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Mnangagwa's foot in the mouth again
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has an uncanny ability to frequently put his foot in the mouth, sometimes without harm but his recent episode on structured currency has left a trail of economic disaster....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:11hrs | 6 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The ambiguous essence of Valentine's day
As social beings wired for celebration, human life is marked by various milestones. Births are celebrated, puberty initiations are observed in some cultures, weddings announce unions, and even divorce...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 11:44hrs | 15 | by Bishop John Carter
CCZ warns retailers on price distortions
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has issued a stern warning to retail outlets, demanding responsible pricing on all goods and strict adherence to the foreign currency auction system if operating...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans resort to comedy to cope with failing economy
Zimbabweans are resorting to comic relief in the face of a failing economy, as the local currency loses value by the day. After all, laughter is the best medicine.This week, government workers...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's strongest man eats 60kgs of isitshwala, 60kgs of rice every month
SIXTY kilogrammes of isitshwala, 60 kgs of rice and 750 bananas per month for just one man. For breakfast, he consumes two loaves of bread, 30 eggs (15 boiled and 15 fried), one litre of juice...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 08:38hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man pulls 56 tonnes, eats 2kg isitshwala
Arguably Zimbabwe's strongest man provided a breathtaking spectacle yesterday after pulling a 56-tonne wagon for 100 metres at the National Railways of Zimbabwe in Harare.He also ate a meal of...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
There's no one better placed to educate our children over ED regime abysmal failures than parents!
The opportunity to help our children with their learning, especially in light of the more demanding CALA (continuous assessment learning activity) curriculum - which requires much research and analyti...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:13hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
It wasn't constitutional to extend Malaba tenure but ZANU PF amended law, so why not do same for diaspora vote?
It smacks of foul deception, whenever the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe always hides its unwillingness to extend the right to vote to Zimbabwe citizens residing in the diaspora, behind issues of co...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 10:02hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Pig producers struggle for maize supplies
SMALLHOLDER pig producers, accounting for 80% of the country's pig producers, are reportedly struggling to access maize as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has not availed an allocation for them, rende...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New restaurant opens in Bulawayo
Check out this unique new establishment, The Good Place Restaurant, situated downtown of Bulawayo, offering a coterie of dishes that include western and traditional African menu.The restaurant...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:38hrs | 8 | by Jamela
Mnangagwa admin ignoring root cause of rot
Poisonous snakes' teeth regenerate. It, therefore, doesn't work to remove the serpent's fangs and think you won't get snake bites anymore. The venom lies deep inside too.The Mnangagwa administ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon
I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impecca...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Zifiso Masiye
The singing and dancing is still going on
Household economies tend to zero in on one person or a couple if the marriage is still without 'cracks and bruises'. When needs and wants outpace incomes its the father who loses sleep pondering on ho...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Sadza nurses demonstrate against patients' poor diet
NURSES at Sadza District Hospital in Chivhu yesterday demonstrated against lavish dietary spending by their administration which they said contrasted with the poor meals served to patients.The...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for 15 armed robbery gang
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a gang of about 15 armed robbers who attacked a group of miners in Gwanda and fled with mining equipment. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, ...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube has invited to his breakfast table ingredients from both the chicken and the pig
The unmistakable, yet inevitable atmosphere of limbo, utter despair, confusion and analytic paralysis engulfs the nation yet again. It has become our accustomed portion.The triumphant arroganc...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:06hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet: The raison d'être
Students of politics and philosophy will be familiar with Francis Bacon, who some call the Father of Empiricism because of his contention that inductive reasoning and observation of events were the ro...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Eating bacon is as deadly as smoking'
A RESEARCH department within the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that the consumption of bacon is as deadly as smoking and can lead to colorectal cancer.According to WHO, a repor...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colcom reverting to original pork pie
Zimbabwe's largest meat processor Colcom Foods has bowed down to public pressure and announced it is working on plans for alternative means of producing a pie that includes the aspects of the "origina...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 14:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Candidate promises bacon, egg and milk
New Patriotic Front presidential candidate Mr Tendai Peter Munyanduri has promised in his election manifesto to provide a balanced diet for every Zimbabwean, which includes egg, bacon and milk for eve...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Listeria now affecting us'
Since its inception in January 2017 listeria has relatively taken the lives of more than 180 people including children and babies in South Africa. The disease is mainly contracted through sausages, ba...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:54hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Chamisa should have been more patient and more humble
Ultimately, Chamisa should have been more patient and more humble - he should have waited until Tsvangirai was buried and then contested for the presidency at a congress.That would have given his ...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Tau Tawengwa
Like the mighty Warriors: what's Zimbabwe's game plan?
It is the 117th minute of an African Cup of Nations final at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The match is tied 3-3. The Warriors are battling hard and creating chance after chance - wa...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 11:32hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Love for bacon lands trio in court
An undercover security guard nabbed three individuals who were shoplifting at Pick n' Pay Supermarket in Kamfinsa, Harare. Mercy Machadu (33), Tatenda Dube (26) and Charles Mhlanga (39) stole 10 packe...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lets have a coalition of unlike forces
Welcome to the age of all you can eat cafeteria politics. No longer are we restricted to a set menu. No longer are we restricted to things that pair and complement each other, we can now consume i...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 12:10hrs | | by Dr Brian Sedze
Mawarire: Devil's advocate comes to Washington
On Thursday August 18, 2016 the US-based think tank the Atlantic Council whose headquarters is in Washington DC hosted Zimbabwean Pastor Evan Mawarire who is the face and spokesperson for #ThisFlag mo...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:14hrs | | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Former ZTV news anchor Emberton arrested
Former ZBC news anchor Dave Emberton is reported to have been arrested by the cops attempting to nick bacon at shop in Harare.According to 3Mob, details are still sketchy as to how he was ...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga
Dear Lenox, I read your article "Where have the good maids gone?" on Bulawayo 24 7th May 2016 with great excitement because the plight of maids in Zimba...Published: 08 May 2016 at 19:29hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Promoting meaningful closeness in relationships
For partners to create long term satisfying relationship more than love is needed. What is needed is meaning closeness that comes from both partners being intentional in the use of time they spe...Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 15:47hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's daily Friday the 13th
IT is but a coincidence that on a day, which I want to highlight the destructive nature of endemic and pervasive corruption in our country Zimbabwe, it is the metaphorical Friday the Thirteenth....Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 20:34hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
This n that with Maluphosa - Making ends meet, the Goli way
It has become so hard for most of those in the Diaspora to make ends meet, especially in South Africa. And when one phones home they'd just be praying they will be told sekungcono, they can now come b...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 18:39hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zimbabwe to ban sale of sausages
Zimbabwe Government is contemplating banning sausages and other processed meats after the World Health Organisation (WHO) last week classified the products as one of the major causes of cancer alongsi...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF pleaded for mercy in 2008, says Tsvangirai
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday revealed how a desperate Zanu-PF had dispatched its leading lights to him, allegedly including former State Security minister Nicholas Goche, to try and ...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Domestic work in Zimbabwe means modern slavery of the 21st Century
Case study: Sibusisiwe Dlodlo I was born in Bulilimangwe in 1955. I managed to pass standard six well with division two. I did not have the money to...Published: 02 May 2015 at 19:12hrs | 16 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Jonathan Moyo after my bacon'
Jealousy Mawarire, the journalist who was mired in controversy ahead of last year's disputed elections, has penned another hard-hitting opinion piece accusing Information minister Jonathan Moyo Mo...Published: 30 Oct 2014 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF propagandist at his nonsensical best, sun rising from the West
In his latest article the Zanu-PF Columnist, Nathaniel Manheru, dismissed the forthcoming ad- dress by Dr Morgan Tsvangirai at Chatham House, London on "The Future of Opposition Politics in Zimba...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 17:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Of coalitions, mild beer and Jollof rice, A light hearted treatment of a concept gripping Zimbabwe
Now that the frenzy has abated a little this could be an opportune moment to look afresh at the much talked about idea of a coalition of parties to co-contest future elections in Zimbabwe....Published: 02 Jun 2014 at 21:30hrs | | by Dr Ralph Mguni
Tsvangirai's survival tactic
He looked every inch the picture of a man coming out of a drunken brawl. His shirt was torn, his face swollen, nose bloodied and the skin sagging under his eyes. H...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 16:36hrs | 5 | by Tichaona Zindoga
'Stop thinking like Africans' Jacob Zuma!
For years I have kept an audio recording and a writing of Thabo Mbeki's "I am an African" speech and really felt proud to be an African. On Tuesday Jacob Zuma wakes up to make me wonder if there i...Published: 24 Oct 2013 at 05:26hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
April Fool is dead!
London - The April Fool is dead.Or at least the gentle jester of the common folk has metastised into a corporate colossus controlled by global marketing executives, bestriding the Internet to ...Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Condoms with bacon flavouring on sale
J & D’s Foods has decided to follow up its successful bacon lubricant with bacon flavoured condom.The ...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 12:37hrs | | by Mathews Estell
Colcom's expects revenue to rise by 20 percent
Colcom has projected its revenues to increase by 20% in the current financial year to June 2013 while the pretax margin is forecast to ease by a percentage point to 12.7%, group CEO Theo Kumalo told a...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 15:04hrs | | by Business reporter
Scientific proof, bacon sandwich is the best cure for a hangover revealed
...Published: 23 Aug 2012 at 02:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Lecturer arrested for stealing chicken from OK supermarkets
MASVINGO - Customers at OK supermarket in Masviongo were shocked recently to find former Masvingo Teachers College lecturer, Jefta Chifamba (46) walking around the shop in handcuffs after being caugh...Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 14:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Eating red meat can increase the risk of premature death - Study
Regularly eating red meat, processed or unprocessed, can increase the risk of premature death, scientists from the Harvard School of Public Health said in Mondayâ€â„Â...Published: 13 Mar 2012 at 17:28hrs | | by Moyo Roy
WE DO!!!!!
London - With the two simple words, "I will," Prince William and Kate Middleton are ending months of buildup and sealing their love with the most public of spectacles, a wedding ceremony at Westminste...Published: 29 Apr 2011 at 05:29hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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