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The greatest tragedy to Zimbabwe was the hijacking of its liberation struggle
Yesterday, I received a heart-wrenching message from a former combatant of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, now residing in South Africa. His words, laced with pain and disillusionment, will fo...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 20:50hrs | 1320 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The unacknowledged legacy of Pathisa Nyathi
The late Pathisa Nyathi, a celebrated historian, educator, and cultural advocate, whose lifetime of work contributed greatly to the preservation and promotion of Zimbabwe's rich heritage, was overlook...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:56hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi's final journey: Exploring African science and witchcraft
In a chilly July mid-morning last year, Pathisa Nyathi, a renowned African cultural historian and prolific author, walked into the Sunday News newsroom, carrying with him three new books. These works ...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:49hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi laid to rest
Zimbabwean historian, author, and cultural icon Phathisa Nyathi was laid to rest yesterday at Bulawayo's Lady Stanley Cemetery. Family, friends, government officials, and admirers gathered in solidari...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:58hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland chiefs shower praises on late historian
Chiefs from Matebeleland and Midlands provinces have paid heartfelt tributes to the late historian and author, Mr. Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away on Saturday at 73 after a prolonged illness. Known fo...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:53hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland leaders fail to push for proper Pathisa Nyathi honour
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced only a State-assisted funeral for revered historian and author Pathisa Nyathi, who passed away on Saturday. The man deserved an honourary doctorate and a nat...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:22hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
History of Zimbabwe 90% distorted
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) fighters have been called upon to document their liberation struggle experiences to preserve Zimbabwe's authentic history and prevent distortions.&n...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:16hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Pathisa Nyathi, but....
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed profound sorrow following the passing of revered historian and educationist Pathisa Nyathi, describing his death as an irreplaceable loss to Zimbabwe's cultu...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 15:48hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
ZIPRA veterans reflect on Soviet training
Former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) fighters, who trained in the Soviet Union, gathered in Bulawayo on Thursday for a poignant exhibition that celebrated their contributions to the arm...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:45hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi's 'death a huge loss'
The late veteran author and publisher Pathisa Nyathi has been remembered as an icon and a fountain of wisdom who dedicated his life to telling the true story of Zimbabwe through various literary forms...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:21hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
How Bulawayo's townships reflect city's rich Ndebele heritage
IN 1894, Bulawayo had just one African township. Today, the city boasts close to twenty townships in the western suburbs. Bulawayo's first African township was Makokoba, also known as the "Location" o...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | 749 | by Fredrick Qaphelani Mabikwa
Even Chinamasa knows ED can't be trusted
In the tumultuous world of Zimbabwean politics, trust is a rare commodity. Nowhere is this more evident than in the ongoing discourse within ZANU-PF about extending President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 21:43hrs | 1830 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
South Africa spent US$2,9 million in 4 months on deporting illegal immigrants
The EFF has raised concerns about the R52.8m (US$2,9 million) spent on deporting illegal immigrants between April and August.Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber, in a recent Q&A session i...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:57hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Funeral parade for Tshinga Dube at Barbourfields Stadium
Today, Bulawayo will host a send-off funeral service for national hero Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube at Barbourfields Stadium, as the city pays tribute to one of Zimbabwe's most distinguished liberatio...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:25hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Hlanganani World Tourism Expo roars to life in Bulawayo
THE 17th edition of Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo roars to life in Bulawayo this morning with the Zimbabwe MICE Masterclass.The annual expo takes place at the Zimbabwe Exhibition Cent...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:17hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Daring thief escapes mob by scaling 30-meter tower light in Zimbabwe
In a dramatic and heart-stopping scene in Rimuka, Kadoma, Zimbabwe, a thief went to extraordinary lengths to evade capture, scaling a towering 30-meter light pole in a desperate bid to escape a pursui...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 17:26hrs | 3076 | by Staff reporter
Sweden, South Africa impressed by Zim tourism surge
Zimbabwe has gradually witnessed a surge in the tourism and hospitality sectors over yesteryears, with several tourists coming from South Africa and Sweden expressed their commitment to embark on a ma...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 08:02hrs | 1326 | by ideon Madzikatidze in Gonarezhou, Chiredzi
When dark babies are not good enough! Thank you Andile: what an article!
It is a pity such articles never attract attention they deserve. Your article Andile was a good read and spot on. I do not need to seek far, why our African communities do not see the need to read it....Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:28hrs | 1346 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sadc leaders tour Zimbabwe's Geo Pomona, Liberation City
During the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit, regional leaders took a break from their busy schedules to tour Geo Pomona Waste Management Private Limited and the Museum of African Liberat...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 06:54hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Sadc Liberation city
President Mnangagwa presided over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Sadc Liberation City today, where Zimbabwe officially handed over one hectare of land to the regional bloc. This land will allow e...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 06:53hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch hearings on genocide he has been implicated in
President Mnangagwa is set to launch the Gukurahundi community hearings in Bulawayo this Saturday, marking the start of a victim-centered reconciliation outreach program in Matabeleland. Traditional l...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis hits Cowdray Park
Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb is facing a severe water crisis as some residents are not receiving water due to the municipality's implementation of a water shedding regime. This crisis has perplexed ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
The politics of Zimbabwe's land reform: winners and losers
The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe's land reform continue to occupy many.The tired, old obsession about how the land was taken and the associated focus on so-called ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:34hrs | 1 | by Ian Scoones
Mnangagwa commissions Pupu Monument today
THE official commissioning of the Pupu Battle National Monument by President Mnangagwa today will be a huge milestone in correcting distorted historical narratives and amplifying the brave Zimbabwean ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland demands truth on Gukurahundi not this Mnangagwa charade
Matebeleland-BASED churches and civil society organisations are demanding testimonies by perpetrators of Gukurahundi as a critical step towards truth telling, justice and reconciliation in a developme...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
480 individuals intercepted at SA borders found without the requisite documentation
In light of the debate surrounding South Africa's borders across various platforms, Dr Mike Masiapato, the commissioner of the Border Management Authority (BMA), has presented figures documenting the ...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 05:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Woman Accused of Violent Altercation with Sister-in-Law Over Alleged Affair
Madabe, September 12, 2023 - In a small community in the Madabe area in Plumtree, a family feud turned violent when a woman allegedly attacked her sister-in-law...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:45hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dembare burns
DYNAMOS will use their National Sports Stadium offices for the hearings against three members of their technical team currently on suspension.Coach Herbert Maruwa, manager Richard Chihoro and ...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Foreign funded report fingers Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF activists and its affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), have been cited among leading perpetrators of political violence.FAZ has been linked to the dreaded spy agency, Central ...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Withdrawal of Zimbabwe Exemption Permits is discriminatory and inhumane'
New research has indicated that the biggest challenge in documenting immigrants is procedure, which increasingly excludes people who are considered 'not useful' to the South African economy.Th...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Dzikamai Bere
Magriza Made me Cook clothing brand launched
MR PRINCE Mahlangu (33) the producer of the YouTube show Magriza Made Me Cook (MMMC) show and his partner have created a clothing brand with personalized messages of traditional food for people who ar...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 20:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare Hindus plan wide-ranging activities during 2023
Hindu Society Harare (HSH) in Zimbabwe seems to have lined-up extensive religious and social activities, projects, celebrations during 2023.These include three daily aartis; twice-weekly yoga ...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 11:13hrs | 14 | by Agencies
How migrants who move between Zimbabwe and SA access healthcare in border towns
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a 225km common border. There is only one official border crossing, at Beitbridge. An estimated 15 000 migrants and refugees from Zimbabwe and other countries cross dail...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Vinayak Bhardwaj
Magriza Made Me Cook takes township tourism to another level
IN our African society, grandmothers play an integral part in the family. From telling folktales to disciplining, and taking care of grandchildren, these matriarchs are the glue that strengthens blood...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa wants Africans to tell their own story
Africans have a duty to tell their own story as excluding themselves from own narrative and letting others do this will lead to distorted history by naysayers, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting ...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magriza's equipment fundraiser
Hie beautiful people, my name is Prince Sivalo Mahlangu. I'm part of an online show we publish on YouTube called Magriza Made Me Cook. The channel seeks to document Africa's diverse food culture, one ...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe registerd NGO tells Commonwealth, 'Zimbabwe not yet ready to rejoin'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (ZHRNGO Forum) has cited Zimbabwe's poor rights record as an indication the country is not yet ready to rejoin the Commonwealth following its unsuccessful appli...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns merchants of violence
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sternly warned opposition parties with violent tendencies that the full wrath of the law will be applied on them without fear or favour as the Government does not brook a...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Slain CCC activist's family demands answers
PRESSURE is mounting on the police to unearth the circumstances behind the alleged abduction and murder of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali by suspected Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Noic boss under corruption probe
NATIONAL Oil and Infrastructure Company (Noic) chief executive officer Wilfred Matukeni has been placed under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc).The development fo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Journalists at threat after governments passed cyber security laws
JOURNALISTS have been urged to protect themselves against digital surveillance threats after the country passed cyber security legislation.A statement by Fesmedia Africa yesterday said a survi...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only 100 people per day can get IDs in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have criticised the Registrar General's Office for limiting applications for national identification cards (IDs).There are indications that the Registrar's Department is lim...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
As Zimbabwe eyes election, fears grow of a return to dirty tricks
Zimbabwe's general election is still a year away, but pro-democracy activists say they are worried last weekend's by-elections offered a preview of the violence and repression to come.Despite ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maimane tells big brother SA to be tough on Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa should team up with regional groupings including Sadc to ensure Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections are not rigged and the observers do not endorse a flawed process as happened in the past,...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crossing the Limpopo River
NKANYEZI Dube is a 25-year-old young woman from Lubhangwe in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South. She attended Lubhangwe primary and secondary schools. She did not qualify to proceed to universi...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Pathisa Nyathi
How NGOs scandalously manage to assume power in UN agency Cites
THE managing director of the USA-based Ivory Education Institute Godfrey Harris, revealed his analysis of how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) achieved overwhelming influence within the UN intern...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 7 | by Emmanuel Koro
Govt mum on Hwange coal seam fires
GOVERNMENT has been accused of dragging its feet in addressing the underground coal seam fires at Hwange Colliery Company that have claimed lives and left some people disabled.The Centre...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pact to preserve Nkomo legacy signed
THE Institute of African Knowledge (Instak) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Joshua Nkomo National Foundation to preserve the legacy of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo and make h...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
MDC-C finalising Chamisa assault report
MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende yesterday disclosed that the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party had resolved to lodge an official complaint with the National Peace and Reconciliation Co...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
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