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Plumtree man jailed for using stolen donkeys in brick moulding scheme
Prospects of launching a large-scale brick moulding community project using five stolen donkeys were short-lived for a Plumtree man after his arrest and conviction. Evidence Moyo (32), of Siyephi vill...Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 224 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Kadoma land dispute case crumbles
The State has formally withdrawn criminal charges in the high-profile land dispute involving popular cleric Tapiwa Freddy, founder of Goodness and Mercy Ministries, and property developer Kudakwashe T...Published: 20 Jul 2025 at 09:23hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Simbarashe Sithole not guilty
Journalist Simbarashe Sithole has been acquitted of extortion and bribery charges after a high-profile legal battle that drew national attention, raising critical questions about media freedom and the...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 20:50hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Judge interviews: Why worthy legal minds will not offer themselves for the bench
LIKE most lawyers who heavily litigate, I followed the recently ended interviews from which it is hoped eight Labour Court judges will be appointed.As the interviews progressed, I became incre...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 14:46hrs | 995 | by Beatrice Mtetwa
Council keeps jailed directors on payroll
Zvishavane Town Council is set to pay a combined US$108,000 in back pay to three senior directors currently serving jail terms for corruption, after failing to formally terminate their contracts follo...Published: 10 May 2025 at 14:19hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman acquitted in COS fraud allegations
A Harare magistrate has acquitted Nyasha Mandeya, a woman who had been accused of duping a client out of US$22,000 under the pretext of helping her siblings secure employment in the United Kingdom's c...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:41hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
The love of money has destroyed Zimbabwe's churches and turned them into dens of thieves
Oh God, why is my spirit disquieted? As a devout Christian, nothing leaves me more disturbed and broken-hearted than witnessing the Church - the Body of Christ - being reduced to a grotesque s...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 11:11hrs | 753 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zifa completes vetting
Zifa Normalisation Committee Set to Announce Executive Committee Candidates Amid Drama and ControversyThe Zifa Normalisation Committee is expected to announce today the list of candidates for ...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:49hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Mudslinging, namedropping intensify ahead of ZIFA polls
The race for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidency has intensified, with candidates raising objections against rivals as the vetting of their credentials continues. The elections, set fo...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:43hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Association with Chivayo warrants impeachment from Presidency
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the scriptural rhetorical question, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3) underscores the impea...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 15:18hrs | 15 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zambia is on the verge of being a one-party state
Zambia's former ruling parties have typically fared poorly after losing power. The United National Independence Party (UNIP) ruled for 27 years but gradually collapsed following its defeat in 1991. Th...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 21:11hrs | 20 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Court conviction haunts Tendai Biti
DAGGERS have been drawn in Harare East constituency where some voters are plotting to block attempts by incumbent Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Tendai Luxon Biti, from competing to ...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Electoral Bill, bad news for CCC
A NUMBER of sitting opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and MPs may be barred from contesting the upcoming elections if the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is signed into law....Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biden claims immunity from SA courts in Zimbabwe sanctions case
The US Embassy in Pretoria has issued a diplomatic note to SA claiming the Johannesburg High Court lacks jurisdiction over the US in the case brought a year ago by the Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 15:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
New law bans MPs with criminal conviction from participating in future Zimbabwe elections
MEMBERS of Parliament with a criminal conviction will no longer be allowed to contest future elections.According to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2022 that was gazetted on Friday, legislat...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare the most corrupt province in Zimbabwe, says ZACC
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption commission (ZACC) says Harare is the most corrupt province in the country, with an astounding 93,2% of the total cases received in 2020.In its progress report for ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
UK deportees will not be mistreated by Zimbabwe government
The arrival in Harare of a batch of 14 Zimbabweans deported from Britain is in many ways a welcome sign that the British government has developed a far more realistic attitude to Zimbabwe and reckons ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean criminals in UK must stop blaming government over deportations
Mavis Matapo is 17-year-old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents' house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice. Her life crumbled into pieces ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
July Moyo halts BCC purges
THE minister of Local Government July Moyo has blocked Bulawayo Mayor Solomon Mguni's move to fire MDC Alliance ward 24 councillor, Arnold Batirai Dube.Mguni recently unsuccessfully tried to f...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Are these deportations emotional or legal
Mavis Matapo is a seventeen year old Zimbabwean living in the UK. She is so scared to go outside her parents house alone. She shivers with fear each time she hears a male voice her life crumbled into ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZACC goes after US$13m external assets
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has started the process to track down, seize and repatriate movable and immovable assets worth more than US$13 million acquired by Zimbabweans in five fo...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fume as fraud-accused Shava is appointed Foreign Minister
ZIMBABWEANS have been left fuming following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock Monday appointment of Frederick Shava as the new Foreign Minister.Shava replaces the late Sibusiso Moyo who suc...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crack team seizes $2 billion assets
A CRACK team made up of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has seized luxury homes and top-end vehicles wor...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns detractors
ZANU-PF has warned some critics to stop lecturing the country's leadership on implementing Covid-19 lockdown measures. Self-exiled G-40 members have on a number of occasions attacked the rulin...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$150,000 assault damages for teen
A MUTARE magistrate has ordered a detective and the police to pay $151 000 compensation to a 15-year-old Sakubva teenager who was brutally assaulted by the former in 2019 during investigations over a ...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop sets dogs on minor
A MANICALAND provincial magistrate has ordered the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to pay $151, 191 to a 15-year-old Mutare minor, Ernest Jamela, who was injured after a police officer unleashed dogs o...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 18:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe de-registers three lawyers
THREE Harare lawyers have been struck off the roll of legal practitioners for failure to disclose their past criminal convictions involving corruption and fraud, the Law Society of Zimbabwe has said....Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zacc recovers 501 cars, seizes US$5m properties
More than US$5 million worth of corruptly-acquired property, including 501 vehicles, have been seized by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission in the past 18 months as Zimbabwean authorities intensi...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nguwaya savages Temba Mliswa
HARARE businessman Dilesh Nguwaya, has savaged Norton legislator TembaMliswa for maligning his reputation by labelling him as corrupt without providing evidence.This comes after Mliswa accused...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 17:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fresh audit targets 36 high-profile officials
THIRTY-SIX high-profile figures, who have assets worth a combined US$4,5 million, are the target of a fresh lifestyle audit that is being conducted by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), i...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZACC seizes US$8m mansions, luxury cars
TEN mansions and 22 luxury vehicles worth US$8 million were recently seized by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) from high-profile figures who failed to account for their source of wealth...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks teacher deportation
THE High Court has temporarily blocked the deportation of a Canadian expatriate teacher at John Tallach High School in Ntabazinduna pending the resolution of issues to do with the refusal by immigrati...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
School sues Minister Cain Mathema over deportation
John Tallach High School has taken Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema to court challenging the looming deportation of its Canadian expatriate teacher following the refusal by imm...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa takes Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi head on again
Norton MP Temba Mliswa has called upon Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to clean himself from the allegations that he is behind the transfer of former Bikita MP Munyradzi Kereke.The matter sta...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 15:53hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prosecutor-General appointment chaos
THE race to succeed Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba has been plunged into chaos after it emerged this week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the three front-runners for political reasons...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor struck off in UK for lying
A children'S doctor who lied to the Child Support Agency to avoid paying maintenance has been struck off in the United Kingdom. Dr Collen Nkomo, from Greater Manchester, was ruled unfit to pra...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:43hrs | | by BBC
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 | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Zimbabwe man to be deported from US
Immigration officials are preparing to deport a Zimbabwe man who has been living in Pocatello for 15 years and has a child with a U.S. citizen, his attorney said.Chakanetsa Christopher Matimba...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by usnews.com
Convicted cop promoted
In a situation that has left many police officers at Chiredzi central police station tongue-tied, a police officer who was convicted for assault after assaulting his subordinate at work, recently rece...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:38hrs | | by Patrick Mhondiwa
'Terminate Chivayo tender'
THE Zimbabwe Power Company must immediately terminate it's contract with Intratrek as one of its directors, Mr Wicknell Chivayo, has a criminal record and does not qualify to be a managing director of...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP, ZACC in a spot over Chivayo
PARLIAMENT has urged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)and the police to immediately investigate businessman Wicknell Chivayo and four former energy ministers for alleged corrupt activitie...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Coltart law firm ordered to pay a client +$12,000 for bungling a case
A law firm in which controversial MDC politician Mr David Coltart is a senior partner has been ordered to pay a client more than $12 000 after bungling a case. A former High Court judge, Justice Franc...Published: 26 May 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
David Coltart law firm unprofessional, judge declares
A LAW firm in which controversial MDC politician Mr David Coltart is a senior partner has been ordered to pay a client more than $12 000 after bungling a case.A former High Court judge Justice...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court petitioned to fire Terrence Mukupe
An urgent chamber application has been filed in the High Court seeking to have deputy Finance and Economic Development minister Terence Mukupe relieved of his duties following accusations that he assa...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
American meddling must be resisted
THE word "coon" is short for raccoon; - and in the old American South was (and, if we are honest, is) used as an insulting and contemptuous term for a black person.It is equivalent to "nigger"...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Wanted fraudster still in hiding
AS the new order seeks to root out corruption and encourage business to return to Zimbabwe, a wanted fraudster is reportedly in hiding under an assumed name in Harare.According to information ...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pregnant HIV+ mothers face jail
PREGNANT HIV-positive mothers who do not take precaution to prevent transmission of the virus to their unborn babies are liable for prosecution and face up to 20 years in prison under the country's la...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backers blocked
ZANU-PF has adopted exclusionary internal election guidelines designed to effectively shut out former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backers from contesting for central committee (CC) positions a...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anglo-Saxon enemies behind this, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am unable to fully address you this week. You noticed that I was unable to join you in bidding farewell to Cde Shuvai, I am still in a state of sh...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 17:48hrs | | by CZ
Magistrate's criminal conviction overturned
A Chipinge magistrate who had been sentenced to an effective 20 months behind bars for criminal abuse of office charges last Tuesday successfully challenged her conviction at the High Court.Je...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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