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3 people killed in a light aircraft crash in South Africa
Three people on board a light aircraft died when it crashed in South Africa, authorities said Monday.The Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center said it had located the wreckage of the aircraf...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 14:55hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ignore stayaway call
Zimbabweans across the country yesterday overwhelmingly rejected calls for a nationwide stayaway, choosing instead to go about their daily routines as usual. Shops, Government offices, vegetable marke...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's food crisis set to worsen
Zimbabwe is grappling with worsening food shortages as more than half the population faces hunger due to delayed rains and the ongoing effects of drought. The situation is expected to persist during t...Published: 05 Jan 2025 at 14:39hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema is persecuting Bembas, Easterners
POLITICAL commentator Sishuwa Sishuwa has accused President Hakainde Hichilema of using the courts and police to persecute Bemba speakers and Zambians from Eastern Province. In an interview ye...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 10:18hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Sadc leaders send reps to Zimbabwe Summit
Harare is hosting the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit today, with up to 10 heads of state and government sending representatives to the crucial meeting. The summit, ...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe expects cloudy weather, showers as rainy season begins
Zimbabwe is set to experience cloudy conditions with localised showers today as the country gradually transitions into the rainy season, according to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD). Head...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:51hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Schoolchildren in Zimbabwe drop out for lithium mines
In August 2023, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa inaugurated a lithium processing plant in the eastern province of Manicaland, aiming to support operations at the expansive Sabi Star lithium mi...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:30hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says over 300 Zimbabweans have died of cholera
Following reports of over 300 reported cholera-related deaths, Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), has urged the government to prioritize the establishment of well-...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt plunges cities into cholera zones
ZIMBABWE'S approach in addressing a countrywide water crisis has plunged most cities into cholera red zones as infections rise.Health and Child Care minister Douglas Mombeshora this week discussed...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 15:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to contain spread of cholera outbreak
ZIMBABWE has been struggling to contain the spread of a cholera outbreak, with the government announcing measures amid fears of a repeat of its 2008 outbreak that sparked a "national emergency"....Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Disastrous collapse of the country's health sector laid bare
The death of Dr Mthabisi Nembaware, a Zimbabwean medical doctor, in Mutare after a car accident as a result of Mutare Provincial Hospital's lack of an Intensive Care Unit to attend to emergencie...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 12:12hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Truck arson attacks spark sabotage fears in South Africa
South African police said on Wednesday 21 trucks have been torched in a series of mysterious attacks that President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as acts of "economic sabotage".Unknown assaila...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Another Rwandan fugitive confirmed dead
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) yesterday confirmed the death of Phénéas Munyarugarama, one of the remaining fugitives indicted by ...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vigilantism grows in South Africa as citizens tackle unrest
Armed community members and vigilante groups have stepped in to tackle unrest in South Africa, taking matters into their own hands and sometimes stoking violence as security forces struggle to restore...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:47hrs | 2 | by AP
Names can influence one's circumstances
What's in a name, one may ask but surely some traits have a lot reflecting on it. A guy called Nhamo may find it hard to excell in school, let alone prosper in life whilst Millionaire has coin...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 3 | by Tondo Mash Central
Chavhanga excited about new Zimbabwe role
AFTER a remarkable career which saw him rise from humble beginnings in Zimuto to become the fastest rugby player on the planet at the peak of his athletic powers, record-breaking former South Africa s...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:54hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Even politicians will not divide us
ZIMBABWE is currently battling to come to terms with Cyclone Idai-induced devastation and politicians have conveniently taken advantage of the obtaining human suffering to score cheap political goals....Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:33hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News
Mnangagwa announces a 19 point plan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that his government has set up a 19 point plan to assist the victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland.Said Mnangagwa, "We have set up a 19 point plan to...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Army dumps Chipinge pupils?
The Zimbabwe National Army did not rescue pupils at St Charles Luwanga as reported by the Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services journalist Zenzeloe Ndebele has revealed.O...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe energy projects fail to take off
OVER the last five years Zimbabwe's energy regulator has licensed more than 30 independent power producers (IPPs), but only eight of them have taken off and are currently operational.Zimbabwe ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobengula did not disappear
INFORMATION diffused widely in this country after the extermination of the Allan Wilson Patrol by the heroic rear guard of King Lobengula under the command of Mtshana Khumalo was that the last Ndebele...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 4 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Xi hails Mnangagwa as 'old friend of China'
President Xi Jinping greeted Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa as an "old friend" of China on Tuesday (Apr 3) as the African leader visited Beijing, which previously backed his ousted predeces...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 14:45hrs | 2 | by AFP
Zimbabwe resumes diamond auctions
ZIMBABWE conducted a diamond auction sale this month, as production of the precious stones gradually recovers after slumping to an all-time low of less than two million carats from peak levels of 12 m...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe fears Mujuru, Biti coalition
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on Friday betrayed his fear of how the grinding factionalism within the ruling Zanu PF party could cost him in the coming elections, as happened in March 2008.Addressin...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sheep gives birth to human-like creature
Superstitious villagers have been living in fear since a sheep gave birth to a creature that was said by elders to be a half-human half-beast and 'sent by the devil'.Many of the 4,000 resident...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 18:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe gears for retirement
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, on his final political campaign in eastern Zimbabwe on Friday told thousands of supporters that he had delivered political and economic freedom since he came to power in 1980....Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:29hrs | 4 | by Peta Thornycroft
Renaming Mashonaland, Matabeleland and Manicaland Provinces of Zimbabwe
Mashonaland should be renamed Northern Region, Matabeland renamed Southern Region and Manicaland Eastern Region. Provinces named after tribes will not unite Zimbabwe in any way. They only make the ide...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 10:17hrs | 2 | by Gilbert O'Neil Mushure
New private school opens in Chipinge
CHIPINGE - Despite cool and favourable weather conditions as well as a beautiful panorama of Chipinge district, in the south eastern province of Manicaland, Zimbabwes former colonial masters never t...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 13:19hrs | 45 | by George Kuraidza
Did Nikuv hack Zimbabwe's elections? A credible article
In the past three years, a new slang word has come to be popular in the Zimbabwean capital. I've heard it in professional settings and at parties. It's a conjugation of the word nikuv, to say that you...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 11:02hrs | 1 | by Yael Even Or
URGENT - Africa: Graphics Casting Call
A PBS series about the history of Africa which is being presented and written by Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jnr.en.wikipedia.org/wiki...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 19:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
50 killed at wedding attack
At least 50 people have been killed and 94 more wounded in an explosion at a wedding ceremony in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep, near the Syria border.The blast, which occurre...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 06:27hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Gukurahundi - The torment of a people
The independence of Zimbabwe has always been a bitter experience for all well meaning citizens right from the 1980 elections which were stolen by the British and ZANU. Lord Soames, then Go...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 19:16hrs | 1 | by Jacob J D Dube
Dead Chinese child resurect before cremation
A Chinese baby boy who was declared dead and spent the night in a morgue showed signs of life just as he was about to be cremated, local TV reported.Workers at the crematorium in Pan’a...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Beijing (AFP)
Chisumbanje villagers lose cattle to ethanol plant poisoning
Villagers are once more rueing the day the ethanol producing plant in Chisumbanje in the eastern province of Manicaland opened after losing livestock to contaminated water this week.Zimbabwe H...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 07:30hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF youths clash at Grace Mugabe rally
ZANU-PF youths from Harare and Manicaland clashed at First Lady Grace Mugabe's rally at Sakubva Stadium in Mutare yesterday as factionalism in the ruling party reared its ugly head.Police had ...Published: 11 Oct 2014 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Key MDC T official dumps Tsvangirai
MDC T Manicaland Province Treasurer Brian James has immediately resigned from the Morgan Tsvangirai led troubled party.In a letter written to Tsvangirai over the weekend James announced hi...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 23:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Reaching for new heights
Information and communications technology takes agriculture to a new level in Zimbabwe Charles Dhewa loved to write about agriculture, especially soil ...Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 23:17hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Makoni
Kaunda held hostage by President Sata
A thousand hearts bleed for KK as he is helplessly dragged into the dungeon of destruction by President Michael Sata. At best, a shrewd tactician and strategist, Sata is skillful at discerning wh...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 12:44hrs | 6 | by Field Ruwe
1 million cockroaches have escaped from a farm
Beijing - At least one million cockroaches have escaped a farm in China where they were being bred for use in traditional medicine, a report said.The cockroaches fled the facility in Dafeng, ...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 11:36hrs | | by AFP
Zambian govt threatens to revoke radio licenses
The government of Zambia will not tolerate radio stations that are irresponsible in their reporting, especially those that promote anarchy or advance hate speech, Information and Broadcasting Services...Published: 19 Aug 2013 at 11:29hrs | 5 | by Levi Kabwato
New initiative to combat violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo
BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium - The European Union has just endorsed an initiative worth 25 million euros to combat violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite more th...Published: 24 Jul 2013 at 06:07hrs | 8 | by European Commission
Saudi man dies after self-immolation
A Saudi Arabian vegetable seller, who set himself on fire in the capital Riyadh on Thursday to express discontent over social and economic injustices in the kingdom, has died.Saudi media repor...Published: 19 May 2013 at 23:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Car bomb kills 7 people in Iraq
BAQUBA, Iraq - A car bomb struck an Iraqi police checkpoint in a town in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 22, Xinhua reports.The attack occu...Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF's outburst will not guarantee a free and fair election
On Monday the European Union lifted a travel ban on 21 individuals that includes six Zanu-PF ministers as well as one company. The target based sanctions, imposed on Zimbabwe by the West at the height...Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 12:13hrs | | by David Hwangwa
Zambia Alert: Local authorities accused of threatening community media
Several District Commissioners (DCs) in Zambia have been accused of threatening community media, especially radio stations, within their jurisdiction. Threats of licence withdrawals and physical a...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 11:10hrs | | by Jane Chirwa and Levi Kabwato
SADC Troika to discuss Zimbabwe
HARARE - Zimbabwe's Constitution making process will come under spotlight at the next SADC Troika meeting set for next month, chairman and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said....Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women-only city to be constructed in Saudi Arabia
A women-only industrial city dedicated to female workers is to be constructed in Saudi Arabia to provide a working environment that is in line with the kingdom's strict customs....Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time to deconstruct Zimbabwe and welcome the new 'Republic of North South Africa'
...Published: 23 Apr 2012 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Iley Creation Highly Bless in Zimbabwe
&n...Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Lady B Bless
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