HARARE - Just before Zanu PF's crucial politburo meeting last week - on Wednesday, 17 September 2025 - at the party's headquarters in Harare, President Emmerson Mnangagwa fiercely clashed with co-Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga in an explosive kerfuffle over a series of issues buffeting the ruling party: Succession, corruption and demand for action.
HARARE - The Supreme Court is expected anytime soon to pass judgement in a landmark case which will impact on protection of investment and property rights, as well as the rule of law in Zimbabwe’s fragile economy.
Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) former Director-General Happyton Bonyongwe says he found himself in the eye of a raging storm during the precarious November 2017 military coup which ousted the late ex-president Robert Mugabe, propelling President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender scandal is far wider and deeper than initially thought: It involves more than US$100 million in public funds looted through fraudulent and usurious pricing of electoral material supplies during last year’s flawed elections.
Reeling from a major corruption scandal, Zimbabwe’s political system has decided to protect ex-convict tycoon Wicknell Chivayo — who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa — and throw under the bus his estranged business partners Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe who were also involved in the corrupt US$100 million Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender, which has left authorities badly exposed, The NewsHawks has been told.
Golf legend Tiger Woods is in custody after a rollover crash near his home, with police charging him with DUI-related offences, property damage and refusing to provide a urine sample.
A group of hackers tied to Iran claims it has breached the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel, dumping private photos and messages online in a brazen cyber strike.
US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on planned military strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure by 10 days, saying discussions with Tehran are ongoing despite conflicting signals from Iran.
An inmate at Chikurubi Farm Prison, a unit within Zimbabwe’s largest correctional facility, Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, has died under unclear circumstances, prompting an independent investigation amid social media claims that he may have been assaulted.
