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The curse of diamonds: How Zimbabwe's wealth is failing its people
I was listening this morning as the Minister of Mines, Winston Chitando, boasted over Zimbabwe's increasing diamond production. Indeed, Zimbabwe's diamond industry has long been touted as a be...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 15:09hrs | 940 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
EXCLUSIVE: Victim of Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati speaks on how he lost his beer plant and got deported
In the shadowy world of mafia dealings, a sinister evil chess game orchestrated by the self-styled Italian Mafia boss,Marconati, (pictured) has been exposed.Today, we delve into the Francesco ...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 17:27hrs | 2 | by George Tshuma
FRANCESCO MARCONATI FILES: Unveiling the dark trail of violence and plunder at Queens Mine
Francesco Marconati, a self-styled Italian Mafia boss, has become a notorious name associated with Queens Mine, where his malevolent actions have left an indelible mark on the lives of those who have ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 11:45hrs | 2 | by George Tshuma
Italian investor Francesco Marconati flouts mining regulations...poses threat to national security
Italian investor Francesco Marconati's contentious actions in Zimbabwe's mining sector have raised serious concerns about regulatory compliance, worker safety, and ethical standards. Despite being ord...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 13:00hrs | 15 | by George Tshuma
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 5 | by Innocent Mpoki
Russia urged to put nuclear weapons in Cuba
Russia should place its nuclear weapons in "friendly countries" near the US in response to Washington's alleged plans to move its own tactical arms to Europe, lawmaker Aleksey Zhuravlev has suggested....Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buried alive for 3 days
WIPING his dusty face and shaking his muddied clothes, Owen Jaison (24) takes a huge sigh of relief.He had just dug his way out of belly of the earth for a kilometre.He and other 14 ar...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:51hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Dark underbelly of pickpocketing in Harare CBD
AWARD-WINNING Zimdancehall chanter Killer T aptly captured Harare central business district in his chartbusting song Masuspect whose lyrics partly go: "Vapfanha vacho vanobhosha masuspect. Havan...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican hustlers take over Harare streets
In the bustling heart of Harare, with towering skyscrapers and vendors hawking wares amid the honking symphony of traffic, a unique brand of entrepreneurship thrives.Young Mozambican men, thei...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zimbabwe Cricket Union turns Queens Sports Club into a Strip Club
The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) and Matabeleland Tuskers Team Manager, Nicholas Singo, find themselves entangled in a legal battle that has exposed their alleged illegal activities at Queens Spor...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 16:30hrs | 15 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa invades Zanu-PF hunting ground
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says 80% of its leader Nelson Chamisa's campaign rallies will be held in the rural areas, which is traditionally viewed as a Zanu-PF stronghold....Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi gold discovery: New town emerges
"BEKEZELA" is IsiNdebele word for patience, and for residents of a suburb that bears the same name in Filabusi in Insiza District, Matebeleland South, development has been a long way, coming for the n...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Chekhov's middle age monks
From a writer, critic, traveller, doctorI am reading selected letters of Anton Chekhov, the Russian writer, critic, traveller and medical doctor.The letters span a big chunk of his lif...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 On Saturday
Mnangagwa's 5 election hurdles
AFTER days of political drama, anxiety and bated breath, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the election date, setting the stage for a season of intrigue, joy and heartaches. Zimbabwe decides on ...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man survived being buried alive for 6 hours
BURIED Alive, a 2020 song released by Jamaican superstar Buju Banton resonates very well with popular Marondera well digger, Collin Kaseke.With apologies to the license holder, it goes: I was ...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spirit medium vs police: A clash of beliefs at Wenimbi Dam
WHERE do we draw the line between reality and belief?Who do you believe, a mouthpiece of the unseen or an account of an elite trained squad whose experience tells a story of service?Th...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members are the ones who are Unpatriotic
The infrastructure, economic and social situations has come to a bad image. This was caused by incapable political leaders who pretend as if are very patriotic and love their country so much.F...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 19:24hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
'CCC will win the 2023 elections' Need a reality check here, especially after 42 years of rigged elections
"Our motive is clear, we want to win the 2023 Presidential Election. Let it be known that Chigumba cannot stop the wave of change, said CCC Task Force Com...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 21:27hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Beyond Beijing's 'gift' to Zimbabwe
On November 23, 2022, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa gave the state of the nation address at the new iconographic parliament building that was designed, funded, built and "donated" by C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Gorden Moyo
Call to ban biased observers from Britain
ZIMBABWE is a friend to all and an enemy to none, but the British House of Lords should not take that as a sign of weakness, Zanu-PF Chief whip Pupurai Togarepi has said.This comes after some ...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jumbo, croc attack victim seeks help
A BINGA man who miraculously survived an elephant and crocodile attack that left him clinging onto the straws of life is appealing for financial assistance to enable him to undergo further treatment o...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shock as male cat births triplets
IN a rather stranger than fiction story, villagers in the Mpoki area in Gokwe were left in shock and disgust after a male cat recently gave birth to three surprise kittens, in a case the community has...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: To be or not to be!
Widening Russian War Aims What a week we have had! War works largely on laws of the unforeseen and the unintended. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, has ominously hinted at ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Jamwanda
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 8 | by Israel Dube
Sanctions on Zimbabwe: A form of economic invasion
In the context of domestic politics and international relations, national economic security refers to a country's capacity to implement its preferred policies to build the national economy in the mann...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:02hrs | 7 | by Dr Norbert Hosho
'Smuggler' Rushwaya wants gold possession de-criminalised
CONTROVERSIAL Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has made a shocking plea to the Zanu-PF government to repeal a piece of legislation which criminalises the possession of gol...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 20:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce at Hamara, steal US$13,000
Two armed robbers pounced at Hamara fruit and vegetable supermarket along Fife street between 3rd and 4th avenue in Bulawayo, yesterday and got away with over US$13 000 and R8 000, police have confirm...Published: 31 May 2022 at 13:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'never allow anyone to divide the nation'
ZIMBABWEANS must refuse to be divided as the cords that bind the country together are stronger than any differences, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.Addressing thousands of people who atten...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Days of Harare as bambazonke are over,' says Mnangagwa
The days of Harare as the centre of everything in the country are over, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.President Mnangagwa was addressing thousands of Zimbabweans who gathered at Barbou...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warmongers will never preach peace
Do you still remember what the Bishop has been prophesying from the beginning?He hopes you still do!We will definitely inherit a different world order when the coronavirus finally runs...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:00hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
MDC aversion to democracy - its death knell
A simple definition of democracy is a system of governance in which people choose their leaders by voting for them.That very definition, in its simplicity, was recently on display in the gover...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
ZEC to improve poll handling
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is now looking at benchmarking its election management with international standards after successfully implementing the domestic and regional standards in the 2...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
There is need to audit works of NGOs
CIVIL society has been an almost purely Western concept. It is historically tied to the political emancipation of citizens from former feudalistic ties, monarchies, and the state during the eighteenth...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Teddy Ncube
Battling Anxiety? Here are some expert-approved tips to overcome it
Describing anxiety is extremely difficult as everyone may suffer from it in a different way. It is normal for us to feel anxious from time to time, but when anxiety starts to affect our daily life, th...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 12:39hrs | 11 | by Staff Writer
What makes belly dancing such a unique art form?
There are very few forms of dance that are as captivating and intriguing as belly dancing. Have you ever attended a cultural event and seen those beautiful women wearing extravagantly made costumes, r...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff writer
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent clashes at Zanu-PF meeting
Zanu-PF Harare provincial vice chairperson Godwin Gomwe allegedly assaulted his superior, Goodwill Masimirembwa, during a party meeting which turned violent.Gomwe was brought to court on summo...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe
A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zisco hunts for revival partner
GOVERNMENT will soon convene an investor conference as part of efforts to scout for a suitable investment partner for the revival of the moribund steelmaker, Ziscosteel.This follows the closur...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
666 hooker killer arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man who allegedly killed a hooker at a lodge and inscribed 666, a number Biblically known as the mark of the beast and a star associated with the occult on her belly...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU's 70 year old SG launches party presidential bid
ZAPU's secretary-general, Dr Strike Mkandla (70) has launched his presidential bid ahead of the elective congress set for this August, saying the revolutionary party requires a leader who will value i...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora and MDC-T working for their supper
THE move by the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora members of the National Assembly and senators to vote in favour of the Constitutional Amendment Number 2 in a marriage of convenience with Zanu-PF showed ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe's liberation pilgrimage
In my previous instalment in this publication, I indicated that Zimbabwe's independence history is connected to that of all post-colonial African nations. Likewise, Africa's liberation is also grounde...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Zanu-PF bigwigs in fresh trouble
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched a fresh investigation into allegations that Zanu-PF bigwigs unjustly benefited from lengthy leases from the ailing Cold Storage Company (CSC...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shock as prophet declares bulging tummy not pregnancy
A woman from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo, who thought she was pregnant because of her stomach which started swelling five months ago, was shocked when it was revealed to her by a pro...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
What caused the 50% plunge in Zimbabwe's fuel import bill?
ZIMBABWE'S fuel import bill fell by more than 50% in 2020, from US$1,2 billion the previous year.Figures recently released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), capturing data ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt mounts fresh plan to save Zisco
GOVERNMENT is mounting a fresh plan on Friday to revive operations at the moribund steel maker Ziscosteel, the latest of a string of futile attempts to rebuild Africa's once largest integrated steelwo...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 8 | by Emmanuel Koro
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