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'Deal with Phala Phala, not Dr Hlophe'
The DA had better prospects of winning on the Phala Phala matter involving President Cyril Ramaphosa, which they were "flip-flopping" on, than they did on challenging uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) lead...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 09:13hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Hamba Kahle ANC, we won't miss you!
IF you are not following the unfolding electoral drama south of the Limpopo River, you can't be real.When South Africa votes, Zimbabwe catches a proverbial cold. And for good reason.Of...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:16hrs | 26 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Pupil assaulted to death over homework
A TEACHER at Hamilton High School in Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly severely punching a student who later died at a local hospital for not doing his homework.Gcinani Nyathi (40) ...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex starved man breaks into ex-girlfriend's room
There was drama in Plumtree where a sex starved man broke into his estranged girlfriend's room and tried to steal blankets before dozing in the room....Published: 22 Nov 2023 at 12:31hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Job Sikhala for CCC President
If tribalist CCC members are serious about replacing the terrorist ZANU PF government, they must, as a matter of urgency, install firebrand, Job Sikhala or Tendai Biti as CCC President. But if...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Mupfumira angers Mnangagwa's wife?
FORMER Tourism Minister, Prisca Mupfumira, reportedly infuriated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa after bulldozing her way onto the top table during a recent function held at Mhondoro-Mubaira.Mup...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outsmarts Chiwenga
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is next week expected to emerge triumphant at the crucial Zanu-PF elective congress after a fierce power struggle - characterised by scheming, backstabbing, a grenade atta...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diasporans must fly Zimbabwe flag high
JOHN Wirimai worked for a railway company. His duties were to give warnings at rail and road crossings. Those days many rail crossings were at a low level so cars had to give way to the trains. ...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Donations pour in for Nkayi cattle loss family
WELL-WISHERS who have been touched by the story of the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant have mobilised donations including cattle to be handed over to...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
21-cattle loss: 8 family members on suicide watch
MALE and female members of a Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province, who lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant, have been sleeping in the same room since the fatal accid...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF setting very bad example
A BUS belonging to a school in Masvingo was this week involved in a serious accident. Aboard the bus were some women who are members of the ruling Zanu-PF party.The women were on their way to ...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man (32) impregnates daughter
A MAN from Plumtree in Matabeleland South province has been arrested after he sneaked into his brother's daughter's bedroom and raped her before dozing off.The matter came to light when the te...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:25hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Stampedes at vaccination sites
BULAWAYO residents, mostly informal traders, thronged various mobile centres dotted across the city to get vaccinated against Covid-19 during the national...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chinese project fans Zanu-PF factionalism
Chinese coal mining upstart Beifa Investments Private Limited has stepped up coal exploration around Dinde in Hwange despite sustained community objections as the acrimonious relationship between the ...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
SB Moyo: Epitome of Zimbabwe revolution's finest cadre
Comrade Sibusiso Moyo, the General of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces who pronounced the demise of the four decade-old Mugabe dictatorship in November is no more. Comrade SB Moyo, what a journey we have t...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 9 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Two mayors, town clerks for Harare
HARARE City Council is currently operating with two acting mayors and two town clerks as the fight for control of the capital city reaches boiling point.Councillors Luckson Mukunguma and Stewa...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who has destroyed Zimbabwe?
The country is troubled to the borne marrow. It is so disheartening that those who destroyed the country through nepotism, corruption, poor governance and thieving are telling the people that they sho...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 07:41hrs | 5 | by Leonard Koni
Will Zimbabwe's current Esap II work?
In the weeks leading up to the poorly kept secret of his impeding appointment as Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube campaigned hard for the position, coming out of a long diasporan silence to write art...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | | by Makunike
The dream that never ends
It seems the once sobbing nephew is now in acceptance mode, the sobbing has now 'climbed' down to sporadic sniffs of despair and distant hope. Even the hate laden rhetoric from his fox hole ac...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 15:57hrs | | by Tondo Murisa.
WATCH: Mugabe dozes at 95th birthday reception
A FRAIL looking former President Robert Mugabe looked to be dozing off as close family and friends sang for him at a seemingly intimate event to mark his 95th birthday.Mugabe, resplendent but ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:17hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mphoko to be paid for 51% of Choppies
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko and his son, Siqokoqela, have exited Choppies Supermarkets after offering to be bought out of the company to end a protracted ownership wrangle. The Mp...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acting President Chiwenga is a 'dangerous cancer' which needs to be suppressed urgently.
President Mnangagwa has been on record telling Zimbabweans to be patient as his government continues its brutal policies of killing innocent citizens by the means of economic hardships which has led t...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 00:50hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Choppies exposes how they bribed Mphoko
A BOTSWANA company currently involved in a fierce ownership tussle for retail chain store, Choppies, has made shocking revelations on how former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko was both bribed and u...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by newzimbabwe
US continues tangling in Zimbabwean politics
Problems of African development and integration with the world have continued to attract concern in the policy making within and beyond the shores of the continent as American hegemony continues to ta...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:05hrs | | by Daphine Zulu
Extra City must take drivers for defensive driving lessons urgently
ON November 2, I boarded an Extra City Luxury coach from Bulawayo to Harare for the first time. I had been referred by a friend as it was a cheaper option. Cheap it was as it only cost $25 com...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo Zimbabwe's poster boy of sleaze
As ZANU-PF's long-serving chief whip, Joram Gumbo came across as a tidy, backroom operator, quietly but efficiently pulling the strings for his party in Parliament. But his scrapbook in government sin...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by newZWire
ED threaten US$ black market dealers - on what charge, 'Same shit … different thug!'
"Same shit …. different island!" A vintage Caribbean Tourist T-shirt depicting a ganja smoking black Rasta with his trade mark dreadlocks complete with red/yellow/green/black vest greeting a dumfoun...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mphoko's son arrested
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's son, Siqokoqela, has been arrested for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" more than $50 000 worth of cash and goods from the outl...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Disciplining drunken friend turns tragic
Police in Marondera have arrested four men for allegedly killing their friend using a fan belt and switches as punishment for getting too drunk to walk.Tendai Nyanhi (35), Kenneth Kalongona (2...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko accused of 'looting' Choppies cash
THE Mphoko family has come under fire for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" cash from the outlets countrywide without board approval.Mr Siqokoqela Mphoko, son to t...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Russia knocks Spain out in penalty shootout 4-3!
Russia hung on in extra time to beat Spain on penalties in a shock result that sends the hosts through to the last eight of World Cup 2018.In a match where Spain enjoyed 79 per cent of possess...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 17:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC field 2 candidates against Shingi Run'anga
Youthful Mvurwi businessman Shingirai Run’anga stormed the Bindura magistrate court to submit his nomination papers for the Mazowe North Member of parliament seat as an independent candidate....Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:32hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Do not underestimate Chamisa's resolve to boycott elections,' says MDC - only if his life was on the line
"Hupenzi enyama yegakava!" (Idiots are stubborn and there is no one more stubborn than the certified insane!) so goes the Shona adage. Insanity comes and goes, it is triggered by the full moon in wild...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 22:19hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa ditches Tamborinyoka
MDC-T president Mr Nelson Chamisa has appointed Dr Nkululeko Sibanda as his spokesperson, replacing Mr Luke Tamborinyoka who has been ditched after indicating his intention to contest the Goromonzi We...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
German starlet for Warriors
HIS father Max Makanza Lunga is widely considered as one of Zimbabwe's finest football exports to Europe after a successful career with German side Bonner SC, where he scored 41 goals in 188 games fro...Published: 06 May 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally storm Goromonzi Zanu-PF offices
CHAOS reigned yesterday in Goromonzi when top officials among them labour minister, Petronella Kagonye and businessman and party activist, Energy Mutodi allegedly stormed Zanu-PF offices in the distri...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 08:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Plans to name road after Tsvangirai
Harare councillors have proposed to name one of the streets in the CBD after the late opposition MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai.Tsvangirai - who died last month aged 65 after a long bat...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinara's 'snow' graders attract Parly scorn
The suitability and technical specifications of the six-year-old 80 motorised graders supplied to rural local authorities by the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) for the upgrading of ro...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai's health, an issue for all'
MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai's health status should not be shrouded in secrecy nor should it be a private matter for his family as he is a national figure with millions of people looking up to him,...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbo petitioned over Zinara's $16 million 'snow' graders
Mabvuku-Tafara legislator James Maridadi has reignited debate about the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)'s 80 motorised graders after petitioning Transport minister Joram Gumbo to expla...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Which voice is God's voice, Mnangagwa?
It cannot be the people's voice, and it certainly is not God's voice that, in pursuant of peace, accountability and hard work, you appoint and flaunt known perpetrators of fear, corruption, intimidati...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Mathabelazitha/The Anvil
Henry Olonga feared Mugabe thugs would kill him
Almost 15 years after Henry Olonga wore a black armband, Mugabe's rule in Zimbabwe is finally over. "I'm stunned," he says. "Here we are in a country that is Mugabe-less for the first time in 37 years...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Music and the last days of Mugabe
While victors are all over the place singing Jah Prayzah's Kutonga Kwaro in praise of the new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, imagine what songs the vanquished are playing. The vanquished being former ...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Tapiwa Zivira
Mugabe's dismissal of Mnangagwa nullified by court
JUDGE President George Chiweshe yesterday nullified the decision by former President Robert Mugabe to fire his deputy and successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In his urgent application file...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso playesrs challenged to wear uniform with pride
FORMER Highlanders tear away winger Tapela Ngwenya has torn into the fading Bulawayo giants' present crop of players for turning the once mighty institution into a laughing stock.The former ga...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
It is not a bedroom affair, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, the situation on the ground has forced me to make changes to my Cabinet as a matter of urgency. I could not wait to make these changes when I assume...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by CZ
700 houses demolished in Harare
Harare City Council yesterday demolished 700 houses and makeshift structures in Eyestone, Harare South, with the affected residents complaining they were not warned of the action. Some of the affected...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Political vultures circling over Mugabe's throne
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe now firmly agrees that there are vultures circling over his throne.President-Robert-Mugabe-gives-a-speech-upon-arrival-at-the-Harare-International-Airport-from-United-N...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another tired Zanu-PF official sleeps during meeting
IN an incident confirming that most of the Zanu PF leaders are now tired and no longer fit to run the country, while other political parties officials are busy contributing to the debate around ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 17:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Grandpa in bizarre sexual harassment case
A 52-year-old Chipinge woman has dragged a 65-year-old grandpa to court claiming that he caressed her private parts while she was dozing off on a sofa.The plaintiff, Violet Chiradza, last week...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
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