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Mnangagwa's special envoy embroiled in bizarre 'extortion' plot
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special envoy and self-proclaimed prophet Uebert Angel is being accused of engineering a smear campaign to extort money from a prominent church leader....Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 07:04hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
4 CCC factions tussle for political party funds
Four factions of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are locked in an intense fight for the party's share of funds that are disbursed by the Government under the Political Parties (Finance) Act....Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:55hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Warriors in Malawi hunt
ENGLAND-BASED Tawanda Maswanhise and Macaulay Bonne were late yesterday expected to join the rest of the Warriors' squad in Malawi for the four-team tournament as they face Zambia in the opening match...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Man robbed US$1 000 at ATM
TWO men teamed up to rob a man who had just withdrawn US$1 000 from an automated teller machine (ATM).In a statement on X,the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said: "The Court...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:14hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop, wife in court for kidnapping
A FORMER senior police officer and his wife appeared in court yesterday after a two-month-old baby girl was allegedly kidnapped in Southview suburb in Gweru on Friday.Mekia Tanyanyiwa, who hea...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi takes his hatred of Zimbabwean permit holders to the ConCourt
Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is continuing with his court battles to scrap the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) programme. In June 2023, the Pretoria High Court ruled that the termi...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 1629 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rejects 'Let's Go Brandon's token sanctions review
NOTHING short of a prompt, unconditional and total removal of illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States is acceptable and continued slanderous statements from Washington shou...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:05hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP ordered to vacate farm
KAROI magistrate Moreblessing Makati on Friday fined Zanu-PF Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru and ordered him to vacate Chitonga Farm he had occupied using forged documents. ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster jailed after impersonating 2 former ministers
A Harare man Tinashe Christopher Munhuweyi was dragged to Bindura magistrates courts yesterday after impersonating two former cabinet ministers to commit fraud.He was sentenced to an effective...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 19:41hrs | 1554 | by Simbarashe Sithole
FAZ in mass deployments
The Forever Associates of Zimbabwe Trust (FAZ), a perceived proxy for Zanu-PF known for allegedly intimidating rural voters during the August 2023 general elections, is reported to have deployed its o...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:03hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Coltart says Bulawayo residents will decide if he stays or goes
Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said Monday that a decision on his political future is imminent, but stressed that it will be influenced by "those I am directly responsible to."Coltart, like othe...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:31hrs | 2279 | by Staff reporter
Bus operators ferrying illegal immigrants into and out of SA to lose permits
Bus operators who consciously transport illegal immigrants across South Africa's ports of entry could have their permits revoked by the Border Management Authority (BMA).The border law enforce...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:20hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger withdraw from ECOWAS
West African nations Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have withdrawn from the regional economic bloc known as ECOWAS, their respective juntas announced Sunday. They accused the bloc of "inhumane" sanction...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 09:46hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister 'abandons' wife of 15 years, moves in with his new flame
Environment minister and Zanu-PF Matabeleland South chairman Mangaliso Ndlovu was accused of "abandoning" his family on Sunday and moving in with his new flame - a young woman he met while she was on ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 09:42hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa was placed in a suffocating environment
"I am advised, which advice I accept, that Nelson Chamisa was placed in such a suffocating environment that he had to conduct himself in the manner/way he did. I give him the benefit of the do...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 09:36hrs | 534 | by Advocate Eric Matinenga.
Tempers flare at school meeting over missing US$150
TEMPERS flared during a meeting on Monday involving parents and guardians of learners at Lukhanyiso Primary School in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb after it emerged that the school authorities clandestine...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:16hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early lead in by-elections
Zanu-PF has already secured five wards ahead of the February 3, 2024, by-elections after the High Court nullified the nomination of 23 recalled National Assembly and local authority CCC candidates....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean businesswoman dragged to court over US$2 400 debt
A CANADA-BASED Zimbabwean has dragged a local businesswoman to court over a US$2 400 debt. Primrose Phiri (34) is accusing Lindani Madonko (40) of failing to honour their agreement of sharing profits ...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 09:59hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
BCC sparks controversy with debit cards notice
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) was last Friday forced to withdraw a notice stating that only bank debit cards bearing the name of the owner of the property will be accepted for rates payment which wa...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu takes Hichilema's govt to court
Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has gone to court to challenge the withdrawal of his retirement benefits, local media report.Last month, Lungu was stripped of his retirement benefits and...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 19:28hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Dingumuzi Phuti election petition goes to Supreme Court
LOSING candidate for Bulilima Constituency in the August 23-24 harmonised elections, Ms Bekezela Maplanka of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the de...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive off the rails
ZIMBABWE'S international diplomatic re-engagement drive is completely off the rails as shown by the United States government's announcement of a new travel embargo targeted at the regime actors respon...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 20:36hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farm dispute opens can of worms
THE land dispute between Zanu-PF Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru and a communal farmer Vincent Tendayi has opened a can of worms.Kangausaru, who has been tussling with Tendayi ov...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:55hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube named Africa's best finance minister
Many Zimbabweans have reacted with astonishment after Mthuli Ncube was named "Best African Finance Minister of the Year" despite the country's economic turmoil.One user on X, formerly known as...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 19:11hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Ostallos Siziva cleared defacing campaign posters of his rival
Zimbabwe's opposition CCC official Gift Ostallos Siziva has been cleared of charges of defacing campaign posters of his rival.The State has withdrawn charges against Citizens Coalition fo...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 19:29hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Minister loses money to fraudsters
CCC MP calls out delays in RBZ's currency auctionAn opposition legislator has raised concern over delays in the disbursement of foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s auction s...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:55hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's Beitbridge West candidate chickens out
SENGEZO Tshabangu's Beitbridge West nominee for his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction, Blessing Choeni, has withdrawn his candidature for the December 9 by-elections allegedly because he was...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
After all posturing CCC withdraw court challenge of recalled MPs - proof of CCC's blundering incompetence
After all the grandstanding and finger pointing by Chamisa following the recall of the party's elected officials, the case ends with yet another humiliating defeat for CCC. The High Court challenge of...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 15:59hrs | 1854 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zambian's Hichilema strips ex-President Lungu of retirement benefits
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics.Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:17hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: CCC recalled MPs apologise to Mudenda...judge reserves judgement
Justice Munamato Mutevedzi of the Harare High Court has reserved judgement in an application brought by recalled CCC MPs and Senators who want the court to declare that Sengezo Tshabangu had no legal ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 10:08hrs | 4461 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF shuts door on gatecrashers
Zanu-PF plans to address gatecrashers and ensure the authenticity of its members by introducing mandatory ICT-linked membership cards. The Central Committee report highlights that the digitalization o...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:42hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in a catch-22 situation
I MUST begin by apologising, dear reader, for not informing you that I will no longer deliver my instalment weekly as had become the tradition.I received a few inquiries and some scolding from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:16hrs | 4554 | by Ntando Dumani
Kambucha drink withdrawn from shelves
TOUTED by its consumers as a non-intoxicating product with health benefits, Kambucha drink has been banned from supermarket shelves.A month ago, Masvingo City Council banned its employees from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:56hrs | 2055 | by Staff reporter
SADC convenes extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe over elections
THE Southern African Development (Sadc) will hold an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government on Zimbabwe on Wednesday under the auspices of its current chairperson, Angolan President JoĆ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 2875 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs ignore Chamisa directive to disengage?
The Zimbabwe presidential spokesperson, George Charamba has alleged that Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislatures who were withdrawn from Parliament by its leader Nelson Chamisa this morning a...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:27hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows dire measures
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the CCC (Citizens Coalition for Change), has taken action by withdrawing all party legislators and councillors from both parliamentary and council positions in response t...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:11hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's withdrawal from Parly an empty thunder'
CCC's threat to withdraw its members from Parliament and councillors from local authorities across the country is empty thunder that will not have any effect on Government business even if it is imple...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Biased Harare fines Bosso US$5 000, given up to 17 October to pay
HIGHLANDERS have been fined US$5 000 by the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee with US$500 being suspended for the rest of the season and have up to October 17 to pay the effective US$4 500....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 17:30hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Dembare captain fumes over Warriors snub
Frank Makarati, the captain of Dynamos, expressed his disappointment at being excluded from the Warriors squad currently in Botswana for a friendly match this weekend.Makarati, a defender, was...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Fraud charges against Mankunzini withdrawn
The State has decided to drop charges against former cricketer Dumisani Mankunzini after the complainant chose to withdraw their case against him.Mankunzini, who spent three months behind bars...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:17hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Judge recuses himself from opposition activists' public violence appeal
Judge Christopher Banda-Dube of the Bulawayo High Court has withdrawn from presiding over a court application involving former deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube and his associates. They were seeking to challe...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 21:52hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa niece's gold smuggling: State closes case?
The state has closed its case against Henrietta Rushwaya (56) who is appearing in the Anti-Corruption Court at the High Court of Harare on charges of smuggling 6kg of gold valued at USD333 042.28...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 12:16hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema advised to resign on moral ground
Zambia must prosper. President Kelvin Bwalya Fube has advised President Hakainde Hichilema to resign on moral grounds.Mr. Fube said he supported President Hichilema purely on the principle of ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 21:00hrs | 3947 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's corruption charges vanishes
Former Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo, who was facing a slew of corruption, fraud and criminal abuse of office charges, yesterday heaved a sigh of relief after the State withdrew all his cases....Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Burglars raid Nedbank
Burglars broke into a Nedbank building in Bulawayo's Belmont industrial area where they damaged three safes before stealing over US$270 000 and about R2 million, police confirmed yesterday.The...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clearly needs tutoring on the mandate of election observers
It is most unfortunate and disheartening, or rather tragic and embarrassing, listening to President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ranting and throwing a huge tantrum over international election observer...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 14:18hrs | 93 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZEC allays opposition fears of double voting; over 2,000 fake registrants
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba has allayed fears that over 2,000 'fake' registrants using counterfeit identity cards (IDs), identified by pressure group Team Pached...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:57hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-Chikoka accused of forging Zanu-PF aspiring councillors' signatures
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has been fingered in a fraud storm amid accusations she forged the signatures of three aspiring councillors prompting the Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe bails out 3 banks
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has used its lender of last resort (LoLR) facility to bail out three distressed banks which had run out of liquidity following the steep depreciation of the local cu...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zec in quandary over Zanu-PF double candidates
THREE Zanu-PF "double" candidates eyeing local government seats in Karoi and Zvimba have left the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) confused after they were last week withdrawn from next week's poll...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
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