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Man jailed for attempting to kill friend over beer
The love of beer has landed a Shamva man in jail after he attempted to kill his friend over a beer dispute.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates courts where Tinotenda Aleck Mapirava...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:08hrs | 731 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The rise of General Chiwenga: My reply to this article
My article today is to reply an article written by Samkeliso Ncube on Bulawayo 24: it was written in large; The rise of General Chiwenga, Zimbabwe's vanguard to a prosperous future. This article is no...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:30hrs | 1386 | by Nomazulu Thata
Matebeleland chiefs visit King Lobengula's relative
MATEBELELAND chiefs recently visited the daughter of King Lobengula's last born son who resides in Plumtree to share notes on Ndebele history.Lobengula, the son of the founder of the Ndebele k...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | 890 | by Staff reporter
Breaking the losing streak: The Revolution Starts With Us
In a country plagued by corrupt politicians and a never-ending power struggle, it is high time that the citizens of Zimbabwe rise above their frustrations and ignite a revolution. For far too long, we...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 20:32hrs | 288 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Mahere, netizens mock Minister Mavetera's office disorder
The Minister of Information, Communication, Technology, Postal and Courier Services; Honourable Tatenda Mavetera has received massive social media backlash from former opposition Citizens Coalition fo...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 08:23hrs | 4376 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Redcliff council defrauding residents!
It never rains but pours for residents of the small town of Redcliff.We face the dilemma of the proverbial smoking pipe – burnt on one en...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 681 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF's crude path
When things become unbelievably smooth on the trot, you just need to do a reality check by tuning into ZTV, for there you will certainly find the dose that will wake you up from your island siesta....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 890 | by Tawanda Majoni
Construction of Bulawayo mayor's house goes to tender
THE Bulawayo City Council will soon invite tenders for the construction of the mayoral mansion after the completion of the drawing of the bill of quantities.According to the latest council rep...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:26hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Who is reaping now?
In recent years, Zimbabwe has witnessed a rather alarming phenomenon: the emergence of what can only be described as "gospel-preneurs." These are individuals who have cunningly crafted churches with t...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 22:56hrs | 203 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
The day Zimbabweans killed Zimbabwe!
I am not sure how many people remember what happened in this country on 4th March.This was exactly 44 years ago.On this day, the results of the 1980 pre-independence general election w...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 22:46hrs | 568 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZBC CEO says she was ousted after Muswere made advances towards her
FORMER Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Adelaide Chikunguru has broken her silence over her resignation from the public broadcaster making allegations of "advances" by Minister of Information J...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:35hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, elected officials renege on election pledge
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa together with hundreds of elected officials have reneged on their pledge to enhance the provision of basic amenities to the public, a few months after they were voted into...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1080 | by Staff reporter
139 file for divorce in Bulawayo in 2 months
BULAWAYO has since the beginning of the year recorded shocking divorce statistics with 139 applications filed at the High Court before the end of February.From the 139 divorces filed at the Bu...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:43hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Children terrorised by invisible creatures
THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magw...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Chiefs' welfare top priority
The Government is committed to improving the conditions of service of traditional leaders who are not only custodians of the country's moral and cultural fabric, but also accelerators of economic deve...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:02hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Suspects drop US$5 000 at robbery scene
Police have launched a manhunt on a case of a robbery that happened at a financial service company in Harare."Police in Harare are investigating a case of robbery which occurred on February 25...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 19:06hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Discovering timeless wisdom in the book of Job
In the fabric of biblical teachings, the Book of Job emerges as a profound testament to human resilience and unwavering faith. This ancient narrative, found within the Old Testament, serves as a timel...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 10:11hrs | 1144 | by Reason Ndlovu
Accident victim gets US$37 189 damages
A man crippled and now requiring hip replacement after a reckless motorist rammed his car in 2008, is to receive US$37 189 in compensation for medical expenses plus loss of employment and future care ...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Mutumbuka house scam in new twist
A KEY State witness in the trial of two Chitungwiza men arrested for forgery has been declared hostile as the saga in which former Education minister Dzingai Mutumbuka lost his house takes a twist....Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:06hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electoral dispute backfiring
CATHOLIC Bishops yesterday said the unresolved August 2023 election dispute has plunged the lives of ordinary citizens into disarray, amid a deepening economic meltdown where the majority is strugglin...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:47hrs | 2898 | by Staff reporter
Court defers ruling on Sikhala
Ruling on former Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala's case of publishing falsehoods on social media has been deferred to February 15 .This came out Monday when Sikhala and his lawyer Harrison N...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:30hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi tried to avoid Zanu-PF
AT the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe's government introduced what it called "galas", where top musicians performed at different national events to mark important events in the country's history....Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 388 | 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 | 712 | by Staff reporter
Motorist granted bail for assaulting TTI marshal
A motorist captured on video recently attacking a Tendy Three Investments (TTI) parking marshal was granted bail when he appeared in court facing an assault charge.Washington Nhenderere was no...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 17:51hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
$7 billion water boost for Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT has given Bulawayo City Council (BCC) $7 billion, which will be channelled towards repairs and purchasing of essential materials in the water supply chain.The funds will boost infra...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes, breaks own grandmother's tooth
A daring nephew is in soup after he allegedly assaulted his grandmother for not greeting him.The matter came to at Plumtree magistrates courts today where Adam Sibanda (30) appeared before mag...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 13:58hrs | 635 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bus route war turns bloody
GOODLUCK Nyakabau lies on his back in Harare's Stoneridge area pondering his next move.Around this time, he should be more than 300km away from the capital city on a bus heading to the northea...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1841 | by Staff reporter
Mahere to quit as MP in support of Chamisa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Mount Pleasant Fadzayi Mahere has announced she was resigning from parliament in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa, who quit as leader of the main opposition Th...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:05hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Mahere has resigned as CCC MP, jumped before she was pushed. Madam, spare us the sauce!
If anyone thought there was peace and quiet in the country's main opposition party after Nelson Chamisa abandoned MDC A to form the new political party CCC, they were wrong. The period from the launch...Published: 28 Jan 2024 at 11:08hrs | 2392 | by Wilbert Mukori
Boomerang Voodoo!..Removing US$35 hex from son costs US$700
NEVER pray for your enemies to die, you might bury your own relatives . . .A woman from Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo is a living testimony to the adage.She experienced the mind-numbing ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UK enter new trade era
THE influential Westminster Africa Business Group has expressed its interest to set up camp in Zimbabwe and open doors for British investments to come into the country.This comes as Zimbabwe h...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo city centre dumpsite worsens chaos, decay
AN illegal dumpsite, which resembles Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Richmond Landfill site, commonly known as Ngozi Mine has emerged, a stone's throw away from a busy road that connects the city centre...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Suspected donkey thief tortured to death
CLOSE to 20 residents of Dumba village near Beitbridge allegedly kidnapped and tortured to death a fellow villager accused of stealing a neighbour's donkey.A police report indicated that Austin Siband...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:43hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Equipment crisis hits Bulawayo hospitals
MPILO and United Bulawayo (UBH) hospitals are failing to replenish wheelchairs and cancer radiation machines due to poor government funding.The government-owned hospitals are currently having ...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:23hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes friend over braai
The love of meat has landed a Plumtree man in prison after he struck his friend with a broken bottle on the occiput before biting his cheek in a meat dispute.The matter came to light at Plumtr...Published: 14 Jan 2024 at 19:23hrs | 421 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop sent robbers to raid best friend
THE person you trust might be the one who could betray you and leave you with scars of betrayal and heartbreak.This is what businessman Never Sarukore who was recently robbed at gunpoint by a ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:45hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Chiweshe woman kills nephew over glass bowel
A 40-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe woman who fatally assaulted her grandson with a piece of firewood before taking him to prophets to save his life is in deep t...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 21:36hrs | 344 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Witch hunters wreak havoc in Mhondoro-Ngezi
Stories of witch hunters wreaking havoc in rural areas have been told repeatedly, but gullible villagers continue to fall victim to the scammers.Known as tsikamutandas or gauras, the purported...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Bad parenting fuels juvenile delinquency
WHAT happened to good parenting?Many people are curious about this issue in the wake of incidents where young people are found in violation of the law.Recently, minors, some as young a...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 172 | by Veronica Gwaze
'Mnangagwa's govt has agreed to suspend decisions on retail and VAT'
The government may suspend its unpopular decisions on trading and Value Added Tax to give time for talks with businesses, according to a leading industry group.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube an...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:33hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Zupco, operators break impasse
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) and bus operators have broken an impasse which was threatening to affect mainly urban public transport after Zupco ditched some franchised vehicles over n...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 08:04hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane Dam decommissioned
THE Bulawayo City Council has decommissioned Umzingwane Dam as its water levels are very low due to poor inflows during the last rainy season. The decommissioning process entails the closure o...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:50hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
SOS for visually-impaired street singer Tafi Dube
MAGOLIDE Foundation founder, Sazini Tshuma has appealed to the Bulawayo arts industry to come to the rescue of street country music singer, Tafi Dube who lost his musical equipment to thieves during t...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:58hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police identify, launch manhunt for Nedbank robbers
POLICE have identified and launched a manhunt for seven suspects, three of them notorious brothers accused of robbing a Nedbank branch in Bulawayo of US$272 500-00, ZAR 2 420 000-00, and five gold coi...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt prioritises boreholes after Gwayi-Shangani dame fake promises
GOVERNMENT has availed $7 billion and a borehole drilling rig for Bulawayo as part of short to medium-term interventions to address the city's water shortages while pushing the Lake Gwayi-Shangani pro...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Alleged mistress dies in car crash
A 21-year-old woman, alleged to be the mistress of a well-known car dealer, died in an accident after she was hurled out of a vehicle she was driving along Bulawayo-Plumtree Road in the wee hours of N...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:26hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Cowdray Park projects in limbo after Zanu-PF bags seat
After witnessing a flurry of rare development projects in the run-up to the August elections, residents of Bulawayo's sprawling high-density suburb of Cowdray Park are now facing the reality of the re...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:02hrs | 2024 | by Staff reporter
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