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Zimbabwe govt resumes construction of presidential villas at Mt Hampden
The Zimbabwean government has resumed construction of the 50 villas initially planned for completion ahead of the 44th Sadc Heads of State and Government Summit in August this year. The villas are now...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:53hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
High Court acquits businessman of US$1 million fraud
The High Court has overturned the conviction of Spartan Security (Pvt) Ltd and its director, businessman Luka Ignatius Fabris, in a high-profile fraud case involving US$1 million. In a ruling delivere...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:17hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Tungwarara as UAE investment advisor
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed businessman Dr. Paul Tungwarara as the Special Presidential Investment Advisor to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a role aimed at bolstering Zimbabwe's econo...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:45hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army faces scrutiny over unlawful gold mining operations
Rusununguko/Nkululeko Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, a company owned by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), is allegedly conducting an unauthorized alluvial gold mining operation in Allied Timbers' Tarka Forest, ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:23hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Councillors accused of stealing food aid
Two Zanu-PF rural district councillors, Valentine Mukahanana and Johane Mandiringana, have been accused of stealing government food aid meant for villagers affected by the El Niño-induced drought.&nb...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:05hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Kereke still a free man after losing Supreme Court appeal
Munyaradzi Kereke, convicted of child rape, remains free despite losing his appeal at the Supreme Court. Despite facing a 10-year prison term, he should have reported to serve the remaining 20...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Presidential solar scheme on cards
GLEN VIEW residents will be the first beneficiaries of a Presidential solar scheme set to be rolled next month as Zimbabwe moves to alleviate a power crisis.The project is being spearheaded by...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unstoppable, says Mnangagwa
Despite the albatross of illegal, unjust, and baneful economic sanctions, Zimbabwe will continue marching on the path towards upper-middle-class economic status by 2030 with every Zimbabwean having a ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK company sues Chiwenga
A UNITED KINGDOM and Wales-based company, Electricity Management Services Limited (EMS) has sued Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga after losing a tender to supply smart meters.EMS is also ch...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:55hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
US$15m State House works bill stuns govt
THE government has rejected an invoice for US$15 million submitted by a firm that clinched a deal to construct precast walls at State House, the President's official residence and offices, the Zimbabw...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 14:57hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pampers cronies with borehole drilling contracts
Zanu-PF legislator and gold dealer Scott Sakupwanya's firm Better Brands is one of the eight firms that was granted lucrative contracts to sink boreholes across the country under President Emmerson Mn...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimra loses case to terminate 85 vehicles deal
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has lost its bid to cancel a tender for the supply of 85 vehicles worth more than US$3,9 million after the High Court Commercial Division threw out the appeal.&n...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa determined to improve people's lives,' claims Chiwenga
ZANU-PF's knowledge of people's troubles at the hands of colonialists is not a folktale but painfully lived experiences that led the party to fight for independence and now forms the basis on wh...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court quashes Chief Nemamwa appointment
THE High Court in Harare has ruled against the controversial appointment of Tranos Manjiva to the Nemamwa chieftainship in Masvingo province.This followed a protracted court battle mounted las...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ConCourt orders review of steep nomination fees
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has ordered Parliament to review Statutory Instrument 144 of 2022, which drastically increased the nomination fees for candidates seeking to run for public office i...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bid to reverse 2007 Harare land deal flops
A group seeking to reverse a 2007 land deal between Harare City Council and Augur Investments has, for the second time, failed to get permission to appeal against a High Court ruling dismissing it for...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health experts fret over cholera resurgence
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over the resurgence in cholera cases, which they blame on poor sanitation and a lack of long-term planning for water supplies in urban areas.Community Wor...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 arrested over botched fuel deal
FIVE accomplices were on Friday arraigned before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro facing allegations of duping a prominent Harare businessman of R269 000 in a botched fuel supply deal....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shady characters around Mnangagwa
SPOTLIGHT seems to bring out the best and worst of people, and sometimes their true colours. Self-proclaimed prophet Uebert Angel is among people caught off-guard by the four-episode Al Jazeera docume...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:36hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean actor joins The Lion King cast's UK tour
ZIMBABWEAN actor and film producer Shaun Mundawarara is part of Disney's The Lion King tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland as an understudy for the role of Simba. This comes after the multi...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inquiry into ZACC commissioner begins
The inquiry into the suitability to hold office of suspended Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) Commissioner John Makamure is set to begin tomorrow in Harare.A three-member tribunal ch...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 26 activists remanded to April 26
THE 26 members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) who were arrested for disturbing public peace in Budiriro were yesterday remanded to April 26 after the State indicated that investigations on...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissions borehole twice
IN a surprise development, Zanu-PF has re-commissioned a borehole in Epworth that was first commissioned eight months ago.On Sunday, Zanu-PF commissioned a borehole in ward 1, Epworth, the sam...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sharpe plots to bloc witness from testifying against him
Pokugara Properties, owned by controversial businessman Ken Sharpe, which caused the arrest of a State witness testifying against it for malicious damage to property has applied to have the same witne...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's teen activist trial to be held in camera
THE bail application for the 26 Citizens Coalition for Change activists including legislators Amos Chibaya (Mkoba) and Costa Machingauta (Budiriro) who are accused for gathering with the intent to cau...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MP, 24 activists to spend third night in custody
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Amos Chibaya and 23 other activists accused of gathering with an intent to promote public violence will spend their third night in custody after their bai...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest witness testifying against Ken Sharpe
A witness testifying against Ken Sharpe has been arrested today by the police in sudden turn of events, the controversial businessman is accused of ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Thandiwe Mlobane announced new Zacc spokesperson
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Thandiwe Mlobane has been announced as the new spokesperson for the commission with immediate effect. This comes after former Zacc ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warara appointment raises stink
THE appointment of lawyer Charles Warara as a member of the tribunal to investigate Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner John Makamure has raised stink following revelations that he...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZACC commissioner faces ouster over Wadyajena Cottco graft probe
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)'s John Makamure could be target of an elaborate plot to punish him by the powers that be for his bold decision to launch corruption investigations against co...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fired judge sold Govt car
SACKED High Court judge, Justice Edith Mushore, sold a Government facility vehicle, a top-of-the-range Land Rover Discovery given to sitting judges while she left 90 partly heard cases, The Herald has...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo backs under fire tycoon
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo has sprung to the defence of businessman Ken Sharpe, who is accused of manipulating the country's justice system to hang on to vast tracts of land he obtained in co...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires High Court judge Mushore
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly fired High Court judge Justice Edith Mushore following her continued absence from work.A tribunal set to look into her long absence at work handed o...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Harare City Council worker exposed in court
FORMER Harare City Council (HCC) employee Roy Nyabvure was yesterday exposed as having caused the demolition of a showroom in Borrowdale after fraudulently approving its building plans.The cou...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission US$500 million Cyber City project
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Wednesday commission the US$500 million Cyber City project in Mount Hampden, Harare after Dubai-based billionaire Shaji Ul Mulk pledged to fund the project....Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
UAE billionaire's Zimbabwe projects take shape
DUBAI-based billionaire businessman Mr Shaji Ul Mulk arrived back in Harare last night ahead of a ground-breaking ceremony for the US$500 million Zimbabwe Cyber city project, which will see the constr...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court freezes account after US$300 000 deposit
THE High Court has frozen an account at NMB Bank after US$300 000 was deposited into it with inadequate information on its origins, leading to authorities suspecting money laundering.This was ...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court reserves Ndewere appeal judgment
THE High Court yesterday heard an appeal by former judge, Justice Erica Ndewere and reserved judgment on the case.Ndewere is challenging her dismissal from the bench after President Emmerson M...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, factional fights tearing Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that the ruling Zanu-PF party is being ripped apart by deep-rooted divisions ahead of the 2023 general elections.Addressing supporters while commissio...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kareke heading back to court
CONVICTED child rapist Munyaradzi Kereke is heading back to court to hear his appeal against sentence and conviction at the Supreme Court.The former Bikita West Member of Parliament and advise...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bona wins Mugabe reburial case
HIGH Court judges of appeal on Thursday ruled in favour of the late former President Robert Mugabe's children who are challenging the exhumation of their father's remains for re-burial at the National...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Indian billionaire
Visiting Indian billionaire Mr Jitender Kumar Singla yesterday met President Mnangagwa to discuss investment opportunities in Zimbabwe.Mr Singla said the unique point is that he has the suppor...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cleared in controversial land deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been cleared in a case he was sued to explain a land deal with millionaire and land developer businessman, Ken Sharpe, by a Harare MP and two others.Allan Norm...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate blasts lawyers
Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro Muchuchuti has blasted lawyers representing builder George Katsimberis for exhibiting unprofessional conduct saying they should put their house in order.T...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos boss approaches ConCourt over lawyer ban
DYNAMOS Football Club chairperson Bernard Marriot Lusengo, who is accused of fraudulently awarding himself the majority shareholding of the club, has filed an application for referral to the Constitut...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UAE billionaire jets into Zimbabwe
Prominent Dubai-based businessman Mr Shaji Ul Mulk arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday to explore areas of cooperation in various sectors of the economy.Mr Mulk, who is the chairman of Mulk Holdings...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dubai-based billionaire expected in Zimbabwe tomorrow
BILLIONAIRE Mr Shaji Ul Mulk, who is the chairman of Mulk Holdings and Abu Dhabbi T10, is set to arrive in Zimbabwe tomorrow to explore possible sites in Harare and Victoria Falls to invest in real es...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
BLASTED: Nyanga woman seeks compensation for property damaged during quarry blasting
A NYANGA woman has asked Quick Blast and Civil Engineering Services and Nyanga Rural District Council to pay her more than US$2 000 to purchase and repair some household property, which was damaged la...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa appoints tribunal to look into removal of judge Edith Mushore from office
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a proclamation appointing a tribunal chaired by Retired justice Maphios Cheda to inquire into the removal from the bench of High Court judge Edith Mushore...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 14:38hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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