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Conman stage-manages robbery
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested Khumbulani Sibanda (39) for allegedly fabricating a robbery report involving the theft of US$287,000 and an unregistered Toyota Allion vehicle. The inci...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:19hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Harare man defrauds friend of US$340,000
In Harare, Tatenda Guruva (30) faced charges of defrauding Blessing Mudambanuki, director of Dropstech Irrigation company, of US$340,000. Represented by Panaishe Mujawo of Mudimu Law Chambers, Guruva ...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:03hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Harare kids conned US$9,000 by bogus Manchester City agent
A Harare football academy owner has landed in the dock facing fraud after he allegedly conned four aspiring football stars of more than US$9,000 after falsely claiming he was facilitating trials for t...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Public warned against fraudster and conman Itai Nyabonda
Itai Nyabonda, a notorious fraudster and conman, has recently made headlines in the financial intelligence and serious fraud circles. Nyabonda boasts of a history of deceiving unsuspecting victi...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Isaac Ncube
Bogus ZNA recruitment agents on the prowl
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has warned the public of individuals masquerading as army officers who are fleecing prospective army recruits on the false promise of securing jobs for them.In...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel's PR disaster
Uebert Angel is, easily, the man of the moment, for all the wrong reasons.He was recently outed by the Al Jazeera undercover investigative team for trying to aid gold and money laundering usin...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
'Zanu PF primaries were utter fiasco for ED thx Mafia' said Mliswa. ED's turn to sleep with one eye open
If one, Right Honourable Temba P Mliswa, MP for Norton, is to be believed, then the Gold Mafia is certainly bigger then Zanu PF and they are the ones behind President Mnangagwa's humiliating defeats i...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 11:12hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Businessman loses $24,000 to homeless conman
A HARARE man was duped by a homeless man of US$24 400 cash in a botched scrap metal deal.Jabesi Kabamba (37), who is of no fixed abode appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Money changer survives 5000kv shock
A suspected illegal foreign currency dealer commonly referred to as osiphatheleni in Bulawayo is lucky to be alive after he was shocked by a 5 000 kilovolt electric shocker (taser) by a robber who wan...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political prostitutes
The man who was behind Grace Mugabe's youth interface rallies where she was spewing vitriolic attacks against Mnangagwa has once again by hook or crook managed to get himself appointed to lead a fundr...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
Farmer loses 340 tonnes of maize to con artist
A HARARE man was yesterday arraigned before the courts after he allegedly duped a farmer of 340 tonnes of maize worth US$131 400.Hugh Tinashe Sibanda (37) appeared before magistrate Vongai Muc...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mbudziyadhura's health deteriorates
POPULAR actor Blessing Chimhowa who plays Mbudziyadhura in the Gringo series broadcast on ZBCTV - was rushed to a local clinic in Gweru in the early hours of Wednesday after developing abdominal compl...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trump's Capitol Hill barbarism to usurp people's vote; not only failed, it backfired
President Donald Trump is a conman and like all conman he promised one thing and delivered something else. In the 2016 elections, the then Donald Trump promised the American votes two things:...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 10:58hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa son's name-dropped in R30 000 fraud
THE name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tafadzwa Sean, has been dropped in a case where an alleged conman duped a Gweru businesswoman of R30 000 in a yet-to-be revealed deal.The conman...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Some cheap goods can be very expensive
Sweet tongue trickster is a conman (confidence man) who can be a woman as well. They are very smart with words and can actually sell a fridge to an Eskimo whose igloo is made using ice blocks. ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Grace Mugabe slapped with US$4m lawsuit
Lebanese businessman Jamal Hamed has approached the High Court demanding US$4 million from former First Lady Grace Mugabe in defamation compensation and damages to his three houses that she seized....Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Same crime two laws, what a shame!
Dear ZRP Commissioner GeneralThe publication in today's Chronicle of the arrest a fraudster who cheated a home seeker of R470 000 left me with a lot of questions on the universal application o...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:49hrs | | by Munya Shumba
Businessman's death opens can of worms
THE sudden death of Mirirai Driving School proprietor, Washington Jekanyika (35), who died in unclear circumstances last Saturday has been the mainstay of public discourse in Mutare over the past week...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Hwange bribery saga
THE $400 000 Hwange Colliery bribery saga took a new twist during parliamentary inquiries yesterday after it emerged that Shepherd Tundiya, the linkman between the four MPs implicated in the alleged s...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Con-artist dupes minister, Zanu-PF MP
A SERIAL Harare conman allegedly masqueraded as former Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Mafios Cheda to dupe several prominent people, among them Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda and Bubi l...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plain clothes officials at Beitbridge expose border post to criminals
ADRIAN Ndhlovu (not his real name) is stranded after his car, a 2018 Toyota D4D twin cab on hire purchased in South Africa, has been placed under seizure by the Customs and Excise Department.H...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moyo is Mnangagwa's new acid test
Back in the days, every old, frail and ugly country woman was believed to be a witch. It didn't matter if, indeed, she was. Her looks and age naturally turned her into that ogre that drank our blood a...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Bruce Grobbelaar can't tell how many people he killed?
Before we reach the match-fixing trials which ruined his reputation, or remember the 13 major trophies he won as Liverpool's goalkeeper in 14 staggering years, we start with war in Africa. Bru...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Please be careful of this Bulawayo conman
Dear Editor, To the people of Zimbabwe and Bulawayo in particular, please be careful of conman and woman masquerading as second hand car dealers, the man is called Thabani Mguni (and his wife)...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 09:07hrs | 268 | by Concerned Bulawayo Resident
'Set up Cyber Security and Internet Court'
Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) has called for the set up of a Cyber Security and Internet Court.ZICT - a division of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers - said th...Published: 12 May 2018 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's theatre will end in defeat
MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has been entertaining observers since he launched his campaign on March 4, promising to build airports in rural areas and spaghetti highways and...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa splurges $50,000 to bus supporters
MDC-T shelled out more than $50 000 to hire buses to transport party supporters to an MDC-Alliance rally held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday as part of an elaborate scheme to inflate th...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa nothing more than a conman
The simplified definition of a conman is a man who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true. This is the best description anyon...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 12:45hrs | | by Charles Motsi
Experience the best teacher - Mnangagwa takes first step to journey of a thousand miles
Social media is abuzz with mixed reactions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stance that his pay-cheque should be deposited in his bank account instead of being handed to him in hard currency. ...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 11:01hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Conman fleeces villagers
A FORT Rixon man in Matabeleland South has been arrested for allegedly defrauding three villagers of over $1 000 claiming the money was meant to facilitate the release of their jailed relatives....Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Junta-boy not leaving anything to chance, Cdes
I don't care what he does. What I know for sure is that he is not going to last in that position because God and the gods have not ordained him to preside over this great nation."I don't care ...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 08:11hrs | | by CZ
Ex-bank employee turns conman
WHAT is this that we hear about this other well known chap who was once in the banking industry?Blabber thought the boy had learnt to work for his money over the years he was employed but give...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'conman' defrauds top hospital $148,000
A ZIMBABWEAN conman faces a stint behind bars and almost certain deportation back to his "notoriously corrupt" homeland after defrauding the Royal Darwin Hospital of almost $150,000.John Zvimb...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 10:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Promise Mkhwananzi and Tajamuka part of Zanu-PF distractions?
"Last Night I sent an inbox to Zim Solutions about my experience with an activist in the struggle. I was called a lot of names. One Guy called Simba Osore went as far as telling me I had AIDS from hav...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Albie Matarutse
Conman blows $2 600 loot on cigarettes
A Bulawayo man allegedly disguised himself by wearing a black jacket, black hat and glasses before defrauding a 60-year-old man of $2 697 at a ZB bank ATM.Caleb Murawa (41) of Njube, a court h...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Conman dupes job seeker
BULAWAYO - A suspected conman is in trouble after he cheated a job seeker of her $100 when he promised him a job in the city.The man Themba Seletswane (38) was denying the charge when he appea...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 07:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Lobola conman convicted
A Mbare couple, who connived to dupe another man of more than US$5000 in a lobola deal, will today know their fate when a Harare magistrate passes sentence.Brain Nkhatazo Mathe, 30, and his wi...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 17:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man loses $2 000 to conmen
A 20-YEAR-OLD Zimunya man will rue the day he entertained two conmen in Mutare's Central Business District on Monday after he was duped of $2 000.Justin Bonda sobbed bitterly as he chronicled ...Published: 17 May 2017 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CIO' dupes job-seekers
A suspected conman allegedly masqueraded as an employee of the President's Office assigned by the First Family to recruit people to work at a diamond mine in Angola.Phillip Zinyemba (47) a...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staf reporter
Man dumps family, cohabits with sweetheart, 21 years older than him
A Sakubva man in Mutare - Leon Chitsve who allegedly returned to his house at night without a underwear has left his family to settle with his sweetheart who is 21 years older than him....Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mawarire, CSOs fleece naive donors
While it is on record that yester year Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) focused more on 'developmental' and 'welfare' issues, the current adopted a paradigm ...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Rungano Dzikira
Many Zim families struggling to survive- Transform Zimbabwe leader says
Transform Zimbabwe Leader Jacob Ngarivhume has said majority of working Zimbabweans in the country earn and average salary of %250 which means they are struggling to survive as the prices of goods con...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 04:09hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Fake security company fraudster nabbed
A notorious 41-year-old man Epworth fraudster was arrested for conning 50 people in Harare and one woman in Mvurwi.Sources familiar with the development allege Edmore Myambo Siwella was duping...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 08:01hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police dragged into Grace Mugabe's $1,4 million ring saga
POLICE have launched a manhunt for Lebanese diamond dealer, Jamal Ahmed, accused of swindling First Lady Grace Mugabe of $1,4 million in a botched diamond ring transaction.Court papers fil...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ Governor blinked and was conned of $200M export incentive with no export
Word on the street is RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya is already talking of scrapping the 5% export incentive, the main reason for introducing the bond notes in the first place, because he is running ou...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 16:46hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Car thieves dump 'Noah' after running out of fuel
Centenary - Three unidentified conman pounced on Gande Hachi (42) in Gatu Township Centenary in Mashonaland Central province and forced him to surrender his Toyota Noah car keys and a cell phone befor...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 10:13hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mliswa Norton victory does not prove Zanu PF vote rigging is broken - it is the mother of con
The victims of a conman will know, if at all, he was playing with a loaded dice when it is too late. What distinguishes the ordinary run-of-the-mill conman from the grandmaster conman that the victims...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 00:35hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Fraudster 'teacher' nabbed over six chickens
A 32-Year-Old Masvingo suspected moving fraudster was nabbed yesterday.Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the case.It is alleged Alphonse Munongori a forme...Published: 21 Oct 2016 at 11:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mawarire left Zimbabwe under hard-to-understand circumstances
One basic rule in politics is never to concede ground, still less to allow shrinkage of the space you hold or dominate.You live true to this motto both by being careful not to tread on doubtfu...Published: 25 Sep 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Protests - End of Robert Mugabe?
In recent days, many political analysts have suggested that the end of Robert Mugabe's era has finally beckoned. Their assertions have largely depended on the recent wave of protests in Zimbabwe.&...Published: 31 Aug 2016 at 14:43hrs | | by Immigration Maziwisa
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