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Zimbabwe police ordered to release seized NGO gadgets
High Court judge Justice Neville Wamambo has ruled that the police must release all electronic gadgets seized from employees of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) and the Election Resource C...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Cellphones reveal incriminating evidence in kidnapping plot
Five suspected hitmen, accused of plotting to kidnap a Zimbabwean businessman, have been linked to incriminating evidence found on their mobile phones, a court hearing revealed on Wednesday.Th...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:41hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Cop testifies in hired SA hitmen's trial
The trial of five suspected hitmen based in South Africa, allegedly hired to kidnap and assault a local businessman over a botched US$800,000 gas tanks deal, continued this week with the State present...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:27hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Captured white judge rules against Dr John Hlophe
The South Gauteng High Court has dismissed the MK Party's bid to halt Judicial Services Commission (JSC) interviews, ruling the interviews would go on without Dr John Hlophe.The uMkhonto Wesiz...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 13:39hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Discovering Bulawayo: The heartbeat of Zimbabwe's cultural heritage
Nestled in the southwestern part of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo is a city that beautifully intertwines its rich historical tapestry with vibrant contemporary culture. As the country's second-largest city, Bula...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 09:28hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Man kills 'arrogant' villager
A BEITBRIDGE man has been jailed 25 years for killing a man because he comes from "a villager of arrogant people".Fanuel Mbedzi will serve the whole term after High Court judge Justice Evangel...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:51hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Over US$2 000 collected as BCC, police raid gold panners
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reported that it collected over US$2,000 in fines for environmental violations across its jurisdiction and water catchment areas, according to its latest minutes addres...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matobo miner arrested for prospecting minerals without license
There is no joy for a Matobo man who was arrested for prospecting special minerals without proper documentation to support his claim of ownership and suff...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 06:56hrs | 24 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Kenya's William Ruto to open ZITF
KENYAN President Dr William Ruto will officially open the 64th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair next month with 25 international exhibitors from 21 countries confirming their participa...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CID officer loses appeal against 30-year sentence
A FORMER Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer has lost a Supreme Court appeal against his 30-year sentence for unlawful entry and murder.The Supreme Court bench composed of Justice ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands better allowances for councillors
A Zanu-PF legislator has pleaded with the Local Government and National Housing ministry to improve the plight of local authority councillors by offering them competitive conditions of service....Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police chief's interests in gold mine raise stink
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga, has been accused of using his influence to deploy members of the support unit (SU) to guard a gold mine in Midlands where he allege...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Minister Richard Moyo in hot soup over Sharona-gate land scandal
Shocking details have emerged regarding how land receipients at Sharona farm paid kick backs of upto $25 000 for land at the Sharona farm. The Minister of State for Matebeleland North, Richard Moyo,...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 11:23hrs | 2 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Four in court for possession of raw unmarked ivory
Four accused Hwange men were dragged to Court on Monday morning for allegedly possessing raw unmarked ivory without a license.The suspects, Wilson Chuma (43), Billiard Nyoni (29), Morris Mumpa...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Peter Matuka
Zimbabwean man busted with explosives in SA
A 35–YEAR–OLD Zimbabwean Citizen has been arrested in Mpumalanga province, South Africa with an assortment of smuggled explosives meant for illegal mining activities in that country.The su...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for assaulting Mnangagwa
A MAN from Harare who assaulted the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Tongai Mnangagwa and his host at a party, Wellington Vengesai, following a misunderstanding over parking space ...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assault case jumps court queue?
A Harare man, who is also a suspected drug dealer, was convicted yesterday for assaulting Deputy Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Tongai Mnangagwa and his host at a party, Wellington Venge...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Funding stalls Old Bulawayo rehab
A SERIOUS shortage of materials has stalled the rehabilitation of Old Bulawayo after stakeholders who pledged to assist in the project failed to show up, National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NM...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn textbook pirates
In a brief but strongly worded statement, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube, said the law enforcement agents will soon descend on perpetrators without fear or favour....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's strategic ambiguity made CCC vulnerable to political autoimmunity
THE term "autoimmune disease" refers to a condition whereby the body attacks normal cells by mistake because its natural defence system is unable to distinguish between foreign and body cells....Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:45hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Bulawayo City Council pounces on gold panners
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has declared war on gold panners in Esgodini, collecting US$2 000 in fines in the process.According to latest council minutes on the Parks Section monthly report, a...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exhibits traits of a megalomaniac dictator
ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa and his loyalists in the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have been left in a quagmire as they contemplate what to do to stop the opposition party from tumbling ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 9 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
ZCTU under pressure
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), which of late has been accused of being captured by government, is facing fresh controversy after it summoned Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabw...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 09:38hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Police officer up for freeing suspected thieves in Zimbabwe
A POLICE officer who ordered a constable to free five suspected thieves accused of stealing cellphones, is now before the courts on charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer.A juni...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga festival returns after Covid-19 induced break
AFTER a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival is set to make a comeback next month. The festival, which celebrates the rich and diverse culture of the Ba...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO municipal police have arrested 140 illegal miners since January for panning for gold near the city's water bodies, causing massive siltation.This is revealed in the council's environm...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
100 Zimbabweans probed over US$70m ill-gotten wealth
Over 100 individuals suspected of acquiring assets worth US$70 million through money laundering and illicit financial activities are currently under investigation. The National Prosecuting Authority (...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP says ZBC license fees should be scrapped
Prince Dubeko Sibanda, the Binga North legislator representing the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has called for the abolishment of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) license fees. Sibanda ...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF exhibits at Masvingo agricultural show
The ZANU-PF party is participating in the Masvingo Agricultural Show, which is taking place from September 28 to October 1, 2023, marking a return to the event after many years.Pepukai Chiwewe...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 12:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Thieving' cops back in court
Stanley Musekiwa (46), Takaidza Mugwisi (36) and Masimba Stanely Gwasunda (43), all from CID Stores, were facing theft and malicious damage to property charges when they appeared before magistrate Mar...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to introduce Gold Backed Digital Tokens for daily transactions
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says plans have now reached an advanced stage to introduce the Gold Backed Digital Tokens (GBDT) as a medium of exchange to be by the public in daily transactions....Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Gold tokens to become medium of exchange in Zimbabwe
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is finalising the modalities of rolling out the gold-backed digital tokens as a medium of exchange for domestic transactions to complement the US dollars, Governor D...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Detectives up for stage-managing break-in
THREE Harare-based detectives appeared in court yesterday charged with stage-managing a break-in at Harare Central Police Station stores office before stealing an undisclosed amount of money kept as e...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions have made Zimbabwe to be more innovative,' says Mnangagwa
THE level of development and economic transformation achieved in the last five years without access to global lines of credit is an indication that Zimbabwe under the Second Republic is effectively de...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dishes cash, cars to ZPRA, Zanla stalwarts
THE Second Republic has rolled out brand new set of wheels to surviving members of the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) and Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) High Command as...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
US$87,500 exhibits disappear from Zimbabwe police custody
Thirty-Five motorbikes seized as exhibits by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Criminal Investigations Department (CID) with a selling value of US$87 500 have disappeared from their custody.T...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 14:36hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC hints at election upset
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party this week declared fireworks in next month's landmark polls, warning it would upset President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF p...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo engineer develops app to make public transport safer and more efficient
MR Hope Ndhlovu, the Bulawayo-born software engineer, who won the 2019 World Bank Youth Summit Award, has embarked on a new venture to revolutionise commuting in Zimbabwe through a taxi application. T...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala trial kicks off amid contradicting testimonies
THE trial of embattled Zengeza West lawmaker Job Sikhala, accused of inciting public violence, began this week amid inconsistent testimony by law enforcement agents.On Wednesday, Officer Comma...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger's trial continues
The trial of political activist Sybeth Musengezi, in which he is being accused of joining Zanu-PF party structures fraudulently yesterday continued with his counsel making attempts to make the court d...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gold tokens will unlikely save Zimdollar'
THE recently-announced gold-backed digital tokens will neither strengthen the local currency nor reduce chronic inflation because of waning market confidence and trust in government, an economic watch...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala video was doctored claims lawyers
A video used to charge Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) politician Job Sikhala for allegedly inciting violence was doctored, his lawyers say.Sikhala was arrested in June last year for alleg...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police call for revival of fast track trial courts
THE Commissioner-General of police Godwin Matanga has called for the revival of fast track trial courts to speed up the finalisation of criminal cases and restore confidence in the justice system....Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's foreign trial bid flops
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa may have lost the battle to have her case of allegedly trying to kill her ex-husband tried in South Africa.It emerged that Z...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Preparations for the 63rd edition of the ZITF take shape
PREPARATIONS for the 63rd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) are gearing up with officials flagging "palpable interest" from both domestic and international participants.Z...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 Zimbabweans nabbed over R6 million cigarettes contraband
SIX foreigners, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been arrested in South Africa after they were caught loading smuggled cigarettes worth R6 million from a gas tanker into two cargo trucks in the Limpop...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's charge based on assumption, says State witness
A STATE witness in the trial of Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala yesterday said the charge he was facing of inciting people to commit public violence in a video clip published in 2020 was based on assumpti...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fluttering the Triple C dovecote
Horror times for Triple CKikikiki, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have caused a perfect storm in Chamisa's already troubled, and inexorably shrinking space. They have written to "c...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deputy Prosecutor-General in trouble for lying in court
A Harare property developer Georgious Katsimberis has reported prosecutor general Michael Reza to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over what...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:33hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
2 students in the dock over a leaked ZIMSEC exam paper
TWO learners at Mufakose High1 last week appeared in court after they were caught cheating in the middle of an exam.The two Beloved Chidakwa (19) and Tinashe Shambi (19), according to prosecut...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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