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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country’s anti- corruption drive will only succeed with the support of ordinary people. Speaking during a symposium organised by Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ), Africa Parliamentarians Network against corruption (APNAC) and the Zim- babwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the fight against corruption was not the responsibil- ity…

© VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry will spend Christmas behind bars after the High Court postponed her bail hearing yes- terday to next Friday so that the State can file its response, the Daily News reports. This comes as Chiwenga is pushing to end his eight-year union with the 38-year-old model, with whom he…

© THE Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHCD) have welcomed former South African president Thabo Mbeki’s mediation in the Zimbabwe political crisis, saying it has brought hope that the country’s worsening situation can be solved. Mbeki was in Zimbabwe on Monday and Tuesday where he had marathon separate meetings with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, MDC leader…

© STUNNING details have emerged from the bitter divorce proceedings of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and his wife Marry, with the retired army general claiming among other things that his estranged wife is a drug addict, the Daily News reports. On her part, Marry is also not pulling any punches describing her husband’s various charges against her…

© VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry says the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) should arrest her husband if it believes that it has a solid case against her on the money laundering charges she is facing, the Daily News reports. In her bail application papers in the High Court, Marry also claims that the…

© MASVINGO City Council is seeking borrowing powers from the government to undertake for its water augmentation exercise and to fund a solar plant that will power the Bushmead Water Works to ease water shortages in the city. For the past two years, the local authority has been struggling to supply potable water due to…

© GOVERNMENT is considering setting up special courts to deal with violent machete-wielding gangs that are terrorising mostly artisanal miners across the country. The problem of machete-wielding gangs who are also killing civilians  has reached alarming proportions amid reports of gruesome broad daylight murders that have left communities in a state of shock. [GoogleAd] Responding to…

TWO Hwange-based soldiers were lucky to escape jail after they allegedly threatened to kill a CIO operative bearing a Mugabe surname in an act of revenge, claiming the late president Robert Mugabe killed thousands in the region. The duo, Sindiso Nkomo, 34 and Philani Nyoni, 30, both employed by the Zimbabwe National Army and stationed…

© A SENIOR official at Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries was hauled before the courts yesterday on allegations of fraudulently disposing of his late brother’s estate and pocketing US$263 000. Nelson Tawanda Marimo, 51, was released on $2 000 bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba. He was remanded to January 27. [GoogleAd]…