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Violence Is Violence No-matter The Gender
Last week, tragedy struck in Nyameni Suburb, Marondera, when a young girl named Sharon lost her life at the hands of her boyfriend. The news of this horrific incident has spread like wildfire across t...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 21:42hrs | 9 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo Violence Is Violence No-matter The Gender
Zimbabwe yet to taste independence
THE Zanu-PF-led government has continued to violate human rights. Its crackdown on human rights and opposition activists, including the continued eviction of people from urban and rural settlements us...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Viola
Peter Moyo tightens screws on Trevor Manuel
Axed Old Mutual chief executive Peter Moyo has launched a fresh legal battle to get his job back.Moyo, 56, on Monday approached the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to have the country...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by iol
Zanu-PF thanks ANC for demanding the removal of Zimbabwe sanctions
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF has thanked its South African counterpart, the African National Congress (ANC) for the "bold standing in calling for unconditional removal of sanctions" imposed on that count...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 14:54hrs | | by IOL
The horror behind Zimbabwe's internet shutdown
I think of how famished for hope we were last year that most of us caressed the scars of Mugabe's noose on our strained necks and tucked the red razors of our bloody past - unpast under our tongues, c...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 11:03hrs | | by NoViolet Bulawayo
Harare tops most popular international destinations from SA list
For the first time, Harare tops the list of most popular international destinations for flights originating in South Africa in 2018. Top 5 international destinations for 2018 were:Hara...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 12:49hrs | | by iol
Khama Billiat signs for Kaizer Chiefs
Khama Billiat will once again snub a new contract at Mamelodi Sundowns as well as several offers abroad to join Kaizer Chiefs today (Friday).Independent Media has been informed that the Zimbab...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by iol
Billiat bows out after trophy-laden spell
COACH Pitso Mosimane hasn't given up trying to convince Khama Billiat to stay, even though the Zimbabwean forward likely played his last league match for Mamelodi Sundowns.If Jingles can't con...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by IOL Sport
Daily Academic Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison
Question Assess the view that the main function of the education system is to reproduce and legitimise social inequalities [25]...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | 4 | by Mwiinde Laison (Author, Sociologist and Mentor)
Daily Academic Sociology Questions and Answers
Question Assess the extent to which home based, rather than school based factors account for social class based differences in educational achievement (...Published: 08 May 2018 at 23:22hrs | 2 | by Mwiinde Laison (Author, Sociologist and Mentor)
Grace Mugabe battle for the control of Smithfield Farm
Grace Mugabe, previously enormously powerful until her husband Robert resigned under pressure from the military last November, called on the police to evict hordes of informal gold miners from Smithfi...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:17hrs | | by IOL
How Mnangagwa got it wrong
Journalist Violet Gonda (VG) interviewed former Education minister David Coltart on the Hot Seat programme to understand President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet.Coltart warned the government wa...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Violet Gonda
#Mugabe kids won't be washing their watches with Champagne anymore
The kids suffer the most at such times, plucked harshly as they are from the ample bosom of their cosseted upbringing and suddenly forced to fend for themselves in a callous and uncaring world....Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by IOL
Frail Tsvangirai concerned that Grace Mugabe could be VP
Morgan Tsvangirai, the president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said on Wednesday he was worried about stability in Zimbabwe following the axing of Vice President Emmerson Mna...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by IOL
Daily Academic Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison
QuestionAssess the extent to which home based, rather than school based factors account for social class based differences in educational achievement (25)...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Mwiinde Laison (Author, Sociologist and Mentor)
Daily Sociology Questions And Answers with Sir Mwiinde
Question Religion in modern society is the masses opium or tool for development. DiscussComment overview...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 12:24hrs | | by Sir Mwiinde (Author, Sociologist and Mentor)
Mugabe's cabinet reshuffle paves way for succession plan
SYNOPSIS: Journalist Violet Gonda interviews veteran political analyst Ibbo Mandaza on President Robert Mugabe's recent cabinet appointments and the infighting within...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:43hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Daily Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison - Discuss the vitality of secularization
QUESTION: Discuss the vitality of secularization SUGGESTED ANSWER The seminal social thinkers of the nineteenth century -- Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Ka...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 20:02hrs | | by Mwiinde Laison (sociologist, teacher and author)
Daily Sociology Questions And Answers with Sir Mwiinde - Assess the reasons for the long term increase in the divorce rate
Question Assess the reasons for the long term increase in the divorce rate (25)Comment overviewThis ques...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Sir Mwiinde (Sociologist, Author & Mentor)
Daily Academic Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison - Criminals are born not made
QuestionCriminals are born not made. Discuss. [25] (Student request question)...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Mwiinde Laison (Author, Sociologist and Mentor)
Daily academic Sociology questions and answers with Mwiinde Laison - Examine the Postmodern Perspective on the Family
Question Examine the Postmodern Perspective on the Family [25]Comment overviewThe question demands are e...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 10:09hrs | | by Mwiinde Laison (Author, Sociologist and Mentor)
Daily academic Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison - Assess Marxist explanations of the mass media
Question Assess Marxist explanations of the mass media (25)Comment overview The question needs students ...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 13:18hrs | 1 | by Mwiinde Laison ( sociologist, author and mentor)
Daily Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison - Discuss the vitality of secularization
QUESTION Discuss the vitality of secularization. SUGGESTED ANSWER The seminal social thinkers of the nin...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 19:12hrs | | by Mwiinde Laison (sociologist, teacher and author)
Mugabe succession battles becoming uglier
Political Scientist and Sapes director, Ibbo Mandaza (IM) says President Robert Mugabe has thwarted an "attempted coup" within his party. Mandaza spoke to Violet Gonda (VG) on her Hot Seat programme w...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:19hrs | | by Violet Gonda
SA warns against illegally crossing Limpopo River
Johannesburg - The Limpopo Department of Health has warned of the danger of drowning in the Limpopo River which is commonly used as a crossing point into South Africa from neighbouring Zimbabwe and Bo...Published: 06 Jan 2017 at 20:54hrs | | by IOL
LISTEN: Brian Kagoro for Zimbabwe President, he calls a spade a spade
Violet Gonda’s guest on the Hot Seat programme is eminent commentator Brian Kagoro, who says beyond being clear about why Mugabe must go, we need to be clear about what our future must look like. Th...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 10:15hrs | | by Violet Gonda
LISTEN: 'Zimbabweans are again unwittingly being sent into a choreographed 2018 electoral dance'
Pundits warn: Zimbabwe has a bleeding economy and only has 6 months if the country does not get any international bailout package. Violet Gonda's guest on the Hot Seat programme is eminent commentator...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 09:48hrs | | by Violet Gonda
South Africa begs Zimbabwe to adopt the Rand
Johannesburg - South Africa is holding quiet talks with Zimbabwe to try to persuade it to adopt the rand as its official currency, as the only way out of its growing economic and political crisis....Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:17hrs | | by Peter Fabricius/IOL
Mugabe may soon be gone
Robert Mugabe's final humiliation is at hand.He can't get out of the latest mess he created because at the end of the day it comes down to the money, and he doesn't have enough to save himself...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:13hrs | | by Peta Thornycroft/IOL
Mugabe fails to pay AU fees and rent
Zimbabwe has not yet been able to pay its 2015 annual subscription to the AU although President Robert Mugabe is the current chairman of the organisation.Nor can it pay its rent at most of...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 15:19hrs | | by iol
Zimbabweans in fake South African papers ordeal
IT took less than a working day for two Zimbabwean brothers to secure asylum seeker temporary permits after a Home Affairs official reportedly sold them the sought-after documentation for R1 600 each....Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 13:35hrs | | by IOL news
Looking for family, please help
Sicela usizo kunomuntu odinga ifamily yakhe eMatopo kogogo uMaNgwenya ubaba wakhe nguKing France Mkhwebu kodwa sewashona waya egoli ngo 1993, ubhudi kababa nguMJ and usisi nguJane Sithethephi sice...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 14:05hrs | | by Nkosinotando Viola Ngulube
Top Home Affairs official held for selling SA IDs
Pretoria - A senior Home Affairs official in Pretoria, Elisha Matsipa, was on Monday arrested for "putting South Africa at risk" by fraudulently selling ID documents for as much as R23 000.Ac...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 10:17hrs | | by IOL
SA ConCourt legalises adultery
Johannesburg - For many years, if you cheated on your spouse in South Africa, you could end up being sued by the innocent partner. Not anymore.The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that adu...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter I iol
Zimbabwean vendor shot dead in SA
Cape TOWN - A Zimbabwean street vendor was killed in the crossfire between security guards and robbers at the Gugulethu Mall in South Africa last Friday.Farai Fambira (39) made a living sellin...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 07:25hrs | | by IOL
SA introduces new border rules
South Africa will today start to roll out its new visa rules for children that are set to affect thousands of Zimbabwean travelers.This means children will need an unabridged birth certificate...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by IOL
Robert Mugabe to beg Zuma for cash
A COUPLE of weeks before President Robert Mugabe's state visit to South Africa, which begins on Tuesday, Zimbabwe's foreign affairs ministry delivered a letter to the private sector begging it to fund...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 22:16hrs | | by IOL
Hubby caught pants down, runs for dear life
A GWANDA woman could not hold her anger and attacked her husband after catching him pants down with a suspected small house.The incident took place at Vhovha Mine while others were celebr...Published: 23 Jan 2015 at 07:17hrs | | by Viola Mzungwana
Zim congregants beat church robbers in SA
Johannesburg - Armed robbers who stormed into a church at the end of a prayer meeting and started demanding phones and money last night got the beating of their lives from the enraged congregation....Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 16:27hrs | | by iol
Late electrocuted boy passes O-level with flying colours
THE late Shepherd Mpala, a former O-level student at St Bernard's High School in Bulawayo, who was electrocuted by an exposed cable last year, emerged with distinctions in the 2013 Zimsec O-level re...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 13:32hrs | | by Viola Mzungwana
NoViolet Bulawayo Launches 'We Need New Names' in Zimbabwe - Video
NoViolet Bulawayo pays a moving tribute to her father and talks about being an African writer at the Zimbabwe launch of 'We Need New Names'. Watch video below:http://youtube.com/watch?v=prfd...Published: 09 Sep 2013 at 14:06hrs | | by NoViolet Bulawayo
Sex workers languish in prison after failing to raise $200 for bail
SCORES of sex workers arrested in Harare last Friday are still languishing in prison after failing to raise $200 for bail with rights lawyers saying the amount was exorbitant.The Zimbabwe Law...Published: 12 Jul 2013 at 05:23hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Biti part-pays for elections
Finance Minister Tendai Biti has described the funding situation for upcoming elections in Zimbabwe as a 'nightmare and like watching a horror movie' and the cash strapped authorities have been fo...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 17:01hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Interview - Mtetwa: MDCs do not help their cause
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa - currently on trial for allegedly insulting the police while trying to defend her clients - was in London recently to launch the film about her work in Z...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 19:30hrs | | by Violet Gonda
'Court will uphold July 31st poll date,' says Madhuku
President Robert Mugabe has accused Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of sending mixed messages on the controversial issue of elections dates, as the political parties gear up for the much-awaited hear...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 19:32hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Interview with Professor Jonathan Moyo on elections dispute - Audio
Violet Gonda's guest is Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, with his party p...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 07:26hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Grace Kwinjeh refuse to accept MDC-T results for Makoni Central primaries
Former journalist and founding member of the MDC, Grace Kwinjeh, was on Saturday told she had not won the party primaries for Makoni Central, two weeks after she had been told she had garnered the maj...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 18:27hrs | | by Violet Gonda
'Zanu-PF not budging on poll dates,' says Prof Moyo
THERE will be no consensus court application between Zanu-PF and the MDC formations, calling for a delay in elections, Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has revealed, as the dispute over the elec...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 03:28hrs | | by Violet Gonda
SA political party eyes Zimbabwe farm model
South Africa can learn from the successes of Zimbabwe's controversial land reform programme, SA Communist Party (SACP) deputy chairman Thulas Nxesi said on Sunday.In a speech delivered at the ...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 17:37hrs | | by iol
Zanu-PF officials walk out of crucial cabinet meeting
ZANU PF "big guns" dramatically left en masse an hour after a Cabinet meeting, which was due to discuss the crucial election roadmap, started on Tuesday. The meeting was also supposed to discuss a...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 15:35hrs | | by Violet Gonda
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