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Death enroute to funeral
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo, who is suspected to have been drunk, fell off a moving truck and died on the spot in Fort-Rixon while on his way to a neighbour's funeral, police c...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties trigger storm
TEACHERS' unions have added their voice to the proliferation of Vuzu parties in the second city, saying there is a real danger that the country may lose a whole generation to drug and alcohol abuse if...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Price hikes thwart salary increase relief
Janet Ncube*, a nurse who like all civil servants received a 29% salary increment on Monday, got angry when she woke up to the news of an effective 94% price increase for bread only a day later....Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:38hrs | 3291 | by James Thompson
Killer shebeen queen kept in jail
A BULAWAYO shebeen queen who allegedly stabbed and killed a man from Zvishavane in Pumula East suburb has appeared in court for routine remand.Sithembiso Mzizi (54) allegedly smashed a beer bo...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
'We need WhatsApp,' says Traditional leader
TRADITIONAL leader Robert Ticherwa Marina. who is popularly known as Sekuru Samba urges the Government to equip traditional leaders with smart-phones, television sets and solar power for them to perfo...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:51hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Allow Zimbabweans to trade in Gold, Diamonds and other minerals
Lets empower the people of Zimbabwe and allow them to trade in gold and diamond. I have travelled throughout Zimbabwe, and some of my family members are geologists and miners.I have seen some of them ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1571 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Chaos over wedding beer
THERE was drama at a wedding when the bride's brothers fought the groom over low supply of beer. The unidentified brothers to the bride - Vimbai Ganyani - attacked the groom towards the end of...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 09:35hrs | 3758 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance litigant assaulted
One of the five MDC-Alliance members challenging their party at the High Court over the congress set for May arguing that it should be moved to October was on Thursday last week assaulted during the p...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered for asking for sex
TWO Harare men were hauled before the courts yesterday for allegedly murdering a man who asked for sex from their female accomplice during a beer drink.Trymore White and Roy Kufahakurotyi appe...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:57hrs | 4660 | by Staff reporter
Delta introduces new beer for Easter
DELTA Beverages says it will introduce a 660ml Magnum Castle Lite returnable bottle onto the market this Easter.Castle Lite had only a 340ml bottle. According to a statement by Delta Bev...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:35hrs | 4094 | by Staff Reporter
Armed robbery suspect sues Home Affairs Minister
A SUSPECTED robber who was shot by detectives while fleeing after he allegedly raided a bar in Zvishavane and looted beer, is suing Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Cain Mathema and Police ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Teacher marries herd-boy
A VILLAGE love story has caused a stir in Mashonaland Central's Mupfure Village after a local teacher married a herd boy in the area. The teacher, Kinedah Zhangazha, says finances are a second...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 10:33hrs | 10271 | by Staff reporter
Rhodesian chemical-biological war crimes
As Zimbabwe celebrates its 39th year of Independence, as Africans we have either chosen to ignore or have been brainwashed to forget the terrible things white Rhodesians did to our own freedom fighter...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1142 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Botswana Defence Forces foiled coup attempt against Masisi?
The Commander of Botswana Defence Force Lt. General Placid Segokgo last week deployed military assets including armoured tanks and personnel in key strategic in anticipation of a coup against Presiden...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 22601 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya slams business over prices
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday slammed businesses for wantonly raising prices of basic commodities based on the movement of the exchange rate saying it was not a signific...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Beer prices go up again
THE price of clear beer has gone up again, hardly a month after Delta Corporation Limited increased the asking price of the commodity by 100 percent following the company's decision to sell some of it...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 17:27hrs | 3647 | by newzimbabwe
Kachasu kills 2
TWO people died in separate incidents in Bindura and Glendale after taking too much of an illicit beer called kachasu at the weekend.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mu...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
MDC violence: A noble cause can beget savages
THE MDC Alliance’s initial reaction to their defeat in the ward by-election held in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, last week was a classic or textbook example of denialism — the human tendency to deny re...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 281 | by Conway Tutani
Open letter to Tabitha khumalo
It is so sad to see the once great Party of excellence lose it's dignity and respect in your own hands Madam Chair,Truly speaking as a Chairperson you are supposed to unite people but inst...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 16:42hrs | 1186 | by John Mutekerwi
Deputy Mayor teams with bouncers to disrupt MDC Congress
Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Tinashe Kambarami is reported to have teamed up with ward 28 losing Councillor Collet Ndlovu to block some MDC Youths from accessing a Ward 16 Congress venue on Tuesd...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 12:08hrs | 3544 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Chamisa and Mwonzora handed Zanu-PF Bulawayo by-election win
Nelson Chamisa blamed the party's shock defeat in a council by-election in Bulawayo on an "invisible hand" which he vowed to "cut off".The MDC lost the ward 28 by-election in the suburb of Cow...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 4347 | by ZimLive
Prison officer thrown 6 years in jail for looting
A prison officer based at Whawha Medium Security Prison in Gweru, who went on the rampage together with other looters during violent MDC-Alliance demonstrations in January, has been sentenced to six y...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:00hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Shangaans seek names reversal to restore identity
Traditional leaders and scholars from the VaTsonga tribe in Zimbabwe (also known as Shangaan) are demanding the reinstatement of names of local landmarks whose identities were controversially changed ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:11hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Councillors scramble for heavily discounted stands
COUNCILLORS in Bulawayo have started getting land with most of them identifying residential stands in some of the city's affluent suburbs, Sunday News can exclusively reveal.The scheme meant t...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:59hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Re-inventing Zimbabwe industrial base
THERE is no doubt in my mind that Zimbabwe is on a new economic trajectory which must be underpinned by key principles which have, throughout history, led to the emergence of successful economies....Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:06hrs | 323 | by Vince Musewe
Cyclone Idai hits Manicaland business
THE devastating Cyclone Idai has affected Manicaland's agro-based industry thereby reducing exports, while players in the small to medium enterprises sector were either forced to close shop or downsca...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Teenager arrested for stealing taxis
Police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect on allegations of stealing two taxis in separate incidents in Harare. The suspect (name withheld) from Dzivaresekwa 1 in Harare, was arrested by detectives f...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
'Women politicians are weak,' says MDC Alliance candidate
MDC Alliance's ward 28 candidate for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo, Collet Ndlovu, has triggered a storm with women rights activists after urging residents to rally behind a male candidate, saying women po...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:03hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Chimanimani: Valley of the shadow of death
CHIPO Dhliwayo (30) of Rusitu village in Chimanimani is a devastated woman after a nasty encounter with the fury of nature.The blank look on her face, long after shedding many tears over the l...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Woman hacked to death
A MACHETE-WIELDING man last week went on a rampage and hacked a 40-year-old female vendor to death and left two other people seriously injured, police in Shurugwi have said.The incident happen...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
ED and Chamisa must not use the cyclone as a tool for political mileage
Traumatic events, including natural disasters, are distressing. Strong reactions immediately after the event are very common. Fear, sadness, guilt and anger are all common emotions felt by children, t...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2926 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZANU PF proposes to give away platinum to foreign Capitalists
In 1991, the Zimbabwean economy took its first major dive with the adoption of the IMF/World bank neo-liberal "Economic Structural Adjustment Programme" (ESAP). In Zimbabwe, this process was headed by...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1466 | by ZCP
Trees are life let's plant them
Noone can downplay the importance of trees to both humanity and wildlife, from timber, cattle pens, firewood to fruits and the medicinal roots used by the village 'sangoma'. Trees are life let...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:26hrs | 85 | by Thomas Murisa
Delta explains price reviews
LISTED beverages company, Delta Corporation, has outlined reasons behind the recently effected price increase on assorted soft drinks and beer. Amongst the reasons Delta is citing runaway oper...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents fear 'Harare disease' outbreak
Bulawayo residents say they are at grave risk of contracting deadly diseases such as cholera and typhoid, unless the government urgently bails out their city council to replace its decrepit sewer and ...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
Panner duped by hooker goes berserk
AN artisanal miner from Shurugwi went berserk and randomly attacked patrons at Mzansi Night Club in the gold mining town with a machete leaving three people dead and several others injured as revenge ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Woman beats hubby for 'soiling' blankets
A Harare man claims his wife has been assaulting him and accusing him of soiling their bed whenever he gets drunk.The matter came to light at Harare Civil Court where Tatenda Musabaya was appl...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:56hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed over girlfriend
Midlands provincial magistrate Charity Maphosa will tomorrow deliver her judgement in a case of attempted murder involving a man who stabbed his friend following a dispute over a girlfriend. T...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
'Beer binge victim' murdered, says family
THE FAMILY of a man, who was previously reported to have died from an alcohol binge, is seeking justice, as it has emerged that he could have been murdered under unclear circumstances.Police h...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:00hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Majaivana's sad farewell
IT is the album that was almost never made. Isono Sami, released at the turn of the century by Lovemore Majaivana, was Majaivana's farewell, released when the artiste was about to turn his bac...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 7410 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Zhombe gold turf war ends in tragedy
Police have launched a manhunt for eight Zhombe gold panners who stabbed two fellow miners leaving one dead and another battling for his life following a fight over a gold claim.Midlands provi...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man begs mother for sex
A dumped and sex-starved man is reported to have taken his mother's gentle love for him a bit too far, after he allegedly pestered her for sex.He claimed she should fill the sexual gap left by...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3020 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster sucked into $50 000 misappropriation whirlpool
HAMILTON High School in Bulawayo has been rocked by allegations of embezzlement of funds running into thousands of dollars allegedly "masterminded" by the school's headmaster Jamani Fuyana.The...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation hits 266%
International economist and currency expert Steve Hanke says Zimbabwe's inflation now sits at 266 percent following the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's recently-announced monetary policy.Just two w...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:57hrs | 2075 | by Staff reporter
Rogue police, soldiers turn to crime
More and more members of the security services are being arraigned before the courts for playing a major role in perpetrating blue-collar and violent crime.Analysts attribute the breakdown of ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:25hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Beggar-thy-neighbour protectionist policy is decadent
Reports that the Zimbabwean government wants to liberalize fuel imports is a very significant development that will go a long way towards solving the country's artificial fuel shortages once and for a...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:06hrs | 712 | by Colls Ndlovu
Behold, Chamisa's circus comes to town
The pen, when wielded by the most potent hand, can indeed become mightier than the sword.As Bishop Lazi told you last week, there are a few men and women who belong to a pantheon of gods who c...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:31hrs | 1159 | by Bishop Lazarus
Man kills self over household chores
A 35-YEAR-OLD drunken Bindura man committed suicide on Wednesday after he was confronted by his wife for delegating all household chores to his young brother.Gilbert Kasambarare (35), of Woodl...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:59hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Shamed cheat commits suicide
A 41-YEAR-OLD married Shamva woman committed suicide after she was caught pants down in the bush with another married man on Monday.Danai Mandebvu, of Chitsa village under Chief Bushu, could n...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 3696 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must act before it's rather too late
THERE was some bittersweet news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration this week when the European Union (EU) decided not to extend existing sanctions against Harare despite a recommendatio...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:18hrs | 4647 | by Owen Gagare
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