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Rushwaya to challenge further remand
ZIMBABWE Mining Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has given the state notice to challenge further remand if not provided with trial date on her next court appearance.She is facing ...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:40hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Accused gold smuggler Rushwaya wants bail terms varied
Accused gold smuggler Henrietta Rushwaya yesterday said she will apply for a relaxation of her bail conditions on her next court appearance, although no details of the desired variation were given. ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths slam swift jailing of Makomborero while Mnangagwa allies walk free
MDC Alliance youths have blasted the swift trial and jailing of party activist and pro-democracy campaigner Makomborero Haruzivishe by a Harare court while several corruption accused top Zanu-PF offic...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Sentence corruption and poverty not makomborero
A very dark cloud hovers on the motherland sending a very sombre atmosphere to every progressive Zimbabwean who is crying for good governance.Instead of sentencing poverty, corruption, poor go...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 19:03hrs | 989 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa's 'zero tolerance' to corruption rings hollow
REPEATED corruption allegations levelled against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family have blighted Zimbabwe's fight on graft, making a mockery of his "zero tolerance" stance.Mnangagwa ...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF mandate ends in 2023'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) on Wednesday took a dig on government's new five-year policy, National Development Strategy (NDS1), saying it cannot plan to implement it up to 2025 w...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:10hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
Ali Mohammad gets passport back
PAKISTANI business tycoon, Ali Mohammad, accused of attempting to smuggle gold out of the country along with Henrietta Rushwaya and three others, today temporarily got his passport back to allow him t...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 18:29hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Matanga corruption investigation hits a snag
THE high-profile corruption investigation against police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, among other cases, has been stalled by the failure of a key state witness, former Procurement Regulatory A...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | 2508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes another U-turn on mines
GOVERNMENT on Tuesday reverted to Zimbabwe dollar-denominated mining fees, only a week after Mines minister Winston Chitando made wide-ranging reviews based in United States dollars.Chitando's...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:46hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
Mining fees jump 800%
THE Government has increased mining and registration fees by over 800 percent after pegging them in United States dollars.The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) says the new fees structure is "t...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:01hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling accused Henrietta Rushwaya re-instated as Zimbabwe miners boss
SCANDALOUS Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) President Henrietta Rushwaya, arrested last year after attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold to Dubai, has been reinstated as the organisation's top boss after ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 12:41hrs | 2345 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa replaces Mobutu Sese Seko as most corrupt African leader
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little."Shocking as it is, the above statement that apparently legitimises graft, is attributed t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 3816 | by Israel Dube
Top Cop Erasmus Makodza was granted bail in less than 24 hours after his arrest
Prisca Mpfumira, Douglas Tapfuma, Henrietta Rushwaya, Job Sikhala, Hopewell Chin'ono, Alan Moyo and several others have had to apply for bail from the High Court.Who is Erasmus Makodza and why...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 10:21hrs | 3253 | by Anonymous
Rushwaya accomplices freed on bail
HENRIETTA Rushwaya's accomplices, Stephen Tserai, Raphios Mufandauya and Gift Karanda, who are facing allegations of attempting to smuggle gold out of the country, were today freed on $30 000 bail eac...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 18:54hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya accomplices bail ruling next week
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna is next week expected to make a ruling on a fresh bail application on changed circumstances made by Henrietta Rushwaya's accomplices in the gold smuggling cas...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:32hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has voluntarily become the 10th province of South Africa
After protracted and emotional denials by Zanupf leaders that Zimbabwe is a country in crisis, masses of Zimbabweans that were stuck at Beitbridge border post a few weeks ago exposed Zimbabwe not only...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:34hrs | 2792 | by Israel Dube
Rushwaya's accomplices in fresh bid for freedom
SUSPECTED members of the gold smuggling syndicate involving Henrietta Rushwaya and Pakistan business tycoon Ali Mohammad, have separately approached the court for fresh bail bids, citing changed circu...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
The UK Parliament trampled on Rushwaya's human rights
Ms Henrietta Rushwaya is alleged to have attempted to smuggle gold out of Zimbabwe, late last year. She was arrested at Robert Mugabe airport. From what one has read so far, she has since been charged...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:31hrs | 2008 | by Njabulo
Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business
THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, ...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 645 | by Mirian Mangwaya
Rushwaya granted $10,000 bail
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president and former ZIFA CEO Henrietta Rushwaya was today granted $100,000 bail by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna. As part...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 13:01hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
A bad-bye to a bad year
Arsenal's emphatic win over Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Boxing day lifted my spirits in a tenuous and gloomy year in which the despondent people of this country were boxed down mainly by the tw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 211 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 779 | by Miriam Mangwaya
Rushwaya bail dismissed again
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya will continue languishing in remand prison after her bail appeal was turned down by High Court judge, Justice Benjamin Chikowero...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:56hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
State queries suspension orders in Rushwaya case
THE STATE has cast doubt on the authenticity of suspension orders served on two police officers, Superintendent Douglas Shoko and Detective Chief Inspector Paul Chimhungu, in custody on suspicion of t...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:38hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
Whoever poisoned the late Bulawayo Town Clerk Middleton Nyoni, poisoned the whole of Bulawayo
I cannot prove that the former Town Cleck Middleton Nyoni was poisoned. I rely mostly on news in the social media. His death was suspicious though: I could not comprehend how he would have succumbed t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 22:55hrs | 4665 | by Nomazulu Thata
Rushwaya, co-accused demand trial date
HENRIETA Rushwaya and her alleged accomplices, Ali Mohamad, Steven Tserayi, Raphios Mufandauya and Gift Karanda, accused of gold smuggling, have told the court they will challenge their continued stay...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 18:58hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army Brigadier-General retires
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) on Friday bade farewell to Brigadier-General Morgan Munawa, who has retired from service. Brig-Gen Munawa was the head National Command Centre: Special Program...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Reuben Barwe wins Zanu-PF election
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief correspondent Reuben Barwe has been elected unopposed as secretary for information and publicity in the Zanu-PF District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elec...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 5022 | by Staff reporter
JOC assesses border security
THE National Joint Operations Command (JOC) met in Beitbridge yesterday and committed to beefing up borderline security to control rampant smuggling of goods and irregular migration which peaks during...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya claims discrimination after failed freedom bid attempts
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was Thursday up in arms with the courts for granting bail to Ali Muhammad, her foreign co-accused, while she continued to langui...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya to spend another weekend behind bars
Henrietta Rushwaya will spend another weekend in remand prison after the High Court reserved ruling on her appeal for bail pending trial on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai after four go...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bail appeal hearing commences
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya, locked up for reportedly attempting to smuggle 6kgs of gold out of Zimbabwe, said the magistrate adopted a wrong procedure in denying he...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 18:53hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bail appeal delayed
THE High Court yesterday adjourned to tomorrow the hearing of Henrietta Rushwaya's appeal for bail on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai after four gold bars weighing 6kg were found in her...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:31hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
ZBC Journalist dies of Covid-19
VETERAN journalist and ZBC's Diplomatic Correspondent, Janet Munyaka, has died. She was 48.Munyaka died Saturday evening at Harare's St Anne's hospital where has had been admitted since last w...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:36hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Senior CID officers denied bail
HIGH Court judge Justice Felicia Chatukuta has dismissed the bail application by two senior Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers who are linked to the gold smuggling case involving suspend...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:48hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya's bid to have seized phones back hits brickwall
MAGISTRATE Ngoni Nduna yesterday dismissed an application by suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya and Pakistani businessman Ali Muhammad to have their seized phones ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF emerges biggest winner in major scandal
THE ruling Zanu-PF, which thrives on a chokehold grip on airwaves to win elections by hook or crook, has emerged as the biggest winner in the controversial awarding of six new free-to-air licences to ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 19:28hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya claims gold being tampered with
HENRIETTA Rushwaya today complained in court that her 6kg gold was being tampered with at Fidelity Printers and Refiners saying it has since lost three grams in weight and also lost 6 percent of its p...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:05hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister's aide arrested
Ex-HEALTH minister Obadiah Moyo's former aide was yesterday arrested and charged with criminal abuse of office for allegedly illegally facilitating issuance of visas to gold dealer, Ali Muhamad and hi...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga, SB Moyo wrestle for Zim gold sector control
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, his deputy Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo, locked in a vicious duel to wrest and consolidate state power, are manoeuvring to control the ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | 3031 | by Staff reporter
Former Health Minister's PA arrested
A former personal assistant to sacked Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested yesterday on allegations of criminal abuse of office. Gideon Mapokotera was picked at 2.30pm yest...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:52hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya faces long wait for bail hearing
Henrietta Rushwaya has to wait a little longer for her application for bail to be heard at the High Court as the record of proceedings of the remand court is not yet ready. She is facing charg...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa impoverishing MDC members on the altar of political correctness
A "RATIONAL economic" Zanu-PF has been masterminding massive wealth transfers to their enlightened members since 2000. The ruling party members are winning on the economic front by creating wealth whi...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:58hrs | 2325 | by Brian Sedze
Govt investigates corona donations
AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, t...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya bail battle rages on
HENRIETTA Rushwaya has approached the High Court challenging the magistrates' court decision to deny her bail on charges of attempting to smuggle gold to Dubai after four gold bars weighing 6kg were f...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:56hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIO boss relative fired
TICHAFA Victor Hwacha, a deputy director with the Counter Intelligence unit of the Central Intelligence Organisation was fired on Wednesday this week for allegedly working with a cartel in the gold se...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 5871 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono granted bail
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been granted bail at the High Court after languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for 17 days.High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that his...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a flight risk, says Rushwaya
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation leader Henrietta Rushwaya insists she will not interfere with witnesses and is not a flight risk after applying for bail at the High Court in her 6kg gold smugglin...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | 3443 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya appeals for bail at High Court
THE suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has approached the High Court appealing for bail after she was denied the same by Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna.Rush...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe looks underground for golden economic revival
REELING from decades of economic mismanagement, Zimbabwe is banking on gold to shore up revenue and tackle the upshots of rampant hyperinflation, corruption and coronavirus restrictions.Global...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
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