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Mutumbuka's landmark case exposes the deep roots of property fraud in Zimbabwe
The problem of title deed fraud is not new to Zimbabwe, but recent cases have brought this pervasive issue into sharp focus. One of the most troubling and high-profile incidents has been the c...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 19:44hrs | 4429 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is Justice Chinamora's comeback a bad omen for Zimbabwean justice?
In Zimbabwe, we have become accustomed to those embroiled in controversy and transgression in their professional conduct being somehow rewarded by the ruling establishment. However, the choice...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 20:54hrs | 1074 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chivayo hijacks US$40m corrupt ZEC deal
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-profile government officials, corruptly got a windfall from a murky Zimbabwe Election Commission...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:47hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Ignatius Chombo plots dramatic political renaissance
THERE was excitement among Zanu-PF activists on Sunday following the official announcement of former long-serving Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo's return to the party after a five-year hia...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig exit: More details emerge
FORMER Zanu-PF director general, Dickson Dzora, was reportedly forced to retire over a basket of allegations that include corruption and abuse of party vehicle policy, NewsDay reported.Dzora r...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Army Colonel in court for theft
A HARARE woman who masqueraded as a Zimbabwe National Army colonel and defrauded people of cash together with her husband has appeared in court.Anyway Mauru appeared before Harare magistrate M...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 11:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa farm theft, cop acquitted
A GWERU-BASED policeman who last year was accused of stealing copper cables from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, has been acquitted of the charges.Musa Mukuli,...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man robbed US$1 000 at ATM
TWO men teamed up to rob a man who had just withdrawn US$1 000 from an automated teller machine (ATM).In a statement on X,the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said: "The Court...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Victim of Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati speaks on how he lost his beer plant and got deported
In the shadowy world of mafia dealings, a sinister evil chess game orchestrated by the self-styled Italian Mafia boss,Marconati, (pictured) has been exposed.Today, we delve into the Francesco ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 17:27hrs | 3 | by George Tshuma
Cop convicted of human trafficking
A 38-YEAR-OLD police officer awaits sentencing following his conviction on a charge of human trafficking after he lured Zimbabwean job seekers to the Middle East where they were subjected to slave lab...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbudzi US$1m fraud case back in court
THE State yesterday sought to merge documents in a case in which the government was duped of close to US$1 million in a botched Mbudzi interchange deal.Businessman and director of Ledmart Inve...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office raided
A COURT case has lifted the lid on the smuggling of high-end vehicles into the country by some officers from various State agencies such as the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).Three of...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office raided
A COURT case has lifted the lid on the smuggling of high-end vehicles into the country by some officers from various State agencies such as the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).Three of...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer sues journalist over 'falsehoods'
Prominent lawyer Tino Chinyoka has sued a journalist from a state owned publication for US$100 000 for allegedly publishing falsehoods where he claimed a magistrate stopped a lawyer from lying in cour...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fake gold dealers nabbed
Two alleged fake gold dealers who swindled $2150 from a buyer in Concession have been arrested.Robert Makina (50) and Milton Kanoti were dragged to Concession magistrates courts on Monday wher...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 08:55hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hooker and boyfriend rob client
IN a sort of Bonnie and Clyde remake, a sex worker and her boyfriend allegedly connived to rob a client in Sauerstown.Bonnie and Clyde were an American gangster couple that became notorious ou...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prison guard's illegal bid to free armed robber flops
A HARARE prison officer forged a medical report in a bid to free a suspected armed robber. The prison officer, Takawira Taderera (42), appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Wednesday faci...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer altered inmate's medical report to claim he's deaf and stall trial
An armed robbery suspect tried to stall his trial by getting a prison officer to alter a medical report to state that he had lost his hearing, a court heard on Wednesday.Witness Nyarupa, 44, o...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldier robs colleague
A member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) is in trouble after he allegedly robbed his colleague of his money.The soldier Douglas Chauke (21) and Fabian Ndlovu connived to rob a fellow soldi...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 11:15hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
6 Zimbabwe Power Company employees up for cables theft
SIX Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) employees stationed in Hwange were arrested for stealing electricity transmission cables worth thousands at the company premises in the coal mining town.Tawand...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Cop drove robbers getaway car
A DETECTIVE based in Bulawayo who was a getaway driver in a planned armed robbery spree in Victoria Falls has been arrested.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi in a...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 15:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC concillor under fire for vandalising fence
OPPOSITION CCC legislator for Southerton constituency Bridget Nyandoro is under investigation for allegedly vandalising a fence at Bexley Circle, a recreational area for children.The fence was...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Police officer arrested for armed robbery
A Criminal Investigating Officer with the Zimbabwe Republic Police has been arrested over allegations of attempted robbery in Victoria Falls.National Police Spokesperson, Assistant Commissione...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 05:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zapu celebrates 62 years
Zapu is today celebrating 62 years after its formation with the party spokesperson Mso Ndlovu saying they celebrate this milestone, as they continue on their journey to achieve the full emancipation o...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 11:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe is a failed state because we're governed by buffoons claiming to know best but know nothing
Both Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling party Zanu PF and Nelson Chamisa and his CCC party claim that they are nation builders. If so, then why is Zimbabwe a failed state whose economy is in ruins and ...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
Jailed Harare Council Finance Director finds self back in dock
Former Harare City Council Finance Director Stanley Ndemera has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for a second charge of criminal abuse of office. The allegations involve...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Joyride with a corpse woman jailed 25 years
A BULAWAYO woman who connived with her late boyfriend and killed her friend following an all-night beer-drinking binge before they went on a joyride with the corpse, was yesterday sentenced to an effe...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Minister loses money to fraudsters
INFORMATION minister Jenfan Muswere's Trust Entity lost US$3 568 to a fraudster.The complainant is Muswere's trust entity represented by Phillipa Phillips.Hamandishe Chihuri appeared b...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops in court over stolen Presidential inputs
TWO police detectives appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday charged with criminal abuse of office after they took bribes to conceal the theft of Presidential farming inputs.Nelson...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent businessman jailed 10 years for stock theft
A PROMINENT Gweru-based businessman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of stock theft.Appearing before Gweru magistrate Mr Langton Ndokera facing one count of stock...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 15:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimate challenger applies for passport
Political activist Sybeth Musengezi who is facing allegations of using a fake address to join Zanu-PF structures has made an application for temporary release of his passport.He indicated that...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 21:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Terrence Mukupe jailed 3 years for diesel smuggling
Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development Terrence Mukupe and three accomplices have been jailed effective three years each following conviction for importing more than 138 000 litres...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 17:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop in court for mounting fake roadblock
A POLICE officer suspected to be part of a syndicate fleecing unsuspecting motorists along Herbert Chitepo Avenue and Leopold Takawira Street in central Harare by mounting a fake roadblock has been ar...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kereke granted bail
FORMER Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke and the suspended chief executive of Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS), Everesto Rukasha, who allegedly connived to defraud the medical aid s...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler Mukupe to remain in custody pending sentence
THE High Court yesterday postponed the sentencing of former Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development Terrence Mukupe and three accomplices until November 16 following their conviction for i...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ex-RBZ advisor arrested for fraud
FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe advisor Munyaradzi Kereke has been arrested for fraud.The former Zanu PF Bikita West legislator is jointly charged with suspended Harare Municipal Medical Aid S...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 21:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Former Zimbabwe deputy minister convicted of smuggling fuel
FORMER Deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe has been convicted of smuggling 138 979 litres of fuel.Mukupe, also a former legislator was convicted together with Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzashe ...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 06:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu inflicts major blow on CCC
THE CCC has suffered a major blow, losing 14 National Assembly and nine Senate seats, after the High Court dismissed an application by opposition legislators challenging their recalls by Sengezo...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ablism must fall!
My blood boils when I think about how some people normalise the treatment of persons with disabilities as second class citizens in Zimbabwe even against the existence of government policy and pronounc...Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 10:02hrs | 14 | by Abraham Mateta (Mukoma A)
3 car smugglers granted bail
Three men who allegedly smuggled top-of-the-range motor vehicles into Zimbabwe from South Africa by fraudulently fitting registration plates from the President's Office to evade taxes and toll fees ha...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 14:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man nearly loses testicles on drinking spree
A Plumtree man nearly lost his testicles while on a drinking spree after being stabbed by fellow imbibers at a local bottlestore in Madabe village.Bethwell Ngwenya of Tshitshi village in Madab...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 18:22hrs | 19 | by Desmond Nleya / Simbarashe Sithole
Woman connives with new lover to kill own baby
HOW rare is filicide, the death of a child at the hands of a parent?And what would drive a mother to kill her newborn? The killing of a child by its parent is not as rare as you might think....Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa arrested for stock theft
Muchinerepi Chamisa (49) and his friend Fortune Chideya (28) of Rushinga were on Wednesday last week arrested for stock theft at a roadblock along Harare-...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Desmond Nleya
Soldiers steal from Mnangagwa's wife to raise school fees
A RECENT court case has exposed the First Family as having more than one farm, with First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa owning a farm in Glendale, while her husband, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has Precab...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 19:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SA cops arrested in R12m cigarettes smuggling case
SOUTH African police have arrested two of their own members who recently connived with a 43-year-old Zimbabwean to smuggle into South Africa cigarettes worth more than R12 million.The duo was ...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zinara loses US$150 000 in tollgate scam
THREE Zimbabwe Road Administration (Zinara) employees and their alleged accomplice, a technician with a local company, appeared in court yesterday on allegations of fraud involving US$150 000....Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Nyanga family tormented by thigh vendor's avenging spirit killed 50 years ago by their polygamist father
A Nyanga family finds themselves living in constant fear as they believe a vengeful spirit is haunting them, claiming to be a s_ex worker who met a tragic end 50 years ago at the hands of their patria...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:28hrs | 11 | by Erick Matotoba
Sex worker's ngozi surfaces 50 years later
A Nyanga family is living in fear of a vengeful spirit that claims to be a sex worker who was murdered 50 years ago by the family's patriarch.The spirit, which speaks through various possessed...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco thieves in court
Three men appeared at Concession Magistrates Court on Saturday facing allegations of stealing three bales of tobacco at Terrydale farm in Mazowe.Arnold Chiito aged 31, Jeffrey Mavhuto (45) and...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 08:54hrs | 7 | by Desmond Nleya
Bells toll for CCC as poll looms
It must be a hard ask and a toll order to have a sound and effective campaign for the 23 August 2023 harmonised general election if only five years ago you were the presidential candidate of a coaliti...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 12:01hrs | 10 | by Jonathan Moyo
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