West Nicholson accident update: 32 confirmed dead
Latest reports say 32 people have been confirmed dead while 27 others were injured in the West Nicholson bus disaster. Other passengers are yet to be accounted for . The chairperson of the Civil...
View ArticleZDF dismisses ZADHR shooting report
Zimbabwe Defence Forces dismissed allegations raised by the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) that the army was responsible for the shooting of civilians on August 1 as false,...
View ArticleUPDATED: 42 perish in West Nicholson accident
President Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to families of 42 people who died on a Brooklyn Express bus which caught fire near West Nicholson in Matabeleland South Province on Thursday night....
View ArticleChamisa plans massive demo ‘to remove President Mnangagwa’
A clash is looming between the Govt and the MDC Alliance, over the main opposition’s plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country’s falling standards of living which it blames on...
View ArticleNelson Chamisa to lead anti-Mnangagwa demos from the front
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will lead from the front in the party’s planned demonstrations against the “stolen vote” and the state of the economy. Speaking at a “thank you” rally in Chinhoyi...
View ArticleEx-Harare commissioner denied bail in $80m airport road scam
Former chairperson of the commission appointed to run the affairs of City of Harare between 2006 and 2013, Michael Mahachi, appeared in court on Saturday charged with criminal abuse of office after he...
View ArticleGweru MP to sue police over vendors’ confiscated wares
Gweru Urban MP Brian Dube (MDC Alliance) says he is preparing a court challenge to compel police to return various commodities they confiscated from vendors operating inside Gweru’s Kudzanayi long...
View ArticleSoldier supplies AK47 rifle, ammunition to armed robbers
A HARARE court last week heard that a soldier stationed at Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks allegedly supplied a loaded AK47 assault rifle to four robbers who went on to commit a motor vehicle robbery...
View ArticleCharm money turns into problem snake
A Binga man who was troubled by a snake with supernatural powers that he got from an inyanga heaved a sigh of relief when it was killed by a local prophet. Zaman Mwembe (35) and his wife Cationer Ncube...
View ArticleFire Destroys 77 Shops In Kano Market
The Kano State Fire Service said fire has destroyed 77 temporary shops at Kasuwar Kurmi (‘Yan Gumama) Market in Kano. The Spokesman of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed told News Agency of...
View ArticleViolence, cholera and promises: The year since Robert Mugabe’s ousting
Here is a summary of key developments since Robert Mugabe was ousted as president of Zimbabwe a year ago after 37 years in charge of the southern African country. On November 21, 2017, 93-year-old...
View ArticleVictims of deadly California fire mourned
The toll from the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California’s history rose further on Sunday to 77, the sheriff’s office said, after a vigil to honour the victims. “One human remain was...
View ArticleCorruption still a focus as Nigeria’s Buhari launches re-election bid
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari launched his manifesto on Sunday, hoping his anti-corruption agenda can win him a second term at a Feb. 16 election. Buhari, a military ruler in the early 1980s, in...
View ArticleEgypt, Ethiopia vow to find solution for Nile river dispute
Egypt said on Sunday it would hold talks with Ethiopia in the next two weeks to iron out differences over an Ethiopian dam on the River Nile that Cairo sees as a threat to its water supplies. The two...
View ArticleGinimbi’s arrest takes new twist; Mnangagwa-Chiwenga fingered
Maverick businessman Genius Kadungure’s continued persecution is more political than a matter of rule of law, we have learnt. A ZANU PF central committee member from Mashonaland East who spoke on...
View ArticleFire destroys Edgars stores in Kadoma: Pictures
Three chain store apartments in Kadoma have been razed down by fire. The affected stores are Edgars, Jet and Coloursel in an inferno that broke out late last night destroying the buildings and...
View ArticleNelson Chamisa arrest will turn Zim into war zone
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly leader Happymore Chidziva says President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government will be making the ‘biggest mistake’ by arresting party leader Nelson Chamisa over post-election...
View ArticleMugabe’s boys laying low as govt cracks down on big-spenders
Following the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fight corruption – particularly in government and the business sector – several public figures have been either briefly caged, released on...
View ArticleGenius Kadungure remains locked up
Harare businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure, who is being accused of fraud, tax evasion and money laundering, yesterday spent another night in remand prison after the High Court deferred his bail...
View ArticleWalter Mzembi fighting for life in SA hospital
The trial of former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi, who is accused of fraud, criminal abuse of office and theft of trust property involving $1,8 million, was yesterday moved to December 4 after...
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