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Chiwenga is abusing state power, says estranged wife
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's three minor children are now in the care of maids after he shut his estranged wife Marry out of their lives, The NewsHawks reported.Marry revealed in an i...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 07:56hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Individuals with questionable assets face probe
THE net is closing in on individuals with questionable assets worth at least US$100 000 after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday appealed for information to enable it to investig...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:49hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife files Supreme Court appeal
Marry Mubaiwa has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging a High Court decision refusing to release her passport to enable her travel to South Africa for treatment. She is facing a st...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:35hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
$300 000 fraud ghost haunts Mwonzora
THE MDC-T has expressed concerns that its President Douglas Mwonzora's accusers on the alleged fraud involving $300 000 party funds which he allegedly siphoned to pay one of the party lawyers Sarudzay...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 07:01hrs | 5110 | by Staff reporter
MP takes govt to court over assets declaration by high profile officials
AN opposition legislator is suing government at the High Court over its failure to actualise a law that forces public officials, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ministers, to disclose their...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga denying Mary access to their kids'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife has laid into the powerful politician, accusing him of abusing his office to deny her access to their three children - aged ten and below - for mor...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 06:11hrs | 3308 | by Staff reporter
Exchange control regulations and export growth
The monetary policy committee for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) issued a circular with changes to export surrender requirements on the 7th of January 2021. The changes include immediately removin...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:30hrs | 117 | by Victor Bhoroma
RBZ backs down on exporters' free funds
THE central bank has made a raft of major reforms to stabilise the foreign exchange market, including immediately scrapping the much-loathed compulsory requirement to liquidate unutilised export proce...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:25hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft crack team seizes $2 billion assets
A CRACK team made up of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has seized luxury homes and top-end vehicles wor...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's appeal stalled by COVID-19
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa's Supreme Court appeal hearing for the release of her passport failed to take off yesterday as State prosecutors Sharon Fero and one Masabv...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:40hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Malawi court sets extradition hearing for the Bushiris for March
The Lilongwe Magistrates Court in Malawi has ordered that the formal hearing of the extradition process for self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary will begin in March.The c...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:10hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri has the last laugh, court rules against his arrest
The Lilongwe Magistrate's Court on Wednesday ruled against the arrest of self-appointed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary, Malawi media reported.The State made a fresh application see...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 16:21hrs | 5274 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | 773 | by Miriam Mangwaya
More pain for Chiwenga's wife
The ailing Marry is facing multiple charges at the courts, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful husband when he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa two years ago.S...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:18hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Electronic Fund Transfers fuel money laundering in Zimbabwe
CROSS-BORDER money traders are collecting huge sums in foreign currency in Zimbabwe and smuggling it into South Africa through the use of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).The illegal traders tu...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1043 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Mnangagwa approved firing of NetOne boss
THE NetOne board of directors this week sought President Emmerson Mnangagwa's approval to terminate the contract of the suspended chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje, the Zim Morning Post reporte...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:31hrs | 2967 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to crack whip on auction abusers
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will request the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to close bank accounts of business entities that are pricing using exchange rates not linked to the ruling...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:14hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'aide' loses vehicles worth US$160,000
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has confiscated and ordered the forfeiture of vehicles worth US$160 000 owned by convicted former principal director of State residences in the Office of...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:56hrs | 2896 | by Staff reporter
Jonso's mortal combat
EXILED Professor Jonathan Moyo has been busy burning the midnight candle. This week he ran a long Twitter thread that purportedly exposed with raw evidence the first family, that is, President ED Mnan...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:03hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Alleged money launderers challenge further detention
Six people facing a $5 billion money laundering charge have approached the High Court challenging a prohibition order invoked by the State keeping them in custody despite being granted bail last week....Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:47hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
No venue for Bushiri's New Year service
Malawi's Bingu National Stadium management has denied Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader Shepherd Bushiri's request to use the stadium for his "miracle night" cross-over service on De...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1145 | by Michael Kariati
Anti-graft crusade: NPA scales up tempo
THE National Prosecution Authority (NPA) is scaling up efforts to seize assets acquired through the proceeds of corruption as part of efforts to fight graft.It will from next week be bringing ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:05hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife fights for her passport
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry, is battling to retrieve her passport to enable her to seek urgent medical treatment in South Africa — with the State saying yesterday tha...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 18:55hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Judge orders Chiwenga's ailing wife to appear in court
HIGH Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero yesterday ordered ailing Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa to appear before him in person so that he assesses her wounds be...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2898 | by Staff reporter
High Court to rule on Chiwenga wife's passport
High Court has reserved judgment in the case in which Marry Mubaiwa is appealing for the return of her passport to enable her travel to South Africa for treatment. Mubaiwa is facing a slew of ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:58hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's condition deteriorates
HUMAN RIGHTS lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa representing Marry Mubaiwa, has told a High Court judge the condition of the estranged wife to Vice President (VP) Constantino Chiwenga, has deteriorated.M...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 17:02hrs | 5747 | by Staff reporter
Zacc recovers 501 cars, seizes US$5m properties
More than US$5 million worth of corruptly-acquired property, including 501 vehicles, have been seized by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission in the past 18 months as Zimbabwean authorities intensi...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt is robbing gold miners
AN intricate web of Zimbabwean State firms and agencies are being used as government conduits to buy gold from artisanal miners at a song thereby impoverishing thousands of people who have turned to b...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:32hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Arrest warrants being prepared for Bushiris
The Malawian government confirmed on Tuesday that the process to have self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary arrested has begun.This comes after the SA government filed an ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:30hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
'Uploading evidence of Mnangagwa looting. Don't miss it!' twittered Moyo - 'Rinemanyanga hariputirwi'
"Today (8 December 2020) I will upload unimpeachable evidence that Mnangagwa, and his wife Auxillia, are the real barons of money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe. Don't miss it!" twittered P...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 18:32hrs | 1998 | by Nomusa Garikai
Jonathan Moyo to expose Mnangagwa
Exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has threatened to upload on social media unimpeachable evidence that President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and his wife Auxillia, are the real barons of money la...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 6901 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa, Zimbabwe's messenger of hope
RUNAWAY inflation in Zimbabwe has rendered its currency almost worthless.With US$8 billion in unpaid debt, the country can barely afford services for its citizens, and the deterioration is epi...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife in awful pain
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the release of her passport to allow her to receive urgent medical attention in South Afri...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:29hrs | 2349 | by Staff reporter
Court hears of Marry Chiwenga illness in graphic detail
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ailing wife has petitioned the High Court on an urgent basis seeking the release of her passport to allow her to travel to South Africa for treatment.A So...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife seeks release of passport to undergo treatment in SA
TROUBLED former supermodel and estranged Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry Mubaiwa has approached the High Court with an urgent chamber application seeking the release of her passport....Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya warns money launderers
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, says authorities will step up the current crack down on individuals and companies that are moving large but unexplained sums of money...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | 2397 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife living in fear
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged and ailing wife Marry Mubaiwa yesterday claimed she is living in fear as unknown people were frequenting her offices and stalking her and some of her re...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:27hrs | 4105 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi cases struck off the roll
THE State has withdrawn fraud, tax evasion and money laundering charges against late businessman and socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure who was set to appear in court yesterday.Kadungure's l...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1738 | by Staff reporter
Cloud over Bushiri's extradition to SA
WHILE the South Africa National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that an extradition request has been submitted to the Malawian government through diplomatic channels, the Malawian government...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:03hrs | 4738 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's arrest warrants cancelled
THE two warrants of arrest issued Monday morning against Marry Mubaiwa have been cancelled at the Harare Magistrates' Courts.This was after Mubaiwa was Monday afternoon rushed to court in an a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:17hrs | 4362 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife wheeled to court
The warrant of arrest for Marry Mubaiwa on attempted murder and money laundering charges has been cancelled with the State indicating that it was ready for trial on assault charges.Mubaiwa's l...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:16hrs | 2966 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo's PA denied bail
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is also now going after the assets of deceased criminals whose source of wealth cannot be explained.This comes as the anti-graft body is intensif...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:14hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
Businessman up for money laundering
BUSINESSMAN Fidelis Chuma on Saturday appeared in court on allegations of money laundering involving $300 million.Chuma, who runs a floor polish company King Cobra, is being accused of using a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:05hrs | 2984 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Marry Mubaiwa
MARRY MUBAIWA has today been issued with a warrant of arrest after she failed to attend court because of ill health.Her lawyer Ms Beatrice Mtetwa told magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna that Mubaiwa wa...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 17:49hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 certificates needed to cross Beitbridge border
South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi said people entering and leaving South Africa through the Beitbridge border post this festive season would now be required to produce Covid-19 ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri's extradition: A humbling experience for Mzansi
The extradition request for Shepherd Bushiri by South African authorities to the Malawian government early last week seems to be a sobering reminder for the greater good of cooperation within the regi...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 14:24hrs | 4002 | by Daphine Zulu
Prophet Bushiri credits Court victory to God
Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, leader of the Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church has attributed yesterday's court victory to God.Yesterday Magistrate Viva Nyimba acquitted all charges laid...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 15:53hrs | 4520 | by Daniel Itai
Bushiris' arrest was illegal
The Lilongwe Magistrates Court in Malawi yesterday ruled that the arrest of Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary, was illegal and ordered the pair be released from custody with no conditions.Ac...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:32hrs | 2171 | by Staff reporter
Malawi court releases Bushiri, wife 'unconditionally'
Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary were "released unconditionally" from custody by a magistrate in the Malawian capital Lilongwe on Thursday afternoon.Magistrate Viva N...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:24hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri takes refuge in Malawian custody
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church leader, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri, has handed himself over to the Malawian Police following corruption and money laundering charges amounting to more than R...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:17hrs | 4956 | by Daniel Itai, Lilongwe, Malawi
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