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Drawing parallels between Kenya and Zimbabwe's social, economic, and political disturbances
We want to believe that the demonstrations in Kenya just happened overnight. The Gene Zs went on a rampage assisted by criminals. To framing them so thin, is to trivialize a genuine revolution that wa...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 23:08hrs | 36 | by Nomazulu Thata
Namibian President dies after undergoing experimental treatment in US
The 82-year-old leader passed away days after receiving novel cancer therapy in the USNamibian President Hage Geingob has died in a hospital in the capital Windhoek, where he was receiving tre...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 05:18hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Prophet Edd Branson funds free medical health checkup in Epworth
Jesus Generation Ministries leader and Diplomat Prophet Edd Branson has through his Edd Branson Foundation held a free medical test and check up initiative in Epworth. The event was held on Ne...Published: 02 Jan 2023 at 13:39hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
9 year-old girl 8 months pregnant
IN what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Qatar, Angola wants Zimbabwe teachers
THE demand for Zimbabwean professionals around the world continues to increase with Angola and Qatar the latest countries that have requested for teachers and other professions to work in the public s...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man Rapes Sibling
In a bizarre incident, a man from Plumtree in Mbimba Village allegedly raped his 14-year-old sister on Monday night.The man who cannot be named for ethical reasons was arrested for the offence...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 16:10hrs | 7 | by Desmond Nleya
We are protected by prayers': Sects hampering Zimbabwe's vaccine rollout
HYMNAL melodies reverberate around the hillside in Kuwadzana, a Harare suburb. On a blisteringly hot Saturday, members of the apostolic church, dressed in white, hum and sing together.Songs, l...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa betrays SA war vets
SOUTH AFRICA'S elite task force rescued two cabinet ministers and a deputy after they were held hostage by war veterans demanding reparations for their role in the fight against white minority rule....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deaf male rapes minor
A minor was on Monday raped by a deaf dump man in Plumtree at Hingwe area, after he had invited her to his homestead.The girl aged 12(name withheld) who is also an orphan was allegedly raped b...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:15hrs | 9 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
Pittance payouts leave pensioners in dire straits
MR Gina Mudzviti (59) of Ultra High Suburb in Gwanda got injured in 2010 while he was working as a gang leader at a local mining company.He has made endless visits to hospital seeking medical ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defying global trends, Zimbabwe bets on coal
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North province, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls. Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate the atmosphere....Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Hwange
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North region of Zimbabwe, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls.Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop attempts to murder pastor
A Masvingo Police woman has been remanded in custody on charges of attempted murder after she allegedly struck and injured her husband who is a pastor with a hoe handle.Yvonne Kufakunesu, a Po...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mbudziyadhura's health deteriorates
POPULAR actor Blessing Chimhowa who plays Mbudziyadhura in the Gringo series broadcast on ZBCTV - was rushed to a local clinic in Gweru in the early hours of Wednesday after developing abdominal compl...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
A visit to Karanda with Jacob Ngarivhume
Perched right deep into Mashonaland Central is Karanda Mission Hospital. The hospital has become an oasis of hope for a nation whose health delivery system is on its knees.People from every co...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Muridzo F
Villagers receive free tests at a funeral
Chiweshe villagers today received free High Blood pressure, Sugar diabetes tests and personal protective equipment from Natbake during the funeral of Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 12:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole/Tarisai Mudahondo
Chiwenga now in Dubai
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's luxury jet lef India and headed to Dubai on Monday.When Former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo was asked about the health situation of &nbs...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kembo Mohadi appointed Acting President
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has been appointed Acting President after President Emmerson Mnangagwa left Harare on Friday afternoon for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where he will attend the 32nd O...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 11:57hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bosso players to undergo medicals
HIGHLANDERS FC players are set to undergo medical examinations when the team regroups on Monday to start their pre-season training. The medicals, according to Highlanders' chief executive officer Nhla...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa taken 'ill' to SA
ZAPU president Dr Dumiso Dabengwa is reportedly ill and is in South Africa where he is receiving specialist treatment, his party has revealed. In an interview on Wednesday, Zapu's secretary ge...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Clueless 'ED' needs exigent help…
It is so sad that at a time when the economy is burning Mnangagwa's, 'second in command' is fighting for his dear life in South Africa. The neighboring country which has a sound economy and well advan...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
Beyond the ConCourt ruling 'Economic Disaster and Disorder' awaits Zimbabweans.
According to political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya's recent interview with Peter Ndoro of SABC soon after the ConCourt hearing on the 22 of August, the respected Human Rights expect articulated well to P...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 20:36hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Chombo bail conditions relaxed
FORMER finance minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate applying for relaxation of bail conditions.Chombo, who is facing charges of corruption and abuse of office...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Have more sex to beat cancer'
The Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) is encouraging men to be sexually active and at least have 21 ejaculations in a month to reduce the risk of prostate cancer.CAZ information officer Pri...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Perimeter wall collapses, crushes eight-year-old boy to death
AN eight-year-old boy from Bulawayo died after a perimeter wall collapsed and buried him while he was playing at his home, police confirmed yesterday.Nkosiphile Ncube, who was a Grade Two pupi...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman forced to sit on acid, still battling for life
TEN months after she was allegedly forced by 10 police officers to sit on an acidic substance, a Victoria Falls woman is still battling for life and is appealing for assistance to seek specialist trea...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai succession battle hots up
Acting MDC president Elias Mudzuri and vice president Nelson Chamisa have openly declared that they are gunning to succeed ailing party leader Morgan Tsvangirai should he be incapacitated to run for p...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe could be on verge of exciting year
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is currently in South Africa for medical checkups, says the country has begun the new year mired in deep economic problems from which it needs ...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangarai declares preferred successor
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has given a hint of his proffered successor as Nelson Chamisa whom he appointed together with Elias Mudzuri as deputies last year.Tsvangirai gave the youthf...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai raises Chamisa's hopes
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has given his strongest hint to date that he may be grooming his youngest deputy, Nelson Chamisa, to succeed him in the MDC - after he gave the youthful politician ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai leaves after Mnangagwa visit
The ailing leader of MDC Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday left the country for his routine medical checkup in South Africa.This was confirmed by his spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka on Friday afterno...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 22:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T thanks Mnangagwa for visiting ailing Tsvangirai
The Movement for Democratic Change led by former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has thanked president Emmerson Mnangagwa for visiting their ailing leader.In a statement this afternoon Tsvang...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 22:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe returns from Singapore medical checkup
President Robert Mugabe has returned home after a week's visit to Singapore for a routine medical checkup.The President was accompanied by the First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe.He was receiv...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai rushed to SA for another medical checkup
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai flew to South Africa on Sunday for medical checkup, and is expected to return home tomorrow.He is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with cancer of ...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 15:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cde Chinx died a day before his house warming party
VETERAN musician Dickson 'Cde Chinx' Chingaira died a day before his house warming party that had been scheduled for Saturday.Dubbed the 'House Warming Party', the party had been scheduled to ...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe leaves for Singapore for his routine medical check-up
President Mugabe yesterday left Zimbabwe for Singapore for his routine medical check-up hardly a week after rejecting the profiling that Zimbabwe was 'a fragile State' and instead declaring it is the ...Published: 09 May 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Ndau Paul
Mugabe headed abroad for checkups shortly - twitter
President Robert Mugabe is reported heading abroad for checkups shortly. It is not clear at this stage whether this is fake or factual news. It is difficult to get President Mugabe's medical checkup s...Published: 08 May 2017 at 13:45hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Mupostori Mugabe's new hairdo sets social media ablaze
Just like he did when he recently received a "special massage chair" from his Cabinet lieutenants, President Robert Mugabe has sent social media into a frenzy over his shaven head.This...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Letter from Zimbabwe
Dear Editor,This may seem like an everyday casual statement but I think this is the thinking of most Zimbabweans as they endure hard times while President Mugabe continues living his life in t...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 11:27hrs | | by Sinqobile Ndlovu-Tessa
In and out whatever, life goes on.
A letter from Zimbabwe published in The Voice newspaper of Botswana written by Sinqobile Ndlovu has castigated the holding onto power by President Robert Mugabe even at the time when the nature calls ...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 07:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe floods killed 246 people
Floods in Zimbabwe have killed at least 246 people and left nearly 2 000 homeless since December, according to the government.The southern African country has appealed to international don...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Agencies
WATCH: Boy (15) rapes two schoolgirls
Unedited Facebook post by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda: Horrible incident in Tsholotsho where a 15 year old boy raped two girls and attempted to rape the 3rd one bef...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 12:50hrs | | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Mugabe himself setting a nepotistic precedence
RG Mugabe has been able to publicly condemn nepotism when at the same time managed to give powerful and rewarding positions to members of his family. When nepotism is executed by the highest office th...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Zanu-PF's greatest failure
ZUNDE is appalled by the Zanu-PF government's move to fire 25 000 civil servants, cut off allowances and withhold bonuses for both the years 2016 and 2017. Civil servants in Zimbabwe have been on the ...Published: 19 Sep 2016 at 12:17hrs | | by De Villiers Mushiringi and Steve Mtusva - ZUNDE
More women die in child birth
Resource constraints at some of Zimbabwe's referral hospitals are taking a toll, with 740 maternal deaths registered since 2015.Of these, 580 occurred last year and the remainder between Janua...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:39hrs | | by Shamiso Yikoniko
City residents get free health check-up
A NON-Governmental Organisation — You Have It In You Foundation — whose mandate is to improve the health of young women last week held a health awareness campaign for girls at Inyathi Vocation...Published: 01 May 2016 at 07:42hrs | | by Faith Phiri
High Court presides over lawyer's law suit against police
HIGH Court Judge Justice Happias Zhou is today presiding over the pre-trial-conference in a case in which human rights lawyer Kennedy Masiye is suing Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and Police...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Three strokes for rapist, 15
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy from Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb was yesterday sentenced to receive three strokes with a rattan cane for raping his seven-year-old niece.The boy, who cannot be named for ethi...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:37hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Mugabe's foreign travel remain useless, costly
The frequent foreign travels that Robert Mugabe undertakes have demonstrated that they are useless and costly to the country as they are not benefitting the country, contrary to state media claims tha...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 21:40hrs | | by PDP
Mugabe arrives from the Far East
President Robert Mugabe yesterday night arrived from the Far East where he had gone with his family for his annual leave which usual coincide with his health checkup much to the shock and surprise of ...Published: 23 Jan 2016 at 04:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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