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THE chief operations officer of the regulator that supervises higher education, the Zimbabwe Council of Higher Education (Zimche), had just one O Level pass although reportedly produced fake certificates saying she had five O Levels plus tertiary qualifications. The embarrassed education quality regulator and Mrs Florence Chimbumu have now parted …

WHILE some, mainly close relatives and cronies, mourned the death last year of Zimbabwe’s long-time ruler Robert Mugabe –which was global news—two years after he was ousted in a coup, others celebrated for political reasons. Yet there were people for whom Mugabe’s death turned out to be a blessing in …

Some unions representing teachers have revised their salary demands from US$500 basic salary to US$360 per month after a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday. Another round of stakeholder meetings is lined up, with the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) scheduled to convene next week. An internal memo seen …

Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna has upheld the State’s decision to deny Zimbabwe Mining Federation president, Henrietta Rushwaya, bail. In the initial appearance, the State had consented to bail but changed its decision on Wednesday after new circumstances arose in the case. Besides possession of 6kg of gold, she now stands …

An internal police memo seen by ZimLive says after Rushwaya’s arrest at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with 6kg of gold in her handbag, Gift Karanda tried to intercede on her behalf. Karanda, 44, allegedly told police officers that the gold Rushwaya was carrying “belonged to the First Lady …

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has escaped jail after his ministry rushed to make payment of ZW$199 500 as compensation to Gweru-based student, Simon Mandoza who successfully sued him for illegal arrest and brutal assault by police officers in 2018. Kazembe had been given an ultimatum by Harare Magistrate Tilda …

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi is seeking leave to serve divorce summons on his estranged wife, Florence, through the media, saying he cannot locate her at her Marlborough home or at work in Harare since August. Ziyambi said he wanted to move on with his life after the relationship ended six …

In an unprecedented move seen on social media as detachement from his long associated political oriantation, Zimbabwe’s largest musican Jah Prayzah has taken a swipe at Zanu PF thereby surprising many. He implies Zanu PF forces artists to perform at galas against their will. This is after he posted a …

The government of President Mnangagwa has been thrown into disarray after “his niece” Henrietta Rushwaya’s gold smuggling case, which allegedly involves his State security apparatus, was discussed in the British House of Lords. His trusted security apparatchiks were actually the main conduit fueling corrupt and undeclared exportation of gold to …

The succession battle for the Mvuthu chieftainship in Matabeleland North Province which has been on-going since 2014 has taken a new twist with one of the candidates for the throne, Saunders Mlotshwa sitting on a 1994 rape charge which is apparently still pending. While some family members had nominated him …