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Zimbabwean man arrested for selling fake birth certificates, asylum documents
The Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) apprehended a 41-year-old Zimbabwean man suspected of possessing fraudulent documents in the Tsakane area.According to EMPD spokesperson Lieutenan...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man gets lobola refund after wife gets married to former teacher
IN a dramatic turn of events which left people from Vokola Village in Insiza South District, Matabeleland South Province shocked a man who got all his lobola refund after his wife got married to her f...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The most popular payment methods in Canadian online casinos
There are plenty of payment options in Canadian online casinos that allow for quick and easy transfers, In our guide, you will find the top methods for making deposit...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 14:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Spike in Zimbabwe marriages... as many stampede for diaspora jobs
SCORES of desperate Zimbabweans, particularly civil servants, are reportedly entering into fake marriages to expedite the processing of spousal visas to enable them to travel to developed countries su...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
There is plenty of water in Redcliff, but it does not get to the taps in homes
Redcliff municipality has been reeling from acute water supply shortage, a situation that has been going on since the fall of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) around 2010.The water cris...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 11:23hrs | 11 | by Taruberekera Masara
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commanders investigate Beitbridge arms saga
WHAT started as an arms smuggling racket by seasoned gun-runners who bungled their mission like amateurs has now deteriorated into a major political scandal maddening President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe arms smuggling saga deepens as new details on the deal emerge
THE recent saga involving the botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines is deepening as it takes a new political twist amid fresh details.Those close to Pres...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious AK-47 assault rifles were smuggled for Zimbabwe Presidential Guard?
THE deepening mystery behind the recent botched smuggling of AK-47 assault rifles and scores of ammunition magazines through Beitbridge border post - now playing out in the courts - has been unravelle...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two-decade-old U.S. sanctions leave Zimbabweans suffering, triggering protests
Opposite the U.S. embassy northwest of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare sits an anti-sanctions camp marking 1,200 days of protest.On July 4, the organizer of the camp — Broad Alliance Agains...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:50hrs | 4 | by Tichaona Chifamba, Zhang Yuliang, Cao Kai
Zimbabwe is definitely open for looting!
For someone who has been around for close to half a century, and four decades of these under the governance (or rather, misgovernance) of the ZANU PF regime, I never for once believed the yarn of “r...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grain middlemen and speculators fight GMAZ
Powerful grain traders and speculators who buy grain from state owned enterprises and resell it to millers at an exorbitant price are up in arms with the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe for cutt...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Deputy minister arrested for inputs theft
Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Douglas Karoro was arrested last night on allegations of grabbing 700 bags of fertiliser, US$18 000 worth of maize seed a...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC rural communities demand win-win benefits from international hunting
Once considered to be voiceless and almost powerless, southern African hunting communities are increasingly becoming powerful and are now demanding win-win benefits from international hunting by remov...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 08:07hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro Johannesburg
Remembering Ginimbi
People make their names for different things, good or bad.There are others, though, who attain fame naturally, without much effort, larger-than-life characters of our time.You can say ...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 45 | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
Corruption at Zimbabwe Power Company
Generally speaking Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has suffered so much due to systemic entrenched corruption and mismanagement, especially at Hwange Power station (HPS). Even though the official narrati...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 20:51hrs | | by Anonymous
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga-linked cartels take over public firms, mines, fuel sector - report
HIGHLY secretive cartels linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga are reported to have taken over the operations of key state-owned companies, including private f...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Corruption, laxity rife at Beitbridge border
It is easy to go to and from South Africa through the official border post without a valid passport and a Covid-19 certificate, legal requirements on both sides, thanks to corrupt officials in both co...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare man in the dock for raping 7 women
A 28-YEAR-OLD Harare man yesterday appeared before magistrate Estere Chivasa on allegations of robbing and raping seven women.The alleged serial rapist, Coaster Kabvuratsiye was not asked to p...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo bribery case, Chiyangwa clutching at straws
THE bribery trial of ZIFA president Felton Kamambo is likely to attract the wide interest of the football community, including the world governing body FIFA, as the Zimbabwe football leader battles ...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare gets UK kit deal
GOOD times certainly continue to roll for Dynamos after the Harare giants yesterday announced a three-year kit sponsorship deal with an unknown England-based sports equipment and apparels manufacturin...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Genius' 'snake' was always hungry and he fed it well
JUST like most Zimbabweans, I am also convinced that the late businessman, socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure had a "snake". And this "snake" was not for the fainthearted because it was alwa...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Funeral company' given government tender for fertilizer speaks out
A controversial company called FSG which was reportedly paid USD$400 million by the government to supply fertilizer for Command Agriculture has opened up on the deal. FSG issued a statement on...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 06:28hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Millers to do away with middlemen
THE Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is considering eliminating the role of wholesalers in the distribution of basic commodities to make them affordable to consumers. Addressing r...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drivers' licence scam unearthed
The Vehicle Inspection Department (VID), which conducts driver training among other duties, has been taken over by criminal gangs that are fleecing the public and Government through pocketing various ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti wants Zimbabwe to redollarise
THE crippling fuel and power shortages facing Zimbabwe are likely to get worse if government fails to deal with price distortions on the market, former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said.Sp...Published: 20 May 2019 at 16:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
The ZCTU should choose between labour and politics
A few days before the violent and ruinous protests of 14 to 16 January this year in the main cities of Harare, Bulawayo and Mutare, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Peter Mutasa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 13:13hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mutsvangwa blames 'Queen Bee' for high fuel prices
Trafigura, the global commodities trader, is facing accusations that it used a partner's connections to Zanu-PF to gain an unfair advantage in the supply of fuel to the southern African nation.The...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:12hrs | 4 | by Joseph Cotterill and David Sheppard I Financial Times
Zimbabwe's fuel pipeline allegedly 'captured' by Trafigura
Trafigura, the global commodities trader, is facing accusations that it used a partner's connections to Zimbabwe's ruling party to gain an unfair advantage in the supply of fuel to the southern Africa...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 24 | by Joseph Cotterill and David Sheppard
PSL scam explodes
MORE damning and incriminating evidence emerged yesterday, exposing a cartel that has been corruptly siphoning funds from Premiership side ZPC Kariba, amid chilling revelations the cancer has spread t...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidelity cuts off the middleman
FIDELITY Printers and Refiners (FPR) has upped the ante in gold mobilisation, amid indications that it will soon be buying the precious metal directly from gold miners as it desperately seeks to arres...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi, Wicknell meet in court
IT takes a thief to know one!One time friends now turned foes businessmen Genius Kadungure and Wicknell Chivayo traded accusations in court during a trial where the two are alleged to have def...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa relishes WhatsApp engagements
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has received tens of thousands of messages from Zimbabweans after he opened a WhatsApp chat platform last week to connect with the people and promote dialogue.He started en...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv should stop abusing its customers, or get out of Zimbabwe!
Digital television satellite service provider, DStv - which is operated by MultiChoice Zimbabwe - has had a pride of place in Zimbabweans' homes for a long time, and had always been regarded as an alt...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe politicians plot post-Mugabe reforms
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I‘M THE...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:44hrs | | by Joe Brock, Ed Cropley
Zanu-PF bigwigs in bribery storm
HARARE - Top government officials and other high-ranking Zimbabwean citizens have been fingered in murky dealings involving a convict who acted as a middleman for American businesses in a development ...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 13:32hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Chinamasa must be arrested'
Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa is under pressure to deal with the current economic crisis, as legislators from both the Zanu-PF and opposition MDC called for his arrest, accusing him of promoting ...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 13:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and a plan to rebuild Zimbabwe after Mugabe
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I'M THE B...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 15:12hrs | | by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley
Outcry over DStv payments
A number of banks are demanding the elusive United States dollar and an extra commission to process DStv subscriptions for locals as more plastic money payment avenues are being closed, sidelining a n...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stand fraud councillor jailed
BULAWAYO Ward 23 Councillor Thobani Ncube, who was on Wednesday convicted of defrauding a resident of $12 000 in a housing scam, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison....Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T councillor up for fraud
A Bulawayo MDC-T Ward 23 councilor, Thobani Ncube has been convicted of defrauding a resident of $12 000 in a housing scam.Ncube conned Ms Vainah Moyo (54) of Barham Green suburb by sell...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 04:54hrs | | by Alice Dube
Male strippers invade Harare
IF you thought the proliferation of strip clubs in the country, including at some dingy places in some of the dirtiest townships was strange — think again.Male strippers have become a hi...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
FIFA slap ex-Zifa official with life ban
Former ZIFA official Jonathan Musavengana has been handed a life ban from all football activities over his involvement in bribery and corruption.Musavengana worked as Zifa programmes officer i...Published: 08 Dec 2016 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldiers' $18,000 magician acquitted
A MAN who allegedly masqueraded as a magician and duped two soldiers of $18,500 after hoodwinking them into believing that he could turn old Z$5 notes into millions of United States dollars has been a...Published: 16 Apr 2016 at 11:35hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Rushwaya fixing extended to South Africa
A MEMBER of a shadowy Asian betting syndicate, which plotted to fix matches in the South African Premiership and is accused by ZIFA of trying to manipulate Zimbabwe's 2017 Nations Cup qualifiers again...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Robson Sharuko
SA players implicated in match fixing: Sordid details emerge
THE whistleblower who has laid bare the latest match-fixing scandal to hit Zimbabwe football is armed with damning evidence, including a copy of a $400 000 transaction transferred into a South African...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:14hrs | | by Robson Sharuko
Zimbabweans scramble for South African permits
A scramble for South African study permits has slowed down service delivery at the country's embassy in Harare, leading to long queues - a situation many said was fuelling corruption.Meanderin...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers lose $18,000 to 'magician'
A BULAWAYO man masqueraded as a magician and allegedly duped two soldiers of $18,500 after hoodwinking them into believing that he could turn old Z$5 notes into millions of United States dollars, a ma...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 05:26hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Killing of Cecil was a blessing - prominent conservationist says
Former Gwayi Valley Intensive Conservation Area chairperson in Matabeleland North Langton Masunda has said the killing of Cecil the Lion was a great blessing.He said all the media hype on Ceci...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 11:30hrs | 5 | by Thobekile Zhou
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