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Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for NUST graduation
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa jetted into Bulawayo yesterday and is today expected to preside over the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) 26th graduation ceremony and later on meet chiefs from...Published: 18 hrs ago | 520 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Chiwenga sued over prison conditions
INHUMAN conditions at the country's prisons have been exposed in a court application by human rights lobby group, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and a former inmate, Taurai Mbewe who are seeking ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Securocrats scale up surveillance
THE State security establishment is reportedly planning to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, with local and foreign based journalists, ex-security officers...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2725 | by Staff reporter
Zesa gets nod to buy coal in forex
The government has rescinded its earlier decision to bar power utility Zesa from paying for its coal supplies in foreign currency, fearing the move could trigger crippling load shedding, Business Time...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1717 | by Staff Reporter
Cellphones for prison inmates
INMATES in prisons have not been spared from the effects of Covid-19 pandemic as they have gone for six months without seeing their loved ones as visits have remained suspended due to lockdown restric...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
'Corruption worse than Covid-19'
OUTGOING Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi has urged prison officers to shun corruption, saying the scourge was worse than c...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Dembare targets Bosso striker
DYNAMOS are pursuing striker Tinashe Makanda following the expiry of his contract at Highlanders.H-Metro heard DeMbare coach Tonderai Ndiraya has tasked the executive to land the marksman's si...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 17:50hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo trial date set
FLAMBOYANT businessman Wicknell Chivayo, accused of bribery emanating from the Gwanda solar deal that he signed with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), will now stand trial on November 24 after the Hig...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 18:59hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's legs swollen
LAWYERS for incarcerated MDC deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, say his health is continuing to deteriorate after prison authorities allegedly barred him from accessing a private doctor....Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:04hrs | 3142 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will be exporting power by 2023, says Zhemu Soda
Muzarabani North Member of Parliament, Honourable Zhemu Soda, was last month appointed Energy and Power Development Minister. Before his appointment, he was relatively unknown to many Zimbabweans desp...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages donate to prison inmates
DELTA Corporations, a multi-national beverages company yesterday donated uniforms and sanitary wear worth $200 000 to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to improve the welfare of fe...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:53hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala need urgent medical attention
LAWYERS representing firebrand MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala say the heavily-built and larger-than-life Zengeza West legislator's health is deteriorating at Chikurubi Max...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:02hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Work on Hwange power project at 60%
THE Government is working tirelessly to expedite the return of expatriates contracted under its power generation projects most of whom are still locked up in their countries due to the outbreak of Cov...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:51hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono 'seriously ill' - 'not seriously ill'
Investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, who has been languishing in remand prison for over a month after being denied bail on three occasions, is seriously ill and desperately needs medical attent...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 4464 | by Staff reporter
'Chin'ono not seriously ill'
Contrary to social media speculation that political activist, Hopewell Chin'ono, who is remanded in custody on charges of inciting public violence is sick, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Servic...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2408 | by Staff reporter
Hwange expansion behind schedule
WORK on the Hwange Power Station expansion to add two units with combined output of 600 megawatts, has reached 48 percent completion, but has fallen behind the second quarter target of 57 percent due ...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:24hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Barring of Mrs B Mtetwa from seeing Hopewell Chin'ono at Chikurubi Maximum Prison
Reference is made to the above subject matter and to your letter addressed to the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service dated 25 August 2020. The Order that was...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 21:02hrs | 2609 | by W Risiro
Deregistered 'Swazi born' lawyer denied access to Chin'ono
INCARCERATED journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's lead counsel Beatrice Mtetwa is being denied access to her client by prison authorities at the Chikurubi Security Maximum Prison, the Zimbabwe Lawyers ...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 10:29hrs | 6966 | by newzimbabwe
Chin'ono, Ngarivhume get protection from abuse
The high Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to stop the persecution and abuse of investigative journalist hopewell Chin'ono and opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume....Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1640 | by Staff reporter
'State, judiciary colluding to hide Chin'ono remand abuse'
THE State yesterday successfully filed an application that journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's case be held in camera, saying his evidence in court under cross-examination might breach prison security syst...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 3218 | by Staff reporter
D-day for Hopewell Chin'ono
Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono is having his fresh bid for freedom heard at the Magistrate on Wednesday.He is appearing at Rottenrow Magistrates Court represented by senior journalist Beatrice M...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 10:24hrs | 5090 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prisons gets new boss
Deputy Commissioner-General Moses Chihobvu has been promoted to Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) with effect from 1 November. Justice, Legal and Pa...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:43hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Prisons dismiss Chin'ono , Ngarivhume discrimination report
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) which has not been spared by the Covid-19 scourge, does not discriminate against any inmate but will take appropriate measures that include cuttin...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 12:07hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
Govt bans inmates' visits
Government is decongesting prisons and has banned visitors for prisoners following a surge in Covid-19 cases among inmates and prison officers, especially in Bulawayo, Information, Publicity and Broad...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:50hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono, Ngarivhume denied jerseys, food
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR) has raised concern over the ill-treatment of remanded journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume, who were last week taken to ...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 11:50hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
ZLHR concerned about treatment of Chin'ono and Ngarivhume in prison
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) is concerned about the treatment of freelance journalist Hopewell Chin'ono and Jacob Ngarivhume, the leader of Transform Zimbabwe political party, who are curr...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 13:59hrs | 1245 | by Stephen Jakes
Chivayo not yet off the hook
THE High Court has ordered the trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe boss, Wicknell Chivayo and Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) former board chair Stanley Nyasha Kazhanje, to proceed before a Harare magistrate....Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:42hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Corporate Governance and State Entities Decay in Zimbabwe
The unfolding corporate governance scandal at Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) provides a hint of how the country's State Entities and Parastatals (SEPs) have been run down over the years....Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:11hrs | 1224 | by Victor Bhoroma
Western Commonage suspends proceedings: 12 prosecutors in isolation
Magistrates' courts at Western Commonage Court in Bulawayo have suspended all trials after 12 public prosecutors, among them seven police officers attached to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA),...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mathupula denounces death penalty
SENATOR Chief Mandhlakazulu Mathupula Khumalo of Matabeleland North has denounced the death penalty saying it was not in keeping with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) philosophy o...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:26hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
66 positive Covid-19 cases at Bulawayo Prison
FORTY-THREE inmates and 23 prison officers at Bulawayo Prison have tested positive for Covid-19 amid reports that cases are on the increase in the city. Bulawayo has recorded 36 new Covid-19 c...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:02hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo prisons contain COVID-19 outbreak
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has reported no further coronavirus (Covid-19) cases at its Bulawayo prison after four inmates and one prison officer recently tested positive for ...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 17:57hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Covid-19 hits Zimbabwe prisons
Two positive Covid-19 cases have been recorded at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, adding to unofficial reports of a coronavirus death at the same place and a third case at the correctional services...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 09:20hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
'Ex-ZPRA Commanders takeover Zimbabwe's security forces'
Former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that the retirement of Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Commissioner General Paradzai Zimondi was a historic end to the post...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 09:16hrs | 20958 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe prisons boss Zimondi retires
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi will retire from the top prisons post in November this year after 22 years of service whic...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will have no sacred cows
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will have no sacred cows in the fight against corruption with the Tuesday sacking of a Cabinet minister testimony of his stance to uproot the cancerous vice, a senior Government of...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 06:59hrs | 3609 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new Parly structure complete
Structural works on the imposing six-storey Parliament Building in Mount Hampden sitting on a 70-metre platform above the scenic surrounding area, symbolically projecting legislative supremacy, are 10...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:50hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Kariba power station resumes full capacity after drought
ZIMBABWE'S main hydropower plant is operating at near-full capacity for the first time since it was revamped two years ago, enabling the country's state utility to generate more electricity.Th...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:14hrs | 3267 | by Bloomberg
Undenge loses last bid for freedom
JAILED former Energy Minister Samuel Undenge has lost his application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against a High Court decision upholding a 30 month-jail sentence imposed on him for corru...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:26hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Undenge in fresh bid for freedom
JAILED former Energy minister Samuel Undenge has approached the High Court seeking release on bail.This was after the courts recently upheld an earlier two and half years he was given followin...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:59hrs | 806 | by newzimbabwe
Fresh Details Emerge in the Kariba Municipality Water Pumps Saga
The Municipality of Kariba is on the ropes, battling potential reputational damage from the taint of accusations of unwholesome procurement deals that are allegedly at the core of poor service deliver...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:28hrs | 580 | by Laiton Kandawire
Wicknell Chivayo's Gwanda solar project ready to roll
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo owned-Intratrek says it is awaiting the finalisation of the financial closure phase of the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project by the Zimbabwe Power Company (Z...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 2028 | by Staff reporter
We await Health minister Obadiah Moyo's charge sheet
THE Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo over undisclosed charges.Moyo, popularly known as Deejay Biscuit in social circles, has b...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Abductees starve in jail as court denies them bail
HARARE Magistrate Bianca Makwande on Monday ordered Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to allow three victims of abduction and torture, who she condemned to prison after denying them ba...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 13:05hrs | 896 | by Stephen Jakes
BREAKING: Abducted MDC ladies denied bail...sent to Chikurubi
Harare' Regional Magistrate Bianca Makwande has denied bail to MDC officials Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimnbiri, and Netsai Marova who are accused of staging their abduction and communicating falsehoods...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 11:52hrs | 5932 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chasi wants Chivayo to start work on Gwanda solar project
GOVERNMENT wants Intratek Zimbabwe to start implementing the Gwanda Solar Project as the cancellation of the more than US$183 million deal will be costly. The Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ente...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:03hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo trial to resume in 2 weeks
The trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo, accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $5,6 million is set to resume in two weeks following the Supreme Court ruling on Monday, overturning...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Former Mugabe minister faces jail
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge's appeal against a 30-month jail term for abuse of office was thrown out by the High Court yesterday which found that the sentence was not e...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Water shedding extended to CBD
THE Bulawayo City Council will extend water rationing to industrial areas and the Central Business District (CBD) as council continues to battle one of the worst water crises ever to be experienced in...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Prison officers skip border
TWO Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service officers who tested positive for Covid-19 positive are alleged to have illegally crossed the border to neighbouring countries.ZPCS Commissioner Ge...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 19:07hrs | 4201 | by Staff reporter
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