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Spooks investigate US$45m CAPS deal
ZIMBABWE's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), is investigating a volatile commercial dispute that has erupted between the government and interim trustees of Caps Phar...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
The phone call that led to Robert Mugabe's resignation
SPEAKER of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has, for the first time, revealed how he managed to convince late former president Robert Mugabe to tender his resignation, allowing him to leave office wi...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | 4837 | by Staff reporter
'Zanla cadres were poorly trained'
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary (Zipra) fighter Esau Ncube has sensationally claimed that his Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) counterparts were poorly trained so much so that ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 3001 | by Staff reporter
Full list of Army and CIO bosses who benefitted from the Farm Mechanization scandal
Political Analyst Alex Magaisa has published a list of Army, police and dreaded Central intelligence officers who benefited from the controversial RBZ Farm Mechanisation Scheme.Magaisa said hi...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 17:12hrs | 8650 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mohadi faces contempt of court over abduction damages
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi and several former government officials have been taken to the High Court by a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) employee, Pascal Gonzo, who wants them charged for contempt of c...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi faces imprisonment
A LOCAL human rights activist, Pascal Gonzo has approached the High Court seeking to have Vice President, Kembo Mohadi held in contempt after failing to pay him US$80 000 in damages.In 2009, G...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:11hrs | 1293 | by newzimbabwe
Ex-CIO Boss Happyton Bonyongwe urged to write a book
Former Director General of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation Happyton Bonyongwe has been urged to write a tell all book that will expose the real story of Zimbabwe's history since his assu...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 12:02hrs | 4610 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Bogus' CIO to reappear in court
A troublesome Bulawayo man who allegedly masqueraded as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close aide will reappear in court Wednesday.The...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 17:16hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi offers $85 000 to abduction victim
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi together with his 15 other co-defendants have agreed to pay $85 000 compensation to MDC activist Pieta Kaseke, who was abducted by State security agents in 2008.Kas...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 19:10hrs | 1388 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's activist demands US$1m from Mohadi, Chihuri, Bonyongwe
AN MDC activist Pieta Kaseke is suing VP Kembo Mohadi, three former ministers and two State security bosses for US$1,2 million after she was abducted and tortured by State security agents in 2008....Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:55hrs | 86 | by newzimbabwe
2008 abductions haunt Vice President of Zimbabwe
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi is still being haunted by the 2008 alleged abductions of opposition activists, with one of the victims, Pieta Kaseke, still pursuing her US$1,2 million compensation claim....Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 07:34hrs | 5158 | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo regrets
Part 2 of the Newsday interview with self-exiled former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo. ND: It has been two years since you left Zimbabwe, are you at liberty to tell us what life has ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 15:29hrs | 10465 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo describes Chiwenga's return as bizarre
Vice-President Costantino Chiwenga returned home last week from China where he was receiving treatment. He arrived aboard a Chinese plane and the Chinese deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zhao Baogang, l...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 11:48hrs | 4933 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to abolish VP post reserved for Ndebeles in Zimbabwe govt?
The toxic politics of tribalism and clanism continues unabated in Zimbabwe as the process of "de- Zezurunisation" and "Karanganisation" of government and all sectors which begun when Mnangagwa (Karang...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:38hrs | 10183 | by Israel Dube
Apostolic sect leader arrested for rape
The leader of the Johane Masowe Wechishanu sect, Lloyd Gwasarira, has been arrested on a charge of raping a congregant after misrepresenting to her that he would pray for her husband to be released fr...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Interpol declines Zimbabwe requests to arrest former Mugabe ministers
Zimbabwean authorities' attempts to employ Interpol to secure the return to Zimbabwe of former top officials of ousted president Robert Mugabe have hit a brick wall.In one such case, the inter...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:24hrs | 9465 | by ZimLive
Will the system change if Chiwenga collapsed and died today?
Good morning my dear friends, I have been reflecting like everyone else and I have realized that we are making the same terrible mistakes that we made with Robert Mugabe.I say so because we ta...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:56hrs | 11842 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
SADC Summit to call for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
The SADC Heads of State and Government summit scheduled for this weekend in Dar e Salaam, Tanzania, is expected to push for the removal of illegal and ruinous sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:01hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Why elections cannot help liberate uMthwakazi- MIOR
It is not mind boggling that Elections cannot liberate UMthwakazi. What is mind boggling is that at this day and time, there are some people in UMthwakazi in particular who still believe that partakin...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 487 | by Mthwakazi Institute of Research
Mnangagwa son, Job Sikhala in US$15 million CBZ loan default scam
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son and former First Lady Grace Mugabe's names have featured prominently in a list of 26 high profile individuals who received millions of US dollars in CBZ loans which ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | 10736 | by newzimbabwe
Bonyongwe suffers strange break-ins
POLICE are investigating two cases where unknown assailants broke into former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director-general Happyton Bonyongwe's offices and vehicle, getting away with docum...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 5203 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets fresh chance from EU
In a rare piece of good news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under pressure administration, he has been given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), whose Parliament had proposed tou...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:07hrs | 3211 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe junta escapes EU sanctions noose
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his top lieutenants in the military have been left out of the European Union (EU)'s latest sanctions list despite widespread calls for their censure over the army's re...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:02hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa escapes fresh EU sanctions
Zimbabwe's leaders escaped fresh sanctions by the European Union on Monday despite growing repression.The EU Parliament last week called for individual sanctions to be widened against top gove...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 23:38hrs | 14035 | by ZimLive
Chihuri and Bonyongwe removed from sanctions list
The European Union has announced that it has removed former Police Chief Augustine Chihuri and former Spy Boss Happyton Bonyongwe from the sanctions list.EU said the two are no longer in gover...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 17:53hrs | 7273 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More bad news for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should brace for more problems after the European Union (EU) Parliament proposed a fresh round of punitive sanctions this week against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, followi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:12hrs | 20008 | by Staff reporter
EU calls for more Zimbabwe sanctions
The European Parliament recommended the tightening of sanctions on senior Zimbabwe officials and institutions on Thursday citing increased repression by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government....Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 788 | by ZimLive
Chiwenga's coup strategy exposed
FEAR of treason charges and a possible counter-coup that then Justice minister Happyton Bonyongwe tried to set up around now Agriculture minister Retired Chief Air Marshal Perrance Shiri spurred delic...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 5317 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Itai Dzamara
Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused members of The Military Intelligence Department of using a ghost Twitter account to point fingers at him as the one behind the disappearance of journalist Itai Dzam...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 25237 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More evil to visit Zimbabwe under Mnangagwa
THE ousting of former President Robert Mugabe by political and military elites will result in more of the same abuse of Zimbabweans unless the Sadc joins forces with world powers to effect real change...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1865 | by Mondli Makhanya
Mnangagwa tried to deport Beatrice Mtetwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa led a ZANU PF election war room team that tried to deport to prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to her country of birth Swaziland during the height of the 2013 ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 07:19hrs | 6080 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:45hrs | 18352 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Callisto Jokonya appointed ZIMRA chairperson
The Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube has appointed a new Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board comprising of six members. The new members are Callisto Jokonya (Chairperson), Josep...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 12:08hrs | 4519 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lumumba blasts Mnangagwa; Mthuli Ncube
Self-styled communications strategist William Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) on Tuesday blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube for failing to fix the economy as they promised...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 11:34hrs | 14890 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ exposes Acie Lumumba's lies.
Self-styled communications strategist William Mutumanje's (Acie Lumumba) claims that suspended RBZ bosses Mirirai Chiremba, Norman Mataruka, Gresham Muradzikwa and Azvinandawa Saburi - were part...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 16:10hrs | 5347 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zezurus fall from high positions as Karangas take over
Like bags of maize dropping from a speeding truck, Zezurus that have been occupying strategic positions during Mugabe era are now falling in numbers as Mnangagwa's Karanga take over and build their ow...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 10266 | by Israel Dube, MLO Secretary for Information and Public Affairs
Mugabe's shadow looms large
EXACTLY a year ago today, then President Robert Mugabe who had been in power for 38 years announced his resignation triggering an explosion of celebrations across the country.Some 12 months la...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 12:02hrs | 2835 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa strikes at RBZ as promised
HEADS have started rolling at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), with four top executives being suspended yesterday less than 24 hours after Finance ministry communications taskforce chairperson Will...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 12386 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga in tussle for RBZ
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Monday suspended four directors, just hours after the Finance Ministry's new communication tzar William Gerald Mutimunje, also known as Acie Lumumba, went on Face...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 20:56hrs | 31890 | by ZimLive
Police, CIO sabotaged 'Zanu-PF and backed Biti' during elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party believes it lost Harare East constituency in the July 30 elections due to sabotage by the police and Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) spy agency, NewZimbabwe.com report...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:25hrs | 4312 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spooks purged by Mnangagwa
THREE senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) directors were yesterday fired, while two others were re-assigned in the latest round of fresh purges, as President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's rest...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:44hrs | 3092 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe sued for $35 million
A former United States Congressman has slapped ousted leader Robert Mugabe and a host of ministers who served in his Cabinet with a $35 million lawsuit over claims he was tortured by intelligence oper...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 17:30hrs | 5948 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security forces deeply divided
LAST Saturday's explosion in Bulawayo which claimed the lives of two security officers has exposed the growing tensions between the country's various security agencies following the ouster of long-tim...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 15:21hrs | 7780 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 41924 | by WikiLeaks
Mugabe could spill diamond beans
ZIMBABWE'S intelligence services bosses fear parliament's bid to summon former president Robert Mugabe to provide oral evidence on the supposed missing US$15 billion diamond revenues could open a Pand...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 16:38hrs | 3958 | by Staff reporter
Bonyongwe defends Mugabe's dodgy partner
FORMER Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director-general Happyton Bonyongwe yesterday defended jailed Chinese businessman Sam Pa as the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy int...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Ex-CIO boss appears before Temba Mliswa
Former Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and former CIO Director General Retired Major General Happyton Bonyongwe today appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mine...Published: 14 May 2018 at 11:18hrs | 3837 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda vetoed decision to summon Mugabe to parliament
FORMER President Robert Mugabe might not appear before Parliament for a grilling over the missing $15 billion diamond revenue after the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda reportedly vetoed...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1582 | by Staff reporter
CIO grilled over diamond operations
CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) bosses were yesterday grilled in Parliament for entering into a joint diamond-mining deal known as Sino-Zim, with Chinese convict Sam Pa, without doing a proper...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:26hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints first shona Zimbabwe/SA ambassador
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed David Hamadziripi as Zimbabwe's new ambassador to South Africa.Hamadzirpi will replace Isaac Moyo, who is now the Central Intelligence Organisation (...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:24hrs | 2560 | by Staff reporter
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