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Woman hangs self after HIV infection accusation
A 25-YEAR-OLD till operator from a leading supermarket in Gweru committed suicide by hanging on Sunday evening after a fight with her boyfriend who accused her of infecting him with HIV. This ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Why Dan Tshanda became Bulawayo's darling
WHILE he was never shy to talk about his roots, few knew that Dan Tshanda, the music legend and founder of the music movement known as Splash, was actually of Shona extraction from Zimbabwe.Th...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | 936 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Man loses rural home to ex
A Harare man says he has lost access his rural home in Murewa to his ex-wife after he found out her "adulterous affair".David Chikaunga is at odds with his ex-wife, Memory Shunje, whom he alle...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai children must takeover MDC' says Energy Mutodi
The Deputy Minister of Media, information and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi has called upon the children of the late Veteran opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to takeover the leader of M...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 14:12hrs | 3271 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shangani community fumes over killer cops
Shangani traditional and community leaders in Chikombedzi are up in arms with authorities over the death of a villager who was allegedly fatally shot by a drunk police officer on Christmas Day....Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Chimene dodges daughter's funeral
Mandi Chimene, former Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister failed to attend the burial of Ellen Zimondi, her daughter, who passed on after suffering from an undisclosed ailment.Chimene is be...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2944 | by newzimbabwe
Man 'axes' wife, hangs self
A SILOBELA man fatally struck his sleeping wife with an axe on the head before committing suicide after discovering she was taking contraceptive pills without his knowledge. Busani Mandava (35...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:04hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Khupe raises security fears at Tsvangirai memorial service
THE memorial service for the late MDC Alliance leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has been set for February 14 but his former deputy Dr Thokozani Khupe is unlikely to attend amid fears over her security. ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:50hrs | 3387 | by Staff reporter
Dan Tshanda to be buried Saturday
DALOM music founder Dan "Ndivhiseni" Tshanda, who died in South Africa at the weekend, will be laid to rest in Soweto on Saturday, family spokesperson, Moudy Mudzielwana has said.Tshanda succu...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 2304 | by Staff reporter
Former top cop buried
Former police officer commanding Matabeleland South and North Provinces, Senior Assistant Commissioner Boyathi Ngwenya who died on New Year's Day, was laid to rest at Umvutsha Cemetery Park in Bulaway...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Corpse changes attire in hearse
MOURNERS were forced to wait as relatives of the deceased changed her clothes in a hearse at a graveside before burial at Glenville Cemetery on Wednesday. The body of the late Agnes Mabvira, w...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 6195 | by Staff reporter
Hubby kills wife, buries her in concrete floor
THE husband finally came back home and the kids were happy their parents were reunited.But their joy soon turned to tears when the mother was murdered and their dad disappeared.Cops fo...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's descendant dies
A MEMBER of the Royal Khumalo clan and great grandson of King Lobengula Thafetha Njube Khumalo has died. Khumalo (80), who was partially blind and based in Eastern Cape, South Africa, succumbe...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:49hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Homes burnt in church row
OVER 30 huts were gutted by fire on Christmas Day in suspected arson at the height to control a temple and shrine at the Guta RaJehovah Church in Zvimba District, Mashonaland West province. Th...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
'Pull him/her down' syndrome in the UK
BEING far from home is normally supposed to bring a sense of unity among Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, but that is not the situation on the ground.Most Zimbabweans abroad have actually built st...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:12hrs | 2396 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 3474 | by Israel Dube
Mugabe law haunts Zimbabwe
Terrence Mkhwananzi feels trapped and unsafe in what is now regarded as the new Zimbabwe.Bailed out from remand prison, the 32-year-old activist makes weekly visits to the police station while...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:44hrs | 6847 | by Staff reporter
'Peace and healing can only move us forward'
Zimbabwe's Unity Day, which is celebrated on 22 December every year, lays background to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC).After the political conflict which took place in...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 69 | by Retired Justice Selo Nare
Tsvangirai memorial, Mnangagwa roped in?
THE family of the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has announced plans to hold his memorial service February 14 next year, which would mark an exact full year since his death.Family spokesper...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:52hrs | 6317 | by newzimbabwe
Chenjerai Hunzvi's wife dies
THE widow of national hero Chenjerai Hunzvi, Jenny Hunzi, passed away on Friday and has been declared a provincial heroine.She will be buried at the Mashonaland East Provincial Heroes Acre on ...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:38hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Minister in passports reality shock
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister, Larry Mavima on Tuesday came face-to-face with the struggles faced by ordinary citizens who spend days at the Registrar-General's offices in a bid to acquire trav...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:49hrs | 2607 | by Staff reporter
SA, UK nominations open as Zororo-Phumulani is named headline partner for ZAA South Africa
Zimbabwe Achievers International has announced that Financial Service Provider, Zororo-Phumulani (ZP) is the headline sponsor for the South African edition taking place in 2019.The company has...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:20hrs | 615 | by Tidi Kwidini
Independent Commission of Inquiry into the death of Football in Zimbabwe
Your honour the president, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your recent self appointment to the vacant position of President at Zifa. I will tackle the issue of the...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 08:44hrs | 1213 | by Unknown
Prof Makhurane hero declaration 'another first'
THE awarding of a national hero status to Professor Phinias Mogorosi Makhurane by the ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) on 5 November, 2018 was a very apt and...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:03hrs | 706 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Makhurane buried
The founding Vice Chancellor of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Professor Phineas Makhurane has been laid to rest at his rural home in Gungwe, Gwanda South.Professor M...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 15:10hrs | 1578 | by Staff reporter
Makhurane's body flown to Gungwe
The body of the late national hero Professor Phineas Makhurane has now been flown to his homestead in Gungwe, Gwanda South.Earlier on, the National University of Science and Technology (NUST),...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:03hrs | 3533 | by Staff reporter
Makhurane will not be buried with crooks at Heores acre
The family of national hero Professor Phinias Makhurane has snubbed a National Heroes Acre burial, insisting instead on interring him at his rural home in the Gungwe area of Gwanda.Family spok...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:20hrs | 4780 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo, Chinotimba kiss, make up
THE MDC Alliance leader of the House Thabitha Khumalo and Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) yesterday buried the hatchet over an incident where the Zanu PF legislator on Wednesday labelled K...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:39hrs | 4078 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga plots to resign from Vice Presidency?
In a sudden twist of events, Vice President Constantino Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga is reportedly planning to resign from his post after the Esigodini December congress it has been reported. ...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 12:18hrs | 35507 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Umthwakazi Nation Remember King Lobengula
The fierce encounter at Lalaphansi and a little later at the Shangani River in October, 1893, between Imbizo gallant Forces of King Lobengula and the Imperialist Forces were initial incide...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 20:13hrs | 1495 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Ex-MDC senator dies in horror crash
MDC founding member and former Senator Sibangilizwe Msipha has died.Msipha (53) died in a traffic accident early Thursday morning along N1 highway in Limpopo Province on his way to Johannesburg, S...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:38hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
One Night Stand
When we met at the bar last night, slurred speech and double vision had set in and it wouldn't have mattered to me if she had said she was a Zanu PF supporter - I still would have gone home with her. ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 4085 | by JerÃ
Mohadi banished from funeral wake
SENATOR Tambudzani Mohadi was last week banished from a funeral wake of a cousin of Vice-President Kembo Mohadi a few minutes before the VP arrived, as the couple's relationship continues to deteriora...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
Mai Chaza; Guta Ra Mwari's first God in human flesh
1960 was a remarkable year for Africa, 17 African countries got their independence from colonial rule on that very year. It was also the year God Departed with Her Holy Host after six years (195...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 12:53hrs | 5297 | by Taurai Chirandu
Ginimbi, Wicknell and the evolution of Zimbabwe's flamboyant businessman
WHEN Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube announced the country's highly anticipated budget last Thursday, it would have been interesting to have been a fly on the wall in the residences of the...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:26hrs | 2566 | by Staff reporter
'Give NPRC more powers to deal with Gukurahundi of the 1980s'
A Matabeleland South traditional leader has called on government to amend the Constitution to give the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission more powers to allow it to bring closure to the emot...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:05hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's chance to shine
ALL eyes are on Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube as he presents his 2019 National Budget proposals in Parliament today, the first in the Second Republic. The Bu...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Partying Form 4 student drowns
A 16-YEAR-OLD Cherutombo High School student drowned in Wenimbi Dam after the vehicle she was travelling in veered off the road and plunged into the big water body while on the way from an outing on S...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans rob,rape and kill South Africans?
There are unconfirmed reports that people speaking Shona language are terrorising people in neighbouring South Africa in a bid to rob, rape and kill them.Twitter whistleblower who use th...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 4859 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Accident victims to be buried after two weeks
THE identification of the Brooklyn bus accident victims will take two weeks with the Government calling on families of the victims to be patient as authorities go about the meticulous process of ident...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:39hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Paupers' burial for 80 bodies
A TOTAL of 80 bodies of paupers were laid to rest at Luveve Cemetery last Thursday before sunrise.Pastors that included Reverend Archford Balance and Washington Jembere and councillors Febbie ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's insults regrettable
People are allowed to demonstrate as enshrined in the constitution of Zimbabawe but calling demonstraters stupid is uncalled for.I have been following the political and economic events current...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 10:54hrs | 5203 | by Leonard Koni
Why Bushiri gave Mboro R1million
South Africa's Prophet Paseka Mboro Motsoeneng has responded to critics who are questioning why Enlightened Christian Gathering Leader Prophet Shephered Bushiri gave him R1 million. Bush...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 10:46hrs | 5655 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why has Africa not developed after attaining independence?
Dear AfricaI grew up thinking that Africa was once referred to as a dark continent because most of its inhabitants are dark in complexion. Honestly it didn't bother me because to me black is r...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:21hrs | 544 | by Munya Shumba
Paul Mwazha @100 years: The amazing testimonies
A few days ago, Archbishop Paul Mwazha, the founder & leader of the African Apostolic Church was bestowed with rains of congratulatory messages from distinct churches and our entire body politic f...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 19:34hrs | 3084 | by Benny Gudo
Invictus Energy still to explore Zimbabwe oil deposits
AUSTRALIA-based oil and gas exploration company Invictus Energy Limited (IEL) will tomorrow release initial estimates of how much oil or gas deposits there could be in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:56hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Family fights over corpse
The death of one Sekuru Muswere of St Mary's house number 1263 has left the family divided.The dispute, which has spilled to the courts, started after the late Sekuru Muswere's relatives deman...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:43hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans, we are our own worst enemy
Dear EditorI'm sure somewhere someone is calling Zimbabwe a big joke as we are a country with misplaced priorities. For starters, we have good farming land, good climate, plenty natural resour...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 14:08hrs | 2795 | by Munya Shumba
Family threatens to bury daughter in hubby's bedroom
A family in Silobela is demanding 11 head of cattle from their son-in-law to bury the body of their daughter who committed suicide over her husband's infidelity.Alphina Bhebhe's family is refusing...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:21hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa war intensifying
The war of words between rival MDC leaders - Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa - is intensifying.Yesterday, Khupe's party tore into the MDC's 19th anniversary celebrations planned for tomorro...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 22:00hrs | 2949 | by Staff reporer
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