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Mnangagwa supporters in a political fix?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently convened a gathering of Zanu PF and main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators at his farm over the weekend, in a move to mobilise support an...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:27hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bus operators accused of tampering with speed limit devices
As the festive season approaches, some bus operators are facing serious accusations of tampering with speed limit devices, jeopardizing the safety of passengers. The illegal modification of these devi...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana threats unsettles media lobby groups
Media lobby organizations in Zimbabwe have raised alarm over recent threats made by Information Ministry Secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana against the Masvingo Mirror, a provincial newspaper, following it...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:37hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army to evict land invaders
In a bid to address the growing issue of illegal settlements on farms, the Zimbabwean government has enlisted the assistance of the army to support the police in evicting land barons responsible for c...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 07:04hrs | 19680 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo just name droping, says Charamba
WHAT INSANITY: You have business partners who dribble one another. In the ensuing fallout, one of them allegedly name-drops in order to scare away the rest. I am supposed to be exercised by su...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:01hrs | 2 | by George Charamba
Advertising, distributing and using Starlink internet is illegal in Zimbabwe
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has warned individuals and companies who are caught distributing and advertising Starlink Internet Services' gadgets that th...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 19:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF-linked space barons invade Bulawayo CBD
A GANG of suspected Zanu-PF space barons illegally parcelled out new vending bays to illegal traders in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) on Thursday this week.The bays were reportedl...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:39hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi warns against name dropping
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has warned Zanu-PF members against name-dropping, saying some of them were committing criminal activities and claiming to be doing it for senior officials, including the Pr...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF denies accusations of judicial capture
RULING party Zanu-PF says the judicial system in the country is independent of political interference despite widespread accusations of capture by the opposition and civil society organisations after ...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe's PVO Bill spell doom for NGOs?
The Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill, which was passed by Zimbabwe's parliament on January 31, is seen by critics as a drive against non-governmental organisations (NGOS) cham...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Buses shift to new illegal rank
PUBLIC transporters who used to operate from an illegal bus rank along Leopold Takawira Avenue near Centenary Park have moved to another illegal rank along 4th Avenue behind Eveline High School....Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Today's ZANU PF supporters likely to have backed colonial rule!
It is quite scary witnessing how ZANU PF supporters are always so ready and too eager to defend the brutal oppressive reign of the Zimbabwe regime. Whenever I come across the numerous posts on...Published: 05 Jan 2023 at 12:02hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Letter to the President of Zimbabwe
His Excellency The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, I just do not understand why our Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner General (CG) is not ticketing traffic violators on Zimbabwe's roa...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 09:37hrs | 22 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimra goes after buses smuggling goods
Crews and owners of buses caught smuggling goods across the border at Beitbridge face rising fines and the possible seizure of the bus involved as Zimra step up compliance of customs and increasingly ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Call to ban biased observers from Britain
ZIMBABWE is a friend to all and an enemy to none, but the British House of Lords should not take that as a sign of weakness, Zanu-PF Chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has said.This comes after some ...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks run out of gold coins
DEMAND for the new Zimbabwean gold coins has been overwhelming and banks have been inundated by their corporate and individual customers seeking a legal and sensible way of preserving value.Th...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ summons retailers, manufactures
RETAILERS and manufacturers have been summoned to a no-holds-barred meeting on price hikes by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), a unit of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, especially against the back...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti claims Zimbabwe iInflation now 430%
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy leader and Harare East legislator Tendai Biti has demanded a ministerial statement by Treasury on the country's worsening economic crisis....Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anger will not solve Zimbabwe's plight
ANGER doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing, but it can destroy everything," wrote one African-American lawyer and politician, Lawrence Douglas Wilder.As Zimbabwe battles to navigate a tre...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threatens retailers
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to withdraw trading licences of all retailers pegging their prices exclusively in United States dollars.Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare,...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Exclusive USD pricing illegal'
PRICING of goods exclusively in US dollars remains completely illegal and businesses not accepting local currency payments for every product should stop the illegal practice forthwith or risk having t...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for bribing police
POLICE on Friday turned down bribe offers by 23 motorists they had nabbed for traffic offences at a roadblock in Norton and arrested them for an additional crime of bribery.The four hours blit...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police recover 21 cattle stolen from Botswana
POLICE have recovered 21 cattle which were stolen from Botswana.In their twitter page police said the cattle were recovered on March 26 through a joint operation between the ZRP and Botswana p...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zacc warns against payment for extra lessons
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has warned teachers to desist from demanding fees for extra lessons saying this constituted corruption.Zacc spokesperson John Makamure told NewsD...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
All systems go for by-elections
ALL is set for tomorrow's by-elections with both the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) saying they are ready to ensure free and credible polls that are being c...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa calls for end to Dudula campaigns against foreigners
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for an end to campaigns against foreigners, saying these create social tensions and are against the law.He also criticised employers who employ undocumente...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZACC swoops on CVR middlemen
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is setting up a makeshift office outside the Central Vehicle Registry in Harare to receive reports of possible corruption and get rid of middlemen and co...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi accuses Zimbabwe military of aiding illegal border crossings
South Africa's military has accused the Zimbabwe Defence Forces of aiding illegal border crossings at Beitbridge.Tensions have been rising over the porous border, with South Africa's home affa...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
632 arrested as Zimbabwe - South Africa tighten border security
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened security along the Limpopo border to thwart illegal activities, especially smuggling and the irregular movement of people between the two countries, with over ...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda businessman, butchery operator nabbed for alleged stock theft
POLICE in Gwanda have arrested a businessman and butchery operator from the Konongwe farming area for alleged stock theft after the recovery of live and slaughtered cattle.The cattle were reco...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimra warns traders over US$ transactions
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has warned traders and businesses against fabricating financial information on transactions done in foreign currency. Zimra implored those in violation o...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 09:01hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporter
The legality of the MDC-T
MUCH has been said about Nelson Chamisa still using the name MDC in rallying his supporters. Just on Monday there was a letter penned by one O Gutu. Gutu was saying Chamisa and Zimbabwe Electoral comm...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:36hrs | 15 | by Allan Mbire
Businesses told to comply with bank rate
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Deputy Governor Dr Kupukile Mlambo has urged captains of industry and businesses to comply with the foreign currency auction exchange rate and price reasonably to avoid ...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tiri pama one: Now it's the people of Mashonaland demanding a cake for all
You can't help but wish Joshua Nkomo was alive. This is exactly what he prophesized. Josh said in his own words: "This tribalism will not take you anywhere Robert. This pasi newe, pasi naye cannot be ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 20:27hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Police thwart war vets demo, arrest 30
RIOT cops heavily descended on war veterans protesting their paltry monthly allowances in Harare Monday morning, arresting 30.The easily irritable ex-combatants once again took to the streets ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hats off to security forces at Beitbridge Border
MEMBERS of the security forces deployed along the Zimbabwe/South African border deserve praise for their efforts towards the eradication of crime at the two countries' boundary.To date, police...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lockdown guards need guarding
Lockdown robbery. That's perhaps the best thing to call it.The setting is a once-famous nightclub off Old Mazowe Road on the outskirts of New Marlborough. The time is 10pm on a Friday evening....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zanu-PF condemns mine invasions
Zanu-PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has warned those using the party's name to conduct mines and company invasions across Mashonaland West to stop breaking the law and soiling the party's image. ...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stop illegal parking, Government officials are not above the law
Dear OPC, City of Harare and Zimbabwe Republic PoliceI wish to draw your attention towards the unauthorised parking of vehicles on stretch between S. Muzenda St/SNujoma St (Fourth St/2nd St ),...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
At 79 years Jacob Zuma should not be in Jail
An average African ends up in a legal crisis and worse off in prison not because they do not understand the law or their legal right. The reason why Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is in jail is because he ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 17:01hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
At 79 years Jacob Zuma should not be in Jail because he does not understand the South African Legal System, Never
An average African ends up in a legal crisis and worse off in prison not because they do not understand the law or their legal right. The reason why Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is in jail is because he ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Smuggler buses disappear from highways
CROSS-BORDeR buses that had been playing cat-and-mouse with the police as they smuggled travellers into and back from South Africa have disappeared from the highways following the recent ban on inter-...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Foreign journalists with fake accreditation deported
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has said it operates in a transparent and accountable manner guided by the law and is calling on both local and foreign Press to respect laws of the country while c...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister flouts COVID-19 safety regulations
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has come under fire for allegedly flouting COVID-19 safety regulations following a meeting she held last week with an Indian delegation.Pictures of ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Emganwini suburb man murdered
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the murder of a 34-year-old Emganwini suburb man in a brawl over a woman at a shebeen on Monday. The now deceased Nkosana Chipepera was stabbed by a man on...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo pampers Mayor with double storey mansion
IN a first for Bulawayo, the city council is set to pamper the Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni, with a mayoral mansion located in the exclusive Hornung Golf Club in the leafy suburb of Burnside, Sunda...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe faces up to 20 years in jail after double conviction
MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe faces a possible 20-year-jail sentence after he was convicted of inciting public violence and resisting police arrest on Wednesday, his lawyer said....Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 18:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese mine managers held hostage
OVER 80 workers at the Chinese-owned Fools Investment Mine outside Bulawayo yesterday held the mine management hostage demanding better wages after the company offered to pay them US$50 each for the m...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner in fresh labour storm
CHINESE-OWNED Fools Investment Mine in Hope Fountain near Bulawayo has reportedly dismissed all its underground workers without notice, prompting the trade union which represents workers to threaten t...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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