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Muchinguri's fraud accused daughter reaching settlement with accusers
Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri's 35-year-old daughter Tanya Rushesha swerved a court appearance on fraud charges after reaching a settlement with her accusers.Rushesha was arrested by detec...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:42hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Dodgy ZIFA leadership struggling to get anything right
ZIFA's Normalisation Committee is facing criticism for failing to pay the Warriors their promised winning bonuses for the recent COSAFA Cup. Despite registering two wins against Comoros and Zambia in ...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails the test on Chivayo?
In Zimbabwe, the impunity enjoyed by politically connected figures like dodgy businessman Wicknell Chivayo, despite serious corruption allegations involving a multi-million-dollar Zimbabwe Electoral C...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 11:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo hijacks US$40m corrupt ZEC deal
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-profile government officials, corruptly got a windfall from a murky Zimbabwe Election Commission...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:47hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
SAP in hot water over dodgy deal with Zimbabwe
Multinational software giant SAP is in hot water over allegations that it used code names and set up a shelf company in Botswana to circumvent European Union (EU) sanctions imposed on the Zimbabwean g...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 11:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa government's game of darkness
NOW, if you put President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube and Kuda David Mnangagwa-the Finance minister and deputy minister, respectively—what will you get?Correct. Darkness. Lots of darkne...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:30hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Businessman seeks police boss' help
The director of Marondera- based Eagle Italian Leather and Shoes Company, Francesco Marconati, has pleaded with ZRP Commissioner- General Godwin Matanga to intervene and order the arrest of his former...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mutapa Investment Fund mustn't become conduit for looting'
AS prevalence of public sector corruption reaches alarming levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has demanded that Zimbabwean authorities ensure the newly-established Mutapa Investment Fund (M...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa niece's legacy woes haunt ZBC
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is grappling with serious management challenges linked to Helliate Rushwaya - the newly appointed board chair - during her tenure as the acting chief execut...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's upper middle-income economy is not achievable!
For the past six years, the Zimbabwe government has made enormous noise over its 'upper middle-income economy' vision. The country is supposed to attain this dream by the year 2030.The...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:40hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why Mnangagwa fired Mutsvangwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa fired his outspoken political ally Christopher Mutsvangwa as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs with immediate effect for various reasons, but the tri...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Scammed by Zimbabweans in the diaspora, job seekers lose fortunes
ARMED with a smartphone, a lone vigilante confronts an alleged scammer in Birmingham, United Kingdom clicks "record" on the device and demands that the woman pays back thousands of British pounds that...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'CHANGE is coming! #Godisinit!' Yeah right! Name one change you brought in 23 years including 5 in GNU?
MDC was launched in 1999 on the promise the party will deliver the democratic changes needed to stop Zanu PF rigging elections; as the party name implied, Movement for Democratic change. The party has...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 12:11hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Secret affair with married woman exposed
Bulawayo-based anti-drug campaigner Romeo Matshazi has been caught cheating with a married woman, Blessed Maturure, who is the wife of Clement Gwatidzo.The illicit affair was exposed after Gwa...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora moves to sell off MDC property to pay bills
THE once formidable opposition MDC's vast property empire is under threat as party leader Douglas Mwonzora bids to sell some of its prized assets to raise money to settle arrears, including util...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa main beneficiary of 'Gold Mafia' deals
INVESTIGATIVE journalists who worked on Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary say whistleblowers and an accountant for one of Africa's most notorious gold dealers confirm...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gold mafia paid Mnangagwa
Investigative journalists who worked on Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary say whistleblowers and an accountant for one of Africa's most notorious gold dealers confirm...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa connections spared Rushwaya jail
A FORTNIGHT ago, we boldly declared "Rushwaya exhausts nine lives" in one of our headlines. How wrong we were!At the time, it seemed the chickens had finally come home to roost for Henrietta R...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry in storm over e-passports
THE Auditor-General (AG) has raised the red flag over failure by the Home Affairs ministry to provide information on how much was raised from the issuance electronic passports (e-passports), amid conc...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
74 estate agents blacklisted over dodgy deals
The Estate Agents Council of Zimbabwe (EACZ) has blacklisted 74 real estate companies operating in parts of the country for failure to register with the council and crimes such as fleecing unsuspectin...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 19:51hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere raps Mnangagwa for reneging on 2018 campaign promises, looting minerals
SELF-EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he will be filing his papers when the nomination court sits on Wednesday to select candidates for the upcoming general elections.He ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to contest as an independent
ZIMBABWE cannot afford another five years of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's misrule characterised by toxic political differences, a failed economy and social strife, former Zanu-PF stalwart Saviour Ka...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot win any leadership position in a fair and open political process
Ex-cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has written the following open letter to Zimbabweans as he prepares to return home for a run to be president:My Dear Comrades and Countrymen,I hu...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:13hrs | 5 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
Shaka Zulu is back in pop culture
SHAKA kaSenzangakhona is universally recognised as the founder of what would become known as the "Zulu nation".He ruled from about 1817 until he was assassinated by his half-brothers in 1828....Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of Zimbabwe's watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
At what stage does a President concede failure?
IF I were the President of Zimbabwe - what would I be expected to do under the prevailing economic circumstances?The country goes for an average 20 hours each day without electricity, and most...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo
Shady characters around Mnangagwa
SPOTLIGHT seems to bring out the best and worst of people, and sometimes their true colours. Self-proclaimed prophet Uebert Angel is among people caught off-guard by the four-episode Al Jazeera docume...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:36hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Who are Zimbabwe's Gold Mafia?
They operate from the shadows. Al Jazeera's latest investigation, The Gold Mafia, brings their crimes out into the open. Last week, Part 1 of ‘Who are the Gold Mafia?‘ dove into the lives of some ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa exposed
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been left exposed and politically vulnerable following ground-breaking revelations by Qatar-based international television network Al Jazeera's of gold...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 18:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
What's the point of 'performance contracts' when the regime always blames sanctions for its failures?
How do you measure a cabinet minister's performance over a particular period?How does one judge whether a local government CEO (chief executive officer) has done a good or terrible job?...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 10:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Divorce 'good news' for Bona Mugabe,' says Temba Mliswa
Former Zanu PF Mashonaland West provincial chairperson and Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has wadded into Bona Mugabe and Simbarashe Chikore's divorce, arguing the latter never deserved to marry late ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should be tried under the Patriotic Bill
That Patriotic Bill looks interesting now.In light of Aljazeera revelations, The President & his ministers should be tried under that Bill for treacherous & unpatriotic conduct. ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 21:07hrs | 3 | by Max Lion
'Don't be a dunderhead and vote them back,' says Chapman
DEMOCRATIC Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) leader Robert Chapman has said Zimbabweans must not be dunderheads and vote the ruling party Zanu-PF back into power.Chapman also said the country has a fail...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's links with kleptocrats, dodgy business networks solidify
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's state visit to Equatorial Guinea this week, where he met the world's longest-serving head of state, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, underlines his penchant for ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Why Nssa suspended top boss
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa), established in 1989 as a statutory corporate body tasked by the government to provide social security, suspended its Director for Investment and Properti...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dodgy foreign universities cost Zimbabwean students
SOME Zimbabwean students are losing a lot of money studying at foreign universities but their professional qualifications are not recognised locally due to the quality of their degree programmes....Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe keeps western diplomats away from Lukashenko
Zimbabwe broke with established protocol on Tuesday after western diplomats were not invited to a state banquet in honour of visiting Belarusian authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, emphasizing tension...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes, impregnates ex-lover
A man from Kuwadzana in Harare, Arnold Murahwa (24) has appeared in court for allegedly raping and impregnating his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend whose name h...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:29hrs | 7 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Corrupt cartels shouldn't hold nation at ransom but be held to account!
It was really strange reading a report - whereby, Fossil Group, threatened to retrench over 2,000 workers - ostensibly, in response to its, and its proprietor Obey Chimuka's recent placement on the US...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 23:23hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Biti details illegal land grab in dodgy deal between Augur Investments and Harare City Council
HARARE East legislator, Tendai Biti has revealed that part of the land reportedly grabbed by Augur Investments in their dispute with the City of Harare (COH) was nefariously seized without the knowled...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
November 2017 military coup promises shattered
PROMISES of a break with the past and a new beginning, economic recovery, freedom, democratic re-alignment and prosperity by military commanders at the onset of Zimbabwe's 2017 coup as well as b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 11 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Belarus spreads Zimbabwe footprint
BELARUS has increased its footprint in Zimbabwe after cabinet this week announced that it was concluding a framework to award the Eastern European country a tender to construct a 100-megawatt photovol...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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