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Mnangagwa regime knows can't shoot people in front of regional leaders!
Why has the President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime, of late, intensified its crackdown on gatherings? What are they so terrified of?...Published: 20 hrs ago | 335 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso invade Simba fortress today
Simba Bhora will defend their unbeaten home record at Wadzanayi this afternoon as they host giants Highlanders. Under coach Tonderai Ndiraya, Simba Bhora have played nine games at home this se...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 08:53hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
Dembare, Bosso clash in high stakes match
Since 2018, Highlanders have not beaten Dynamos in a Premier Soccer League match in Harare. However, recent events have given the Bosso camp hope of breaking this jinx and completing a double over the...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:55hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
President Ruto apologises for 'arrogant' Kenyan MPs
Kenya's President William Ruto on Friday apologized for the "arrogance and show of opulence" by legislators and ministers from the ruling party and promised action against "rogue" police officers who ...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 12:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Intruder beaten to death after attempting to rape woman
A fatal incident occurred in Magunje, Zimbabwe, when Sammer Panashe Kaimbanemoyo (23) was fatally assaulted after being caught attempting to rape the wife of Nomore Chikandiwa (32). Solomon Ch...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Camron Mpofu signs for Manchester United
Camron Mpofu, from Kirkcaldy, has made the switch after spending three years in the youth academy at Reading.A 15-year-old attacker, Mpofu made his debut for the Scotland U/15s against Spain a...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 16:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man thrashed for friend's crimes
A 46-YEAR-OLD man from Mbembesi in Matabeleland North province was beaten to the pulp by a trio over an unknown dispute after he failed to disclose the whereabouts of his friend.Patrick Mpenge...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 years in jail for cop buttocks stabbing
Three men, Nkosilathi Ngwenya, Mduduzi Sibanda, and Melusi Ngwenya, have been sentenced to six years in jail each for assaulting and stabbing Constable Simbarashe Mhembere, a police officer stationed ...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's McKop a huge asset for high-flying Stellies
ZIMBABWEAN goalkeeper coach Pernell 'Makhiwa' McKop has inspired the high-riding Premiership side Stellenbosch, who will debut in Africa next season.Stellenbosch FC have been one of the star P...Published: 28 May 2024 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso out to defend Uhuru Cup
HIGHLANDERS will hope to replicate their league form in the Independence Trophy as they clash with perennial rivals Dynamos in this year's final at Murambinda B High School in Buhera on Thursday....Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simba Bhora pips Dembare
Simba Bhora 1 - 0 DynamosSimba Bhora exhibited a dominant performance, securing a 1-0 victory over the formidable Dynamos, thus preserving their unbeaten streak at Wadzanai Stadium on Sunday....Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 20:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo senior citizens get free parking
BULAWAYO senior citizens have started to enjoy vehicle parking charges exemption where they are entitled to 25 hours of free parking in the central business district.Tendy Three Investments (T...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthakwazi activists narrate horror stories from behind prison walls
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activists have revealed details of harassment and torture as well as unfair treatment during their incarceration after staging a peaceful protest outside the Bulawayo Ce...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Cop up for extortion
A Harare police officer allegedly fought with a conductor after refusing to pay bus fare and later demanded a Us$60 bribe so that he would not press charges against him.Learnmore Tavengwa (39)...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso on the rise
Highlanders 1 - 0 Simba BhoraHighlanders moved to second spot on the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table after they subdued a resilient Simba Bhora in a league match at Barbourfields Stadium ...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's stunt at Pupu akin to Hitler officiating at a Jewish synagogue?
It was quite a disturbing and unsettling sight watching President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa officiating at the unveiling of the Pupu Battlefield Memorial Site in Lupani. This was in ho...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:15hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa salutes Lady Chevrons
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has hailed the national women's cricket team for winning gold at the ongoing African Games in Accra, Ghana.The Lady Chevrons made history by becoming the first team to win ...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why a farmer is riding from Zimbabwe to Windhoek on a horse
When Ben Freeth headed west on horseback from the derelict Mount Carmel farm near Chegutu in Zimbabwe on 28 November, he had to lay low. For about 800km, Freeth avoided roads and stuck to the bush, fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 1 | by GroundUp
Shona youth that attack Matabele possessed by the demon of gukurahundi
Shona youth that drive all the way from Mashonaland to Matabeleland armed with machetes and fire arms to invade Matabeleland and violently attack and kill...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 23:53hrs | 4 | by Israel Dube
'Bosso, Dembare clash is one of the biggest games in Africa'
Highlanders head coach Kelvin Kaindu has declared that the match pitting his side and arch rivals Dynamos FC nicknamed the "Battle of Zimbabwe" is "one of the biggest games in Africa".The Zamb...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Filabusi senior cops bribed by Zinyama
TENSION remains high in Matebeleland South's Insiza district after marauding machete gangs invaded villages last week where they attacked people over a mining claim dispute.A numbe...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Filabusi gold wars turn ugly
IN a harrowing ordeal that shook Filabusi District, Prosper Ncube, a young miner, recently became a victim of a vicious assault. Under the cloak of night, he was ambushed and mercilessly beaten by a g...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters bludgeon Beitbridge deputy mayor
BEITBRIDGE deputy mayor John Manatsa was allegedly beaten up and injured during opposition CCC factional clashes at former Beitbridge West MP Morgan Ncube's house on Monday evening.Manatsa was...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shona-speaking youths invade Insiza, abuse locals
VIOLENCE has erupted in Theleka area in Insiza, Matebeleland South province, after a machete-wielding gangs reportedly from Mashonaland and Midlands provinces, notoriously known as Mashurugwi or Mabha...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kaindu has some unfinished business at Highlanders
KELVIN Kaindu has some unfinished business at Highlanders. After twice coming close to ending the long-standing title drought at Bosso, which has now stretched to 18 years, the Zambian gaffer ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hit and miss for Bosso
RETURNING Highlanders striker Cleopas Dube featured in a friendly match against Northern Region Division One side MWOS in Norton on Saturday, but the club will not be signing him since the final squad...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths in violent clashes
Zanu-PF supporters were left nursing injuries after a violent encounter over a residential stand owned by a deceased party supporter in Grobly Park, Waterfalls in Harare.Zanu-PF shadow council...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Man beds neighbour's wife for 4 decades, sires 5 children'
"MY neighbour has been sleeping with my wife for more than 40 years and is the father of the five children that I always thought were mine," a forlon Johnson Tshuma (66) from Dollar Extension in Inyat...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Children terrorised by invisible creatures
THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magw...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Billiat unveiled in glitzy ceremony
YADAH Stars yesterday set the bar high with a glitzy unveiling ceremony for their mega-dollar star, former Warriors kingpin Khama Billiat at the Yadah Complex.Billiat joined the Prophetic Heal...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pan-Africanism is dead!
Twice, in as many weeks, I have heard Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speak on the need to preserve Pan-Africanism.Yesterday was the latest, as he attended a memorial service he...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:11hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Time to re-energise the opposition
The future and quality of our opposition is in limbo and in dire straits. It needs to be fixed, improved as quickly as possible if it wants to be a force to reckon with. There are no short cuts to att...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 11:47hrs | | by Leonard Koni
A doomed holiday for unrepentant genocidaires!
We shall always remember the 21st of February as a doomed and diabolic holiday which has been set aside by the unrepentant genocidaires for openly celebrating the physical Gukurahundi genocide, which ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General for Freedom Alliance)
Family dumps decomposing corpse at killer's home, demands 55 head of cattle before burial
A family in Silobela is demanding 55 head of cattle and US$8 500 as compensation before they can bury their son who was allegedly killed in a revenge attack.The family of Tinashe Manyeruke who...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family dismisses police account of armed robbery suspect's killing
Armed robbery suspect Godknows Machingura's family has demanded an independent inquiry into the music promoter's killing by detectives arguing the police account of his shooting did not match what has...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Utseya resigns
THE Zimbabwe U19 camp remained united yesterday amid reports that Prosper Utseya will leave his coaching post after the team's campaign in the Men's U19 World Cup where they face-off with hosts South ...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kelly Khumalo ordered hit on boyfriend Senzo Meyiwa, court hears
Senzo Meyiwa, the former captain of the South African national football team was killed in a hit ordered by his girlfriend, the singer Kelly Khumalo, a South African court heard on Wednesday.B...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Western modernization was fraught with sanguineous crimes
The path to modernization a country chooses is determined by its historical traditions, social systems, developmental conditions, and external environment, among other factors. As countries differ in ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 15:48hrs | | by Xi Jinping
Thief forced to eat raw, unplucked chicken
A MAN from Pumula suburb in Bulawayo will forever rue his love for chicken when a vigilante group in the neighbourhood forced him to eat the raw meat of the bird that he had been caught stealing....Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kaindu ready to roll
HIGHLANDERS' incoming coach, Kelvin Kaindu is raring to start work as soon as he gets his work permit from the country's immigration department.The Zambian national arrived in Bulawayo last Tu...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Music that doesn't speak for the oppressed is not really music!
Of late, we have witnessed divided opinions on our music legend Winky D (Wallace Chirumiko).This is on account of his recent songs, which have mainly touched on the social injustices faced by ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 20:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Foul-mouthed drunk stoned and stripped naked
OBVIOUS Moyo's habit of hurling insults at people while intoxicated backfired horribly when he was stoned after a violent encounter that also left him naked and in a pool of blood.The near-tra...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hands off King Lobengula, he was not a Zimbabwean!
Unformed, ignorant and reckless Zimbabwe satirists, journalists, whatever they call themselves, should be advised that His Majesty, King Lobengula of Matabeleland was not a Zimbabwean. Ingqungqulu Ema...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe govt misses US$12bn mining target
LEADING economists and mining industry experts warned this week the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development was manipulating data to give an impression that its ambitious US$12 billion target will be...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Suffering Zimbabweans should free themselves
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson and former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa (PM) was awarded the International Trade Union Confederation Africa (ITUC-Afr...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive off the rails
ZIMBABWE'S international diplomatic re-engagement drive is completely off the rails as shown by the United States government's announcement of a new travel embargo targeted at the regime actors respon...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 20:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thief beaten to death
THREE men have been arrested after they allegedly teamed up and beat a man to death for stealing from one of them.Cephas Dube (32), Patrick Moyo and Leonard Sibanda (28) who are employed at Bl...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
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