Mnangagwa received a secret recording of tagwirei plotting to remove him with various chairmen and affiliates.
Key Events For Today
1. Mnangagwa returns from UAEempty handed. None of the deals have been turned into a firm committment.
2. England and India cricket under 19 World Cup is being played in Victoria Falls today.
Top Trending News
1. A 28-year-old Bindura man named Alfred Chinjiva has been arrested after police discovered two human skulls and a collection of other human remains at his home. Chinjiva was initially arrested on February 2, 2026, at a mine for possessing a dummy pistol. A subsequent search of his home in Chipandura Park led to the discovery of human remains. Police recovered two human skulls wrapped in cloth, a single bone similarly wrapped, two buckets containing bones in various colored cloths, and three plastic containers with soil mixed with suspected human bones and hair fragments. Â 2. Magaya released from jail
2. Weight loss drug use in South Africa on the rise as Ozempic sales fall in China
Business
1. Mutapa Forms Five New Mining Companies
Mutapa Investment Fund has restructured its mining assets, creating five specialised companies to replace the previous fragmented structure inherited from Kuvimba Mining House.
New entities:
•Mutapa Gold Resource
•Mutapa Base Metals
•Mutapa Energy Minerals
•Mutapa Platinum Group Metals
•Mutapa Rare Earths
The move aligns operations with global best practice, improves accountability and forms part of Mutapa’s 2026 FIRE strategy. The gold unit plans major expansion, targeting 80,000 ounces per year and a doubling of output within 3–4 years.
1. Mantengu faced significant cash flow concerns, resulting in delayed January salary payments for workers at its Langpan Mine. The delays were attributed to missed production targets.
2. MTN to acuire Nigerian tower company, IHS
3. Malawi now has 15 days of fuel cover for the first time in 5 years
4. Data Roll over and data transfer in Zimbabwe
5. Bulawayo puts draft local plan on display
6. 33 Zimbabwean children who were arrested on 13 January while crossing from SA into Zimbabwe have been released and are now with their parents.
7. Chivayo adds another $300 000 to Highlanders
8. Mutare woman killed in love triangle. Siphumile Saruwaka was in a love triangle with Tawanda Kapfumo and a mechanic Prince Toga. The court heard that last Thursday at around 7pm, Kapfumo took Saruwaka to a lodge in Chikanga for intimacy. Ms Mlambo said Toga, who was the deceased’s permanent boyfriend, received information to that effect and followed them there. Toga caught Saruwaka and Kapfumo in the act, and an altercation ensued.
Africa
1. Patrice Motsepe’s PM27 bid moves from mere discussions and is now being formalised as business sees him as a more acceptable stabilising figure. Other potential candidates are Fikile Mbalula and Paul Mashatile. Motsepe’s candidature has also been accepted by coalition partners but he has consistently denied that he has any intrest in being ANC President.
2. Malawi prosecutors withdrew corruption case against former RBM govenor Dalitso Kabambe and two other officials henry Mathanga and Kapindu. They were facing charges of corruption and abuse of office over a $350 million payment to FDH bank. he is still facing other cases such as falsifying a report to the IMF and giving unreturned loans to Mulli brothers.
3. From that day, Kapfumo allegedly started sending threats of violence to Saruwaka and her boyfriend, and promised to deal with them in an unspecified way. Last Saturday, Kapfumo allegedly proceeded to Mutare and tracked Saruwaka and Toga’s movements. The duo parked their vehicle at the entrance of Toga’s workplace at Blue Star Workshop, near Micasa Night Club in Mutare Central Business District. Toga left Saruwaka who was drunk in the vehicle and proceeded to meet his friend at the bar. Ms Mlambo said Kapfumo took that chance to approach the deceased, who was sleeping in the parked car, and poured sulphuric acid on her body, before disappearing from the scene. Her younger sister, Ms Josephine Sakuwanza, said the family was deeply devastated by the loss.
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