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A doomed holiday for unrepentant genocidaires!
We shall always remember the 21st of February as a doomed and diabolic holiday which has been set aside by the unrepentant genocidaires for openly celebrating the physical Gukurahundi genocide, which ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:34hrs | 610 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General for Freedom Alliance)
Remains of 21 people exhumed in city
Remains of 21 people were exhumed from a housing development project site in Bulawayo's Killarney suburb before they were reburied at the city's Luveve cemetery.This was revealed in the latest...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1836 | by Staff reporter
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 609 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
Mpilo MRI scan takes first patients
IN 2020, Thamsanqa Nyathi (15) developed sudden headaches, which were diagnosed as a brain tumour, a condition that brought serious changes to his life. He went for surgery that same year to a...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo MRI scan machine installed
A NEW state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) scan has been installed at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, a huge boost to health service delivery for the southern region as it will enha...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Maintaining graves is not Bulawayo City Council's job
THE Bulawayo City Council has urged residents with relatives buried at different cemeteries in the city to constantly check and maintain the graves as it is not the duty of the local authority to do t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Advanced equipment to boost services at Mpilo
MEMBERS of the public will enjoy improved access to affordable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) services at Mpilo Central Hospital following the procuring of new advanced equipment to boost quality he...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:32hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft claims derail search for missing 2 year old
WHEN Ms Glenda Sibelu left her two-year-old daughter at home to fetch water from a nearby river, she had no idea it would be the beginning of a heart-wrenching search for the toddler who has been miss...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will never be ruled by traitors who called for Westerners to punish their people through sanctions
THE problem we have in Zimbabwe is we have a new generation of people who think they are educated and thus they don't acknowledge that Zimbabwe is a sacred country, nyika ine varidzi (a country with a...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 401 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Gukurahundi survivors want closure
A former PF Zapu official, Felix Ndebele, was in tears last week as he narrated how he almost lost his life under the colonial regime and during Gukurahundi in the 1980s.Ndebele, from Silobela...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:19hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
France backed Ali Bongo overthrown by the military
A group of senior military officers has gone on national television in Gabon saying they have seized power because elections held over the weekend were not credible.The officers, appearing on ...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 07:41hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
The war of liberation was not a stroll in the park
Seized by the prophetic words of the mystic and condemned Mbuya Nehanda, "My bones will rise again", young Jorum left home without telling anyone. School, parents and siblings did not matter anymore, ...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 19:26hrs | 23 | by Thomas Murisa
He left without telling anyone
Seized by the prophetic words of the mystic and condemned Mbuya Nehanda, "My bones will rise again", young Jorum left home without telling anyone. School, parents and siblings did not matter anymore, ...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 18:18hrs | 28 | by Mutanda Wachingama
Heroes Day: Guns that silenced history's villains
Towards the end of the First Chimurenga in 1896, Cecil John Rhodes called for an indaba with Matabele chiefs, and among them was a young traditional leader, who asked a valid and pertinent question....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 26 | by Elliot Ziwira
Living wage not equivalent to minimum wage
Working poverty is a reality worldwide. For many workers, a job does not provide a way out of poverty for them and their families. A living wage is not necessarily equivalent to the minimum wage. Mini...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Zvada
How Poverty Drives Innovation in Bulawayo's Ngozi Mine Landfill
Located in the outskirts of Bulawayo, the Ngozi Mine landfill is home to a resilient community that has learned to adapt and innovate in the face of extreme adversity.Families there live in ho...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 09:44hrs | 67 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Zanu-PF 'thugs' assault MP Nduna at nomination court
CHEGUTU West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna was Wednesday manhandled by members of his Zanu-PF party outside the nomination court sitting in Chinhoyi resulting in an injury.The legisl...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 06:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
King Mambos' SA bride receives a rousing welcome
AFTER a colourful ceremony in South Africa where he wedded Queen Zandile Mhlambi recently, King Mambo's subjects gave a rousing welcome to his new bride, with people from around the country gathering ...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:29hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
King Mambo weds in South Africa
KING Mambo yesterday tied the knot with a South African, Queen Zandile Mhlambi, at a colourful ceremony held in the neighbouring country.In 2020, King Mambo married his then second wife, Queen...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
When the devil has colonised the pulpit
The ever-known spirit and will to excell in academic studies has left most school children, both at primary and secondary levels. The 'tiger' in them to succeed has never shown its head save f...Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:35hrs | 9 | by TT Murisa
Do not give the devil a foothold
It is a known phenomenon that cracks and fissures in relations and interactions allow negative energies to disrupt positivity and well-being of those around us. Absence of amicability in all w...Published: 15 May 2023 at 15:21hrs | 15 | by TT Murisa. Chinehasha
Poor Pamela Tremont and Triple C: Politics without lawful issue
I have watched Pamela Tremont's hearing in preparation for her posting to Zimbabwe as US' next ambassador.Both the line of questioning by US Senators, as well as her responses, were, to say th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | 8 | by @Jamwanda2
'Unveiling Zimbabwe's Dark Secrets' Al Jazeera documentary Truth is finally coming out. 'Rinemanyanga hariputirwi!'
Starting tonight, 10 pm UK time, Al Jazeera will broadcast a four-part documentary titled Unveiling Zimbabwe's Dark Secrets: Al Jazeera Exposes Looting, Plunder and Money Laundering.The Zanu P...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 20:17hrs | 13 | by Wilbert Mukori
Hollywood-based Zimbabwean actor visits Victoria Falls
Hollywood Zimbabwean actor and star of multiple American film productions, Tongayi Anorld Chirisa visited Victoria Falls during the first week of February 2023.Mbano Manor boutique hotel - ren...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 08:55hrs | 21 | by Shelton Muchena
Plastic surgery hospital for Bulawayo
A 40-BED children's ward at CURE Children`s Hospital of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo has started taking shape with the project set for completion within the next three months while the health facility will st...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC wants elections not war
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said it wants elections, not war as politically-motivated violence spikes ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections.This follows a series of att...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 16:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
She is a living LEGEND and a HERO!
Barbara Makhalisa, also known by her married name as Barbara Nkala, is a teacher, Zimbabwean writer, Ndebele translator, novelist, editor and publisher, one of the earliest female writers published in...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 09:02hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Mohammed Bushera's physical training is no exercise in futility but the future
The Mohammed Bushera story is a story of perseverance, possibilities and posterity. A story of heroism, help, honesty, health and happiness. Perhaps for someone who has never ever delved into some kin...Published: 30 Dec 2022 at 07:40hrs | 13 | by Ndaba Sibanda
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Paul Kagame: Cruel Betrayal of Matebeleland
In the first week of September 2022, Emmerson Munangagwa visited the Rwanda Genocide Memorial while he was attending a continental African Green Revolution Forum Conference in that country. Many peopl...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 08:56hrs | 16 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
UK can't find Nehanda's skull
London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era.The fresh stateme...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff rporter
9 year-old girl 8 months pregnant
IN what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, Zimbabwe has never known respite from terror
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as we count down to the 2023 harmonised elections, it is my fervent supplication that you replicate the Madiba blueprint. Despite the massive...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 15 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Human remains found at Nust
SUSPECTED human remains were found behind the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students' residential campus yesterday afternoon.The remains were allegedly discovered by a m...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Africa's oldest known dinosaur unearthed in Zimbabwe
The remains of a new species of plant-eating dinosaur has been unearthed in northern Zimbabwe. It is part of a huge assemblage of fossils from the Late Triassic that could help us understand how the p...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:35hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 37 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Point of correction: Chiwenga not son in law of Matabeleland
We know that having a husband who holds a high position in Zimbabwe or any other country can be exciting for others. And having a better half of your choice from any country or nation is any woman or ...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 14 | by Israel Dube
Sangoma, 2 others arrested for digging up graves, looking for dead people's bones
Three people including a sangoma have been arrested after they were allegedly found digging up graves in Mabopane, Tshwane.They were allegedly looking for dead people's bones for muthi purpose...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Car accident victims struggle for compensation
MS Sibangeni Moyo (53) from Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb says whenever she closes her eyes, the vision of an accident which killed her sister and left her wheelchair-bound comes back.She was i...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Mundoza tree has become an oracle
The two trees stand side by side as if nature's siblings, one a Casternabar and the other a 'Mutohwe'. One is domesticated and the other wild but they are both fruit trees. Their combined cano...Published: 08 May 2022 at 15:35hrs | 20 | by Mutanda Wachingama
Action, not rhetoric, Sir
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, if truth be told, Zimbabwe ought not have been in a persistent vegetative state. She was the jewel of Africa at independence in 1980. Yet, eve...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Four Decades of Uhuru - Minus.....
"ZIMBABWEANS at 42" is the shrill theme on many a Zimbabwean lip as our nation ages towards April 18 which marks 42 years of freedom and independence for our motherland - but so what?So what!...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 6 | by Stephen Mpofu
A golden gift from the political gods
If next year's watershed elections needed any divination, then the just-ended by-elections were the divine bones cast by a bone-thrower to provide a reading of the future.Well, they are a gold...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:27hrs | 14 | by Bishop Lazi
Joshua Maponga apologises to Ndebeles over Gukurahundi rant
Former Seventh Day Adventist Bishop Joshua Maponga has issued an apology to the people of Zimbabwe after he posted an article saying the people of Matabeleland should forgive the Shona people of the G...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 10:23hrs | 141 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Journey to koBulawayo: Learning about a community through its material culture
WHEN a people settle at a place, there is interaction between them and the environment.Their minds, their worldview impact on the environment, its various aspects and, in the process, space is...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:22hrs | 13 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Headmaster axes teacher
Zavarima secondary school headmaster Denford Zavarima allegedly axed a fellow teacher in Binga last week after he suspected him of cheating &n...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 17:58hrs | 8 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Victoria Falls trudges back to pre-pandemic levels
CONFIDENCE in Victoria Falls ticked up in the past year, underpinned by improved global sentiment and rigorous efforts towards combating the COVID–19 scourge, a new survey has indicated.The ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Magwaza dancer Tsholobela dies
Rhumba musician Clement Magawaza is mourning the death of one of his talented dancers, Bambanani "Tsholobela" Maphosa who died at his rural home at Sanzukwi, Plumtree on Saturday following a short ill...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:09hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bones of Bhalagwe, arise!
The voice speaks to the bones that are scattered all over Matabeleland and Midlands. Arise! Bones that are in the stomach of Bhalagwe, stand up and refuse to be silenced. Arise and be counted! All the...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 20:10hrs | 11 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Zimbabweans abroad shun fellow countrymen's businesses
Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom shun businesses of their countrymen there.Why do Zimbabweans always trust everybody, but their own?Someone asked me this question again.You ca...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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