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Diaspora community form Funeral and repatriation service fund
Gwanda North community members based in South Africa have formed a funeral and bodies repatriation services group fund due to desperation of some colleagues whenever death strikes across the Limpopo....Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 12:54hrs | 598 | by Stephen Jakes
Bosso in desperate bid to end drought
Rodwell Dhlakama and his Hwange team face a challenging match against Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium. Highlanders, under coach Kelvin Kaindu, have not won in their last six games, with their las...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fast growing Zimbabwe diaspora spurs demand for funeral plans
In December 2023, Mavis Clinic Manyonga travelled to the Republic of Ireland from Zimbabwe, looking forward to spending the Christmas holidays with her daughter, Valerie Munashe Makuwe, a nurse in tow...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 18:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rising sudden death cases among newly arrived diasporans - medical expert speaks
MICHAEL Mawema had barely been in the United Kingdom (UK) for two months when he died suddenly in December last year, explained a GoFundMe appeal launched to raise funds for repatriation of his body t...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock Zimta
Divisions are threatening the survival of the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA), with some members coming out openly denouncing the executive, whose tenure in office they claim to have expired a ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa does not listen to anybody'
Trevor Ncube, a local media publisher who owns Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), has revealed that opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa does not listen to anybody.A Chamisa adviser told The NewsHawk...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 18:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Biti won't forgive Reza
OPPOSITION politician, Tendai Biti who is accused of verbally assaulting local businesswoman Tatiana Aleshina, has told Harare regional magistrate Vongai Guwuriro that he will not forgive prosec...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates US$1000 each to families of Stallion bus accident victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has donated a bereavement contribution of US$1000 each to families of the Binga Stallion bus accident victims.The assistance was handed over through Forever Associ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Ezekiel Guti
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has mourned the death of the founder of Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) Forward in Faith Ministries Archbishop Professor Ezekiel Guti.He described the late evange...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube buys Cowdray Park home
RATHER than becoming a "cellphone politician" who interacts with his constituents from afar, prospective Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo who is also Finance and Economic Deve...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senegal President to open 2023 ZITF
Senegalese President Macky Sall is set to officially open this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) which will run from 25 to 29 April 2023.This was revealed by President Emmerson M...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mushohwe declared national hero
Former Cabinet Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe, who died yesterday after a long illness, has been declared a national hero.In a condolence message to the Mushowe family last night, President ...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Doves rated the best Funeral Service Provider in Zimbabwe
Doves Funeral Services has been rated the best Funeral Service Provider of 2022 in Zimbabwe. The results were revealed through a Twitter poll that was run by a ratings poll agency Service Rate Zw. ...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:34hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's grandson dies
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has lost his five year- old grandson after the boy succumbed to a respiratory condition at a local hospital where he was admitted. The President's grandson, Yasha Mafidi Mn...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers sue Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta)
THE High Court will tomorrow hear a matter involving two disgruntled teachers who are suing the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) for allegedly failing to initiate a forensic audit of its finance...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Musarara mourns Minister Kazembe's daughter
ZANU PF Mazowe District Coordinating Committee chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara has sent condolences to to Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe following the death of his daughter Charlene.Charl...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 15:32hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Jamwanda
Dembare sweat for draw
Dynamos 0 - 0 FC PlatinumDEFENDING champions FC Platinum turned up flat and giants Dynamos were equally uninspiring as the eagerly-awaited Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between th...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kenyatta cancels Zimbabwe trip
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has cancelled a planned trip to Zimbabwe this week where he was due to officially open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF).Uhuru's withdrawal follows t...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Packed programme as ZITF roars to life
THE 62nd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) begins tomorrow with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta now unable to come for the official opening as earlier scheduled following the dea...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Taguta
President Mnangagwa yesterday accorded Johane Marange Apostolic Church leader, High Priest Noah Taguta Momberume a State-assisted funeral.The President said Mutumwa Taguta transformed the sect...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns SA flood victims
President Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolence to South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa following the death of over 300 people due to floods that hit KwaZulu-Natal province.In a s...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Desmond Tutu dies
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has died at the age of 90.Tutu, the last surviving South African laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, died in Cape Town.President Cyril Ramaphosa sa...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Residents outraged as council auctions bus for ZW$20 000
MASVINGO residents are up in arms with the city council after the local authority sold a functioning bus for a paltry ZW$20 000 at an auction which was held without their knowledge.The 75-seat...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dangote still interested in investing in Zimbabwe
AFRICA'S richest person Aliko Dangote is still interested in investing in Zimbabwe and had planned to meet Zimbabwe authorities at the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) recently held in Durban, South Af...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's bitter, vengeful spirit decimating foes'
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's family claims his spirit is causing the death of his tribesmen who are at the forefront of the exhumation of his remains.Mugabe's body was buried at h...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial saga in bizarre twist
Former president Robert Mugabe's family says his spirit is fighting back after "mysterious" deaths and illnesses hit families of some traditional leaders that were pushing for the exhumation of the la...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt not paying civil servants promised Covid-19 insurance
THE government is not paying out the promised US$$650 Covid-19 insurance cover to civil servants who test positive to the deadly pandemic, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has said....Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Jane Ngwenya
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent a condolence message to the Ngwenya family following the death of nationalist and freedom fighter Jane Lungile Ngwenya. Mnangagwa said he received the news of the pa...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South education director succumb to Covid-19
Matabeleland South acting provincial education director Lifias Masukume has become the latest high-profile people to succumb to Covid-19.Masukume, 52, died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals on ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to finance Mozambique war
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is struggling to mobilise sufficient resources to contribute to the Southern Africa Development Committee Standing Force (SADC SF), which is supposed to s...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accused of 'hijacking' senior Kariba citizen's funeral
Zanu-PF has been accused by the family of late senior Kariba resident, Phillip Chingono of attempting to gain political mileage through crowdfunding for his funeral when, in fact, the elderly man led ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bukalanga Arts Fest preps underway
ORGANISERS of the annual United Kingdom Bukalanga Arts Festival, which brings together Zimbabweans in the diaspora to celebrate and showcase their culture, yesterday said preparations for the event sc...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gamecocks square off with Bosso
THE prolonged absence of football had really become a fuss for Joey "Mafero" Antipas, the Premier Soccer League's reigning Coach of the Year.A frustrated Antipas even sought solace from one of...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 resorts to voodoo conspiracies
When the weekly Standard newspaper published a story on 2 May 2021 to the effect that a Zvimba villager, Tinos Manovengere, was not happy with the burial of former President Robert Mugabe, G40 members...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mnangagwa mourns Murahwa, Mpofu
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent condolence messages to the Murahwa and Mpofu families following the death of former Director in the Office of the President Beaven Shungu Murahwa and Member of Parli...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
EcoSure beefs up its services, rolls out tents and ablutions as add-ons
HARARE - EcoSure, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe's micro-insurance business, has included tents and mobile ablution facilities to its funeral policy holders as the company beefs up its mobile insurance pac...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:29hrs | | by Agencies
Mnangagwa mourns King Zwelithini
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sent condolence messages to the Republic of South Africa and Botswana following the recent death of Zulu Kingdom leader, His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini and a former...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 remodelled Nyaradzo Funeral Services' business
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new way of approaching issues among Zimbabweans who witnessed a huge number of fellow citizens succumbing to the pandemic after the second wave that hit the coun...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance officials exposed to Covid-19 in police cells
THERE are fears that 11 of the 12 MDC Alliance officials, recently arrested for holding a meeting in defiance of Covid-19 regulations, could have contracted the deadly virus while detained at Chinhoyi...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Row over Ginimbi's Lamborghini
There is a growing row in sorting out the estate of late businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure with his family reluctant to surrender the top-of-the range Lamborgini vehicle bequeathed to someone...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
$300 000 fraud ghost haunts Mwonzora
THE MDC-T has expressed concerns that its President Douglas Mwonzora's accusers on the alleged fraud involving $300 000 party funds which he allegedly siphoned to pay one of the party lawyers Sarudzay...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 has alienated families
All last rites protocol thrown to the wind, priority of priorities is burial of the deceased. This pandemic has alienated families, the family tree branches are no more a one entity. Our tap-root is o...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:01hrs | | by Tondo
Mnangagwa says Covid knows no 'Supermen' calls for unity
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said there are no action heroes after four of his cabinet ministers succumbed to Covid-19 within a week.In his state of the nation address on Saturday, ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwaradzimba's death opens a can of worms
On the 15th January 2021 Zimbabwe lost another politician Ellen Gwaradzimba who was a Zimbabwean politician and Zanu-PF member. At the time of her death, she was Manicaland Provincial Affairs Mi...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Have funerals become super spreaders of Covid-19?
I was six and Gogo was showing me how to deal effectively with marauding ants in the little hut where I slept."Mana kancane, ngikwenzele isililo sobunyonyo!" (let me create for you an ants fun...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:56hrs | 8 | by Zifiso Masiye
Mnangagwa visits Banana family
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said the Government will facilitate the repatriation of the body of former President Canaan Sodindo Banana's son, Michael, who died in Britain last month. Michael (56) ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe's party in flames
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday distanced itself from MDC-T's extraordinary congress, delivering a blow to the beleaguered party which was seeking to associate itself with the l...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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