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Court reserves judgement in ZPC, Chivayo fight
The Supreme Court has reserved ruling in a contract battle between businessman Wicknell Chivayo and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), after hearing arguments by lawyers representing both parties. ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Zacc requests more powers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made a request to be granted prosecutorial powers in order to expeditiously process graft cases through the newly established Anti-Corruption Courts....Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:59hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zacc seeks trial powers
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is seeking prosecutorial powers to expeditiously process graft cases through newly established Anti-Corruption Courts.Currently, only the Nationa...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's South African lawyer barred from representing him
CONTROVERSIAL businessman, Wicknell Chivayo is restless after the Justice Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi barred his attorney of choice from representing him in his pending criminal cases.Chiv...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:35hrs | 2400 | by newzimbabwe
On the run Zimra official in court for fraud
A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official who had been on the run for days before her arrest on Tuesday for alleged fraud appeared in court yesterday.It is alleged that she was a member of...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner bashes journalist in charge office
A 21-YEAR-OLD artisanal miner flew in rage and assaulted a freelance journalist in charge office at Mvurwi police station after being surrendered to the station by an angry mob who effected citizen ar...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Makhabane to headline 5th Gwanda Gospel Show
Gwanda town comes alive this Friday when the crème de le crème of gospel music in Zimbabwe and South Africa descend on the Matabeleland South provincial capital for the fifth edition of the Gwanda g...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZPC board chairman freed on bail
Former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairman Stanley Kazhanje has been granted $1 000 bail pending appeal against both conviction and sentence for allegedly concealing a US$10 000 payment he rec...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maphosa wins Mr Zimbabwe title
AFTER years of trying, Nigel "Spartan" Maphosa finally took the overall title at the Zimbabwe National Bodybuilding Championships held at 7 Arts Theatre on Saturday to be crowned Mr Zimbabwe. ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmer fatally shoots trespasser
A 40-YEAR-OLD Guruve farmer appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fatally shooting a trespasser.Emmanuel Gwaze of Marirambada Farm, was not asked to plead to a murder charge when he ap...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 20:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans take anti-sanctions drive to UNGA
Walking along a dusty and rainfall-damaged gravel road which has not been attended to for nearly two decades deep in Chikomba District, Mbuya Mhizha makes her way to Gokomere Clinic to have her troubl...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 20:17hrs | 243 | by Elijah Chihota
UN probes Zimbabwe amid 'abductions'
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the Rights of Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Clement Voule this week flew into a storm as his visit coincided with the reported abduction of the acting presiden...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
When a government starts abducting its own doctors…
While the President of the Republic is busy trying to be endorsed by a dead man called Robert Mugabe, all the country's referral hospitals are without doctors, after the Doctors Association called for...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 09:15hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
High Court judges slate prosecutors
BULAWAYO High Court judges yesterday lambasted prosecutors from the lower courts, saying they lacked enthusiasm and determination in their approach to legal matters resulting in wrongly convicted pers...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to the soul of R.G. Mugabe (currently in the purgatory)
Dear Comrade RG, I know that you are currently in the purgatory while waiting for your verdict from the almighty. There is no doubt that you are in great fear and shivering. Your chances of go...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 11:58hrs | 3556 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa tried to armtwist family into Mugabe Harare burial
EXILED former cabinet minister and nephew to former President Robert Mugabe, Patrick Zhuwao has accused the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government of attempts to twist the Mugabe family's arms into disresp...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe, China sign ICT pact
ZIMBABWE and China yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the advancement of ICTs between the two countries, in yet another sign of the growing interest of cooperation between the tw...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to acquire radar to track cyclones
Government is in the process of acquiring equipment and software for tracking and monitoring tropical cyclones and storms to improve the accuracy of weather information and avoid a devastating impacts...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushrooming brothels cause headaches
The National Aids Council says it is worried about the substantial increase in sex work at shopping centres in Seke district, amid revelations that most buildings at business centres have been turned ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goblins on the prowl
According to the standard definition of a goblin, this is a hostile, small, grotesque and mischievous supernatural creature.But if you live in Matabeleland's Kezi kingdom or Cowdray Park, Bula...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Emmanuel Kafe
Kazhanje jailed 3 years over Chivayo bribe
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje to three years imprisonment for concealing a US$10 000 bribe he received from businessman Wickn...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
A history of abductions, assassinations in Zimbabwe
October 15, 1975: Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga were grabbed by unknown assailants, bundled into a car and were never seen again. A few weeks earlier, Sithole had fallen out with othe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
TelOne donates trees to Gwanda
TELONE has donated 50 bins and 200 trees to the Gwanda Municipality as part of the company's corporate social responsibility and efforts to promote sustainable environment management.In a spee...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa okays salaries for Provincial Council staffers
President Mnangagwa has approved the payment of salaries for Provincial Council members as part of efforts to implement the devolution agenda. Addressing delegates during the Business Weekly M...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferred
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferredA HARARE magistrate yesterday deferred the sentencing of former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje, who was convicted of conceal...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Former ZPC board chair convicted over Chivayo
Former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje was yesterday convicted of concealing a US$10 000 transaction he received from controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo's Intratrek Z...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over TICAD, seals deals
President Mnangagwa yesterday presided over a session of the Tokyo International Conference for Africa Development (TICAD) where he also sealed lucrative deals for the country, giving impetus to the Z...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalist robbed at gunpoint
ZIMPAPERS' Mutare-based journalist Abel Zhakata was reportedly robbed of US$2 000 cash, an undisclosed amount of bond notes and cellphones at gunpoint at his Dangamvura home on Wednesday night....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 more contractors for road dualisation
Government has contracted five more companies to undertake the Harare-Beitbridge highway rehabilitation and its subsequent dualisation, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Joel Biggie M...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda suburb residents build Blair toilets
RESIDENTS of Spitzkop North Extension suburb in Gwanda have resorted to constructing Blair toilets at their homes as they have gone for several years without proper ablution facilities. Some r...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shot protestor claims bad luck
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Luveve suburb in Bulawayo who was shot and injured by police while allegedly planning to loot Choppies supermarket during January violent demonstrations has appeared in court. ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brother stabs sister in a failed rape attempt
A woman from Shurugwi is lucky to be alive after she was stabbed several times on the neck and buttocks by her brother in a failed rape attempt.Benedict Munazvo (20) of Zhaugwe Village in Shur...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Economy as the superstructure in Zimbabwe
There were a number of by-elections in Zimbabwe over the last month.One was for the local government in my rural home district of Bikita East in Masvingo province. The others were for the parl...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Grant Flower fired
FORMER Zimbabwe national cricket team batsman Grant Flower finally ended his six year stint as Pakistan batting coach on Wednesday after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided not to renew his contr...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chifunyise's death shocks arts industry
LEGENDARY playwright and multi-talented artist Stephen Joel Chifunyise, who died at 70 on Monday after a long battle with cancer, was an influential creative who wore many hats and contributed to the ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Environment Cleaning Day gains momentum in Zimbabwe schools
Walking up and about Harare streets and beyond on every first Friday of the month has become a norm to see the young and old being actively involved in the National Clean-Up campaign. The first Friday...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 16:44hrs | | by Brian Maregedze
One year on: What has changed for Zimbabwe?
A year ago, with Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe out of the picture, the troubled southern African country seemed to have taken a turn for the better.Mugabe's successor and the incumbent, ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:50hrs | | by Al-Jezeera News
Chamisa conflates religion with Christianity
Many people think, and they are wrong to think this, that Zimbabwe starts and ends in Harare.In fact, many in the opposition believe, and this is a clue to why they lose elections, that Twitte...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:18hrs | | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Electricity cuts, lifestyles and modified behaviour in Zimbabwe
Electricity and access to it is a big issue in Zimbabwe at the moment. Not least by admission of our own government, but more importantly by the lived realities of many urban-based Zimbabweans, civil ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
PHOTOS: Hero's welcome for Alvin Zhakata
Zimbabwe's number one soccer supporter Alvin Aluva Zhakata touched down at Robert Mugabe International Airport on Sunday and was received by a huge crowd of colleagues who came to congratulate him on ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 10:32hrs | 5014 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Considerations on Zimbabwe's future
ZIMBABWE'S future is rarely discussed in holistic terms in everyday conversations. This is because the future is always in the immediate.This may appear contradictory or even complex, but it i...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Zimbabwe Warriors' super fan loses passport in Egypt
The Zimbabwean football fan who travelled from Cape Town to Cairo in an epic road trip to watch the Africa Cup of Nations has lost his passport in Egypt.This is just the latest mishap and adve...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by BBC
Africa's first litmus test
It was a David and Goliath scenario as the Proteas of South Africa collided with the She Cranes of Uganda at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool England for the netball world cup semifinals placement....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Chivayo request bribery proof
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is accused of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairperson Stanley Kazhanje, yesterday challenged the State to prove that he was favoured to win the multi-...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
CAF President hosts Zimbabwe's Alvin Zhakata
There was jubilation among Zimbabwe soccer fans on Tuesday after one of their own Alvin Zhakata was personally singled out by Confederation of African Football President Ahmad Ahmad to be his special ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 16:46hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, saying the country...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala must stop behaving like a teaser bull
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who has been arraigned before the courts on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government, is indeed, not new to controversy. It...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
How to remove ZANU-PF: Overthrowing or Fair Elections?
This piece seeks to demonstrate that ZANU-PF has been provoking citizens to revolt since 1980s. President ED Mnangagwa should change his party's dictatorship system of governance and electoral fraud. ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 19:43hrs | | by Don Chigumba
18 ZACC investigators suspended in 2016 cleared and reinstated
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has lifted the suspension on 18 investigating officers who were suspended in 2016 for alleged corruption, insubordination and divulging the organisation’s sec...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 22:01hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Ministers lead Makokoba clean up
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube was joined by her counterpart Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi and the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi in cleanin...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1130 | by Staff Reporter
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