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Wadyajena acquitted in Cottco fraud case
Gokwe Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who was accused of fraud has been set free pending completion of investigations after a Harare court granted his application for refusal for furthe...Published: 3 hrs ago | 299 | by Paul Ndou
Wadyajena seeks release from remand over trial delay
Fraud-charged Member of Parliament, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, and his co-accused have applied for release from remand, citing delays in the commencement of their trial.The legislator is accused...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Did the emergence of a strong opposition extinguish the revolutionary spirit in Zimbabweans?
To me, those where the good old days - when Zimbabweans were a people of valor, who did not brook any nonsense from their government and never wasted any time in courageously standing up for themselve...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:27hrs | 258 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe needs new blood
The volatile political and social situation in the country is a reflection of what was left by the former President Robert Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa has managed to perfect the art of bad governanc...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 1000 | by Leonard Koni
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 4146 | by Staff reporter
'Detained CCC activists denied food'
The lawyer representing the 27 arrested Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, Chris Mhike yesterday told the court that his clients were denied food by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional S...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 07:30hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must show patriotism
THE only thing new about the terrorism meted out in Murehwa on the poor elderly villagers is that someone who was part of the gang filmed and sent it to his bosses in Zanu-PF as proof that they could ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 20:00hrs | 374 | by A Mbire
Zanu-PF youths, police clash in Goromonzi
RUNNING battles erupted in Goromonzi yesterday between police and an estimated over 1 000 Zanu-PF youths who had invaded a farm before pegging and allocating themselves pieces of land.Several ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Council rot divides community
Mvurwi business community is up in arms with Mvurwi Town Council over what they allege as 'dubious’ reinstatement of the council’s bosses.Mvurwi Town Secretary, Sheri Nyakudya and Housing ...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 14:23hrs | 644 | by Desmond Nleya
Police hunt for Murehwa violence suspects
Police are looking for the perpetrators of political violence which allegedly took place in Murehwa, after the emergence of video clips which have since gone viral on social media.In the video...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:22hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Murehwa violence incident likely stage-managed by Chamisa's CCC, claims Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has denied allegations that thugs filmed attacking elderly opposition supporters in Murewa over the weekend are members of the ruling party.In a statement issued by Zanu-PF Mashonaland...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | 2100 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF distance itself from Murehwa violence?
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East Province has distanced itself from individuals in the alleged political violence video that has gone viral on social media saying that the people appearing in the video are ne...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:58hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Massive wealth looted by Cottco bosses revealed
The Prosecutor General has gone tough on corruption accused COTTCO marketing and business development manager Maxmore Njani and sought an order to go on a massive repossession of the grand loot held b...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 11:09hrs | 4013 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High Court allows seizure of Cottco boss' property worth millions of USD
THE High Court has granted the Prosecutor General approval to seize property worth tens of millions of US dollars' worth allegedly owned by Cotton Company of Zimbabwe's (COTTCO) corruption-accused bos...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | 2273 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi says independent electricity producers' licences corruptly awarded
EXILED former cabinet minister, Walter Mzembi, has confirmed a widely held belief that tenders for independent power producers (IPPs) were corruptly handed out by government.Mzembi's comments ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's security officers to attend Zanu-PF's ideology school
THE country's security officers have reportedly been commandeered to attend Zanu-PF's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology.NewsDay understands that about two weeks ago, district police commandin...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'mutilates' Zanu-PF constitution
Zanu-PF president and first secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa has mutilated the party constitution introducing sweeping changes, ostensibly, to remove some provisions that hounded his firm grip to power....Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:44hrs | 2985 | by Staff reporter
Ireland's drug lord planned to start new life in Zimbabwe
Drug lord Christy Kinahan planned to start a new life in Zimbabwe with his long-term partner and their children, leaked documents have revealed.The FBI most-wanted criminal also hoped to buy a...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1730 | by Pat Flanagan for Ireland Live
Quailed-off Vumbachikwe Mine Spouse demo brews possible spontaneous strike
Tuesday the 8th of November 2022 saw more than five hundred disgruntled Vumbachikwe (known as Forbes and Thompson Duration Gold Mine) spouses of mine work...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 13:30hrs | 1124 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Harare paying 'dead' workers
Cash strapped Harare City Council is allegedly paying ghost workers in the form of dead and fired employees while the money is being pocketed by selected top bosses.Preliminary investigations ...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Mass transfers rock Zimbabwe police
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has instituted an aggressive transfer of officers countrywide amid reports that the police top brass is furious about rising indiscipline, incompetence and allegatio...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 18:33hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Minister Kazembe salutes Macheso
Home Affairs Minister and ZANU PF Mashonaland Central province chairperson Kazembe Kazembe on Saturday praised the King of Sungura Alick Macheso for providing entertainment to a multitude of people at...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 12:29hrs | 1694 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Glendale
ZACC commissioner faces ouster over Wadyajena Cottco graft probe
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)'s John Makamure could be target of an elaborate plot to punish him by the powers that be for his bold decision to launch corruption investigations against co...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:17hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Trainee police officer fired for stammering
A trainee police officer, Vengai Chikurungeni, was discharged from the job after he was deemed unfit for policing duties for stammering.And luck has not been on the side of the ex-constable, w...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 2682 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants protest over bonus
GOVERNMENT has said not every civil servant will get a bonus this year because a performance-based payment system would be used to select deserving individuals.The development, which is likely...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1888 | by Staff reporter
Speeding kombi knocks toddler dead, mom sues owner US$500,000
A HARARE vendor, Patricia Dengezi whose one-year-old son was fatally crushed by a commuter omnibus in 2017, is seeking US$510,000 compensation from the vehicle owner, his insurer, and the police....Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:45hrs | 1783 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena, Cottco bosses ruling date set
The ruling on Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Mayor Justice Wadyajena's application challenging his placement on remand on charges of fraud and money laundering involving funds allegedly misappropriated a...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Church leaders campaigning for ED akin to Jesus' apostles campaigning for Pontius Pilate!
It is undeniable that the Christian Church, particularly over the past centuries - after its institutionalization by the Roman Empire, through Constantine the Great, over 1,700 years ago - has been a ...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 17:46hrs | 721 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why Zanu-PF is not so successful after 2001
Last Sunday I tried to answer the question, Why Was Zanu/Zanu PF so successful in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. This week I concentrate on why is Zanu-PF not so successful after 2001...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:55hrs | 730 | by Fay Chung
Why ordinary Zimbabweans not particularly thrilled, or may actually be terrified, over possible gas and oil discovery!
The advent of the 'metaverse', or most specifically social media, has created an alternative reality for most people - which, oftentimes, is far divorced from the real physical world that we live in....Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 10:29hrs | 1393 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe kicks off drilling first oil well
AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange (ASX)-listed energy explorer, Invictus Energy, kicked off drilling the first of two test wells at its Zimbabwe-based Cabora Bassa claims on Friday, marking an important step i...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's wife arrested for driving against oncoming traffic
The wife of jailed Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala was arrested on Tuesday accused of "reckless driving", her lawyer said.Ellen Sikhala, 46, was driving on Seke Road in Harare on her way to visit ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 19:01hrs | 1942 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fire fighter dies in veld fire operation
THE family of a fire fighter who succumbed to burns he suffered while on duty at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) two weeks ago, suspects foul play in his death.Fanyana...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Factional tremors rock Zanu-PF
THE weekend suspension of Zanu-PF Manicaland youth leader Pedzisai Mudende over forgery and corruption charges has shaken the province currently rocked by factional fights.Mudende, who is Zanu...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, says UN, AU, SADC now recognise his party as a potential government in waiting
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the United Nations, African Union and SADC have started warming up to the possibility of his party ruling the country whil...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 17:59hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages faces MPs grilling over beer levy
DELTA Beverages bosses are facing a Parliamentary grilling over beer levy remittances to local authorities amid fears some were capitalising on lack of proper accounting systems to unlawfully under-re...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena wants fraud charges dropped
Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena yesterday indicated that he will next week file an application for refusal of further remand on the matter he is jointly charged with Cotton Company...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena gets passport back
GOKWE-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who is jointly charged with Cotton Company of Zimbabwe bosses on fraud and money laundering involving over US$5,8 million, had his passport tempora...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 07:59hrs | 3708 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ex-convict ally implicated in Cottco scandal
GUTAI Lisa-Marie Maropafadzo of Maropafadzo Energy (Pvt) Ltd , an ex-convict close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family whose company is implicated in the US$5 million Cotton Company of Zimb...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 19:10hrs | 3095 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City plot survival
BULAWAYO City coach Farai Tawachera says he is confident his side will survive relegation and is targeting 15 points from their remaining games as they host Yadah in a Castle Lager Premier Socce...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:05hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Court escalates property seizure order against Wadyajena
THE High Court has taken the seizure of 22 trucks owned by Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena to a higher level after issuing a 30-day order for taking over the fleet pending investig...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
More woes for embattled Wadyajena
HARARE magistrate Barbra Mateko has ordered the seizure of a fleet of vehicles belonging to embattled Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena (Zanu-PF) on suspicion that they were purchase...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:10hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says he has more evidence to nail Wadyajena
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says he has a trove of evidence to nail Zanu-PF MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena, mired in a Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) looting scandal involving US$5 million....Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:09hrs | 4331 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri under fire over army company operations
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri was on Wednesday cornered by independent Norton MP Temba Mliswa over the opaque investments and business dealings of army-owned company Rusununguko Nkululeko ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:06hrs | 3754 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Innscor
A TENSE meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Innscor Africa shareholders over allegations of fuelling currency volatilities rocking the market had a chilling effect after Vice-President Co...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:21hrs | 1035 | by Staff reporter
Margaret Dongo lifts lid on liberation war sex abuses
WAR veteran Margaret Dongo says the story of sexual abuse of women ex-combatants by their commanders during the armed struggle in the military camps is yet to be told fully.Dongo lifted the li...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger queries court's delay of explosive lawsuit
Zanu-PF youth league member Sybeth Musengezi has expressed displeasure over the High Court's delay in hearing a case in which he is challenging the legitimacy of Emmerson Mnangagwa as the ruling party...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:39hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to train Botswana officers
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) will now send its instructors to Botswana to train their counterparts on internal policing as well as other prison security courses following a rec...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:37hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar 'turns down' BBC's Strictly Come Dancing
Ex-Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar is set to slip through the fingers of Strictly Come Dancing bosses after turning down an opportunity to appear on the show later this year.BBC producer...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1871 | by Staff reporter
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