Zimbabwe Big Game Hunter Crushed By Elephant
Professional big-game hunter Theunis Botha was crushed to death by an elephant after it was shot in Zimbabwe, according to reports from South Africa reported by the BBC on Monday. The Netwerk24 website...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Ivory Case Hits Snag At Constitutional Court
Two Harare women accused of unlawful possession of 25,9 kilogrammes of raw ivory valued at $6 475 have had their case seeking to compel the prosecution to reveal the informant struck off the...
View ArticleZimbabwe: One Stabbed As Violence Rocks Ruling Party
Zanu-PF youth Bulawayo provincial chairperson Anna Mokgokhloa and Bulawayo central district chairperson Magura Charumbira were Sunday afternoon among the injured when the ruling party members clashed...
View Article'Drunk' Cop Video Sparks Conversation On Mugabe Police Brutality
[News24Wire] A video clip showing a drunk police officer in Zimbabwe has sparked a wider conversation on social media about how unpopular President Robert Mugabe's police force is. ......
View ArticleMinister Orders City Council to Recover Looted U.S.$280,000
[New Zimbabwe] Local government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, has directed the Harare City Council to recover and return to council coffers some $282,000 which was looted by top officials. ......
View Article52 MPs Yet to Speak Since Opening of 8th Parliament
[New Zimbabwe] OVER 50 members of parliament are yet to contribute anything in the national assembly since the beginning of the eighth parliament, an interest group has said. ......
View ArticleClaimed Drug Mule Won't Defecate Cocaine She Supposedly Ingested
[New Zimbabwe] Harare prosecutors have been left bewildered and scrambling to save their case as a South African claimed to be a drug mule won't defecate the evidence. ......
View ArticleMugabe Rebuffs Parliament, Re-Assigns Corruption-Accused Official
[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has redeployed mines ministry permanent secretary, Francis Gudyanga, making a mockery of parliament's calls for his government to fire the scandal ridden...
View ArticleGovt Fails to Support Car Makers
[New Zimbabwe] Local vehicle assembler, Quest Motors says capacity remains depressed due to delays to by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to pay its foreign suppliers in China and Japan. ......
View ArticlePastor Talks to 'God' On the Phone During Service
[Ghana Star] A pastor has claimed to have a direct phone number to heaven, after a video of him talking on the phone during a church service emerged. "I actually have a direct line which I can call Him...
View ArticleEvictions, Beatings At Mugabe-Linked Farm
[HRW] Anti-riot police have harassed, beaten, and ordered some 200 families off a farm linked to President Robert Mugabe's family, Human Rights Watch said today. The police affirmed in a court filing...
View ArticleMugabe Spokesperson Charamba Survives Reshuffle
[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has kept faith with his spokesperson and information ministry permanent secretary George Charamba who survived a Monday reshuffle of permanent secretaries by the...
View ArticleUK-Based Convicted Fraudster, Likely to Be Deported
[New Zimbabwe] A ZIMBABWEAN man has been imprisoned and faces deportation upon release over his involvement in a £70,000 (US$91,000) counterfeit cheque scam. ......
View Article'Massive' Load-Shedding Looms As Power Firm Fails to Settle Debt to Eskom
[News24Wire] "Massive" load-shedding could begin as early as next week in Zimbabwe - because the cash-strapped authorities still haven't settled an $80 million debt to Eskom, the Herald reports. ......
View ArticleWarriors' Proud Cosafa Record
[The Herald] It might be eight years since Zimbabwe's Warriors last tasted Cosafa Castle Cup success, but the Warriors boast some proud records to savour in the 20-year history of the tournament. The...
View ArticleMotocross Rider Muzinda to Tour Europe Again
[The Herald] Top Zimbabwean female motocross rider Tanya Muzinda is set to tour Europe again and has now roped in the country's diversified financial services group CBZ Holdings as one of her major...
View ArticleGovt Surpassed 2,2 Million Jobs Target, Says VP Mnangagwa
[The Herald] Government has surpassed the two million employment opportunities that were promised by President Mugabe in the run up to the 2013 elections through Command Agriculture, Vice President...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Perhaps the Happy Days Are Back Again
[The Herald] UNLIKE money, when rain falls, everyone under it benefits. We all get wet to the skin if we are foolish enough to walk in the rain with no umbrella or raincoat. In a good season, if we are...
View ArticlePlastic Money Use - Learn From Sweden
[The Herald] In 1661, Sweden was the first country in Europe to introduce banknotes through the Stockholms Banco, which later formed the country's central bank. Interestingly, Sweden has become the...
View ArticleLegislator Mliswa Wades Into Land Row
[The Herald] Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa has approached the High Court seeking to bar a land developer in Kingsdale Farm from demolishing houses belonging to co-operatives allocated stands on the...
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