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Mliswa's daughter up for drug possession
Former Norton legislator Temba Mliswa's daughter, Diwa Mliswa Chanetsa, has been arrested for drug possession.She was charged together with her alleged accomplice Tawanda Chigudu following the...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 701 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
Mugabe's ouster inspired author
BULAWAYO-based author Lucky Zihundi says the late former President Robert Mugabe's fall from power in November 2017 struck a chord in him to put pen to paper and come up with the novel On the way to D...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans can elect recycled politicians at own peril
I AM not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange, if not downright weird.Why is it that a coach fired from one team on the grounds of incompetence and dis...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans can elect recycled opportunistic politicians at own risk!
I am not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange, if not downright weird - without anyone able to provide a satisfactory explanation. Why is it that a coa...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF brand at risk
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my observations confirm that Zanu-PF has no culture of debate. Cadres are muffled, fearful of ruthless consequences as per threats you uttered ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Zimbabwe's capital Harare among bottom 10 worst liveable cities
A leading research firm has ranked Harare among the bottom 10 worst liveable cities based on the Global Liveability Index, reflecting the country's socio-economic crisis which has caused dilapidation ...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:44hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
'CCC and MDC are two different entities!' How naïve! Different in name and regalia, yes, but not in deeds!
"CCC and MDC are two different entities so please your arguments have no basis, and it lacks facts. We are in 2023. MDC then was Tsvangirai and ZANU was Mugabe," complained Jimmy Marunza.Nelso...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Uebert Angel will neither be prosecuted nor charged!
Dear Bulawayo 24 News Staff Writer: Upon reading, your article entitled: 'Mnangagwa throws Prophet Uebert Angel under the bus,' I went to my dictionary to verify the meaning of the idiomat...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 03:41hrs | | by Tawandah Mudzingwah
Man sleeps with mum and sisters for riches
THE relationship between mother and son can be an unbreakable bond and the love between the two is incomparable, but it has its limits.However, one man has crossed the line that separates a no...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Biti tells Zimbabwe govt to shutdown the Reserve Bank
FORMER finance minister Tendai Biti says government must shut down the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) arguing it has become a rogue and unnecessary institution.Speaking at a Zimbabwe Debt Inda...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:29hrs | | 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 | 9 | by Deborah Harry
'We want reforms and then elections' demanded Mwonzora - this was no epiphany; why now
"We want reforms and then elections. Unlike our colleagues in the opposition who are calling for an election whether or not there are reforms," said Douglas Mwonzora, leader of MDC - T."That g...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Do we need more diseases that freak out our leaders for them to finally attend to crumbling health care system?
It is really strange, in fact, creepy, how people appear freaked out and terrified by the thought of death and dying.Honestly, as much as most of us are not suicidal, and not actively seeking ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 17:37hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC factions have bungled in running Harare
The MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction leader, Nelson Chamisa, uses every opportunity he gets to pontificate about smart cities each time he has to talk of Zimbabwe's urban areas.Given the fact that...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Harare one of the worst cities to live in'
THE latest Economist Global Liveability Index has adjudged Harare among the worst cities in the world.Zimbabwe's capital was ranked at number 133 out of 140 cities in the survey that considere...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Emergence of 5th Columnists in Matebeleland
Matebeleland has come a long way and still has a long way to go before any realistic arrival at the station of real freedom for its own people. It is a long winding mountainous road to freedom that is...Published: 14 May 2021 at 13:24hrs | | by Thembani Dube
Magashule Houdini act, a Damascus moment to Zimbabwean politics
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule pulled a fast one this past week when he took a swipe at his party's national executive committee saying that only party branches can remove him from his position. ...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:05hrs | | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
'Should we have empathy for Zanu-PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo 24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communiqu...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 20:38hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Should we have empathy for Zanu PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communique...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Is someone in government sabotaging ED Mnangagwa?
Zimbabweans are a people of strong political opinions who have always debated vigorously the issues of the day. During the Chimurenga war, freedom fighters convened Dare Rechimurenga to debate the pac...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
How did exercising one's democratic rights in Zimbabwe suddenly mean 'engaging in public violence'?
Ever since the so-called 'new dispensation' come into power in November 2017 - via the barrel of the gun, in a military coup d'etat, that ousted long-time brutal dictator, Robert Gabriel Mugabe - the ...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Ignorance of failing to see sanction will go if have free elections, makes us a laughing stock' admit prodigal son
"At the heart of Zimbabwe's tragedy, is the existence of adults who lack the critical thinking to understand that SANCTIONS will go away if Mnangagwa simply followed the Zimbabwean constitution. Such ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:29hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Sanctions must go, says Gutu
Former MDC-T spokesperson Mr Obert Gutu has admitted that the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West are toxic and hinder socio-economic development. Calling for the removal of the embargo ...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
A call for the immediate removal of all forms of sanctions against Zimbabwe
A lot of people, some of them close family members and even respected business friends and colleagues, have openly wondered whether or not I have changed my brand of politics. In certain hostile p...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 18:33hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Fixing Zimbabwe's broken reputation chain
The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey 2018, pitches Harare, in Zimbabwe, in the 10 least "livable" in the world out of the 140-city sample.Harare is ranked number 135, only eclip...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gutu revenging being booted out of MDC Alliance tent - outside pissing in
It is no secret that Obert Gutu's departure from the MDC Alliance was not a harmonious one. He joined up with Thokozani Khupe, another one who refused to join the proposed coalition, to form the MDC-T...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 09:04hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Harare ranked world's 6th least liveable city
HARARE has been ranked the sixth least liveable city in the world out of 140 nation cities due to instability, inadequate infrastructure and a poor healthcare system, faring better only against cities...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
If Mnangagwa is truly chosen by God, he should first confess his sins against Zimbabweans
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has sought to justify his military-coup assisted ascendency to power by repeatedly claiming that he was chosen by Jehovah God to lead this nation - thr...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Another caution to Nelson Chamisa ahead af ED's inauguration
On 27 July 2018, I wrote a piece titled, "Caution To Nelson Chamisa And MDC Alliance" I acknowledged that Chamisa was popular (in terms of support base) than ED, I warned Chamisa that agreeing to part...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by Don Chigumba
Full Text: Zhuwao reveals why Mugabe will vote for Chamisa
When Nelson Chamisa stated on 19th March 2018 in an SABC interview on that he suspected President Mugabe would vote for him in this 2018 election, my ego, arrogance and emotions refused to accept such...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 12:04hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Mnangagwa cannot claim to be a Paul
Ever since his military-aided coronation in November last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has consciously been portraying himself as a Saul converted to Paul. He, henceforth, embraced a new mission...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Mo Salah's injury is now an exam question
The tackle which forced Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah to leave the pitch 30 minutes into the Champions League final last week has featured as a question in a law exam, it has been reported.S...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by BBC
Mnangagwa should appoint a fresh, untainted Cabinet
The first 100 days of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidency have come and gone and many seem dissatisfied or unimpressed by his presidency so far and I agree, but for different reasons.My ...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Paul Kaseke
Why the US is provoking Russia's allies
Nowadays the world faces a lot of global threats because of the relations tension between superpowers.Journalists and experts often discuss possible scenarios on how global conflicts with use ...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
In politics read the game & dynamics - A Big Monday With Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Politics is all about strategy and political grip otherwise you can be a BIG joke. It is very simple, simply put your ears on the ground before you make any advanced moves. In political ecology we tra...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Nelson Chamisa stop playing to the gallery, be careful with decisive elements
Chamisa is one of the promising figures in future if the young man handles himself in a smart way.Politics is dirty Chamisa and you need to be very careful, be calculative and make critical de...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mugabe's litter
Amid speculation that President Mugabe may call an early election in March to wrongfoot the opposition, the Election Watch organisation has shown that the mooted polling date could not be achieved if ...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 16:32hrs | | by ZimVigil
'Harare among world's worst cities to live in'
Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, has been ranked one of 10 worst cities in the world to live in, according to a survey.The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2017 study said Harare was ranked eight from...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daily Divinity Question and Answers with Witness Dingani
Qn What was new among 8th century prophets? Compare and Contrast the 8th century prophets you have studied to the prophets who come before them?(25)COMMENT OVERVIEW The above question ...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Witness Dingani
Workers should be wary of being duped by employers
There is nothing more disheartening than when an unfairly treated and oppressed worker - who finally seeks and obtains pro bono legal assistance - suddenly develops cold feet, as a result of some flim...Published: 11 May 2017 at 10:17hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
2018: What happens next, and after for a troubled Zimbabwe
There is perhaps no other subject matter that confounds than elections in Zimbabwe, the once upon a time bread basket of Africa, touted to become the torch bearer of electoral democracy once upon a ti...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 16:58hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Mbeki should be the last person to preach Zuma about values
That the administration of Jacob Zuma has structural flaws is no longer in dispute. But - having masterminded his accidental elevation to power - the last people to preach to Msholozi about values and...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Khaya S Sithole
Nestlé Zimbabwe: It's back to serious business
Nestlé Zimbabwe is back to serious business. The giant Swiss firm is not looking back on meeting the satisfaction of its market. At a time other companies are whining about a harsh economic environme...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 18:21hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Mujuru can't match the Tsvangirai brand
It was a sad moment in the opposition politics a fortnight ago when Mutasa, Gumbo, Bhasikiti, Kaukonde claimed to have fired the founder of the Zim People first Joice Mujuru not knowing these so c...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 19:29hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
A salute to Mutsvangwa and his storm troopers
Developments in the President Robert Mugabe led ZANU PF Party, in which the war of liberation fighters, have for the first time in post independent Zimbabwe, called on President Mugabe to relinquish p...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 11:06hrs | | by Maxwell Zimuto
Blamphemous rapper apologises
Bulawayo rapper CAL_VIN who this week challenged God and Jesus to kill him if they are real has made a Damascus turn and apologized on what was deemed as blasphemy and mere attention seeking.O...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 03:56hrs | | by Alice Dube
Daily Divinity Question and Answers with Witness Dingani
Qn What was new among 8th century prophets? Compare and Contrast the 8th century prophets you have studied to the prophets who come before them?(25) [Article 133]Date :23TH OF SEPTEMBER 2016 |...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 16:16hrs | | by Witness Dingani
Dudu Manhenga in Damascene moment
AFRO-JAZZ sensation, Dudu Manhenga, who in 2013 was convicted for causing the death of a motorcyclist in a road accident back in 2010, is now a pastor with Jubilee Christian Centre under Pentecost...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
No one can stop a revolution whose time has come
Whenever I think of the manner in which the ZANU PF government has ridden roughshod over the lives of the people of Zimbabwe, I always remember what Victor Hugo once said: 'An invasion of an army can ...Published: 24 May 2016 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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