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Zanu-PF gate-crashes US's sanctions Press briefing
Zanu-PF yesterday accused the United States of shutting the door for engagement after its members were barred from gate-crashing a Press conference where US embassy officials were explaining the new s...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 2262 | by Staff reporter
Shepolopolo: Zambia's Copper Queens Conquer African Football
The Zambian women's national football team, affectionately called the Copper Queens or Shepolopolo, have been making giant strides in African football over the past decade. From qualifying for their f...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 20:59hrs | 414 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean 'advocate' arrested with fake credentials in South Africa
In the bustling city of Sandton, Johannesburg, the arrest of a Zimbabwean national sent shockwaves through the legal community. The woman, posing as an Advocate, had ascended to a prominent position, ...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 2214 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend killer in car crash suicide
A 38-year-old Bulawayo man cold-bloodedly murdered his girlfriend at a bed and breakfast lodge in Bradfield, Bulawayo, on Saturday evening before committing suicide by crashing his vehicle onto an onc...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:33hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Why we must reject Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF government is not a listening administration. For the last 18 years, I provided the government with grounded policy advice, but all fell on deaf ears. Zanu-PF is so arrogant that in this 2...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 24 | by Gift Mugano
Police share horror details of Diva Mafunga crash
Deceased veteran gospel musician Davies ‘Diva' Mafunga crashed his head on some roadside rocks after being thrown out of a vehicle he was using to tow another car, police revealed Wednesday....Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 20:21hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
CCC are participating in these elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy out of greed. Will penny finally drop on 24 August!
"Sunday was a bad day to forget for Amos Chibaya in Bulawayo where he was heckled and rebuffed by an angry CCC crowd, after Advocate Nelson Chamisa sent him there to calm down boiling tensions over CC...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:35hrs | 23 | by Wilbert Mukori
WATCH: Robert Mugabe Jnr opens up about his life
Robert Tinotenda Mugabe Jnr opens up about his life in this gripping interview.Mugabe Jr. is a Zimbabwean basketball player, fashion label owner, political campaigner, a...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 13:57hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Major renovations to be carried out at Zimbabwe's National Sports Stadium
THE National Sports Stadium is set to undergo major renovations in the coming months after Government secured an internationally acclaimed partner to spearhead the work. There is every reason ...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
4 dead, 6 injured in road accident
FOUR people died while six were injured when a Toyota Wish overturned at the 68-kilometer mark along the Roy-Chiredzi Road. Police confirmed the incident which occurred on 16 June, on twitter. ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, you can't make the nation suffer simply because of your ego!
Pride comes before a fall! When I had the inspiration for this article, a certain scenario played out in my mind.I imagined an egoistical father - who was adamant that every 'respectab...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:23hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'In power Tsvangirai will be an albatross round nation's neck' warned USA Ambassador. That is exactly what CCC is!
"Morgan Tsvangirai is a flawed figure, not readily open to advice, indecisive and with questionable judgment," wrote then USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2004 to 2007, Chris Dell, in a top-secret cable to ...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:14hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans will always suffer with a govt perpetually crying over sanctions!
As Zimbabweans continue to suffer through unmitigated poverty, under the ZANU PF regime, for the past two decades - do they honestly see any light at the end of the tunnel?Surely, every time I...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:06hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman grabs car steering wheel to survives kidnapping attempt
A 21-year-old Bulawayo woman survived a scary kidnapping attempt by a private motorist Thursday when she seized the steering wheel of the moving vehicle and forced it into crashing stop outside the ro...Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:39hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe divorce, yet another Damascene moment for the republic
The world is not for honest people. I am convinced. Those who toil, break a sweat in various endeavours to make an honest living a...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:22hrs | 11 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Ncube frets over runaway forex rate
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube this week threatened to hike Zimbabwe's policy rate beyond 200%, if companies continue to dabble into parallel market activities.The Treasury chief, who spoke dur...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:04hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spooks in massive resignations
The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has been hit by massive resignations with officers alleging that working conditions have deteriorated immensely.The CIO is superintended over by a S...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 30 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
Judge tosses CCC MPs' yellow neckties challenge against speaker
HIGH Court judge, David Mangota has dismissed a challenge by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers who had sued the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda for throwing them out of the august hou...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive losing steam?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is serving the last few months of his five-year term, is facing the monumental failure of one of his major goals since he was brought to power by a military coup in 2...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 20:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Game Sanctuary gets new furry resident
Tshabalala Game Sanctuary on the outskirts of Bulawayo has a new tenant; a three-year-old male lion that was released yesterday to the facility from Hwange National Park.Still nameless, the li...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
I won't be balanced, fair towards blood suckers
OCCASIONALLY, I am accused of being predominantly biased against the Zanu-PF regime and that there was a serious lack of balance and fairness in my discourses.I plead guilty to the charges, bu...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Tendai R Mbofana
Why should I be 'balanced and fair' towards those who destroyed millions of Zimbabwean lives?
Occasionally, I do receive accusations that my writings are biased predominantly against the ZANU PF regime - and, that there was a serious lack of balance and fairness in my discourses. I ple...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 13:07hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Maid arrested for kidnapping baby
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested a maid who had kidnapped her employer's 20-months-old son and drove off in their car.Kimberly Ncube (19) was employed by a family in Paddonhurst suburb an...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans must fly Zimbabwe flag high
JOHN Wirimai worked for a railway company. His duties were to give warnings at rail and road crossings. Those days many rail crossings were at a low level so cars had to give way to the trains. ...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:38hrs | 12 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Robert Mugabe Jnr narrowly escape death
LATE former president, Robert Gabriel Mugabe's son, Robert Tinotenda Junior, narrowly escaped death after reportedly crashing his luxury Range Rover Vogue SUV in the Nyanga area, weekend....Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ex-police chief to perform community service
FORMER officer Commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) at Southerton Police Station in Harare, Chief Superintendent Kirispen Mutsengi, has been ordered to perform 315 hours of community service after...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:07hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge celebrates Sithole's hero status
THE journey for the man regarded as militant by the settler regime began on July 21,1920 in Nyamandlovu in colonial Rhodesia, a product of a Ndau father and a Ndebele mother. His entry into poli...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Number of war vets quadruples
THE number of war veterans has more than quadrupled from 34 000 in 1997 to over 142 000 this year following a government decision to compensate more ex-freedom fighters, with critics warning that the ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chopper crash: New details emerge
A pilot died on the spot after a helicopter crashed in the Mhondoro area on Sunday afternoon, in what has been described as a horrific experience by eyewitnesses who said they were yet to overcome the...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Targeted sanctions greatest single factor that has kept ZANU PF in power
Yesterday, I travelled to Matebeleland South province - and what I witnessed was a disheartening and heartrending trail of economic disaster and devastation, which has been foistered, and allowed to f...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:19hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bosso coach crashes Sakunda issued car
ALREADY under pressure because of the team's poor performance in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, Highlanders coach, Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu could lose his job for something that has nothing to do ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF regime a pathetic victim of its own delusional thinking and propaganda
In aviation, there are numerous causes of airplane accidents - but, they are usually grouped in three categories - technical faults, external factors, or human errors.Technical faults can be a...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 17:19hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa must sleep with one eye open
Elections always unfailingly produce rare and curious political creatures and species.You might think you have seen it all only for another election cycle to remind you that you ain't seen not...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | 11 | by Bishop Lazi
CCC 'improving system' by participating in rigged elections – so wasted GNU chance to end dictatorship 'to improve' it!
"Chamisa has accused the government of rigging elections and still insists he won the 2018 presidential elections," reported Bulawayo24."He however, called on supporters to exercise their righ...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 13:10hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chevrons upstage Sri Lanka to level series
Zimbabwe captain Craig Ervine yesterday led from the front with the bat as the Chevrons claimed a 22-run victory over hosts Sri Lanka at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.The win set...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can I loan lobola money to my partner?
I want to become a polygamistAmai, I hope you are doing well. I have been dating a girl for the past two years although I have a wife. I am 32 and my wife is 25. We have three kids together....Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk pedestrian blamed after 4 die in fiery collision between bus and fuel tanker
A drunk pedestrian is being blamed after a fiery bus collision with a fuel tanker which killed four people near Mutare on Christmas Eve.Police say the driver of a Beta bus was avoiding running...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 19:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chisora battered by Parker
Zimbabwe-born British heavyweight boxer Derek Chisora was sent crashing to the floor and was punished by a barrage of heavy punches by Joseph Parker in their heavyweight rematch in Manchester on Satur...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Pro-ZANU PF activists and analysts are Zimbabwe regime's own worst enemies!
Losing our baby-girl in 2013, to a still-birth due to breeching, was undeniably one of the most traumatic and painful experiences in my entire life - which, even today, affects me in so many ways, inc...Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 12:38hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zanu PF 2017 coup coalition has collapsed' hyenas are fighting fiercely - it's no place for timid MDC jackals
Zanu PF is a party of thugs who got into politics for the sake of securing political power, absolute power, and the influence and wealth it brings. They don't care about anything or anyone else. ...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 10:32hrs | 13 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Resident acquitted on charge of stealing BCC manhole lids
A BULAWAYO resident who was accused of stealing Bulawayo City Council's sewerage manhole lids valued at $17 200 was last week found not guilty of the crime and acquitted at the close of the Stat...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
COP26 was a flop for Mnangagwa and everyone saw it
It's been almost a week now since the dictator of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa flew into the UK for the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow. Looking back ...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 07:23hrs | 10 | by Deborah Harry
Prostitute steals client car, crashes in durawall
A suspected commercial sex worker has been arrested after she stole a car from a client while they were sleeping at a lodge before crashing into a pre-cast wall in Hillside, Bulawayo.She then ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:10hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA apologises
ZIFA have said they take full responsibility for the 2022 World Cup debacle, which saw the Warriors crashing out of the contest, after three defeats in their four qualifiers.The senior nationa...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Warriors out of World Cup qualifiers
Zimbabwe 0 – 1 GhanaWARRIORS' goalkeeper Talbert Shumba's shocking howler drove the final nail in Zimbabwe's quest for the 2022 World Cup, following the defeat to Ghana, at the Natio...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address African CEOs
ABOUT 700 participants, 500 virtually and 200 physically are set to attend the 7th edition of the CEO Africa Annual Roundtable and Awards, with President Mnangagwa expected to deliver the key note add...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Army boss accident: Convict granted $50 000 bail
A HIGH Court judge has granted $50 000 bail pending appeal to a 51-year-old Harare motorist who was jailed last month for crashing into Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander Phillip Valerio Sibanda'...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
UK deportees: Rapists, murderers leave trail of broken lives
Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are divided on the deportations of their counterparts, mainly criminals living in that country who have served more than a year in prison. Many opposition group...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bulawayo cops deny torching kombis, blame 'vendors, touts and money changers'
Metro traffic cops in Bulawayo were accused of shifting blame after allegedly burning down two kombis in the city center on Wednesday and then telling their boss in an internal memo that the commuter ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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