HARARE – Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fled into self-imposed exile — vowing to come back and dislodge President Robert Mugabe from power, and also angrily accusing the long-ruling Zimbabwean leader of destroying and running the country like his private property. Mnangagwa, who was fired from his government post on Monday — confirmed in…
HARARE – Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was subjected to a thorough security search yesterday before he was stopped from leaving Zimbabwe for the Mozambican port city of Beira by police manning the Forbes Border Post in Mutare. Apart from blocking Mnangagwa from leaving Zimbabwe for Mozambique, suspected intelligence operatives and plain-clothed police officers also…
HARARE – A Harare court yesterday pardoned scores of vendors — some of no fixed aboard — who were rounded up and arrested by police for selling their wares at undesignated sites, on account that they were too poor to pay fines. The vendors, to their credit, did not waste the court’s time as they…
HARARE – The High Court has reserved judgment in a matter in which United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa and his wife, Ruth, are being sued for $6, 5 million by former congregants over alleged false prophecies. The application was made by businessman Upenyu Mashangwa and his wife — Blessing. High Court judge…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka has reaffirmed that the former prime minister is doing well amid fake social media reports that he had passed on. Tsvangirai, who is suffering from colon cancer, was recently flown to South Africa (SA) after his condition had reportedly deteriorated. He has been to the neighbouring…
HARARE – Grade 7 pupils must attend class until the normal closing date, even after completing their exams during the term, Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora minister has said. Ordinarily, the students finish their exams about a month before the term ends. Dokora told senators last week that after the exams students must…
HARARE – Several allies of former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa have been fired by their respective provinces, with the decision now awaiting ratification by the Zanu PF politburo. There was a complete whitewash of Mnangagwa’s acolytes in Manicaland, where a provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting held in the mountainous city of Mutare purged 38 of…
HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa has been fired from his position, a month before he could celebrate his third anniversary as vice president of the Republic. Breaking the news of Mnangagwa’s sacking, minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Simon Khaya Moyo said President Robert Mugabe had used the powers vested in him by the Constitution…
HARARE – A 55-year-old Harare man — Tapfumaneyi Ndori — has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly kidnapping 54-year-old Zondai Chiparawasha over an undisclosed debt. Ndori yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Annie Ndiraya facing charges of kidnaping as defined in Section 93 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23. The trial…
HARARE – Courts in Hwange and Victoria Falls last week sentenced 31 wildlife poachers to a combined 280 years in jail following convictions, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) said. This comes as the Authority has launched a blitz against poachers, on the back of increased poaching cases. Only last month, poachers killed 13…
