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Chivayo sinks business partners
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has intensified his legal feud with former business partners Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, both of whom are embroiled in a fraud scandal over a dubious US$7...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 11:34hrs | 12069 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean activist engages Hichilema to cancel Chivayo linked tender
Zimbabwean activists based in South Africa have called on Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema to block Ren-Form, a South African printing company, from supplying election materials in Zambia's upcomi...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:43hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Zulu Reed dance marks 40 years of purity
With more than 40 000 young maidens having handed over their reeds at the eNyokeni Royal Palace in KwaNongoma, KwaZulu-Natal, on Saturday, the annual Zulu reed dance marked 40 years since its revival ...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 16:23hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Suspected mine extortionists in court
Two of the five suspects involved in a mining extortion scandal in Matabeleland South appeared before the Bulawayo Magistrate's Court on Friday, where they were granted bail set at US$300 each. The su...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rages at name-dropping Chivayo
Wicknell Chivayo, a controversial businessman, has recently come under scrutiny for leaked audio recordings in which he claims to have secured government tenders through his close relationship with Pr...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 15:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Statement on voice messages circulating on social media
It has been brought to my attention that there are voice messages purportedly being attributed to me which are circulating on various social media platforms. In these 'voice notes' I am alleged to hav...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Madzibaba Wicknell Munodaani Chivayo
Wicknell Chivhayo exposes Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe in fake voice messages circulating on Social Media
Wicknell Chivhayo posted a strong statement on his Facebook account, where he came out guns blazing against the circulation of fake and malicious voice recordings that are falsely attributed to him. T...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:46hrs | 20 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Stop Zanu-PF extortionists, villagers plead
VILLAGERS in some parts of the country have appealed to the Zanu-PF leadership to rein in their local party leaders who are reportedly fleecing them of cash under the guise of raising funds for indepe...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 08:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
MP sucked in arrest of mines ministry deputy director, surveyor for extortion
MAZOWE North lawmaker, Tsungi Makumbe, along with his business associate, recently alerted the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) about two individuals they suspected of extortion. This led to...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF extortionists milk Chinese firm
Former vice-president Kembo Mohadi's name was used by two Zanu-PF officials to extort US$110 000 from a Chinese company that wanted to open a gold mine in Matabeleland South, court records have reveal...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attempt to extort Prophet Edd Branson lands 2 journalists in SA jail
Two rogue journalists Thembani Nkomo and Tapiwa Nerwande who are alleged to be running a rogue news online news tabloid have been arrested in Johannesburg for attempting to extort Harare based b...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt withdraws Xmas goodies for bigwigs
BIGWIGS in government will this year not be pampered with Christmas goodies, such as end of year hampers as the Finance ministry seeks to curb excessive spending.In the past, civil service bur...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns 'name droppers'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned against the tendency by some individuals to abuse their proximity to high ranking officials to seek undeserved favours and benefits.He was speaking at t...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF axes name-droppers
ZANU-PF has axed and suspended some party officials for name-dropping, while investigations are underway to name and shame more such malcontents, the governing party's acting spokesperson Patrick Chin...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa being sabotaged from inside Zanu-PF'
Expelled former Zanu-PF youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu told the Daily News that Mnangagwa was being sabotaged from inside Zanu-PF - which demanded that he re-strategised his political trajectory....Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya breaks silence on rape allegations
Following a series of sexual harassment allegations levelled against Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya, the Zimbabwe Gender Commission on the 23rd of this...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Dialogue
The so called dialogue facilitation meeting called by Mnangagwa this week is not going to help at all because people that attended that meeting cannot by any means possible influence a progressive pol...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Clement Moyo
Dear President Mnangagwa, our demands are simple
Dear Mr President,Let's start by talking about what's important to Zimbabweans.The things Zimbabweans demand are not complicated. They are not anything out of the ordinary.They...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:58hrs | | by newZWire
Tsvangirai cannot be compared to 'rapists' lying at heroes acre
A political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has warned that MDC-T late leader Morgan Tsvangirai cannot be compared to the criminals who are laid at the so called national heroes acre.Tsvangirai died ...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Our chiefs can now campaign for us, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am glad that as we prepare for the upcoming elections which we have no excuse not to win by the 98 percent margin now standardised by peer d...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by CZ
Robert Mugabe: Asifuni Bumbulu - Give us a cabinet that places uMthwakazi in key Government and State positions!
First things first: re-shuffle yourself first, Mr Mugabe! At a 100, you have no place (forget, right) being there. Retire yourself to your rural home and leave State House. We all know you are...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Why Jonathan Moyo won't support Mnangagwa,
Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo's public spats with Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa have intensified since the minister's arrest last year on charges that he abused money from t...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 15:17hrs | | by Everson Mushava
Getting rid of the name 'Zimbabwe' is a panacea!
What's in a name, you may ask rhetorically? Well, everything! And in the particular context of present-day Zimbabwe, totally everything! Get rid of that name and you have all but solved all th...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 13:47hrs | 4 | by Michael Jamela
Prophet Magaya opens up on sex scandals
Two days before his dramatic arrest on rape charges on Friday, Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) founder Walter Magaya (WM) spoke to us about the alleged sex scandals that have blighted his ...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko warns Zanu-PF warlords
Zanu-PF Second Secretary and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday launched the Marondera Central by-election campaign in which Lawrence Katsiru will be representing the revolutionary party in p...Published: 09 Sep 2015 at 06:28hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mujuru takes on State Media, demands retraction
ACTING President Joice Mujuru's family-run business International Travel Shops Africa (ITSA) has threatened legal action against The Herald over a story it published on the VP's illicit business...Published: 04 Nov 2014 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Extortion divides Mugabe's Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF leaders in Bulawayo are reportedly divided on the action to take against party youths accused of demanding money from white-owned companies soon after the party's victory in the July 31 electi...Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 03:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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