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TOTAL Zimbabwe Limited in $65k corporate fraud scandal
French international oil giant, TOTAL, is facing serious fraud charges at Tredgold Magistrates Court, Bulawayo after allegadly defrauding one of its long time dealers of $65K. TOTAL Zimbabwe Limited r...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2225 | by Walter Nyabadza
'Mnangagwa crackdown on money changers futile'
The crackdown on black market currency trading to curb a parallel market blamed for the spike in prices is not enough to address the problem, economists said yesterday.This comes as there has ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:31hrs | 6518 | by Staff reporter
A timeline of how Zimbabwe lost its currency
Today, November 14, marks the 21st anniversary of "Black Friday", the day the Zimbabwe dollar crashed in 1997.We track the Zimdollar's collapse from that fateful November day, and the many des...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 3012 | by newZwire with The Source
Lumumba calls ZANU PF leaders mad
Embattled whistleblower Wiiliam Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) has blasted ZANU PF government over its management of the national Airline, Air Zimbabwe. Said Lumumba, "I do not understand my party Z...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 08:59hrs | 7253 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A 'Operation restore citizen-power' only path to Zimbabwe's prosperity
As Zimbabwe commemorates last year's military intervention that led to the removal of long-time president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and replaced by his then recently expelled deputy Emmerson Dambudzo Mna...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 08:56hrs | 986 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
War vets corner Mnangagwa over Obert Mpofu
Veterans of the country's liberation struggle last Saturday met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and demanded that he fires Zanu-PF's secretary administration Obert Mpofu who they allege faces a lita...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 5308 | by Staff reporter
1 August killings: Army did not consult me says Police Boss
The Chief superintendent for Harare Central District‚ Albert Ncube said the army did not meet him to get orders before firing at the protestors. Ncube was giving evidence in front of the Commission ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 11:49hrs | 6999 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean charged with killing SA girlfriend says mentally ill
The State this week cross-examined the Zimbabwean accused of murdering his South African girlfriend.Lloyd Simbarashe stands accused of killing his then-girlfriend, Nikita Lewis, by stabbing he...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:24hrs | 2856 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs throng Harare court
It was an extraordinary week at the Harare Magistrates' Courts that saw four high-profile figures appearing in court on the same day, facing various charges.It was therefore a hive of activity...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:30hrs | 2436 | by Staff reporter
'Most accidents attributed to human error, speeding'
THE newly-refurbished Plumtree-Mutare Highway has become Zimbabwe's deadliest road, with Wednesday's Rusape bus disaster, which claimed 50 lives being one of the many fatalities along the road....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:09hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law's freedom bid flops
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law unsuccessfully challenged his continued remand Wednesday after being told he was to be jointly charged with a former Air Zimbabwe security guard.Sim...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 19:14hrs | 9410 | by newzimbabwe
Obert Mpofu receiving hostile reception at Zanu-PF HQ
It never rains but pours for Obert Mpofu, the Zanu PF secretary for administration who is being frustrated by a group of former liberation war fighters who want him out.The former Home Affairs...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:16hrs | 11602 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe son-in-law gets trial date
The trial of former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore, who is facing charges of unlawfully detaining former Zimbabwe Airways (Zim Airways) legal head Bertha Zakeyo, has been set for N...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 1243 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's corruption talk: bark with no bite
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured anyone who cares to listen that he is sincere in his wish to eradicate, or at the very least fight, corruption.His rhetoric has been heart-warming, but...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 760 | by Editorial - newsday
Mugabe ministers in court on corruption charges in Zimbabwe
Two former ministers under Robert Mugabe appeared in court in Harare on Wednesday on corruption charges, nearly a year after Zimbabwe's long-time ruler was ousted from power.Mugabe's successor...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 17:18hrs | 1285 | by AFP
Full list of Ministers arrested by Mnangagwa
On Wednesday, the Harare magistrate courts was flooded with high ranking ZANU PF linked officials who were coming for routine remand on charges relating to corruption. Some of the accused who tu...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 13:10hrs | 18216 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF costs balloon
Zanu-PF's salary bill has increased substantially after a decision was made to accommodate bigwigs left out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lean Cabinet as full time party employees.Mnangagw...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:04hrs | 3398 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs flood Harare court
It was a hive of activity on Tuesday at the Harare Magistrate courts with ZANU PF heavyweights appearing for routine remand on various corruption charges allegedly committed under the era of Robert Mu...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 10:08hrs | 9585 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'International organisations in Zimbabwe immune from legal processes'
The Supreme Court has stopped the deduction of $623 000 from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)'s bank account to pay a former employee who obtained a court order compelling t...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:44hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura rapes girl (11)
A Guruve man Owen Gumbura (38) of Murondatsimba village under Chief Chipuriro has been jailed to an effective twelve years for raping a 11 year old girl by Bindura magistrate Sandra Mupindu....Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 13:11hrs | 3231 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mhofu recalls Katsande
FORMER Warriors captain Willard Katsande has been recalled to the Zimbabwe senior men's national team ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Liberia next month.Katsande...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:25hrs | 2361 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on high alert
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned members of Zanu-PF's political bureau - otherwise known as the politburo - from bringing cell phones to meetings, in what analysts say is indicative of the deep...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:34hrs | 15500 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bans cellphones at Politburo meetings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned members of Zanu-PF's political bureau - otherwise known as the politburo - from bringing cell phones to meetings, in what analysts say is indicative of the ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 06:09hrs | 4821 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Manicaland implodes
KNIVES have been drawn against Zanu-PF Manicaland political commissar Gift Kagweda, with some provincial executive committee members (PEC) calling for his suspension after he wrote to the party's nati...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:44hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Bread remains at $1,10
Government's call for bread retailers to revert to the old price of $1,10 for a loaf from the $2,10 as announced by Lobels on Friday was heeded by most retailers, although with alarming consequences....Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 15:17hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
9 cops accused of killing suspects
IN a shocking expose, police officers would allegedly fatally assault suspects and in a bid to conceal the act, allegedly shoot at the dead bodies and claim the suspects were killed while trying to fl...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:40hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Inside the fierce war for control of Zimbabwe's fuel industry
A fierce war is brewing behind the scenes for control of Zimbabwe's fuel industry pitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's allies following a bid by a South Afric...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:13hrs | 4930 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs ordered to don party regalia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Zanu-PF bigwigs who are employed at the party headquarters to wear party regalia when on official duty.He told the Zanu-PF central committee meeting on...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:42hrs | 2158 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo Zimbabwe's poster boy of sleaze
As ZANU-PF's long-serving chief whip, Joram Gumbo came across as a tidy, backroom operator, quietly but efficiently pulling the strings for his party in Parliament. But his scrapbook in government sin...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 619 | by newZWire
Mnangagwa bangs door in Chamisa's face
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken for the first time on opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's push for a transitional government, saying any form of a power-sharing arrangement was not on his agend...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 22:27hrs | 11447 | by Staff reporter
MDC @19: A lamentation over the death of democracy
This week the police gave the MDC-T Chamisa faction the go ahead to hold an event to celebrate its 19th anniversary after postponing the event over the cholera outbreak of September in Harare. While t...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1055 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Mnangagwa will not be distracted by GNU dreamers'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Zanu-PF had no plans for a Government of National Unity with the opposition and is focused on implementing policies beneficial to Zimbabweans. MDC Alliance l...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Punch kills man in soccer brawl
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Beitbridge allegedly fatally punched a fellow villager following a dispute over results of a social soccer football match. Oliver Ndou allegedly killed Masimba Chiyangwa...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's sister in court
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore who is accused of unlawfully detaining a former Zimbabwe Airways employee Bertha Zakeyo during a dispute, appeared in court yesterday. ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa demands 2% tax refunds
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, has demanded that government reverses and refund Zimbabweans all the money they lost following the introduction of the infamous tax regime, which milks two cents on every do...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:03hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law appears in court, gets US$30 bail
Former President Mugabe's son-in-law Simbarashe Chikore (41) has appeared before Harare Provincial Magistrate Elisha Singano facing allegations of kidnapping.He surrendered himself to the poli...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 13:08hrs | 5607 | by Staff Reporter
Man kills wife over cow
POLICE in Chivhu have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly killed his wife after accusing her of failing to chase away a cow that was drinking water near their garden.Simbarashe Zishiri ...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Perm Sec loses $15,000 in EcoCash scam
PERMANENT Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Sylvester Maunganidze allegedly lost $15 000 from his bank account to an EcoCash agent after he gave her his CBZ bank card and pin number...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 2421 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti always has something to say
The Daily News on Sunday's Pauline Hurungudo sits down for a wide-ranging interview with former Finance minister Tendai Biti, who is also the deputy national chairperson for the MDC, about the state o...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 14:19hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners seek spiritual cleansing
FOR killing his sister-in-law and attempting to murder his wife, 38-year-old Simbarashe Munakamwe was sentenced to 17 years in prison.Now an inmate at the Chikurubi Maximum Prison, Munakamwe i...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:27hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai estate sued
The late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai's estate has been hauled before the High Court over the late founding leader's alleged failure to pay a man who claims to have helped the opposition leader sti...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 12:00hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls residents block labour imports from Harare
THERE was chaos in Victoria Falls on Monday night when residents opposed the employment of 29 people who had been bused by a construction company from Harare. Masimba Construction Company and ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls residents team up, block 22 outsiders from grabbing 'their' jobs
Residents of Victoria Falls on Monday teamed up to block the "importation" of workers by a Harare construction company, forcing the immediate dismissal of 22 employees who had been bussed from the cap...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 13:46hrs | 2498 | by New Zimbabwe
Chamisa fires MDC Alliance members who stood as independent candidates
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance in Chiredzi West has fired members who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 polls and hundreds others who rallied behind the rebellious candidates....Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 4034 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's relative appointed to NBS board
THE main opposition MDC Alliance has expressed displeasure at the appointment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's relative, Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa, to the National Building Society (NBS) board, desc...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Cops acquitted for killing a prison officer
TWO Gwanda-based police officers, who were accused of fatally assaulting a drunken prison officer for refusing to be taken to a police holding cell for detention have been acquitted by the High Court....Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:25hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Dembare will never die
Dynamos 2-1 Caps United A TACTICAL half-time substitution proved the masterstroke as Dynamos took a huge leap in their fight against relegation with a polished second-half show helping them clinch...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
LIVE: Dynamos versus Caps United - Dembare fights relegation
Dynamos 2- 1 Caps United90+4 Full-time90+3' Kadonzvo booked for playing the ball after the whistle had gone90+1' Kat...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 14:04hrs | 4368 | by Staff reporter
List of Zimbabwe police officers being transferred
FROM COMPOL [HRA] TO ALL STNS CLASS ‘A’ RDO TM 375/18 DD 11/10/18'IMMEDIATE'SUBJECT: TRANSFERS: OFFICERS AND...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 20:02hrs | 13408 | by Compol HRA
Perrance Shiri's imposter in court for swindling farmers
AN unrepentant ex-convict who allegedly registered cellphone lines in the name of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri and used them to swindle unsuspectin...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:00hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
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