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ZERA defends US$191,000 IT equipment purchase
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has issued a statement defending its recent US$191,679.50 procurement of laptops and desktop computers, following growing public interest and criticism ...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 18:56hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court awards UZ bursar US$320,000
A former bursar of the University of Zimbabwe (UZ), Vengai Mugabe, has been awarded US$323,046 in damages after a lengthy legal battle over his dismissal in 2018. Mugabe was fired after he refused to ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:34hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested in fake car registration loan scam
Police have arrested three suspected fraudsters who allegedly hired vehicles and forged national identity documents and car registration books to secure loans from financial institutions, which they n...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:00hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Virtual sittings commence at Bulawayo magistrates' courts
The Bulawayo Magistrates' Court has begun conducting virtual court sessions, aligning with a national shift towards digital judicial processes. Launched by Chief Justice Luke Malaba in 2022, t...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 14:07hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
A Guide to Online Gambling in South Africa: 2024
South Africa's growing online gambling scene shows signs of continuing its upward trajectory this year and beyond. It may be essential to look at the landscape and its evolution. We will look at onlin...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 09:11hrs | 293 | by Staff Reporter
UZ student jailed 4 years for theft
Tadiwa Delroy Chimutanda, a third-year student at the University of Zimbabwe, has been sentenced to four years in prison for a series of thefts involving laptops and computers from the university's of...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:01hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council bid to splash US$2m on 500 desktops exposed
Some Harare City Council officials have been caught in a procurement scam in which they are fighting for the purchase of 500 desktop computers at US$4 000 each, above the market price of about US$700....Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Create Inclusive Content with the Leading PDF Converters
Document accessibility is a must for building an inclusive space. The accessibility process ensures that all users, including people with disabilities, can successfully access, navigate, and use digit...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 16:24hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Live betting in Tanzania: A growing trend
The digital savannah of Tanzania is teeming with a new kind of thrill, one that unfolds in real-time and keeps the pulse racing - live betting. Gone are the days when wages were placed before a match ...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 14:06hrs | 40 | by Staff Reporter
Armed robber shot dead, another arrested
A 29-year-old suspected armed robber, who was part of a seven member gang targeting companies in Harare, was shot and killed by police during a shoot out in Ruwa on Tuesday.Alexio Mupamhura (2...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
UBH cancels 21 inflated tenders
THE United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has cancelled 21 out of 34 tenders flighted this year to ensure that the Government is not fleeced, but gets value for money after some of the suppliers had highly ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament cancels controversial laptops tender
Parliament last week officially cancelled the tender for the supply of laptops and desktop computers it had awarded to two companies after the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development flagged the ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Treasury blows whistle on plot to loot public funds
ZIMBABWE'S Treasury has exposed a calculated plot to loot public funds through an inflated tender awarded by Parliament to two companies which are charging astronomical prices for the supply of laptop...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe company wins tender to supply 173 laptops at US$9 200 each
Two local companies have been awarded tenders to supply parliament with laptops and desktops with one of them contracted to supply 173 laptops at US$9 200 each.In a recent correspondence to th...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 19:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Offroad car found in smuggler's truck
A truck carrying a smuggled car, computers and other goods was intercepted by police in Bulawayo on Sunday evening and its driver was arrested after failing to provide documents and explain his load....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thieves break into Defence Ministry offices
AUDACIOUS burglars smashed windows and broke into the offices of the ministry of Defence at Batanai Gardens, housing the war veterans portfolio, and made good their escape with goods valued at ZW$4 mi...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes school's tender processes
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has opened investigations into tender processes at Avondale Primary School, amid allegations of flawed tender processes where the school engaged two serv...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pair in trouble over blank national IDs
TWO men recently appeared at Chitungwiza Magistrates Court after they were found in possession of 400 blank national identity cards, fake local and international drivers licences, fake Zimbabwe Anti-C...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe can bust sanctions
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government could easily circumvent economic sanctions imposed on Harare by the West if the country makes use of its highly-skilled human capital to foster economi...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that days of cartels over
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says corruption in form of either act of commission or omission by government officials will not be tolerated, declaring that days of cartels are over.He said this...Published: 30 May 2019 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students shine at Spain science fair
Clad in grey trousers, neatly ironed white shirts, blue ties and blazers are two Nyatsime College Form 4 students who can't hide their joy after they came second in the energy category at the just end...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The amazing history behind live casino games
During the last decade, revolutionary new casino technology has made all the difference in the online casino industry. Someone came up with the idea to feed the so-called "social hunger" that casino a...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Dumbest looters jailed 7 years
Three hooligans involved in last month's MDC-Alliance-sponsored violent demonstrations wrote their own scripts of the popular television series "World's Dumbest Criminals" after they were given away b...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe commissions Gache Gache base station
Information and Communications Technology, Postal and Courier Services minister, Kazembe Kazembe has said ICTs were now a basic human right for every citizen.Commissioning the fourth Multi Ope...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe laptop 'thief' acquitted
A HARARE court has acquitted a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) corporal accused of stealing 119 laptops, three desktop computers and accessories belonging to former President Robert Mugabe.Pepuka...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe breathes fire in court
FORMER President Robert Mugabe last week blew into the roof during inspection-in-loco at his former residence Zimbabwe House, protesting against suggestions that he donated some of his computers to hi...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe should testify in computer theft case'
A STATE witness in the trial of a top military official accused of stealing former President Robert Mugabe's computers yesterday proposed that the ex-Zanu-PF leader be asked to come and testify in the...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 13:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe stolen computers: Court orders inspection in loco at Zimbabwe House
THE trial of a presidential guard, who allegedly broke into a storage facility at Zimbabwe House and stole former President Robert Mugabe's computers, has taken a new twist with Harare magistrate Jose...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe computers theft, State seeks to revoke suspect's bail
The State yesterday filed an application to revoke the bail given to soldier Pepukai Zvakavapano, who is accused of stealing former President Robert Mugabe's computers at the Zimbabwe House, claiming ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's aide accused of stealing computers
THE lawyer representing a member of the presidential guard accused of stealing former President Robert Mugabe's laptops and desktop computers at Zimbabwe House, yesterday turned the tables against the...Published: 04 May 2018 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T assets to go under the hammer
MDC-T property that was last year attached and removed from the opposition party's headquarters at Harvest House in Harare over unfair labour practice, will today be sold at LM Auctions to recover lab...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
MDC-Chamisa property attached
It certainly has not been a good week for the MDC and its president Nelson Chamisa.Hardly a day after the MDC failed to get a court ruling stopping its former vice president Thokozani Khupe fr...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'I never stole from Mugabe'
A Zimbabwean soldier, who allegedly stole 119 laptops from the country's former president Robert Mugabe, has reportedly told a court during his bail application in Harare that he was in fact given the...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to appear in court
FORMER President Robert Mugabe is tomorrow expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates' Court to personally testify against a senior army officer accused of stealing his computers at Zimbabwe House....Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukupe arrested for assault
FINANCE deputy minister Terence Mukupe was recently arrested and fined for assaulting his ministry's finance director, 58-year-old Ignatius Mvere, for allegedly giving him a "paltry $910 travel allowa...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 12:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally in assault storm
FINANCE deputy minister Terence Mukupe was recently arrested and fined for assaulting his ministry's finance director, 58-year-old Ignatius Mvere, for allegedly giving him a "paltry $910 travel allowa...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Soldier in court over Mugabe laptops
A SENIOR member of the Presidential Guard allegedly broke into Zimbabwe House early this month and stole over 119 computers and accessories belonging to former President Robert Mugabe.Corporal...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe loses more computers to thieves
FORMER President Robert Mugabe reportedly lost 119 laptops and seven desktop computers from locked containers at the Polo Grounds adjacent to Zimbabwe House.It is understood the theft was disc...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
China, Russia and Iran helping Zimbabwe to set-up own NSA
COLOGNE - Zimbabwe is reportedly on the brink of setting up a powerful multi-million dollar sophisticated surveillance system facility, said to be similar in function to the National Security Agency (...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:13hrs | 32 | by Itai Mushekwe
Magamba computers seizure lawful, court rules
A bid by Magamba Cultural Activist Network Trust (Magamba Network) to recover computers that were recently seized by the police hit a brick wall after the High Court ruled that police actions were abo...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is not the messiah,' says Dzamara
Activists and human rights campaigners in Zimbabwe fear a new crackdown that could roll back gains made during the eight-day crisis that culminated in the resignation of President Robert Mugabe last w...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T granted order stopping auctioning of its property
MDC-T has been granted an order stopping the auctioning of its property attached from its Harvest House head office recently by a former employee, Ms Sally Dura.Dura is owed $108 951 by the MD...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 23:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T fights property attachment
MDC-T is battling to stop the sale of its furniture that was recently attached and removed from the party's head office at Harvest House over a $108 000 debt.Harvest House was reduced to an em...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Boy on James Blunt's radar
A REMIX of James Blunt's song 2005, taken from his latest album Afterlove, has seen 17-year-old Bulawayo producer Mxolisi Lunga take a step towards worldwide fame, as his rendition of the track is in ...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 09:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Top MDC-T meetings moved to Tsvangirai's residence
MDC-T has temporarily shut down its Harvest House headquarters in central Harare after the Sheriff of the High Court attached its furniture to recover $108 000 in labour damages the party owes a forme...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Information technology a friend or a foe?
This 21st century has seen a huge influx of information technology systems and applications. However, Information Technology is a mixed bag as it is neither a friend nor a foe, largely depending on th...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 21:01hrs | 1 | by Patricia Masiyakurima
Zanu-PF chefs scared by break-ins
As the Zanu-PF succession wars enter a new phase, the list of unexplained break-ins at premises of the ruling party's bigwigs continues to grow, in a development analysts say indicates the depth of th...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 14:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buy your children computers, says Dokora
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister, Lazarus Dokora has called on parents to take the lead in buying computers and other required educational materials, as the government is cash squeezed and can...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Iran to supply Zimbabwe with Cyber-warfare weapons and technology
The Islamic Republic of Iran has crystallised relations with President Robert Mugabe's regime, following disclosures this month that Tehran is set to supply Harare with advanced cyber-warfare weapons ...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 11:21hrs | 14 | by Itai Mushekwe
Computer Crime and Cyber Crime Bill - an unjust Law in the making
"An unjust law is no law at all" this is a quote from Saint Augustine, an early Christian theologian whose writings influenced the development of politics and law. This quote pretty much sums up t...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 14:34hrs | 4 | by Lloyd Msipa
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