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Janet Manyowa arrives ahead of Friends in Christ gospel extravaganza
Award-winning gospel artist, Janet Manyowa has arrived in the United Kingdom ahead of the annual concert hosted by Sharon Manatsa and Friends in Christ (FIC), taking place this Saturday in Bedford....Published: 1 hr ago | 79 | by Tidi Kwidini
Magombeyi's abduction requires a firm 'Jamal Khashoggi-style' solidarity response
The recent abduction of the acting president the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) Dr. Peter Magombeyi should be a wake up call for all Zimbabweans to finally stand strongly together again...Published: 2 hrs ago | 721 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe's children salutes Mnangagwa's govt
The late former President Robert Mugabe's children, Mrs Bona Mugabe-Chikore and Mr Robert Mugabe (Junior), yesterday saluted the Government and everyone who has stood with them in their time of mourni...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1167 | by Staff reporter
4 dead, 22 injured in Harare road accident
Four people were reportedly killed while 22 others were injured Wednesday afternoon when a Hino truck driver tried to overtake a commuter omnibus in Kambuzuma Suburb, Harare.Three died on spot...Published: 17 hrs ago | 6086 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 21 hrs ago | 933 | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwe repatriates second batch of Afrophobia/ xenophobia victims
Government on Wednesday repatriated the second batch of 10 Zimbabweans who were affected by xenophobic motivated attacks in the City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng province.The group is part of 171 ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 908 | by Staff reporter
Doctors demonstrations continue
Health professionals have been boycotting work since Monday claiming they wanted Government to furnish them with the whereabouts of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) acting president Dr Pet...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's funeral fuels tensions due to traditional beliefs, rituals
As public wakes for late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have drawn to a close, traditional chiefs are demanding the body be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have been p...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:20hrs | 3709 | by AFP
In Zimbabwe, surviving means improvising, and some luck
In crisis-stricken Zimbabwe, where prices are soaring, the local dollar is plummeting and time is always short, even a trip to the gas station can be an adventure in the struggle to survive.Fi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 634 | by AFP
RG's Office urged to stop the habit of going into the rural areas during election periods only
Some traditional and community leaders in Mashonaland East province have called on the Registrar-General's Office to decentralise and stop the habit of going into the rural areas during election perio...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:29hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to present human rights report to UN, AU for review
ZIMBABWE has made significant strides in promoting and protecting the human rights of citizens since 2007 in line with international agreements and is due to present reports to world and continental b...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys soldiers to hospitals
Government has moved to avert possible disruption of services at hospitals by deploying medical professionals from the uniformed forces so that they attend to patients. Health professionals ha...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Ryan Bukevicz helps the Hope Bilingual Academy in Nicaragua during desperate times
The Hope Bilingual Academy (HBA) is a Nicaraguan school that aims to give disadvantaged children the chance to succeed in life. The country of origin, financial situation, or mental and physical capab...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 18:38hrs | 241 | by Staff Reporter
Teacher takes home $24 after maintenance deductions
A well-known teacher at Mavambo Primary School in Mwenezi district will take home a paltry $24 per month after his salary was eroded by maintenance deductions for the upkeep of two women and their chi...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 15:51hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft accusations land woman in court
A CHIPINGE woman landed herself in the dock after she accused a fellow villager of possessing a snake, which she said once bit her.Loice Rumbidzai Mutema (28) of Marwendo village under Chief M...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:03hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Only 76 Zimbabwean xenophobia victims back home
THE body of a Zimbabwean man who died during the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa and 76 Zimbabweans affected by the mayhem, were yesterday repatriated back home through Beitbridge.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa arm-twisted Mugabe family to force Heroes Acre burial
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government used strong-arm tactics to force Robert Mugabe's family to lift their objections to his burial at the National Heroes Acre burial, it was reported on Sunday....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:08hrs | 4792 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's minister condemns doc's 'abduction'
THE Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo, has condemned the alleged abduction of Harare Central Hospital medical practitioner, Dr Peter Magombeyi, saying he has since engaged State secur...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:02hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Man torches ex-lover's hut
A LUPANE villager has been slapped with a 10-year jail term for torching a hut in which his ex-girlfriend was sleeping with two minors.Silandulo Tshuma (38) was convicted of attempted murder b...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:52hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Lobby for 24-hr clinics taken to Parliament
PARLIAMENT has referred a petition by Bulawayo activist Khumbulani Maphosa requesting that council clinics operate 24 hours daily to the Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care for deliberations,...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:49hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
The scourge of stage-managed abductions
In the middle of the busy national schedule of the body viewing and funeral service for the former President, the late Robert Mugabe over the weekend word filtered over the social media that Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 16:39hrs | 2725 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Whirlwind blows off school roof, pupils injured
FOUR Grade Three pupils at Mafakela Primary School in Bulawayo's Luveve suburb were on Friday rushed to hospital after they were injured when the roof of two classroom blocks was blown away by a whirl...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:45hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Village containerised information centres, bridging digital gap
Devolution is one of President Mnangagwa's flagship policy. This policy is centred on bringing services and development as close as to the point of need as possible.The point of need in this c...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:40hrs | 90 | by Nick Mangwana
Join me in condemning Gushungo Clan & Mnangagwa over Mugabe's Mausoleum (Blue Roof)
The decision by president ED's government to construct a Mausoleum for our dictator RG Mugabe should be condemned by right thinking Zimbabweans. The hospitals have no medicine, parents are struggling ...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:41hrs | 4067 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa offers no apology for the coup on Mugabe
Robert Mugabe died a "sad man", his nephew told a state funeral service attended by two dozen current and retired foreign leaders in Harare on Saturday.Walter Chidakwa fought back tears as he ...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | 8887 | by ZimLive
Stop mourning Mugabe, family says
Former president Robert Mugabe's family yesterday said the nation should now just celebrate the life of the former Zanu-PF leader and stop mourning him as he lived a long life."We must stop mo...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stuck with expired medical drugs, says committee
AT a time when the country is facing drug shortages, it has been revealed that the company mandated to store and distribute medical supplies of public health institution, NatPharm, is stocked with exp...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
The 'Zimbabwean' mogul in SA police's crosshairs
A BMW M4 Convertible has a base price of US$77 000 while a G63 G Wagon costs as much as US$149 000. A Ranger Rover SVR goes for US$113 000 while the potent 503-horsepower Mercedes Benz AMG C63 S Sedan...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 10537 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe died a sad man
FORMER Mines Minister, Walter Chidhakwa has revealed that former State President and close relative Robert Mugabe died a sad man.He was addressing mourners, among them several Heads of State a...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:19hrs | 747 | by newzimbabwe
Failed politicians demonising Mugabe funeral: War vets
WAR veterans yesterday have claimed that mischievous criminals and failed politicians were behind the demonising of the late former President Robert Mugabe in his last days and defended Defence minist...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 2940 | by Staff reporter
7 run through fire to escape inferno
ABOUT seven people, including a seven-year-old child, ran through a raging fire to escape unscathed when a government house went up in flames in Beitbridge on Thursday night.The fire, which is...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:03hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Former ambassador in divorce storm
Former ambassador in divorce stormFormer Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Russia, Boniface Guwa Chidyausiku's ex-wife, Evelyn Chidyausiku (nee Gurupira) has approached the High Court seeking an order to rever...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:00hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Kalanga association rubbishes recently installed Mambo King
The Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association (KLCDA), a representative association of the Kalanga Nation in Zimbabwe and affiliated to the Society for the Promotion of iKalanga Language ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 09:09hrs | 2029 | by Kalanga Association KLCDA
Cop brings wife, boss infidelity pictures to court
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo, who brought pictures to court to prove that his superior was having an affair with his wife, got the shock of his life when his boss said it was mistaken identity as th...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 2568 | by Staff reporter
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Preserve rather than bury RGM's good
In the play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, unarguably Britain's greatest playwright, pens lines that must serve as humankind's guidelines while still in this carnal world. In his eulogy a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 168 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mugabe's pictures
AS the country continues to celebrate the life of the late former President Robert Mugabe, The Chronicle went to its archives to get some pictures taken by its photojournalists over the years....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 23:23hrs | 9402 | by Staff reporter
Zhuwao won't attend uncle's funeral
A nephew to the late former President Robert Mugabe, Robert Zhuwawo will not be able to attend his uncle's funeral as he is wheelchair-bound.Zhuwawo left Zimbabwe for Zambia in 2017, the year ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:12hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
We need to exorcise the spirit of retention
As Africans we need to exorcise the spirit of retention, a type of spirit tormenting most of my people to this day. Some of our customs and traditions are no more in anyone's interest except our detra...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:00hrs | 204 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Drama over the burial of Robert Mugabe
LIKE the rest of Zimbabweans, we are watching the unfolding drama over the burial of Zimbabwe's founding father, Robert Mugabe.This appears to be a game of brinksmanship between the family of ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 3460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets up centre for xenophobia victims
Government has reactivated a reception centre at Beitbridge to handle Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The first batch of 60 repatriates was expected to arrive last night....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:05hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer in court over children's shares
A HARARE-BASED lawyer, Rueben Mataka, has been dragged to the High Court by his ex-wife, Fidelity Tswatswa, who is seeking an order to compel him to cede his shares to the couple's Monavale property i...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:00hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Superstition hits Mugabe family
Former President Robert Mugabe's chaotic funeral arrangements have been further blighted by a seemingly excessive adherence to supernatural beliefs with his family refusing to let his casket out of th...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 4820 | by Staff reporter
I dreaded Mugabe's death for years, write ex-CIO boss
ON Friday September 6 2019, I woke up to the news that former President Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe was no more. His death was something I dreaded for years as I worked to secure his wellbeing....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 4828 | by Happyton Mabhuya Bonyongwe
Mugabe, Tsvangirai died miles away from Zimbabwe's dilapidated death traps
THE death of former president Robert Mugabe - some 8 260 kilometres away from home in far-flung Singapore - is a terrible indictment on his legacy and the state of the country's healthcare institution...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe leaves a bitter legacy
ROBERT MUGABE'S career can be divided into three main parts.First, as an extraordinarily skilful leader who managed to dominate a fractious nationalist movement opposed to the white-supremacis...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 196 | by The Economist
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1583 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 331 | by Enock Muchinjo
Mugabe's legacy: Diarrhoea outbreak hits Harare
A diarrhoea outbreak has hit some Harare suburbs, with hundreds of residents being treated at various clinics after drinking contaminated borehole water, Harare City Council's Health Services director...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Thousands bid Mugabe farewell at Rufaro
Thousands of mourners, mainly from five provinces, yesterday braved the scorching heat as they thronged Rufaro Stadium in Mbare to bid farewell to national hero and former President Robert Mugabe who ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
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