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Man abandons family for secret lover
A Sakubva man has been accused of abandoning his wife and three children for a secret lover, leaving the family in emotional and financial distress. The situation came to light at the Mutare Civil Cou...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:51hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Man prevents wife from shaving privates for a year
In a shocking case that stunned the Matero Local Court, 33-year-old Peggy Changwe, a woman from the Katuba area near Lusaka, Zambia, was granted a divorce from her estranged husband, Peter Banda, afte...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:49hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
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 | 287 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Pepper spray: New weapon of choice for robbers
And everyone became blind. In just a blink of an eye, the world went blank. It was as if everything had become a distant memory, lost in the midst of the chaos.A wave of intense discomfort was...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:10hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's plane targeted with lasers
A multi-agency investigation is underway after pilots flying President Emmerson Mnangagwa were allegedly targeted with ground lasers on approach to the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Zim...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 09:21hrs | 3214 | by Staff reporter
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 701 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
Chamisa's dictatorial leadership style spotlighted
ANALYSTS have expressed misgivings about former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's leadership style as his former allies open up accusing him of dictatorial tendencies, refusi...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I regret creating Nelson Chamisa the dictator' Lovemore Chinoputsa says
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Deputy Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation, Lovemore Chinoputsa, has become the first opposition leader to call out Nelson Chamisa a dictat...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 8 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Man's 'get rich quick' muthi backfires horribly
REMEMBER, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Blinded by the allure of prosperity, an elderly man from Hwange in Matabeleland North province's quest to get rich quickly thr...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has no one to blame but wapusa wapusa
Growing up in the country's ghettos, playing plastic balls was commonplace. Young boys stripped to their shorts, sometimes with holes that revealed their nether parts, and ran in the scorching...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Nevers Mumba has embarrassed SADC
Having gotten wind that Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa were romping to victory through tallies from polling stations and the confirmation through the party's Treasurer Patrick Chinamasa's press confe...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Chamisa is a visionary!' How is that possible when he is blinded by greed
"We have had a troubled past in our nation. We have been through many trials," admitted David Coltart, at the launch of CCC's 100 page 2023 Election Manifesto."But our nation should not be loo...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 16:17hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mwonzora hits back at Witness Dube
Party leader Douglas Mwonzora has hit back at his former national information and publicity secretary saying Witness Dube and the dozen MPs who defected have been "bought" by Zanu-PF: "Some top MDC le...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 11:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Outgoing Bulawayo mayor worked well with the Government
OUTGOING Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor Solomon Mguni has implored opposition led local authorities to stop being blinded by petty party politics and opposing for the sake of it, reminding them that they ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:16hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
South Africa on the edge! National renewal needed urgently
WITH various leaders and commentators having suggested that things have gone horribly wrong in South Africa since Cyril Ramaphosa became president more than five years ago, to such an extent that the ...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
Christians who support oppressors, looters and killers will answer to our Lord Jesus!
Of course, it is not particularly shocking when some of us witness the proliferation of so-called 'churches', and their leaders, who support evil.I can not deny that it hurts me in indescribab...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:42hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Supporting someone merely because he can remove Mnangagwa is dangerous for Zimbabwe!
Change for the sake of change is the most dangerous thing!Have we ever wondered why there are some people who appear unable to sustain a relationship - who appear perennially divorcing!...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 16:50hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Hubby axes love rival on the face after finding him pants down with wife
A CHEATED husband went bananas after allegedly arriving home to find his wife canoodling in bed with a teacher from a local school, on his matrimonial bed.It was gathered that Elson Moyo Matam...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Graft rife in Zimbabwe courts'
Corruption has to be eliminated in the court system so that the courts can then eliminate it elsewhere, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Justice Loyce Matanda-Moyo said yeste...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Six perish in Mazowe road accident
Six people died last night at the 36 kilometres Harare-Mukumbura Highway when a haulage truck ferrying fertilisers from Beira to Bindura veered off the road and overturned....Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 12:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's CCC lost all humanity in search of power
One of our fellow-citizen has lost her life being victim of a heinous crime and heartless violence at the hands of one whom she had, at one time, shared her soul with.Moreblessing Ali had been...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:55hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cry, the beloved country Zimbabwe
THE average salary of a Zimbabwean teacher is now only able to buy just 20 loaves of bread. But the majority of the teachers' take home can no longer even buy half a dozen loaves given that many of th...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are very united - hating a regime that impoverishes us doesn't mean we're divided!
I always find statements by Zimbabwe's ruling establishment, urging us to be united, quite mind-boggling - since, as far as I can tell, Zimbabweans are so...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:33hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Boardroom coup to topple Matabele leader backfires on Chamisa
When it comes to tribalism in Zimbabwe, CCC aka MDC and ZANU-PF lead. To put it in other words, ZANU-PF is the first anti- Matabele Shona project and first home for Shona supremacists in Zimbabwe and ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:12hrs | | by Israel Dube
Surely, there is no honour among thieves
NO honour among thieves is a universal truth, a biblical saying that has found resonance globally to denote the actions of robbers who usually double-cross each other, never mind the perils involved i...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
Why is Zimbabwe's 'listening president' fearful of people's voices, but rather blames 'outsiders' for challenges?
Quite frankly, I have never understood the mentality behind hero-worshipping and praise-singing another human being, since, my parents taught me five valuable concepts of life and human relationships ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance
For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's ‘triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover w...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Russia-Ukraine tiff exposes hypocrisy of US, West
On the last Friday of last month, a delegation of US Embassy in Zimbabwe personnel and its European Union (EU) counterparts made a beeline for Munhumutapa Building in Harare to the Ministry of Foreign...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Tich Mataz on his rise to the top in South Africa, and then calamity
At the height of his fame in South Africa, Tichafa Matambanadzo had a garage teeming with 25 sleek, top of the range vehicles while he also had at least nine properties dotted around Mzansi.Th...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tich Mataz speaks on rise, deportation from SA
AT the height of his fame in South Africa, Tichafa Matambanadzo had a garage teeming with 25 sleek, top of the range vehicles while he also had at least nine properties dotted around Mzansi.Th...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
In full: ZEC statement responding to allegations of voters roll manipulation, rigging
Statement by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on recent reports that it has added new polling stations and changed polling stations without the knowledge of voters. Statement was delivered by a...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Girls abused, blinded by gifts'
MARRIED off at 15 years before eventually walking away, radio personality Ms Farai Magada has said many young girls are subjected to sexual abuse and suffer in silence just to be gifted with presents ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Azania Azania Azania! You are not an Island
Bulawayo - The first time I entered my primary school, 1988 at the assembly point after singing the national anthem, it was a mandatory to sing a song called Azania sympathising with our fellow contin...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 19:48hrs | 10 | by Enos Denhere
Lindiwe Sisulu hits back at Zondo
Less than a week ago, I published an opinion piece that captures the importance of where ordinary South Africans find themselves.This opinion piece is my contribution to a conversing South Afr...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:35hrs | | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Rule of law vs historical imbalances
CRIMINALS broke into a homestead and stole everything, taking over the family means of livelihood. They pushed everyone to the periphery of the homestead and ordered them to remain there and obey thei...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 8 | by Tapiwa Gomo
3 women assist men gang rape two victims
THREE women are suspected to have ganged up with two men and assisted them to rape two victims in separate incidents.This raises concerns over involvement of women in the perpetration of viole...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'We want reforms and then elections' demanded Mwonzora - this was no epiphany; why now
"We want reforms and then elections. Unlike our colleagues in the opposition who are calling for an election whether or not there are reforms," said Douglas Mwonzora, leader of MDC - T."That g...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Mushrooming parties a diversionary tactic
ZIMBABWE'S political scene is fast changing, several parties have been launched in the past couple of weeks. However, the political discourse has not moved an inch.The Constitution has a secti...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Bitcoin pyramid scheme collapses
INNOCENT Matongo, a Zimbabwean expatriate worker based in Boksburg, South Africa is ruing the day he decided to latch on to a get-rich-quick scheme.After investing thousands of United States d...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Kafe
Women abuse UK justice system to settle scores
John Mabhureza of Northampton United Kingdom sits in a corner in prison. He has grown so thin and he is not eating well. He has reduced himself into a silent dying man. Mabhureza's problems star...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
London government of BoJo says no opposition party in Zimbabwe
It is with great shock and despair to hear about President Mnangagwa's trip to meet BoJo in London the coming days or weeks! Indeed, there are no permanent friends in politics but only permanent inter...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Mutsvangwa savages Miles Tendi over Mnangagwa book criticism
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa has launched a scathing attack on UK-based academic and biographer Blessing Miles Tendi over his criticism of the recently publishe...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
A 'perfect' leader, incapable of erring, is the worst leader!
Quite frankly, I have never understood the mentality behind hero-worshipping and praise-singing another human being, since, my parents taught me five valuable concepts of life and human relationships ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 09:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
President Mnangagwa did not reward POLAD but empowered the spirit of development
POLAD has been the power to peace in Zimbabwe after the 2018 elections. By giving them cars to enhance their work MNANGAGWA did not seek to bribe but to empower those who love their country at any cos...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 16:50hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police fire tear gas on mourners
POLICE in Chinhoyi have courted the ire of local residents after indiscriminately deploying tear-smoke in the populous Chikonohono township, forcing a group of mourners to desert a funeral in a hurry....Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean can be very rich without political inclination
I was going through my WhatsApp messages and my eyes were blinded by this message below. I felt it will be helpful to all of us if we are to read. I stole some of the advices.Many times I am c...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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
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