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'Boycott the marking of exams,' says PTUZ
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has told members to boycott the marking of exams to protect themselves from Covid-19. "Use your brains rather than your stomach. Life is far more imp...Published: 1 hr ago | 204 | by Staff reporter
'Should we have empathy for Zanu-PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo 24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communiqu...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1306 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Should we have empathy for Zanu PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communique...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1440 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Alliance: An opposition effort built on a foundation of lies
Last week some of the issues making rounds on both the mainstream and social media included the arrest of MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson, Job Sikhala, MDC-Alliance spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere and ac...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | 273 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Allow African youths to take charge of their destiny
Democracy in Africa if not checked will be like a sheep being accompanied to a slaughtering house.Elections in Africa are slowly showing signs and symptoms of a dying democracy.The rec...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:31hrs | 225 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's spin-nurse relives prison nightmare
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere was arrested recently and charged for allegedly communicating falsehoods in a matter involving a baby who was initially reported dead following a baton stick st...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:51hrs | 2699 | by Staff Reporter
Allow African youths to take charge of their destiny
Democracy in Africa if not checked will be like a sheep being accompanied to a slaughtering house.Elections in Africa are slowly showing signs and symptoms of a dying democracy.The rec...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 09:12hrs | 452 | by Leonard Koni
Bank of Zambia orders top Zimbabwean banker to exits MyBucks
THE Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has ordered a top Zimbabwean banker, George Manyere to exit from both controlling shareholding and directorship in the fintech company MyBucks after violating banking rules....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:45hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Exactly just how does Zimbabwe's ZANU PF expect South Africa to 'rein in' SABC's Mokoena - the Hopewell Chin'ono way?
As tensions between Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF party, and South Africa's ANC intensify - after the telling threats uttered by the former's director of information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, as he, typical of t...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:10hrs | 989 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso members react angrily to Mhlophe poster
SOME Highlanders members have castigated club chairman Kenneth Mhlophe for a "reckless and divisive campaign poster" after he appeared to single out one supporters' chapter chairman and described him ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:28hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
One-stop border post could address Beitbridge chaos
Long delays recently resurfaced at Beitbridge Border Post, with travellers spending close to three days to access either South Africa or Zimbabwe. Among other factors, a bad work attitude amon...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:27hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Dealing with Zimbabwe's hard lockdown
Zimbabwe started its a 30 day level four lockdown on Tuesday a move that is expected to save lives but have dire consequences on the economy and livelihoods. In announcing the lockdown measure...Published: 05 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 3570 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 'advisory'
DO not put your suffering or sickness to waste. Your greatest template on just how to conduct yourself both in health and in hardship and adversity is none other than Jesus Christ.Is not our g...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 498 | by Zii Masiye
'Zim hospitals overwhelmed by covid 19' - overwhelmed by 225 patients or official figures are fake
Let me say this for the umpteenth time: Zimbabwe's official corona virus cases and deaths is but a fraction of the real and true figures. Officially Zimbabwe has 13 867 cumulated cases of whic...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 10:25hrs | 1732 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's leave, a pitstop to nowhere
Now that we have seen the edited versions of people's lives across social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during Christmas and New Year festivities, its back to the basics, the da...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 10:21hrs | 1795 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Zanu PF's visceral brain teaser: pay the teachers a living wage without fuelling inflation
Squaring the circle is a brain teaser as ancient as geometry itself in which one is asked to construct a square with the same area as a given circle or vice versa. Let us just say Preside...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 09:22hrs | 555 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe sees rising number of strokes
With the economy of landlocked southern African country Zimbabwe in shambles, the cases of frequent strokes fueled by diabetes and hypertension are rising like an epidemic.To add insult to inj...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:49hrs | 645 | by Jeffrey Moyo
Bosso given approval to start mining
HIGHLANDERS FC received a perfect Christmas present from the Government through the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, who approved relevant paperwork for Bosso to start operations at their gol...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'national dress a mockery, blatant disgrace'
THE national dress, which was launched in Harare on Saturday has been described as a mockery and a blatant display of misplaced priorities in a country where over eight million people are food insecur...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'national dress a mockery, blatant disgrace'
THE national dress, which was launched in Harare on Saturday has been described as a mockery and a blatant display of misplaced priorities in a country where over eight million people are food insecur...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Who are we Black People?
As black people who really are we when it comes to religion. Asia has Buddhism and Hinduism, the Arab world has Islam, most of Europe is into Christianity. Where is Africa? What is Africans' religion?...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:37hrs | 724 | by Clemen Moyo
Zimbabwe's curious 'fight' against corruption
OUR institutions are palpably corrupt and the corrupt are apparently powerful.According to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, there is rampa...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:21hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border trader sues bus company for $1m
A CROSS-BORDER trader who survived one of the country's worst accidents that claimed 43 lives, when a Zambia-bound King Lion bus rammed into a tree along the Harare-Chirundu Road, is suing the bus com...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Mbuya Nehanda's remains must be repatriated first then erection of the statue
One of the greatest achievements of the President of Zimbabwe comrade Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is to honour the heroes. The president has shown that he does not forget those deserving to be honoured...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:40hrs | 1741 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe border posts prepare for radiation control
THE Radiation Protection Authority of Zimbabwe is setting up shop at the country's ports of entry to enforce the new Government requirements on vehicle imports. Under the new regulations, (S1 ...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:46hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Can CBD help with sleep issues?
Advocates of natural medicine are raving about CBD because the science suggests that it could improve many people's lives. We have a long way to go. Spending decades suppressing cannabis has slowed do...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 07:26hrs | 758 | by Staff writer
Shock as ballot boxes disappear in ZANU PF Mazowe DCC elections
ZANU PF candidates in Mazowe DCC elections have raised concern with the election commissioners over missing ballot boxes. According to information reaching this reporter, ballot boxes went missing at ...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 07:36hrs | 3723 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Africa must solve own security issues'
Africa should fund its own security operations with regional blocs dealing with growing threats of terrorism and cross-border crime, rather than rely on external forces funding and fuelling conflict o...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mtshana hero status: A veiled insult on Matabeleland
Although the all-conquering Chief Mtshana, was a bona fide and outstanding freedom fighter of all-time requiring recognition, the recent villainous conferment of hero status on him by the relevance-se...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 09:20hrs | 2942 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Covid-19, collapsing health systems reverse Zimbabwe's malaria gains
A collapsing health system, healthworker strikes and the advent of Covid-19 have fuelled a resurgence of malaria in Zimbabwe, with deaths from the disease rising by more than 50% from the previous yea...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:28hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
How playing poker can make you a better person
A lot of people like playing games. Some prefer video games but others like board games. While these games are fun, you should know that some games are going to waste your time. You'll have fun but yo...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:54hrs | 155 | by Staff writetr
'Zim prison, a crime against humanity' twittered Biti, prisoner - true all because selling out on reforms
Tendai Biti, MDC A vice President, has been arrested and will spend Friday night in a Police Prison. He is charged with assault, after calling a Russian woman an idiot.Biti has denied any wron...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1138 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
One-stop border post to ease congestion at Beitbridge
CONGESTION and long delays have become perennial at Beitbridge due to its high economic activity as the nucleus of regional and international trade, and this requires South Africa and Zimbabwe to upgr...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Operation restore legacy was a no brainer
This regime that looked democratic in appearance but grounded in authoritarian rule is a time bomb and waiting for the right time to explode.The country also looked like a civilian regime wher...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 17:10hrs | 895 | by Leonard Koni
Ekusileni fails to reopen again
EKUSILENI Medical Centre in Bulawayo will once again not open today as projected following reports that contractors still need more time to work on mechanical ventilation and other areas. The ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:55hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Diego Maradona dies
ARGENTINE football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced yesterday.Renowned along with Brazil's Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Arge...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:54hrs | 631 | by Staff Reporter
Brain, eyes, ears removed in gruesome city murder
IN a chilling incident, a man was attacked by yet to be identified assailants who cut open his head and removed the brain, gouged his eyes, slashed off his right ear and stabbed him all over the body ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1783 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIO boss relative fired
TICHAFA Victor Hwacha, a deputy director with the Counter Intelligence unit of the Central Intelligence Organisation was fired on Wednesday this week for allegedly working with a cartel in the gold se...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | 5858 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi had no child
IT is a Thursday afternoon and people with homesteads around the late socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure's mansion start trooping in for the buffet which would be served at lunch time.The bu...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:17hrs | 5927 | by Staff reporter
Alarm over city Covid-19 deaths
BULAWAYO could be headed for another lockdown as health experts and government fear a deadly second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak following a surge in confirmed cases and deaths in the city in recent ...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:23hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Genius' 'snake' was always hungry and he fed it well
JUST like most Zimbabweans, I am also convinced that the late businessman, socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure had a "snake". And this "snake" was not for the fainthearted because it was alwa...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | 3825 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's comments offer hope on end to the Pandemic
African Union Special Envoy in the fight against COVID-19, pan-African businessman Strive Masiyiwa, has said an end to the deadly pandemic could be in sight as new treatments emerge that offer hope fo...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1169 | by Agencies
MSU lecturers threaten to resign en masse
MEDIA lecturers at the Midlands State University have threatened to resign en masse in protest over curriculum changes they say were unilateral and without their input.NewsDay gathered that mo...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 7926 | by Staff reporter
4 in court over Beitbridge robberies
FOUR Beitbridge men have appeared in court over a spate of robberies, including ambushing motorists and robbing them of over R40 000 and US$2 020.Blessing Itai Chiri (38), Brain Mukosi (30), D...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:57hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Self appointed 'Elders' shoot down Mnangagwa's POLAD
THE Elders, a grouping of 'independent' global leaders, has called for a national dialogue in Zimbabwe dismissing attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the ever-quarrelling politicians to conve...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Clearing debt arrears hit a snag after "financier dumps Zimbabwe" - deep in debt, stop digging
"Zimbabwe's efforts to clear its arrears with international lenders who include the World Bank and the African Development Bank have hit a snag after an unnamed financier dumped the country halfway th...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 11:33hrs | 1186 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Deploying military personnel in hospitals not sustainable'
HEALTH experts have warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to deploy military health personnel to replace striking doctors and nurses at public hospitals could backfire as it was reaction...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
Diego Maradona to undergo surgery for a blood clot on the brain
Argentina legend Diego Maradona is to have "routine surgery" on a blood clot on his brain, his doctor said.The 1986 World Cup winner, 60, was admitted to Ipensa clinic in Buenos Aires on Monda...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 21:43hrs | 999 | by BBC
NPF plots to retain Kwekwe Central seat
THE National Patriotic Front (NPF), a breakaway party from the ruling Zanu-PF party, has announced that it will participate in all the by-elections should their suspension over COVID-19 be lifted and ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Man smashes estranged wife's car with a shovel
A VICTORIA Falls man who could not accept that his wife who is a nurse had left him, has been arrested after he armed himself with a shovel and smashed the woman's car windows at her workplace. ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:27hrs | 880 | by Staff writer
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