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Old Mutual senior manager faces rape charges against intern
A senior manager at Old Mutual, Musa Nyasha Dube Manyika (41), appeared in court on charges of raping a 23-year-old female student who was on attachment at the company. Manyika, who serves as ...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 07:10hrs | 3936 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo blames Apostolic churches for erratic rainfall patterns
WHILE changes in climate patterns are blamed for altering local weather patterns and potentially contributing to changes in rainfall across the country, a revelation about what specifically affects ra...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
BCC targets 'freaky' items used by apostolic churches in proposed ban
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is advocating for a ban on the use of flags, tents, clothes, banners, and scary artefacts by apostolic churches, stating that these practices are against the local cult...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's IEC accused of leaking ballot papers to ANC
South Africans have taken to social media platforms to express concern over whether the upcoming general elections will be free and fair following the alleged unauthorised delivery of ballot papers in...Published: 26 May 2024 at 15:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'CCC MPs cannot switch parties and run again,' argues Jonathan Moyo
Political scientist Professor Jonathan Moyo has stated that Members of Parliament are not constitutionally allowed to resign from their elected positions with one political party and re-contest under ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rolls sleeves as battle hots up
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will today conduct marathon campaign rallies in Bulawayo as his loyalists seek to regain their seats in weekend by-elections following controv...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
MDC election agents flee Zanu-PF terror
Several MDC supporters in Nkayi have reportedly fled their homes due to alleged harassment by Zanu-PF activists and State security agents. The situation arose after Chief Ndlovu, the MDC's candidate f...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambian President Hichilema breaks SADC protocols
ZAMBIAN President Hakainde Hichilema breached Southern Africa Development Community protocols when he appointed Dr Nevers Mumba, a man with a criminal record, to head the bloc's Electoral Observer Mis...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's CCC giving Zanu-PF sleepless nights'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba says his party is giving Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa sleepless nights due to the overwhelming support the opposition pa...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'CCC' candidates push ahead
CANDIDATES accused by the opposition CCC of fraudulently submitting nomination court papers while masquerading as bona fide party nominees have persisted with campaigns ahead of the 23 August general ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accuses Indian business people of hoarding basic goods
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to the business sector and specifically targeted Indians, accusing them of stockpiling basic supplies to create artificial shortages and boost p...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED lines up national convention
Scores of Apostolic sects under the Vapostori4ED and Zion4ED banners have lined up an historic national convention this month to offer their final pledge to ensure a landslide victory for President Mn...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Multitudes march in South Africa demanding Ramaphosa's exit
Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and stre...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brazilian football legend Pele dies at 82
Brazilian football legend Pele has died at the age of 82 following a long battle with cancer, his agent Joe Fraga and his family confirmed on Thursday.His daughter Kely Nascimento took to Inst...Published: 29 Dec 2022 at 21:16hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Bloodshed of Zimbabwe's past elections has citizens bracing for what's to come next year
"Just thinking of voting causes me to become more afraid," Maxwell Tauro told The Globe and Mail. I might be met with bullets. I'm just fearful that I might get shot like my son."With a new el...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:40hrs | 16 | by Jeffrey Moyo for The Globe & Mail
Beware of the folly of Trojan rulers!
Government, folly of mankind?Barbara W Tuchman is a prolific writer on politics as read through history. I enjoy her take on her subject.But she is American, western, itself an importa...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 18:07hrs | 1 | by on Saturday
Rowdy mob disrupts CCC presser
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths yesterday cordoned off the Media Centre in the capital to block opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders from holding a Press conference.CCC spokes...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brand Zimbabwe campaign launched
THE Brand Zimbabwe campaign, designed to enhance the country's domestic and international appeal to investors and tourists was launched in Harare yesterday backed by a wide cross section of many busin...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kizito Manganda's petition march against TTI and BCC flops
A petition march against the Bulawayo Smart Parking System organised one Farai Kizito Manganda on Monday against City of Bulawayo and its technical partner Tendy Three Investments (TTI) staged a...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 14:58hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Huge send-off for gukurahundi linked Brig Gen Mabenge
GOVERNMENT officials, services chiefs, Zanu-PF supporters and church congregants yesterday thronged the revered National Heroes Acre to pay their last respects to Brigadier General (Rtd) Benjamin Mabe...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thousands bid farewell to Major-General Bhebe
THOUSANDS of people yesterday thronged the National Heroes Acre to bid farewell to national hero Major-General (Rtd) Sydney Vulindlela Bhebe, who died last Tuesday at a hospital in Harare.Maj-...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Thousands bid Major-General Nyathi farewell
THE late national hero, Major-General (Rtd) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi, who was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, was described as an intelligent and quiet soldier who stood firm f...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Bishop
Zimbabwe celebrates Uhuru
Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day today with festivities to mark the day being held across the country under the theme: "Leaving no one and no place behind."The main celebrations w...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF looks down on Tonga people'
BINGA North MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda (Citizens Coalition for Change) has claimed that Tonga people have consistently rejected Zanu-PF after realising that the ruling party was not keen on developing t...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zanu-PF councillor reported to police after erecting campaign banners at polling station
ASPIRING Zanu-PF Chinhoyi Ward 12 councillor, Enock Fombo, has been reported to police after displaying his campaign banners close to a polling station.He was also dishing out Zanu-PF regalia,...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jamaica still colonised by UK
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Wednesday his country wants to be "independent" and address "unresolved" issues, a day after protesters called...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Britain and the USA gave Putin the idea of invasion, by doing this in Iraq, Libya, Serbia etc
In the long-ago summer of 2010, I found myself in the beautiful harbour of Sevastopol, surveying the rival fleets of Russia and Ukraine as they rode at anchor in the lovely Crimean sunshine. O...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 08:45hrs | 12 | by Peter Hitchens
Artuz members to spend weekend behind bars
SIXTEEEN teachers arrested during a protest over poor salaries on Wednesday will spend the weekend in cells after a Harare magistrate yesterday postponed ruling on their bail application to Monday....Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:15hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Huge send off for national hero Khaya Moyo
Zimbabweans from all walks thronged the National Heroes Acre yesterday to pay their last respects to the late liberation stalwart Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo who succumbed to cancer on Sunday, Novembe...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party re-brands
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has embarked on a re-branding exercise, which will see the opposition changing its flag and party regalia.The party's spokesperson, Velile Moyo confirmed the...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vashandiri Vashe: A Zhombe musical group rocking national gospel charts
ZHOMBE hardly makes it to national news headlines. Since the days of Learnmore Jongwe who died nearly 20 years ago, it's rare to find a Zhombe story on radio or in national newspapers unless it's to d...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:23hrs | 14 | by Felix Chiroro
Nakamba builds lavish castle in Bulawayo
ZIMBABWEAN midfield maestro Marvelous Nakamba is making the most of his career in the lucrative English Premier League after it emerged that he is constructing a multimillion dollar castle in Bulawayo...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zuma says 'Not guilty' - nails CIA linked prosecutor
More than a decade after former president Jacob Zuma was served with an indictment accusing him of fraud and corruption, he was finally able to enter a plea at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Wedne...Published: 26 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | | by Des Erasmus
Chiwenga fumes after UBH renames hospital unit after Tagwirei's Arundel
Vice President and health minister Constantino Chiwenga was furious after discovering that the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) had renamed its Covid-19 isolation centre to Arundel Hospital, ZimLive ca...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in Mbare clean-up after police arrest Ngarivhume for similar attempt
ONLY a few days after the police blocked and arrested Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume from clearing litter at the busy Mbare Musika area, Zanu-PF youth league members Friday were allowed to...Published: 08 May 2021 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZRP block opposition clean-up exercise
POLICE yesterday blocked a clean-up exercise in Mbare initiated by opposition Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume saying they feared that the programme could turn into a political gathering....Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Yvonne Ncube
Zanu-PF hijacked Soul Jah Love's funeral
Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu PF has been for time immemorial leading in hijacking funerals, especially of celebrities.The party was shamelessly at it again this time around when they declared ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 08:57hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa reiterates call to end American sanctions
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reiterated his call for an end to the vindictive illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries as he congratulated Mr Joe Biden following his confirmation yesterda...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic tensions surge in South Africa
As the coronavirus outbreak has slammed the South African economy and pushed unemployment to a 17-year high, it's awakened a recurrent social demon: xenophobia.Anti-immigrant groups have stage...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 18:28hrs | 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
Khupe bans Chamisa backers at congress
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe yesterday said she would not allow MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's backers, including recalled MPs and councillors, to take part at her party's forthcoming ex...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa posters defaced in Marondera
SOME of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's posters, erected on the eve of Heroes and Defences Forces holidays in Marondera, have been defaced and pulled down, in a development that has been linked to ange...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shangani circumcision teams turn away health partners
Shangani villagers in Chiredzi have shut out all health partners from taking part in this year's circumcision ceremony which started on Sunday, citing intrusion into their culture.The end of t...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Heavily armed police invade Bulawayo High Court
Heavily armed police officer officers have cordoned off Bulawayo High Court where Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is a respondent in a case was filed by a civic group 1893MRM citing that Kambaram...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 10:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa promised a 'Zimbabwe you want' but has failed to deliver
Last year, during Zimbabwe's national elections, the ruling party erected dozens of banners all over the country, emblazoned with lofty promises and a giant photo of the man who won that contest, Emme...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by John Sparks
The economy may never rise under a Zanu-PF leadership
There is no apparent sign of a vote of no confidence than an economy that is refusing to respond to various policy prescriptions amid growing destitution. In three months' time, this administration wi...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:37hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans mourn Dabengwa
It was with a deep sense of sadness and loss that the leadership and members of Umkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) received the devastating news that comrade Dumiso Dabengwa passe...Published: 25 May 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by Issued on behalf of the President of MKMVA, comrade Kebby Maphatsoe, by Carl Niehaus
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