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Utseya resigns
THE Zimbabwe U19 camp remained united yesterday amid reports that Prosper Utseya will leave his coaching post after the team's campaign in the Men's U19 World Cup where they face-off with hosts South ...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scandal rocks Chamisa's CCC?
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been rocked by a scandal with members across the country alleging that the selection process for the party's candidates in next month's polls was rigged in ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spiritual home of Black cricket in Zimbabwe finally gets international recognition
Bill Flower realized 30 years ago that cricket wouldn't survive, let alone bloom, in Zimbabwe unless it reached out to the country's Black majority and found a place in their hearts.Part of hi...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 13:09hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidates selection latest
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly fighting to contain the fallout in his party after some party leaders, including his deputy Tendai Biti reportedly lost in the c...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Peter Mataruse prevails despite Chamisa machination?
INCUMBENT Chinhoyi Member of Parliament (MP), Peter Mataruse this Saturday narrowly won, by just 30 votes, the right to represent the opposition party in the watershed 2023 harmonised elections expect...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa orders ouster of Peter Mataruse?
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa has reportedly ordered that internal processes to choose a parliamentary candidate for Chinhoyi constituency be redone.The nomination ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa declares that he will win Zimbabwe's 2023 elections even without electoral reforms
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has expressed confidence in winning the 2023 presidential elections, in which he would defeat incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa, even ...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Petrol bomb’ explodes at Chamisa's rally?
A suspected bomb has just exploded at the venue where Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is having its rally.The explosion occurred as Chamisa's motorcade was about to ente...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC 'thank you' rally in Chinhoyi given green light
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has secured police clearance for a rally scheduled for Chinhoyi this Sunday to celebrate the party's emphatic victories in recent by elections, where the party won ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's biggest challenge exposed
TO say that Zimbabwe's cricket team batting woes start at the top would be an understatement. Their last century partnership for the first wicket in ODIs was way back in 2014, when Hamilton Masakadza ...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stanbic-sponsored Stragglers Junior Cricket kicks off after two-year absence
Zimbabwe's leading junior cricket development programme, Stragglers Junior Cricket Week, kicks off today after a two-year COVID 19-induced lull.Stanbic Bank sponsors the week-long event in whi...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:09hrs | 16 | by Agencies
'Boko Haram' wins Zanu-PF primary election
THERE were wide celebrations Friday night after Zanu-PF official, Ruth ‘Boko Haram' Chikukwa won the right to represent the ruling party in the Chinhoyi Ward 2 upcoming council by-elections....Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out over Gumbura estate
Tempers flared at the Master of the High Court offices yesterday as relatives of the late RGM End Time Message church founder Robert Martin Gumbura haggled over the appointment of an executor for his ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Massive row erupts over Gumbura's estate
THE widows of the cleric Robert Martin Gumbura have chosen his nephew, Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi to be the executor of their late husband's estate.Nyathi was appointed following a huge fight be...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
28 arrested for invading Phillip Chiyangwa's farm
TWENTY-eight people have been arrested for invading businessman and Zanu-PF politician, Phillip Chiyangwa's Sinoia Citrus Estates near Chinhoyi town.The alleged invaders have since appeared be...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nexus of politics, music and snoozing masses
A FEW weeks ago, the country's social media streets were abuzz with what I call the "resurrection act" of one self-styled prophet and, to some folks, a sacrilegious poseur.This act was the act...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:09hrs | | by Addy Kudita
Mwonzora denies recalling Chinhoyi MP, mayor
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has rubbished claims his party has recalled Chinhoyi legislator, Peter Matarutse, the town's mayor Garikai Dendera, and another ward councillor from their positions....Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura died from Covid-19
Martin Robert Gumbura, a preacher jailed 50 years for raping four congregants has died in prison.He was 64.The Independent End Time Message Church founder, who maintained his innocence...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Robert Martin Gumbura dies?
Independent Robert Martin Gumbura Endtime Message church leader Robert Gumbura has died, seasoned journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has alleged. Posting on Twitter, Chin'ono said, "I have just been...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 16:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed robbers released from prison
Notorious armed robber Luckmore Matambanadzo, who was serving a nine-year sentence for robbing a Harare couple of an Isuzu KB250 vehicle at gunpoint in 2008, has been released from prison. Mat...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at Parly public hearing
TEMPERS flared yesterday during the Independent Complaints Commission Bill public consultations in Bulawayo after residents accused the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliame...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura freedom bid fails
JAILED Robert Martin Gumbura today lost his freedom bid after regional magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo dismissed his bail application on changed circumstances on a matter in which he is accused of attem...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor's bid to remove Chinhoyi mayor suffers a set-back
Zanu-PF Chinhoyi councillor Vorster Mashevedzanwa's bid to stop town mayor Garikai Dendera from discharging his duties has suffered a set-back after the High Court threw out an application filed by th...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 19:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Council worker found dead
Mvurwi Town Council employee, Gumburai Magunde was found dead on the road yesterday after allegedly consuming too much homemade illicit beer called Kachasu.He is believed to have fallen on the...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 12:45hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF councillor guns for Chinhoyi mayor's ouster
ZANU-PF Chinhoyi Ward 11 councillor, Vorster Mashevedzanwa who contested and narrowly lost an election to choose a new mayor for the town last December, has lodged a High Court bid to stop the incumbe...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura suffers another setback
Jailed Robert Martin Gumbura suffered his first New Year setback after the High Court struck his bail appeal off the roll on a technicality. Gumbura was sentenced to 40 years imprisonment in 2...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mark Ngwazi poised for sungura throne
RISING sungura musician Mark Ngwazi is poised to take over the sungura throne if the new heights scaled by his latest offering is anything to go by.The Njanja Express frontman is riding high w...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe ally snatches Chinhoyi Mayoral post
LITTLE KNOWN MDC-T councillor, Garikayi Dendera surprised all-and-sundry Friday when he got nomination to contest the Chinhoyi mayoral post which he went on to win during elections held at Town House....Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe wields axe on Chamisa's 3 mayors
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has recalled the mayors of Chinhoyi, Chegutu and Bindura and several councillors for refusing to cross over to her party after they continued to align themselves to the...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Khupe expels mayor, 7 councillors
The MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe has expelled MDC-A Chinhoyi Mayor, Councillor Dyke Makumbi (Ward 12), four Chinhoyi and three Chegutu councillors as the feud within the opposition party continues ...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ncube named as Mountaineers coach
FORMER Zimbabwe international bowler Njabulo Ncube has been appointed as the Mountaineers coach for the 2020/21 domestic cricket season.He takes over from Shepherd Makunura who is now in charg...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura in fresh freedom bid
INCARCERATED RMG End Time Message church leader Robert Gumbura, who is serving a 20-year effective jail term for sexually assaulting his female congregants, has approached the HighCourt seekin...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cricket players test negative for COVID-19
ZIMBABWE cricket players and officials returned negative results from the COVID-19 tests they were subjected to on their arrival in Pakistan. The side immediately got down to business when the...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
20-year jail cut not enough, says Gumbura
Jailed Robert Martin Gumbura's legal team says the reduction of his jail sentence from 40 to 20 years is not enough and has approached the High Court seeking leave to appeal the court's decision at th...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura wives stand by hubby
JAILED Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura's wife have vowed to remain loyal to their husband and united despite negative coverage by some sections of the media. Even fro...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Gumbura reunites with family
Former leader of the RMG Independent End Time Message Church in Zimbabwe, Robert Martin Gumbura had a happy day during the Zimbabwe Prisons Family Day when his wives and children visited him at the Ch...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 09:56hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
The day Cyclone Mthuli came to town
Well, this Mthuli Ncube guy is bad news.Witty and cunning are his attributes! He had an afternoon outing with journalists, last weekend, shared jokes and ideas, while he kept his joker to his ches...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura defence case hits a snag
The defence case in the trial of jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and his six accomplices on charges of attempting to escape from prison yesterday hit a snag after ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti: Infant trapped in adult body?
Those familiar with former Finance minister Tendai Biti’s track record were not exactly surprised by his latest outburst against current Treasury boss Mthuli Ncube.It seems insults come as s...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Conway Tutani
He could be the one 'calling in the desert'
Apostle Paul came from the least expected calibre of society, a tormentor of Christianity and Christians. Biblical Moses the liberator of Jews was a known murderer chosen by God to lead his pe...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Gumbura takes matter to ConCourt
Jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura has filed an application seeking referral to the Constitutional Court, arguing that his rights were being violated by forcing him to his defence at the magistrate's...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura, co-accused not fit for trial, claims Prof Madhuku
The trial of jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and his six co-accused on charges of attempting to escape from prison yesterday hit a snag after their lawyer indicate...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura's application to stop lower court proceedings dismissed
Jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura yesterday unsuccessfully filed an application to stop proceedings in a case in which he is facing charges of attempting to break from Chikurubi Maximum Security Pri...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gumbura has case to answer'
HARARE magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message Church founder Robert Martin Gumbura, who together with his six alle...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Gumbura jailbreak case ruling
A Harare magistrate is on April 10 expected to make a ruling on the application for discharge at the close of the State case by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura lawyer seeks discharge
The State yesterday closed the case against End Time Message church leader Robert Martin Gumbura and eight others who are facing charges of trying to escape prison.Gumbura's lawyer Professor L...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by STaff reporter
Guards exonerate Gumbura from prison break
Two members of the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services yesterday said they did not see jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura attempting a jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.Gum...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 die in suspected fresh cholera scare
FIVE people have died from a suspected fresh cholera outbreak in Mavhurume village in Murewa.The deceased are members of the Johane Marange apostolic sect, who are barred from seeking medical ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura deserted by wives?
The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband.Gu...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rapist' Gumbura hires Madhuku
JAILED cleric Robert Martin Gumbura and eight fellow inmates have hired top Harare lawyer Lovemore Madhuku to defend them in a case in which they are being accused of masterminding a foiled jailbreak ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 16:53hrs | | by NewZimbabwe.com
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