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.
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.
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo, whose lavish public cash donations have sparked widespread debate, has received indirect legal backing after Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube told Parliament that holding large sums of money is not a crime in Zimbabwe.
WestProp Holdings is charting a bold new chapter in its growth journey with the expansion into Mashonaland East, Chivhu, a town just one hour and thirty minutes from Harare.
A high-stakes divorce battle involving controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has erupted into the open, with his former partner tabling eye-watering financial demands — including a $25 million payout, hefty monthly maintenance, and a garage of ultra-luxury cars.
