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Dembare teetering on the edge of collapse

Once the undisputed giants of Zimbabwean football, Dynamos Football Club is now teetering on the edge of collapse. After years of decline, fans are beginning to fear the unthinkable - that the legendary club may be beyond saving.The latest…

Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 21:15hrs | 2235 | by Staff reporter

'Highlanders has lost its culture'

Retired Colonel Thomas Ngwenya, a former Highlanders Football Club board member, has expressed concern over what he describes as the gradual erosion of the club's longstanding traditions and identity.Ngwenya, who served the club in various…

Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 18:04hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter

Victoria Falls Airport set for major security upgrade

The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) has unveiled plans to upgrade the Integrated Security System at three of the country's key international airports - Victoria Falls International Airport, Robert Mugabe International Airport, and Joshu…

Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 09:57hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe farm invaders evicted

After months of failed attempts, the deputy sheriff on Friday successfully carried out evictions and demolitions at Cloverdale Farm, Goromonzi, displacing dozens of families who had invaded the land.The 250-hectare property, owned by Glori…

Published: 18 May 2025 at 11:56hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter

Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?

This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps will burst each other any time; but let them do i…

Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2519 | by Tawanda Majoni

The Moon is slowly drifting away from Earth

The Moon is a constant in the night sky, but all is not actually as it seems.It turns out that scientists have discovered the Moon is drifting away from Earth, and it's changing everything we thought we knew about our planet's relationship…

Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 17:40hrs | 2207 | by Staff reporter

Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists

Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was, in 1917, you could never bec…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 13 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka

Severe tropical storm expected to weaken

TROPICAL storm Alvaro expected to affect parts of southern Africa is now weakening and is expected to exit into the Indian Ocean today, but its parting gift to Zimbabwe will be some rainfall in the south of the country.Today brief cloudy p…

Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:27hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Mobile telecom firms expand LTE network

Zimbabwe's telecommunication firms are drifting away from older-generation mobile technology in favour of faster fourth-generation wireless technology, which offers high capacity, faster download and upload speeds, according to the Postal …

Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

CCC is a US puppet, says Zanu-PF

THE ruling Zanu-PF party has accused the United States of interfering in Zimbabwe's political affairs, claiming that the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) is a puppet party bent on facilitating Zimbabwe's re-colonisation.The ruling part…

Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa tainted and haunted by unfulfilled 2018 promises

WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking re-election on August 23 this year, his campaign is being overshadowed by unfulfilled promises from the previous poll, The NewsHawks has learnt.Zimbabwe's economic trend has been spiraling down…

Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Do not give the devil a foothold

It is a known phenomenon that cracks and fissures in relations and interactions allow negative energies to disrupt positivity and well-being of those around us. Absence of amicability in all we do, talk and discussions have a bearing on ou…

Published: 15 May 2023 at 15:21hrs | 1 | by TT Murisa. Chinehasha

Zimbabwe power crisis set to worsen?

ZIMBABWE'S power utility says while electricity supplies will improve during the second half of the year in line with ramped up generation capacity at the major power stations, the country will experience more rolling blackouts in 2025 as …

Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 11:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

6 day destructive rains forecast for Zimbabwe

THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has warned that some parts of the country will experience violent thunderstorms and localised hail which may damage property between 29 December and 3 January 2023.Moisture is expected to start d…

Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Mugabe, Nkomo Unity Day has lost relevance in Zimbabwe'

Unity Day celebrations have been described as a farce by analysts, who feel the holiday is no longer relevant.Zimbabwe declared December 22 a national holiday to commemorate the Unity Accord which was entered into in 1987 by two political …

Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Heavy rains expected in Zimbabwe this weekend

Zimbabwe is likely to experience heavy rains starting this 18-19 December due to a cloud band which drifted towards the country from neighbouring Botswana, the Department of Civil Protection (DCP) and Meteorological Services Department (MS…

Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

England booted out

France have beaten England 2-1 at the 2022 World Cup and will play Morocco for a place in next week's final.Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni scored a sublime opening goal from range. Harry Kane levelled the score after the break …

Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe paying price for shoddy energy deals

ZIMBABWE is paying the price for failure to tap into renewable energy, as climate change is hindering power generation at Kariba Power Station - the country's largest electricity generating plant - while jeopardising long-term power prospe…

Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Traffic volumes surge as travellers return to new-look Beitbridge

THE volume of traffic has started to increase at the transformed Beitbridge, with more tourists and ordinary travellers coming in from South Africa now preferring to drive through the new-look port of entry.As part of the arrangement, the …

Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer

Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpower confrontation.There is no telling how matters will …

Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by jamwanda

Mnangagwa mum on 2nd VP appointment

ZIMBABWE has clocked a year without a second Vice-President after Kembo Mohadi resigned in March last year following a sex scandal.The post of the second VP was created following the 1987 Unity Accord between Zanu-PF and former ZIMBABWE PF…

Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

SA companies caught in Russia-Ukraine crossfire

JSE counters with even a remote connection to the Russia-Ukraine conflict have taken a pounding in the past week as gun-shy investors decided they were not worth the risk.Leading the fall was Prosus, which plunged almost 20% over the week,…

Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Man hacks wife with an axe, kills self after thinking she is dead

A Filabusi man, who was accusing his wife of cheating, killed himself after thinking that he had hacked her to death with an axe.Innocent Chandakawona of Bekezela in Filabusi, allegedly struck his wife Delight Honera with an axe all over t…

Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa must sleep with one eye open

Elections always unfailingly produce rare and curious political creatures and species.You might think you have seen it all only for another election cycle to remind you that you ain't seen nothing yet.I guess that is the reason they call e…

Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazi

UN condemns anti-NGO Bill

FOUR United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs have condemned the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill as infringing on the civil and political rights of Zimbabweans and lamented shrinking democratic space in the country.In Se…

Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Thunderstorms expected

Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected across the country tomorrow, as more moisture is drifting into the country from Zambia.The weather is going to be mostly cloudy and warm across the country.According to the Meteoro…

Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Violent storms to hit the country

LOCALISED heavy rains characterised by violent storms and strong winds are expected in some parts of the country for six consecutive days ending Monday next week.The thunderstorms started yesterday and the Meteorological Service Department…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean economy turns the corner, says CBZ chair

THE current Zimbabwean Government has unshackled the economy and is on the right path to start realizing meaningful returns despite economic headwinds that have hindered economic progress in the past, CBZ Holdings Limited chairman Marc Hol…

Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

5-day destructive rains forecast

SOME parts of the country could be hit by storms that can blow off roofs and uproot trees for five consecutive days up to Wednesday, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warned yesterday.Government has since activated disaster resp…

Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Met department warns of heavy rains

The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned of localised heavy rains in excess of 30 millimetres from today to Wednesday next week along the main watershed and Eastern Highlands.Lightning, strong winds and hailstorm are expecte…

Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 09:50hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter

Liberation war propaganda has lost its aura

SOUTH Africa's African National Congress (ANC) seems headed towards the same route as other African liberation movements which delivered their countries from colonial rule but failed to deliver on the independence promise.Only time will te…

Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 15 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Zimbabwe vaccination drive hits 2 million milestone

The 2 millionth Covid-19 vaccine dose was jabbed into an arm on Thursday afternoon as Zimbabwe's national vaccination programme accelerated even further and once the extra doses yesterday were counted the totals were 1 400 905 first doses …

Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

Captured Malaba is but an appendage to deadly Zanu PF dictatorship - to end it, demand free elections

If you see a log drifting in glass-still waters then it bespeaks of the strong undercurrents or worse, it is a sinister crocodile stalking. Or, as one would say in Shona, "Ukaona vakuru vachipopotedza nembudzi dzarwa, ziva kuti panezvirevo…

Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori

Arthur Mutambara breathing fire over the Constitution amendment

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara is breathing fire over the Constitution Amendment (No.2) Bill, saying it is meant to consolidate power and brazenly restore fully fledged authoritarian rule. The process which resulted in the B…

Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Woman (77) dies, rises thrice before actual death

Imagine being at a funeral wake and the corpse suddenly comes back to life. Visualise the superstition, terror and the chaos. This has been a true-life experience for Sinotsi villagers in Bulilima's Ward 8 in Matabeleland South. Villagers …

Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

USA democracy under the spotlight

The year has started on a bad note with the COVID-19 pandemic taking lives, causing sickness, destroying livelihoods and depriving people of freedoms. It is like starting a new a day under a thick dark cloud. For the wise, there are lesson…

Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:58hrs | 13 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Man commits suicide in front of son

A 29-year-old Pumula South man committed suicide by hanging himself from a roof truss in front of his three-year-old son, police have said. Neighbours were awakened by the screaming boy who was found standing next to the hanging body on Tu…

Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa aims his guns at Zanu-PF land barons

IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa blew a gasket on Wednesday after he learnt that some Zanu-PF bigwigs were allegedly land barons who were using the proceeds of their ill-gotten gains to cause chaos within the ruling party.W…

Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 16:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa threatens to cut loose errant Zanu-PF bigwigs

A LIVID President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zanu-PF bigwigs to be loyal to the party or risk being cut loose, as he bids to contain growing divisions in the former liberation movement.Addressing a Zanu-PF politburo meeting in Harare ye…

Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Heavy rains expected

Heavy storms coupled with localised heavy downpours, strong winds and lightning are expected across the country until Saturday, following the storms across the southern, western and central areas yesterday. The Meteorological Services Depa…

Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's weak opposition falls prey to vultures

CELEBRATING Zimbabwe's main opposition party's 21st anniversary on September 26, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa tweeted: "MDCA 21st anniversary celebrations ... Thank you beloved and fellow citizens for believing in us and the struggle…

Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Gumisai Nyoni

Zimbabwe govt assaults and arrests human rights lawyer

Dear Editor, The president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa is drifting drastically from what he promised to do in his new dispensation. There's need for him to urgently address reforms and let true democracy prevail.  Recently, we have…

Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Esther Munyira

Zimbabwe govt neglect driving citizens across borders

RURAL communities in southern Zimbabwe are bearing the brunt of government neglect, 39 years after independence forcing them to turn to neighbouring South Africa for greener pastures and general upkeep.Many have to travel over 200km to acc…

Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Gloomsters betting on UK democracy failing will lose their shirts' - indeed, nak*d already

"I pay tribute to the fortitude and patience of my predecessor and her deep sense of public service, but in spite of all her efforts, it has become clear that there are pessimists at home and abroad who think after three years of indecisio…

Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori

The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon

I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impeccable global credentials.Unmoved, he stop…

Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:22hrs | 3 | by Zifiso Masiye

Manyika mocks Mnangagwa's 'voodoo economics'

Opposition Build Zimbabwe Alliance leader Noah Manyika has mocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa for introducing what he described as "voodoo" economics anchored on lack of understanding that the economy operates as an integrated system, not…

Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

MDC on diplomatic offensive to force Mnangagwa into talks with Chamisa ONLY

The opposition MDC party has embarked on a diplomatic charm offensive to force Zanu PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government into talks, which the party says should help move the country forward.Chamisa's newly-elected deputy Tenda…

Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Zimbabwe on autopilot, says Mliswa

Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) recently tore into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, claiming the country was now on autopilot and blundering into the unknown.Addressing members from his constituency at Green Acres Farm, …

Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Beer prices have reduced cases of domestic violence

'Wine that gladdens the heart of man'. Beer prices are ever climbing up far away from the hands of many would be imbibers let alone mouths of merry-makers and pub crawlers. Paying tribute to Bacchus the goddess of wine has become a dauntin…

Published: 05 May 2019 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa

Highlanders pummel Dembare Uhuru Cup

Dynaoms 0  - 2 HighlandersUNDERFIRE Dynamos coach Lloyd Chigowe was forced to defend his position after yet another defeat, this time against a free-flowing Highlanders side in the final of the Independence Trophy at the National Spor…

Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

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