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ZACC arrests deputy roads boss over US$1m fraud
THE deputy director of Road Services in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Ernest Shenje, has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over an alleged US...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco to get 500 more buses
The Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is set to receive a total of 500 buses by the next year, including 150 coaches to be delivered by the end of this year, as part of a comprehensive plan to...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambara scoffs at Sithole hero gesture
Former deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara has dismissed the move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to officially confer national hero status on Zanu founder Ndabaningi Sithole as a ‘fradulent char...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:35hrs | | 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 | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
Rushwaya spared govt gold crackdown
WHILE the Zimbabwean government says it has taken measures to freeze accounts of the gold mafia and investigate the gold smuggling, money laundering and corruption, one of the kingpins, Henrietta Rush...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 14:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fidelity Printers in kickbacks storm
FORMER Fidelity Printers and Refiners general manager Fradreck Kunak (pictured) a and the company's head of gold operations Mehluleli Dube were allegedly paid US$30 000 and US$3 000 kickbacks apiece e...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transport operators, ZRP on 'warpath'
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) and public transport operators are headed for a collision course over the decision to gear up arrest of drivers for failure to stick to the stipulated movement timetable...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 05:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zupco on cusp of collapse
THE Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) is on the cusp of catastrophic collapse with simmering indications that private operators contracted to provide buses have since ditched the state-owned pu...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bar owner jailed 15 years for murdering customer
DEMA bar owner Talent Nyamombe, has been slapped with a 15 year jail term following his conviction for strangling his customer to death over unbecoming behaviour.High Court judge Justice Moses...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor, and wife arrested for fraud
AFM Church Reverend Titus Murefu (68) and his wife Winnet (60) on Friday appeared in court charged with fraud involving US$80 000 in a botched deal.Harare magistrate Shane Kubonera remanded th...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NRZ records spike in rail-crossing accidents
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increase in the number of accidents occuring at railway crossing points. This month alone, NRZ has recorded 10 fatal accidents in...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei linked companies cited in US$49m privatisation deal
AS Treasury maintains a tight lid over the identity of gold producers who snapped 60% shareholding in Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), emerging details show that Kuvimba Mining House, Better Bran...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Con-artist drops Mnangagwa's name in US$488 000 fraud case
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare con-artist dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in a fraud case involving close to half a million United States dollars.The woman, Eustine Charambira (33), duped a ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold receipts plunge 35%
Zimbabwe's gold export receipts have plunged 35% to US$78.4m in May from US$120m achieved in the prior comparative period as the yellow metal deliveries to the country's sole buyer and marketer, Fidel...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Malaba ouster plot thickens
HUMAN rights lawyers and civic groups are piling legal pressure for Chief Justice Luke Malaba to resign ahead of his 70th birthday on Friday, instead of accepting a flawed extension of his retirement ...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold deliveries plunge 61%
Gold deliveries plunged by more than half to 0.99 tonnes in January from 2.54 tonnes recorded in the same month last year weighed down by heavy rains which slowed mining activity, Fidelity Printers an...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Academic fraud of satanic proportions exposed in Harare
Former top manager at the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE), Florence Chimbumu, who was exposed recently for using fake certificates when only a single Ordinary Level pass could be certif...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gold deliveries slump to lowest since 2014
Gold deliveries slumped to their lowest since 2014 falling 31% in 2020 as the sub sector marked a tumultuous year where the country failed to take advantage of a record rally on the price of the yello...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is missing out on gold's rally
Gold might have rallied to a record high above US$2 070 this year, but policy missteps by the Zimbabwean authorities saw the southern African country missing out on the uplift.Zimbabwe, which ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government introduce artisanal miners ID cards
THE country's sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) will soon issue out formalisation cards to artisanal miners to enable them to deliver gold at its centres as it moves to ensure effe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Singaporean investor duped half a million by Zimbabwean partner
Harare businessman Fradreck Utsiwegota has appeared in court facing charges of defrauding a Singaporean investor of over half a million dollars.The Singaporean investor, Ramson Bupendra approa...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
58 people killed over Independence and Easter holidays
FIFTY-EIGHT people were killed, while 397 others were injured countrywide in 674 road accidents that were recorded during this year's Independence and Easter holidays. The statistics were reco...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster bags US$70 000, 1 million rand
A BULAWAYO businessman lost 1,3 million rands while another businessman based in the United States of America lost US$70 000 to a city fraudster who disappeared after swindling the two in two separate...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Widow loses $40 000 in card cloning scam
A Bulawayo widow lost more than $40 000 after a Harare man allegedly cloned her late husband's bank card and went on to conduct illegal point of sale (POS) transactions at various retail outlets. ...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jailed robber faces fresh charges
JAILED robber Jobson Shonhe, who robbed several buses and passengers at gunpoint late last year, together with his accomplices, was last week convicted on three counts of attempted murder and two coun...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed robbers face fresh charges
THREE armed robbers recently jailed to 35 years for robbing buses were last week back in court, charged with another two counts of robbery.Jobson Shonhe (39) of Gokwe, Samuel Moyo (29) of Chip...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidelity cuts off the middleman
FIDELITY Printers and Refiners (FPR) has upped the ante in gold mobilisation, amid indications that it will soon be buying the precious metal directly from gold miners as it desperately seeks to arres...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stunted exploration to stifle Zimbabwe gold output growth
Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Fidelity), the country's sole gold buyer, says gold output could hit 50 tonnes in two years on the back of a central bank support to the small-scale mining sector, but ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold output to surpass target
ZIMBABWE'S gold output is projected to surpass the 2018 annual target and is already marginally above last year's total with four months to go, according to Fidelity Printers and Refineries (FPR), the...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
$5m gold, cash scandal suspects set free
THE $5 million gold and cash scandal, which rocked Zimbabwe about two weeks ago, is dead in the water amid indications that the five Indian suspects have been released along with their "loot"....Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 12:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gold output hits 10 tonnes
GOLD production continues to surge in the country after hitting 10,1 tonnes in the first four months of the year, which is already higher than the 9,9 tonnes achieved in the first half of last year....Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bosso breeze past Shabanie
Highlanders 3-1 Shabanie MineHIGHLANDERS' youngsters showed great character by coming from a goal down to beat visiting Shabanie Mine and stretch their unbeaten run in the Castle Lager Premier Soc...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold deliveries fall as rains weigh in
GOLD deliveries marginally declined in February to 2,01 tonnes compared to 2,6 tonnes delivered in January, mainly because of rains that hit most parts of the country.Zimbabwe has been experie...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Staf reporter
Illegal gold dealers under investigation
Fidelity Printers and Refiners is investigating registered gold buying agents amid indications of rampant black market dealings which could be prejudicing Zimbabwe of millions of dollars.Respo...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'This is who we are' - Mujuru PRC
People's Rainbow Coalition, a Coalition of Opposition Political Parties led by Dr JTR Mujuru, also President of NPP notes with keen interest the the grand public relations exercise being done by the m...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Advocate Gift Nyandoro
Government to translate Constitution
The Justice ministry yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) to translate the national Constitution into all 16 official languages....Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Millions siphoned out in shady gold deals
THE Government has launched investigations into allegations that the country might have lost millions of dollars in potential revenue through a well orchestrated syndicate involving a gold processing ...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bosso trail Bulawayo City at BF
Bulawayo City 2 - 1 Highlanders82' Highlanders substitutionNhlanhla OUTTambwe IN69' BCC player gets a yellow card for a crude tackle on Rahman66' Muduhwa receives yello...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 15:36hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mliswa must Go! - Norton residents in demo
A united front consisting of apolitical Norton residents demonstrated at the end of last week in a direct tete a tete protest against Hon Peter Temba Mliswa and went on to surrender petitioning one to...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 19:31hrs | | by Agencies
Kombi operators against new tax
The Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC) has bemoaned the recent introduction of a presumptive tax on commuter omnibuses by Government, saying it could trigger a hike in targets by ope...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man caught pants down with a married woman in drinking well
CHIWESHE - Villagers in Gendere, Mashonaland Central, were left shell shocked after catching a 22-year-old man pants down with a married woman in a drinking well last week.According to Chief M...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 16:08hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe music instrument takes US by storm
TACOMA, Washington - Two master players of the African mbira - a metal-keyed instrument used by the Shona people of Zimbabwe in sacred ceremonies - Erica Azim and Fradreck Mujuru are on a national...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by pugetsound.edu
Statement by Marvo workers - You can only fool government not us
YOU CAN ONLY FOOL GOVERNMENT NOT US BRIEF BACK GROUND OF MARVO CASE As Marvo workers we are worried by the behaviour of our Employer Marvo Stationery, ever since the dollarisation of t...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 18:46hrs | 1 | by Concerned Marvo workers
Zimbabwe earns US$381m from gold exports
ZIMBABWE earned US$381 million in the first half of the year from gold exports after large and small-scale miners delivered 9,6 tonnes of the precious metal to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR), wh...Published: 30 Jul 2016 at 23:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hundreds stranded as touts run riot
POLICE yesterday arrested more than 30 people in Harare following chaotic scenes caused by touts and rank marshals protesting against what they regarded as too many police roadblocks on the roads....Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police rein in rowdy touts
Police yesterday arrested more than 30 people in Harare following chaotic scenes caused by touts and rank marshals protesting against heavy traffic police presence on the roads. Commuter omnibus o...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi-owning cops under fire
Some in the uniformed forces owning pirate taxis popularly known as mushikashika are compromising the country's fight against illegal transport operations, the Greater Harare Association of Commuter O...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
Cop up for fradulantly clearing a Mercedes Benz stolen from South Africa
Detective Constable Mudhumbu formerly CID Chiredzi, now at Beitbridge Border Cid has been arrested after he was found in possession of a Mecerdes Benz that was stolen from South Africa which he fraudu...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 16:28hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Blitz on smuggling welcomed
Smuggling has become an albatross around the country's economy as leakages of goods in and out of the country on our borders and illegal points of entry has impacted negatively on our efforts to resus...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 13:35hrs | | by Tapiwa Maware
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