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Mthuli Ncube's Ministry fails to provide Zimbabwe's basic economic data
Officials from Zimbabwe's Ministry of Finance faced sharp criticism on Monday during a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget and Finance meeting after arriving unprepared for the 2025 budget con...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 15:58hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Regime not ready to fight corruption
The story of Wicknell Chivhayo has once again exposed the failure of this regime to apply its biting teeth to the scourge of corruption, which has destroyed the country's moral and economic fibre....Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 15:10hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Chivayo now owns Chihuri's US$7m house
Exiled former Zimbabwe Republic Police commissioner Augustine Chihuri's US$7 million mansion in Harare has been snapped up by Wicknell Chivayo, a convicted criminal-cum-tenderpreneur with access to Pr...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:06hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court reserves judgement in Mukupe's appeal
The Supreme Court has postponed its judgment indefinitely in the appeal filed by former deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe against a High Court decision rejecting his appeal against conviction an...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Copyright claims plague artists due to ignorance
THE legal principle ignorantia juris non excusat, meaning: Ignorance of the law is no excuse, underscores the fundamental responsibility that individuals have to abide by the law, regardless of person...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:56hrs | 11 | by Clinton Chipo
Sikhala has never met Tshabangu, but Chamisa has
Job Sikhala, the recently released former Zengeza West legislator, stated that he is unfamiliar with self-appointed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu and has neve...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh blow for CCC
RECALLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates have lost a High Court challenge to remain on the ballot paper for the February 3 by-elections after the court ruled in favour of the self-impos...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court to hand down judgement on CCC MPs' challenge against ballot removal
The High Court has reserved its judgement in a matter Citizens Coalition for Change self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu is seeking to block recalled MPs from contesting under the party du...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activist demands bribe from Auxillia Mnangagwa land beneficiary
A Zanu-PF activist has been dragged to court by visually impaired Zengeza 2 High School deputy head Tendai Muzondiwa who claims being pestered for US$200 protection fee against eviction from one of th...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints niece as new ZBC board Chair
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given his approval for the appointment of seven individuals to the board of directors of the State broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), as announc...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints new ZBC board
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board which will be chaired by Ms Helliate Rushwaya.The new board was announced in a statement by Actin...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 17:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zec dragged to court again over 2023 polls
A ZIMBABWEAN citizen, Brian Mari, has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court, seeking an order to compel the electoral body to run a fresh election due to various irregularities, amo...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu received free legal services from Advocate Uriri
CCC activist Sengezo Tshabangu has disclosed that prominent lawyer Lewis Uriri provided him with pro bono legal services when the party took legal action against his authority to recall its Members of...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'not' hiding millions of dollars
Citizens Coalition for Change president, Nelson Chamisa has dismissed allegations raised by self-styled interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu, that the party has not accounted for over US$2 mil...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidates barred from by-elections
THE High Court yesterday barred 22 CCC legislators who were recently recalled by the party's interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu from participating in tomorrow's by-elections.The ru...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Judgement reserved in case CCC MPs are challenging removal from ballot
The High Court has reserved its judgement in a matter Sengezo Tshabangu, claiming to be Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general, is seeking to block recalled MPs and senators fro...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 17:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC faction joins court proceedings versus Tshabangu
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Nelson Chamisa has entered court proceedings in response to Sengezo Tshabangu's case seeking the exclusion of its legislators from participating ...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
US$172 million Gwanda solar project to go on
INTRATEK Zimbabwe, a company owned by businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo is expected to commence the implementation of the 100 megawatts Gwanda Solar Project after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal b...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses by-elections appeal
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday suffered a major blow after the Supreme Court struck off the roll its appeal against the recall of its legislators.The reca...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZPC appeal against Chivayo's Intratrek thrown out
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal filed by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) challenging the High Court's decision to reinstate Wicknel Chivayo's contentious Gwanda solar project. This conclude...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 15:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu still in charge
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs who were recalled by the party Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu have suffered a set back after the Supreme Court dismissed their appeal.The a...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 15:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZEC prints ballot papers for Dec by-elections
In preparation for the upcoming December 9 by-elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has confirmed that it has printed ballot papers for the local authority by-elections.A notice i...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu dares Chamisa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa was yesterday challenged to depose an affidavit confirming his signature on a copy of the party's constitution presented to the High Court....Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu bars recalled MPs from campaigning under CCC
Sengezo Tshabangu, self-proclaimed Secretary General of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has urgently filed a chamber application to prevent all recalled lawmakers from campaigning ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man crushed to death after crawling under bus in suspected suicide
A Bulawayo man died Tuesday in a suspected case of suicide after reportedly crawling under a bus which had stopped to observe the traffic lights signaling it to stop.Bulawayo police spokespers...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu inflicts major blow on CCC
THE CCC has suffered a major blow, losing 14 National Assembly and nine Senate seats, after the High Court dismissed an application by opposition legislators challenging their recalls by Sengezo...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's lawyer mocks recalled CCC MPs' legal team for 'fatal' errors
According to Sengezo Tshabangu's attorney, the lawyers representing the recalled CCC MPs have committed serious legal errors in their challenge. They initially erred by naming the Speaker and Senate p...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces 4 September deadline
Although the seven days within which anyone seeking to file a ConCourt application to overturn ZEC's declaration of Emmerson Mnangagwa as the duly elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe expire ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 20:50hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Kasukuwere scares the living daylights out of Mnangagwa
EVEN though independent presidential election candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has been barred by the courts from contesting the 23 August election, he has managed to prove a point in a short space of tim...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for Kasukuwere
EXILED presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere will know his fate today when the Supreme Court makes a ruling on his bid to contest for the presidency on August 23.Kasukuwere approached the ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to know fate Friday
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere will know his fate Friday when the Supreme Court is expected to hand down its judgment on his appeal challenging the High Court's decision to remo...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere case to be heard on urgent basis
The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe will proceed to hear the case of former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and a Zanu-PF member Lovedale Mangwana who want the former blocked from contesting 2023 Harmon...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere fights back
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's bid for the country's presidency appears ruined after the High Court in Harare nullified his nomination.Undaunted by the ruling, Kasuku...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere still stands
HIGH Court Justice David Mangota on Friday reserved judgment in a case in which Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana is seeking to stop independent presidential candidate Savior Kasukuwere from contesti...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere fights to remain on ballot
LAWYERS representing exiled independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere on Friday said Zanu-PF members seeking to block him from running in the August 23 elections have the option of de-camp...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ready for polls
FOLLOWING President Mnangagwa's proclamation of August 23 as the election date, Zimbabweans from across the political divide say they are ready to play their part so that the polls proceed in a peacef...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt backs RBZ on US dollar conversion
The 2018 decision by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to convert all US dollar balances in Zimbabwean bank accounts to local currency was quite constitutional the Constitutional Court ruled yesterda...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ConCourt sets aside RTGS/US$ High Court ruling
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has set aside a landmark ruling by High Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire who ordered CABS Bank to pay a local businessman US$142 000, which it had converted to R...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean politics in generational transition
It seems there is a growth in the number of younger candidates being nominated to represent the parties in the upcoming polls.ONE of the most stubborn facts is that the old die, and the new are bo...Published: 07 May 2023 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Ntando Dumani
Chivayo, Intratrek acquitted of defrauding ZPC
Maverick Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe have been acquitted of defrauding the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of US$5.8 million.In a judgement handed down ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 21:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo promises to deliver 100 MW in 2 years
Intratrek Zimbabwe can deliver 10 MW of electricity within six months, and another 90 MW within 24 months, the company's CEO Wicknell Chivayo claimed on Thursday, a day after the High Court ordered ZE...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chivayo wins 22 million USD damages against ZPC
Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd and its managing director Wicknell Chivayo has succeeded in the US$22 million damages claim for breach and repudiation of contract against Zimbabwe Power Company after a f...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, ex-wife case struck off roll
THE High Court has struck off the roll a case involving Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa, who are locked in a property dispute following the collapse of their m...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman up for murder
Mutare businessman Daniel Magaisa has been arrested and charged with murder.It is alleged that over the weekend Magaisa teamed up with his security guard, a patron and a person only identifiel...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone thief bashed to death
Three Mutare men are in soup after they allegedly took turns to assault a cellphone thief to death yesterday.Sources close to investiga...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 05:51hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Katsimberis seeks ConCourt referral
PROPERTY developer George Katsimberis has filed an application for referral of his matter in which he is accused of fraud to the Constitutional Court saying his rights were being violated.Kats...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jailed former labour minister launches freedom bid
FORMER Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Petronella Kagonye (pictured), who was slapped with a 36-month jail term in June this year for corruption, has appealed for bail pending appea...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo begs another chance to complete bungled Gwanda solar project
Businessman and socialite Wicknell Chivayo has begged for another chance to work on the Gwanda solar project whose contract was terminated after his Intratek company bungled the job through delays....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPA to think over Chivayo trial
The legal team acting for Intratrek Zimbabwe and its director Wicknell Chivayo says the National Prosecuting Authority risks civil liability and criminal abuse of office charges for reviving criminal ...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo says ZPC owes Intratrek US$600k as trial fails to take off
The National Prosecuting Authority on Thursday revived criminal charges against Intratrek Zimbabwe and its director Wicknell Chivayo over the stalled US$173 million Gwanda solar power project, as defe...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
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