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Is Zimbabwe on the brink of collapse?
Zimbabwe is standing at a dangerous crossroads as the nation endures an escalating energy crisis that threatens its economy, livelihoods, and future prospects. The recent wave of prolonged pow...Published: 18 Dec 2024 at 13:05hrs | 1931 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Neighbours drag 'intoxicated teen' from burning house in Bulawayo
Residents of New Lobengula in Bulawayo were startled late yesterday by a raging fire that engulfed a house in the neighborhood, illuminating the night sky with bright flames.A teenager identif...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:38hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma brutally killed by ex-boyfriend
Tragedy struck Schoonplaas near Modder East in Springs, South Africa, when 35-year-old sangoma Mahlatse Makgwane was found murdered in her shack on Monday, October 14. The gruesome killing, allegedly ...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:50hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Doji Candle: Understanding Its Role in Trading
The Doji candle stands out as one of the most intriguing candlestick patterns used by traders, offering a window into the market's state of uncertainty. It frequently appears during moments when buyer...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 13:17hrs | 366 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo teen in ritual wealth scam
A bizarre and unsettling incident has unfolded in Lobengula West, Bulawayo, where a 16-year-old Form Four student allegedly stole R1 000 and US$230 from his parents to pay a self-proclaimed "godfather...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:19hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo teen in ritual wealth scam
A bizarre and unsettling incident has unfolded in Lobengula West, Bulawayo, where a 16-year-old Form Four student allegedly stole R1 000 and US$230 from his parents to pay a self-proclaimed "godfather...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:14hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Rolling power cuts cripple maternal healthcare services in Harare clinics
Harare's municipal clinics are struggling to provide essential maternal healthcare services due to crippling power cuts, an investigation by NewsDay has revealed. The blackouts, which often last more ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:43hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Ndori Ndori chucked out at Bosso
LOCAL Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clubs' preparations for the forthcoming 2014 season have gone a gear up with some player moves having already been confirmed.This year's league action ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
King Lobhengula: The Statesman Par Excellence
The man who is credited to have expanded Buthwakazi until it covered virtually the whole of Budlanondo (present day Zimbabwe and parts of present day Botswana) is King Lobhengula (named after Prince N...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:31hrs | 22 | by George Mkhwanazi
Chamisa has no one to blame but wapusa wapusa
Growing up in the country's ghettos, playing plastic balls was commonplace. Young boys stripped to their shorts, sometimes with holes that revealed their nether parts, and ran in the scorching...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | | by Fungi Kwaramba
All systems go for polls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has finalised the deployment of polling officers and materials across the country paving the way for a smooth voting process tomorrow.Citizens will vote...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Stafff reporter
Zesa ramps up power supply
Zimbabweans have welcomed improved electricity supply across the country after Hwange Thermal Power Station started performing at its best in the last week, generating 740 megawatts as of yesterday, a...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec urges people to inspect voter's roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged members of the public to inspect the voter's roll when the exercise starts on Saturday at 1 594 inspection centres countrywide as the country gears fo...Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by TT Murisa
How do you win in binary options trading?
Binary options have entered the stock market and taken beginners by storm. For those who have always been wary and just a little afraid of traditional stock markets like Forex, this new instrument all...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 13:06hrs | 172 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
This & that with Mal'phosa: What a disaster
Do rich people always have to brag every chance they get? For instance, he owns a construction company and bullies everyone to agree that he works hard. We know who works hard, and for peanuts. It's a...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 19:37hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zimbabweans mock Mnangagwa over election promises as blackouts worsen
The announcement by the Zambezi River Authority, which runs the Kariba Dam, that Zimbabwe had used up its share of the water in the world's largest man-made reservoir sounded a death knell to an alrea...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean dad and daughter (5) among victims of petrol station blast
A ZIMBABWEAN dad and his five-year-old daughter were among the 10 people killed by an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.The victims of Friday's disaste...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rolling power blackouts hit Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has announced a nationwide load shedding regime, which began Monday and will last up until Friday.ZETDC, a subsidiary of ...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
60% of population owns houses
Almost 60 percent of Zimbabwean households own their home and more than 83 percent of Zimbabweans now live in modern houses and flats, showing both the high levels of home ownership and the rapid impr...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding worsens in SA
Unable to switch on lights or heaters, cook dinner or charge their phones, South Africans are spending their mid-winter evenings plunged in darkness and low-tech living.Power outages, known he...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Faulty Zesa meters headache for residents
SOME Bulawayo residents are living in houses without electricity due to defective prepaid electricity meters that Zesa installed at their homes.The power utility is failing to replace the faul...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border drivers up for smuggling goods worth over US$52,000
TWO cross-border truck drivers have appeared in court on charges of smuggling goods worth over US$52 000 or $5 million through Beitbridge Border Post from neighbouring South Africa.The pair, T...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean designer to open boutique in Liverpool
Liverpool-based Zimbabwean designer, Petronella Tayamika Mahachi Hughes, is not looking back in her chosen trade.If anything, she is just stepping up and ready to cause ripples at the top....Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Electrification has potential to improve quality of rural life'
RURAL communities such as Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South province are set to be empowered courtesy of an electrification exercise, which is expected to create employment and provide interne...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Truck with smuggled groceries intercepted by Bulawayo traffic cops
Police in Bulawayo have intercepted a 34-tonne truck that was smuggling groceries worth millions of dollars.The South Africa number platted 34-tonne truck owned by CTME Logistics, was intercep...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 15:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Blackouts intensify in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEAN companies and domestic consumers are feeling the pinch of high costs of back-up power supply after the national power utility, Zesa, announced a 12-hour load-shedding schedule.Zesa ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens up on private life
President Mnangagwa, who turned 79-years yesterday, called on Zimbabweans to be peaceful, united and most of all, be patriotic to develop the country. Speaking at his African-themed birthday d...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Angela Merkel and Liz Cheney are conservatives, but their political values and principles are worth of gold!
We are also called anarchists; our socialistic values about removing a capitalist world to an order that puts emphasis on humanity and not profit. Activists defy status core, demand a remake of our tu...Published: 13 May 2021 at 22:03hrs | 9 | by Nomazulu Thata
Smugglers declare groceries as fertilizer , three trucks busted
Security officials working with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) anti-smuggling unit in Beitbridge have intercepted three commercial trucks which were transporting an assortment of groceries whi...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act
President Mnangagwa has once again warned the newly elected Zanu-PF District Co-ordinating Committees (DCC) executives that they risk being suspended or expelled if they violate the party constitution...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens Zanu-PF members
PARTY leaders who were recently elected in District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections should follow the Zanu-PF constitution or risk expulsion if they engage in counterproductive plots, President...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Greatest curse in Matabeleland is voting for Zanu-PF'
The greatest curse in Matabeleland is victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities who continue to vote for Zanu-PF despite its history of violence, said Bulawayo based political commentator and activist, Ef...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec in 'O' Level exam scandal
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was yesterday accused of presiding over "sham" examinations for several ‘O' level subjects with schools around the country receiving incomplete mate...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
How fiber optic internet will help your company
You want to go above and beyond to ensure that your company succeeds. If it doesn't, you're going to be disappointed and you'll likely lose a lot of money. You need to work hard to keep your customers...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:44hrs | 9 | by Staff writer
Outcry over 50% Zesa tariff hike
CONSUMERS yesterday expressed disquiet over the recent 50% electricity tariff hike by Zesa at a time workers' salaries were failing to match the cost of living.The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmi...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moyo grovels at Chiwenga
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo heaped praise on VicePresident Constantino Chiwenga, describing him as the most suitable person to run the Health ministry despite fears that he was militarising th...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe patients bring own candles to hospital
THE effects of load shedding have been heavily felt at Chiredzi General Hospital, southeast of Zimbabwe as patients and women on maternity are required to bring their own candles for light.Loa...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
The situation in Zimbabwe has moved to another level
"FELLOW Zimbabweans … the situation in our country has moved to another level. Firstly, we wish to assure the nation that His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe and his family are safe and sound an...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Cliff Chiduku
Zanu-PF teaches Bulawayo residents to make bread
MORE than 100 people in Bulawayo were on Tuesday trained on how to make bread using Dutch ovens as part of Zanu-PF's economic empowerment projects. Zanu-PF last month launched empowerment proj...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister slams prosperity preachers
A CABINET Minister has slammed some church pastors for milking their congregants to poverty through cash demands. Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Dr Sith...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
No leads on Mnangagwa White City bombing
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said the people behind the bombing at White City Stadium in Bulawayo last year have not been accounted for so party members should remain vigi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
War collaborators meet
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has reaffirmed the Government's commitment to push for socio-economic development programmes aimed at uplifting the lives of liberation war collab...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reels as 18-hr power cuts
For Cosmas Kabondo, the rolling 18-hour power cuts have made life more expensive as his family is scrambling for alternative sources of energy.Zimbabwe's power crisis deepened early this month...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
How to speak Zimbabwean
Very often, you hear the words "resilient" and "innovative" attached to Zimbabwean people. But what most outsiders don't know is that to be Zimbabwean, one must speak a language only known to the coun...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:55hrs | 1 | by Chazz Cummings
Ndebele 'King' addresses the nation
I would like to make it known that I, as King of Matabeleland alias Mthwakazi, am very much committed to the Restoration of my Kingdom. I also want the whole world to know that the whole Inter-cultura...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 13:19hrs | 1 | by Stanley Khumalo
High prices can be stopped
Price madness, some businesses may be 'fighting' government using the public (consumers) as pawns on a political chessboard. The dog eat dog price race calls for sober minds to restore sanity. ...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:53hrs | | by Tondorindo
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