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From baba to daddy; the epic transformation of our time
SUNDAY was Fathers' Day. In our days, the father in the home was called baba/ubaba. Today, the children call him daddy. They also call me daddy in my own home but I grew up in the era when the father ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zapu in mourning
ZAPU says it will not be celebrating Independence Day on Monday, but will be mourning the loss of lives before and after independence.This year's 42nd independence celebrations will be held in...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pomp and fanfare as Chief Negomo is installed
THOUSANDS of people yesterday attended the installation of Mr Paradzai Kutyauripo as the 13th substantive Chief Negomo of Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central Province at a glittering ceremony attende...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ex-ally calls Mnangagwa the 'people's President'
ZVISHAVANE-based politician Lilian Timveos, who last week defected from the opposition MDC Alliance to Zanu-PF, yesterday presented some opposition officials who also followed her to the ruling party....Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 16:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Govt food aid diverted to Zanu-PF DCC election campaigns
SOME Zanu-PF MPs vying to be chairpersons in the party's district coordinating committees (DCCs) are reported to be diverting government food aid meant for vulnerable families and selectively donating...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Democracy and philanthropism in governance and five of Africa's most rare men in politics
Democracy is a system of governance in which the people choose their leaders by voting for them in elections. ... Philanthropy is free-giving of help or money to those in need. Governance is control o...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:34hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
SA company wants MDC-T garnished over R4m debt
A SOUTH African wholesale textile company and a Bulawayo garment manufacturing firm which supplied MDC-T with 200 000 T- shirts and head scarves in 2008 have approached the High Court seeking an order...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman raped & murdered
AN unknown woman from Bulawayo was allegedly raped and killed in a bushy pathway between Richmond and Mzilikazi suburbs. A passerby called police after stumbling on the body on Tuesday afterno...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's ugly family split
Clashes over funeral arrangements for the revered musician have exposed long-standing rifts and a reconciliation.It was on a hot Wednesday afternoon that a beleaguered Zimbabwe began to come t...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:34hrs | | by City Press
Man 'chokes' mum to death, locks house
A MAN from Mzilikazi suburb in Bulawayo allegedly strangled his mother to death after accusing her of bewitching him before locking the body in her house. Keith Muponda (25), who is suspected ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of party regalia, elections
HARDLY two weeks before the 2018 polls scheduled for July 30, supporters of various parties have sought to paint towns and cities and even rural outposts or wherever their party will be holding meetin...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Command this and that and Zim Airways: A lighter look
AFTER much brainstorming and scratching of heads on how to turn around Air Zimbabwe's failing fortunes, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet had acquired a few bald heads.The airline was sad...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
How Mnangagwa and the Scarf became inseparable
As my friend Robert Mukondiwa aptly puts it; since the turn of the century and even as early as the advent of Independence, Zimbabwe has been battling to define a culture that makes its mark on the wo...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
We vote using our brains dear Misihairabwi-Mushonga and never pantie politics again!
This is just gutter politics of the highest order! Gutter politics that is below the belt in the sense of the word. We cannot be told to vote for women just because they are women. We vote for people ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: How to tie a doek
"Winnie Madikizela-Mandela did not die. She multiplied."In a statement from the African National Congress (ANC) following the death of the struggle stalwart, the party has called on women to w...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 16:13hrs | | 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
Thousands meet Grace Mugabe
Thousands of the faithful drawn from various apostolic sects thronged Rufaro Stadium yesterday to meet First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe in a historic interface with indigenous churches yesterday.As ...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mwazha turns 99
LAST Saturday, just after lunch hour, I arrived at Ndarikure where the Apostolic African Church led by Mutumwa Paul Mwazha was hosting its three day Holy Communion gathering.The Holy Communion...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe distances self from T-shirt deal
President Robert Mugabe's office has refuted claims by South African businessman, Nagara Dharmesh, that the Zanu-PF leader had contracted local businesswoman Patience Chivasa to supply Zanu-PF wom...Published: 23 May 2016 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gagged granny found hanging in Mpilo hospital bathroom
AN elderly female patient admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on a burglar bar using a doek under unclear circumstances.The incident o...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Dead mother's spirit torments lecturer
DRAMA unfolded at Acting Chief Zimunya's court on Sunday when a scuffle led to the exposure of what appeared to be charms intended to block proceedings at the court.This happened in the ongoin...Published: 04 Apr 2015 at 12:53hrs | | by Ngoni Dapira
Granny jumps off moving kombi, dies
MYSTERY shrouds the tragic death of a Zimunya woman, Tracy Mwonzora, who allegedly jumped off a moving kombi with family members insisting that there are more questions to be answered about the traged...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 10:02hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Drama in court, spirit medium chucked out
THERE was drama at Rusape Magistrates' Court recently when the self-styled war veteran and spirit medium, Solomon Noah Rushamba - alias Nehoreka - was chucked out of the courtroom to dress properly af...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 10:32hrs | | by Samuel Kadungure
70-year-old granny goes missing
A 70-year-old Bulawayo woman from Westgate went missing on New Year's Eve. Janet Ndlovu was last seen sitting outside her daughter's home at Westgate at about 11am.Her daughter, Glad...Published: 07 Jan 2014 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T destroys Bulawayo factory
---1200 workers lose jobs MORE than a thousand workers have been left jobless after two city companies that are heavily owed by the Movement for D...Published: 27 Mar 2012 at 10:42hrs | | by Busani Ncube
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