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Teaching Ndebele in Zimbabwe schools will have helped Shonas
There are times when you think you are spitting someone, when in fact, you are destroying yourself.One such instance was when Robert Mugabe and his colleagues in ZANU (before it became ZANU-PF...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 280 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Customers cry foul as airtime mysteriously disappears
Your Money Your CallIN the ever-evolving landscape of telecommunications, trust is the currency that binds customers to their service providers.However, recent events have shaken this ...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 13:57hrs | 115 | by Cresencia Marjorie Chiremba
Zimbabweans in South Africa on exemption permits safe for now
THE Constitutional Court last week dismissed an application by the Minister of Home Affairs for leave to appeal a June 2023 Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, judgment which held that the Zimbabwean Exempt...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Business Network celebrates the unveiling of King Lobengula's grave
In a resounding chorus of gratitude, the Bulawayo Business Network has expressed profound appreciation to a consortium of entities for their pivotal roles in the discovery and identification of the to...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 12:33hrs | 21 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ulunyoka, the spell that binds love and punishes betrayal
IN the shadowed corners of tradition lies the practice of ulunyoka - a spellbinding ritual that binds a spouse to fidelity with consequences dire enough to stir the soul. This ancient art of "centrall...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:43hrs | 23 | by Leonard Ncube
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Moses Moyo
Man dumps wife in court for maid
A TROUBLED man from Queens Park suburb in Bulawayo pulled a shocker in court as he dumped his wife for allegedly bashing him and insulting him for failing to secure a job.Timothy Dube revealed...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 18:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'Tyson' knocked Out!
SELF-exiled independent Presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere's hopes of participating in the August 23 harmonised elections were dashed following the nullification of his nomination by the High C...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane organises cultural, arts fest
UMZINGWANE district in Matebeleland South province has set Africa Day (May 25) as the day for its annual cultural and arts festival.Africa Day is the annual commemoration of the founding of th...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean star signs four-year deal with Serie-A club
ZIMBABWE international Jordan Zemura has completed his move to the Italian side Udinese after it was revealed yesterday that the defender has entered into a four-year deal with the Serie A club that b...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiroto vows to expose Chamisa
Mutare-Former Harare Mayor and President of Urban Council Association in Zimbabwe who is among a host of Zanu-PF returnees has declared that he will expose all strategies and inside information that b...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must stop meddling in councils
IF it is, indeed, true that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has woken up to its folly of meddling in local authorities affairs as far as the problematic Pomona Waste to Energy deal betwe...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in Pomona deal climbdown
GOVERNMENT was yesterday forced to make a U-turn on the Pomona waste management deal after the Harare City Council dug in and refused to pay for dumping waste at Pomona, now managed by the Netherlands...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF nullifies Youth League reshuffle
MASHONALAND West provincial affairs minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka's wings have been clipped after the party nullified recent illegal co-options of her loyalists into the youth league provincial execut...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Co-tenants in court over 'toilet sex'
A woman from Nkulumane suburb dragged her co-tenant to court after she accused her of being in the habit of having sex in the toilet with her husband.Farisai Ndoro is a bitter woman because he...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Father-in-law in court for demanding money from son-in-law
A man from Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo dragged his father-in-law to court to seek a peace order against him for frequenting his home to demand money for food and rent.Tabson Mathe (43) said his...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mother-in-law slaps, grabs rowdy son-in-law's genitals
A furious mother-in-law bashed her rowdy son-in-law and grabbed him by the balls for insulting her and her daughter.He also called them prostitutes.This was heard at the Western Common...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Girlfriend accused of stealing lover's underwear
Heather Matsika from Entumbane suburb dragged her secret lover Daniel Moyo to Western Commonage civil court for verbally and physically abusing her for allegedly stealing his underwear and locking his...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to domesticate elections charter
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has been urged to move a step further and domesticate the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG) to guarantee free and fair electi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPRC calls for political tolerance
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has called for political tolerance ahead of next month's National Assembly and Local Authority by-elections.Political parties have heigh...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
A political accident waiting to happen
Communities are glued and bound together by more than blood.They share a common past, history, heritage, values, norms and aspirations.The commonality bred by sharing similar languages...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:58hrs | 7 | by Bishop Laz
Zanu-PF cults, national myths, hegemony
THE British are renowned for their liking of leaders, particularly those who took them through tough periods like the Second World War and the Cold War-era. Most notable are army commander Winston Chu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Love for Passion Java lifestyle lands man in jail
BULAWAYO up and coming musician, Fanuel Jele a.k.a Richboy, is languishing in prison after he was convicted and sentenced to 10 months for defrauding his mother of over $13 000.The inmate comm...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sustainable reforms now key to foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently announced that it is on course to clear the backlog of foreign exchange auction allotments which date back to as far as three months and amounting to about ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 9 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe lobbyists court German investors
The sterling work being done by the Second Republic has charmed Zimbabweans based in Germany where lobbyists are courting investors from Europe's biggest economy to come to the southern African nation...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
When the judiciary abuses the liberators; Revolution under attack (The Zuma debacle)
When I was a prosecutor in the 1990's in Zimbabwe we had some prosecutors and lawyers who would come into court and make submissions which will be aimed at the people sitting in the gallery. They were...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
President Mnangagwa converted by Passion Java?
His excellency the president of Zimbabwe has shown a skill to engage the youth. The president has taken time in his busy schedule to meet individual youth leaders youth pastors sports persons and peop...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Independent Matabeleland presages the worst to come: South Sudan war will be nowhere near
We have been saying time and again that these numerous Mthwakazi parties are a group of young boys who do not have the slightest idea about the past liberation war. Reading the daily news in social me...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa consolidation of power an indictment on constitutionalism
INAPPROPRIATE laws inherited from colonial rule have been the major source of poverty and alienation in rural communities where 68% of the population live.To a larger extent, government has ma...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa makes history as Chief Justice Malaba is saved by the bell
The present Constitution of Zimbabwe became fully operational on the 22nd August, 2013, having been assented to on the 22nd May, 2013, by the President as the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2...Published: 09 May 2021 at 00:31hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
West's Zimbabwean political project crumbling
There is an interesting quotation from the Old Man in Charles Mungoshi's "Waiting for the Rain" (1975). It is a quotation that epitomises his lament about the alienation that has afflicted Lucifer, hi...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Ranga Mataire
Switch of bank accounts to Zimdollars valid, Supreme Court rules
Sums in accounts denominated in US dollars were legally converted to sums denominated in Zimbabwe dollars in terms of a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directive when the local currency was reintroduced, the...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mohadi's sex scandal should be probed'
Vice President Kembo Mohadi's sexual excursions betray a culture of "abuse of office and power by public officials" that should be thoroughly investigated and punished, two civil society groups said o...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A letter to Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu: Hillside Bulawayo
Dear Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu, I start my letter with the first sentence of the article written today regarding the fight you had with supposedly your husband Trust Moyo. If marriage is war, the bed...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
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
Spouses can now disinherit each other
The Supreme Court has ruled that parties to a marriage are free to disinherit each other, in a landmark judgment likely to spark fierce debate. A five-judge panel of the Appeals Court unanimou...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa's govt ready for the new variant of COVID-19?
OUR government has never taken things seriously, even something as deadly as the coronavirus. The bungled response, the "time to eat" scandals vis-a-vis personal protective equipment procurement, and ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army chief, minister sucked in mine row
ZIMBABWE Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda and State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube have been implicated in a messy mine ownership wrangle after Chantelle Chikafu, the...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalist Gutu confusing COVID-19 correlation with causality
"Correlation is not causality", this one of the basic principles of logical thinking. This concept is introduced in any philosophy, statistics or law program that is worth its salt. Obert Gutu, an acc...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:31hrs | | by Edzai Zvobwo
Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Game Park miner loses claims in violent takeover
UMFURUDZI Game Park miner, John Maungwa has lost control of his gold rich mining claims to Shantelle Chikafu, who once claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter and Shamva North legislator...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring DCC candidates await Politiburo nod
VETTING of aspiring District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members has been completed and is now awaiting endorsement from the Politburo, Zanu-PF Secretary for the Commissariat Victor Matemadanda has s...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'vote-buying a dismissible offence'
ZANU-PF First Secretary and President, Mnangagwa, yesterday warned senior officials against breaching party rules and regulations when conducting District Coordinating Committee (DCC) and primary elec...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF's costly and desperate power preservation
Absolute political power and a persistent quest to preserve it at all cost can result in absolute political absurdity. Men and women who might have spent some time being intellectually trained in inst...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | | by Mkhululi Zulu - Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Boris Conservatism: law protects in-group but does not bind, it binds out-group but does not protect = essence Zanu PF thuggery
When the British people voted to leave the European Union in the 2016 Referendum, then Prime Minister, David Cameron, who had campaigned to remain, resigned and chaos ensued. Voting to leave was the e...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:50hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Downing of Rhodesian Viscount plane revisited
September 3, 1978 is a date that should be permanently etched in the minds of Zimbabweans as it is an important reminder of the story of ZAPU's role in the liberation struggle. On this day, Zipra forc...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
Peter Moyo tightens screws on Trevor Manuel
Axed Old Mutual chief executive Peter Moyo has launched a fresh legal battle to get his job back.Moyo, 56, on Monday approached the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg to have the country...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by iol
Chamisa's Heroes Month message to the people of Zimbabwe
It is exactly twelve months since disputed and stolen election of 2018. The majority of Zimbabweans are still in shock at the brazen manner inwhich their vote was stolen. Disputed ele...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:24hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa
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