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Wife cheats again, caught again
Sekai Savanhu's tumultuous marital saga continues as she has been caught once again in an affair with her husband Casper Savanhu's best friend, the same man involved in a previous scandal that went vi...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:22hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbery suspects found with 9mm pistol
POLICE have arrested four armed robbery suspects following a report about patrons who were involved in a brawl at a sports bar.The incident occurred at Marondera Shopping Centre, Eastview, in ...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spear rampage killer not guilty
A BUSINESSMAN who killed seven people in a knife and spear rampage in Redcliff in 2021 was acquitted of murder charges after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the br...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF ropes in touts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has enlisted the services of touts, popularly known as mahwindi in its 2023 electoral campaign.Fears abound that the touts could be used as a youth militia against pol...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
US imposes sanctions on Zimbabwe's deputy police chief
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Mutamba, the second in command of Zimbabwean police, has been slapped with sanctions by the United States for "undermining Zimbabwe's democratic processes and institutio...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No crisis in Zimbabwe'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said "all is well" in Zimbabwe and dismissed claims that the southern African country is in the throes of an economic crisis.Speaking in an off-the-cuff...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sounds death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sounded the death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers, calling on law enforcement agents to decisively deal with the violent criminals.Speaking at the bur...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 awarded hero status on the same day
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national and provincial hero status to five people who died last week.They are Godfrey Chanakira, Francis Kombono Gondo, Charles Savanhu, forme...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unknown Major general declared a hero
President Mnangagwa has declared Major-General (Retired) Godfrey Chanakira a National Hero, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda, has announced. Major-General Chana...Published: 30 May 2022 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Savanhu's widow in court for assault
THE widow of the late Zanu-PF politburo member Tendai Savanhu, who is accused of assaulting her stepson in a wrangle over her late husband's estate, has denied the accusation saying the two have never...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Savanhu's second wife loses bid
THE second wife of the late Minister for Lands and Resettlement Deputy Minister, Tendai Savanhu, has lost her bid to counter her eviction from her late husband's property.The widow, Tendai Sav...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Savanhu's widow homeless
THE late former Zanu-PF politburo member Tendai Savanhu's widow, Tendai has been thrown out of her Glen Lorne, Harare matrimonial home by the politician's ex-wife Sabina, who is claiming ownership of ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Savanhu's widow arrested
The second wife of the late deputy Minister for Lands and Resettlement Tendai Savanhu was yesterday arrested on charges of theft of trust property after she allegedly sold her late husband's Range Rov...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staf reporter
Tendai Savanhu's widow in property ownership wrangle
THE late former deputy minister for Lands and Resettlement Tendai Savanhu's widow, Tendai who recently got her property attached for failing to settle rental arrears is now facing eviction from the up...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
White City Stadium explosion inside job
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was given a file of the investigations into the June 2018 White City Stadium deadly explosion after it became apparent that it was an inside job.While police say t...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
7 murder victims named
Police have released the names of seven Redcliff murder victims where Thubelihle Khoshow went berserk and struck people with an axe, spear and knife.Six people died on the spot while four othe...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff killings death toll rises
ONE more person has died from wounds sustained when a man went berserk in Redcliff on Saturday morning killing six people on the spot and leaving several others critically injured.Six people d...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ExQ, Nutty O out on $5 000 bail
CELEBRATED dancehall star Carrington Simbarashe "Nutty O" Chiwadza and urban groover Enock "ExQ" Munhenga were yesterday granted $5 000 bail each by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi following their ar...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police warn against mob violence
Police have warned members of the public against mob violence on any suspects they apprehend for committing crimes countrywide, as murder cases continue to increase. According to police, the p...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 claims more influential Zimbabweans
COVID-19 continues to take its toll on influential Zimbabweans following the deaths of Justice Clement Phiri, Consumer Council of Zimbabwe(CCZ) boss Rosemary Siyachitema and politician Tendai Savanhu ...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Savanhu dies
EXPELLED senior Zanu PF official Tendai Savanhu has died.His death was confirmed Sunday evening by exiled former Zanu PF Politburo member and minister Saviour Kasukuwere and National Patriotic...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors jailed for staging anti-Mnangagwa demo
TWO MDC Alliance councillors in Kwekwe including three party activists were Friday sentenced to four months in prison each for participating in an anti-President Emmerson Mnangagwa demonstration in th...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance blames State Security Minister for members' arrests
The MDC Alliance has blamed Owen Ncube, the Minister of State Security for the conviction of six of it's members who have since been released following a fine payment of RTGS 20 000 (US$250) each....Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 21:22hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Zanu-PF heavyweights fight over DCC elections
Zanu-PF bigwigs are imposing candidates ahead of the District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections amid revelations of infighting in the governing party.The DCCs are making a comeback, eight...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's age-old factionalism burns hot
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party's District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections.Zan...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures widening
AMID the widening fissures in Zanu-PF, the party's legislator for Gokwe Nembudziya - Justice Mayor Wadyajena - has warned supporters against engaging in divisive politics that can destroy the former l...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena slates Zanu-PF gossip
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena has warned Zanu-PF supporters against engaging in divisive politics that can destroy the party and country. Wadyajena also lashed out at people that...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sell-outs will disappear, says Mnangagwa ally
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has unwittingly exposed government's hand in the alleged abduction and forced disappearances of opposition and human rights activists after he bragged that "...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'planted' his intelligence operatives in all parts of Zimbabwe
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena recently told party supporters that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had "planted" his intelligence operatives in all parts of the country to sniff out "sell-ou...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 00:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF big shot appeals for sanity
WITH ZANU-PF continuing to reel from its long-standing demons of factionalism and tribalism, its national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned that the future of the party is on the line ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets lost seats in Harare, Bulawayo
NEWLY-elected interim provincial committees for Harare and Bulawayo have been tasked with completing the restructuring programme in the metropolitan regions to strengthen ZANU-PF ahead of the 2023 ele...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe era demons return to haunt Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
THE ghosts of factionalism and tribalism - which split Zanu-PF in the middle during the troubled last few years in power of the late former president Robert Mugabe - are back with a vengeance....Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 16:05hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer emerges front-runner in Zanu-PF succession race
FOREIGN Minister Sibusiso Moyo has emerged as a centre of power in government and the ruling Zanu-PF party, and now fancies his chances of becoming Zimbabwe's next president.This was said by e...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Temba Mliswa: a hero or villain?
The firebrand Norton legislator Temba Peter Mliswa is a refreshing and entertaining contributor to every Parliamentary session he attends. He has won the admiration of many hearts in Norton over his d...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
Poacher gets 9 years behind bars
A POACHER, who was found in illegal possession of 76,7kg of raw ivory, has been convicted and sentenced to nine years in jail.Alois Savanhu (38) had initially appeared before Hwange magistrate...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Linda Masarira's message to workers
The struggle for emancipation by the Zimbabwean workers has its roots in the happening of the late 19th Century. After obtaining the Rudd concession the whites did not stop but rushed to obtain the ro...Published: 01 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 2 | by Linda Masarira
Mugabe's ex-minister, wife lose property
Former Lands minister Douglas Mombeshora and his wife Millicent are set to lose household property worth thousands of dollars after failing to pay back an undisclosed amount of money to a local bank....Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ally given up to Dec 31 to pay $110,000
Former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has been given until December 31 to pay over $110 000 in salary arrears to over 60 of his farm workers.Sekeramayi, who became a career Cabinet ministe...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chefs fail to pay workers
Several Zanu-PF politicians have been dragged to court by employees over failure to pay wages at their farms.As a result, the Progressive Agriculture and Allied Workers' Union of Zimbabwe (Paa...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefs
Zesa targets Zanu-PF chefsZesa Holdings (Zesa) is going after top government and Zanu-PF officials, including other influential figures, whose failure to pay for the electricity they use is chocki...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri's imposter in court for swindling farmers
AN unrepentant ex-convict who allegedly registered cellphone lines in the name of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri and used them to swindle unsuspectin...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs electrocuted by Zesa debts
Top Zanu-PF officials are being dragged to court by State power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) over unpaid electricity bills.The cases illustrate how government officials, previously shielded fr...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tendai Savanhu 'fails to pay land levy'
Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) has dragged former Zanu-PF MP for Mbare Constituency Tendai Savanhu to the High Court for failing to pay over $23 000 land development levy.In the applicat...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
In trouble for burning US$ notes
FLAMBOYANT club wheel-spinner, T-Fresh - real name Tapuwa Mhlanga - might have wads of US dollars to burn, but might find himself in hot water for violating the law.The youthful entertainer wa...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 15:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga promises modern apartments with swimming pools for Mbare
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday promised residents of Harare's oldest suburb modern apartments with swimming pools as Zanu-PF stepped up its campaign to wrestle control of the capital fr...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga charms Mbare, Kambuzuma
Government has set a firm foundation for speedy economic recovery through opening up the economy to foreign direct investment, a development that is likely to create jobs and improve livelihoods, Vice...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean man 'kills' ex-boss in Botswana
BOTSWANA police have launched a manhunt for a Zimbabwean man who allegedly fatally struck his former employer with a spade in Gaborone last month.Botswana police services deputy public relatio...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rivals clash
TENSION between Zanu-PF winning candidate Tendai Savanhu and losing candidate Emmanuel Mahachi has escalated ahead of the nomination court's sitting on Thursday, raising fears that the ruling party co...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intra-party violence rocks Mbare
ZANU PF intraparty violence resurfaced in Harare's populous Mbare suburb yesterday, where three supporters of the ruling party's parliamentary candidate, Tendai Savanhu, were severely injured during c...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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