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Man jailed for 6 years for stealing a car in Zimbabwe
A 46-year-old man from Mberengwa, Hlangabeza Mabhula, also known as Benjamin Kutira, was sentenced to prison for theft and possession of illegal items in the Zvishavane Magistrates' Court.The ...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:19hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national in Zimbabwe court for fraudulent trucking scheme
A Chinese national, Liu Bo (43), appeared in court yesterday facing charges of defrauding a local transport business owner by duping him into hiring out his truck for the transportation of chrome ore,...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:51hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Chaos erupts at Beitbridge as travelers clash with Zimra officials
Beitbridge's Dulibadzimu Bus Terminus turned into a scene of chaos on Monday when travelers clashed with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials during an operation targeting smuggled goods. ...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:50hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Zimra auctions off goods, 'seizes' them
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) at Beitbridge has seized a consignment of alcoholic beverages worth US$84,741.58—despite having previously sold it to a successful bidder at an auction just da...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:48hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe intensify crackdown on smuggling
Zimbabwe is intensifying its efforts to combat smuggling along its border with South Africa, in response to significant revenue losses reported due to syndicates operating in the area. The national an...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:39hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national in Zimbabwe court over fraudulent lithium smuggling scheme
A Chinese national, Lui Bo, appeared before a Harare magistrate facing charges of fraud after allegedly deceiving a local transport company into unknowingly smuggling lithium ore to Mozambique. The in...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:35hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Gvt shuts KidsMart over counterfeit goods
There is no Christmas joy after the national task-force on anti-smuggling descended on Bulawayo's Kids Mart outlet this Monday and seized counterfeit good...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 16:05hrs | 11389 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
ZANU-PF urges govt to return Zipra properties
ZANU-PF has called for the immediate return of properties belonging to the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) that were seized during the 1980s civil unrest in Matabeleland and the Midlands....Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:51hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man found with R40,000 cash in SA, forfeited to the state
THE Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, has secured a forfeiture order against undocumented Zimbabwean man, Gift Mafukidze.Lieutenant-Colonel Lloyd Ramovha, ...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:44hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Cops beat up ZACC officials
Two police officers from Sakubva Police Station in Mutare have been arrested for allegedly assaulting investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) during a bribery investigation....Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 10:14hrs | 1346 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fails to pay white farmers who had land expropriated
White commercial growers in Zimbabwe said that the government has failed to pay part of $331 million in compensation to farmers for expropriating their land but reimbursed others who weren't part of t...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 10:08hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Minister Mthuli's Anaconda Choke on the Informal Sector Marks the End of Zanu PF Rule
Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, has taken drastic measures to clamp down on the informal sector, a move being described as an "anaconda chok...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 19:15hrs | 1789 | by Kindred Sibanda
Senator Mupfumira's car seized at gunpoint in Harare
A vehicle belonging to Mashonaland West senator and former cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira was hijacked at gunpoint in Harare's Avondale West on December 11, police have confirmed.The incide...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:46hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Travellers stranded as bus services halt in Beitbridge
Hundreds of travellers, including cross-border traders and shoppers, were left stranded in Beitbridge on Wednesday after bus operators suspended services in response to a government-led anti-smuggling...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:51hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
'Loan shark' seizes vehicle over US$60 debt
Isaac Matinyarare, an alleged illegal money lender from Chiredzi, is accused of forcibly confiscating a silver Nissan Sulphy Bluebird from Phillip Mafuta over a disputed US$60 debt. Mafuta told The Mi...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 13:07hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge route buses withdraw services
Hundreds of travelers, primarily cross-border traders and shoppers, were left stranded in Beitbridge on Wednesday as bus operators withdrew their services, fearing that their buses would be impounded ...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:38hrs | 7526 | by Staff reporter
School threatens to expel 500 learners
The future of at least 500 learners at Mother Patrick Convent Primary School in Harare hangs in the balance after the school expelled 40 students for allegedly disrupting lessons. The expulsion letter...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 06:52hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police say 'making headway' 2 months after Ecobank US$4m heist
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has intensified its efforts to apprehend the armed robbers behind the dramatic US$4 million heist at the Ecobank Parkade branch in Bulawayo two months ago.Th...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 16:37hrs | 2061 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland chief in legal trouble over abuse directed at woman
The national Council of Chiefs has been petitioned to act on an errant chief who was filmed verbally abusing a woman during a village court sitting.Chief Nyamaropa, of Shamva in Mashonaland Ce...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 16:56hrs | 1516 | by Staff reporter
Challenges mount for Mwonzora, property attached
Douglas Mwonzora, the embattled opposition politician and lawyer, is facing significant legal and financial troubles after his law firm, Mwonzora and Associates, had its office property seized last we...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:49hrs | 4868 | by Staff reporter
Council file disappears as Chadzamira grabs widow's property
Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Ezra Chadzamira, is at the center of a legal dispute involving an 8-hectare plot in Morningside, Masvingo, owned by widow Farai Mazeng...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 13:24hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa and Mbalula are responsible for ANC losing elections
ANC KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) secretary Bheki Mtolo says they won't take the fall after the party's support dropped to 40% in the May 29 elections, arguing that President Cyril Ramaphosa and secretary-gener...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 12:59hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Chadzamira grabs widow's property
Ezra Chadzamira, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Masvingo, is embroiled in a legal dispute with a widow whose 8-hectare plot he allegedly seized in Morningside, Masving...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:31hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo arrested in South Africa for possession of gold worth R15 million
South African authorities have confirmed the arrest of a Zimbabwean national, Joacham Chivayo, and his South African accomplice, Ayanda Brian Gungwa, after they were found in possession of gold bullio...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 4242 | by Staff reporter
Double murder accused businessman's trial stalls again
The murder trial of former fugitive and Gweru businessman Peter Dube, accused of killing two people and attempting to kill two more in a suspected love triangle, has hit another roadblock after he exh...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 12:04hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay white farmers US$331 million in move to rework debt
Zimbabwe plans to pay $331 million to white former farmers whose land the nation seized in 2000 as a step toward getting creditors to agree to restructure the nation's debt pile, which has left it loc...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:19hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu, Chamisa proxies lose battle over CCC millions
The Citizens Coalition for Change party led by Welshman Ncube will receive funds under the Political Parties (Finance) Act in a major snub to two other factions, it was reported on Sunday.Just...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:40hrs | 3168 | by Staff reporter
Harare municipal cop jailed for bribery and obstruction of justice
A municipal officer, Mugove Chiradza (56), has been sentenced to two years in prison after being convicted of bribery and obstruction of justice by the Harare Magistrates' Court.The court hear...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 12:09hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Bosso offers temporary home to evicted supporter and family
In an act of compassion and solidarity, Highlanders Football Club has stepped in to provide temporary shelter to Melusi Khumalo and his family after they were evicted from their home of 35 years last ...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:09hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official ordered to vacate Borrowdale shebeen
Pardon Chibamu, a senior Zanu-PF official, has been ordered by the Mashonaland E Magistrates Court to immediately vacate a Borrowdale home that he allegedly seized from a widow and turned into a shebe...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Political cctivists to reclaim seized gadgets
Magistrate Rufaro Panavanhu yesterday issued a ruling instructing the police to return electronic devices seized from three human rights activists who were apprehended at Robert Gabriel Mugabe Interna...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:49hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Gappah's properties worth $18k attached over Mahere defamation
Renowned author Petina Gappah has had her property seized by bailiffs after losing a defamation lawsuit filed by lawyer Fadzayi Mahere. Gappah was ordered to pay US$18,000 in damages after a series of...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:18hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver and conductor arrested for bribing cops
A kombi driver and his conductor have been arrested following a viral video that allegedly shows two police officers accepting bribes from motorists along the Harare-Mutare Road. The two Zimbabwe Repu...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:01hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ordered to release seized NGO gadgets
High Court judge Justice Neville Wamambo has ruled that the police must release all electronic gadgets seized from employees of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) and the Election Resource C...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zera blitz nets 300 smuggled LPG cylinders
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has seized 300 smuggled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders from South Africa and Botswana for failure to conform to set local standards.The...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:04hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for repatriation of Zimbabwe skulls from British museums
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has renewed calls for the repatriation of the remains of Chimurenga war heroes from Britain, emphasizing the need for their interment in "a dignified manner." This stateme...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:27hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Max Verstappen takes aim at biased British press after Brazilian GP
Max Verstappen has finally broken a months-long winless drought with a stunning victory from 17th on the grid at the Brazilian Grand Prix - and he was in fine form in the aftermath.After a con...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 09:19hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested in Zimbabwe for illegally selling Starlink kits
Five men from Harare have been arrested for allegedly possessing Starlink kits without a valid license, following a police operation on November 2, 2024. The suspects, identified as Polite Jamba (28),...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:36hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkululeko Sibanda's assets to be forfeited
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has filed a High Court application to seize properties worth millions of dollars from the estate of the late businessman Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, ac...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:03hrs | 3296 | by Staff reporter
Mr. Mnangagwa, before talking about colonial reparations, why not pay Gukurahundi reparations first?
In a recent address at State House, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa renewed his call for former colonial powers to pay reparations to their ex-colonies, suggesting that such reparations could ...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 21:25hrs | 459 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Britain should have compensated Zimbabwe first!
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated that Britain should have compensated Zimbabwe before the southern African country addresses compensation for white commercial farmers regarding improvements mad...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 16:42hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
7 top rogue cops arrested, dragged to court
Seven high-ranking detectives from the Zimbabwe Republic Police's homicide unit in Bulawayo have been charged with theft, criminal abuse of office, and obstruction of justice following their alleged i...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:38hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Zimra seizes Hwindi President's car
Popular Zimdancehall artist Bessel Mugo Parewa, known as Hwindi President, has taken to social media to voice his frustration after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) impounded his vehicle as part...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 16:01hrs | 10238 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa says ED2030 slogan, a reaction to outside forces
ZANU-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has disclosed that the recent push to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms was largely driven by exte...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:08hrs | 2972 | by Staff reporter
Zimparks ranger arrested for lion poaching in Hwange National Park
A Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority ranger has been arrested in connection with the recent poaching of three lions, whose carcasses were discovered headless and without paws in...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:00hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu in bruising tussle over windfall
Employees of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have turned to Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, appealing for assistance in recovering approximately US$1.2 million in outstanding sala...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:29hrs | 4536 | by Staff reporter
The real story behind Britain's withdrawal from Zimbabwe's land reform: Exposing corruption and mismanagement
AS SOUTHERN Africa approaches another 'SADC Anti-Sanctions Day,' the Zimbabwean government is once again amplifying the narrative that economic sanctions, particularly from Western countries like the ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:37hrs | 856 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman steals US$24 000 from employer
A 35-year-old woman from Barham Green, Bulawayo, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing US$24,000 from a steel manufacturing company where she worked. The accused, Nothando Banana, all...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa stalling the return of ZPRA properties
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is intentionally delaying the return of properties confiscated from ZPRA veterans, according to Andreas Ethan Mathibela, a faction leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberati...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 14:42hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa headlines Anti-Sanctions Day commemorations
Zimbabwe will commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Anti-Sanctions Day on Friday, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as the chairperson of the regional...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:16hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
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