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Zimbabwe readies mass wildlife migration
Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country's south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation.At least ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 252 | by Reuters
Tragedy of the cannibalistic Zimbabwe govt that devours and sucks dry its own teachers!
As a son of a teacher, I will never forget the utmost honour and pride attached to this profession in the 1980s - such that, even as a mere child, just being known as "Mr. Mbofana's son" made me walk ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1421 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Policy inconsistency dogs economy
ZIMBABWE is again back in the jaws of policy inconsistency and discord, which characterised the late president Robert Mugabe's administration, pushing away foreign direct investment as a result, analy...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:44hrs | 78 | by The Standard Editorial comment
Be careful what you wish for
When American divas such as the Kardashians buy dogs, they make sure they are either Chihuahuas or Poodles, and this is not fortuitous.To them, these relatively dwarfish dogs, if you can call ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:28hrs | 79 | by Bishop Lazi
Is Chamisa a dictator in the making?
Dictators are not born but created by 'we the people' due to political, economic, and social conditions obtaining in a country. In dire economic and political situations, 'we the people' are desperate...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 22:09hrs | 2576 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
PHOTO: Woman eaten by dogs alive fully recovers
Cherish Muchegwa the woman who was mauled by dogs in Bulawayo South has fully recovered from the wounds she endured on the fateful day. Muchegwa was lucky to be airlifted to India by Deputy Mi...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4000 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa ouster plot thickens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated yesterday that he was aware of a group within Zanu-PF that was working hard to oust him from power – before he also lashed out at unnamed Western powers, busi...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 15456 | by Staff reporter
G40 ghosts haunt Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to be haunted by the G40 ghosts, a coterie of Zanu PF apparatchiks who almost succeeded in pushing him out of power in 2017.Addressing the Zanu PF youth ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
The world waits with bated breath
Today, the rest of the progressive world waits with fingers crossed and bated breath for responses from the USA and her trotting European cubs to events across Southern Africa yesterday marking a Sadc...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 247 | by Stephen Mpofu,
Man killed for sex with dog
OUR villagers from Fort Rixon in Insiza district allegedly ganged up and fatally attacked their neighbour using sticks, knobkerries and axe handles after they allegedly caught him having sex with ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:31hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Police pursue Zanu-PF armed robbery gang leader's assassins
The police are yet to arrest assassins who raided a business man's house in Maphisa, Matabeleland South on Tuesday morning before fatally shooting him and making off without taking anything. T...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 17:37hrs | 7287 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman dies in hail of bullets
A PROMINENT Maphisa businessman was early yesterday morning shot dead in his home at the growth point in Matabeleland South. Tapson Ncube, who had business interests in mining, transport, reta...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:59hrs | 3030 | by Staff reporter
Woman to languish in jail after poisoning cousin's dog in revenge mission
A WOMAN from Hwange has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for killing her cousin's chickens, guinea fowl and a dog with a fungicide. Nelia Shoko (49) of Diki Village in St Mary's was arreste...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube now taxes villagers
The Zimbabwean government has put into force a livestock levy. This levy will tax any livestock products of livestock, this includes milk, eggs and mazondo. The levying of the livestock will put to te...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 53 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mohadi chides Zapu on Unity Accord pullout
Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has chided the opposition party, Zapu, for trivialising the 1987 Unity Accord saying the pact was irreversible.The Unity Accord was an agreement signed between Jos...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
All bark, no bite: The case of Zacc
THE November 2017 coup brought new dreams and hopes among the citizens, many who believed the new regime would knock corruption off very high perch. However, after ad infinitum calls against the corru...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 284 | by Cliff Chiduku
Politics dogs anti-graft body Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is facing an uphill task as it battles to break deeply entrenched corruption cartels in government, which are allegedly using their vast networks in the ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Even pastors consult sangomas?
WHAT is this that we hear about a popular ‘Man of God' who was recently given a VIP treatment at a traditional healer's surgery in a neighbouring country?I mean that other well known pas...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:02hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Council failures rooted in legislative deficits
ZIMBABWE is burning while the central government dithers. For the second time in less than a decade residents in urban areas are feeling the effects of murky local government administration as Preside...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 125 | by Cliff Chiduku
Nelson Chamisa's jest causes uproar
The political hard hat area in Zimbabwe surely needs to be improved so that people would negotiate without fear of anything. The outrage about a video where President of MDC-Alliance Nelso...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | 2436 | by Leonard Koni
Taxmen, police, and army take bribes from smugglers
The Victoria Falls, on the mighty Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia, is one of the world's seven wonders and arguably the largest waterfall by width and depth.It is alternatively known...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:34hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Farmer fatally shoots trespasser
A 40-YEAR-OLD Guruve farmer appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fatally shooting a trespasser.Emmanuel Gwaze of Marirambada Farm, was not asked to plead to a murder charge when he ap...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 19:10hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
15 Nust students arrested
FIFTEEN National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students were arrested yesterday for staging a demonstration at the college campus.The students were protesting against the continu...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2472 | by Staff reporter
'Bhora Mugedhi Versus Bhora Musango' : The interface between football discourse and Zimbabwean politics
Football is the most popular sport in Zimbabwe and across the globe. It has been asserted elsewhere that the game is not limited to scoring goals on the pitch but that this also occurs in politics and...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:02hrs | 1105 | by Lyton Ncube Siya
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 524 | by Reginald Nyathi
Kings and Mambos must be careful
In English they say "let lying dogs lie", in Ndebele there is a saying that goes "lala lulaza sikwengule."Have we been sleeping in the stupidity slumber that we haven't seen all this coming, some men ...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:50hrs | 2445 | by Presia Ngulube
Gweru sued over shoot-to-kill policy on stray dogs
THE Gweru City Council has been dragged to court by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) over the local authority's decision to shoot stray dogs and donkeys, a senior council of...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 10:02hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Concern over sharp increase in armed robbery cases
POLICE in Midlands have expressed concern over a sharp increase in cases of armed robbery in the province.In an interview, Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Joel Goko said the cases of p...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 232 | by Staff reportetr
'Heads should roll at Parirenyatwa'
Health watchdogs have called for thorough investigations into the recent death of a woman during labour at Parirenyatwa Hospital amid allegations that she was left unattended for too long.Shar...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 2578 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:47hrs | 242 | by Amnesty International
Mugabe's selected quotable quotes
"Surely this is now time to beat our swords into ploughshares, so we can attend to the problems of developing our economy and our society." — Mugabe at Independence in 1980.***"Let'...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Are Harare City by-laws still in force?
Do we still have Municipal enforced by-laws in Harare and other towns and cities? Stray dogs are everywhere and no one seem to care, why? In Msasa Park, Harare, a 30 tonne trailer has been haz...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:15hrs | 1445 | by Gabarinocheka
Names and naming: More about the defensive barrier surrounding Inyathi (Emhlangeni)
TODAY we seek to complete the regiments/settlements that constituted the defensive barrier, isiphika, around the capital town of Inyathi, also known as Emhlangeni. As we shall see later, K...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 144 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Patience is bitter, but its fruits are sweet
Since the first human being started to walk the face of the earth — whether as a product of God's creative masterpiece or as a freak of nature spawned by what scientists call the Big Bag â€...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:27hrs | 64 | by Bishop Lazi
Robert Mugabe's most famous quotes
A quick look at President Mugabe's colourful language throughout his 37-year reign as leader of Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has died aged 95.His death was an...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 08:50hrs | 3364 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 1490 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act [Xenophobia]
When Mandela became the first black South African President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government, many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born. In...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:10hrs | 2138 | by Njabulo
Killing of foreigners in South Africa is an evil act
When Mandela became the first black South African President, after a protracted struggle with the Apartheid government ,many people thought that a new dawn of peace in Africa has been born...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 09:08hrs | 709 | by Njabulo
Zanu-PF, State agents squabble over conference venue
The Zanu-PF senior leadership and State security agents appear to be at odds over the possible holding of the party's 2019 annual national conference in Mashonaland East province amid rising security ...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:23hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
Bosso goes to Gibbo as clear underdogs
HAVING recorded their worst start to a season in over four decades, Highlanders troop into Gibbo Stadium this afternoon hoping to halt their 13 game winless streak on the road. They face off a...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
The Christian attack against the native family and The Native Religion Beyond Jerusalem! Rome and London
"I have travelled across the length and breath of africa and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief such wealth I have seen in this country such high moral values, people of ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:36hrs | 787 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Binga bemoans high telecoms costs
BINGA residents have expressed concern over the high cost of voice calls and data and also accused service providers of failing to respond on time to their concerns. Speaking during a co...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Defiance Campaign for Mthwakazi
The arrest and incarceration of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Khayisa Ndiweni presents all the people of Mthwakazi with a moment for serious reflection and a resolution for a liberation way forward. ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 2056 | by Thulani Nkala
Go home Nero! The demons are with you
We are told sister Piri, as Prisca Mupfumira was known in her close circles, is demanding too much luxury behind bars. Yes, she has not yet been convicted, but it could be her insatiable quest for swa...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Demon tribalism back to haunt Zanu-PF, Zimbabwe on the verge of bitter split
Once you hear the old tribalist like Emmerson Mnangagwa denouncing tribalism, regionalism, divisionism and reciting the words "Zimbabwe is a unitary state" in almost every political gathering that he ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1528 | by Israel Dube
We have more heroes in 40 years than UK in 400 years - but not one stopped Zim going to the dogs, why
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the biggest thief," said Thomas Mapfumo in a facebook video circulating in the social media.Thomas Mapfumo, is a very talented Zimbabwean musician who has cons...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:38hrs | 1916 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa beefs up security
DRONES, sniffer dogs, security cameras, heavily armed soldiers and police officers, hundreds more embedded in the crowds turned the National Heroes Acre into a virtual cantonment area as President Emm...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 5164 | by newzimbabwe
Bosso wear underdogs tag against Rhinos
NEVER has a team gone into a home encounter as clear cut underdogs yet this is exactly the situation that Bulawayo giants Highlanders find themselves in as they collide with title darkhorses, Black Rh...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:52hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Diaspora in Anti-Mnangagwa Demonstrations
Zimbabwe diaspora in UK will be joining the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in the anti-Mnangagwa mass demonstrations set for - Friday 16 August 2019 - in solidarity with those on the ground back...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 14:48hrs | 723 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Let's embrace peace for economic development
Economic development is a process in which a nation is improving its economic, political and social sectors for the well-being of its people whilst peace can be defined as freedom from any form of dis...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 17:41hrs | 1052 | by Chido Chikuni
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