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High Court refuses to strike down Patriot Act
The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to declare amendments to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act - widely known as the Patriot Act - unconstitutional, dealing another blo...Published: 22 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo rubbishes SA financial intelligence report on corruption claims
The controversial tenderpreneur calling himself Mbinga, Wicknell Chivayo, has dismissed the financial intelligence report originating from South Africa that he conducted clandestine and corrupt transa...Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:10hrs | 1085 | by Stephen Jakes
Late former ambassador, wife lose US$1,3m in investment scam
Authorities in Zimbabwe are intensifying efforts to recover nearly US$1.3 million defrauded from the late Ambassador Hurudza Gift Punungwe and his wife, Runako Beauty Punungwe, in an investment scam d...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:50hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Former Lupane State University lecturer files US$100,000 defamation suit
A former senior lecturer at Lupane State University (LSU), Dr. Keith Phiri, has filed a US$100,000 defamation lawsuit against his former employer, claiming that an advertisement published by the unive...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:07hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect ruled unfit to stand trial
The trial of Bright Zhantali, a suspected serial rapist and murderer, has been suspended following a psychiatric evaluation that deemed him mentally unfit to stand trial. Harare magistrate Dennis Mang...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 06:56hrs | 168 | by Sgtaff reporter
Zuma's MK Party brings big guns to NCOP
The uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party is planning to send a team of heavyweights as its new members in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) as early as this week.Sunday World revealed that forme...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:02hrs | 55 | by Mzilikazi wa Afrika
Zimbabwean association goes after Gayton McKenzie, lodges 'hate speech' criminal complaint
A criminal complaint has been made against incoming sports, arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie, leader of the Patriotic Alliance party, for "incitement of xenophobic violence, hate speech and i...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 07:08hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Lithium mining company fined for smuggling
BULAWAYO High Court judge Christopher Dube-Banda has fined local lithium mining company Silver Bern International (Private) Limited US$10 000 following its conviction for smuggling 96 000 metric tonne...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa has no entitlement to any shares, says his uncle
Former state security minister, Didymus Mutasa has rejected claims by his nephew and business colleague, Temba Mliswa that he (Mliswa) holds 10 percent stake in Muungwe Investments Private Limited as ...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 15:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Housing project to go ahead
THE development of Muungwe Royal Estate, an uptown housing scheme in Rusape is proceeding well despite attacks by former Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa following a fallout with his uncle and landow...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Land war rages as bigwigs clash
A FIGHT for vast tracts of land pitting former Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, a private developer and former minister Didymus Mutasa has spilled into the public domain with Mliswa accusing his partn...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa warns public against purchasing stands from Brobondo
FORMER Norton National Assembly representative Mr Temba Mliswa has been appointed Village Headman for Mliswa village in Shurugwi, Midlands province under Chief Banga has warned the public against purc...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 11:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Palestine calls for intervention to curb massive killings
Israel's ongoing aggression against Jenin is a dangerous escalation that will drag the region into more bloodshed;The State of Palestine calls on the international community to immediately and...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 16:22hrs | 21 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chivayo, Intratrek acquitted of defrauding ZPC
Maverick Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe have been acquitted of defrauding the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of US$5.8 million.In a judgement handed down ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 21:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman jailed in SA for stealing R800 000 tithe money
A 43-year-old Zimbabwean woman has been jailed for an effective three years for stealing R800 000 in tithe money in South Africa over the last four years.Memory Mutsika was convicted by the Pr...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is more equal than others
A WHOPPING two months after Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika unambiguously, and in broad daylight of July 2022 called for the assassination of opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Khanyisani S Ncube
Sikhala prosecution not political, claims the State
CCC's Zengeza West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala was not arrested on political grounds and his prosecution in relation to the violence that engulfed the Nyatsime area of Chitungwiza is not politica...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa goes after ANC's Pule Mabe
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing a company with alleged links to ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe over a waste picking tender it scored in 2017.This comes after President Cyril Ramaph...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 07:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Criminal charges against Raymond Zondo
Former Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana has vowed to lay criminal charges against Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, accusing him of "deliberate" violation of the law, abuse of power, "...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 17:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Chamisa's CCC
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) of stage-managing acts of political violence countrywide to stall Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonweal...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 18:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Malema to release Ramaphosa burglary video 'if all goes well'
EFF leader Julius Malema has threatened to release a video of President Cyril Ramaphosa's burglary after his appearance in assault case at the Randburg magistrate's court on Friday.Former spy ...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa accused of kidnapping and bribery
South Africa's former spy chief has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of kidnapping and bribery in a case he has registered with the police.Arthur Fraser said the case related to the alleged a...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 19:57hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zupco boss wins US$400k lawsuit
FORMER Zupco board chairman Charles Nherera has won a claim of US$130 000 against businessman Jayesh Shah, who he was suing for causing his wrongful arrest, prosecution and incarceration.Nhere...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into Esidakeni
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into farm purchase
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Immigration ‘bribe' probe underway
Government is investigating immigration officials who allegedly demanded a bribe from a foreigner at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare recently. In a statement, the Min...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says sorry to airport shakedown Kenyan travel blogger
Zimbabwe's home affairs ministry has apologised to a Kenyan tourist who was "hustled" by immigration officers, apparently in an attempt to force her to bribe them.The woman, who uses the socia...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man (73) bashed to death over soccer results
POLICE in Marondera, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two teenagers who fatally assaulted a 73-year-old man accusing him of failing to reveal the results of a soccer match which he had watched...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hodzi's appointment above board, court rules
When President Mnangagwa chose Mr Kumbirai Hodzi as the Prosecutor General after asking the Judicial Service Commission for a second list of nominees he was exercising his constitutional discretion to...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC rubbishes Jonathan Moyo's voter fraud book claims
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on Friday forced to address the damaging allegations raised by Professor Jonathan Moyo, who in his newly-published book, offers a gripping account of the el...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC aligned women groups demand release of Mamombe
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has called for the immediate release of MDC Alliance MP Joanah Mamombe from prison, while bemoaning increasing cases of incarceration and torture of women at the h...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
5 smuggled haulage trucks forfeited
A TRUCKING company had five of its haulage trucks smuggled into the country seized by the State after the High Court ruled they were tainted property, in a civil-judicial forfeiture case. ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Let's focus on bail pending trial
BAIL law is an important aspect in the criminal justice system and must be understood by everyone so that justice may not only be done but also seen to be done.Many people have raised concerns...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:26hrs | 14 | by Abednicho Dube
Chamisa says 'it's a fraud'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said the suspension of by-elections and subsequent return of MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe to Parliament was a fraud and should not be tolerated. ...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
New twist to MDC saga
HE MDC-T leadership was yesterday forced to cancel a scheduled press briefing at the party headquarters after the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance challenged a court order granting interim secretary-ge...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hodzi to contest Chivayo High Court judgment
PROSECUTOR-GENERAL Mr Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday got the green light to contest a High Court judgment clearing Intratrek managing director Mr Wicknell Chivayo of any criminal liability in the $5,6 milli...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zapu's position on gukurahundi genocide
It is an objective reality that Zimbabwe cannot move forward as a nation towards peace and development; unless and until the thorny issue of Gukurahundi is seriously and effectively addressed. The ass...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 9 | by Zapu
Dennis Murira - An obituary
The late Dennis Murira to many in the MDC family would be distinctly remembered for being part of the group that wanted to usurp that party's leadership on the eve of the late Morgan Tsvangirai's trea...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | 24 | by Views Matopo
'Rape' cases by soldiers irk Mnangagwa's govt
The government says it has noted with deep concern allegations that some rogue elements among the security services allegedly raped women during the course of their duty during the recent disturbances...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defends new fuel price
The recent decision to increase the prices of petrol and diesel was necessary and the conditions demanding that pronouncement presently remain unchanged, the President Mnangagwa has said. Addr...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans react to 143% increase in fuel prices
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night announced new prices for petrol and diesel, effective midnight."With effect from midnight tonight, a fuel pump price of $3.11 per litre for diesel and $...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's Econet accused of murder?
Rutendo Matinyarare who resides in South Africa has been making a lot of videos on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube talking about many different things.Econet decided to respond though when Matin...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 17:00hrs | 7 | by social media
Mnangagwa, Judges lock horns
A battle of the titans has ensued between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the highest court in the land after the first citizen threw down the gauntlet by accusing some of the Constitutional Court (C...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo apologises to ZPC
Intratrek Zimbabwe director Wicknell Chivayo has apologised to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) for the delays in the implementation of the Gwanda Solar project.This comes after High Court jud...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends Commission of Inquiry's hearing tenure
President Mnangagwa has extended the tenure of the commission of inquiry investigating the sale of State land since 2005 by nine months to give it ample time to wrap up the probe, it has been learnt....Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acquitted MDC activist mulls suing police
An MDC activist and Mutasa businessman who was arrested in alleged connection with a robbery, only to be charged with resisting arrest, has been acquitted and will now institute legal proceedings agai...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru MP to sue police over vendors' confiscated wares
Gweru Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC Alliance) says he is preparing a court challenge to compel police to return various commodities they confiscated from vendors operating inside Gweru's Kudzanayi long dis...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigumba retweet suspect 'mistakenly' pleaded guilty
A 25-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza man who allegedly retweeted a message from a ghost account named after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba yesterday told the court that ...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State just after me, says Undenge
FORMER Energy minister Samuel Undenge, who is facing criminal charges after he allegedly authorised the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), in January 2016, to engage Fruitful Communications without going t...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goodson Nguni exposed in Undenge graft trial
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)'s investigative head, Goodson Nguni, was yesterday exposed for forcing a witness to testify against former Energy minister Samuel Undenge, who is facing crim...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
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