shrine for help. The court heard that the woman lost her mobile phone to thi...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Police link helmet to slain cop
ONE of the 210 anti-riot police helmets recovered from the basement of Robinson House in Harare last week belonged to a police sergeant who was killed in political violence that erupted near Harvest H...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
The future is tech, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) and other local universities to become centres of economic revival leveraging on technology. He said it was im...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
14 nabbed over Tenda bus owner smuggling case
DETECTIVES in Mutare have arrested 14 touts who were allegedly hired by prominent businessman, Ernest Mungwari, to block cops and Zimbabwe Revenue Authority officials from confiscating an assortment o...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 3351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers to work 2 days a week
Teachers will only work two days a week and will no longer abide by the formal dress code, the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) declared on Friday.The teachers announced the indu...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 17:13hrs | 2086 | by ZimLive
Man in robbery spree as Masowe congregants pray
A 34-year-old man from Victoria Falls allegedly tiptoed into a Johanne Masowe shrine at night and stole cellphones and bags while congregants were in a prayer session, a court heard. Artwell M...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Woman to languish in jail after poisoning cousin's dog in revenge mission
A WOMAN from Hwange has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for killing her cousin's chickens, guinea fowl and a dog with a fungicide. Nelia Shoko (49) of Diki Village in St Mary's was arreste...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZHRO Calls on SADC to Stop Propping Up Dictators
ZHRO (Zimbabwe human Rights Organisation) successfully held a planned peaceful Wednesday Vigil protest at the Zimbabwe Embassy in London, on the 16th of October 2019. This protest was a prequel to the...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1472 | by ZHRO Team
Zimbabwe-dollarisation impacts on the banking sector
COUNTRIES forced into dollarisation usually find it impossible to de-dollarise and Zimbabwe's mid-year efforts to do so adds another country to the long list of those that tried and failed.Gov...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:29hrs | 199 | by Tony Hawkins
Zimbabwe still to get Embraer operating manual
GOVERNMENT has engaged Embraer over delays in releasing crucial operating manuals for its Embraer ERJ145, six months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Independe...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Economic woes stumbling blocks- Icsa
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (Icsa) is worried about Zimbabwe's economic challenges, saying these were acting as stumbling blocks to the corporate governance watchdog role...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:28hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
US$400m NRZ deal divides ministers
CABINET's shock decision this week to cancel the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal won by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) and South African ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:27hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Ex-police officer fined for possessing drugs
A FORMER Bulawayo police officer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $300 after he was found in possession of dagga and unregistered medicines. Samuel Tambooneyi (30), who was ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:01hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Civic society launches door-to-door campaign
Civic Society and Churches Joint Forum (CSCJF) has launched a nationwide door-to-door community awareness programme to educate Zimbabweans on how Western sanctions are affecting the economy. C...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:53hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Zacc, Zambia unit sign anti-graft MoU
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of Zambia to fight cross-border economic crimes. T...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:53hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Roses have thorns but remember thorns have roses
Some among us are hunting with the hounds and running with the hare at the same time making us wonder if its about the people or themselves. Rising kombi fares spawned an outcry across the lan...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:49hrs | 16 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Specialist neurosurgeon in trouble for saving life
Parirenyatwa Hospital-based neurosurgeon Aaron Musara has accused the institution's department of anaesthesia and clinical medicine of neglecting and refusing to attend to patients in need of urgent s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Grandpa swindles homeseekers of US$11 340
A 77-YEAR-OLD Harare grandpa has been arrested on charges of fleecing homeseekers of US$11 340 and $34 510 in a land scam.Oswell Nduma Gwanzura appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuch...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Army chief's wife to stand trial for murder
The wife of a brigadier general who was a suspect in the 2012 murder of her nephew is only being prosecuted seven years later – coincidentally as her husband has filed for divorce.Cleop...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 7 | by ZimLive
Man steals drunk friend's car
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to six years in prison for stealing his drunk friend's car and selling his belongings without his consent. Ntandoyenkosi Moyo (28) of Pumula South suburb...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Top Bulawayo lawyer up for fraud
A PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer allegedly ganged up with an alleged bogus estate agent and defrauded four home seekers of more than R200 000 in botched residential stand deals. Vuyile Jamela Mpofu...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Africa escalates anti-sanctions crusade
The Pan African Parliament (PAP), which is sitting in South Africa, has debated a motion calling for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries, with its members saying ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:40hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's MDC seeks police interdict
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has approached the High Court with an urgent application seeking an order to interdict Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Off...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Govt workers launch strike
CIVIL servants have declared incapacitation to continue reporting for duty on their inflation-battered salaries, adding more misery to the government, which is struggling to tame the triple-digit infl...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:18hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Woman to face murder trial
Former Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) audit executive Dr Cleopatra Mutisi will stand trial next year at the High Court on allegations of assaulting to death her 13-year-old nephew on...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Council seeks garnish powers
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba yesterday appealed to Parliament to make legislative reforms that will give powers to the city council to execute garnishing orders just like the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Jaure rallies Warriors
WARRIORS captain Partson Jaure has made a passionate appeal to his troops to be focused and defend their lead jealously when they clash with Lesotho in Maseru in the decisive second leg of the 2020 Af...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing cash, cellphone
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for stealing a bag containing more than RTGS$5 000 in cash and a cellphone from an Inter Africa bus. George Muchineripi (33) of Th...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chamisa in 'armed robbery, murder'
A self-proclaimed prophet and his nephew who ganged up and allegedly robbed two shops at Jalukange Business Centre in Beitbridge District after firing 25 bullets, shooting two people leading to the de...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
SA taxi associations terrorising Zimbabwean immigrants in Pretoria
"We are living in fear. We do not know when they will strike next," says Ashley Johnson.Johnson, a Zimbabwean living in Pretoria, is nursing wounds after being attacked last week at a shop by ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:43hrs | 1292 | by Kimberly Mutandiro, GroundUp
Zimbabweans bused to vote for Frelimo in Mozambique?
Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in Mozambique on Tuesday that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of ne...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 911 | by AP
Chamisa's 11 supporters remanded in custody
Eleven suspected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters who were arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a police officer were today remanded in custody to tomorrow for bail rulin...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:21hrs | 1774 | by Staff reporter
Police question Chibwe over anti-riot helmets
POLICE yesterday questioned Mitchel Chibwe in connection with the Zimbabwe Republic Police anti-riot and city council helmets which were recovered in the basement of Robinson House on Saturday night....Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 09:29hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
'Doctors don't feed on court orders'
Striking doctors at public hospitals are likely to face a contempt of court charge for defying a Labour Court order issued last Friday compelling them to report for duty within 48 hours of the ruling ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, govt running scared, says Chamisa
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused authorities of running scared and working to destabilise the MDC - after hundreds of police cordoned off the party's national headquarters in Harare....Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday shut down the MDC headquarters in Harare following the alleged discovery of 210 riot police and 41 municipal police helmets in a basement of a nearby building, but the opposition part...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 755 | by Tony Hawkins
All bark, no bite: The case of Zacc
THE November 2017 coup brought new dreams and hopes among the citizens, many who believed the new regime would knock corruption off very high perch. However, after ad infinitum calls against the corru...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 271 | by Cliff Chiduku
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor now receiving treatment from a safe house
A Zimbabwean doctor, Peter Magombeyi, who was abducted last month in the country's capital, dumped a few days later outside Harare and hospitalized in South Africa, is now receiving treatment from a s...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:41hrs | 2496 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt economic blueprints and policies rubbish sanctions fallacy
As I write this article, the government of Zimbabwe is launching its so-called strategic roadmap for a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023, officiated by the president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:55hrs | 331 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Unlocking Zimbabwe's dead capital
Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe' economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:18hrs | 548 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe external debt hits US$8bn
Zimbabwe's external debt is an estimated US$8 billion, the Finance and Economic Development 2020 pre-budget strategy paper has revealed. The strategy paper revealed that the country's total pu...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions not responsible for our suffering in Zimbabwe
For the past 20 years, we the people of Zimbabwe have endured untold economic and political suffering — unprecedented ever since we attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980 â...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 740 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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