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Mthuli Ncube cornered over US$10m loan deal
GOVERNMENT's insatiable appetite for borrowing has once again come under scrutiny after legislators grilled Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday over Treasury's decision to borrow US$10 million f...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 856 | by Staff reporter
Police impersonators arrested
TWO men have been arrested for masquerading as police officers in Dete, Matabeleland North. David Ndlovu (29) and Posent Nyathi (32) wore police uniforms and demanded bribes from businesspeopl...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Travellers warned over spike in robberies
More passengers are being robbed of cash and valuables by criminals offering lifts, with four such robberies occurring on a single day last week in Harare. This has prompted police to urged tr...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:16hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
Flashy lifestyle exposes 'thieving maid'
AN insatiable appetite for a "flashy" lifestyle by a Bulawayo maid attracted the attention of the police, leading to her arrest on allegations of stealing US$23 000 from her employer.Bulawayo ...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2241 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's irrigation pipes thief caged
A 42-YEAR-OLD Glendale man accused of stealing six irrigation pipes from First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's Angel of Hope Foundation has been sentenced to 3 years behind bars by a Concession magistrate. ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 19:59hrs | 1113 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Minister orders JOC to probe maize theft
LANDS and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka has ordered members of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to work together with sugar company Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe to investigate theft of maize from f...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:05hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Pair arrested on four counts of robbery
POLICE in Bulawayo arrested two men last week for four counts of robbery.Alois Ndoro (22) and Blessing Ngwenya (29) helped police with investigations leading to the recovery of some stolen ite...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 17:35hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Ziyambi divided over Justice Malaba retirement
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants Chief Justice Luke Malaba to continue serving until 2023 so that he becomes his last line of defence should the presidential election be contested in court, se...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 5185 | by Staff reporter
Teenager opens shop with stolen goods
AN abrasive Mwenezi teenager yesterday appeared in court on allegations of breaking into various shops in Mberengwa district where he stole goods worth over US$4 000 and used the loot to open his own ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:32hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
6 machete-wielding robbers arrested
Police in Zvishavane have arrested six suspected armed robbers who were part of an eight machete-wielding gang that was targeting people with large amounts of cash.The six are Farai Moyo (21),...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:39hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
MDC miffed by #ZimAgricRising
The heavens have dealt a deadly blow to the jecha politics that characterises the MDC Alliance's body politik. The heavens have opened up admirably this summer cropping season, nurturing and sustainin...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 10:07hrs | 1429 | by Trevor Shiri
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 931 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Honda Fit menace worries residents
BULAWAYO residents have expressed concern over an increase in robbery cases by Honda Fit gangs who go around suburbs snatching mobile phones and handbags from hapless women.The method has been...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:28hrs | 821 | 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 | 622 | by Staff reporter
4 suspected rustlers arrested for possessing stolen cattle
POLICE in Matabeleland South Province have arrested four suspected rustlers who were found in possession of three cattle stolen from a farm in Gwanda.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector L...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:01hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Man sues Kazembe, police
A HARARE man has filed a High Court application seeking an order compelling the police to investigate an alleged abduction and shooting incident he endured at the hands of suspected cops earlier this ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 15:59hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Habitual thief rearrested
Police have rearrested a habitual car thief on allegations of breaking into a parked vehicle in Bulawayo and stealing a cellphone, just a few days after he was released from prison. The latest...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for 4 armed robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for four armed robbers who broke into a house in Parklands and stole a number of goods and a vehicle which they later dumped in the neighbourhood.Pro...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:49hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Robber on bail survives city shoot-out
One of the armed robbers arrested following a shoot-out with police on Friday night after robbing a Harare businessman of US$10 000 had just been released in jail on bail pending appeal. Bless...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Duo's 16 house-breaking spree ends
Police have arrested two suspects on allegations of breaking into 16 houses in and around Chitungwiza and Harare, targeting various electrical gadgets and property. Investigations have reveale...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Thieves steal Mnangagwa speech, laptop
POLICE in Kwekwe last Wednesday arrested three of a four-member daring gang which was on the "wanted list" for stealing a laptop, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's speech from a car driven by one of ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:52hrs | 3921 | by Staff reporter
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods that wow the world during their time in the limeligh...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazarus
Police gun down 6 robbers
FOUR suspected armed robbers were killed while two others were arrested in a shootout with police along Mbuya Nehanda Street in Harare on Friday.One of the robbers was a serving member of the ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa wants Malaba to stay on 2023
DESPITE the fact that Chief Justice Luke Malaba's judicial reign is coming to an end by operation of law at midnight on 15 May 2021 when he turns 70, President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants him to stay on ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:15hrs | 3214 | by Staff reporter
'Falsely accused'
An inmate at Bulawayo Prison, who is serving a 24-month jail term has raised serious concerns over his incarceration as he alleges his friend framed him for a crime he never committed after the two ha...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
3 thieving soldiers denied bail in Chiwenga case
THREE soldiers accused of stealing property worth $1,6 million from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Orchid Gardens farm in Domboshava have been denied bail by a Harare magistrate.Anesu M...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:02hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa does not know how to respond to the challenge posed by Mnangagwa
TO some of us monitoring events in urban councils, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to take over the local authorities on the basis of the opposition's failure confirms long-held suspicions that...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
A 'Tsvangirai' needed in the opposition
ON SUNDAY, Zimbabwe marked the third anniversary since MDC founding president and former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai died from colon cancer at a private hospital in South Africa.Tsvangira...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 15:05hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
Chief Sigola exposes corruption by Umzingwane District Lands Committee
CHIEF Zephania Sigola is accusing the Umzingwane District Lands Committee in Matabeleland South of deliberately sidelining him in the allocation of land at Springvale Estate and "corruptly allocating ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga loses US$1,6m property to security aides
TWO members of the Presidential Guard and their two alleged accomplices appeared in court yesterday charged with stealing property worth $1,6 million from Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Dombosh...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 5458 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora lashes toxic politics
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday urged the country's political leaders to work in the interest of all Zimbabweans and emulate the spirit of magnanimity that was a hallmark of the late foun...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Zapu demands level playing field
OPPOSITION Zapu has called for talks led by a neutral person before the 2023 polls.Zapu believes that the talks will end Zanu-PF's monopoly of using state apparatus during election campaign pe...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:12hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
SACU fights to attain 2030 goals
Corruption kills more than CORONA virus. It affects the hear but of society and strikes in the heart of the nation. The new dispensation has ushered in several ways of fighting corruption. Corruption ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 11:17hrs | 209 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Should social media platform proprietors be held responsible for abuses or individual users only?
It is now being suggested that the social media platform proprietors (eg Facebook ), must take full responsibility of any abuses perpetrated to others by the users of those social media platforms. Thi...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:34hrs | 158 | by Njabulo
Mnangagwa's multi million donation stolen
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's water pumping machinery donation to Harare City Council's Warren Park Water Control Pumping Station worth ZWL$20.7m has been stolen, Business Times has established. ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 3889 | by Staff reporter
'1978 Smith-Muzorewa show has no political capital, it flopped' - 2008 GNU Tsvangirai had 73% vote capital, it flopped too
MDC A is dismissing Douglas Mwonzora's call for national political dialogue, involving MDC-T, MDC A and Zanu PF as the leading player, as a waste of time. "Well, you have no dispute with Zanu-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:14hrs | 1763 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Woman armed gangster arrested
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has arrested six suspected armed robbers, including a woman for committing a spate of crimes in Chiweshe while armed with a machete and a pistol. The six were arre...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 3379 | by Staff reporter
Man loses car to a passenger
A 32-year-old Bulawayo man lost his Honda Fit to a man he had offered a lift from Colbro Flea Market to his home area in Emganwini.Sources close to Investigations alleged that on January 27 th...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 2993 | by Simbarashe Sithole / Lloyd Rabaya
Magaisa warns Chamisa
University of Kent law lecturer, Alex Magaisa has warned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against accepting an offer for dialogue with the ruling ZANU-PF party and the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora....Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 18:16hrs | 6486 | by Staff reporter
Colonial chains setback for Africa
Africans believe that the Western handouts and donations they get from the where the sun sets are done out of love, yet the opposite is true. ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 08:17hrs | 742 | by Shelton Muchena
$300 000 fraud ghost haunts Mwonzora
THE MDC-T has expressed concerns that its President Douglas Mwonzora's accusers on the alleged fraud involving $300 000 party funds which he allegedly siphoned to pay one of the party lawyers Sarudzay...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 07:01hrs | 5110 | by Staff reporter
Neighbour sells out housebreakers
POLICE have arrested four men from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who were involved in a spate of break-ins and thefts. The four ran out of luck when a neighbour anonymously tipped off police...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 3863 | by Staff reporter
End of road for Harare vehicle robbers
POLICE in Marondera, Mashonaland East province, have arrested three men who had terrorised motorists as they opened parked vehicles using duplicate keys before stealing various items and cash....Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:55hrs | 4981 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu accuses Temba Mliswa of being gay
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa on Tuesday denied sensational allegations by a woman claiming to be pregnant with his twins that he is a gay in relapse.Mliswa also rejected similar ch...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:58hrs | 4865 | by Staff reporter
ZACC recovers stolen test kits
The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday recovered about 40 boxes of Covid-19 testing kits worth more than US$12 000 whose origin was traced to Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo, as the anti ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers assault villagers after break-in at July Moyo's rural home
VILLAGERS in Humbani area, Mberengwa West, Midlands province, were allegedly severely assaulted last week by armed soldiers following a break-in at the homestead of Local Government Minister July Moyo...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 6886 | by Staff reporter
Thief targets female cops
A daring Bindura thief who went on a stealing spree targeting female police officers was jailed for two years by Bindura magistrate Ethel Chichera on Friday.Munyaradzi Gera (18) pleaded guilty...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:10hrs | 2000 | by Staff reporter
President's wide powers on mining fuel extractive resources corruption
THE excessive, wide and discretionary powers of the President of Zimbabwe and Minister of Mines over the country's vast mineral resources and their allocation is perpetuating rampant corruption in the...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man sentenced to two life terms for SA murders
"He is a cruel and cold-hearted individual who shows no remorse."Judge Judith Cloete slapped the convicted murderer known as "the Table Mountain killer" with two life sentences in the Cape Tow...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1503 | by Staff reporter
Daring thief steals clothes in police camp
A daring Bindura thief who stole clothes on a laundry wire was incarcerated by a Bindura magistrate yesterday.Munyaradzi Gera (18) plea...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 21:16hrs | 1214 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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