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MDC turns Town House into a circus
MDC-Alliance has thrown Harare City Council into a circus after the party's suspended Mayor Mr Jacob Mafume bounced back at the town-house, clashing with the acting mayor Musarurwa Mutizwa who insists...Published: 56 mins ago | 111 | by Staff reporter
Villagers face eviction in Ntabazinduna
A NUMBER of villagers in Ntabazinduna, Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, face eviction to pave way for the installation of power lines by the country's power utility.The project is...Published: 2 hrs ago | 357 | by Staff Reporter
ZACC detective in trouble over top prosecutor's case
A ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) detective recently touched a raw nerve which led to his transfer after he recommended the trial of principal prosecutor, Chris Mutangadura, on criminal abu...Published: 2 hrs ago | 271 | by Staff Reporter
Vice Chancellor in sex scandal
Abuse and harassment scandal has rocked Lupane State University (LSU) amid revelations a female staff member is accusing the Vice-Chancellor Pardon Kuipa of sexually harassing and victimising he...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2948 | by Philani Simango/ Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF readies for Chinhoyi council by-elections
Zanu-PF Makonde district is gearing up for the forthcoming Chinhoyi council by-elections which are scheduled for a date to be announced, with aspiring candidates now submitting curriculum vitae for ve...Published: 16 hrs ago | 150 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Zanu-PF provinces
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has been rocked by serious infighting ahead of provincial congresses, with clashes being reported in Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central, Midlands and other provinces....Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3187 | by Staff reporter
I am back, says Harare mayor
Harare mayor Jacob Mafume says he is back in office after the authorities failed to take him to a disciplinary hearing within 45 days following his suspension as stipulated by the law.Mafume w...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:34hrs | 3170 | by Staff reporter
High Court Sheriff under probe
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched investigations into High Court Sherriff McDuff Madega over several cases in which he is alleged to have illegally sold properties attached b...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Land beneficiary records in a shambles
THE ministry of Lands says beneficiaries of the land reform programme owe the government ZW$145.4 million for the infrastructure they inherited on allocated land, but the Auditor-General says there is...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe in fresh land row
FORMER First Lady, Grace Mugabe is being accused of grabbing two Harare residential stands belonging to Rumbidzai Ankomah (nee Mzembi) and Xavier Mzembi which she gave to her relatives.The Mze...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:28hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu party champions Zimbabwe re-engagement efforts
SOCCER legend Peter Ndlovu's opposition All Peoples Party (APP) has petitioned Queen Elizabeth II to allow for Zimbabwe's readmission into the Commonwealth club.APP acting president Sabastian ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | 7096 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's daughter, hubby challenge farm downsizing
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona and her husband Simbarashe Mutsahuni have approached the High Court challenging the statutory instrument (SI) 41 of 2020 published to reduce the...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 3563 | by Staff reporter
Fawcett security guard shot in the head with an AK-47, survives
A Fawcett Security guard escaped death by a whisker after being shot with an AK-47 rifle in the head by armed robbers in Bulawayo on Monday night.The security company's Alarms Reaction Team re...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:21hrs | 4094 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa warns Sulu
OUTSPOKEN legislator, Temba Mliswa has advised Dendera maestro, Sulumani Chimbetu not to involve himself in politics, but to stick to his music.The counsel comes after Chimbetu, popularly know...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:14hrs | 2787 | by Staff reporter
Sulu's song angers Zanu-PF
DENDERA ace Sulumani Chimbetu has courted the ire of a Zanu-PF party-linked youth group through his song whose lyrics seem to condemn the November 2017 military coup that ushered in President Emmerson...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:26hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare council boss faces fresh charges
CITY of Harare's former acting director of housing Matthew Marara yesterday appeared in court on fresh charges of criminal abuse of office.Marara, who was remanded to July 5 on $5 000 bail, is...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:23hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Only a court can 'unsuspend' Ramaphosa: Ace
Suspended ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule insists that ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa remains "suspended" until a court of law decides otherwise.This was the salvo fired by a defiant Magash...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Pressure on Chinese miner to abort plans to mine in Hwange Nat Park
PRESSURE is mounting on Chinese mining company Afrochine Smelting (Private) Limited to abort plans to conduct coal mining activities near Sinamatela National Park in Hwange.Local residents hav...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:25hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's fired ally allocated cheap industrial stand by Bulawayo City Council
THE uproar that resulted in former Bulawayo deputy mayor, Mr Tinashe Kambarami attempting to bulldoze a full council meeting despite his recalling has been exposed as a "mere smokescreen", as during t...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 19:58hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'favouritism' slammed
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of dividing teachers by ignoring concerns of other teachers while sympathetic to Zanu-PF aligned teachers onl...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:50hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Gringo's widow gives birth
The drama continues . . . After giving birth to her bouncing baby boy on June 5, the late comedian Lazarus "Gringo" Boora's widow Netsai Meki described the child as "heaven sent, a comfo...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Security agents stalk war veteran
THE fight for control of Caps Holdings Limited (CHL) has turned nasty, with war veteran and businessman Frederick Mutanda alleging that State security agents were involved in a plot to assassinate him...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Security forces deep in gold smuggling: Report
MEMBERS of the security forces and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials tasked to maintain order and security in the mining sector have been accused of the smuggling of the precious mineral outsid...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:38hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims he is touched by the plight of teachers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is touched by the plight of teachers and Government acknowledges that there is a need to improve civil servants' remuneration.The President said while Governmen...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
Goalkeeper takes Highlanders to FUZ
HIGHLANDERS goalkeeper Wellington Muuya has approached the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe (Fuz) to help him get a clearance from the club citing breach of contract.The 24-year-old signed a thre...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
South Africa at a breaking point! - An open letter to the leaders!
South Africa is at a breaking point, nothing so far is going right. Good news and progress have become a stranger to our ears, and the hope of many is dwindling rapidly. All joy is lost, because nobod...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 15:29hrs | 1781 | by Eric Shikobela
56 Rusape resettled farmers spared eviction
THE 56 Rusape farmers, who were facing eviction from Nyamasanga Farm in Makoni district, yesterday heaved a sigh of relief after government decided to compensate Bongani Mlambo, the original farm owne...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:29hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer handed over to police
A HARARE lawyer was reportedly handed over to police at Chegutu Magistrates Court for representing a client in court using the name of a legal firm he worked for some two years ago, and without a law ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer caught offside
RUBAYA and Chatambudza Law firm has written a letter of complaint to the Law Society of Zimbabwe against a Harare lawyer Liberty Mandiveyi, whom it is accusing of practicing under its name despite hav...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | 1676 | by Staff reporter
Malaba demands JSC probe
UNDERFIRE Chief Justice (CJ) Luke Malaba has reportedly ordered an investigation into circumstances leading to a private meeting between Judicial Service Commission (JSC) head of secretariat Walter Ch...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:24hrs | 3178 | by Staff reporter
Malaba saga: Judicial Service Commission probes its secretary
THE Judicial Service Commission on instructions from Chief Justice Luke Malaba is investigating the alleged meeting of its secretary, Mr Walter Chikwana, with one of the judges assigned to hear the ap...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:10hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Nduna pushes for return as Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Vice Chair
SUSPENDED former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West vice chair, Dexter Nduna has written to the party's provincial leadership pleading for the lifting of his suspension imposed last year.Nduna's freezin...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:43hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally unleashes lawyers on Bulawayo council
BULAWAYO City Council risks being sued by former Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami who was recently blocked by council officials from assuming his duties following his reinstatement as ward three counci...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 19:43hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe spurns J&J vaccine over storage constraints and side effects
ZIMBABWE has turned down its allocation of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine, citing storage constraints and scepticism over possible side effects despite being under the threat of ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
CJ Malaba case stokes fire
TOP human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has called for investigation and suspension of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwana over his alleged meeting with one of the judges assig...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:47hrs | 3810 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council bemoans truck shortage for garbage collection
SHORTAGE of refuse removal trucks is hampering the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s garbage collection activities, amid reports that the city only has 10 refuse compactors when it requires 26.Thi...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:06hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwe is still haunted by Robert Mugabe
IN OUR series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes that long-serving ruler Robert Mugabe, who died in 2019, seems to be causing trouble from beyond the gr...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:11hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T led council faces probe over poor service
THE Local government ministry has deployed a four-member team to investigate the MDC-T-led Marondera municipality following complaints about corruption and mismanagement.the probe was triggere...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:05hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Sex abuse scandal erupts at REPS, boarding master on the run
The Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) in Matopo, Matabeleland South, says two young girls were sexually abused by an assistant boarding master who has evaded arrest.In a communication to...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda to brief Mnangagwa on PAP row
The dispute last week over whether the presidency of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) pitting delegates from North and Southern Africa against those from East, West and Central Africa should help the ...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda speaks on new appointment
OUTGOING Zanu-PF national Political Commissar, Victor Matemadanda who was appointed as ambassador designate to Mozambique commended President Mnangagwa for re-assigning him to a diplomatic mission and...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC boss trial hits snag
The trial of Former ZBC acting chief executive Wisdom Hombarume on charges of fraud, criminal abuse of office and smuggling involving over US$6 700 has hit a brick wall following indications that the ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:07hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Former River Valley 'fraudster' workers on police wanted list
Three men who were convicted of defrauding Gweru businesswoman Smelly Dube's property development company, River Valley, but went at large after being released on bail pending appeal have been placed ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:55hrs | 854 | by Paul Ndou
Charumbira shoo-in for Pan-African Parliament presidency
PRESIDENT of the Chiefs Council, Senator Fortune Charumbira is among three contenders for the Pan-African Parliament (Pap) presidency after he was announced the sole candidate to represent southern Af...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally storms into full council meeting in Bulawayo
FORMER Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Mr Tinashe Kambarami was yesterday ejected from a full council meeting after he stormed in and demanded reinstatement.Mr Kambarami's election as Ward 3 councillor ...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 07:02hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi not yet off the hook
The Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday got the green light to contest a recent High Court judgment clearing fugitive ex-Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi and three others of grabbing four veh...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:55hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa did well for our Unsung Freedom Fighters Of Zimbabwe Who Deserve Our Salute
Feel Proud! As Zimbabwe immortalised the spirit of Chimurenga through several statutes erected and more recently the one for Nehanda Charwe Chihera the fighting spirit. For here you are now. A...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 14:31hrs | 587 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Prosecutor quits as Zacc probe starts
BULAWAYO prosecutor Thobekani Nyathi, who was implicated in an alleged corrupt activity involving principal public prosecutor Chris Mutangadura, reportedly resigned after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1584 | by Staff report
Sanctions cost Zimbabwean man £5 000
In a development that shows how sanctions have bled the country in the past two decades, a businessman lost £5 000 after trying to move assets from one cryptocurrency exchange system because of being...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:07hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Gweru ratepayers given 2 weeks to clear debts
GWERU City Council has backtracked on its decision to attach defaulting ratepayers' property and gave them two weeks to clear the arrears, Southern Eye has established.Defaulters owe council o...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:06hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
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