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Witch hunting is a criminal offence
In Zimbabwe, it is a criminal offense to accuse someone of witchcraft, a law designed to prevent social unrest and violence stemming from such accusations. Individuals found guilty of making these cla...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa summoned by Zimbabwe Parliament
ECONET founder Strive Masiyiwa has been summoned to appear before Parliament to give oral evidence on an issue where his company is accused of failing to pay Masvingo Municipality for leased land....Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN envoy itinerary raises red flag
OBSERVERS yesterday questioned the itinerary of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan, released by government, which excludes opposition parties and civic society.Douhan, who...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff writer
RBZ summons businesses over price madness
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday said his meeting with business this morning is not a witchhunt, but an effort by authorities to grasp the root cause of the prevailin...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga reverses corrupt sugarcane plot allocation
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials, their relatives and security agents who were corruptly allocated sugarcane plots in Chiredzi by minister of State for Masvingo Ezra Chadzamira were last weekend ordered to su...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vela escalates BDO fight
FORMER National Social Security Authority (Nssa) chairperson Robin Vela has requested that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe to probe BDO Zimbabwe head, Ngoni Kudenga and his counterp...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top ZRP bosses witchhunt for moles at CID
SENIOR Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have launched a massive witchhunt against perceived moles leaking information about underhand dealings involving bosses stationed at the Criminal Investi...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe lagging behind on cybercrime security'
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) management met over the weekend with the parliamentary committee on information communication technology in Kadoma to highli...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa crushed
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday dropped the bombshell on his deputy and wartime personal assistant, Emmerson Mnangagwa, axing him from government for allegedly "consistently and persistently exhibit...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
United Nations was deliberately created to cause wars
When the United Nations (UN) was formally established on 24 October 1945, soon after the Second World War, there was much hope that this signalled the end to all wars - but it only was the beginning o...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mbada diamonds scandal unearthed
MBADA Diamonds could have prejudiced the State of millions of dollars by under-declaring its diamond sales over the years after it emerged its average price per carat was about three times lower t...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Its not surprising that Mujuru is seeking cover under Tsvangirai'
ZANU-PF Politburo member and Cabinet Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo has criticised Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru, saying she was weak and incapable of running the country as she has ...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police brutality, arrest of children leaves Bulawayo traumatised
Prominent Bulawayo pastor Useni Sibanda is a human rights defender of note, but nothing had prepared him for the catastrophe that befell the city last week.Sibanda, who is Zimbabwe Christi...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T, this is our city too!
It does not take much talent, less so the proverbial mastery of the science of robotics, to note that the state of Harare City Council and many other urban councils has deteriorated rapidly since the ...Published: 04 May 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff writer
Tsikamtandas kidnap, beat up cousin
FOUR brothers from Gokwe have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting their cousin who had refused to accompany them to consult a witchhunter, popularly known as a tsikamutanda.C...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 05:38hrs | | by Elizabeth Tsuro
Mutasa's Zanu-PF survival chances slim, says Kasukuwere
THE fate of former Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Didymus Mutasa is set to be sealed today when the Politburo is widely expected to endorse his expulsion from the party as recommended by his hom...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 07:18hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika and Felex Share
Cabinet Committee to oversee forensic audit of all parastatals - Chinamasa
Cabinet Tuesday announced a raft of measures to curb the rot in public entities, just coming short of firing all current boards and chief executive officers of parastatals and quasi government compani...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt proposes auditing RBZ debt
GOVERNMENT will soon establish a special purpose vehicle to audit all Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe activities that resulted in the accrual of huge debts prior to the introduction of the multi-currency s...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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