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Tendai Biti loses recusal application
HARARE magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro has dismissed an application by lawyer Tendai Biti demanding that she must recuse herself from a matter where the Harare East MP is accused of verbally ass...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:39hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Katsimberis case struck off the roll
The High Court has struck off the roll the case in which builder George Katsimberis was seeking a review of the trial court ruling dismissing his request to refer his case to the Constitutional Court ...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:25hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites Chamisa, ex-ministers to Uhuru celebrations
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Independence was brought about by all Zimbabweans living or dead, hence he is inviting all political parties, current and former Government Ministers for the main celebrat...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:21hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
No Covid-19 tests for Uhuru attendance
COVID-19 tests will not be required from vaccinated members of the public who want to attend the Independence Day main celebrations to be held at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo on 18 April....Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tourist arrivals drop by 40%
TOURIST arrivals to Zimbabwe declined by 40 percent to 375 799 in 2021 as a result of Covid-19, a senior government official said on Thursday.Officially launching the country's first Tourism S...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:58hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Biti trial to commence on April 11
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application by opposition politician and lawyer Tendai Biti seeking postponement of his trial on charges of assaulting a Russian national Tatiana Aleshina wi...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:17hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Biti's former client wants Greek interpreter
In a bid to delay trial, builder George Katsimberis yesterday applied for his fraud trial to be conducted in his mother language (Greek) arguing that he was not familiar with court jargon.This...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Katsimberis refuses to plead as trial opens
The trial for builder George Katsimberis on allegations of duping a land developer of close to USS$1 million in a joint venture to build cluster houses in Harare's Borrowdale suburb has finally kicked...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:11hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factionalism splits Gutu ahead of polls
BATTLELINES have been drawn in Gutu West constituency in Masvingo province where councillor Mutonho Rwodzi is said to be eyeing the seat currently occupied by John Paradza in 2023 elections.Rw...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:48hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
6 more cyclones forecast to hit Zimbabwe
At least six more tropical cyclones that will develop in the south-west Indian Ocean this season are expected to reach Zimbabwe during the current rainy season, although there are no predictions of th...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Mavhima's mammoth task in uniting Zanu-PF Midlands factions
THE Zanu-PF Midlands provincial elections have come and gone, with the new executive in place, but incoming Midlands chairperson Larry Mavhima (pictured) faces a herculean task in uniting the divided ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 20:39hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Govt frowns at illegal dumpsites
THE Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry ministry has expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal dumpsites which are posing a health hazard to people and the environment.Envi...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's enforcer bites the dust again
FORMER State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube's political woes worsened at the weekend after he lost the Zanu-PF Midlands provincial vice chairmanship, on which he had imposed himself, and was shunt...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:42hrs | 3557 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi appointed Deputy Minister of Environment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed Chirumhanzu South legislator and businesswoman, Barbara Rwodzi as Deputy Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry.Rwodzi is holder o...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 15:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
US$1m fraud trial hits snag
The trial of builder George Katsimberis, who is facing allegations of defrauding a local land developer of close to US$1 million has hit another setback after his new lawyers requested for transcripts...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:33hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira's PAP way cleared
The way for Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira to land the presidency of the Pan African Parliament is now set to be cleared after the Executive Council of the continental body made it cle...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Biti dumps Katsimberis
Building contractor, George Katsimberis, who is facing allegations of fraud has engaged the services of new lawyers after he was abandoned by MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti. Katsembir...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charumbira inches closer to PAP presidency
SOUTHERN Africa's candidate for the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), Chief Fortune Charumbira, is close to landing the presidency of the continental legislative body after the PAP executive council on Fr...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Charumbira more likely to lead PAP
Zimbabwe is now more likely to lead the Pan African Parliament (PAP) after the African Union Commission has thrown its weight behind the principle of rotation for the position of Parliamentary Preside...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mvuma granted town status
THE Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has granted Mvuma town status, making the gold mining centre the fourth town in the Midlands Province. The other towns in the province are Gokwe, Zvis...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP in sanitary pads project
CHIRUMANZU legislator Barbara Rwodzi (Zanu-PF) has introduced a sanitary wear manufacturing project in her constituency to benefit poor girls and women.Rwodzi told NewsDay that the constituenc...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tribute to Solomon Bundo the great man of God
Mukoma Solo as I fondly call him was a man of valour, valliant soldier of Christ, symbol of unity, pillar, in all virtues, embodiment of love. Little did I know that November 2020 would be our estrang...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 17:58hrs | 14 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
36 vie for High Court judges vacancies
Thirty-six candidates, among them regional magistrates and lawyers are jostling to fill the nine vacant positions of judges of the High Court bench, according to the list of nominated candidates short...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Court throws out Geogios Katsemberis' application
Harare regional magistrate Mrs Letwin Rwodzi has dismissed an application by controversial builder Geogios Katsemberis to have his matter reffered to the Constitutional Court saying it was frivolous a...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Rwodzi rises from PAP chaos to rejuvenate Zanu-PF
THE little-known Barbara Rwodzi, a member of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) of the African Union (AU), left the institution's latest session with a continental reputation.The sitting was sus...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 17:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Barbara Rwodzi vows rotation fight will continue
She has been fondly hailed as South Africa's latest woman crush on social media, while other social media users have been in awe of Pan-African Parliament's Barbara Rwodzi's unwavering stance amid vio...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface
THE infamous MaShurugwi machete gangs have reportedly resurfaced in Guruve, Mashonaland Central province, where they recently attacked and injured four villagers.The return of violence prompte...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda to brief Mnangagwa on PAP row
The dispute last week over whether the presidency of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) pitting delegates from North and Southern Africa against those from East, West and Central Africa should help the ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface in Guruve
FOUR people from Mudhindo,Guruve are nursing injuries from machete gangs who are terrorising Mudhindo in search of gold.The gangs who a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:29hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Charumbira shoo-in for Pan-African Parliament presidency
PRESIDENT of the Chiefs Council, Senator Fortune Charumbira is among three contenders for the Pan-African Parliament (Pap) presidency after he was announced the sole candidate to represent southern Af...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP plays lead role in blocking Pan-African Parliament elections
Zanu-PF MP for Chirumanzu South Barbara Rwodzi was at the centre of protests Monday that disrupted the holding of Pan-African Parliament (PAP) elections in Midrand, South Africa.The PAP MPs fr...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife hospitalised
ESTRANGED wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Mary Mubaiwa, has been hospitalised in Harare and the case in which she is accused of assaulting a house maid was deferred to next month. ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man loses wife to sangoma
IT was apparently a bad move for a Mberengwa man to accommodate a sangoma he had consulted to cleanse his wife from goblins that she claimed were sexually harassing her during the night.This w...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean national appointed to ICAEW Africa Members Advisory Board
the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales - has today announced the appointment of Tinashe Rwodzi to its Africa Members Advisory Board. Rwodzi, who is the Zimbabwe and Malawi country...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 20:04hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone booster robbers arrested
Five armed robbers have been arrested by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for stealing about 300 litres of diesel and two 12 volt batteries from Telecel and E...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 18:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self to avoid jail time
STRESSED UP over his pending assault case before the courts, a 40–year-old man here hanged himself on a tree at his homestead on Tuesday.It is reported that the now deceased, Lastborn Bhusvu...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lied about his arrest by whites?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly misled the nation when he created a narrative that he was arrested by the white minority regime for derailing a goods train and sentenced to death but was spared...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 10:31hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teacher marries herd-boy
A VILLAGE love story has caused a stir in Mashonaland Central's Mupfure Village after a local teacher married a herd boy in the area. The teacher, Kinedah Zhangazha, says finances are a second...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 10:33hrs | 10707 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Chikwata striker bemoans low standards
FORMER Zimbabwe Saints striker Lexington Mujokoro is a disappointed footballer.The standards of the game, he believes have gone down in an era where coach education is compulsory."Our ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for wearing army regalia
A 20-YEAR-OLD Banket man was jailed for one year by Chinhoyi magistrate Letwin Rwodzi for wearing Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform.Malvern Makuranga of Templeton Farm, Banket, who is emplo...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists chucked off farm
Zanu-PF activists who were at loggerheads over a piece of land at Kia Ora Farm, in Banket have been ordered off the property by Chinhoyi magistrate Letwin Rwodzi at the close of the court case....Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court acquits first batch of protesters
Seven people have been acquitted of committing public violence crimes during anti-government protests.The six Chinhoyi residents, namely: Obey Zirota aged 37 years, Simbarashe Mubaira Kuenda, ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:12hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
'Queen Bee' buys chrome miner
A group of investors led by Sakunda Holdings founder and chief executive Kuda Tagwirei has reportedly acquired a majority stake in Zimbabwe Alloys (ZimAlloys) for $30 million, sources say. Alt...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 08:11hrs | 4472 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will deliver economic turnaround, MP says
THE country under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa will achieve the upper middle income economic status by 2030, a Zanu-PF MP has said. Addressing hundreds of party supporters ga...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will take Zimbabwe to Promised Land'
THE country under the leadership of President Mnangagwa will definitely achieve middle income economy status by 2030, Gutu West Member of Parliament John Paradza has said. Addressing hundreds ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gun-toting Zanu-PF activist convicted
A Zanu PF activist from Nyabira has been sentenced to two months in jail after threatening to shoot a villager he found setting up a goat pen. Chinhoyi magistrate Letwin Rwodzi was last week t...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Behind the walls of MDC-ZANU PF negotiations
During GNU talks, one reason MDC never got so-called reforms done is Tsvangirai assigned a sell-out to the negotiations. I will name him one day.To facilitate discussion, Mbeki pushed the form...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Mmatigari
Minister Raj Modi pays medical fees for Sizinda man
The Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi has paid medical fees for a Sizinda man after doctors indicated that if he is not operated he might be disabled for life."Garikai Rwodzi f...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 16:15hrs | 1872 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Charumbira elected VP of Pan African Parly
CHIEFS' council president, Fortune Charumbira, has been elected the vice president of the Pan African Parliament (PAP)representing the Southern Africa Caucus. The elections were held on Wednes...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe killer soldiers 'were driven by cruelty'
SOLDIERS allegedly shot and killed Silvia Maphosa (56) in cold blood at close range on August 1 during post elections violence that rocked Harare, the commission of inquiry into the violence led by fo...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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