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Steve Dyer and the making of Tuku Music
When Steve Dyer speaks of the late Oliver Mtukudzi, it's as if the Zimbabwean music legend is still with us. In a recent interview with Sunday Life, Dyer reminisced about Tuku in the present tense, su...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:14hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Kadewere and Chirewa Ruled Out of AFCON Qualifiers
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has confirmed that Warriors forwards Tino Kadewere and Tawanda Chirewa will miss the crucial back-to-back 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:22hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Son causes father's arrest for US$250,000 fraud
Graham Garnet Metcalf, an 86-year-old former director of Lakeland Ventures (Pvt) Ltd, faced court proceedings after being accused by his son, Gregory Graham Hall, of misappropriating US$250,000 f...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:43hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Son sues father for US$250 000 fraud
An 86-year-old man, Graham Garnet Metcalf Hall of Borrowdale Brooke, is facing fraud charges for allegedly selling his son's property in Dandaro Village, Harare, for US$250,000 without authorization. ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean farmer buys R1,8m ankole from Ramaphosa
Zimbabwean cattle breeder Collen Tafireyi stole the show at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Ntaba Nyoni cattle auction at his Phala Phala farm near Bela-Bela in Limpopo at the weekend, buying one of the S...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 08:44hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 50 head of cattle to thieves
AN organised cattle rustling syndicate has reportedly descended on Umguza District on the outskirts of Bulawayo where one farmer has been left counting losses after the thieves raided his farm and sto...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda urges Zimbabweans to shun tribalism
Zanu-PF provincial chairperson for Bulawayo Jabulani Sibanda has urged Zimbabweans to shun tribalism to ensure unity and development.The former Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran Associa...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drought-claiming livestock in Matebeleland South
The El Nino-induced dry period experienced across Zimbabwe is claiming the lives of livestock especially cattle, whose conditions have deteriorated due to water shortages in the Matebeleland South pro...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Hyena attacks five; rips off lips, limb
TWO victims of human-wildlife conflict are battling for their lives in hospital after being mauled by a vicious hyena in the Zuze area of Makoni District in incidents that happened last week on Thursd...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
LSU vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa sucked in cattle procurement scandal
LUPANE State University (LSU) vice-chancellor Pardon Kuipa has been fingered in a procurement scandal following revelations that the university purchased cattle at an inflated price and only a few wer...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 18:55hrs | 2 | 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 | 27 | by Staff reporter
Tandi agrees new deal at Highlanders
BULAWAYO giants, Highlanders, have started strengthening their squad ahead of the new Premier Soccer League season in March after tying down highly-rated defender Andrew Tandi to a new deal Thursday....Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: When the honeymoon is over
I was in a train the other day, which happened to be stationary for over an hour because of load shedding. Most of the passengers look restless; some were shouting their lungs out; others were mummeri...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
'Rascal Moyo is broke and is licking rogues who tried to kill him' - They're luring him back for a wallop!
Ever since the day Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao penned off their letter accusing Mnangagwa and company for the 15 November 2017 military coup; many Zimbabweans have had a good laugh at t...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 21:52hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Fluttering the Triple C dovecote
Horror times for Triple CKikikiki, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have caused a perfect storm in Chamisa's already troubled, and inexorably shrinking space. They have written to "c...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gated communities give Bulawayo new face
FORGET about buying a housing stand, townhouses are the in-thing particularly for property developers building homes in Bulawayo's eastern suburbs.Modern classic standardised houses are being ...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ankle breaker apologises to Tandi
DYNAMOS' teenage winger Bill Antonio yesterday said he harboured no malicious intentions when he rammed into Andrew Tandi with a rather reckless tackle that left the Highlanders defender with a horrif...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo boy promoted to Newcastle United senior training
Newcastle United youngster Michael Ndiweni has been promoted to senior training this week.Chronicle Live says Newcastle are a little light up front after Callum Wilson suffered a calf injury i...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmer in court for stealing stray cattle
A MWENEZI farmer has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly stealing stray cattle belonging to his neighbour.Freeman Dube appeared before Mwenezi magistrate Honest Musiiwa facing stock...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 prophets jailed for stock theft
TWO self-styled prophets from a Zionist church in Tsholotsho and a villager from Dete in Hwange have been jailed for nine years each for stocktheft.Promise Vundla (33) and Hawkins Sibanda (47)...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 17:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Senior Zanu-PF official's son trampled to death by elephant
THE son of a senior Zanu-PF official was trampled to death by an elephant in Hwange.Ronald Mzamba, son to Cde Ellias Mzamba of Dunu Village, Masue Resettlement area and three colleagues were a...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pakistan thump Zimbabwe in first T20 match
PAKISTAN 149 for 7 (Rizwan 82*, Madhevere 2-11, Jongwe 2-24) beat Zimbabwe 138 for Z7 (Ervine 34, Qadir 3-29, Hasnain 2-27) by 11 runsZIMBABWE made a disappointing start to their T20 series ag...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Milk shortages hit Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been hit by a serious milk shortage, with dairy farmers citing viability challenges emanating from poor producer prices, it has emerged. Zimbabwe Association of Dairy Farmers (ZADF) chair...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Axe rampage killer escapes jail
A 21-YEAR-OLD Gokwe man who fatally axed five people and two cows in one night has been spared jail life after the High Court ruled that he was mentally ill when he committed the crimes in March last ...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
A product of Rhodesia's cattle improvement scheme
In the early 1940's in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) the Government was promoting a cattle improvement scheme whereby bulls from imported European breeds were made available to the indigeno...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 22:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
FC Platimun crash out of Confed Cup
ASC Jaraaf 1 0 FC Platinum (ASC Jaraaf won 2-0 on aggregate to progress to the Caf Confederations Cup group stages)FC PLATINUM'S run in the CAF club competitions ended last night after the...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stray hippo gunned down
Officials from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority have gunned down a stray hippo in Zvishavane rural after it claimed the life of one villager.Runde Rural District chief exec...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Do cattle outnumber people in Botswana?
If Botswana's cows got their act together they could have ousted President Ian Khama in the election, South African comedian Loyiso Gola joked."There are more cows than people in Botswana, if ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by africacheck
Speeding 40-tonne mine truck kills 2 elephants
Concern has been raised after a speeding 40-tonne coal mining dump truck belonging to Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine hit and killed two jumbos last Tuesday night.The accident happened near Sinamate...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
The world has lost patience with Zimbabwe's 'Crocodile'
A YEAR ago this week, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa strained credulity when he declared in a Bloomberg TV interview, "We have rejoined the family of nations."The international commun...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers nabbed in Beitbridge
POLICE in Matabeleland South on Monday arrested eight notorious armed robbers, among them a serving police officer and former cop, who have been linked to a spate of heists committed in Harare and aro...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
R550 000 robber jailed 10 years
AN armed robber, who was part of a gang of five which shot Muchineripi Hlaringo of Beitbridge eight times before making off with more than half a million rand in June this year, was on Friday jailed t...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni judgment postponed
JUDGMENT in the case in which Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni is facing allegations of malicious damage to property was on Wednesday postponed to August 5.Ndiweni (54) and 22...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robber in court for over R 567k robbery, shooting victim 8 times
A SOUTH AFRICA-BASED man has been taken to Beitbridge Regional Magistrates' Courts, facing armed robbery charges involving ZAR567 000, mobile phones and a Toyota Allex vehicle.Enock Nyamani (3...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu appears in court
Embattled ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Moses Mpofu appeared at the Bulawayo Magistrates court on Tuesday on a matter where Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni and 22 vil...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 15:38hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Obert Mpofu subpoenaed again
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni's case of malicious damage to property was on Wednesday postponed after key witness, former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu failed to show up, promp...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to appear before Bulawayo court
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, is set to testify before a Bulawayo magistrate in a case in which he stands accused of inciting a Ntabazinduna villager to defy directives from Chief ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to testify in Ndiweni case
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, was on Wednesday issued with summons to appear before the Bulawayo Magistrates' Courts to testify in a case where he is accused of inciting a Ntabazin...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who will inherit Mtukudzi's vast empire?
A wife, four daughters with three different mothers, an unrecognised son with a birth certificate, and a rebutted daughter who made headlines seeking to be recognised.That sums up people with ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2 | by Mtandazo Dube
Catholic priest speaks on Mtukudzi
I didn't intend to write anything on Tuku at this time because there is so much going on out there. The nation and the world is struggling to come to terms with his passing, condolence message...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Fr Dominic Tomuseni SJ
Mtukudzi cheated with Stella Chiweshe's daughter?
The late veteran musician Oliver Mtukudzi is alleged to have been engaged in an adulterous relationship with Mbira maestro Stella Chiwesha's daughter Virginia.This was revealed by journa...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 14:58hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Former manager speaks about Oliver Mtukudzi
Tributes continue to pour in for the national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi who died on Wednesday aged 66. Many have described the late music icon who contributed immensely to the growth of the music i...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 12:48hrs | 66 | by Staff Reporter
Oliver Mtukudzi had blood cancer?
The late super star Oliver Mtukudzi might have suffered from blood cancer, journalist Lenin Ndebele reveals.In his tribute to the late global icon, Ndebele says when he was a young journalist ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 21:26hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Another warrant of arrest for Chief Ndiweni
Bulawayo magistrate, Gladmore Mushove last week issued a warrant of arrest against Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna after he again defaulted appearing in court on January 15....Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's date of birth causes trouble
Sometime in 1978 Chamisa was born. That time his date of birth was not significant and nobody ever thought that there will be a minute put aside to coin discussions bordering on his age or indeed the ...Published: 26 Dec 2018 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chief Ndiweni faces arrest
Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove on Monday issued a warrant of arrest on Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni (54) of Ntabazinduna after he failed to appear in court to answer to allegations of ex...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
August 1 gunshot victims speak out
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights have compiled a report of August 21 killings that left 6 people dead during the election season. Several high profile people including the Generals of ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 15:44hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Business opportunities in Zimbabwe that will make more millionaires in 2018
The term "millionaire" is taking on a new meaning in Zimbabweans abroad. It's no longer just about the size of your bank account; any shady politician, corrupt bureaucrat, or unscrupulous busi...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 6 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Beef cattle calendar guideline
Beef cattle calendar guidelineJANUARYEnd of bulling for mature cows on 31 JanuaryDe- worm all stock above six months against liverfluke in problem areasDe –worm against roundworms in...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 16:03hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Muscle imbalances: What you should know and how to correct them
There are a couple of reasons why people work out. In addition to health benefits such as losing weight, the other top purpose is to improve overall physical appearance. Nonetheless, there is one thin...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 13:31hrs | 4 | by Lifestyle Reporter
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