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ZBC radio presenter Rutendo Makuti yesterday appeared in court on allegations of attempting to extort money from leader of Goodness and Mercy Ministries, “Prophet” Tapiwa Freddy, by otherwise threatening to expose their love affair to the public. Makuti, known as Ruru on Radio Zimbabwe, appeared before magistrate Mrs Judith Taruvinga …

Former ZBC CEO Happison Muchechetere, suspended by the state broadcaster in 2014 and then sacked in 2015 over corruption allegations, remains ZBC employee, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. Justices Elizabeth Gwaunza, Lavender Makoni, and Tendai Uchena upheld his appeal after the High Court ruled in ZBC’s favour, the top …

Huge investments into Zimbabwe’s large-scale gold mines have bolstered output in several key operators that have pushed production beyond initial projections, Mines minister Winston Chitando said this week. Investments into key operations like the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed conglomerate Padenga Holdings’ Eureka and Pickstone gold mines in Mashonaland Central are …

Civil servants will this year be paid their bonuses in foreign currency up to a maximum of US$700 and civil service pensioners will receive bonus payments of US$100 plus an extra US$80 for spouses, after President Mnangagwa decided on a once-off cushion following challenges experienced this year due to exchange …

The ruling Zanu PF party yesterday said it was making frantic efforts to engage Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema over social media rants targeted at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government by the neighbouring country’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) staff. Zanu PF acting spokesperson Michael Bimha told a media briefing …

The Chinese Communist Party has passed a “historical resolution”, cementing Xi Jinping’s status in political history. The document, a summary of the party’s 100-year history, addresses its key achievements and future directions. It is only the third of its kind since the founding of the party – the first was …

A 2012 investigation of the then mines minister Obert Mpofu by a group of investigative journalists from Canada concluded that he was “in the top five landowners in Zimbabwe”, and in Matabeleland “his holdings come second only to the 135,000 hectares owned by the Oppenheimer family.” With an eye-popping catalogue …

Murewa Rural District Council, Chief Executive Officer Alois Gurajena (48) has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), Nhau has learnt. Gurajena was arrested for allegedly sub-dividing a farm before allocating stands to desperate home seekers without following procedure. In a statement, ZACC spokesperson Commissioner John Makamure alleged that …

A top military commander whose daughter’s offer letter for a Form 1 place at top Harare school, Dominican Convent, was withdrawn for refusing to pay fees in United States dollars has gone to court challenging the decision which he says is unlawful. Air Vice Marshal Michael Moyo, who is also …

Several pupils have dropped from school  in Mandamabwe area, Masvingo Province, due to early child marriages, parents have said. “Many girl children who get into early marriages are a result of being orphans. They are being abused resulting in forced marriages,” Privilege Gurajena, a parent from Mhande village  in Ward 8 told Business …