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Nyarota the Gukurahundi Cheerleader
Geoff Nyarota, that Gukurahundi cheerleader and genocide supporter is no more. He died in a country with hospitals without medicine. Yet he died better than the thousands who were bayoneted in the kil...Published: 6 hrs ago | 111 | by Victim of Nyarota Gukurahundi Editorials
Mnangagwa rewards Minister of potholes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa controversially awarded Transport Minister Felix Mhona the title of Best Performing Minister in his Cabinet for 2024, despite the country's roads being in a deplorable sta...Published: 8 hrs ago | 196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa drawn into Khumalo Chieftaincy dispute
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been named as a respondent in a High Court case involving a chieftaincy dispute within the prominent Khumalo clan in Lupane, Matabeleland North province. The case, whi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zezuru imposition has done more harm than good
The imposition of Zezuru as the standard dialect has done more harm than good, writes Douglas Mutepaire, sharing his personal experiences of language discrimination. To build true national unity, he w...Published: 14 hrs ago | 696 | by Douglas Mutepaire
Mabhikwa Chieftainship dispute deepens over regent appointment
The dispute over the rightful heir to the Mabhikwa chieftainship has intensified, with divisions within the Khumalo family growing deeper. A faction of the family has rejected the appointment of Ms. Z...Published: 16 hrs ago | 387 | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota betrayed the people of Matabeleland and Midlands
The recent passing of Geoff Nyarota, an award-winning veteran journalist and writer, has reopened a painful chapter in Zimbabwe's history.While lauded by others as a doyen of journalism, both ...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 05:29hrs | 1606 | by Staff reporter
Fact-Checking Blessed Geza
A few days ago, war veteran Blessed Geza released a reckless and inflammatory video on YouTube, packed with baseless accusations and outright fabrications all in a desperate attempt to incite unrest....Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 21:03hrs | 3366 | by John Mbizvo
A Step in the Right Direction, but Long Overdue
Zimbabwe's higher education sector has been plagued by a silent but dangerous crisis, the rampant issuance and use of fraudulent qualifications. It is, therefore, commendable that the Zimbabwe C...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 20:55hrs | 533 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Will Geza demonstrations take place in Berlin-Brandenburg Gate or Harare?
I am deeply suspicious about the elaborate preparations regarding demonstrations on the 31st of March. Complete demo details from A to Zee are now in the public domain. I get a brain spasm when I thin...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 19:56hrs | 1348 | by Nomazulu Thata
Felix Tshisekedi single handedly sold the DRC to Trump
The news that Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi has proposed selling mineral rights to the United States in exchange for military support has left many in disbelief as the...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 09:29hrs | 3838 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi cover-up editor dies
Veteran journalist Geoffrey Nyarota, renowned for his pioneering investigative journalism and his role in exposing the Willowgate scandal in 1989, passed away on Saturday at the age of 74 after a prol...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:15hrs | 2301 | by Staff reporter
Prison officers up for murder following fatal assault
Four members of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) have been charged with murder following the alleged brutal assault of a visitor at a Government building in Harare, which resulted...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Crumbling Roads: Where is the money going?
Zimbabwe's roads are in a state of disrepair, and people are dying because of it. Potholes large enough to swallow cars, faded markings that turn highways into death traps at night, and crumbling brid...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 21:48hrs | 971 | by Vusani Magwala
Brothers fatally axe grandfather, set body alight
Two brothers from Hwange, Matabeleland North, have been sentenced to 25 years in prison each for the gruesome murder of their 89-year-old grandfather, whom they axed to death before burning his body b...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 18:40hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces his waterloo
he Zanu-PF succession battle between Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga is reaching a critical juncture as the confrontation escalates ahead of the March 3...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 09:12hrs | 4898 | by Staff reporter
HAYTA pledges assistance to some Kuwadzana-Dzivaresekwa accident victims
Harare Youth Transporters Association (Hayta) Chairperson, Mr Edmore Gwengwe has pledged two coffins and some few groceries to cover funeral requirements from amongst Kuwadzana-Dzivaresekwa junction v...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 11:30hrs | 445 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Cholera outbreak spreads in Mashonaland
The cholera outbreak that was initially concentrated in Mashonaland Central has now spread to Mashonaland East, prompting the government to deploy health personnel to Dindi in the Uzumba-Maramba-Pfung...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:54hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Several feared dead in Harare road accident
Several people are feared dead, while others have sustained serious injuries following a tragic accident involving a commuter omnibus and a truck along Bulawayo Road in the early hours of today....Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:51hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Detective in court over colleague's death
A detective from Bulawayo's Homicide Section appeared in court this afternoon facing murder charges following the alleged killing of his colleague during an operation earlier this month.Detect...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:50hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Bombshell Allegation: Geza accuses President Mnangagwa of plotting VP Chiwenga's death
In a startling revelation during his recent State of the Nation Address, Blessed "Bombshell" Geza has accused Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa of conspiring to assassinate Vice President Consta...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 20:40hrs | 5149 | by Paul Ndou
Munyaka thrown off moving vehicle, dies of injuries
Police in Marondera are investigating the murder of a 38-year-old man who was thrown from a moving vehicle in the town's central business district on Monday afternoon.National police spokesper...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 15:41hrs | 2000 | by Staff reporter
What happens to Sam Nujoma's mantle? Who inherits it?
There are speculations in parts of the world, particularly in modern Western nations, individuals of remarkable are cloned. Human cloning refers to creating a genetically identical copy of a person, t...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 565 | by Hosea Shishiveni
British man killed by president's convoy in Kenya hit-and-run
A 79-year-old British man, Edgar Riches, was killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle from Kenyan President William Ruto's motorcade in Nairobi on Thursday.Riches, a charity worker...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 19:33hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 124 cholera cases amid latest outbreak
ZIMBABWE has recorded 124 confirmed cases of cholera since the latest outbreak started in November last year, Minister of Health and Child Care Douglas Mombeshora said on Friday.Addressing a p...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 19:25hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Choosing Chiwenga to replace Mnangagwa is like a mouse telling a black mamba bites better than a green mamba!
I wonder still if I could have said it better than this! (Wilbert Mukori's last article on BYO 24) Zimbabwean GenZs are a problem, not a solution. They will muddle with water instead of coming up with...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 15:13hrs | 1289 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zapu bemoans Zimbabwe's ailing health sector
The recent death of uGogo Rose Nyathi, "a Bulawayo celebrity, human rights activist, and informal comedian", who was laid to rest at Lady Stanley Cemetery highlighted some of the anomalies in our heal...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 13:06hrs | 413 | by Dr Themba Bulle, ZAPU Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare
Gwanda shuts down crime infested youth centre
The Gwanda Municipality has officially announced the closure of the Greenland Youth Centre in Phakama Township following years of complaints from residents about rampant drug abuse, violent crime, and...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo family challenges appointment of regent Chief Mabhikwa in Court
Some members of the Khumalo family have approached the High Court of Zimbabwe to challenge the appointment of Zanele Khumalo as Regent Chief Mabhikwa. The dispute follows her introduction ceremony las...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 20:27hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Slain cop's daughter pens emotional letter
The tragic death of Detective Constable Cassandra Hove, a victim of suspected friendly fire, has been compounded by the deeply affecting words of her 10-year-old daughter.In a letter that has ...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 10:09hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national acquitted for attempted murder
Gweru regional magistrate Christopher Maturure on Wednesday acquitted Chinese national Liu Haifeng, who had been facing a charge of attempted murder.The State had alleged that in January this ...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:47hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Venders4ED now crocodile's prey
In every election, the ruling party has taken advantage of the gullible and used vendors to attain its political objectives. Several times during elections, vendors are provided locations to conduct t...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 16:38hrs | 984 | by Leonard Koni
MRP Appeals to CICC Over Zanu PF's Crimes Against Humanity in Matabeleland
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) Leader Mqondisi Moyo has intensified his party's efforts by engaging the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) to intervene in what he describes as the Z...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 16:22hrs | 649 | by Stephen Jakes
Magistrate issues arrest warrant for top lawyer
Prominent lawyer Wilson Manase is now a wanted man after Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa issued a warrant for his arrest following his failure to appear in court to face fraud charges involving nearly...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 13:25hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Missing Zimbabwean man, 47, found drowned in Welsh river
A 47-year-old Zimbabwean man, reported missing last Saturday, has been found dead in what is believed to be a drowning incident in the northern Welsh town of Llangollen. Clifford Sibanda's body was di...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:42hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Boy finally buried after 16 days of family dispute
After a prolonged 17-day standoff between his divorced parents over burial arrangements, 8-year-old Tinofara Muzavazi was finally laid to rest last Sunday.The young boy drowned while swimming ...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 06:51hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Mine workers around Gwanda chronicle cocktail of unfair labour practices
Mine workers in Matabeleland South have reported facing threats of illness, death from diseases, violations of their labour and human rights, and horrific living conditions during their work in mines....Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:13hrs | 1599 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway collapse becomes national disgrace
The deteriorating state of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway has become a national scandal, exposing Zimbabwe's infrastructure decay under Zanu-PF rule. Once a vital link between the country's secon...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 16:09hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Full scale investigation into CID detective shooting ordered
Police Commissioner General Stephen Mutamba has directed a full-scale investigation into the death of Detective Constable Cassandra Hove, assuring her family and the public that all concerns surroundi...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 15:00hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Gweru police officer commits suicide
A Gweru-based police officer, Constable Claude Jele, tragically died while receiving treatment at Gweru Provincial Hospital (GPH) on Sunday after allegedly consuming a yet-to-be-identified poison. The...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 11:41hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Deaths from infrastructure collapse are usually the tragic cost of corruption
There's always a human cost to corruption.The recent tragedy at Bandama Farm Dam in Chipinge, where five lives were lost due to the dam's sudden collapse, is a stark reminder of the perilous s...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 20:14hrs | 373 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chatambudza's 'A lion eating its cubs?' is a disinformation campaign against ZPRA
I do not usually review scholarly material or critique academic work, but I must make an exception for Takawira Chatambudza's outrageously misleading article, "A Lion Eating Its Cubs? Assassinations, ...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:23hrs | 1743 | by Zenzele Ndebele
Chipinge dam collapse claims 4 lives, 3 still missing
A tragic dam breach at a Chipinge farm on Sunday resulted in the release of a massive amount of water downstream, leading to the deaths of four people, including minors. Three others are still missing...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 16:07hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe claims strides in civil, political reforms
Zimbabwe has made significant strides in enhancing civil and political rights, with key legislative reforms aligning national laws with the Constitution, according to the country’s Deputy Minister o...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 11:22hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
DR Congo offers $5m bounties for rebel leaders
The Democratic Republic of Congo government has offered a reward of $5m (£4m) for help arresting three leaders of a rebel group which has seized much of the east of the country this year.Corn...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 10:46hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa successfully thwarted a premature revolution! We waited for a Geza signal that would never come!
There is open disdain in all societies about how President Mnangagwa failed the people. At the same time the open discussions about a rift between Chiwenga and Mnangagwa is known; hostilities are play...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 20:32hrs | 1795 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bulawayo police detective killed by friendly fire?
A Bulawayo police detective, who tragically died in a shootout with armed robbers, was killed by a police bullet, her family has revealed. Detective Constable Cassandra Hove, 37, was shot in the left ...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:23hrs | 2219 | by Staff reporter
Detective Constable Hove mourned after tragic shooting
The Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Jasper Chizemo, and colleagues of the late Detective Constable Cassandra Hove (37) have described her as a courageous and dedicated officer whose...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:15hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo
Tongogara's overt hostility toward Herbert Chitepo eventually led to unfounded accusations that he had been responsible for Chitepo's death, despite a lack of supporting evidence. Chitepo was killed b...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 18:22hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Mabhikwa family names 9-year-old as heir, appoints aunt as Regent Chief
In a moving tradition of succession, the Mabhikwa family has named nine-year-old Wayne Makhosemvelo Khumalo as the rightful heir to the late Chief Mabhikwa's throne, following the tragic passing of hi...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:45hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police investigate fatal shooting of Detective in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched an investigation into the tragic shooting of Detective Constable Cassandra Hove of CID Homicide Bulawayo, who was fatally shot on Thursday while pursuin...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 19:13hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
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