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A city at risk of collapsing: The cost of the search for gold in Zimbabwe
DOROTHY Moyo says a prayer every time she walks, runs, or drives around her neighbourhood in central Zimbabwe - afraid that the earth will give away from beneath her feet, dragging her underground....Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 10:21hrs | 1882 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC presses for CCC's removal from party offices
The Douglas Mwonzora-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has approached the courts seeking an order to evict the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) from the party offices in Bulawayo....Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia in border impasse
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have directed the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) to mediate in negotiations which would lead to a clear demarcation of the two countries' border line on Lake Kariba's waters, the Zi...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 youths trespass into Mnangagwa's State House
FIVE youths yesterday pleaded guilty to trespassing into State House grounds when they appeared before Harare magistrate Noticia Shenje.Paul Muchena (24), Kupakwashe Pswarayi (24), Daniel Ishe...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 men chased in vehicle and shot for parking near prisons training school
Two men were chased in their vehicle and shot by prison officers - allegedly for trespassing at a training facility for prison officers in Harare.Police and prisons said Tavonga Mashange and T...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prison guards use pick handles to assault two Harare men 'trespassing'
TWO residents of Harare are demanding US$10,650 from the Justice ministry, commissioner general of Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) and two Chikurubi officers who unleashed prisoners ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, wheels of justice will catch up with you
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, methinks it is astonishing that you appear to be the only stranger who is not impacted by the allegations of sexual impropriety made by an Au...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Botswana jails Zimbabwe pensioner for shooting fisherman
A 72-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean pensioner, Ian Douglas Carlisle, has been jailed one year in Botswana for shooting a fisherman whom he found fishing in a river at his farm.The shooting incident occur...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's office planned to get Advocate Teffo off Meyiwa murder trial
"On the 28th of April when I was arrested before your court, that was a plan, and the plan was hatched in the office of the president - the number one office in the country," said Teffo.H...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Senzo Meyiwa case: Defense Lawyer arrested in court
Reports from South Africa indicate that the lawyer representing four of the five men accused of murdering Bafana Bafana player Senzo Meyiwa was arrested in the high court in Pretoria on Thursday....Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 15:51hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Umzingwane Dam chokes
TWO unregistered dams built in the Umzingwane Dam catchment area and gold panning activities along Umzingwane River have contributed to the Bulawayo supply dam not impounding adequate water since the ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Panic over Hwange underground fires
Decades-old infernos spewing ash and smoke are causing sinkholes that have subsequently consumed a key trunk road linking Makwika Village (Number 3) and Hwange town.The road, which also links ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'sponsoring investors' cry foul over mine
A Botswana company has been 'cheated' of a gold mining concern by its local partners, who have allegedly politicised the issue and accused the investors of sponsoring MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Air Force commander files notice of opposition
AIR Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) commander Air Marshal Elson Moyo, who is being sued by a former subordinate he fired last year for trespassing into a gold mine in Kwekwe, has approached the High Court to ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner arrested in Zimbabwe
A CHINESE miner, Liu Chong, was yesterday arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) detectives for illegally conducting mining activities in the protected Mavhuradona Wilderness in Muzara...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Esidakeni Farm wrangle turns nasty
IN a move which underlines a further deterioration in the rule of law and property rights under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, Esidakeni Farm manager Makhabane Nkomo was on Thursday evenin...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
NUST lecturer in aggressive new push to grab Esidakeni Farm
A National University of Technology (NUST) lecturer on Thursday night attempted a forcible takeover of a disputed farm which is currently the subject of a court battle.Dumisani Madzivanyati an...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fired air serviceman sues Air Force commander
AN Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) serviceman who was recently fired for allegedly trespassing into a gold mine in Kwekwe has taken his former employers to court challenging his dismissal.Thembela...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man invades Mnangagwa residency to tel him of a dream
A 27-year-old man from Shamva appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of trespassing at State House demanding to see the President saying he wanted to tell him a dream. Isaac T...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 State House intruders arrested
TWO Harare men, who separately tried to cheat their way into State House in Harare on Saturday, appeared in court yesterday charged with impersonation and trespassing.Nigel Rutsito (37) was ar...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Security guards bash illegal miner to death
Three security guards from VIP mining syndicate in Shamva were arrested after they took turns to fatally assault Nomore Kanyongo (22) on Sunday for trespa...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 20:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Housebreaker' beaten to death, five arrested
FIVE men from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly beating a man to death after accusing him of breaking into a house in the suburb.Melusi Ncube (31), Luckson Munsaka ...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet goes insane after 'desecrating' sacred mountain
A SELF-STYLED Bindura Johanne Masowe WeChishanu prophet Madzibaba Rakeni Gumbira of Chiwaridzo has gone insane after leading seven of his congregants on a three day prayer session on top of the sacred...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Prophet goes insane after 3-day prayer on mountain
A self-styled Bindura Johanne Masowe WeChishanu prophet and leader Madzibaba Rakeni Gumbira of Chiwaridzo has gone insane after leading 7 congregants in a three-day prayer session on top of the sacred...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 11:53hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman knives neighbour's son over a trespassing quarrel
A 13-year-old boy from Mupata suburb in Chinhoyi is battling for life at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after a quarrel with his parents' neighbour over trespassing turned bloody today.Provin...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth shot dead, nine injured
One Zanu-PF Youth League member died on the spot while nine others were injured with two battling for life at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital after they were shot by guards manning offices at a housing ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Invaders told to vacate land
HIGH COURT judge Justice Siyabona Musithu has ordered several land invaders who recently stormed sunshine Development (pvt) Ltd stand in Mabelreign, Harare, with heavy machinery and started constructi...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Invaders threaten land developer with death
A HARARE-BASED private land developer, Mandla Ndebele of Sunshine Development (Pvt) Ltd, has approached the High Court seeking an interdict order against land invaders who allegedly stormed his projec...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko faces arrest
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko faces imminent arrest after resisting officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) who wanted to pick him up from his Bulawayo home over allega...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe and the crisis of one-sided democracy narrative
THE co-existence of political dissent is healthy for any political set-up. However, it is risky to reduce the density of political dissent to the narrowest of extremes of allowing certain political ac...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Richard R Mahomva
Mphoko 'arrested'
THERE were dramatic scenes at the home of former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko when his family tried to block police officers who had come to arrest him over yet-to-be established charges. ...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spooks in dramatic bid to arrest former Vice President Mphoko
Investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Friday made an attempt to arrest former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko but he refused to leave his house with them, dramatic vid...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 20:04hrs | | by ZimLive
Outrage in US as photo shows police leading black man by a rope
Outrage has erupted across the United States after a photo of two white police officers mounted on horseback walking a handcuffed black man by a rope - recalling the long history of violence, slavery ...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Zanu-PF MP loses 2-year land legal battle
Goromonzi North legislator and Crowhill Farm Properties Director, Ozius Bvute has lost a two-year legal battle against a land developer, Florence Behane Pampukani, whom he had taken to court for tresp...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 21:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kuruneri sues Mazowe RDC over damaged farm
Former Finance minister Christopher Tichaona Kuruneri has petitioned the High Court to compel Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) to rehabilitate part of his farm damaged when the local authority was...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC regalia banned at Tsvangirai memorial
THE family of the late MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said they will not allow wearing of party regalia at the memorial service for the former Prime Minister in Buhera at the weekend....Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC official finally buried
THE family of an MDC Highfield district executive who reportedly died after being abducted during Shutdown Zimbabwe protests in January finally managed to bury their relative yesterday following an in...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops sued for not granting post-mortem consent
THE family of a man allegedly killed by police has sued the law enforcement agency for refusing to grant consent for a hospital post-mortem to obtain information on the cause of death.Rights l...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo angry over collapsing farm video
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has expressed his anger over a video that was taken by unknown people at his farm who alleged that the Professor is neglecting the land which he ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 09:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Former MP 'touches' neighbour's breasts
FORMER Zanu-PF Insiza South legislator, Malachi Nkomo, has appeared in court for allegedly touching a neighbouring farmer's breasts and stealing her SD memory card. Nkomo (52) of Plot 2 Athers...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed for life for killing SA doctor
A 29-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man was on Wednesday condemned to life imprisonment by a Lephalale High Court in Limpopo province for killing a South African doctor.Petrus Standford Moyo, was also se...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thieving soldier caught at Mugabe residency
A SOLDIER and his accomplice accused of unlawful entry and theft at former President Robert Mugabe's Blue Roof residence yesterday pleaded guilty to trespassing, but denied stealing water taps and ele...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Billy Rautenbach guards nearly kill Mwenezi man
A 40 year-old Mwenezi man who resides in Mudzungudzi village, Chingwizi under Chief Chitanga was recently left nursing a serious head scar after security guards with the Zimbabwe Bio Energy (ZBE) game...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters released without charge
THE three Mutare-based MDC Alliance members arrested last Friday after they allegedly trespassed into a police camp to observe the police postal voting process, have been released without charge follo...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters freed
MDC Alliance officials arrested on Saturday evening for entering Mutare Main Police Camp to protest the "appalling" handling of the ongoing postal ballot by the police have been released.Simon...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'love child' fined for disorderly conduct
A 31-YEAR-OLD Harare man who allegedly stormed into President Emerson Mnangagwa's residence claiming to be his biological son was yesterday fined $20 by magistrate Josephine SandeBrian Chitemb...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister Chitando sued over land invasion
A MATABELELAND South farmer has sued local quarry miner and Mines minister Winston Chitando for conducting illegal mining operations at his rented Wallingford A Farm in Insiza district.In an u...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Malema hits out 'house niggars'
Firebrand EFF leader Julius Malema has lashed out at the way Africans are perceived when talking about white or Indian racism, calling some black reporters who are critical of his party "house niggars...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 14:27hrs | | by news24
MDC Alliance cannot afford clashes at this hour
I WISH I could write the following statement across the sky in giant and fiery capital letters: The MDC has held plenty parliamentary seats since 2000, but apparently, no change has come. The oppositi...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
'Stop jostling for positions, target presidency'
MDC ALLIANCE spokesperson and MDC leader, Welshman Ncube has challenged coalition members to stop fighting for positions and focus on drumming up support for the coalition's presidential candidate, Ne...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
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