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Minister up for 'child labour'
Mashonaland Central provincial affairs minister Senator Monica Mavhunga has been sucked into a child labour storm amid allegations that she hired a 14-year-old boy and gave him hard labour for two day...Published: 2 hrs ago | 363 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe minister linked Zinara workers in $2 million fuel levy scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) allegedly lost US$21 000 ($2 million) to a syndicate of employees working in its cash office through misrepresentation of money paid for fuel levies....Published: 16 hrs ago | 2144 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe minister linked Zinara workers in $2 million fuel levy scandal
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) allegedly lost US$21 000 ($2 million) to a syndicate of employees working in its cash office through misrepresentation of money paid for fuel le...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:55hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect roaming free in streets
A MURDER suspect, who allegedly killed his girlfriend in 2015 and skipped bail in 2017, is walking free five years after the commission of the crime, moving from one rented house to another in Harare'...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Brain, eyes, ears removed in gruesome city murder
IN a chilling incident, a man was attacked by yet to be identified assailants who cut open his head and removed the brain, gouged his eyes, slashed off his right ear and stabbed him all over the body ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
'Govt must compensate for lost pension earnings'
GOVERNMENT and insurance companies have an obligation to compensate pensioners who lost the true value of their pension savings in two consecutive periods of hyperinflation, 2008 to 2009 and 2019, law...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:20hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's US$600,000 court case reopened
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe has suffered a huge blow after the Supreme Court ordered the reopening of a case in which an ex-Gushungo Holdings employee is demanding US$588 000 for unpaid labour....Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:18hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ex-manager back in court
The late former President Robert Mugabe is posthumously set to square off with his ex-general manager, Stanley Nhari, after the Supreme Court rolled the matter back to the High Court for the issue of ...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 09:43hrs | 1758 | by Staff Reporter
My experience as a returning resident
After spending 4 years in Namibia it was time to go back to my country Zimbabwe at the end of 2020. I announced the news to friends. Some disapproved my decision to return home while others encouraged...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:19hrs | 1092 | by Etiwel Mutero
Kamambo's trial postponed again
THE trial of Zimbabwe Football Association boss Felton Kamambo on allegations of vote-buying failed to take off yesterday as his lawyer demanded certified minutes of the election to enable the footbal...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi in club-versus-country row
FIFA could be forced to invoke Fifa statutes on Stade Reims after the L. French Ligue 1 refused to release Warriors star Marshall Munetsi for national duty. The midfielder was named in the squ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:34hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance official cleared of kidnapping
THE opposition MDC Alliance yesterday absolved its national council member Tendai Masotsha of assisting State security agents in the alleged abduction and torture of a university student Tawanda Muche...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1106 | by Staff Reporter
Security guard bashes potato thief to death
A SECURITY guard at a farm in Gwanda has been arrested for allegedly beating up a man to death for stealing potatoes from the farm. Mr Trymore Dambani (32)'s body was found three days later wi...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1278 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean gun thief caged in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN man is languishing in Botswana's Francistown Remand Prison after he allegedly robbed a Motswana man of his shotgun, property and cash all worth P30 750.Courage Chisoso (32) last week ...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1892 | by Emmanuel Koro
Drugs-theft Bulawayo doctor arrested for practising without a licence
A medical doctor who was suspended for stealing drugs at Mpilo Central Hospital has been arrested for practising without a licence at a city clinic.Emmanuel Mucheni, 35, was arrested last Frid...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court throws out Chombo's appeal
Court Reporter THE trial of former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo on charges of criminal abuse of office will go ahead after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal for permanent stay of prosecution....Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Treasury records $5.39 billion deficit in July
Government incurred a deficit of $549.95 million in the seven months to July, missing a targeted surplus of $2.02 billion after higher expenses mainly due to the payment of Covid-19 risk allowances to...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 14:03hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
Self appointed 'Elders' shoot down Mnangagwa's POLAD
THE Elders, a grouping of 'independent' global leaders, has called for a national dialogue in Zimbabwe dismissing attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the ever-quarrelling politicians to conve...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda spurns push for separate 'Ndebele State'
A GWANDA man has lodged a complaint against Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda over a petition he sent to Parliament calling for Matebeleland region to be declared a separate state in ter...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:33hrs | 2423 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira seeks magistrate's recusal
THE trial of former Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira, who is jointly charged for graft with former ministry secretary Ngoni Masoka, on two counts of criminal abuse of office continued yesterd...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:27hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Dead end for roadblock evader
A 37-year-old man was arrested after allegedly evaded a roadblock along Lomagundi Road in Harare and attempted to bribe a security guard who was manning a farm in the area in a bid to avoid police. ...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:19hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF purges 3 000 over G40 links
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has reportedly rejected 3 000 CVs from potential candidates for the party's district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections over their alleged association with the vanquished...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:04hrs | 7060 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's councillor accused of stealing Pfumvudza inputs
A ZANU-PF district chairperson and councillor in Bulilima Rural District Council (RDC) has been accused of stealing farming inputs meant for the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme.Zoolakes Nyathi, wh...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Villagers arrested after buying, eating flesh of murdered boy
POLICE in Murewa have arrested two villagers after information gathered revealed they bought human flesh from a herd boy, Tafadzwa Shamba, who had earlier murdered seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore in Sept...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 3169 | by Staff writer
Why Fortune Charumbira is to lead the reburial of the Gukurahundi victims?
It has always been how Zanu pf's murderers work to cover their fingerprints in crime scenes which sees Charumbira heaped with the responsibility to lead the Gukurahundi reburial exercise. As w...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 17:31hrs | 2135 | by MLF
Rushwaya was allocated ministerial car, claims Mzembi
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has made astounding claims incarcerated Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was allocated a ministerial vehicle by Chief Secretar...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:24hrs | 3046 | by Staff reporter
Teacher falls into mine shaft, dies while panning for gold
A Mathematics teacher from Zvishavane, who had absconded work to go and conduct illegal mining, died after he fell headlong into a 15-metre deep mine shaft while lowering his colleague with a rope....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:55hrs | 644 | by Staff Reporter
Joe Biden's debate guests run the only Zimbabwean restaurant in America
There were not many people in the audience at the final presidential debate, held in Nashville, Tennessee, last Thursday. To supplement the campaign staffers and family members, each candidate was all...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:16hrs | 3183 | by Staff reporter
'Bully CJ Malaba must resign'
LAW experts yesterday demanded the resignation of Chief Justice Luke Malaba over allegations of interfering with judges in the discharge of their duties, which they said indicate a crisis in the judic...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:31hrs | 2753 | by Staff reporter
NetOne Cellular seeks Kangai defamation dismissal
NETONE Cellular (Pvt) Ltd has approached the High Court seeking an order dismissing its former chief executive officer, Reward Kangai's $2 million defamation claim.NetOne's acting board chairp...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:27hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya case sucks in CIO spooks
THE State yesterday made an about-turn and withdrew its earlier offer of bail to Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, claiming she was likely part of a larger syndicate in a gold s...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:06hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
Air Force joins plane crash search mission
The Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) has joined the search for a missing Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) employee who was on a plane that crashed in Chewore Safari Area in Mbire...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
'No economic reprieve without respect for property rights'
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Tribunal Rights Watch has warned that Zimbabwe is likely to continue missing out on international lines of credit as long as it does not respect prope...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:11hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
1 killed, 2 injured in plane crash
A Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) plane, which went missing in the Zambezi Valley on Friday afternoon, was found crashed in Chewore Safari Area in Mbire on Sunday afternoon...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:04hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
75 year old thief arrested
A 75-YEAR-OLD Colleen Bawn man has been fined $1 500 for stealing two bicycles from his neighbour and barbed wire from a nearby farm.Hassan Phiri was convicted on his own plea of guilty to the...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo, Chiyangwa take war to Caf
ZIFA have refused to work hand-in-hand with Cosafa ahead of the upcoming 2021 Caf elections where the majority of the member associations on the continent have backed incumbent president Ahmad Ahmad t...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1773 | by Staff reporter
Female Judge fighting a merciless Zanu PF regime: worse than that of Ian Douglas Smith!
Justice Erica Ndewere is alone, fighting the evil regime of Mnangagwa's Zanu, worse than that of Smith's UDI. There is not a single women's organisation fighting on her side to give her emotional assi...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 23:24hrs | 3090 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sex prophet preys on flock
A self-styled prophet who started a virtual church on WhatsApp has admitted bedding several female congregants who came to him for prayer and confided in him about problems they were having in their r...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:44hrs | 3008 | by Staff reporter
Touts 'hassle' back at passport offices
TOUTS operating outside the Bulawayo Passport Offices are allegedly cashing in on desperate travel document seekers as they claim to be working with registry officials to facilitate processing of pass...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 14:50hrs | 2752 | by Staff Reporter
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow grave has been sentenced to 18 years in jail....Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30hrs | 2864 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa pushed to engage Chamisa
CHURCHES have encouraged Zimbabweans to remain hopeful about the country's future, as they continue to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to help resolve th...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:34hrs | 13227 | by Staff reporter
Man kills aunt over missing luck charms
POLICE in Mutoko, Mashonaland East province have arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly axed his aunt to death, accusing her of misplacing his talisman.Piniel Tinomuda, of village 43 Hoyuyu,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:31hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Lobola demands tearing family apart
A Mutare man is being forced to sell his property to raise lobola money.Lovemore Mahowa has since sold half of his property to pay part of the outstanding lobola.He said his in-laws ar...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:29hrs | 3148 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe's record goes missing
THE tribunal record containing proceedings and a determination which absolved former chief magistrate, Mishrod Guvamombe on a charge of criminal abuse of office has gone missing, Justice Felistas Chat...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:06hrs | 2578 | by Staff reporter
Julien Balkany's and Stephane Rigny's Lelouma Mining Project Gains New Positive Momentum
CONAKRY, Guinea - The Lelouma Bauxite Project, led by Canadian mining tycoon Stephane Rigny and ...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 09:02hrs | 650 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Missing woman found dead with hands tied
A missing Concession woman was found dead with her hands tied with a cloth near a stream yesterday.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Fidelis Dhewu confirmed th...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 08:53hrs | 6465 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Milton High School pupil goes missing
A BOY, last seen kicking a football up a street on October 3, has not been seen since then. The disappearance of 16-year-old Prince Sibanda, a Form Three pupil at Bulawayo's Milton High School...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1886 | by Staff reporter
'Missing $2 million not missing from MDC Alliance accounts'
The MDC Alliance publicly released results of an independent audit of the party's accounts on Tuesday, hoping to dispel claims of funds misuse. Allegations of misuse of funds were made by the ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:53hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
Illegal guns worry government
POLICE admitted yesterday that they were concerned by the proliferation of unlicensed firearms in public hands, which were being used to commit violent crimes.However, police said it was too e...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:50hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
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