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Kazembe Kazembe summoned as tempers flare up
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has been summoned to Parliament to issue a ministerial statement on what the police is doing to clamp down on perpetrators of political violence targeting opposit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Chamisa, Mwonzora, Khupe fights are killing democracy
Just imagine that Zanu-PF had succeeded in establishing a one-party state as it had initially wanted, after drinking too much off the communist-socialist mug.Well, the scenario wouldn't be fit...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zanu-PF still don't believe they can win free and fair elections after 41 years of state-controlled propaganda, vote-rigging
In my entire 48 years of existence, I have come across those who have tried every trick in the book to win popular opinion and favour - from lying, deviousness, and all manner of image polishing - but...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:17hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Prominent promoter Madamara laid to rest
MUSIC promoter and businessman, Dave "Madamara" Ncube, the first promoter to bring South African musician, Freddie Gwala to the country, was buried on Wednesday.Ncube (53), who died on Monday ...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constitutional crisis and tsvimbo
By the time you read this letter, dear Fabian (Mabaya), I will be in the land of the free and the brave, and safe from the shenanigans of my beloved Zimbabwe. I have examined the self-made crisis crea...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:36hrs | 8 | by Ken Mufuka
Cremations 'threaten' Zimbabwe's ancestral spirits
Cremation is provoking a huge debate in Zimbabwe, bringing cultural and religious beliefs to the fore, journalist-turned-barrister Brian Hungwe writes from Harare."For you were made from dust,...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Brian Hungwe
Retracing the life and death of Dr Sithole
This is the third and final contribution on the life, abduction, disappearance and subsequent death of Dr Edson Sithole - a veteran nationalist, barrister and national hero whose heroic life remains s...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:42hrs | | by Isaya Muriwo Sithole
Prominent Bulawayo businessman dies
BULAWAYO businessman and prominent chartered accountant Mr Moses Mazengeza has died.He was 69.Mr Mazengeza succumbed to stroke on Sunday following two weeks of illness.His son,...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's PhD: It's not over until it's over
Thousands of hearts of the alumni of the University of Zimbabwe must be bleeding now, including those of former and current faculty. They are wondering what is going on at this pioneer institution of ...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obituary : Rest in peace our eminent revolutionaries
Zimbabwe lost two prominent women in September alone, their deaths occurring hard on the heels of that of Mrs Maud Muzenda, another eminent Zimbabwean revolutionary mother.Mrs Angeline Kamba's...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:56hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
The man who fired live bullets above trainees
I first met Eddie Sigoge Mlotshwa at Morogoro, which was a ZPRA training Camp in Tanzania. His pseudonym was Cassius Moya. Our group was composed of young men who had volunteered to join the armed str...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:30hrs | | by Retired Brigadier-General Abel Mazinyane
MDC-T member now using Baba Jukwa Facebook profile photo
An MDC-T member Chalton Hwende seem to have taken over the profile picture that was used by a faceless character Baba Jukwa on Facebook as most of his posts on the social media are accompanied by the ...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The unspoken story of the ANC
After the Wankie and Spolilo campaigns of the late 1960s, it was apparent that Rhodesia was at war.The boundaries shared by Rhodesia and her neighbours became porous conduits for guerrilla inf...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 05:54hrs | | by Tjenesani Ntungakwa
Zimbabwe's witchcraft capital
Gokwe, the cotton-producing district in Midlands province, has become synonymous with witchcraft and the occult. Basing on the number of reported cases, Gokwe could easily compete with the lightning-m...Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Tendai Chara
Bulawayo City promotion has passed as a non-event
THE promotion of Bulawayo City to the Zifa Southern Region Division One Soccer League has sadly passed on as a non-event.This team, if it does well on the national scene, will be an effective ...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Sports reporter
ZIPRA Cadres that had an Effect in my Life
To all those that operated under ZIPRA during the war of liberation alive today and those no longer with us your inspiration in my life was massive and life changing. I am proud and honoured to ha...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Tsolo Dube
Extraordinary Zimbabweans awarded in SA
The inaugural MoneyGram Zimbabwe Achievers award winners were announced at a glittering gala event on Saturday with a star-studded line-up of artists that included the legendary Oliver Mtukudzi, HHP a...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by ZAA
Alice Chavunduka burial set for today
VETERAN journalist and pioneer television presenter Alison "Alice" Chavunduka will be buried at Glen Forest Memorial Park in Harare today. Family spokesperson, Chris Mbanga said a funeral ser...Published: 13 Jan 2014 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alyce Chavunduka to be buried on Monday in Harare
The late television and radio personality, Alyce Chavunduka, will be buried on Monday at Glen Forest Gardens at 3pm.Family spokesperson, Mr Chris Mbanga said a church service will be held at t...Published: 11 Jan 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Alison 'Alice' Chavunduka burial arrangements set for today
FINAL burial arrangements for veteran broadcaster, Alison "Alice" Chavunduka are expected to be completed today with her body expected in the country at the weekend, a family spokesperson said yesterd...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Alyce Chavunduka's body still in SA
Funeral arrangements for the late former ZBC and SABC news anchor and presenter, Alyce Chavunduka who died on Sunday are yet to be announced as her body is still to be repatriated.Alyce died ...Published: 07 Jan 2014 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Alice Chavunduka dies at 46
Former ZBC and SABC news anchor Alice Chavunduka who died in Johannesburg on Sunday, suffered an epileptic seizure in her home a week before her death....Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 21:13hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
Zimbabwe mental health concerns continue
A Growing IssueFollowing on from earlier reports which documented an unprecedented rise in mental health incidents in Zimbabwe, further attention ...Published: 17 Jul 2013 at 12:15hrs | | by Julie Bowen
MDC-T primary elections update
This weekend's round of MDC-T's internal confirmations and primaries for Mashonaland Central produced interesting results, with only two sitting MPs getting confirmations in their constituencies....Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
'Mandela has gone too far in doing good to non-black communities,' says Mugabe
SABC talk show host Dali Tambo has lashed at accusations that he was sprucing up Robert Mugabe's image in a rare interview with the Zimbabwean leader who took a swipe at Nelson Mandela's reconciliatio...Published: 26 May 2013 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Sunday Independent
MDC-T loses 8 senior members in 6 months
Speaking at the funeral of UZ lecturer Professor John Makumbe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said his party had lost eight senior members in the past six months.Makumbe was a senior member ...Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 09:14hrs | | by SW Radio
'I am now a professional mourner,' says Tsvangirai
POLITICAL commentator and university lecturer Professor John Makumbe was laid to rest in rural Buhera on Wednesday - in the same constituency he hoped to represent as MP after the next elections....Published: 31 Jan 2013 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'2013 elections will be tough,' says Biti
MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti yesterday said the forthcoming elections would be tough and probably the "most important after 1980 polls".He said the coming polls would be critical in th...Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Gordon Chavunduka buried
The late president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers' Association, Professor Gordon Chavunduka, who died on Friday, was buried at his family farm in Dowa small-scale farming area yesterday....Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 03:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Chavhunduka burial on Tuesday
The President of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers Association, (ZINATHA), Professor Gordon Chavhunduka who died on Friday will be laid to rest at the Dowa family farm in Mashonaland East on T...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Gordon Chavunduka has died
Veteran Socialogist and traditional healer Professor Gordon Chavunduka has died.Chavunduka served as a member of Abel Muzorewa's delegation to the 1979 Lancaster House Conference that led to ...Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Adultery: Zimbabwe's dark secret
A worrying trend is emerging in Zimbabwe and the proverbial skeletons in the closet are being exposed.According to official figures, 427 child maintenance cases were dealt with at the Harare C...Published: 22 Apr 2012 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Itai Mazire
Felling of 'Nehanda tree' a good omen for change in Zim politics
A city of Harare council truck carrying out repair work knocked down the tree, an Harare landmark considered by some to have magical powers. Some Zimbabweans think the death of the "Nehanda tree" is...Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 10:20hrs | 23 | by -
Dead man orders family to exit corpse through a hole in the wall
A particularly bizarre demand by a 73-year-old Chitungwiza man, who died two weeks ago, continues to draw keen interest in the town and beyond.Mr Marowa Zhuwawo is said to have directed his ...Published: 27 Nov 2011 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophets and traditional healers exploiting people for profit: Chavunduka
One of Zimbabwe's most respected African traditionalist and academic Professor Gordon Chavunduka has described the current crop of prophets and traditional healers, who have been performing √¢‚...Published: 16 Aug 2011 at 06:08hrs | 13 | by Sinikiwe Mlambo
Former ZTV presenter arrested over food bill
Former ZBC TV, SABC TV and radio news anchor and DStv's Studio 53 presenter Alyce Chavunduka was tossed into a police holding cell for not paying her bill at a Capetown seafood restaurant.Th...Published: 08 Jul 2011 at 06:15hrs | | by .
MDC-N Youth Assembly warns MDC-T and Zanu PF youth leagues over violence
It is now in the public domain that the MDC-Tsvangirai Youth Assembly is a grouping made up of hooligans and clowns who are heartless and will do all means necessary to get their Bosses into power. T...Published: 04 Jul 2011 at 08:39hrs | | by Prince Khumbu Malinga
Matabeleland woman living with three husbands under one roof
A HWANGE woman has shocked her locals after marrying five husbands, three of whom she is currently staying with under one roof, the state controlled Sunday Mail reported.Her first two husbands...Published: 30 Apr 2011 at 23:42hrs | 13 | by Moyo Roy
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