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Zimbabwe marriage age of consent raised
GIRLS under the age of 18 will no longer legally enter into marriages, while marrying off minors will become a criminal offence under a new law that will be introduced in Parliament soon.Inter...Published: 3 hrs ago | 397 | by Staff reporter
Government starts fuel bonuses
Government will now refund businesses for extra costs incurred in buying fuel at new prices that became effective on January 13, raising expectations that this might positively impact on prices, it ha...Published: 3 hrs ago | 206 | by Staff reporter
Cop steals car at police station
A POLICE officer based in Gokwe has been arrested after he tried to drive out a car that was kept at a police station as exhibit.Brighton Sebata (25) based at Gokwe Police Station last week ap...Published: 3 hrs ago | 204 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira's passport return bid deferred
A HARARE magistrate deferred until next week a decision on whether to release a passport to ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira, facing charges of criminal abuse of office. Mandiwanzira, who...Published: 3 hrs ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
ED is not the only Mnangagwa: Jonasi
IDEAL Zimbabwe leader Tinashe Jonasi, who is accused undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa's authority, has said the head of State was not the only person called Mnangagwa and challenged the State ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 125 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo to start work on Gwanda solar project
Wicknell Chivayo is the victim of malicious prosecution, a High Court judge ruled on Friday as he threw out fraud charges against the Harare businessman involving $5,6 million.Justice Owen Tag...Published: 4 hrs ago | 55 | by ZimLive
Manager moans over US$50K adultery damages
A FINANCE and administration manager for a beverages company, Lorraine Chitereka, who was recently slapped with a US$50 000 adultery damages order for bedding Harare businesswoman Rudo Boka's husband,...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3947 | by Staff reporter
Harare resident sues council over parcelling of stands in wetlands
A HARARE resident has approached the High Court to compel the Harare City Council to cease the allocation of stands and construction of houses in Mabvuku wetland.In his application, Ephraim Mu...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Delta manager acquitted
A FORMER Delta Beverages manager Sindiwa Sachiti has been acquitted by Harare magistrate Tildah Mazhandu. He was facing charges of defrauding the brewer of over US$125 000.The acquittal came a...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1178 | by Staff reporter
Hwende application dismissed
Harare magistrate Mrs Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday dismissed MDC-Alliance legislator for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende's application for refusal of further remand saying the messages he sent on his Tw...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft body to contest Chivayo ruling
The Anti-Corruption Special Unit (ACSU) is breathing fire over the acquittal of businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo in the $5,6 million fraud charge involving Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC)'s Gwanda solar p...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:48hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' jailed for stealing cellphone
A 23-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet from Bulawayo has been sentenced to three months in prison after he stole and sold a Nokia Lumia cell phone which he took from the owner under the pretext that he...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Government intensifies crackdown on CSOs
The systematic crackdown of Civic society Organisations in Zimbabwe concerns the MDC. Yesterday the military government arrested Zenzele Ndebele the director of CITE at a meeting of Mr Mnangagwa and C...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 21:57hrs | 257 | by Jacob Mafume
Zanu-PF chairperson admits stealing from GMB
Zanu-PF Mwenezi district chairperson, Rennias Muchoko (42) was last week arrested and arraigned before magistrate Honest Musiiwa on charges of stealing bags of maize and millet from Rutenga Grain Mark...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 20:34hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
'She failed to give me a male child'
A Glen View 7 woman claims her husband fired her from a company they co-owned and dumped her for not giving him a male child.The matter came to light at the Harare Civil Court where Emily Maso...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 20:08hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Queen Elizabeth consoles Zimbabweans
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, her son Prince Charles and her grandsons and their wives the Dukes and Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex have conveyed their heartfelt condolences to the gove...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 19:10hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
Hwende disowns Twitter account
MDC Kuwadzana East MP Charlton Hwende has disowned the Twitter account that he allegedly used to incite Zimbabweans to revolt against the government.The legislator allegedly posted messages on...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:35hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's ex-employee freed on $500 bail
FORMER Victoria Falls mayor, Sifiso Mpofu (Zanu-PF) and two of his co-accused were yesterday set free on $500 bail each by the Bulawayo High Court.The trio Mpofu (42) Milton Sibindi (47) and P...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:33hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zenzele Ndebele freed after arrest at Mnangagwa event
Charges brought by prosecutors accusing journalist Zenzele Ndebele of being in possession of "offensive weapons" after a search of his vehicle turned up a spent cartridge and a used tear gas canister ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:15hrs | 880 | by ZimLive
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | 161 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Wicknell Chivayo acquitted
The High Court has acquitted Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo of any criminal liability in the alleged US$5.6 million fraud and violation of the exchange control charges.Harare High Court j...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:12hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Court to decide on Mphoko pension
THE government will decide whether to grant former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko his terminal benefits after the High Court makes a determination on his application, a senior government official r...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:07hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Global body demands the immediate release of Zenzele Ndebele
The African desk of the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) has issued a statement demanding that the Zimbabwean authorities must release journalist Zenzele Ndebele who was arrested on Thursday....Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 08:26hrs | 3711 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean women abused in the United Kingdom
She arrived in London from Zimbabwe last year to join her husband, she married in Harare. Makanaka was thrilled at the prospect of a new life in the UK.But soon after she moved in with...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:33hrs | 4940 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
WhatsApp trap exposes sex-pest nurse
INITIATING sexual intimacy is a scary prospect for many who are sensitive to the shame of rejection. A nurse at Mpilo Hospital, Vushe Marime (45) who lives in Tshabalala suburb in Bulawayo app...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 5481 | by Staff reporter
Erectile dysfunction saves woman from rape
A BULAWAYO woman left the court in stitches when she revealed that she escaped being raped by an accused because of his erectile dysfunction, after several attempts to penetrate her.The woman ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2339 | by Staff reporter
Fixing Zimbabwe's broken reputation chain
The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey 2018, pitches Harare, in Zimbabwe, in the 10 least "livable" in the world out of the 140-city sample.Harare is ranked number 135, only eclip...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa won't return Zapu properties'
GOVERNMENT has declared it will not return Zapu properties confiscated before the advent of the 1980s Gukurahundi genocide in Matabeleland and the Midlands.Former guerrillas of Zipra, the arme...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
Agribank sues Chombo over $33 000 loan
Agribank has approached the courts seeking to recover a real time gross settlement of a (ZWR) $33 720 loan advanced to former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo six years ago.The former minister...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:38hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
Undenge in trouble over $121,000 bank loan
Former Energy minister Samuel Undenge has been taken to High Court by CBZ Bank Limited over a US$121 062 debt.The financial institution recently issued summons against the former minister, who...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:35hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Prophet up for rape wails in court
A 62-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet burst into tears in court after he was arraigned for allegedly raping and impregnating a 22-year-old woman. Columbus Christopher Gangata of Mzilikazi subu...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:31hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Journalist Ndebele to appear in court today
POLICE yesterday arrested journalist Zenzele Ndebele for conduct likely to breach the maintenance of public peace at a meeting held at State House in Bulawayo where President Mnangagwa was meeting civ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:28hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Judge rules that NPRC will be operational until 2028
A Masvingo High Court judge has ruled that the lifespan of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) will be 10 years from January 5 last year when it became operational after the enactm...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:20hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
'Mandiwanzira potential fugitive'
Special Unit prosecutor Michael Chakandida yesterday opposed former minister and Nyanga South legislator Supa Mandiwanzira's application for variation of bail conditions saying that he is a potential ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:16hrs | 3519 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions are the Achilles Heel inhibiting Zimbabwe economic growth
Sanctions, sanctions and corruption are the Achilles Heel inhibiting economic growth in Zimbabwe. The illegal restrictive measures are causing untold suffering to those at the bottom of the economic p...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:14hrs | 598 | by Tondo Murisa
Married woman caught pants down, taken to police whilst undressed
A Chitungwiza married woman was reportedly caught pants down with another man in the wee hours of yesterday.Nathaniel Nyagura, 31, who is married to Grace Pama, 31, under Marriages Act Chapter...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:10hrs | 3155 | by Staff reporter
Man threatens to kill best friend after wife goes missing
A 35-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly threatening to kill his wife's friend claiming she knew the whereabouts of his missing wife. Zenzo Nyathi from Woodvil...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:07hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Rape accused prophet bursts into tears in court
A 62-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet burst into tears in court after he was arraigned for allegedly raping and impregnating a 22-year-old woman. Columbus Christopher Gangata of Mzilikazi subu...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:06hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
PROPHECY: Chamisa must listen to wife to win Presidency
Prominent Clergyman Apostle Dr James Madzimure has prophesied that MDC leader Nelson Chamisa must listen to the advice of his wife so as to secure the Presidency in the coming MDC congress pencilled f...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 09:20hrs | 15959 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association elects new executive
THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has elected a new 19-member executive for a four-year term, with labour expert and human rights defender Ambrose Sibindi landing the chairmanship....Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:06hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
High Court lifts NGO suspension
HIGH Court judge Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has nullified the suspension of Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development Trust (Cotrad), a local youth non-governmental organisation (NGO), saying...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:58hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Supa offers $100,000 house to get passport back
Ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira, pictured, - who is facing two counts of criminal abuse of office - has offered to surrender an additional property worth $100 000 as surety in a bid to convince ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe's bail conditions relaxed
A HARARE magistrate yesterday relaxed bail conditions for suspended Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe who is accused of criminal abuse of office.Guvamombe who appeared before magistrate Lucy ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Hwende challenges lawfulness of his arrest
Kuwadzana East legislator Chalton Hwende (MDC Alliance) yesterday filed an application challenging his arrest and remand, arguing that the tweet that got him in trouble with the State was his democrat...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Zinara boss out on $5,000 bail
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive Moses Julius Juma, who was last October slapped with a two-year jail term for criminal abuse of office, breathed a sigh of ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Immigration officers arrested over tourists' visas
TWO immigration officials stationed in Victoria Falls have been arrested after they allegedly issued instant visas to three tourists from Bangladesh without following laid down procedures. Ban...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to appear before Bulawayo court
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, is set to testify before a Bulawayo magistrate in a case in which he stands accused of inciting a Ntabazinduna villager to defy directives from Chief ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:04hrs | 3592 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa resurrects Beitbridge District club
THE Beitbridge District Club, once a social assembly point for white commercial farmers prior to independence, and the entire Beitbridge community after independence, relived its past glory last week....Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls mall ready to open
ZIMRE Property Investment (Zimre) has completed construction of its $13 million shopping mall in Victoria Falls with the facility set to be opened to the public by the end of this month, an official h...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP seeks removal from remand
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe (MDC Alliance) yesterday notified the court that she would demand her removal from remand if she is not given a trial date on her next remand date.Mamombe,...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1960 | by Staff reporter
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