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Demilitarize NRZ urgently
The National Railways of Zimbabwe has was a profitable and prestigious State owned enterprise during the time of illustrious engineer Alvord Mabhena. Some sections of the country’s military saw it f...Published: 12 mins ago | 38 | by Themba Khumalo
Foul play disguised as incompetence at the Competition and Tariff Commission
I am an avid reader and consumer of all things Competition and Anti Monopolies related. I believe in healthy competition and have learnt a thing or two from watching the American Sherman act...Published: 15 mins ago | 31 | by Thabo Nkiwane
Pastor, and wife arrested for fraud
AFM Church Reverend Titus Murefu (68) and his wife Winnet (60) on Friday appeared in court charged with fraud involving US$80 000 in a botched deal.Harare magistrate Shane Kubonera remanded th...Published: 5 hrs ago | 881 | by Staff reporter
Family demands compensation for United Bulawayo Hospitals death
FOR eight months, a family from Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb did not bury the body of a loved one who died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals after he fell from the third floor of a building at the insti...Published: 5 hrs ago | 235 | by Staff reporter
Family demands compensation for UBH death
FOR eight months, a family from Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb did not bury the body of a loved one who died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals after he fell from the third floor of a building at the insti...Published: 6 hrs ago | 406 | by Staff Reporter
Top spook boss up for extortion
A senior Central Intelligence Organisation officer Leonard Mutandwa appeared in court on Friday charged with fraud and extortion.Mutandwa (48), the Divisional Intelligence Officer, was arreste...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:50hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop pockets R500 bribe from buses for 15 months
A Beitbridge man has been arrested for masquerading as a security officer for one year and three months, collecting bribes ranging from R300 to R500 from buses in the border town.Gabriel Chire...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
ZACC moves to recover US$22m ill-gotten wealth
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has filed eight applications with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) seeking orders to seize assets valued over US$22 million suspected to have bee...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:10hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Dali Mpofu convicted by Stratcom, but cleared by law body
Advocate Dali Mpofu SC has been cleared of a misconduct charge for his 'shut comment' made at the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture.Mpofu was investigated by the Legal Pr...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:31hrs | 2112 | by Staff reporter
TelOne groans under sub-economic tariffs
STATE-OWNED telecommunications company TelOne is reeling under high inflation which has impeded profitability while sub-economic tariffs are threatening to sink the firm.TelOne's last tariff r...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 10:04hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army captain, doctor in court for impersonation
A former army captain and a local doctor appeared before Harare Ruth Moyo on Thursday charged for impersonation with intent to commit crime.Moyo remanded Alfred Ngonidzashe Mugadza (54) ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:40hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Minister Kazembe behind attack on Tendai Biti?
Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) chairperson in Mashonaland Central province George Gwarada has condemned Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe who is also ZANU PF chairperson for Mashonaland Cen...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 5060 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Motorists, council clash over forex
MOTORISTS have clashed with the Harare City Council over allegations that the local authority is refusing to accept fines in the Zimbabwe dollar (Zimdollar).The city fathers are allegedly dema...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:57hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Patients stranded as murse strike bites
THE ongoing public health professionals' strike that has crippled major government hospitals is continuing unabated until the demands of the workers have been met, leaving many patients stranded....Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, civil servants fight over Psmas
CIVIL servants representative group Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) is headed for another showdown with Vice President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga over the l...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1245 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police beat up striking nurses
RIOT police on Wednesday reportedly stormed Bindura General Hospital and indiscriminately beat up nurses for joining a nationwide strike by health workers protesting over salaries and poor working con...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the brink: Living in fragile peace
YESTERDAY, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) launched the 2021 State of Peace Report. It is an annual product of the ZimRights' Right to Peace Campaign which seeks to empower communiti...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 387 | by Dzikamai Bere
Hooliganism costs Dembare heavily
GIANTS Dynamos' preparations for the resumption of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign suffered a setback yesterday after they were hit with a fine and lost points for the abandoned game...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo exposes delinquent 'secret society'
EXILED former information minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has again hit out at the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) over its lack of structures, describing the party as delinquent and o...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 18:20hrs | 5734 | by Staff reporter
CCC blasts Sikhala bail ruling
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has condemned a court decision Wednesday to deny party legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole bail.The duo returned to remand after they...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:53hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Fake abductions trial continues
TWO men who installed CCTV cameras at a food outlet in Belgravia, Harare, where CCC members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri allegedly bought food late in the afternoon they allegedly claimed to hav...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono freedom bid flops again
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed for the umpteenth time journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's application for removal from remand in a case he is charged with obstruction to justice.Chin'ono i...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife awaits attempted murder trial date
THE State will furnish Marry Mubaiwa with a trial date when she returns to court on July 6 on charges of attempting to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga during the time he was hospitalised in S...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Shamila Batohi afraid to hold Ramaphosa accountable for Phala Phala Farmgate
THE National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi has a wonderful reputation but has been given a poisoned chalice. Batohi has had to withstand repeated requests from powerful politic...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:23hrs | 421 | by Ray Solomons
Chained Sikhala questions why armed robbers are walking uncuffed
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala Monday took the state to task over its continued use of leg irons and cuffs on him and co-accused Godfrey Sithole, while armed robbers went unc...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 4367 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole to spend 2 more nights in remand prison
TWO Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole, are accused of inciting their followers to cause public violence in Nyatsime, Beatrice will s...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:58hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Missing US$5 kicked-off events leading to Ali's gruesome murder
Pias Mukandi, alias Jamba, killed the Citizens Coalition for Change activist Moreblessing Ali following a row over US$5 that he allegedly lost at a bar, a court heard on Saturday.It has been e...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:56hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed 12 years for indecent assault
A 27-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on two counts of aggravated indecent assault.Moderate Tichavavamwe (27), who had challenges of conceiving, raped a 15-year...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Gweru charges bills in USD
GWERU City Council (GCC) has with immediate effect, begun to charge rentals and bills in United States dollars.The bills will be payable at the prevailing interbank rate.Ratepayers owe...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Gomba's bid to quash charges flops
A BID by former Harare mayor Herbert Gomba and his two co-accused to quash charges against them for corruptly altering an approved layout plan before allocating it to another user, has failed after th...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza turned into war zone as residents mourn slain activist
Six men sat in a tuckshop at a shopping centre in the Nyatsime where residents were roaming around waiting for the police to bring Pius Jamba to indicate how he allegedly killed Citizen Coalition for ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's family forced to flee homestead
THE family of the slain activist Moreblessing Ali has been forced to flee their home following sustained threats by suspected state agents and Zanu-PF activists for demanding justice.The famil...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Confusion rocks Zanu-PF audit
Zanu-PF's attempts to audit its structures ahead of the 2023 elections was marred by a poor turnout and confusion in most parts of the country with the ruling party's deputy secretary Kembo Mohadi can...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs to spend weekend in prison
VIOLENCE that recently erupted in Nyatsime, Beatrice following the alleged incitement to cause public disturbances by two CCC legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole, left a trail of d...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:23hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Billion-dollar loans used to manipulate exchange rate
Fifteen major companies have been creating huge extra profits by borrowing billions of dollars, often from several banks, at concessionary interest rates, stocking up and then selling in US dollars an...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala faces weekend detention
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy national chairman Job Sikhala and fellow legislator Godfrey Sithole spent their third night in detention after court proceedings only ended after 7 pm Thursd...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:37hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa reneges on inaugural pledges'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of fondly embracing rights abusers, contrary to pledges made when it assumed power via a coup in 2017....Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Dangarembgwa files for discharge
FILMMAKER and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembgwa has filed for discharge at the close of the State case in which she is being charged for participating in an illegal gathering aimed at causing public violen...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:26hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fine harsh
HIGHLANDERS' followers feel the US$6 000 fine imposed on the club for the abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer league match against FC Platinum is harsh, but necessary to deter fans from hooliganism,...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:21hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole in court over violence
TWO CCC legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole yesterday failed to block their case from prosecution after they appeared in court for allegedly inciting their followers to cause viole...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala faces 10 years in prison...as state opposes bail
CCC Member of Parliament Job Sikhala if facing up to ten years in prison after being charged with incitement to commit Public Violence as defined in section 187(1) (a) as read with Section 36 (1) (a) ...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 15:18hrs | 6588 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga marries long-time soldier lover
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has married his long-time lover Miniyothabo Baloyi, the presidency announced on Wednesday.The two lovebirds exchanged their vows during a private ceremony a...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:58hrs | 11732 | by Staff reporter
ARTUZ president Obert Masaraure charged over 2016 'murder'
Amalgamated Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) president Obert Masaraure was arrested on Tuesday accused of murder.ARTUZ said the charges from a 2016 incident are without merit.Masara...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:57hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala to spend second night in police cells
CITIZENS Coalition for Change vice chairperson, Job Sikhala, will spend his second night in police cells following his arrest on allegations of inciting public violence on Tuesday.His lawyer, ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:52hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube acquitted
The National Prosecution Authority has declined to prosecute Gweru-based businesswoman and philanthropist, Dr Smelly Dube on fraud charges over acquisitions and sale of state land around Gweru due to ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:50hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
God removes wicked rulers
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it has become common place for discredited and unloved failed national leaders in Zimbabwe to grasp at every straw to hold on to power, inclu...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:38hrs | 751 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New York Times journalist fined $200 000 in Zimbabwe
JOURNALIST Jeffery Moyo was yesterday convicted and fined $200 000 by Bulawayo magistrate Mark Dzuda for assisting foreign journalists illegally obtain media accreditation cards.Moyo (38) is a...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:33hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
BCC indexes bills in US dollars
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday pulled a shocker on residents when it announced that from this month tariffs will be charged in foreign currency against the official rate, something residents as...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:31hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi in the news again for wrong reasons
TROUBLED winger Kudakwashe Mahachi allegedly snatched and smashed his sister's iPhone XR yesterday afternoon as part of concerted efforts to destroy evidence nailing him for purportedly scalding his f...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Chief Nekatamba still hospitalised
CHIEF Nekatambe of Dete, Hwange District in Matabeleland North who was involved in a car accident recently, is reportedly recovering at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo where he is still admitted....Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
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