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Gukurahundi deployed on this day in 1983
January 20, 2025 marks the somber 42nd anniversary of one of the darkest chapters in Zimbabwe's history - the Gukurahundi genocide. This atrocity, carried out by the North Korea-trained Five Brigade u...Published: 24 hrs ago | 591 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for referendum
ZANU-PF is preparing to amend the Constitution and mobilize its members to resoundingly vote in favor of the amendment in a referendum to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term until 2030, Justi...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:53hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Abuse of devolution funds raises concerns in Rural District Councils
Several rural district councils in Zimbabwe may be misappropriating Devolution Fund allocations, with reports emerging that some projects funded through donor programs are being falsely attributed to ...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:19hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe puhes for mandatory jail terms to curb corruption
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is advocating for mandatory jail sentences for individuals convicted of corruption to deter the crime and overcome challenges in asset recovery.S...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:05hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Please, ZANU-PF, don't lie: The ED 2030 campaign never came from Zimbabweans
ZANU-PF Chief Whip Pupurai Togarepi recently claimed that the push for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his term beyond 2028 originates from the people of Zimbabwe. Speaking at a gatheri...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 11:25hrs | 695 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The dangers of colonial nostalgia and Amnesia
The legacy of colonialism remains a stain on our society - something that cannot be whitewashed. It remains a source of trauma - a source of collective pain. Four decades after independence, its...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 11:21hrs | 421 | by Innocent Mpoki
Don't be silly, Tshabangu: Malema would never support Ramaphosa going beyond his term limit!
While at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm over the weekend, opposition CCC party self-appointed Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu made a startling assertion.In a flimsy attempt to...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 22:30hrs | 670 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Farm tour signals Zanu-PF's strategy for Mnangagwa's term extension
The recent tour of Precabe Farm by legislators is being interpreted by political observers as an effort to show loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and to pledge their readiness to facilitate his ...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:16hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Top 6 Members of Parliament who shook Bulawayo in 2024
Bulawayo's political landscape was alight in 2024, with six Members of Parliament shining brightly for their transformative and relentless efforts to uplift their constituencies. Using a sophisticated...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 22:31hrs | 855 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Mutumwa Mawere's health in a dire state
ONE would assume that blood is thicker than water in the labyrinth of familial ties. But for Mutumwa Mawere, this age-old adage has become a cruel mirage, overshadowed by the relentless greed and betr...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 12:38hrs | 18781 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Churches, Mermaids flood Mukuvisi River'
Several churches, mermaid spiritual agents (MaNjuzu), traditional healers and street kids illegally settled and grabbed land along the Mukuvisi river while living in harmony with each other despite di...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:54hrs | 2176 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Bribe seeking magistrate jailed 7 years
Talent Phiri, a former practising magistrate in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, who was no stranger to presiding over judicial cases, found himself on the other side of the law after being accuse...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:30hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza's son faces assault charges
The son of prominent academic and political commentator Professor Ibbo Mandaza appeared in court facing allegations of assaulting his ex-wife on Christmas Eve.Ibbo Mandaza Jr (33) was charged ...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:17hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA officials arrested for demanding, accepting US$1,500 bribe
Four Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officials have been arrested for allegedly demanding and receiving bribes in connection with an anti-smuggling operation.The accused - Maguta Jonathan, ...Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:33hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF feverish defence of Chinese looting proves Zimbabwe now a colony!
A few days ago, renowned economist and former member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee, Eddie Cross, made some interesting revelations. He claimed that there are ...Published: 09 Jan 2025 at 16:20hrs | 1253 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man (51) rapes minor promises sweets to buy her silence
A 51-year-old man from Matobo is in soup after he allegedly raped a eleven-year-old girl from same village and promised to buy her sweets which he never delivered.Nkosilathi Sibanda (51) from ...Published: 09 Jan 2025 at 16:06hrs | 837 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe can reinstate death penalty during a state of emergency
Zimbabwe's recent decision to abolish the death penalty has been hailed as a significant milestone for human rights. However, a provision in the new Death Penalty Abolition Act allowing for the reinst...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 14:39hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes six colonels
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has promoted six colonels in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) to the rank of Brigadier-General. The promotions, effecti...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 08:43hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
So, it's now 'cool' to be a beggar in Zimbabwe!
This morning, I came across a social media post that left me both astonished and deeply disheartened. It featured a schoolteacher from rural Zimbabwe, publicly begging the controversial busine...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:29hrs | 1086 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'No one will starve under my watch' - Emakhandeni-Luveve MP Discent Bajila declares
Emakhandeni-Luveve Member of Parliament Discent Collins Bajila has vowed to ensure that no one in his constituency goes hungry as long as he remains in office. Speaking at the 2024 Cheer Fund event he...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:07hrs | 676 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's Politics in 2025: A Nation at a Crossroads
As Zimbabwe steps into 2025, the nation finds itself deeply entangled in a political and economic crisis that has left citizens disillusioned and desperate for meaningful change. The ruling ZANU-PF pa...Published: 03 Jan 2025 at 09:15hrs | 909 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Paedophile kidnaps minor
A suspected paedophile is in soup after he allegedly kidnapped a minor and eventually had sex with a minor on Christmas Eve.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts where Lungis...Published: 02 Jan 2025 at 15:18hrs | 1567 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man assaults 2-year-old daughter
A 35-year-old man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo was sentenced to 510 hours of community service after being convicted of physically abusing his two-year-old daughter. The abuse occurred when the...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:17hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police investigate disciplinary camps
Police have launched an investigation into the growing number of disciplinary camps popping up across the country, with a focus on a camp named Matrix, which has raised significant concerns. The camp,...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:53hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Murder cases increase to 49 this festive season
A total of 49 people have lost their lives in separate violent incidents across Zimbabwe during the ongoing festive season, a disturbing increase from 47 deaths reported just two days ago. The majorit...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:44hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo hospital opens unit to tackle drug abuse epidemic`
In response to Zimbabwe's escalating drug and substance abuse crisis, Mpilo Central Hospital has established a dedicated Mental Health Clinic to provide specialised care for affected individuals. The ...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:33hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Primonent Zimbabwean Pastor in court for raping in-law
A prominent Chinhoyi-based cleric, 40-year-old Lloyd Kanyangarika Karuru, founder of Followers of Christ Church International, has been charged with raping one of his in-laws on multiple occasions. Ka...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:55hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Mother appeals jail term for disciplining teenagers
Qiniso Ndlovu, a 35-year-old woman from Tsholotsho, has appealed to the High Court following her conviction and sentencing to an effective 20-month prison term by Magistrate Lesigo Ngwenya. Ndlovu was...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:44hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
SADC's compromised chairmanship failing the people of Mozambique
The recent elections held on October 9 in Mozambique have proven to be a significant turning point in the country's history, but not for the reasons the Southern African Development Community (SADC) w...Published: 26 Dec 2024 at 16:59hrs | 1235 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man locked up for raping own baby still in diapers
A 23-year-old Mutare man has been locked up on allegations of raping his daughter who is barely two years old.The man whose identity is being withheld to protect the victim has appeared before...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:23hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Police ready to maintain law, order during, after holidays
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has assured the nation of heightened security during the festive season, with officers strategically deployed across major roads, neighborhoods, central business dis...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:14hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ruling elite should declare their sources of wealth
To say I was shocked would be an understatement when I came across a report detailing the extraordinary wealth of Zimbabwe's ruling elite. The report claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa ...Published: 24 Dec 2024 at 12:53hrs | 793 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zifa completes vetting
Zifa Normalisation Committee Set to Announce Executive Committee Candidates Amid Drama and ControversyThe Zifa Normalisation Committee is expected to announce today the list of candidates for ...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:49hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Sexual exploitation of female cross-border traders raises concern
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has expressed serious concerns over the sexual exploitation of female cross-border traders at the country's ports of entry, highlighting a systemic problem of sexu...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:48hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
More roadblocks, stop and searches during holiday in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has rolled out extensive security measures across the country to maintain peace and order during the 2024-2025 festive season. Police Commissioner-General Godwin Mat...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:44hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police urge parents to protect minors from alcohol abuse
As the country enters the festive season, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to parents and guardians to be vigilant and prevent minors from consuming alcohol and other into...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:43hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Prayer service for Unity Day in Bulawayo
Tomorrow, Monday, Bulawayo residents will gather at the Large City Hall for a special prayer service to commemorate Unity Day, followed by an exciting soccer match between legends from Harare and Bula...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:40hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Drug rehab on the cards for Bulawayo
The Government has announced plans to construct a specialized rehabilitation centre at Ingutsheni Central Hospital in Bulawayo to support individuals undergoing addiction therapy.The facility ...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:37hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland has critical shortage of rehab centres
A critical shortage of drug rehabilitation centers in Matebeleland South and Matabeleland North has left residents with limited options for addressing escalating drug and substance abuse, according to...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 15:56hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt clarifies scope of crackdown on smuggled goods
Tafadzwa Muguti, Permanent Secretary for Presidential Affairs in the Office of the President, has clarified that the ongoing crackdown on smuggled goods is primarily targeting shops and businesses, no...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 15:32hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Woman accuses uncle of sexual abuse and witchcraft
In a deeply disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse and witchcraft, Margaret Muchuro, a 34-year-old disabled woman from Chimanimani, accused her uncle, Chrispen Muchuro, of demanding sexual favours as...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:01hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF women's league hounds school head
Zanu-PF Women's League members in Chirumhanzu Ward 10 recently led a community protest aimed at removing Tonias Mushayi, the head of Chengwena Secondary School, over allegations of misconduct, includi...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:44hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Woman's arrest over Vuzu party sparks debate on corporal punishment
The arrest and conviction of Panashe Mpofu, a Bulawayo woman who disciplined teenagers, including her own child, for hosting a Vuzu party, has reignited discussions on the legality and ethics of corpo...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:17hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Town Clerk suspension sparks division
The recent suspension of Victoria Falls Town Clerk, Mr. Ronnie Dube, has caused a significant rift within the city, resulting in growing tensions both within the local council and among residents. The...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:46hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Government orders councillors to reinstate town clerk
The Zimbabwean government has instructed Victoria Falls city councillors to immediately reinstate suspended town clerk, Mr. Ronnie Dube, and restore order within the local authority.Mr. Dube w...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:44hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Objections filed against Kweza, Magaya, Machana nominations
The ZIFA Normalisation Committee is facing significant scrutiny after receiving objections to the nominations of Martin Kweza, Prophet Walter Magaya, and Philemon Machana for key roles in the administ...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 10:30hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe partners IOM to rescue stranded citizens in Sierra Leone
The Government of Zimbabwe has enlisted the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to repatriate more than 20 Zimbabweans believed to be stranded in Sierra Leone, victims of a huma...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 06:27hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
WhatsApp rapists arrested in Zimbabwe
Two men, Macdonald Manzungu and Tedious Nyashanu, both 20, were apprehended in a dramatic sting operation after they allegedly lured women with fake job offers in a WhatsApp group and subsequently rap...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Bishop rapes churchmate as wife watches
A local church leader, Bishop Jimmy Chateerera, 45, of Zvidozvavashe Apostolic Unity Church in Waterfalls, has been arrested following allegations of rape and sexual abuse. The incident, which occurre...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 11:12hrs | 1796 | by Staff reporter
Cousins' feud over stolen thatching grass
A long-standing feud between two Nyanga cousins has escalated into a troubling series of allegations involving theft, violence, and abuse, with the matter now before Chief Saunyama's community court. ...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:19hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
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