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Tshinga Dube challenges Mnangagwa
FORTHRIGHT Zanu-PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a governme...Published: 9 hrs ago | 2717 | by Staff reporter
Harare man jailed for conning a Singaporean investor
A 38-year-old Harare man has been jailed an effective 7 years for conning a Singaporean investor in a USD$500 000 business venture.Fradreck Utsiwegota appeared before Bindura Magistrate Tinash...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3097 | by Staff reporter
World Parliamentarians meet to discuss Zimbabwe's Jacob Mudenda case
Members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) convened a zoom meeting to discuss a matter regarding the conduct of Speaker Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda.Journalist Simba Chikanza who has ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 18:00hrs | 11952 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police shoot 'naked' getaway driver dead
A man who was possibly being intimate with his girlfriend in a "suspiciously" parked car, was on Saturday night shot dead during a high-speed chase after failing to comply with orders to stop his vehi...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1720 | by Staff reporter
Is our money safe in this lockdown?
JUST recently, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya blamed a faceless devil for the economic crisis that a whole new generation now takes as custom.He was right. There is cert...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:41hrs | 962 | by Tawanda Majoni
ZACC hunts down corrupt ministers
A former Cabinet Minister, a Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and a prominent property mogul face arrest for criminal abuse of office, fraud and abuse of funds following investigations into la...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 14954 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Malawi judges feast on CJ Malaba
THE Malawi Supreme Court has condemned Zimbabwe's ruling on the 2018 election petition case, while unanimously upholding an earlier court ruling to annul President Peter Mutharika's narrow election vi...Published: 21 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 6896 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa's dreams of the future and frustrations
Dumiso Dabengwa, the late President of Zapu always had dreams for the future. Evidence is awash showing that his life was full of big future dreams for Zimbabwe as a whole.History tells that h...Published: 20 May 2020 at 09:07hrs | 999 | by Zapu Information And Publicity Department
Chihuri up for diverting US$32m
Former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri is suspected of diverting US$32 million of public funds into family companies and buying a large swathe of property, which the State now wants froz...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:49hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son implicated in poaching
Kudakwashe, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sons is allegedly involved in the poaching of wildlife in Nyangambe in Save Valley Conservancy, a Chiredzi magistrate has been told.The allega...Published: 16 May 2020 at 15:09hrs | 8351 | by Staff reporter
NetOne boss Muchenje, 7 others arrested
NetOne chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje, six senior executives and former board member Paradzai Chakona were arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on charges of ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
Pair up for $1m armed robbery
TWO Bulawayo armed robbers have appeared in court facing charges of stealing property and cash worth $1 041 996 in two house raids.Peter Ngwenya (52) and Thulani Ncube (39) were not asked to p...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Agent lines land Econet workers in trouble
TWO Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) employees have been arrested for allegedly fraudulently using agent lines belonging to cotton company ETG Parrogate to conduct illegal foreign currency transactions....Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
South Africa deports 476 Zimbabwean prisoners
The neighbouring South African government has deported more than 400 former prisoners who had gone to look for greener pastures.Secretary for Information Ndabaningi Nick Mangwana said the depo...Published: 09 May 2020 at 15:53hrs | 9976 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutodi hints on scrapping by-elections to accommodate MDC-T nominees
INFORMATION Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has hinted that parliamentary by-elections to replace MDC Alliance MPs who were expelled from Parliament this week will be scrapped to accommodate MDC-T nomin...Published: 09 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1261 | by newzimbabwe
NUST student defrauds CIMAS
A MOBILE banking transaction alert message gave away a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) student who had allegedly stolen more than US$6 000 from Cimas Medical Aid Society which hol...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Man found with 32 IDs and 70 court papers for property sales
A BULAWAYO man suspected to be part of a syndicate that is fraudulently selling people's houses was found with 32 national identity cards which he is suspected to have been using to illegally process ...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:35hrs | 3241 | by Staff reporter
MDC saga: Constitutionalism or political gamesmanship?
ON Tuesday, Parliament announced the recall of MDC Alliance legislators Chalton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Tabitha Khumalo (Bulawayo proportional representation), Prosper Mutseyami (Dangamvura-Chikanga)...Published: 07 May 2020 at 00:13hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
NetOne board chair under probe
Law enforcement agents have launched an investigation into suspected criminal abuse of office by NetOne acting chairperson, Ms Susan Mutangadura, after she reportedly appointed her suspected business ...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:56hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice Zimbabwe issues warning on imposters
MultiChoice Zimbabwe has advised its customers to make use of accredited installers and agents when they need installations or other technical support for DSTv services, saying they risk falling prey ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 17:53hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
2 men pay maintenance for one child, DNA tests prove none is the father
A Gweru woman who claimed maintenance for one child from two different men, was recently arrested for fraud when the case was discovered.A paternity test then ordered by Gweru Magistrate Pathe...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 19:59hrs | 4852 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rubbishes comparison of 'mountain' MDC with 'anthill' Zanu-PF
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says MP Killer Zivhu should stop dreaming and comparing his Zanu-PF party to the opposition he claims lost the 2018 vote through poll theft.This comes after ...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:54hrs | 2204 | by Staff reporter
Zupco worker vanishes with $29 054
A BULAWAYO Zupco official is on the run after allegedly defrauding the company of $29 054 by supplying names of non-existent bus inspectors whom she claimed were expected to benefit from the money on ...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:27hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
WANTED: Police are looking for Rossetta Muzvidziwa
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that its details in Mzilikazi are keen to interview a Bulawayo based ZUPCO official, Rossetta Muzvidziwa in connection with a case of Fraud involving ZWL$ 29...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 10:55hrs | 2605 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Before his downfall, a man's heart is proud, but Humility comes before Honour - The MDC Supreme Court Judgment
It's been 3 weeks and the Supreme Court judgment on the MDC case has come and gone, but questions remain in people's minds. Was the judgment just and fair, given the material facts and evidence presen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:23hrs | 2964 | by Jonathan Chando
Mnangagwa's son duped
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson Tanaka Mnangagwa, reportedly lost US$1 500 to a bogus wedding garments supplier whom he had contracted to supply suits ahead of his wedding last year. Samso...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 3416 | by Staff reporter
Learn how to Trade Bitcoin: A Forex Guide
Find out how to make additional money by trading bitcoin on Forex. Use the tips in this article to become a successful trader. Bitcoin on Forex: Trading Basics...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 14:57hrs | 1972 | by Staff writer
'A circus called MDC-Alliance'
The opposition in Zimbabwe is a real circus. In 2008, the electorate voted for the opposition giving them a majority in Parliament. When they joined Government through a coalition arrangement,...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 5936 | by Obert Gutu
Mrs Mnangagwa's name used in mobile money scam
A CHEEKY Harare man allegedly duped several elderly people of amounts ranging between $400 and $600 whom he made to believe had qualified to access $10 500 from First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's empower...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:32hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga hangs on to son despite court ultimatum
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga, embroiled in a bitter fight for the custody of son with ex, Chantelle Muteswa, has vowed to appeal a Thursday High Court ruling ordering him to return the minor within 24 ho...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trio jailed for UK cheque fraud
Three Zimbabwean men have been jailed for between two and six years after they admitted their role in an elaborate "industrial scale" cheque fraud in the United Kingdom. Criminal mastermind Patson Mup...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Presidential pardon discriminatory
A PRESIDENTIAL pardon is a withdrawal of a sentence for a class of persons by the President under the prerogative of mercy. The decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pardon and decongest prisons...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 296 | by Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
Obert Mpofu, Zapu tiff escalates
ZAPU has claimed that Zanu-PF's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu did not voluntarily join the ruling party but was forced to do so to avoid prosecution over alleged stolen funds.The op...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2259 | by Staff reporter
Stern warning to abusers of Covid-19 aid
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, recently issued a statement calling on those conferred with the mandate to manage Covid-19 donations to exercise a h...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 98 | by Comm John Makamure
Lovemore Moyo, not Morgen Komichi was the chairperson of the MDC-T
So, the Supreme Court has ruled that the MDC-T must revert to its 2014 or 2016 structures, is that correct? My recollection is that Lovemore Moyo, not Morgen Komichi, was the chairperson of th...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 11:10hrs | 3943 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Zifa to hold by-election to replace Chiyangwa's side-kick
A by-election to replace fired Zifa executive committee member Chamu Chiwanza will be held at the next Zifa assembly meeting. Chiwanza was booted out for not possessing the requisite five years footba...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Home Affairs Ministry warns against immigration fraudsters
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe has warned against individuals initiating unauthorised processes to renew visas and various permits on behalf of foreign nationals whose per...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 18:06hrs | 842 | by Moyo Roy
SIM swap fraudster hits malayitshas, gets access to Mgcini Dlamini's phone number
Technology has negated tasks like queuing at a bank or at a licensing department, but there are also inherent security threats associated with it. As the lockdown hit, fraud incidents looks li...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 16:58hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
Conman posing as Zimbabwe's ambassador to SA seeks 'donations'
Zimbabwe's ministry of foreign affairs on Tuesday said an impostor, claiming to be its ambassador in South Africa David Hamadziripi, had been soliciting money and donations from unwitting members of t...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 16:31hrs | 936 | by Agency staff
Did Welshman Ncube copy thesis from student?
A simple google search leads to a Nehanda Radio article of November 14, 2011 which claims that almost 9 weeks after attacking Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as an "uneducated person who has no capac...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 10:57hrs | 4347 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe battles to recover confiscated ambulances
THE Kwekwe City Council is battling to repossess two ambulances that were impounded by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for allegedly circumventing import tax, as the local authority seeks to be...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
'Welshman Ncube deliberately setting up Chamisa for failure so that you take over from him in 2024'
MDC top politicians, Welshman Ncube and Douglas Mwonzora have had ugly exchanges on twitter with the latter accusing the party vice president of plotting a coup against disputed party leader Nelson Ch...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1386 | by newzimbabwe
Mutare former town clerk in fraud storm
Former Mutare town clerk Obert Muzawazi was arrested last week on fraud charges after he reportedly duped desperate homeseekers by selling them non-existent stands.Muzawazi, who resigned in 20...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:26hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
$19m Econet loot sold on black market
Two suspected fraudsters, both employees of Econet Wireless have appeared in court facing charges of stealing RTGS$19 984 475 which is probably the biggest fraud ever to hit the country's telecommunic...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:46hrs | 4412 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa accused of US$3 million fraud
The Chairperson of the Morgan Tsvangirai Legacy Edwin Dzambara has sensationally accused MDC leader Nelson Chamisa of diverting over US$3 million party funds for his personal use.In a pr...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:48hrs | 2644 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19 scare at Zimbabwe Police Station
OFFICERS at Bulawayo Central Police Station pressed the panic button when a local returning from South Africa, who is also a fraud suspect, started coughing uncontrollably in the holding cells leading...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:24hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Where are the traditional healers and prophets at this time of corona virus?
It is with no doubt that Covid 19 substantially contributes to the burden of disease and health care provision in sub-Saharan Africa, where traditional healers play a major role in care, due to both t...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 09:54hrs | 628 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's opposition leader loses party position
Nelson Chamisa remains hugely popular among MDC supportersImage caption: Nelson Chamisa remains hugely popular among MDC supportersZimbabwe's main opposition leader has lost a court appeal to ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3755 | by Shingai Nyoka, BBC News
Zimbabweans still in bondage in 'Egypt' - we're still awaiting our Moses to deliver us
It is always common knowledge that whenever political leaders - with the help of their sidekicks, mouthpieces, and praise singers - resort to misinterpreting biblical scriptures to justify and defend ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:17hrs | 837 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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