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Bigwig arrests should be followed by convictions
While we all applaud the anti-corruption drive being spearheaded from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office which has seen several ex-ministers arrested for abuse of office, we all wait for the first ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 633 | by Harry Peter Wilson
Man head-butts, knocks out girlfriend's tooth
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been fined $100 for hitting his girlfriend and knocking out her tooth following an undisclosed argument.Ayanda Mpofu of New Magwegwe head-butted Ms Mavis Ma...Published: 9 hrs ago | 731 | by Staff reporter
MDC demos: Time youths refused to be used
The MDC Alliance (MDC A), leader, Nelson Chamisa was defeated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the 30 July both in the ballot booth and at the Constitutional Court on 24 August. Instead of grace...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1677 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Advocate Thabani Mpofu the Zimbabwe Clarence Seward Darrow
It was Friday on the 9th November 2018 as I was walking nearer to the statue of Father Zimbabwe the late vice president Cde Joshua Nkomo in Bulawayo CBD. A friend of mine an ex detective from police f...Published: 13 hrs ago | 742 | by Enos Denhere
1 August killings: Army did not consult me says Police Boss
The Chief superintendent for Harare Central District‚ Albert Ncube said the army did not meet him to get orders before firing at the protestors. Ncube was giving evidence in front of the Commission ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 6005 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti back in court
On Monday, the trial of opposition political party leader Tendai Biti commenced at the Harare Magistrates Court. He is being represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights members Beat...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1951 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Update on 1 August killings
As the Commission of Inquiry into the 1 August post-election violence hears evidence from members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and Zimbabwe Republic Police today we give you an update of the hea...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3628 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean charged with killing SA girlfriend says mentally ill
The State this week cross-examined the Zimbabwean accused of murdering his South African girlfriend.Lloyd Simbarashe stands accused of killing his then-girlfriend, Nikita Lewis, by stabbing he...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2691 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa opts out as Econet profits surge
After tax profits in Econet Wireless spiked, propped up by increased uptake of data and fintech services although founder, Strive Masiyiwa has now opted out of the day-to-day board functions of the co...Published: 20 hrs ago | 7385 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe ignored coup warnings,' says Jonathan Moyo
FORMER President Robert Mugabe was forewarned about the coup that would topple him from power, but distrusted those who warned him and believed his then deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa and former Defence Fo...Published: 21 hrs ago | 6304 | by Staff reporter
Ex-magistrate, accomplices remanded
FORMER Harare magistrate Memory Chigwaza and her two alleged accomplices, who are facing $155 000 fraud charges after they sold non-existent residential stands to unsuspecting home seekers, were last ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 834 | by Staff reporter
'Court didn't implicate Chiwenga'
The High Court ruling on the legality of Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the August 1 post-election violence did not implicate Vice President Constantine Chiwenga in...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs better advisers
I always say politics is not for short-term schemers and this is proving true indeed. At a time the majority of Zimbabweans are having their brains full to find ways on how the economy can be mended, ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 582 | by Ranson Madzamba
Man fakes father's death
A Masvingo man and his two accomplices have been sentenced to 420 hours of unpaid work each by a magistrates court for trying to swindle Econet of $2 000 via the its EcoSure Funeral Cover, through a f...Published: 21 hrs ago | 448 | by Staff reporter
Big headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a herculean task in his quest to fight corruption after it emerged last week that graft now pervades the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which must be at the f...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:36hrs | 12918 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spooks and military following Chamisa to the toilet
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the military intelligence are following him wherever he goes.He jokingly told his su...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:34hrs | 3008 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs throng Harare court
It was an extraordinary week at the Harare Magistrates' Courts that saw four high-profile figures appearing in court on the same day, facing various charges.It was therefore a hive of activity...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:30hrs | 2258 | by Staff reporter
So it was General Chiwenga, after all?
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is crouching under a downpour. And it seems he has little space to run into, so chances are high he may drown in the rain.First, he developed an unusual pig...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 13:03hrs | 7254 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa allies in nasty fight
The fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Justice Mayor Wadyajena got nasty last week after the business mogul accused the youthful Zanu-PF legislator of being an...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:14hrs | 1943 | by Staff reporter
'Army killings ruling a test for Mnangagwa'
A High Court judgement that seems to exonerate President Emmerson Mnangagwa of any wrongdoing in the army killings of protesters in Harare on August 1 has rekindled talk of a rift between the Zanu-PF ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:11hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Teacher manhandles headmaster for refusing to sign leave forms
Jacob Mugwira, a teacher at Choverere Primary School manhandled his school headmaster, Boy Chikwavava, by his waist belt after he allegedly refused to sign his leave forms.The case was heard a...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1626 | by Staff reporter
'ED stepping up fight against graft' Mangwana praised - praise as contrived as fight itself
Nick Mangwana has worked hard as a Zanu-PF apologist and was recently rewarded with the appointment as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Media, Publicity and Broadcasting Services. The post was h...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:44hrs | 259 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Court orders Zifa to pay Mlauzi $187,000
THE Zimbabwe Football Association will have to fork out $187 290 to pay former Mighty Warriors coach, Shadreck Mlauzi after the Labour Court confirmed he is owed the dues.An initial ruling by ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:26hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Restoration Movement takes stand on Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor issue
Over the past few months and several weeks the residents of Bulawayo have been dealt a heavy blow in the form of political party politics and electorate disrespect channelled to the city's residents t...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:24hrs | 462 | by 1893MRM
Zimbabwe illegal currency dealers to be jailed for 10 years
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has used temporary powers for a new law that will see illegal currency traders being sentenced to up to ten years in jail, while ill-gotten wealth will be confiscated....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:17hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangaga ready to deal with Chamisa and his followers
Government has drawn a line in the sand following threats by the main MDC party to roll out a series of protests in order to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to end a full-blown econo...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 16:49hrs | 14964 | by Staff reporter
Man goes berserk, attacks wife at court
A 44-year-old man went berserk yesterday and attacked his wife in the glaring view of court officials after he lost a $42 000 maintenance case.Livieson Pamuchigere slapped and attempted to str...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:57hrs | 2451 | by Staff reporter
VP Mohadi named in mysterious deaths and farm scandals?
Whistleblower Prisca Mutema has sensationally that Vice President Kembo Mohadi is involved in a series of scandals involving multiple farm grabbing and number of deaths.The expose come a...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:28hrs | 4615 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Court stops Chimanimani farmers eviction
THE High Court has stopped the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) from evicting Chimanimani families, who were facing imminent displacement from their banana farms.The...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:11hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Security boss loses mind, attacks wife after losing $42k maintenance case
A DIRECTOR of a security company that offers services at many government premises lost his cool in court yesterday and started assaulting his estranged wife after being convicted of failing to pay $42...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:02hrs | 664 | by Staf reporter
Chiwenga implicated in August 1 deadly shootings
HIGH Court judge Justice David Mangota has implicated Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in the August 1 post-election shooting, ruling that the former Defence minister deployed the soldiers, who kil...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:01hrs | 2976 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimra boss Pasi in court over an Information Management System
FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner general Gershem Takavada Pasi was on Thursday brought before the court on charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly engaged a third ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:55hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Court endorses Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry
THE High Court has endorsed the Commission of Inquiry set up by President Mnangagwa to investigate the causes of the violence that claimed six people in Harare's central business district on August 1 ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:53hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Banda ropes in Fifa to challenge Chiyangwa's dirty tactics
ASPIRING Zifa vice-president, Gift Banda, who was disqualified from the race, says he will not hesitate to approach the courts in the event that the national football association does not hear his app...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:37hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fight against corruption is real
This week saw an unprecedented number of high-profile individuals appearing before our courts of law in connection with corruption, giving momentum to Government's fight against graft. Given t...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:34hrs | 623 | by Nick Mangwana
Tinashe Kambarami faces fresh legal headache
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is headed for a legal battle after revelations that a rival MDC faction opposed to his election has hatched a plan to sponsor a voter from his w...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 20:54hrs | 3468 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Commodity broker Kelvin Mazhandu to build Mqabuko plaza
Zimbabwean born commodity broker Kelvin Mazhandu is set to construct the biggest mall in Bulawayo in honour of the later Father Zimbabwe Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo.Mazhandu who is based in ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 19:19hrs | 3465 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe horror accident victims named
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released 36 names of the people who died on Wednesday this week near the Rusape tollgate.Their next of kin have since been informed.The names of ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 18:33hrs | 15427 | by Staff reporter
Van Hoogstraten cleared of CFI insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZ) has cleared Nicholas van Hoogstraten's investment vehicle, Messina Investments (Private) Limited of insider trading involving shares in CFI ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 17:19hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed Zinara investigations
UNDER-FIRE Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed investigations into the alleged looting of funds at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to protec...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:39hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
'Ex-wife wants me dead'
A HATCLIFFE man hauled his former wife to court for assaulting, insulting and threatening to kill him.Nyasha Tanyanyiwa applied for a protection order at the Harare Civil Court against his ex-...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 15:46hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Shock as judge suggests Chiwenga deployed soldiers involved in August 1 killings!
In a shocking move, a High Court Judge has ruled that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga ordered the deployment of soldiers who were involved in the August 1 post election killings that saw them ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 11:20hrs | 43045 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2 more court cases for Magaya?
Bulawayo based church Divine Kingdom Ministry has released a video on its Youtube channel where the Founder Pastor Ian Ndlovu is giving a Prophetic message urging Zimbabweans to pray for a prominent c...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 09:25hrs | 6187 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Wife strangles cop to death
A RUSAPE cop was last week strangled to death by his estranged wife who tried to cover up the heinous crime by pouring a poisonous liquid into his mouth to make it appear like suicide.Luck elu...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | 4613 | by Staf reporter
Father of 8 in maintenance drama
A BULAWAYO man has been dragged to court over maintenance of his eighth child.Mehluli Zulu, a mechanic was dragged to court by his baby mama Lucia Ncube who wanted $90 for their minor child sa...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:17hrs | 1791 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Chinamasa links exposed
FORMER Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa's daughter, Kangai (38), claims she was assisting embattled businessman and Intratrek owner Wicknell Chivayo purchase "equipment" in the United States when so...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:18hrs | 4556 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa coming after cartels
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday vowed to clamp down on cartels involved in various corrupt activities such as fraud, money-laundering, insider trading and manipulation of government procurement...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:16hrs | 6763 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza mayor bounces back in acting capacity
Chitungwiza Town Council has elected suspended mayor Gift Tsverere to act in the same position pending finalisation of a High Court challenge brought up by Zanu PF councillors.Kiven Mutimbanyo...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:14hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Fired cop demands $56 000 compensation for wrongful arrest
A FORMER police officer who got arrested after testifying in court against fellow police officers in an inquest, has petitioned Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to comply with the High Court...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:12hrs | 1501 | by Staf reporter
4 Cottco bosses arrested
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested four Cotton Company of Zimbabwe managers fingered in illegal cotton trading, prejudicing the country of millions of dollars.Managing direct...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:12hrs | 1834 | by Staff reporter
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