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ZBC boss in trouble amid salaries war
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive officer Adelaide Chikunguru is in trouble after workers at the national broadcaster accused her of taking decisions that make their conditions o...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo celebrates Chiduwa's fall from grace
While many people often celebrate the success of their kinsmen and feel sad when bad things happen, the story is different for the Zaka South legislator Clemence Chiduwa whom people in Zaka and ...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 21:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman bashed for not answering calls from boyfriend
Not picking up calls from a boyfriend landed a woman in trouble as the latter could not stomach the idea of being ignored by his lover.Iwish Dube from Plumtree under Chief Madlambudzi&nb...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 17:40hrs | 3 | by Desmond Nleya/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe govt chastises 'meddlesome' Western diplomats
GOVERNMENT yesterday chastised foreign diplomats for red-flagging the weaponisation of the law against pro-democracy activists.Several foreign diplomats criticised government following the rec...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies humiliated
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies were once again left licking their wounds after suffering a second humiliating defeat in the ruling Zanu-PF party primary election re-runs.Mnangagwa had r...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Mnangagwa texts to voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under fire for allegedly leaking voters' mobile numbers to the ruling Zanu-PF party, which is now using the numbers to solicit for votes using short me...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh uproar over Zec report
CONSTITUTIONAL experts and opposition parties have renewed their onslaught on the recently gazetted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, describing it as constitutionally unusable ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe harbours wanted Irish Mafia cartel boss
A ZIMBABWEAN businessman, Adam Lincoln Woodington Wood, has allegedly been harbouring and enabling the activities of the founder of an Irish mafia gang, Christopher Vincent Kinahan, who is on the want...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:33hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to probe Zec commissioners
ELECTORAL watchdogs have demanded that government must launch an inquiry into the fallout among Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, which they say has crippled the electoral body six mo...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Henrietta Rushwaya flees angry mob
There was chaos at Sandawana mine as thousands of artisanal miners bayed for the blood of Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya after they failed to agree on working conditions...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Deputy Prosecutor-General in trouble for lying in court
A Harare property developer Georgious Katsimberis has reported prosecutor general Michael Reza to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) over what...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 20:33hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman loses $24,000 to homeless conman
A HARARE man was duped by a homeless man of US$24 400 cash in a botched scrap metal deal.Jabesi Kabamba (37), who is of no fixed abode appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cartels bay for Mthuli Ncube's blood
PREDATORY cartels of "tenderpreneurs" preying on Zimbabwe's lax procurement systems, prejudicing government of millions of United States dollars, are baying for the blood of Finance minister Mthuli Nc...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec under fire over youth voter registration
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of frustrating youths trying to register to vote ahead of the 2023 elections by turning them away on "flimsy...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena arrested
ZANU PF legislator for Gokwe-Nembudziya Mayor Wadyajena has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), NewZimbabwe reported.He was still detained at ZACC's Newlands offic...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 19:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa takes victory celebrations to Masvingo
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, will be in Masvingo this weekend to lead his party's victory celebrations for urban wards which they clinched during March 26 by-elections....Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reported for rape
AUSTRALIAN based Susan Mutami, who Friday vented on for four hours accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of having raped her at just 15 years of age in 2005, has reported the Zanu-PF leader to police ...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Construction workers mull strike
CONSTRUCTION workers have given a 72-hour notice to down tools if their salary demands are not met.In a memorandum, Zimbabwe Construction and Allied Trade Workers Union general-secretary Mucha...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF uses State funds to buy votes'
LEGAL think-tank, Veritas says the Zanu-PF government is likely to ignore recommendations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to resuscitate the economy in favour of "populist" policies that will...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Daggers out in MDC Alliance
DAGGERS have been drawn in the opposition MDC-Alliance (MDC-A) with party president Douglas Mwonzora's deputy, Elias Mudzuri and chairperson Morgen Komichi set to contest for the presidency at an elec...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only 100 people per day can get IDs in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have criticised the Registrar General's Office for limiting applications for national identification cards (IDs).There are indications that the Registrar's Department is lim...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe chopper goes down
AN Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) helicopter reportedly crashed yesterday near Chibhero College in Mhondoro, but police and army officials were coy on details about its passengers and possible casualties...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Charamba exposes Mwonzora, Mnangagwa alliance
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has exposed that MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora for being the ruling Zanu-PF party's project to destroy the opposition led by Nelson C...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police ban CCC rally
POLICE have blocked Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa from addressing a campaign rally scheduled for Saturday citing lack of compliance with the law in what observers said was ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC brews shocker as eleven 120-year-old people appear on voters' roll
A DATA analysis of the voters' roll conducted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has revealed that 3 253 people aged 100 years or more are appearing on it, including 11 who are older than the ...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora lied under oath'
Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe (MDC-T) yesterday reported his party leader Douglas Mwonzora and secretary-general Paurina Mpariwa to the police for lying under oath.Makombe, through his lawyer Nqo...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA at war over border jumpers
ZIMBABWE and South Africa are at war over border jumpers, with the neighbouring country's Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi accusing local security forces of taking bribes to let undocumented imm...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Knives out over Shiri estate
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the alleged illegal sale of part of the late national hero and Lands and Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's estate....Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa UK trip meets with protests
SCORES of Zimbabweans based in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday demonstrated against President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is currently attending the United Nations (UN) COP26 Climate Summit in that country, ac...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Negomo dethroned
CONTROVERSIAL Chief Negomo who made headlines in 2012 after punishing now late Prime Minister and MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai with two cows and two sheep for marrying in the sacred month of Novemb...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to fix Zimbabwe’s troubled aviation system
A Chinese multi-national, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), has just signed a contract worth close to US$5 million to fix Zimbabwe's troubled aviation air communication systems despite a flawe...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Elderly residents petition BCC over rentals
BULAWAYO City Council has been petitioned by more than 600 elderly residents of Pelandaba suburb over rentals which they say are unaffordable.Earlier this year BCC hiked rates by 400%, prompti...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, Chief defy lockdown
Muzarabani South legislator Tapera Saizi and traditional leader Chief Chiweshe Mukore-kore (Matthew Minyonga) on Sunday defied lockdown by conducting a Zanu-PF meeting with over 60 village heads....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 10:52hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena/Lloyd Rabaya
Zupco operators lick wounds
PRIVATE commuter operators under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise have not been paid by government since November 14 this year it has emerged.Reports say that they went ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teachers review salary demands downwards
STRIKING teachers have reviewed downwards their salary demands amid no learning in most public schools as the month-long work stoppage by the educators continues, the Daily News reports.The te...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zacc opens corona supplies graft probe against Mangwiro
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened an investigation into deputy Health minister John Mangwiro over allegations that he arm-twisted the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm)...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 20:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally faces probe in $3bn scandal
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating possible abuse of funds under the controversial command agriculture scheme amid claims that there are no records of how close to US$3 bi...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa solidarity march to cost $1 million?
Zanu-PF is proposing to spend at least $1 million on a solidarity march for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with the bulk of the budget going to food and transport.Although the youth league has ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers flood Mnangagwa's NPA
The number of soldiers at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has increased amid indications that civilian prosecutors are being relegated do to minor tasks, raising fears of the militarisation o...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in bitter fight over new Zimdollar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to intervene in a growing turf war between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and his boss Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on the path Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Army, Zanu-PF role in protests exposed
A SERVING top military official and a police officer were yesterday unmasked as leaders of the deadly protests in the Epworth dormitory town, which led to the death of civilians and looting of shops....Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'bomb' probe in dramatic twist
The identity of two men arrested in connection with a grenade attack allegedly targeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a rally in Bulawayo on June 23 was revealed yesterday as details started to...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inexplicably fails to address Hwange rally
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa inexplicably failed to address thousands of Zanu-PF supporters who had turned up at the Colliery Stadium yesterday.Instead, the Zanu-PF leader proceeded to the res...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa clash in Masvingo
MASVINGO will be the centre of attention at the weekend as both Zanu-PF presidential candidate and his MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa (left) take their campaigns to the province as the election dat...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's close security unit in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's security was breached during a recent Zanu-PF youth interface rally in Gweru after a losing candidate tried to grab his hand while he was on stage.The incident t...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:14hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's security breached as man attempts to grab him by hand
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's security was breached during a recent Zanu PF youth interface rally in Gweru after a losing candidate tried to grab his hand while he was on stage.The incident t...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 10:48hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
'I am not a loser, but Tsholotsho is'
The late Vice-President John Nkomo's son, Jabulani, has shot down claims that he is a sore, perennial loser in Zanu-PF primary elections, instead saying Tsholotsho South is the loser, as it votes inco...Published: 24 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo, Jah Prayzah deal turns sour
The relationship between Jah Prayzah and Andy Muridzo in on the rocks with Muridzo mulling to pull out of Military Touch Movement, it has emerged. Muridzo reportedly hinted to Jah Prayzah's ma...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa mum on Fifa funding
The world football governing body (Fifa) says it has given the Philip Chiyangwa-led executive close to $2 million for administration, pitch development, women and grassroots support - but the women's ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahoka, Moyo off the hook
The ruling party has developed cold feet on its pronouncements about two months ago that it would press criminal charges against former women's league executive members, Eunice Sandi-Moyo and Sarah Ma...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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