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Why Hollywoodbets appeals to both casual and serious bettors in South Africa
Hollywoodbets is a South African betting company that was established in 2000. The company initially started as a publishing company that was involved in distributing and publishing horse racing cards...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 12:36hrs | 183 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe cuts power exports to ease load-shedding
Zimbabwe has significantly reduced power exports to neighbouring countries to bolster local electricity supplies, leading to a notable reduction in load-shedding across the country over the past two w...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:10hrs | 4887 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls auctioneer convicted of fraud over Zimra vehicles
A Victoria Falls auctioneer, his company, and their accountant have been convicted of fraud after illegally selling vehicles belonging to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). Jeffrey Mubaiwa, the d...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:31hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Harare loses millions in potential revenue
The City of Harare is losing millions of United States dollars in potential revenue from unpaid rates, with tuckshop owners and residents among the main defaulters. This was revealed by Acting Revenue...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:56hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Warrant issued for alleged rape victim after court absence
Eve Rumbidzai Dota Makoni (36), who accused Bright Nyanhete (26) of raping her during their first meeting, has defaulted court proceedings. A warrant for her arrest has been issued after she failed to...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 12:53hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
ARVs shortage hits Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho district in Matabeleland North is grappling with a severe shortage of anti-retroviral (ARV) medication, despite having the highest number of people living with HIV in Zimbabwe, according to...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:55hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Kikky Badass ordered to pay US$18,000 in defamation case
Hip hop artist and video vixen Christabel Stembeni Kikky Badass Mahlungwa has been ordered to pay US$18,000 in defamation damages to prominent Masvingo lawyer Rodney Saratoga Makausi following a lawsu...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 12:12hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Manyuchi to pay US$18,000 for impregnating married woman at gym
Former world boxing champion Charles Manyuchi has been ordered by the High Court to pay US$18,000 in damages after he was found guilty of having an adulterous affair with a young married woman he trai...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 12:04hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe juggles US$1bn TBs to avert crisis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is restructuring repayment terms for Treasury Bonds (TBs) as it grapples with escalating debt obligations and the looming threat of default. With nearly US$74...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 18:06hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
School threatens to expel 500 learners
The future of at least 500 learners at Mother Patrick Convent Primary School in Harare hangs in the balance after the school expelled 40 students for allegedly disrupting lessons. The expulsion letter...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 06:52hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Econet in shares battle with former workers
The High Court has issued a default judgment ordering Econet Wireless (Pvt) Ltd to release the relevant documents related to the transfer of over two million shares promised to eight former employees ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 08:07hrs | 3514 | by Staff reporter
Parliament power outage exposed consequences of corruption and mismanagement
Two days ago, Zimbabwe once again found itself in the throes of an international embarrassment, this time at the heart of its legislative hub. During the presentation of the 2025 National Budg...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 20:56hrs | 1363 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Upgrade of Hwange thermal station's old units begins
Officials from India's Jindal Steel and Power Company are finalising contracts and assessments for a major refurbishment of six aging generation units at the Hwange Thermal Power Station. The ambitiou...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:49hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
29 local authorities miss budget submission deadline
Twenty-nine local authorities, including the Harare City Council, have failed to meet the November 15 deadline to submit their 2025 annual budgets to the Government. This delay could hinder budget app...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:48hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Parliament apologises to Mnangagwa after budget speech power disruption
Zimbabwe's Parliament has issued an official apology to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the nation after an embarrassing power outage occurred at the New Parliament Building during Finance Minister M...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:08hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Wedding Night Drama Groom, in-laws sentenced for assaulting secret lover
A man whose wife eloped with her secret lover on their wedding night has been convicted along with his in-laws for assaulting the bride's secret lover. The groom, Mbongeni Moyo, and his in-laws - Alle...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:05hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Confusion reigns as Friday ZEP deadline looms
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders in South Africa are raising concerns that they will be unable to meet the Friday, November 29 deadline to apply for a further one-year exemption due to signific...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:14hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
CCC's Cheza wins assault case against Zanu-PF's Barbara Rwodzi
The Masvingo High Court has ruled in favor of Patrick Cheza, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate who lost the Chirumhanzu parliamentary race in the 2023 general elections, and four other...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 20:14hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe charts ambitious return to global finance at debt conference
Zimbabwe's president hosted creditors and finance executives on Monday to discuss ambitious goals to clear debt arrears and restructure $12.7 billion in external debt, as the country aims to eventuall...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:22hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's electricity crisis: Declare a State of National Disaster and retire Sydney Gata to save the nation
As I write this article, the town of Redcliff, like much of Zimbabwe, remains shrouded in darkness following a 24-hour nationwide blackout that began yesterday. This is not the first time we'v...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 11:55hrs | 1179 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Malema beefs up Phala Phala legal team
EFF leader Julius Malema will pick a fresh battle with President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Constitutional Court this week over the Phala Phala case without his long-time allies, Floyd Shivambu and Adv Da...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 14:07hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new land tenure system to tighten agricultural land ownership
Zimbabwe is crafting a new land tenure system that will require Government approval for selling or transferring agricultural land, aiming to enhance the bankability of titles and secure broader owners...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:03hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's disqualified ally takes case to Supreme Court
The disqualified independent candidate for the Victoria Falls City Council Ward 1 by-election, Ephias Mambume, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's decision to bar him...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:10hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Court disqualifies Chamisa's candidate over unpaid council bills
The High Court has disqualified independent candidate Mr. Ephias Mambume from contesting the November 30 Victoria Falls City Council Ward 1 by-election, following an electoral petition filed by Zanu-P...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:23hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidate disqualified from Victoria Falls by-election
The independent candidate for the upcoming Victoria Falls council by-election, Ephias Mambume, has been barred from contesting after a court ruled that he was ineligible due to unpaid council rates. T...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 12:58hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa loses bid to block arbitrator in debt row
The High Court has rejected an application by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to set aside an arbitration ruling in a case where the authority is accused of refusing to pay a service pro...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:53hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
BCC to appoint independent regulator for city parking issues
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced plans to introduce an independent supervisory body to oversee and investigate complaints related to the city's parking management system, currently operat...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:48hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Belarus fire engine malfunction, Gwanda Fire Brigade struggles
A Toyota Runx was completely gutted by fire this afternoon outside Gwanda city centre, near the NSSA complex along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, after the Gwanda Fire Brigade faced challenges in extin...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:45hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
New parking management system complaints handling mechanism for Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced plans to introduce an independent supervisory body to monitor and investigate complaints related to the city's contracted parking management company, Tend...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:04hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe experiences prolonged load shedding
ZESA Holdings has issued a public update on the ongoing power supply challenges affecting Zimbabwe, as residents across the country continue to face prolonged power cuts and severe load shedding....Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:46hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Harare councillor fined for lying under oath
Harare City Council's works and town planning chairperson, Councillor Takudzwa Dzumbunu, has been fined US$300 for providing false testimony under oath about her academic qualifications during a Commi...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:26hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
ZESA addresses power outages
ZESA Holdings has reassured Zimbabweans that efforts are underway to address technical faults at the Hwange Power Station that have led to widespread power outages. The national power utility explaine...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:25hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Ghana's John Mahama projected to unseat ruling party in December election
Ghana's main opposition leader and former president, John Dramani Mahama, appears to be the front-runner in the upcoming December presidential election, according to an opinion poll released on Monday...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 13:46hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Karoi United cries foul, demands share of points with Scottland
Karoi United, a Northern Region Division One Soccer League side, is seeking to have their match against Scottland, which was abandoned last month, declared a draw after a disciplinary committee found ...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:00hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to hold talks on $21 billion debt albatross this month
Zimbabwe will resume talks with creditors later this month to restructure $21 billion in external debt as it seeks to exit a default that's kept it locked out of international capital markets since 19...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:17hrs | 392 | by Rigid Kondongwe
Substandard solar installations fuel infernos
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has identified substandard solar panel products and improper installations as the leading causes of fatal electrical accidents in the country, which hav...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Legal challenge in Victoria Falls by-election over payment of rates
Victoria Falls Ward 1 candidate for Zanu-PF, Tonderai Mutasa, has filed a legal challenge with the Electoral Court, disputing the nomination of independent candidate Ephias Mambume, who is widely seen...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:11hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses mansion eviction, sale appeal
Frank Humbe, a Harare businessman, has suffered a setback in his ongoing legal battle over a disputed property in Borrowdale, as the Supreme Court has dismissed his appeal against the High Court's dec...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:35hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Even Chinamasa knows ED can't be trusted
In the tumultuous world of Zimbabwean politics, trust is a rare commodity. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ongoing discourse within ZANU-PF about extending President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 21:43hrs | 1834 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Businessman challenges High Court ruling after losing US$380k home
Harare businessman Frank Humbe has taken his fight for justice to the Supreme Court, appealing a High Court ruling that dismissed his application for rescission of a default judgment against suspected...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:40hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's goons go after Dali Mpofu over 'unpaid personal tax'?
The taxman is knocking on the door of South Africa's well-known legal eagle, advocate Dali Mpofu, demanding more than R2-million from him in unpaid personal income tax.News that the South Afri...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 8249 | by Staff reporter
UK-based miner identifies potential gold in Matebeleland North
United Kingdom-based miner Ariana Resources Plc has announced promising developments at its Dokwe Gold project located in the Tsholotsho District, approximately 110 kilometers west of Bulawayo, Zimbab...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:03hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Man orders girlfriend to abort unwanted pregnancy
A 33-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is regretting impregnating his girlfriend.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts on Friday ...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 07:43hrs | 590 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man prevents wife from shaving privates for a year
In a shocking case that stunned the Matero Local Court, 33-year-old Peggy Changwe, a woman from the Katuba area near Lusaka, Zambia, was granted a divorce from her estranged husband, Peter Banda, afte...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:49hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland angered by King Munhumutapa's Private Member's Bill
A Private Member's Bill introduced by self-proclaimed King Munhumutapa, Timothy Chiminya, has ignited controversy in Zimbabwe, particularly within the Matabeleland region. Chiminya's bill seeks to ame...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:39hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Powertel gains 2% market share
Powertel, a telecom subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, has recorded a significant 2.05 percentage point increase in market share during the second quarter of 2024, according to the latest report from the Po...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 18:48hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Serial fraudster ordered to pay US$215,000 debt
HIGH Court judge Siyabona Musithu has ordered suspected con-artist Tawanda Denford Bondamakara to pay back US$215,000 in debt he incurred after he allegedly sold a non-existent piece of land to one Ru...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 10:25hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Catholic bishops bid to pay US$188K in ZiG hits a snag
The High Court of Zimbabwe has dismissed the application for a declaratur seeking a stay of execution regarding a US$188,000 payment order against Stella Mundi, an agricultural company owned by the Zi...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:04hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster Jailed for 10 Years
A man from Queens Park, Bulawayo, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding victims of US$180,000 by faking ownership of property.Bigboy Leovancey Ncube (57) appeared on Tuesday ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:36hrs | 644 | by Stephen Jakes
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