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Chimombe, Mpofu goats trial wraps up

After a year of court proceedings, businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu now await judgment in the US$7.7 million Presidential Goat Pass-On Scheme fraud case. The trial concluded yesterday following extensive hearings in which both acc…

Published: 02 Oct 2025 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chimombe denies role in US$7.7m goats tender scandal

Businessman Mike Chimombe yesterday took the witness stand in his fraud trial, rejecting allegations that he masterminded a multimillion-dollar scam linked to the Presidential Goats-Pass-On Scheme.Testifying in his defence, Chimombe denied…

Published: 30 Sep 2025 at 13:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mpofu distances Chimombe from goats tender scandal

Businessman Moses Mpofu has denied claims linking his associate, Mike Chimombe, to the controversial US$87 million goats tender awarded to Blackdeck Private Limited, the company at the centre of an alleged multi-million-dollar fraud.The tw…

Published: 22 Sep 2025 at 21:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

Security guard goes on goat stealing spree

A security guard who turned livestock theft into a full-time enterprise has been sentenced to eight years in jail after preying on villagers' goats for several months.Charles Munayi (38) of Makotopeya Village in Chipinge was convicted on f…

Published: 17 Sep 2025 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mpofu denies colluding with Chimombe

Businessman Moses Mpofu, director of Blackdeck Pvt Ltd, yesterday denied allegations that he colluded with fellow businessman Mike Chimombe to manipulate government processes and fraudulently secure a multi-million-dollar tender under the …

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 10:49hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter

Man rapes three goats, two of them die after the act

In a bizarre incident, a man from Clinton farm, Figtree in Matabeland South, was dragged to court after he raped three goats, killing two of them in the process.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates Court today, where Brighton M…

Published: 09 Sep 2025 at 22:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Man arrested for stealing 33 goats

A 36-year-old man from Hwajembwa Village under Chief Mutambara has been arrested in connection with the theft of 33 goats belonging to fellow villager Christian Zikiti, aged 53. The incident occurred on the evening of July 6.Manicaland pro…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chimombe, Mpofu engage Lovemore Madhuku

Businessman Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu appeared at the High Court today to face charges of fraud involving US$7.7 million, allegedly siphoned from the Presidential Pass-On Scheme. The high-profile case has drawn significant public inter…

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

South Africans jailed after being caught driving stolen Toyota to Zimbabwe

Two suspects, Simphiwe Dhladhla, 32, and Siphiwe Sigasa, 31, were remanded in custody after appearing in court for possession of a stolen Toyota Fortuner and a Toyota Hilux GD-6 bakkie.The duo appeared before the Mankweng Magistrate's Cour…

Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 07:06hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's goatgate scandal explodes

Controversial local business partners Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, currently in China, are expected to return home today to confront two significant corruption scandals.Chimombe is embroiled in controversy surrounding the US$87 million P…

Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 09:05hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

Man (77) kills self over goats

A 77-year-old man from Tsholotsho committed suicide by hanging after a dispute over the ownership of family goats early this week.The deceased Hebert Zilawa Tshuma of Diwala Line under Chief Gampu decided to end his life following a misund…

Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 11:53hrs | 26 | by Peter Matuka

83 000 households receive free poultry, goats

ABOUT 83 000 households countrywide have received at least 800 000 indigenous chicks and goats being distributed free of charge under the Presidential Poultry and Goat Pass-On Schemes, geared towards empowering rural families.Beneficiaries…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Village head poisons village dogs, chickens over dead goat

A village head identified as Sabhuku Chikamare of village 5, Munyamani resettlement in Ward 16 under Chief Maranda is being accused of poisoning dogs and chickens to avenge his goat which was killed by some dogs.Sources said on Thursday la…

Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:15hrs | 270 | by TellZim

Dokora ridiculed by MPs over goat fee payment

Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora had a torrid in parliament Wednesday afternoon as opposition legislators bleated like goats as he entered the house.In April, Dokora said parents are now free to pay school fees using…

Published: 10 May 2017 at 14:37hrs | 1496 | by Mary Charamba

The Boer, donkeys and Zimbabweans

Over the Easter holiday, while most good Christians were looking up in the sky, I went home in Mberengwa.That journey would take me as far as Bulawayo, along the Beitbridge Highway, from the small town of West Nicholson, which used to be t…

Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Paying school fees with goats: Fact vs fiction

"IWE! Mbudzi munadzo here dzekubhadhara fees term ino?" asked my cousin Piri, meaning, do you have goats to pay for your school fees this coming term? The schoolchildren from St Columbus School were going past our homestead. These were Gra…

Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 22:23hrs | | by Dr Sekai Nzenza

Warped World: Future is BitCoin, Zim opts for Billy Goat, Citizens choose memes

Zimbabwe's social media realm has been metaphorically invaded by unimpressive jokes and dull memes whose main theme is a since rebuffed proposal to adopt a primitive trading method whose currency is the good old Billy goat.Absurd right? No…

Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 19:55hrs | 441 | by Chenai Makurumure

Goats, cattle will turn economy around, Cde

Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I never knew that I had such geniuses among members of my team. I should admit that I was thoroughly impressed with the idea of giving livestock a greater role to play in turning around our econo…

Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 12:21hrs | 1394 | by CZ

Thriving goat project at Sankonjana

IT took the combination of technical support from a non-governmental Organisation (NGO) and indigenous knowledge to transform the fortunes of Meli Nyathi through his goat rearing project. Today he boasts of an admirable flock of 115 health…

Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 06:41hrs | 20 | by Pathisa Nyathi

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