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Message for all Zimbabwe's Property Owners
The conviction of Prosper Bizwick by Harare magistrate Ethel Sichera has shed light on the deep-rooted corruption within the Deeds Office, exposing how those entrusted with public service can betray t...Published: 7 hrs ago | 311 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mnangagwa succession battle turns ugly
The escalating battle over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's succession has taken a violent turn, with homes of the Zanu-PF leader's perceived opponents coming under attack. Among the targets was war vet...Published: 8 hrs ago | 747 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cracks down on fake PhDs
The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has raised alarm over the rising number of unregistered institutions operating illegally, issuing fraudulent undergraduate and postgraduate qualifica...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 10:13hrs | 13345 | by Staff reporter
Delta warns public about recruitment scams
Delta Corporation Limited has issued a warning to the public regarding a rise in recruitment scams involving fraudulent job advertisements.In a statement, the beverages giant expressed concern...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 06:14hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
A Step in the Right Direction, but Long Overdue
Zimbabwe's higher education sector has been plagued by a silent but dangerous crisis, the rampant issuance and use of fraudulent qualifications. It is, therefore, commendable that the Zimbabwe C...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 20:55hrs | 535 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mpilo fake doctor convicted, back behind bars
The trial of Taurai Prosper Vanhuvaone, who was arrested last year for impersonating a doctor, began yesterday with the State revoking his bail following his conviction on two counts of fraud....Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:16hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo socialite arrested in school fees forgery scandal
Bulawayo socialite Brendon Shoko, popularly known as “Breezy,” has been arrested for alleged forgery in a scandal involving his girlfriend and an accomplice.Shoko (28) allegedly conspired ...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:16hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Joining the George Ayittey Society is a step towards fighting for real change in Zimbabwe
My recent acceptance into the George Ayittey Society is an honour that fills me with immense humility and gratitude. To be part of a distinguished group of scholars, intellectuals, and researc...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:12hrs | 282 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Youths, War Vets trash Mnangagwa-Tungwarara dummy fund banner
Several youths and veterans of the liberation struggle mocked Presidential Youths Fund launch spearheaded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his controversial advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara, descri...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:07hrs | 1965 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
What's the point of a witness protection law when Zimbabwe is a lawless country?
Can a government entrenched in corruption seriously be expected to fight it?The Whistle Blower and Witness Protection Bill, set to be tabled in Zimbabwe's National Assembly in August, appears ...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 13:40hrs | 383 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police probe NSSA boss over RTG extortion plot
NSSA chairman, Emmanuel Fundira was on Wednesday questioned by the police in connection with an extortion case involving former Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior employee Paula January.The de...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 10:45hrs | 628 | by Nathan Guma
Zimbabwe will not issue title deeds for illegally acquired land
The Zimbabwean government has announced that it will not issue title deeds for properties built on land illegally allocated by land barons, as part of a drive to clamp down on dubious land allocations...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 11:26hrs | 4678 | by Staff reporter
NSSA chair implicated in extortion case
National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairman Emmanuel Fundira was questioned by police on Wednesday in connection with an extortion case involving former Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) senior emplo...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 09:37hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Businessman dupes investor of US$48k in toilets deal
A Harare businessman has been convicted of fraud after swindling an investor out of US$48,000 in a failed deal to import mobile toilets.Takudzwa Munyawarara, a director of Exclusive Projects P...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:23hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe introduces easy WhatsApp-based upgrade for plastic driver's licence
The Zimbabwean government has rolled out a simplified process for drivers to upgrade from the old blue paper licence to the new scannable plastic version, using WhatsApp as a primary communication too...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 16:59hrs | 47605 | by Staff reporter
SA jails two Zimbabweans over R8m counterfeit goods deal
Two Zimbabwean nationals, Samuel Nkomo (38) and Jesphat Aaron Mawire (46), have been sentenced to five years in prison by South Africa's Specialised Commercial Crimes Court for possession of illicit g...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 10:10hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya defies court order, GetBucks seeks police intervention
Prophet Walter Magaya, the founder of the Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, is facing allegations of defying a court order to settle a US$420,140.72 debt owed to GetBucks Microfinanc...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 16:12hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate issues arrest warrant for top lawyer
Prominent lawyer Wilson Manase is now a wanted man after Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa issued a warrant for his arrest following his failure to appear in court to face fraud charges involving nearly...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 13:25hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
USAID staff told to shred and burn classified documents
Staff at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have been told to shred and burn classified documents and personnel files.The request raised alarm among employees and labour group...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 10:28hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer breathes fire over delayed bail ruling
The lawyer representing a man accused of defrauding an ex-girlfriend of US$28 000 in a botched residential stand deal breathed fire yesterday after his cl...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 22:00hrs | 1228 | by Paul Ndou
Man defrauding ex-girlfriend of US$28,000 in stand deal
A man who allegedly defrauded his former girlfriend of US$28,000 in a failed residential stand transaction appeared in court yesterday, facing fraud charges.The accused, Thomas Jemuse, an oper...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:15hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Suspected female con artist faces judgment day
A 36-year-old woman, Brenda Dhaka, who is facing multiple charges of fraud and forgery, will learn her fate when she appears before Chiredzi Magistrate Tendai Mutamba on Tuesday for judgment.D...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 11:23hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
ZRP duped in US$850,000 sleeping bags deal
A Harare-based company, Printmill Private Limited, is at the center of a fraud investigation after allegedly duping the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) of US$850,000 in a botched deal for the supply of...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:17hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1622 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Fuel fraudster jailed for 20 years
The High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting in Harare, has sentenced Tinashe Sibanda to 20 years in prison after convicting him of fraud. In a related ruling, the court ordered the confiscation of assets belo...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:45hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt accountant arrested in alleged medical funds scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Dorothy Mauchaza, an Assistant Accountant at the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, on charges of criminal abuse of duty...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:43hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe suffers another setback
The Supreme Court has dismissed businessman Mike Chimombe's bail appeal, upholding the High Court's decision to deny him bail.In a statement issued today, the National Prosecuting Authority (N...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 19:14hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's court gamble on brink of failure as Welshman Ncube exposes his lies
In a last-ditch attempt to cling to power, Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-imposed "Interim Secretary General" of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has rushed to court seeking an interdict to block...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 14:13hrs | 951 | by George Tshuma
Prophet Makandiwa's million-dollar challenge sparks religious firestorm
Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, the founder and leader of the United Family International Church (UFIC), has ignited a fierce debate within Zimbabwe's religious community with his bold challenge to fellow...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 10:28hrs | 2572 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo fake doctor trial date
The trial for Taurai Prosper Vanhuvaone, a 29-year-old Bulawayo man accused of impersonating a doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital, has been scheduled for March 28, 2025. Vanhuvaone, who resides in Barbo...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 08:05hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
AMH Chief Executive compromised?
Kenias Mafukidze, the chief executive of Trevor Ncube's privately-owned media house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), is facing intense scrutiny after being caught in a glaring conflict of interest. Mafukid...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:32hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Cashier in court for diverting funeral policy funds
A 21-year-old man from Kandava Village under Chief Seke has appeared before the court for allegedly misappropriating funeral policy funds amounting to US$22,385 for personal use.Cuthbert Munya...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 06:53hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Beware of bogus charitable organizations and rogue individuals soliciting money in the guise of charity
In recent times, many people have fallen victim to fraudulent individuals, organizations, and groups that masquerade as legitimate charitable entities in order to solicit funds from the public. These ...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 20:22hrs | 103 | by Njabulo
Parliament launches investigation into predatory MPs fraud scandal
HARARE - A parliamentary investigation has been secretly launched into ZANU-PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers amid resource squandering, privileges abuse, and a double-dipping (loot...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 20:05hrs | 446 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's attempts at portraying Zimbabwe and Cuba as 'sanctions victims' is absurd as Havana succeeds where Harare fails
The Zimbabwe regime appears unable to stop ridiculing itself on the global stage.The recent visit to Zimbabwe by the President of the National Assembly of People's Power and the Council of Sta...Published: 05 Mar 2025 at 16:29hrs | 897 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiefs, villagers disown Tungwarara
Several Chiefs, village headmen and villagers in some parts of Buhera have disowned President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara, describing him as both a bad debtor whose hands are...Published: 04 Mar 2025 at 14:58hrs | 5355 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Sostein, Buhera
Chimombe dragged to the dock after skipping trial
High Court judge, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda, has ordered the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) to bring businessman Mike Chimombe to court this afternoon, after the accused failed to atte...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:35hrs | 2925 | by Staff reporter
Witnesses in Mutumbuka case in no show again
The trial of two suspects involved in the fraudulent sale of Dr. Dzingai Mutumbuka's mansion in Chisipite was postponed once again on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, due to the continued absence of two key ...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:42hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda divides families in Zaka
A dramatic tale of deception unfolded in the quiet hills of Zaka District, where a self-proclaimed Tsikamutanda (traditional healer and witch hunter) named Nehemiah Tamanikwa recently stirred both awe...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1601 | by Staff reporter
Why is the Mnangagwa regime indifferent to how corruption and human rights abuses are tainting Zimbabwe's image?
In recent years, Zimbabwe has witnessed a disturbing entrenchment of authoritarian practices under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership.The regime's blatant disregard for human rights, ra...Published: 28 Feb 2025 at 11:26hrs | 478 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Magistrate recuses self from Geza case
Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande recused herself yesterday from presiding over the case involving former Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) board chairperson, Basil Nyabadza, who face...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 12:29hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Funds embezzlement scandal at Khumalo Primary School
Khumalo Primary School headmistress Stella Mhlanga and two other school officials are facing allegations of embezzling US$12,000 from the school's funds through under-banking and other fraudulent acti...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:43hrs | 1403 | by Stephen Jakes
Geza loses fraud case
The State yesterday withdrew charges against former Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) chairman Basil Nyabadza, who had been facing allegations of defrauding Mr. Blessed Geza of US$1,...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:02hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested in fake car registration loan scam
Police have arrested three suspected fraudsters who allegedly hired vehicles and forged national identity documents and car registration books to secure loans from financial institutions, which they n...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:00hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's liberation was the greatest farce of all time
The truth can be a bitter pill to swallow, but it needs to be taken if we are to heal our nation.Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, celebrated as a triumph over colonial oppression when independe...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 21:11hrs | 1153 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Tungwarara fails to impress ex-combatants, event flops
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor, Paul Tempter Tungwarara has suffered another embarrassment after failing to lure more war veterans in Harare this Tuesday, with his teams distributing regalia a...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 20:38hrs | 2019 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
War veterans agree with Geza
A growing faction of Zimbabwe's war veterans is throwing its weight behind Zanu-PF central committee member Blessed "Bombshell" Geza's call for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down, as discontent...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 16:28hrs | 5262 | by Staff reporter
DA wants to smoke Khumbudzo Ntshavheni out
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has renewed its calls for Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, to be fired amid growing allegations of corruption linked to her tenure as municipal manager of...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 13:38hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Econet dismisses fake social media post on VPN deductions
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has dismissed as fake a widely circulated social media post claiming that the company will deduct funds from EcoCash wallets of customers who have used virtual private network...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 13:05hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs defraud Parliament
A group of ZANU-PF urban lawmakers including Martin Matinyanya (Mbare constituency), Trymore Kanopula (Harare South), and opposition legislator Richard Tsvangirai (Norton) among others, are embroiled ...Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 11:02hrs | 1474 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
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