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Avalanche of blunders gives Mangudya guts to challenge 'Tzar' Ncube - another sneak resignation on card
Rumour has it that Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, and the Governor of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr John Mangudya are failing to agree on key monetary policies including when Zimbabwe shou...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2496 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe moots stop and search roadblocks
GOVERNMENT is considering introducing stop-and-search security roadblocks on roads following a wave of armed robberies targeting cross-border buses plying the Zimbabwe-South Africa route.A num...Published: 9 hrs ago | 528 | by Staff reporter
Perm sec's wife arrested at Supa's trial
THERE was drama at the Harare Magistrates' Courts yesterday when the wife of ICT ministry permanent secretary Sam Kundishora, Beaulla, was arrested for recording an audio of court proceedings in which...Published: 9 hrs ago | 425 | by Staff reporter
Salad cream intercepted at border
AUTHORITIES at Beitbridge Border Post have intercepted 21 tonnes of salad cream worth R470 000 being smuggled from South Africa to Harare. The Hash Logistics Truck was intercepted by the Ferre...Published: 9 hrs ago | 275 | by Staff reporter
Granny killer sentenced to death
A BEITBRIDGE man, who waylaid a 65-year-old flea market trader in the driveway of her house in the border town before fatally stabbing the woman and robbing her of two cellphones, was yesterday senten...Published: 9 hrs ago | 223 | by Staff reporter
Man for wearing army uniform
A 23-year-old Chitungwiza man will spend six months in prison after he was convicted of wearing a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform when he was not a member of the force. Tafadzwa Marumanad...Published: 9 hrs ago | 82 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe sanctions made in MDC-Alliance
MDC-Alliance yesterday celebrated resolutions by the European Union (EU) Parliament for the bloc to effect and strengthen sanctions on Zimbabwe, indicating that the party's efforts to invite hostile i...Published: 10 hrs ago | 142 | by Staff reporter
Number plates shortage: Cops harass motorists
Motorists say they are still facing challenges using temporary number plates on their vehicles even after government announced an extension of their life-span.The temporary plates used to be v...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:44hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man demands sex or $1 000
A 35-year-old man has been arrested for extortion after he allegedly demanded 100 rounds of sexual intercourse or ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:43hrs | 2495 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights petitions AU over Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has written to the African Union (AU) chairperson and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, demanding the regional body to urgently intervene and assist ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:41hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF a sanctuary for thieves
If one is a convicted felony and wants to start on a new page then Zanu PF is the right place to go. Dexter Nduna's moment of revelation that he killed many people is enough to have him question...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:15hrs | 960 | by AT Kadada
The EU Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe read like Chamisa's script
The European Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe (2019/2563(RSP) are like reading from Chamisa script. In fact it's not surprising as the EU has been half-hearted in its attempts to engage the Second R...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:14hrs | 2185 | by Brightface Mutema
Hodzi initiates process for Mutangadura sacking after lawyer fights transfer
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has initiated a process that could get Chief Law Officer Chris Mutangadura sacked after the lawyer challenged his transfer to Guruve, a rural outpost in Mashonaland C...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 720 | by ZimLive
Journalist's 'death' another hoax
Elizabeth Zimunda, the woman identified as a veteran journalist who was allegedly killed by security forces in Chitungwiza during last month's violent protests organised by MDC-Alliance and its associ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Drunk cops in trouble
POLICE have instituted disciplinary proceedings against three Buhera constables facing charges of unprofessional conduct emanating from an incident in which they allegedly quarrelled with members of t...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:30hrs | 502 | by STaff reporter
Zimbabwe pesters South Africa for lines of credit
Zimbabwe's government continues to explore avenues of attracting lines of credit from neighbouring South Africa after the continent's most prosperous nation rebuffed an earlier request by Harare for a...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Time is right for alternative money
THE controversy surrounding the introduction of another local currency continues unabated. This time it was the former Finance minister, Tendai Biti, who ignited the current debate when he announced g...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 244 | by Zimwara
European Union to add more sanctions over army killings
The European Union Parliament has called upon the European Council to review sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and companies in light of the recent alleged human rights abuses by the security f...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1343 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
MDC says Mnangagwa, Chamisa must meet first
MDC vice president Morgen Komichi says the starting point for national dialogue must be a private meeting between his leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In an interview wit...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:43hrs | 4512 | by Staff reporter
Towards a genuine national dialogue
In recent times, there has been much talk of a "national dialogue". Indeed, this is the precise term that President Mnangagwa used when he called the February 6 meeting with political parties that was...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1417 | by Justice Benjamin Paradza
Zimbabwe dismisses 'fake news' that 17 people died during protests
GOVERNMENT has dismissed claims by human rights groups that 17 people died during the deadly violence which rocked the country last month.The administration countered the reports Tuesday with ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 609 | by newzimbabwe
Biti warns of Rwanda-scale genocide in Zimbabwe
MDC deputy national chairman Tendai Biti has likened the recent brutalisation of civilians by the security forces to the Rwanda genocide of 1994 which claimed 800,000 lives.He was speaking dur...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1317 | by newzimbabwe
Bogus soldier jailed
A Beatrice man who was caught wearing a Zimbabwe National Army uniform in Marondera has been sentenced to an effective six months in prison at the Marondera Magistrates Court.The 24-year-old T...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 11:11hrs | 2545 | by Staff reporter
Trump govt slams police repression in Zimbabwe
THE United States Tuesday slammed police repression in Zimbabwe, weeks after security forces crushed protests there.Washington also urged all parties to take part in the national dialogue that...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2192 | by AFP
NPA declines to prosecute CIO, MI, police 'armed robbers'
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) on Tuesday declined to prosecute a team of police officers, Military Intelligence and Central Intelligence Organisation agents arrested for armed robbery....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2384 | by ZimLive
US wants to choose mediator for Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must allow a neutral mediator to take over the convening of talks between him and the opposition as well as release all civil society activists arrest on allegations of ta...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 4769 | by ZimLIve
Chamisa lost the plot again on dialogue
President Emmerson Mnangagwa in his inimitable wisdom invited other presidential hopefuls who lost the 2018 Presidential race in a bid to map the way forward on the framework towards resolving the nat...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3646 | by Elijah Chihota
3 Police officers arrested for supporting Chamisa
Three police officers with the rank of constable have been arrested in Buhera after they denounced the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and chanted MDC slogans.In police papers seen ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 07:42hrs | 7895 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teen's body burnt after rape & robbery
A Shurugwi man allegedly broke into a tuck-shop where he raped and murdered a 16-year-old attendant, pulled her body out of the building, doused it with engine oil and setting it on fire. Afte...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:59hrs | 4877 | by Staff reporter
10 protesters jailed 3 years each
TEN suspected MDC-Alliance supporters, who were part of a gang that went on the rampage last month destroying property and vehicles during violent protests in Mutare, have each been sentenced to three...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:56hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Cops intensify patrols in Bulawayo suburbs
POLICE have increased deployment of officers in Bulawayo's western suburbs to fight criminal activities. On Sunday, a message inciting citizens to embark on another stayaway was widely circula...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:28hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
'UK accelerates deportations of failed Zimbabwe asylum seekers'
The Home Office has been condemned for working with the Zimbabwean government to accelerate the deportation of asylum seekers despite high-profile human rights abuses in the country.Asylum law...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 20:28hrs | 1586 | by The Guardian
Dexter Nduna admits to killing more than once
A Zanu-PF MP once accused firing his gun during an election campaign has boasted that he has killed before.Dexter Nduna, the MP for Chegutu West, made the shock claim while threatening Norton ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 15:04hrs | 3711 | by ZimLive
'Mnangagwa losing grip'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is losing his grip on power less than two years after taking power in November 2017 in a military assisted transition, human rights watchdog Amnesty International (AI) has...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 15:00hrs | 7835 | by newzimbabwe
Amos Chibaya finally tastes freedom
MDC Organising Secretary Amos Chibaya has been finally released on bail after spending three weeks in prison over charges of inciting public violence.Chibaya is accused on inciting protestors ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 13:46hrs | 1654 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Riot police sold a dummy
Residents in the western areas of the second city woke up yesterday to see a huge presence of riot police who were anticipating another round of protests.Apparently, the police were reacting t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 4213 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defends army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed claims that the army raped women and killed people during recent protests over massive incr...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:47hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Why self-confessed killer Dexter Nduna may not be arrested
Zimbabweans from all walks of life called for the arrest of Chegutu West Member of Parliament Dexter Nduna after he confessed in parliament that he is killer and has killed many people most of w...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 09:44hrs | 8494 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe MPs in near fistfight
TEMPERS flared in Parliament yesterday during the sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy when Norton MP Temba Mliswa accused former Transport Committee chairperson, Dexter Nduna, of il...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2211 | by Staff reporter
55,6% of violence perpetrators were uniformed forces- NGO
Human rights watch dog, Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (HRForum), in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Peace Project, have released a dodgy report revealing that 55,6% of perpetrators of violence in last...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:36hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands 'V11' of army killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has shot down reports that the military carried out extra-judicial killings on at least 17 civilians after being roped in by the police to quell last month's violent prote...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Army uniform saga: Suspect in U-turn
A SUSPECTED protestor who initially told prosecutors during vetting for initial appearance at the Harare Magistrates' Courts that he was given army uniform at the Zanu PF headquarters, yesterday chang...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel consumption rises 650%?
Daily consumption of both diesel and petrol in Zimbabwe rose by 342 percent and 650 percent respectively between April and October 2018, putting Government under huge pressure to provide adequate fore...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses army uniform distribution claim
Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has challenged those claiming that the ruling party distributed army uniforms to some people who were involved in looting and robberie...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 18:11hrs | 3041 | by Staff reporter
Activist who called for mass protest speaks out
Losing Bulawayo South Member of Parliament Josphat Mzaca Ngulube who was arrested during the army crackdown following the #ShutdownZimbabwe protest has spoken out for the first time since he was grant...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 3389 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Freedom First Project's response to the president's interview on France24
THE PRESIDENT IS ASKING FOR EVIDENCE! Freedom First project is deeply concerned and worried following the president of the of Zimbabwe His Excellence E ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 11:12hrs | 1483 | by Dumisani Mpofu
'ZANU PF Youths are untouchable' says Mliswa
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says ZANU PF Youths seem to be untouchable hence the failure of police to arrest them when the have been reported to be in possession of guns.Mliswa wa...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 10:13hrs | 5764 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dumbest looters jailed 7 years
Three hooligans involved in last month's MDC-Alliance-sponsored violent demonstrations wrote their own scripts of the popular television series "World's Dumbest Criminals" after they were given away b...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:59hrs | 4694 | by Staff reporter
Can Mnangagwa act against army excesses?
SINCE the November 2017 coup, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) appears to be holding unfettered power over the government or at the very least, sees itself as partners in the administration and has ve...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:56hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
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