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Bounty offered for Western tanks in Ukraine
A Russian battalion will pay $170,000 for a Leopard, Abrams, or Challenger captured in working conditionA Russian battalion offered a bounty on Friday for every operational Western-made tank s...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 09:19hrs | 1345 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's underpaid prosecutors can't resist bribes'
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has admitted that State prosecutors are susceptible to bribery because of poor working conditions and low pay.Chief public prosecutor Tawanda Zvekare, ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:27hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe keeps western diplomats away from Lukashenko
Zimbabwe broke with established protocol on Tuesday after western diplomats were not invited to a state banquet in honour of visiting Belarusian authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, emphasizing tension...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1339 | by Staff reporter
Gun crime rattles Zimbabwe's security sector
THE sudden spike in gun crimes across the country has pushed the security sector into panic with indications that police have since flooded the streets with detectives expected to sniff out menacing c...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
New sanctions on Zimbabwe spoiled US-Africa Summit
When President Joe Biden announced the hosting of United States-Africa Summit last year, he sounded like he was doing a favour to Africans. That was mistake number one.That is old archaic poli...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 11:16hrs | 1434 | by Staff Reporter
Zipra veteran blasts liberation war pretenders
PROMINENT Zipra war veteran Thomas Ngwenya says the country's independence has lost its essence 43 years on because people are failing to enjoy the fruits of the hard-fought for liberation struggle....Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 17:19hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers, sex offenders kept Zimbabwe police busy in 2022
ARMED robberies and child sexual abuse cases dominated criminal cases handled by the police in 2022, it has emerged.Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said while an official annual report was sti...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:16hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
$3.1bn for Zimbabwe air traffic control system
Government has moved to avert safety and security concerns at the country's airports by providing ZWL$3.1bn on the procurement and installation of an air traffic control system (ATC) following years o...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:15hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Rival amakorokoza groups clash in Nkankezi
GOGO Martha Mlotshwa swears that she has never seen so much blood in her 75 years of existence.At her age, she has seen it all - the good, the bad and the worst of humanity but the level of vi...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe's visit to UAE surveillance expo ahead of 2023 raises eyebrows
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently dispatched Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe (pictured) to attend a digital surveillance event in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid indications that the Zim...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Another probe into AK-47 arms saga
GOVERNMENT has launched yet another investigation — the third one so far in as many weeks — into the controversial AK-47s arms import saga through Beitbridge Border Post which is now entangled in ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 15:00hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:22hrs | 3527 | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 1069 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe violence signals bloody 2023 poll
THE storming of an opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change Press conference at the Media Centre in Harare by suspected Zanu-PF youths is yet ominous sign that the 2023 general elections could be vio...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:43hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement effort faces brickwall
The Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive is largely influenced by many issues, chief among them political instability, democracy, high inflation and unemployment.Through the ongoing re-engagem...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | 414 | by Nomatter Jakachira
51-year-old man beaten to death in Lupane
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Lupane have arrested one Michael Donga over the alleged murder of a 51-year-old Josiah Moyo who was found dead near Primary School. According to the ...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 16:54hrs | 929 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man stabs love rival for cuddling girlfriend
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Njube suburb in Bulawayo allegedly stabbed his love rival several times with an okapi knife after he caught him cuddling his girlfr...Published: 12 Nov 2022 at 10:22hrs | 1679 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt sweats over armed robberies
GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that armed robberies are now a menace, saying there is need for re-training of police officers to deal with the scourge before it spirals out of control.Speaking ...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga decries escalating acts of terrorism in Africa
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has decried escalating acts of terrorism in Africa saying it has become a "thorn in the flesh" for many governments.Addressing delegates at the official ope...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa should tell her husband that sanctions can't cripple a country's economy!
As Zimbabwe First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa visits Iran, and is showcased the Islamic Republic’s phenomenal economic and scientific breakthroughs - amidst...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 07:34hrs | 2691 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Africans are to blame for soon-coming Nuclear World War III
When human beings were created, there was a certain field of knowledge which they were not supposed to extrapolate into. Knowledge was supposed to be limited for the good and continuity of this Planet...Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 05:36hrs | 4030 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Paul Kagame: Cruel Betrayal of Matebeleland
In the first week of September 2022, Emmerson Munangagwa visited the Rwanda Genocide Memorial while he was attending a continental African Green Revolution Forum Conference in that country. Many peopl...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2137 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Words matter, political leaders must exercise restraint
IT is becoming increasingly clear that Zimbabwe is heading for a difficult period leading up to the elections likely to be held sometime next year.From obtaining indications, the election coul...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Trio nabbed after surrendering gun as security for soft drinks
Three Harare men's bizarre attempt to quench their thirst through surrendering an unlicensed firearm to a tuck-shop operator as collateral security for four borrowed bottles of soft drinks saw them la...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 20:23hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Robbers terrorise Bulawayo residents
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested five machete-wielding robbers who were terrorising residents for months in the city centre.The suspects were using a Toyota Altezza as a getaway vehicle. ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to seize Chihuri farm
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its vindictive approach to seizing farms belonging to its critics, most of whom were the late former president Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the twilight years of life and ru...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:34hrs | 5677 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga circumvents Parliament grilling for 6 months
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende this week took to task deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi over the continued non-attendance of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as ministe...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:31hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death in fight over 'powers' of a sangoma
An argument over the prowess of traditional healers turned bloody as a fight broke out between two Nkayi men leading to a fatal stabbing.Melinkosi Ndlovu who was aged 32 at the time, of Koto v...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:48hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo berates ex-Zpra cadres intimidating communities
ZAPU president, Sibangilizwe Nkomo, has chastised some ex-ZPRA cadres who are reportedly being used by the ruling Zanu-PF party to intimidate communities ahead of next year's elections.His rem...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Man brandishes gun in Honda Fit skirmish
A Bulawayo man pointed a gun at another following a dispute over the price of a Honda Fit fuel pump.Police on Twitter, said Emmanuel Charuka (30) was arrested last Wednesday."The ZRP w...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commanders investigate Beitbridge arms saga
WHAT started as an arms smuggling racket by seasoned gun-runners who bungled their mission like amateurs has now deteriorated into a major political scandal maddening President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:20hrs | 3069 | by Staff reporter
CIO training centre gutted in suspected arson attack
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)'s training centre in Harare's Msasa suburb along St Patrick's Road across Chiremba Road from Hatfield has been burnt down by fi...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:23hrs | 8924 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe arms smuggling saga deepens as new details on the deal emerge
THE recent saga involving the botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines is deepening as it takes a new political twist amid fresh details.Those close to Pres...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 3610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's scapegoat for governance failure
AHEAD of the 2023 polls, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - after largely failing to fulfill its 2018 election promises - has found a scapegoat to justify its dismal bad governance record by ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:04hrs | 154 | by Brenna Matendere
Only 538 guns surrendered as amnesty ends
FIREARMS amnesty declared early August is set to end today, with 538 guns having been surrendered to the authorities.President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August declared an amnesty on all illegal f...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to search homes for illegal firearms?
POLICE will search premises where they suspect illegal firearms are being kept after today which is the Presidential Firearm Amnesty deadline.Those found with unlicensed firearms will be prose...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Last chance to hand in unlicenced guns
CRIMINAL charges will be preferred against anyone found in possession of unlicensed firearms when a physical check to be conducted very soon on all residential and business premises where illegal fire...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu, Zanu-PF were successful in the 1970s, 80s and 90s
I was in a meeting recently when someone who is not a member of Zanu or Zanu-PF asked the question: Why was Zanu and Zanu-PF successful in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s and not successful after 2001? ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:48hrs | 619 | by Fay Chung
Matabeles not Zimbabweans: the sooner Zimbabweans accept this glaring fact the better
Matabeles are not Zimbabweans, they have never been and will never be Zimbabweans. On the same breath, Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. This should sink into the ...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:17hrs | 1387 | by Israel Dube
Trump warns of World War III
The Ukraine conflict could end in a world war, but would not be happening if he were in power, the former US president claimsThe conflict in Ukraine could spiral into World War III, former US ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:45hrs | 8810 | by Staff reporter
'West wants to partition Russia like USSR'
The Russian president accuses the US and its allies of seeking to subjugate his countryRussia is under an attack by the West, which wants the country to be broken up into warring pieces, Presi...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 20:22hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi enrols at top UK University for a Diplomatic Course
Former Deputy Information Minister Dr Energy Mutodi is in the United Kingdom for a short diplomatic course at the University of Birmingham, sources have revealed. After attending Her Majesty Queen Eli...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 10:14hrs | 4631 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More guns surrendered as amnesty nears end
The number of unregistered firearms surrendered to police has now risen to 455 as illegal holders of guns continue to take advantage of the amnesty granted by President Mnangagwa.A total of 26...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
King Charles 111 told to remove Zimbabwe sanctions
Zimbabwe war veterans who fought in the country's liberation struggle from British colonial rule in the 1970s now want the new King's attention.The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans As...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 8850 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's most trusted chieftaincy seeks reinstatement
EARLY on Sunday morning last week, Mr Minus Mabhena made his way to the back of the Maphungo homestead in Nkayi's Sikopo area, in Matabeleland North province and stood on what looked like an anthill....Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official suspended over violence
Zanu-PF has reportedly suspended Buhera district co-ordinating committee (DCC) chairperson Cosmore Chimombe over intra-party violence that rocked the district two weeks ago.The violence report...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious AK-47 assault rifles were smuggled for Zimbabwe Presidential Guard?
THE deepening mystery behind the recent botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines through Beitbridge border post - now playing out in the courts - has been unravelle...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:20hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Movie style Mukuru robbers appear in court
FIVE suspects, who are part of a nine-member gang that pounced on a Mukuru outlet in Gokwe and got away with cash and cellphones among other valuables in a daring raid, have been arraigned on robbery ...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
'We did not send you to unseat the leadership'
We resume our interview with former ZPRA guerilla and now Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu who during the armed struggle was also known as Cde Mzandeki. Dr Mpofu who joined th...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1763 | by Staff reporter
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