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THERE is a generally held assumption that every adult person is married or should be married and have children.Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adul...Published: 4 hrs ago | 679 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Top female cop pesters junior's hubby for sex
SHE is a boss like no other!A top female police officer in Bulawayo is at the centre of an adultery storm after one of her subordinates sensationally accused her of ruining her 16-year marriag...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi villagers demonstrate at VP Chiwenga over ancestral land
Chiredzi South villagers on Wednesday raised placards in the presence of vice president Constantino Chiwenga to protest a lucerne grass farming project which is bound to displace over 1 000 families f...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases jump to 265
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has confirmed that 28 more cases tested positive for Covid-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 265 with 31 recoveries, 202 active and four deaths s...Published: 15 hrs ago | 3410 | by Ndou Paul
LEAKED AUDIO: Mliswa speaks about Mnangagwa's son and Pokello relationship
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson junior to issue a statement regarding his alleged relationship with socialite Pokello.In a...Published: 17 hrs ago | 9351 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Woman killed over text messages
Crowborough community was on Tuesday left horrified after a young woman was murdered by her boyfriend who she was cohabiting with since the beginning of the lockdown.The now deceased Chipo Vhu...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3786 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases rise to 237
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has confirmed that 15 more cases tested positive for Covid-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 237 with 31 recoveries, 202 active and four deaths s...Published: 18 hrs ago | 634 | by Staff reporter
Black lives should matter
Black lives have never mattered to African leaders since time in memorial except in cases when they sought to raise self profiles. We have seen in Africa itself, where ostensibly blacks originate, Afr...Published: 22 hrs ago | 670 | by MLF
Corruption scandals engulf Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, which promised to fight corruption after assuming power through a military coup in November 2017, is under scrutiny over murky deals involving his associ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:23hrs | 4233 | by Staff reporter
BCC engages Mohadi over seized cremator
BULAWAYO City Council has engaged Vice-President Kembo Mohadi to facilitate the release of its cremator held in Durban, South Africa, after the contractor failed to pay R120 000 duty to the South Afri...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:01hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
16 more Covid-19 cases recorded
SIXTEEN more people have tested positive to Covid-19 bringing the to 222 the number of cases in Zimbabwe. The latest cases were all recorded among people who returned from South Africa. ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:28hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chocking justice system, says Biti
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of using the justice system to harass and intimidate political opponents while turning a blind eye on high level corr...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa trial adjourned
THE trial of former Health and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa, on charges of criminal abuse of office, had to be postponed yesterday due to the absence of presiding magistrate Mr Elijah Makomo...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Schools gear up for phased reopening
Schools are now producing personal protective equipment as they gear up for the phased reopening which requires several steps to ensure pupils and teachers are safe when lessons resume. Speaki...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono fears for life
OUTSPOKEN journalist and government critic, Hopewell Chin'ono Thursday said he was now living in fear for his life after a furious Zanu-PF spokesperson singled him out for continuously spotlighting on...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 08:21hrs | 386 | by newzimbabwe
'Buyanga receives death threats'
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga claims he has received death threats from his ex-girlfriend, Chantelle Muteswa's father as the battle for custody of their minor child drags on.Buyanga has been embro...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:36hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman in SA court for murdering daughter
A ZIMBABWEAN woman based in South Africa was Wednesday remanded in custody after she appeared in court in that country facing murder charges following the death of her six-year-old daughter early this...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:28hrs | 1458 | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabweans send distress call
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans living in South Africa have issued distress calls over hunger, with many pleading poverty due to loss of income following the lockdown imposed on the country to control the sp...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:28hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Americans' brave struggle for justice, in the face of state brutality, should inspire oppressed people of Zimbabwe
It is so easy for a perpetually oppressed, subjugated, and choked people to give up their struggle for justice, freedom, and equality - in the face of ever-growing brutality and brazen abuse of their ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 13:59hrs | 949 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts Global Vaccine Summit
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will today (Thursday 4 June) open the UK-hosted Global Vaccine Summit and urge nations to pledge funding for vaccinations to save millions of lives in the poorest ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 10:17hrs | 1685 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Lockdown day 66 situation report
66 days into the lockdown, and the number of COVID-19 positive cases continue to soar. On 2 June 2020, 3 new cases were recorded, bringing the total number to 206. It has been reported that of the new...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 3176 | by Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ)
NGO donates to widows of war veterans
A Bulawayo non governmental organisation, Smile for Africa, donated mealie meal to widows of war veterans as part of its initiative to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on vulnerable membe...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:52hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Nust students test positive for Covid-19
THREE medical students from the National University of Science Technology (Nust) have tested Covid-19 positive bringing the cumulative number of cases which have been recorded in Bulawayo to 20. ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada crushes Chamisa Parliament boycott call
The outcome of Court the SC and High Court judgements have clearly leveraged the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and put the MDC Alliance into an invidious position. The MDC Alliance has lost the lawf...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:16hrs | 10849 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada: M DA Alliance Secretary for Policy & Research
People living with disabilities receive food aid
PEOPLE living with disability in Muzarabani district received food hampers from Open your Heart care trust yesterday in Centenary.The people who are currently starving in the Covid 19 pandemic...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 17:19hrs | 257 | by By Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Bulawayo's Davis Muhambi throws ZANU PF into turmoil?
Some members of ZANU PF Bulawayo province are said to be disgruntled and unamused by the seemingly promotion and tolerance of individuals whom they deem as hostile to the leadership of Pre...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 12:57hrs | 7591 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo's kwaito star Kadder sings for Brenda Fassie
Bulawayo kwaito star Kadder has released a song dedicated to the late African music icon Brenda Fassie of blessed memory who went to glory in May 2004. Speaking to this publication on Tuesday ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:50hrs | 2582 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Family appeals for food aid due to starvation during lockdown
A family in Bulawayo is appealing for food donations and financial assistance after they have spent weeks without eating since the lock down started March.Ozias Ngwenya (33) of 16637, Cowdray ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 878 | by Stephen Jakes
Birth certificate concern in rural Matebeleland
SOME rural folk in Zimbabwe remain excluded from social amenities due to the lack of official identity documents. Birth registration allows one to enjoy a lot of other rights such as the right...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:02hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe licences first upmarket adult sex toy shop
THE government has licensed Zimbabwe's first premier sex toy store operating in Harare.In a statement Monday, company marketing manager Fadzai Jones, said, Intimate Store believes that Zimbabw...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1283 | by newzimbabwe
'Am not at liberty to disclose covid-19 cases' - yet, per se, to condemn 100s X 1000s to covid-19 death
"We do have new (covid-19) cases at the hospital and the figures have changed but am not at liberty to disclose anything at the moment," said Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director and Acting CEO Dr...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 23:00hrs | 4141 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases rise to 178
ZIMBABWE has recorded four new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 178.According to the Ministry of Health and Child Care, three people who returned ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:54hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Human Rights donates to victims of police brutality and torture
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement on 24 May gave a donation of groceries to two victims of brutality and torture by the Zimbabwean security agents in Cowdrypark, Bulawayo on t...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:46hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
George Floyd's killer already arrested, but Zimbabwe innocent civilians' killers not yet arrested since 1980!
As the furore surrounding the heinous and barbaric cold-hearted killing of unarmed African American George Floyd by a White United States (US) police officer Derek Chauvin, on 25 May 2020 in Minneapol...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:46hrs | 851 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2616 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Villagers stranded with HIV medication
Antiretroviral drugs are reportedly piling up in rural areas as parents are failing to send the critical drugs to their children and grandchildren in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana due to the ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1530 | by Stephen Jakes
Starving Zimbabwean doctor begs for aid
A MEDICAL doctor employed by the Health and Child Care ministry at Beitbridge District Hospital has publicly declared her poverty and begged for help via Twitter.The NewsDay confirmed Sandra K...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo returnees sharing buckets, crowded facilities'
RETURNING citizens housed at the United College of Education (UCE) and the Bulawayo Polytechnic College are sharing buckets, crowded bath facilities, not observing social distancing during meals and h...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Amagumaguma invade Plumtree school, turn it into criminal hideout
PLUMTREE border touts, popularly known as amagumaguma, have turned a school in Nxele along the border with Botswana into a base for criminal activities, a situation which has riled villagers.T...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:53hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates to elderly
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has donated rice to 100 elderly people in Insuza in Umguza district, Matabeleland North. The Provincial Affairs Minister Richard Moyo distributed the rice sourced by Mnanga...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
More Covid-19 cases recorded at Mpilo
MORE Covid-19 cases have been reported at Mpilo Central Hospital after a nurse and three patients tested positive last week. Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director and Acting CEO Dr Solwayo ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to alternative foods
BULAWAYO residents have resorted to finding alternative foods to boost their diets as prices of basic commodities continue to increase beyond their reach. Profiteering businesses are taking advantage ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
High Court challenge for Zupco 'monopoly'
COMMUTER omnibus owners in Bulawayo, operating under the banner 'Tshova Mubaiwa Transport Co-operative Company' have approached the High Court challenging Government's decision to have their kombis op...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
223 returnees fly into Harare, quarantined in hotels
Three flights from the Philippines and Namibia brought 223 returning citizens and residents into Zimbabwe over the weekend, with all now in formal quarantine at two hotels serving as private quarantin...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Protests erupt at isolation centres
Protests broke out at Covid-19 isolation centres for returning residents in Harare and Masvingo yesterday after returnees demanded to be released, saying they had overstayed.The returnees also...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:47hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Teachers against schools opening
TEACHER unions have threatened to sue the government if it decides to impose e-learning.The educators have also vowed not to report for duty at their stations arguing that schools are not read...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:45hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Inside the chaos at Zimbabwe's Covid-19 centres
The government, World Health Organisation and numerous other stakeholders are hailing Covid-19 isolation centres as a vital tool to contain the coronavirus pandemic, but it is not all rosy inside the ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:42hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga exposes the Mnangagwas
SOUTH AFRICA based Zimbabwe millionaire, Frank Buyanga says the recent corruption storm involving President Emerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins vindicates his earlier claims the first family was a crimin...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:39hrs | 3595 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean fathers petition parliament...demand equal custodial rights with mothers
We the people being bona Fide citizens of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and also being tax payers and constituents drawn from various constituencies in Zimbabwe hereby exercise our rights as enshrined in ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 15:21hrs | 1028 | by Fathers' Rights Movement
Woman gets protection order against abusive hubby
A wife of a businessman in Bulawayo has been granted a protection order against his husband whom she accused of physically abusing her.Talent Mbengo filed an application for a protection order...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:04hrs | 1054 | by Stephen Jakes
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