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Bulawayo school tests ALL pupils
COVID-19 tests for all the 800 pupils enrolled at Mzilikazi Primary School started yesterday after eight teachers tested positive two weeks ago. Health officials have also started initiative c...Published: 14 hrs ago | 215 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy could have come across as too emotional for some people to appreciate my perspective....Published: 14 hrs ago | 417 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwean woman dies in SA, family appealing for aid to repatriate body
The family of a Zimbabwean woman who died in Pretoria, South Africa last month is appealing for financial aid from well wishers after it has failed to raise 17 000 Rands required by the funeral ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
#SaveOurEducationZw: 5 million voices for 5 million learners
Zimbabwe has a total learner population of almost 5 million, who are enrolled from Early Child Development, (ECD) to Advanced level, (A level). These learners are on the verge of completely losing out...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 15:10hrs | 488 | by ARTUZ
7 robbers pounce on Gweru family
Seven unidentified men pounced on a Gweru family where they robbed and rapped two females yesterday in Gweru.Jabulani Matsveru (51) was seated with her daughter Dephane Matsveru (18 ) and her ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4017 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mthwakazi leader fears for his life
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo said his family is now living in fear of being abducted after suspected Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives were spotted in the vicin...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | 3063 | by Staff reporter
Soldier ties note in full military honour
A BAYONET fixed on a rifle was used to cut the wedding cake that was adorned with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces badge and the national flag. The wedding came as an early Independence Day celebration for...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife interfered with The Herald Editor's job
FORMER Herald Editor, Tichaona Zindoga has opened up on his tough experience when he was at the helm of the state controlled daily where he claims First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa constantly interfered w...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1775 | by Staff reporter
80% pupils fail to access education
OVER 80 percent internally displaced persons' children in cyclone prone areas in eastern Zimbabwe have been struggling to access education, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) has said....Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 18:06hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
13-year-old boy hangs self
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Maphisa, Matobo District in Matabeleland South was found hanging from a tree branch after going missing for five days. Busisa Lunga left home on April 11 around 4PM to r...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Fresh Covid-19 outbreak hits boarding schools
At least 212 children have tested positive to Covid-19 at two boarding schools in Zimbabwe since Friday as the government appealed for help to combat the disease.Information secretary Nick Man...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:27hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere was ready to die
Former Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has spoken in detail about how his family and that of former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo survived an assault on his Harare home by ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 2720 | by Staff reporter
We are like 'stray animals'
According to the United nations High commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), the exact number of stateless people globally is not known.However, the Un refugee Agency estimates that there are many ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:17hrs | 174 | by Amnesty International
Scottish-born, New Zealand-bred rugby star relishing Zimbabwe Sables dance
HE was born in Glasgow in Scotland to Zimbabwean parents, grew up in New Zealand, where he honed his rugby skills at the famed Waikato Rugby Academy, had stints in his native country with the PRO14 si...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
US$4000 to join Zimbabwe Saints
THOSE who harbour ambitions of leading Zimbabwe Saints should be prepared to pay a joining fee of US$4 000.Chikwata registered with the Zifa Southern Region last year but the advent of the cor...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:59hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shall rise again
EMMERSON Mnangagwa, in his message during Zimbabwe's 38th Independence celebrations, months after the coup that removed long-serving leader Robert Mugabe and a few months before his election as ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:54hrs | 205 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe opposition must put its house in order
THE opposition's capacity and chance to defeat Zanu-PF in the 2023 elections is being threatened by squabbles in what should be an alternative. The most urgent thing is for the opposition to put its h...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:33hrs | 681 | by Chief Chiduku
Zimbabwe secretly deploys key special forces to Mozambique
FOLLOWING a recent military siege on the northern Mozambican town of Palma by Islamist insurgents, killing dozens, including a Zimbabwean, while leaving a trail of bloodshed and destruction in its wak...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:28hrs | 4576 | by Staff reporter
Child marriage cases spike in Sanyati
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Maidei Changa (not her real name) struggled to breastfeed her two-month-old baby.Maidei missed Form One at a nearby secondary school in ward 10 under Chief Hozhele in Sanyati...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:40hrs | 497 | by Staff Reporter
Prisoners freed under Presidential Amnesty
SCORES of prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential Amnesty on Tuesday were freed from various prisons yesterday afternoon. Government gazetted the legal instrument that saw s...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 694 | by Staff reporter
Streak resigns from his rebranded academy
THE Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. This follows the resignation of the founder, Streak, the former national team skipper and coach, from the Trust's operations....Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Peeping Tom terror for pregnant landlady
A man from Sizinda suburb who beat up his pregnant landlady after she caught him peeping through the bathroom window while she was bathing has been arrested.A family insider who spoke to B-Met...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:20hrs | 2651 | by Staff reporter
Juju storm: Businessman physically and sexually abuses wife
A Bulawayo businessman is at the centre of a messy intimate-partner abuse storm after his wife sensationally claimed that he was in the habit of physically and sexually abusing her as punishment for "...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | 2821 | by Staff reporter
Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly
Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small are...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1104 | by Eddie cross
Landmark ruling on vehicle plates
GOVERNMENT has been ordered to reimburse motorists who paid for new vehicle registration plates in foreign currency since July last year, but failed to get them.In a landmark ruling on Wednesd...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:52hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Mereki shopping centre set for facelift
GOVERNMENT has pledged to promote one of Harare's outdoor leisure centres, Mereki Shopping Centre, as a domestic tourism hub. This was revealed by Environment minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndl...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
2 pupils murdered, dumped in a toilet pit
TWO Grade 1 pupils from Mbaza Primary School in Nyanga were allegedly killed on their way from school on Tuesday and their bodies were dumped in a disused toilet pit about 2km from the school....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 19:57hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
All about NRL tipping competitions
Most NRL tipping competitions have been ready since early February, and Rugby...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 12:59hrs | 260 | by Staff Writer
Man jailed for sexually abusing a corpse
Harare man who once made headlines sometime in January for sexually abusing a corpse has been jailed for 11 months.Bigman Sipiliano was convicted for violating the corpse's rights and indecent...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 12:41hrs | 2506 | by Shelton Muchena
Is secession the only thing that could free Matabeleland?
KALIQUNYE means "cut it" - in this case, cut the country, divide it. It is a demand for independence by the people of Matabeleland or Mthwakazi Republic Party.what the party is advocating for ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 754 | by Thandekile Moyo
Community service for sexually abusing a corpse
The Harare man who sexually abused a corpse at a funeral early this year, has been sentenced to perform 315 hours of community service at Epworth Police Station. Harare magistrate Mr She...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the 'party'
Namibians have welcomed the return of uninterrupted hunting, following a near-total absence of international hunting in 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic travel bans. As hunting retur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:19hrs | 1190 | by Emmanuel Koro
Police in soup over fatal shooting
A BULAWAYO family has filed a US$436 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and their subordinates following the fatal shooting of a fami...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Government told to fund testing of learners
THE Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCOZ) has urged the government to fund the testing of students and staff in public, boarding and community schools for Covid-19 to curb the continued spread of the v...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:21hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma uses manhood to heal patient
A SELF-STYLED sangoma from Stoneridge in Harare has been arrested on rape charges and allegedly using his manhood to treat a woman who had menstruation problems.Stephen Nyashanu Mabviregudo (3...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2563 | by Staff reporter
Matanga, Sibanda sued for land grab
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Phillip Valerio Sibanda have been taken to court for grabbing a Mazowe farm protected under the Bilateral Investments P...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:28hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Sengwayo son dies after church house assault
THE late founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Portland Oregon, Reverend Morgan Sengwayo's youngest son, Missiondom succumbed to injuries sustained following a brutal attack by thugs at a ch...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma accused of raping teenage client
A self-styled traditional healer yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of raping his teenage client after claiming that the encounter would heal her menstrual problem. Steven Nyasha M...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Cape Town consulate besieged as protesters demand gay rights
AN official at the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town, who would not give his name, refused to sign a memorandum calling for gay rights that was delivered by about 20 people.They had marched from...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:19hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Farmers sue army, police chiefs
GOEDE Hoop Farm proprietors have approached the High Court for a second time seeking to rescind offer letters for land granted to Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Valerio Sibanda and police commissio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:37hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Matiza family to complete late minister's projects
THE family of late Transport minister, Joel Biggie Matiza has set sights on completing projects that were started by their patriarch in his home constituency of Murewa South. Matiza succumbed ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 969 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police outrider's death: Family wants answers
YOUNGER brother to the late police outrider Sergeant Freddy Chipato, who died last week while on VIP traffic clearance duties for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's convoy, has expressed dismay over the ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2444 | by Staff reporter
Police 'harass' mourners to block Chamisa from attending funeral
THERE was drama Saturday night in Chitungwiza when anti-riot police details besieged the funeral of the late popular Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) cleric Tabeth Chiweshe and ordered mourners disperse....Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 3832 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses US$90 000 to lover
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman lost US$88 000 to her lover who allegedly duped her on the pretext that he was investing the money in some businesses in the country. Joseph Tapfu...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1621 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang tortures top Zanu-PF official's wife
THE wife and two children of a senior Zanu-PF official in Kwekwe were last week tortured by machete-armed robbers at the family's home demanding gold.After failing to secure the gold the unide...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man remains missing after Mozambique's Palma terrorist attack
FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, a town of approximately 75,000 r...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader Moyo resurfaces
THE leader of the militant Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), Mqondisi Moyo, last week made his first public appearance after going into 'hiding' for nearly a month fearing arrest.Moyo escaped ar...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Muchadeyi Masunda daughter, Dr Sindi van Zyl dies in hospital
Former Kaya FM presenter, medical doctor and life coach Dr Sindisiwe van Zyl died on Saturday morning at a Gauteng hospital, her family said in a statement today.Dr Sindi was daughter to forme...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Former MP's family narrates armed robbery ordeal
A gang of about five robbers armed with machetes, axes, iron bars and knobkerries allegedly pounced on former Mbizo legislator, Vongaiishe Mupereri's house in Golden Acres in Kwekwe where they got awa...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:41hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
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