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Is trap money enough? Questioning the over-reliance on sting operations in corruption cases
We need to be very careful when dealing with corruption. In the pursuit of a corruption-free Zimbabwe, it is imperative that we not only strengthen the tools used to hold public officials acco...Published: 24 May 2025 at 22:59hrs | 504 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mpilo fake doctor appeals against conviction
A man who masqueraded as a doctor in Bulawayo and operated at Mpilo Central Hospital while defrauding several people has launched an appeal against his conviction.Taurayi Prosper Vanhuvaone, w...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 17:52hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Buyanga in critical condition
Lawyers representing incarcerated businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi have raised concerns over the impact of his continued detention on his health. Reports from South Africa indicate that Buyanga has fa...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:03hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slogan widens factional rifts in Zanu-PF
The controversial Zanu-PF slogan "2030 VaMnangagwa vanenge vachipo" (2023: President Mnangagwa will still be in power) has ignited factional divisions within the ruling party, exposing deepening crack...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:45hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
ZRP responds to viral video of confrontation with motorist in Masvingo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has acknowledged a video circulating on social media that shows two police officers involved in a physical altercation with a motorist in Masvingo. According...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 19:50hrs | 2321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic saboteurs go after Finance ministry?
Despite the significant strides made by Zimbabwe's Second Republic in reviving the economy and spearheading widespread infrastructural development, detractors continue to work hard to discredit these ...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare in big trouble
Zanu-PF activist Rutendo Benson Matinyarare has been accused of perjury by his former lawyer after he told the Gauteng High Court in South Africa that he was unaware of a gag order issued against him ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 16:02hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube is the legitimate CCC leader
The Welshman Ncube Interview with an online publication recently cleared the air on his alleged links with Sengezo Tshabangu and the baseless sellout tag.It needs aprogressive and level headed m...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 18:01hrs | 7 | by Gugugu Magorira
Fortune Charumbira question Miles Sampa's motives
PAN-AFRICAN Parliament (PAP) president Fortune Charumbira has denied allegations that he abused the organisation's resources saying such claims are malicious and false.The allegations were mad...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truckers head to court to stop unlawful 'purging' by SA employers
Several Zimbabwean truckers rushed to the Durban High Court this week seeking an urgent interdict to stop their employer terminating their employment on the grounds that they are illegal immigrants....Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 15:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
US$1,4bn lithium project for Mutoko
South African conglomerate, the Moti Group is forging ahead with its planned lithium project at its 10 000-hectare site in Mutoko, Zimbabwe after receiving promising valuations on the venture's long-t...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally not on the list of people arrested over Bosso - Dembare violence
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and legislator, Gift Ostallos Siziva is not on the list of people arrested in Bulawayo facing charges of inciting violence during the Highlander...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party spokesperson arrested over Bosso - Dembare violence?
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson and legislator, Gift Ostallos Siziba, was arrested in Bulawayo on Wednesday on charges of inciting violence. Siziba has since been released and ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zinara boss loses houses, cars
FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) chief executive Frank Chitukutuku and his wife Nyasha, have lost their two upmarket houses, a fleet of vehicles and shares in two businesses belie...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Statement on false allegations that ZIMRA lost TAX records
21 June 2023, In response to the article "ZIMRA Loses Tax Records Dating Back To 6 Years Ago" published by the NewsHub on June 20, 2023, and republished by Pindula, it is important to note tha...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 21:53hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Foreign organisations petition Mnangagwa over Sikhala
A RECORD 18 civil society organisations from different parts of the world have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and key figures in his government over the growing trend of judicial persecution ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 6 | by Jonathan Moyo
Persecution of Donald Trump!
If I were in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's situation, and the US I had an audience with the ambassador whereby the honourable ambassador would lecture me about free and fair elections, the rule of la...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
CCC candidate vetting continues
THE opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change which had promised to roll out names of nominees on 11 April says it is still vetting the nominated candidates and is urging people who are querying the s...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate fired in sex affair scandal
A GWANDA magistrate who reported his female boss for alleged sexual harassment was recently fired, in a toxic matter that has raised controversy.The magistrate claims the female boss has two c...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira threatens 'sex attack victim'
CHIEFS Council president Fortune Charumbira, who has been reported for allegedly sexually abusing his married niece on two occasions, has threatened to sue the victim for defamation, claiming the char...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Businessman demands US$4 million from former partner
TOP banker and marketing specialist, Mr Douglas Mamvura, is demanding payment of US$4 million from his former business partner Mr George Manyere, over a deal involving the sale of shares of an investm...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 14:30hrs | 46 | by Staff Reporter
ZBC speaks on Winky D's controversial album
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation has issued a statement in response to social media reports that the entity has banned the airplay of Winky D's latest music which has been labelled by many as bei...Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 17:09hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZOCC condemns police crackdown on journalists
We have noted with great concern the continued attacks on journalism in Zimbabwe following the recent arrest of NewZimbabwe.com journalist Leopold Munhende.Munhende, a member of the Zimbabwe O...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 21:58hrs | 1 | by ZOCC
Harare doctor sued US$100,000 for defamatory Twitter posts
A HARARE medical doctor, Leon Gwaunza, has been sued for US$100,000 over defamatory statements posted on social media questioning his supervisor Andrew Mataruse's qualifications.Gwaunza has be...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Priest accused of poisoning headmaster
A PRIEST at St Paul's Musami High School in Mrehwa yesterday appeared in court for allegedly poisoning the school headmaster by lacing his cup with an unknown substance during a tea break while they w...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
My accuser begged to join our farming project before cheating us: former ZNA captain
The former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle belonging to a businessman Osfael Mazibuko has said his accuser had begged to join the...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 14:52hrs | 28 | by Stephen Jakes
Youths forced to produce Zanu-PF cards for stands
YOUTHS who want residential stands from Gweru City Council are allegedly being instructed by the ruling Zanu-PF to produce their party membership cards, The NewsHawks reported.Information gath...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena: A liability to the vision of the new dispensation
President' Emmerson Mnangagwa and the new dispensation are working tirelessly to build Zimbabwe brick by brick. It is surprising that Midlands politician who claims to be very close to President E...Published: 26 May 2022 at 11:29hrs | 23 | by Lameck Rangwani
In full: ZEC statement responding to allegations of voters roll manipulation, rigging
Statement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on recent reports that it has added new polling stations and changed polling stations without the knowledge of voters. Statement was delivered by a...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt, Chamisa's MDC in fresh abduction war
GOVERNMENT and the MDC Alliance are embroiled in a fresh abduction war as Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday accused the opposition of making fake claims that its party vice-president Ten...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, China bond unbreakable'
The strong relationship between Zimbabwe and China will not be affected by false allegations by detractors, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said.He said China had come to the rescue of...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's anti-graft crusade a facade'
WHEN he took over power in a November 2017 coup, President Emmerson Mnangagwa won the hearts of many sceptics after he pledged to deal with corruption, a vice widely believed to be stalling developmen...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gain Cash and Carry employees speak out
Employees of the Bulawayo based Gain Cash and Carry have praised their employer for providing a safe working environment in the midst of the deadly COVID 19 pandemic. In an unsolicited intervi...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 13:38hrs | 35 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Matemadanda drags farming partner to court
VICTOR Matemadanda, Zimbabwe ambassador to Mozambique, has taken his farming partner, Rumbidzai Mujuru after she barred him from clandestinely selling their maize produce to the Grain Marketing Board ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Harare war vets suspend chair
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Harare province yesterday resolved to recall its acting chairman Hoyini Samuel Bhila over a litany of allegations, among them sowing ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC urges supporters to besiege court
THE MDC Alliance Midlands provincial executive has called on party supporters to besiege Kwekwe courts ahead of the trial of its provincial leadership Thursday on public violence charges.Provi...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF escalates its 2023 campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to launch a fine-tuned new indigenisation and empowerment policy in Bulawayo today, as Zanu-PF escalates its campaigns for the 2023 national elections. ...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira speaks against 'catch and release' on graft
FORMER Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges at the courts, told Senate on Thursday that law enforcement agents should thoroughly investigate cases ...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF closing ranks with G40s
Zanu-PF is re-admitting without conditions and burying the hatchet with all its members who were turfed out of the party on accusations of belonging to the former liberation movement's Generation 40 (...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to contain its highly divisive DCCs
Zanu-PF has moved to contain its recently reinstated but highly divisive district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) by enrolling their members at its school of ideology, in a bid to foster party unity a...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs resists female VP push
Zanu-PF is resisting calls to amend its constitution to re-introduce a woman as one of the party's vice presidents - as the race to replace former State vice president Kembo Mohadi heats up.Th...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
GZU student counter sues lecturer
A married female student at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) has counter-sued a senior lecturer for $5 million for alleged pain and suffering over sexual harassment, with the lecturer having already su...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZNA clears air on Chipinge incident
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed a report by a non-governmental organisation, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) alleging the army concealed evidence that its troops deployed in Chipinge a...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army dismisses false media report of alleged villagers assault
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dispelled false allegations which have been published in the media regarding the involvement of soldiers in assaulting Mberengwa villagers.In a statement, ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Sitabile Dewa
Ramaphosa owns trophy hunting company?
The Presidency denied President Cyril Ramaphosa has a stake in a trophy hunting company following a claim published by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA alleged Ramaphos...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nurses approach High Court over Chiwenga's flexi-hours
GOVERNMENT should brace for bruising court battles as nurses have approached the High Court seeking an interdict to halt their employer from implementing the "unlawful"removal of flexible working ...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another weekend in prison for Rushwaya
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, who was arrested together with businessman Ali Mohamad, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives Steven Tserayi and Raphios Mufandauy...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 22:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya smuggling case: Ex-CIO operative was arrested to avoid certain 'truths'
THE former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative Raphios Mufandauya who is jointly charged with Henrietta Rushwaya, businessman Ali Mohamad, Steven Tserayi and Gift Karanda has denied bein...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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