Grace Mugabe to get huge benefits as ED angles Auxilia for a fat pension
The Government of Zimbabwe recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 261 of 2020 also known as Presidential…
Month: Oct 2020
Employees raid Mugabe’s forgot millions found in his Zvimba home
WHILE some, mainly close relatives and cronies, mourned the death last year of Zimbabwe’s long-time…
Big Saturday Read: Scandal in Harare – All that Glitters is Not Gold
By Alex T. Magaisa On Monday 26th October 2020, a well-heeled lady walked into Robert…
Ali Mahommed throws Henrietta Rushwaya under the bus
When Henrieta Rushwaya was arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport where she was found…
Law experts calling for Luke Malaba to resign
Law experts yesterday demanded the resignation of Chief Justice Luke Malaba over allegations of interfering…
Things falling apart at Zimpapers amid call to investigate board chair
STATE-CONTROLLED integrated media oligopoly, Zimpapers is reportedly on the verge of an implosion as the…
The adventures of Henrietta Rushwaya
Henrietta Rushwaya was born in 1968 in Masvingo She trained as a teacher at Morgenster…
Rushwaya accomplice, implicates Auxilia Mnangagwa, son Collins
HARARE – An associate of Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya implicated first lady Auxillia…
Zanu PF MP demands the removal of the mentally disordered Mamombe from parliament
HARARE – Harare West MP Joana Mamombe should be removed from parliament because she is…
Khupe fires Molokele from parliamentary committee chairmanship
The interim leader of the opposition MDC-T, Thokozani Khupe has removed and placed Nelson Chamisa’s…
Justice Erica Ndewere grants Terrence Manjegwa bail
This afternoon High court Judge, Justice Erica Ndewere granted bail to Terrence Mnjagwa who had…
President Ramaphosa goes into isolation amid a Covid 19 scare
A charity event with just 35 guests has led President Cyril Ramaphosa into self-quarantine, because…
ZMF suspends jailed Rushwaya as her world crumbles
INCARCERATED Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president, Henrietta Rushwaya’s world continues to crumble in her eyes…
Rushwaya arrest exposes shady gold rackets
THE arrest on Monday of Zimbabwe Miners’ Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya on allegations of…
Military linked to Rushwaya gold smuggling arrest as top cops, CIO agents arrested
HARARE – Two Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents and two senior police officers are among…
Ziyambi denies judiciary capture allegations
Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has dispelled widespread rumors and reports that the judiciary is captured….
Rushwaya staring at a possible five year jail term
Observer ReporterHARARE —- One law for the rich and well-connected and another one for the…
Chiwenga, his estranged wife Mary milking JSC,
Vice President Chiwenga and his estranged wife Mary have been fingered in a corruption deal…
Henrietta Rushwaya to spend two more nights in custody
Zimbabwe Mines Boss Henrietta Rushwaya will spend 2 more nights in custody after a Harare…
Job Sikhala chops Khalipani Phugeni into size
By Hon Job Wiwa Sikhala I was shocked when my sister Gladys Hlatshwayo phoned me…
Judges’ explosive letter to ED against Malaba leaks
HARARE — A letter written by the country’s top judges to President Emmerson Mnangagwa complaining…
ED gives boot to CIO officer implicated in Rushwaya’s gold smuggling case
President Mnangagwa has reportedly fired a security aide who was implicated in Henrietta Rushwaya ‘s…
Sex for water rocks Mabvuku, Tafara
Women in Mabvuku and Tafara, two high-density suburbs to the East of Harare CBD, are…
Justice Ndewere refused to deny Sikhala, Mupfumira bail
Suspended High Court judge Erica Ndewere has opened the lid on rampant judicial interference in…
Outspoken, Norton MP Temba Mliswa arrested
The outspoken Norton MP, Temba Mliswa has been arrested. Mliswa announced his arrest on twitter,…
Rushwaya arrest just a tip of an iceberg of criminal activities
By Alex Magaisa The arrest of Henrietta Rushwaya for attempting to smuggle 6kgs gold at…
‘Henrieta Rushwaya Matter Will Die Quietly’ – Magaisa
University of Kent law lecturer Alex Magaisa believes Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrieta Rushwaya,…
Suspended judge in court drama as she files then withdraws application
HARARE – Suspended High Court judge Erica Ndewere on Monday challenged a decision of the…
Rushwaya nabbed, found with 6kg gold at airport
By Theresa Nkala HARARE — Controversial former Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) chief executive, Henrietta Rushwaya,…
Mnangagwa begs for friendship from US, UK
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has repeatedly accused the US and UK of pushing for regime…
PTUZ warns Minister Mathema against fooling Zimbabweans
By Takavafira Zhou Education officials toured schools last week and saw that more than 93%…
Video: Hello Mwari Hitmaker apologises for kicking fan
Man of the moment and Hello Mwari Hitmaker Jah Master who has been in the…
Accident victims dies after fake doctor attends to him
The mother of a child who died at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals on Monday said…
Nurses condemn Chiwenga’s military command tactics
The Zimbabwe Professional Nurses Union (ZPNU) has criticised Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is the…
Khupe suffers a major court set back
A BID by Thokozani Khupe’s MDC to challenge the High Court’s jurisdiction in presiding over…
Malawi President orders senior government officials to stop following him to events
President Lazarus Chakwera has asked senior government officials to desist from the habit of following…
Bushiri faces deportation to Malawi
The South African Home Affairs has officially started to probe the authenticity of the permanent…
Zimbabwe: corruption, patronage doing more damage than sanctions
By Siphosami Malunga Zimbabwe’s government has declared 25 October a national holiday. The country will…
Mathema sees imaginary teachers in schools as reopening day arrives
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Ambassador Cain Mathema said as far as Government was concerned,…
Khupe, Mwonzora, now in political dustbins, Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said his erstwhile colleagues, MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe and…
Zanu PF sings praises for Thokozani Khupe
ZANU PF acting national spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has praised MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe for…
Just provide good governance to keep sanctions away, UK, US envoys tell Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe’s political leaders have brought economic ruin on the country through corruption and human rights…
Up close & personal with the man of the moment: Takavafira Zhou
By Sibanengi Dube He spent his adolescent life fighting for liberties of fellow learners, just…
Chamisa denies any responsibility over sanctions
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has refuted allegations by the ruling ZANU PF party that…
Sanctions only target criminals violating human rights, UK Minister for Africa
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has said his country’s sanctions on…
Hon. Molokele pays tribute to Learnmore Jongwe
By Hon. Daniel Molokele I first met Nixon ‘Mao’ Nyikadzino sometime in 1996. At that…
Reform or perish under sanctions, Mnangagwa warned
By Sibanengi Dube The Zimbabwe sanctions debate is back again in the public limelight. This…
Sanctions only prohibit selling weapons to Zimbabwe, EU
The European Union (EU) has dismissed as baseless the Government of Zimbabwe’s claims that the…
Security scare compels Chiwenga to move out of his mansion
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has reportedly moved out of his matrimonial Borrowdale Brooke mansion and…
PTUZ rubbishes steep school fees hike as daylight robbery
Teachers’ unions have described as “daylight robbery” Government’s approval of a steep hike in school…
Chiwenga fails to serve allies from ED’s purging dagger
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga failed to save his ZANU PF allies from demotion during Wednesday’s…
Mudzuri to take Khupe, Mwonzora head-on in MDC-T presidential race
Elias Mudzuri, an MDC-T senior official on Friday announced that he will run for the…
Government hikes school fees to as high as $55000 per term
The government has given the green light to schools to hike school fees, a move…
Mnangagwa son kicked out of his company
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Tarirai David Mnangagwa, allegedly lost US$4 million after he was pushed…
Zaka children kill a soldier attacking their mother
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer was killed by three minors in Zaka, Masvingo Province…
Sanctions to remain in place as ED fails to reform
The United States of America has refuted claims by senior Zimbabwean government officials that it…
Bogus Parirenyatwa doctor to spend weekend in jail
The young bogus doctor who served in the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals casualty unit for…
Teachers seeking urgent meeting with Mnangagwa
Eight unions representing teachers have written a joint petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking to…
PTUZ leader calls for a united front of teachers’ unions
By Dr. Takavafira Zhou Teachers have fought good battles navigating across several landmines and threats…
Leaked security document reveals State’s hit list
A leaked security document has shown that the State security establishment is reportedly planning to…
Stop wailing about sanctions, just implement political reforms, US Ambassador tells ED
The United States of America’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols, has scoffed at Zimbabwe’s planned…
Even Mwonzora dismissed Mnangagwa’s SONA
The secretary-general of the Supreme Court reconstituted MDC-T, Douglas Mwonzora, expressed disappointment over President Emmerson…
No retreat, no surrender for teachers, advance! PTUZ
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president, Dr Takavafira Zhou has said teachers will not…
Mliswa drops bomb on Police Commissioner Matanga
20 October 2020 Commissioner, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, Chairperson,Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), 872 Betterment Close, Mount…
President Mnangagwa declares war on NGOs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government would be tightening screws on the regulations guiding the…
Chinotimba never caught me naked, having sex, wife
Embattled second wife to Zanu PF legislator Joseph Chinotimba, Locardia Dzitiro, is demanding that the…
Address civil servants’ salary, not funeral cover, ZCTU
Government workers Tuesday expressed anger on the government after it had announced that the state…
SC ruling didn’t authorise recalling of members, Biti
Tendai Biti, the Vice President of opposition MDC Alliance, has said the March Supreme…
Infighting rocks MDC A primary elections
Divisions have continued to rock the opposition MDC Alliance (MDC-A) amid accusations that the Ian…
Voting for Mnangagwa, Chamisa was a mistake, Madhuku
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku said Zimbabweans made a huge mistake in voting…
Chamisa deceives former prison officer, fired for openly supporting him
MDC Alliance (MDC-A) supporters in Chiredzi have castigated the party’s president, Nelson Chamisa, for neglecting…
Chinotimba catches second wife with her pants down
There was high drama on Tuesday after fiery legislator Joseph Chinotimba caught his second wife…
Zanu PF repossesses Chipanga’s farm
Former ZANU PF Youth League chairperson Kudzanai Chipanga has been ordered to vacate, with immediate…
57 days in jail, without trial, for MDC-A’s Manjengwa
HARARE — Terrence Manjengwa who was arrested in August after conducting a protest demanding the…
Tsenegamu granted bail as High Court judge slams magistrate
Staff Reporter HARARE – Once again a High Court judge has criticised a lower court…
Fake doctor roams freely for seven months at Parirenyatwa
Staff Reporter HARARE — For close to seven months, a man donned a white coat…
Civil servants to be paid US$500 in death, but RTGS in life
Families of Government workers, who are currently earning less US$100 a month, will be paid…
Self-styled Bushiri, wife arrested
Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) leader, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri and his wife Mary have been arrested…
One year on, Zim scribes still waiting for UNICEF cash awards
By Theresa Nkala HARARE — Five Zimbabwean journalists — Jeff Moyo, Muchaneta Chimuka, Moses Mugugunyeki,…
Mass resignations hit Zimpapers
State-controlled Zimbabwean mass media company, Zimpapers, has been hit by a mass exodus of senior…
Beitbridge Border to remain closed until 2021
The Government has been advised to reopen Beitbridge Border Post to private cars for now…
Dr. Mangwiro denies involvement in $5.6m Natpham tender scandal
Underfire Health Ministry Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has denied involvement in the $5.6 million…
MDC-T suspends Adednico Bhebhe, Paul Gorekore
Harare – The MDC-T national council has resolved to suspend its national organizing secretary, Abednico…
Open letter: Mthuli Ncube, stop lying to President Mnangagwa
Dear MthuliI am a married teacher whose family lives in Harare and l work at…
Zimbabwe parliament has been defiled
By Joel MandazaHARARE — Parliament as an institution of democracy has been defiled.The country finds…
Loreto School suspends 20 students for engaging in sex
A school in Silobela, Midlands Province Loreto High School has suspended about 20 students for…
SA Health Minister, Mkhize tests positive for Covid 19
Pretoria – Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize and his wife have tested positive for the…
MDC-A to stage anti-abductions demo on anti-sanctions protest date
Staff ReporterHARARE — Opposition MDC-Alliance is planning an anti-abductions day on October 25, the same…
MDC A’s audited financial statements, an insult to supporters
By Polite Ndlovu This analysis is based on MDCA accounts audit for the period from…
Free Terrence Manjengwa
By Job Wiwa Sikhala When I was in prison one young man called Terrence Manjengwa,…
Mpofu condemned over his Gukurawindi utterance
ZANU PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has angered Matebeleland-based pressure groups and political parties…
Call us Junta, we will continue ruling, Mohadi
Zimbabwean Presidium: VP Constantino Chiwenga (left) President Emmerson Mnangagwa (centre) and VP Kembo Mohadi (right)…
Paraffin, Scarfmore or Ras Dambudzo, take your pick!
By Theresa Nkala HARARE — President Emmerson Mnangagwa has become the butt of cruel jokes…
Zanu PF Prosecutor resigns after an outcry
ZANU PF activist and Gweru Prosecutor Namatirai Chipere has resigned from her job following a…
FastJet resumes Bulawayo/Johannesburg flights
Budget airline Fastjet has announced that it has resumed its Bulawayo/Johannesburg flights 6 months after…
Zinasu President, Ngadziore freed on a $5000 bail
ZINASU president Takudzwa Ngadziore was on Friday granted ZW$5000 bail when he appeared before High…
Chamisa popularity means nothing without strategies
By Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo Edgar Lungu, the current Zambian President contested the 2015 by-election after…
Govt urinating upon teachers, tell them its raining
By Dr. Takavafira ZhouThe enunciation by Public Service Commission that it has increased teachers’ salaries…
Job Wiwa Sikhala Ready for Servant Leadership – Part 1: Wiwa muchina muhombe
By Charles Mutama Job Wiwa Sikhala, a prominent lawyer who has done well in that…
Job Sikhala Ready for Servant Leadership – Part 2
By Charles M. Mutama Student politics of the 1980s was revived with the advent of…
ED appoints lawyers, a soldier as media commissioners
President Mnangagwa today swore in 9 Zimbabwe Media Commission Commissioners and 5 Human Rights Commissioners….
Suspect in Rugeje shooting incident dies in police cells
A suspect in last weekend’s shooting at the Mt Pleasant home of former ZANU PF…
Trigger happy robber keeps police at bay in Beitbridge
BEITBRIDGE: There is a standoff between the police and a suspected armed robber in Dulivhadzimu suburbs…
Candidates impositions rock MDC A primary elections
MDC Alliance’s Bulawayo women provincial executive has written to the party’s leadership complaining about the…
Zimbabwe government to open land borders soon
The government has started the process of assessing the readiness of Zimbabwe’s land borders to…
Massive redeployment of ferret as resistance mounts
Exiled former Information Minister, Jonathan Moyo, has made sensational clams of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s massive…