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Looting scandal sucks in deputy minister
INDUSTRY and Commerce deputy minister and Bulawayo South legislator Raj Modi has been caught in an equipment stripping scandal after he allegedly received materials looted by the judicial manager of a...Published: 3 hrs ago | 660 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's proposed Patriotic Bill: Whither Zimbabwe at 41?
ACCORDING to the permanent secretary in the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ministry Virginia Mabhiza, as quoted in The Sunday Mail on October 4 2020, her ministry drafted principles of a "Pa...Published: 3 hrs ago | 69 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Petition launched against reintroduction of 'green bombers'
ZIMBABWEANS have started an online petition against government's planned reintroduction of the controversial National Youth Service Training Programme in the country.This comes after governmen...Published: 4 hrs ago | 142 | by Staff reporter
'Cabinet misled on learners' safety'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday alleged that the Primary and Secondary Education ministry misled Cabinet into recommending the premature opening of schools on March 15, whi...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
$6m scandal haunts Mwonzora
An MDC-T activist on Friday lodged a complaint with the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) accusing the party's leader Douglas Mwonzora of stealing over $6 million from the opposition party's c...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:02hrs | 3004 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe orphanage rocked by sodomy scandal
SALACIOUS details have emerged of how the former first family's elite schools and orphanage nestled in a vast estate in Mazowe - 40km north of Harare - were rocked by an alleged child sexual abuse sca...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 6454 | by Staff reporter
Chombo fingered in Augur Investments land scandals
AUGUR Investments, owned by controversial land developer Kern Sharpe, has been caught up in another land scandal involving 239 3923 hectares worth US$$45 428 910.The matter has spilled into th...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:02hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Executive failing corruption fight
ROSA Parks is not just a name in the United States. She is a torchbearer when it comes to civil rights movements. Parks one day decided not to give her seat to a white person in a public bus. ...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:27hrs | 226 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Sex-for-healing scandal
BUSTED!A self-professed prophet in Bulawayo is enmeshed in a "sex-for-healing" scandal following sensational revelations by one of his clients' husband that he extorted for sex from his wife i...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Oppah Muchinguri divorced?
Male politicians in Zimbabwe are measured and judged by their love affairs. Morgan Tsvangirai was questioned on his love for women and hoping from one relationship to the next. Robert Mugabe was quest...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 12:04hrs | 10649 | by John Chibuwa
Augur Investments dismisses land theft scandal
LAND developer Kenneth Raydon Sharpe's Augur Investments has dismissed allegations of misappropriation of council land in its response to the High Court challenging its mention in a land dispute....Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:55hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
118 MDC MPs face Parly sanctions
The 118 sitting and former MDC Members of Parliament and senators who sang, remained seated or walked out when President Mnangagwa came to Parliament on five formal occasions should be found in contem...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:29hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Yes, you can legislate for patriotism
GROWING up in the village, one gets to appreciate the fact that not all dogs are the same.They are actually two distinct types: the abidingly loyal and disciplined type, and the hopelessly use...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:19hrs | 69 | by Bishop Lazarus
Ex-Zapu leaders anxious over Mohadi successor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has not consulted former Zapu and Zipra cadres on the filling of the post of vice-president following the resignation of Kembo Mohadi over a series of sex scandals with va...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:20hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
Diamond scam hits Zimbabwe
One buyer has been snapping up all parcels at diamond auctions amid concerns some officials from the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) and the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MM...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 5129 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's MDC wants July Moyo arrested for land corruption
MDC Alliance has called for the arrest of Local Government minister, July Moyo over alleged corruption and flouting tender procedures at the expense of the taxpayers.This follows reports linki...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2859 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners to attend funerals, weddings
PRISONERS may be temporarily released to attend funerals, weddings and other important family functions provided they apply and get permission from the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Aff...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 2040 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's name dropped in Airport Road scam
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's name has been dropped in a messy land scandal involving controversial Ukranian investors who were given vast tracts of prime land in Harare following the intervention of...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 5737 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's bid to dissipate MDC might return to haunt it
LAST week's Zanu-PF politburo meeting was interesting in two ways - the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the party's vice president, and second secretary. I have never under...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2670 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Who gains from the public shaming of Kembo Mohadi?
ZIMBABWE'S second Vice-President Kembo Mohadi was caught in a kompromat trap. Recordings of phone calls full of lurid sexual banter, thanks to intercepts that were almost certainly the work of a State...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 3959 | by N Nyoni
Where is Dr. Masimba Mavaza? A story worthy-Amai Merry Chiwenga is left in the mud and mire
This is exactly what we mean when we say tribalism is giving a bad smell at every corner of Zimbabwe. Tribalism is raw and present, not even possible to conceal it because it appears to be the lifelin...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 07:31hrs | 2924 | by Nomazulu Thata
July Moyo named in US$9m tender storm
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo is entangled in a scandal in which a company linked to a businessman at the centre of the Chilonga row was allegedly awarded a US$9,3 million contract to supply wat...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:52hrs | 4357 | by Staff reporter
Stands scandal exposes Zanu-PF factional fights
THE arrest of three Mvurwi Town Council officials for swindling home-seekers of more than $18 million, has left Zanu-PF divided after its central committee member, John Nhamburo, reportedly called the...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa likely violated Constitution and must face the consequences
A major public controversy has erupted over the recent resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi over sexual impropriety scandals and President Mnangagwa not giving a public notice of the resignation...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 15:58hrs | 1976 | by Munyaradzi Gwisai
1893 condemns On-going Human Rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893MHRRM) has been alerted to the attempted abduction of the leader of Mthwakazi Republic Party in Zimbabwe, Mr Mqondisi Moyo, following events o...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 15:39hrs | 922 | by 1893 Baythe Board Of Directors
ZWL18 million stand scandal lands three in trouble
THREE Mvurwi Town Council officials who allegedly stole 32 stands valued for more than ZWL$18 million which they sold to desperate stand seekers while iss...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 22:52hrs | 1953 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mliswa praises Mohadi for quitting over sex scandal
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says vice-president Kembo Mohadi's decision to resign from office over a sex scandal sets a good precedent for Zimbabwean and other African leaders, who ofte...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | 1866 | by Staff reporter
The race to succeed Kembo Mohadi is on
FOLLOWING the resignation in shame on 1 March of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi over a sex scandal, a political race to succeed him has already started among former Zapu senior officials and Zipra comman...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 3663 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
Women organisations call for female VP
ZIMBABWEAN women have urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to appoint a female candidate to the vice presidency post to replace his former deputy, Kembo Mohadi, who resigned on Monday. Mohadi wa...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:39hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu is seen as a front-runner for VP post, but.....
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal.P...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 5433 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF's eagerness to dissipate MDC might return to haunt them, as could be spur needed to finally urge Zimbabweans to stand up
Yesterday's ruling ZANU PF party Politburo (supreme body) meeting was interesting in two ways - firstly, the apparent strange continuation of the shamed Kembo Mohadi as the organization's vice preside...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 10:23hrs | 2301 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mliswa wants law protecting public officials from social media attacks
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa has called on both government and parliament to introduce a law that would protect public officials from unfair attacks via social media.He was speaking in parli...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Mary Chiwenga's under renewed siege?
Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife Marry, locked in a nasty divorce affair, says she is under renewed siege from the retired general. She says her office wall in Highland...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 20:15hrs | 3224 | by Staff reporter
Zacc descends on Gweru
A ten- member Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) team is in Gweru to investigate land scandals involving senior Government officials and land barons.A number of senior Government offic...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 11:51hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi saga: Fresh details emerge
FRESH details have emerged that embattled former Vice-President Kembo Mohadi tendered his resignation last week, although he made it known to the public in a statement on Monday.This was confi...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | 10537 | by Staff reporter
Shava hungers for US, UK talks
NEWLY-APPOINTED Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick Shava yesterday said he was ready to engage the West in a bid to enable the country to join the family of nations.Shava was sworn in at State ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has lost credibility
THE recent resignation of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi over sex scandals with married women at his Munhumutapa offices has exposed the ruling Zanu-PF party both internally and externally.The pa...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 578 | by Concerned
Mohadi successor, phone tapping, 2 VPs dominate talk in Matebeleland
THE resignation of Vice President Kembo Mohadi has triggered frenzied talk in Matebeleland with political activists and parties expressing different views about who and how the former VP could best be...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 5233 | by Staff reporter
Do morals require a code of conduct for politicians?
Tongues were sent into overdrive in the recent past weeks amid revelations of a multitude of trysts of Zimbabwe's the third in command, Vice President Kembo Mohadi with numerous married. What started ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 21:40hrs | 727 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Mohadi citied wrong resignation law
KEMBO Mohadi cited a wrong section of the constitution while announcing his resignation as the country's Vice President, constitutional law Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said.Mohadi was hound...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:05hrs | 3427 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's resignation a sign of great leadership
The resignation of Former Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday is just but a sign of great leadership.His willing resignation is hope that it is a good lesson to other ZANU PF leaders, ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 17:53hrs | 1258 | by Shelton Muchena
Some of the biggest and most shocking scandals in boxing history
There will be one dispute or another about nearly everything in the film business. This makes it even more exciting and entertaining and draws even greater fans. Therefore, to achieve relevance and ma...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 997 | by Staff Writer
Sexgate claims VP Mohadi
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi (71), who has been battling a series of sex scandals allegedly involving married women, his aides and students, yesterday resigned to "save government's image".In a...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 7221 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to give MDC a a new name as MDC implodes
Zimbabweans owe Tsvangirai some gratitude for supporting maintaining democracy by holding the MDC together and provide the nation with a solid opposition. Ironically the MDC has transformed to be the ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 09:45hrs | 13539 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Social media falsehoods on Minister Mutsvangwa shocking
Social media was abuzz and awash with photographs of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa with her late brother Mr Daniel Parirenyatwa.They were ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 16:25hrs | 2294 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mutsvangwas: Is Monica cheating on Chris?
Once again Social Media was abuzz and awash with photographs of honourable senator Monica Mutsvangwa with a man the social media could not identify. They then made innuendos that the man could have be...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:44hrs | 2796 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 2409 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Of power and our intrinsic failings
Like so many of you, I too could never quite wrap it around my head. Just how does arguably the world's most developed nation connive to vote into the most important leadership position an unabashed b...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:56hrs | 97 | by Zifiso Masiye
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