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Chiwenga estranged wife Marry's freedom bid hits snag
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's fomer wife, Marry Mubaiwa's application to be removed from further remand was Tuesday dismissed by Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje arguing her investigation o...Published: 14 hrs ago | 450 | by Staff reporter
Registrar General counters Nick Mangwana claims, confirms e-passport snag
Registrar General Henry Machiri has confirmed the country's E-passport processing system has run aground with authorities unsure on when the crisis will be over.This is contrary to claims by I...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 16:50hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala writes emotional letter to African Union on persecution
INCARCERATED member of Parliament for Zengeza West, Job Sikhala, has written to the African Union, regional bodies and international human rights organisations about the deteriorating political situat...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 14:22hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala hit with more charges at a time he is locked in at Chikurubi Maximum
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala has been hit with another charge at a time he is locked in at Chikurubi Maximum prison for inciting violence.According to his lawyer Je...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:14hrs | 2194 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda's Dembare mediation hits a snag
THE mediation efforts by Dynamos' principal sponsors Sakunda Holdings are likely to yield no result as the warring parties in the long-standing ownership and shareholder wrangles remain poles apart....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
CCC members bid to stall trial hits snag
CCC members' bid to stall trial proceedings in a matter they are accused of staging illegal demonstrations in Harare in May 2020 yesterday hit a snag after the court dismissed their application noting...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Petrotrade board suspension challenge hits a snag
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has struck off the roll an urgent chamber application by former Petrotrade board chair Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, who was challenging his dismissal from state oil co...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Bid to replace mayor hits snag
A MOVE to replace recalled Harare mayor Jacob Mafume by Douglas Mwonzora's MDC Alliance failed yesterday after a scheduled full council meeting was aborted at the eleventh hour.Some councillor...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Police ban Chamisa's Masvingo rally
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) rally set for Masvingo on Sunday at Mucheke Stadium is hanging in the balance after police there refused to sanction it on the pretext that Zanu-PF has booked t...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 06:56hrs | 7506 | by Staff reporter
Anti-human trafficking efforts hit snag, says Minister
THE government has accused law enforcement agents in countries such as Oman of refusing to co-operate with local police to curb human trafficking.Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa told Ne...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs unsettled by 'militant' Muguti
SENIOR officials in Zanu-PF and the government are unsettled by the militant approach adopted by Harare Metropolitan provincial secretary Tafadzwa Muguti.His abrasive approach in "bringing san...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:44hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fails to resolve double candidate mess
A CRUNCH meeting that was supposed to put an end to Masvingo Urban, Ward 4 double candidature mess in the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) hit a snag Friday.This is after, one ...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:43hrs | 2751 | by Staff reporter
Goblin attacks delay clinic re-opening
SHALE Clinic in Umzingwane district, Matabeleland South province, has remained closed since September last year after nurses fled the health institution due to alleged goblin attacks.Provincia...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
State Capture Report hand over to Ramaphosa hits a snag
The intention by the State Capture Commission to hand over the first draft of its report to President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit a snag.This comes as the South Gauteng High Court on Monday postpo...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:51hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
BCC accused of diverting health workers pay
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has been accused of diverting funds earmarked for community health workers who trained under the Global Fund in 2010.Some of the affected health workers told Southe...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:18hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's quest to re-join the Commonwealth is set to hit a snag
ZIMBABWE'S quest to re-join the Commonwealth is set to hit a snag, following revelations during a debate in the British House of Lords this week that the United Kingdom is far from supporting the coun...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 07:01hrs | 18 | 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 | 140 | by Staff reporter
National Blankets halts production as tiff with Zimra escalates
TEXTILE giant National Blankets has temporarily stopped production after the manufacturing firm failed to settle a ZW$800 000 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) debt.The Bulawayo company...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 211 | by Staff Reporter
MDC in fresh sanctions shocker
THE opposition MDC Alliance party led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has been burning the midnight candle, fervently agitating for economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to stay as the p...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stadia crisis looms in Zimbabwe
THE inevitable change in the 2021 domestic football season to spill into the first-half of next year due to the Covid-19 pandemic will expose the country's poor state of stadia.The Premier Soc...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Vingirai's bid to evict farmers flops
VETERAN banker Nicholas Vingirai's bid to evict farmers settled at a farm in Banket has hit a snag after the High Court ordered him to vacate the farm and stop interfering with the farmers' activities...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Renaming roads fails to convince Zimbabweans
A BID to rename major roads in the country after President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some fallen heroes seems to have failed to resonate with Zimbabweans as they are still using old names, while in some ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza saves Zifa blushes
Norman Mapeza has saved Zifa a coach crisis after agreeing to hold fort for three months despite the association owing him money from his previous stint with the Warriors.The former Warriors c...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU vaccines case hit snag
The High Court has struck off the roll with costs an urgent application by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), seeking to prohibit employers including Government from compelling unvaccinated...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CAF turn down ZIFA fans request
ZIFA'S audacious bid to have fans allowed back for the Warriors 2022 World Cup qualifying showdown against South Africa hit a snag yesterday when the Confederation of African Football (CAF) turned dow...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$500,000 sexual harassment suit hits snag
A HARARE woman's bid to obtain a $500 000 compensation through a default judgment against former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) chief executive officer Mr Farai Bwatikona Zizhou and the or...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ropes in traditional chiefs to promote Chinese project
GOVERNMENT has roped in traditional leaders to convince reluctant villagers to agree to be evicted when a carbon steel project undertaken by a Chinese investor in the Chirumanzu area of the Midlands p...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jealous man plants ivory in ex-wife's toilet
A PLOT by a jealous Guruve man to get his ex-wife and her boyfriend imprisoned by planting ivory on her hit a snag after he was arrested for possession of ivory.Fisher Mupini tried to get his ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Daughter stabs father in defence of her mother
An 18-year-old woman from Rusike, Marondera, was arrested today after she allegedly stabbed her father twice while trying to rescue her mother from his attacks for failing to fulfill her conjugal obli...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to fix Zimbabwe’s troubled aviation system
A Chinese multi-national, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has just signed a contract worth close to US$5 million to fix Zimbabwe's troubled aviation air communication systems despite a flawe...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti fights to avoid prosecutor
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, who is facing allegations of manhandling a Russian national during an altercation outside the Harare Magistrates Court, wants senior prosecutor Mr Micheal Reza...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC boss trial hits snag
The trial of Former ZBC acting chief executive Wisdom Hombarume on charges of fraud, criminal abuse of office and smuggling involving over US$6 700 has hit a brick wall following indications that the ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru pilot training school under spotlight
A GWERU-BASED aviation school; Zimbabwe Flight Centre Academy, which purports to train pilots and air hostesses, among other skills is in an eye of a storm after it allegedly duped hordes of people of...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
US$7 million Zesa debt hampers Zimasco operations
KWEKWE-based ferrochrome producer, Zimasco's plans to commence production on its Western Plant have hit a snag amid reports that the company has to first clear a US$7 million debt to the power utility...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Malaba saga: Govt appeals to wrong court, claims MDC activists
GOVERNMENT has reportedly erroneously filed an appeal against the declaratur by the High Court in former Chief Justice Luke Malaba's case to the Supreme Court instead of the Constitutional Court (ConC...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ekusileni COVID-19 centre still closed a year on
BULAWAYO's Ekusileni Medical Centre is yet to admit COVID-19 patients a year after it was declared a coronavirus treatment centre, amid calls for strengthening of the health sector to effectively deal...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed Mthwakazi activists in freedom bid
LAWYERS representing incarcerated Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists have applied for bail at the High Court. The application comes after several efforts to secure the freedom of the sec...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court shoots down Mnangagwa road renaming
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to re¬name Bulawayo city roads in his name has hit a snag after a High Court judge blocked the move.Last year, Local Government minister July Moyo ordered t...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cop bashed over girlfriend
A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER stationed at Bulawayo Central Police Station was left nursing a swollen face after he was allegedly punched several times by his love rival over a girlfriend.A source, ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 15:00hrs | | 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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Teachers threaten showdown
GOVERNMENT'S plans to reopen schools in two weeks might hit a snag after teachers' unions yesterday declared that their members would not report for duty until their salaries and working conditions ar...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
No bail for two ZB Bank heist suspects
Two suspects in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank cash-in-transit truck heist case, Gerald Rutizira and Neverson Mwamuka, have been denied bail at the High Court after the court ruled that evidence linking t...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba faces a mountain to climb in his bid to stay on
ZIMBABWE'S Chief Justice Luke Malaba's has a mountain to climb in his bid to extend his reign beyond 15 May 2021 when he is due to retire at 70: he needs to overcome hurdles around Constitutional Amen...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Appeal against US$2,7m heist ring leader's bail hits snag
The prosecution's appeal against the High Court decision to grant bail to Tatenda Gadzikwa, the ring leader of the recent US$2,7 million heist hit a snag after the Supreme Court refused to accept the ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No outpour of love
TOMORROW looks set to pass just like any other day without the glitz, colour and outdoor romance synonymous with Saint Valentine's Day.February 14 is set aside anually to celebrate love, where...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Ballistics Arms and Security MD on the run
THE managing director at National Ballistics Arms and Security is on the run after she attempted to conceal evidence of a pistol that was used by a bottlestore owner in Chitungwiza to shoot and kill a...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Money changer runs berserk after finding lover with ex-husband
IN a dramatic incident a man ran berserk, beat his girlfriend and destroyed property after he found her with her ex-husband at her home in Lobengula West suburb in Bulawayo.A source said Henry...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council to ease water-shedding
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is on Monday set to start easing the gruelling water shedding programme to about 72 hours in the next two weeks while making a roadmap towards normalising water supplies to...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinasu demands leader's release
THE Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has demanded the immediate release of University of Zimbabwe student and pro-democracy campaigner Allan Moyo, who has clocked more than 50 days in detenti...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC ready to begin talks with President Mnangagwa
THE opposition MDC Alliance says it is ready to begin talks with Zanu PF to find lasting political and economic solutions for Zimbabwe but is not keen to deal with a rival faction led by its former se...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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