The youngest son of Zimbabwe’s late former President Robert Mugabe has been formally charged with attempted murder at a brief appearance in a South African court. Bellarmine Mugabe, 28, was arrested last week after a 23-year-old man was shot and injured at a property in an upmarket suburb of Johannesburg last Thursday. He was then…
Zimbabwe group asks AU to block plan to extend President’s term Zimbabwe’s National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) has formally petitioned AU to intervene Zimbabwe’s National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) has formally petitioned the African Union (AU) to intervene over what it describes as an attempt by ZANU-PF to amend the Constitution and extend President Emmerson…
Abraham Temayi Vumbunu and Elijah Temayi Vumbunu, who are in custody in South Africa as Zimbabwe pursues their extradition over the US$4 million (about R75 million) Ecobank heist in Bulawayo. State-owned The Herald newspaper reported that the two suspects remain in custody in South Africa following their arrest in July 2025, with legal proceedings unfolding to secure…
Zimbabwe’s ex-President Robert Mugabe may have had financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein, according to the latest batch of files related to the convicted US sex offender. In an email exchange from 2015 with Japanese entrepreneur Joi Ito, the disgraced financier suggested they approach then-President Mugabe to provide Zimbabwe with a new currency after the local…
Walter Magaya is seen arriving at the Harare Magistrates Court on January 26, 2026, following his second arrest on allegations of raping four women HARARE – Televangelist Walter Magaya was dramatically arrested on Monday as he was leaving court, this time facing new rape allegations involving four women. Magaya’s lawyer, Admire Rubaya, had earlier applied…
Kudakwashe Tagwirei (left) and Paul Tungwarara (right) met recently to try and heal their rift HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa was drawn into Zanu PF’s intensifying factional battles on Saturday after he intervened to stop an event in Manicaland at which his investment adviser Paul Tungwarara was scheduled to speak. Tungwarara, a close ally of…
Former Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams’ international career is over after he entered a rehabilitation programme to treat drug addiction, the country’s cricket association has announced. Zimbabwe Cricket said the all-rounder had made himself unavailable for national selection – and that it would not pick him again. Williams, 39, has scored almost 9,000 runs and taken…
Tinomudaishe Muzanenhamo — The Zimbabwean government has stepped in to try to resolve a high-profile dispute over Chewore Safari Lodge following a Supreme Court ruling that voided a long-term lease agreement. In a statement, the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Wildlife said it had engaged all parties involved in the dispute in an effort to…
Women and girls in Zimbabwe are facing the growing threat of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV), the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has warned. In a statement to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the ZHRC said technology-facilitated abuse no longer occurs on the periphery: “Women and girls are increasingly self-censoring…
A 24-year-old man from Harare’s Highlands suburb has been sentenced to prison after a court found him guilty of impersonating a military intelligence officer and illegally possessing army camouflage. Gerald Gumede was convicted by the Harare Magistrates’ Court following evidence that he falsely claimed to be an officer in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) between…