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US$20m externalised in Zimbabwe diamond sales
MORE than US$20 million was illegally moved out of the country's borders in murky deals involving blacklisted diamond dealer Jamal Ahmed in an opaque sale of one million carats of diamonds from the Mi...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 19:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry could be amputated, court hears
Marry Mubaiwa is at a serious risk of having at least one of her arms amputated after failing to get the medical care she needs to treat her lymphoedema, a court heard on Tuesday.The Harare Ma...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robber breaks into bedroom, forces couple to be intimate, records video
A DARING robber, who broke into a couple's bedroom at night and forced them to be intimate while recording a video, has been dragged before the courts and charged with robbery and possession of danger...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matanga seeks to be excused from Grace Mugabe's US$4m lawsuit
Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, who is being sued by a Lebanese businessman together with former First Lady Grace Mugabe in a US$4 million defamation lawsuit, has approached the High Court...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe slapped with US$4m lawsuit
Lebanese businessman Jamal Hamed has approached the High Court demanding US$4 million from former First Lady Grace Mugabe in defamation compensation and damages to his three houses that she seized....Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe stews in legal bills
FOR over 37 years, former president Robert Mugabe had remained untouchable as many citizens suffered in silence at the hands of the autocratic leader. But when his rule came to a dramatic end nearly t...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe in $280 000 legal fees headache
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe has been ordered to pay $278 304 to a local law firm which represented her in several court cases involving a botched $1,4 million diamond ring deal.Manase and M...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe to lose property
FORMER First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe is now set to lose property after failing to pay legal fees amounting to $278 000 to a Harare law firm. Manase & Manase Legal Practitioners, who represen...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's wealth exposed
Robert Mugabe has always been a well-kept secret with no one knowing exactly how much the Mugabes are worth. The only snippets has been the $1.35m diamond ring bought for Grace's wedding anniver...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 14:46hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ngarivhume's statement on the recent developments in Zimbabwe
Good day Zimbabwe.After months in hibernation, Grace Mugabe resurfaced at her late mother's funeral to pay her last respects. Nematambudziko. I am really sorry about her loss. In 2015 I lost m...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 15:24hrs | | by Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume
Mnangagwa, charity begins at home
What compassionate people they are, President Mnangagwa and General Chiwenga. A millionairess in Singapore wants to return home to Zimbabwe because her mother has died. So they charter a plane to to g...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Charity begins at home - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
What compassionate people they are, President Mnangagwa and General Chiwenga. A millionairess in Singapore wants to return home to Zimbabwe because her mother has died. So they charter a plane to to g...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Grace Mugabe sued for $278K
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe has been sued by lawyers who represented her in several court cases involving a $1,2 million diamond ring deal after she failed to pay them legal fees amounting to $278 ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe evicted
POLICE superintendent Kennedy Fero, who was roped in by Mrs Grace Mugabe to grab three low-density houses from Lebanese businessman Mr Jamal Ahmed, has been ordered off the properties to pave way for ...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe given 48 hours to leave 3 properties
Grace Mugabe and her son Russel have been ordered to leave 3 properties that they had illegally occupied in 2016 over a diamond ring deal worth US$1,4 million that had gone wrong. They were gi...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Junta-boy's thugs out to character assassinate me, Cdes!
MY dear Comrades, as we put up firm structures in readiness for our New Patriotic Front cruising to a sure victory in the elections that the junta-boy is under pressure to announce shortly, you should...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:51hrs | 5 | by CZ
Was it correct for army to remove Mugabe
ALL those who doubted whether the Zimbabwe Defence Forces did the right thing, Robert Mugabe's rambling last Saturday is your answer. Countries are ruled via constitutions, but what if the ruler is br...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Mugabe has NO right to talk about being removed unconstitutionally
All those who doubted whether the Zimbabwe Defence Forces did the right thing, Robert Mugabe's rambling on Saturday is your answer. Countries are ruled via constitutions, but what if the ruler is brea...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 13:20hrs | 2 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Tycoon fights Grace Mugabe
A Lebanese businessman who is locked in a $1,3 million diamond ring wrangle with former first lady Grace Mugabe has filed opposing papers in the High Court, claiming the ex-Zanu-PF women’s league se...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pokello, Elikem part ways
GHANAIAN Elikem Kumordzie and Pokello married for business, not for love, if one looks closely at their union and subsequent break-up.Posting an Instagram story, The Tailor, as Elikem is affec...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
White farmers must heat-seeking-missile single out chefs for $8.6 billion compensation - no to double dipping/jeopardy
"Former white farmers who had their properties and assets seized during the Fast Track Land Reform Programme in the early 2000s are reported to have written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding a...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The unmaking of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's first 100 days in office
This remains as a devastating betrayal of what had passed the mark as a most seasoned and immeasurably impressive start for Zimbabwe's God-given miraculous survivor president, Emmerson Mnangagwa! Back...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 19:10hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mnangagwa regime is 'illegitimate', say Zhuwao - we know and so too was Mugabe regimes
Since the November 2017 coup that saw the removal of Robert Mugabe from the presidency the nation has been bombarded by the G40 members and supporters trying to give their own spin on the event....Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 22:26hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Cops dump Grace Mugabe
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) tasked to guard five properties owned by Lebanese entrepreneur Jamal Joseph Hamed in Harare's plush suburbs, allegedly at the behest of former First Lady ...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to Mrs Grace Mugabe: Ask the Universe for forgiveness!
Dear Mrs Mugabe, The agony you are now going through is just unimaginable, you are pained right in your heart, your soil, your bones and your very self. You wish dozen times that what you did ...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Grace Mugabe $1,4m ring saga rages on
SELF-EXILED Lebanese national Jamal Joseph Ahmed, who is embroiled in a $1,4 million diamond ring wrangle with former First Lady Grace Mugabe, was last week handed a lifeline after the High Court allo...Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reorter
Future of Grace Mugabe's farms, assets uncertain
For years, a group of Zimbabwean villagers resisted efforts by the wife of President Robert Mugabe to force them off a farm near the capital, enduring police raids and the demolition of their homes....Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by AP
Chiwenga's gold watches, off-shore properties, commercial farms and SUVs
The Chiwengas' properties, confirmed in a court case, included an apartment in Malaysia, a farm allocated under the land-reform programme, 45 diamond earrings and 40 gold watches.The com...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
This is the wealth Robert Mugabe accumulated while Zim crumbled
We break down how much 'the poorest president in the world' is actually worth.Here is a look at some of the assets Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe owns....Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 16:30hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe's rise and fall
WHEN President Robert Mugabe exchanged nuptials with Grace Marufu amid pomp and fanfare in August 1996, few would have guessed that she would after two decades make such a dramatic impact on the count...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Military does not account to you - Mliswa tells Chipanga
Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa has warned Zanu PF youth Kudzanayi Chipanga that the military does not account to him after he (Chipanga) declared war against Defence Forces Constantino Chi...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 15:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
No rule by extension cord
A triumphant Grace Mugabe, having drawn the Crocodile's teeth, has promised great things for Zimbabwe. She told thousands of Zanu PF supporters in Harare: 'I love my president . . . he was annointed b...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 22:39hrs | 3 | by Zimvigil
Dirty cops and Corrupt journalists hired to smear Mnangagwa
Robert Greene, an American author wrote a book entitled, The 48 Laws of Power. In this book he outlines and explain the different types of power and influence and how those who exercise them can do so...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 15:49hrs | 3 | by Lloyd Msipa
Letter from America - Mnangagwa: I understand perfectly!
I have just returned from my homeland, after sneaking in and out quietly. At least on four different times, strangers would snuggle up to me and whisper in my ear. "You are Ken, just look, say nothing...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 10:18hrs | 6 | by Professor Ken Mufuka
Grace Mugabe's diamond ring saga takes new twist
LEBANESE businessman Jamal Joseph Hamed, who is entangled in a $1,2 million diamond ring wrangle with First Lady Grace Mugabe , is demanding clear particulars to enable him to properly defend the laws...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe files $1 million lawsuit against Lebanese businessman
FIRST Lady Dr Grace Mugabe is suing fugitive Lebanese businessman Mr Jamal Joseph Ahmed for $1 230 000 over a diamond ring deal that went sour last year.Dr Mugabe in April 2015 approached Mr A...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Old Mugabe has completely lost it, no two ways!
President Robert Mugabe's declaration that he is going nowhere despite the hardships experienced by ordinary Zimbabweans clearly shows his obduracy to the plight of the citizenry.This also dem...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe's 'diamond ring debtor' slapped with $1.4m default judgment
LEBANESE businessman Jamal Joseph Ahmed, who is embroiled in a $1,4 million diamond ring wrangle with First Lady Grace Mugabe, has been slapped with a $1,475 million default judgment after failing to ...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's South African assault case is DisGraceful
Recent allegations on Grace Mugabe in which she assaulted Gabriella Engles in South Africa leaves a lot to be desired from the qualities of a First Lady and also it puts a very bad picture on Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Pythias Makonese
Mnangagwa is not the Messiah, he's Mugabe's enforcer in the belly of the beast
Life can be ugly. I have seen the unspeakable rot of unchecked malfeasance light up a dinghy hotel bar with womanly seduction like a fireworks display at the Harare Agricultural Show. Laced up in tigh...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Mugabe's non-stop party
You must hand it to the Mugabes - they know how to party. No expense spared. No distance too far to travel. No diamond ring too big. No guilt. No conscience. In fact, no hypocrisy because they don't u...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 14:48hrs | | by ZimVigil
Grace Mugabe's $1,4m diamond ring saga rages on
LEBANESE businessman Jamal Ahmed, who is embroiled in a $1,4 million diamond ring wrangle with First Lady Grace Mugabe, has approached the Supreme Court challenging Judge President George Chiweshe's r...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Back and raring to go, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am back and raring to go. Following the unfortunate incident that took place at the airport-the second in as many years - my sixth sense is tellin...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by CZ
Reciting poverty statistics an insult to Zimbabweans
Contradictions, confusion, hypocrisy, incompetence, mediocrity and utter chaos are some of the words that can describe the reign by the current ZANUPF government.Minister Mupfumira's speech re...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 13:38hrs | | by PDP
Mujuru savages 'selfish' Grace Mugabe
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru has hit out at First Lady Grace Mugabe (pictured), describing her as a selfish person, with no regard for suffering Zimbabweans.The First Lady made headlines...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Funding the luxury of Mugabe's sons on tax payer's money criminal
Zimbabwe is staggering under a sea of poverty, a majority of Zimbabweans are living on less than dollar a day and 95% is not in formal employment.Companies are closing en masse since 2013; tho...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 17:05hrs | 1 | by PDP
Grace Mugabe - the first lady from hell - has gone too far
The People's Democratic Party has consistently criticised the demons of derangement unleashed many times against defenceless citizens by the first lady from hell.The latest episode of the demo...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 19:20hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
Hunt for Zimbabwe's new Prosecutor-General begins
The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) has begun the hunt for the new Prosecutor-General (PG) after it issued a notice inviting nominations for candidates seeking to fill one of the country's coveted ...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Serious jockeying for Tomana's job
Before the dust has even settled following the axing of former Prosecutor-General (PG) Johannes Tomana, serious jockeying for the top post has started in earnest, as rival factions within the warring ...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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