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Hubby attacks wife with an axe handle over shoe laces
Failure to control temper landed a Plumtree man in the hands of the police after he attacked his wife with an axe handle over shoe laces.Culture W Ncube (35) was dragged to Plumtree magistrate...Published: 12 hrs ago | 444 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Gappah needs mental help,' says Judge
Zimbabwean High Court Justice Joseph Mafusire says local lawyer Petina Gappah needs "psychological intervention" - mental assistance - amid her unrestrained scandalous attacks on the judge and the jud...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:36hrs | 1676 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses CCC's appeal on Bulawayo Provincial Council matter
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal made by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) challenging a previous judgement of the Electoral Court that declared the opposition party had failed to file ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 20:02hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Why US sanctions on Zimbabwe 'have not worked'
The United States is a global superpower. Its political and economic reach is massive and global in character. Look back in history and you can see how the US has so often made real changes to the wor...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 19:54hrs | 317 | by Eddie Cross
Mr. President, are you satisfied with how you're treating Zimbabweans?
So, the Zimbabwe regime believes that the manner in which they are governing the country is for the benefit of citizens.In fact, information minister Jenfan Muswere was quite unequivocal, a fe...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:43hrs | 1758 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bid to block judge from NSSA's US$30m saga flops
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application filed by a local housing company to bar a Supreme Court judge from hearing a case in which they are claiming US$30 million awarded to them by a lower cou...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man kills brother over Liverpool, Manchester City match
A Zhombe man has gone into hiding after he allegedly fatally assaulted his brother following an argument over a soccer match that was played between Liverpool and Manchester City on Sunday evening....Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:10hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
Why a farmer is riding from Zimbabwe to Windhoek on a horse
When Ben Freeth headed west on horseback from the derelict Mount Carmel farm near Chegutu in Zimbabwe on 28 November, he had to lay low. For about 800km, Freeth avoided roads and stuck to the bush, fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 1032 | by GroundUp
Lithium mining company fined for smuggling
BULAWAYO High Court judge Christopher Dube-Banda has fined local lithium mining company Silver Bern International (Private) Limited US$10 000 following its conviction for smuggling 96 000 metric tonne...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Police, lawyers clash over calling of suspects
IN a world where police enforcement is strict and unwavering, one phenomenon that stands out as peculiar and debatable is whether or not it is right for police officers to phone suspects.This was ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:46hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after stabbing ex-wife five times
A 40-YEAR-OLD man allegedly hanged himself from a roof truss in a school house in Chiwundura area in Gweru after stabbing his ex-wife five times with a kitchen knife following an argument on Sunday....Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:41hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Charamba bashes wife for refusing him second wife
Failure to accept a second wife by Tinashe David Charamba's wife landed him in cuffs after he assaulted her several times with open hands.The matter came to light at Mutoko magistrates courts ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:25hrs | 2299 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man loses chieftainship war
THE High Court has dismissed an application by a former acting chief from Gokwe who wanted the court to reverse the appointment of a substantive chief for the area.Mika Katyavazungu, who was a...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:24hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Love rat' bricked for proposing married women
A MAN accused of proposing love to several married women was left unconscious in a pool of blood after being allegedly struck several times in the head with a brick.When the near tragic incide...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:33hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
CCC Glen View-40's request for removal from remand rejected
Glenview South lawmaker, Grandmore Hakata, jointly charged with 39 other Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists for holding an unsanctioned rally have had their application for refusal of furth...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 15:56hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
'Tshabangu was his own man,' claimed Professor Ncube. I believe him. My beef is why you lot sold out of reforms?
"You cannot run an authoritarian and autocratic opposition and once in government pretend you can switch to become a democratic system," Professor Welshman Ncube, acting CCC President, told local jour...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:31hrs | 1947 | by Wilbert Mukori
Two men arrested for attempted murder
TWO men from Pumula South, Bulawayo have been arrested for the attempted murder of their friend, Innocent Phuti.On the eighth of February this year, at 7pm Phuti (complainant) was drinking bee...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:07hrs | 670 | by Stephen Jakes
Man kills brother during fight over relish
Gweru High Court judge, Justice Evangelista Kabasa, has sentenced Nkululeko Mabhena to three years in jail following his conviction for killing his brother during a dispute over food condiments. Howev...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 07:36hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
ZNA Colonel hits employee with hammer in salary dispute
A ZIMBABWE National Army Colonel is facing turbulent times after he was dragged to court by his employee for allegedly severely striking him with a hammer on the head over a salary dispute.Col...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:26hrs | 2582 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo warns CCC MPs who intend to resign en masse
The former Minister of Information in Zimbabwe, Jonathan Moyo, has warned that if the Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) legislatures and councillors decide to resign en-masse to force it will be unc...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:51hrs | 5737 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs shower praises on Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF legislators have been praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona), which painted a rosy picture of the country's fortunes despite the deteriorating socio-economi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 322 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
UK High Court order rattles Zimbabwe govt
THE United Kingdom High Court order compelling Zimbabwe to comply with a 2015 ruling requiring the payment of US$125 million to two firms whose land was seized during the country's contentious fast-tr...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1785 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt is getting crazier
IF you are a Zimbabwean citizen or resident and still want to live on, you need super strong shock absorbers because the Mnangagwa administration is capable of crazy things that can easily kill you....Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:07hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt mass evictions raise dust
HUMAN rights lawyers have lobbied Members of Parliament (MPs) to push for the repeal of the Communal Lands Act amid the mass eviction of people accused of illegally occupying state land across Zimbabw...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:05hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Jealous nurse gets $100 000 bail
There was drama at Plumtree District Hospital where nurses had a heated argument over infidelity at their nurses' quarters.Lydia Ngwenya (34) was dragged to court after she assaulted her ex-hu...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:59hrs | 610 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mupfumira being victimised for supporting Mnangagwa's succession bid
Former Public Service Minister Prisca Mupfumira has written to Prosecutor General Loice Matanda-Moyo claiming that her arrest over corruption allegations was triggered by her loyalty to President Emme...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:34hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart must not resign for Chamisa
Since the resignation of Nelson Chamisa as President of the CCC, and from the party itself, on Thursday the 25th January, followed by the subsequent resignation from Parliament of some respected colle...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:17hrs | 617 | by David Coltart,
SA man in court for killing 6 Zimbabwean women
A 21-year-old South African ex-convict, who is alleged to have raped and killed six Zimbabwean women in cold blood, is expected back in court today.Sifiso Mkwanazi was arrested in 2022 on alle...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:09hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Ex-RBZ workers win labour row
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has been ordered to pay a group of 168 retrenched former security officers' salary arrears accrued over two years, putting to rest a 15-year-old labour dispute. Th...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:09hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Markham follows Nelson Chamisa out of CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Harare East MP Allan Rusty Markham has resigned from parliament in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa, who quit as leader of the main opposition last month citing a rel...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:43hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!' said Chin'ono. An award winning journalist too, how nauseating!
It is one thing to hear my aunt or nephew in the rural back waters Wittering about "Nelson Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!" Their understanding of even some of the most basic issues such as r...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 12:45hrs | 1254 | by Wilbert Mukori
Wife killer nabbed after three years on the run
IT is never advisable to take the law into your hands when someone has wronged you as that might leave you regretting eternally.Additionally, the long arm of the law always has a way of catchi...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:52hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Delta, Zimra fight over US$ tax
DELTA Beverages Pvt Ltd is up in arms with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) after the tax collector concluded that the company had improperly computed its income tax, resulting in the matter spi...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 10:14hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Man in custody after thrashing wife over infidelity suspicions
JEALOUSY is a wicked monster that often rears its ugly head with disastrous consequences, even in the strongest relationships.A man who could not stomach the thought of his wife opening the co...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says Chamisa's resignation from CCC is a non-event
AS was expected, serial political parties' hopper, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has quit the opposition CCC after he lost control to party interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu, triggering a rebellion ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Kelly Khumalo ordered hit on boyfriend Senzo Meyiwa, court hears
Senzo Meyiwa, the former captain of the South African national football team was killed in a hit ordered by his girlfriend, the singer Kelly Khumalo, a South African court heard on Wednesday.B...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:45hrs | 2067 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's discharge review ruling postponed
High judges of appeal Justices Benjamin Chikowero and Pisirayi Kwenda have reserved the ruling on former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko application for a review of his application for discharge whi...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:39hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs friend to death
In a tragic incident in Plumtree, friends' beer-fueled dispute took a deadly turn, leading to Ayibongwe Sibanda appearing before Magistrate Joshua Nembaware on a murder charge. The court ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 23:50hrs | 655 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mphoko case judgement reserved
High Court judges of appeal Benjamin Chikowero and Pisirayi Kwenda have reserved judgment on former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko who is seeking a review of his application for discharge which was...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:36hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole convicted on public violence charge
Former Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, the MP for Chitungwiza North, were convicted of incitement to commit public violence by a court in Harare on Wednesday.A sentencing hear...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:30hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
London court says former colony Zimbabwe is not immune to English courts
The High Court in London has rejected the Zimbabwean government's attempt to evade paying a US$125 million arbitral award for grabbing land belonging to Border Timbers Ltd and Hangani Development Ltd....Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 20:23hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Fresh blow for CCC
RECALLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates have lost a High Court challenge to remain on the ballot paper for the February 3 by-elections after the court ruled in favour of the self-impos...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:01hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's longest electoral season
IN exactly two weeks, Zimbabweans are going to the polling booth again, as the silly season that began last May stubbornly refuses to end for various reasons — single-minded pursuit of power by oppo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 314 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Sengezo Tshabangu wins again
CCC's interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu yesterday dealt the party's beleaguered leader Nelson Chamisa yet another blow after High Court Judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda ruled in favour of his a...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 07:08hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
High Court to hand down judgement on CCC MPs' challenge against ballot removal
The High Court has reserved its judgement in a matter Citizens Coalition for Change self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu is seeking to block recalled MPs from contesting under the party du...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:09hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to use Presidential Powers to take over control of CCC run Harare Council?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Spokesperson George Charamba has suggested that he invokes Presidential Powers and take over control of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) run Harare City Council....Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:54hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF files application barring Chamisa candidate from February by-election
ZANU-PF has joined proceedings in a matter main opposition MPs and senators are challenging their recall by self-imposed CCC secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu.The recalled Citizens Coalition...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 17:53hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
South Africa is testing the West's claim to moral superiority
Supporters of Palestine have long been told their position is fringe. But this case gives them legitimacy – and tests the limits of human rightsIt was only a little over six hours of legal a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 1202 | by Nesrine Malik
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