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Cambridge English on the go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:47hrs | 562 | by The Language Coach
WATCH: Police fatally beat elderly woman during protests
Police in Harare fatally beat up an elderly lady who during the protests that happened in Harare on Friday. A video footage which has gone viral shows police descending on the protesters and b...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 11:12hrs | 7925 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shangani circumcision teams turn away health partners
Shangani villagers in Chiredzi have shut out all health partners from taking part in this year's circumcision ceremony which started on Sunday, citing intrusion into their culture.The end of t...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commits to pamper military
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to pamper the country's military with salary upgrades and other benefits to cushion them against the skyrocketing cost of living, while urging the rest o...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2082 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC cross swords
DAGGERS have been drawn between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF and the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC over the latter's Friday protests, with Zanu-PF political commissar and Defence deputy mini...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:39hrs | 3127 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC wary of Zanu-PF skulduggery
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC party has said it is going to employ peace marshals and electronically monitor its planned protest next week to guard against possible infiltration and hijacking ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:24hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
7 perish, 40 injured in Heroes accidents
Seven people were killed, while 40 were injured in separate accidents that occurred in Beitbridge and Guruve yesterday.In Beitbridge, seven people died on the spot, and nine were injured when ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:23hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Security guard kills artisanal miner
AN artisanal miner from Kaminza, in Guruve was reportedly fatally shot by a security guard from a private security company in a gold claim dispute on Friday.Sources close to the incident told ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Biti attacks Mthuli Ncube again
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Thursday laid into Treasury chief Mthuli Ncube, dismissing his claims that Zimbabwe had recorded an $800 million budget surplus since the introduction of his Tra...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | 4388 | by newzimbabwe
MDC wary of Zanu-PF tricks
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC party has said it is going to employ peace marshals and electronically monitor its planned protest next week to guard against possible infiltration and hijacking ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner stabbed to death
A Kwekwe artisanal miner was arrested recently after he allegedly stabbed his colleague to death following a dispute over a cellphone and US$10 in Mazowe.Marshal Moyo (23), of Sesombe village ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:29hrs | 1528 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt plots against MDC demo
Government will not brook unlawful demonstrations as law enforcement agents stand ready to resolutely safeguard the peace and tranquillity that currently exists in the country, Home Affairs and Cultur...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
MDC August holiday road safety message to Zimbabwe
Fellow Zimbabweans, it is again the month of August, a month associated with high accident incidences on our highways.The month has seen record high fatalities in the previous years and the MD...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:26hrs | 1179 | by Settlement Chikwinya
Beitbridge records 4 sudden deaths
BEITBRIDGE has in the last seven days recorded four sudden deaths, with two-suspected suicides.An 84-year-old man from Nuli, who cannot be named, allegedly took his life in an apparent case of...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to take Mnangagwa head-on
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says his party is now ready to take President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government head-on and force a lasting solution to the current socio-economic crisis ripping through the na...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:32hrs | 5639 | by Staff reporter
Traffic council bans weekend courses
Motorists are calling on government to reverse the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) ban on weekend defensive driving courses (DDCs) which took effect from Friday last week.According t...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt co-wife killer
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a 33 year-old Masvingo woman who allegedly fatally struck her husband's second wife with a cooking stick following a dispute over household chores. The suspe...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
Man loses eye in fight over beer
Police have arrested two machete-wielding brothers from Shurugwi, who are part of a four-member gang that teamed up and allegedly assaulted three siblings, resulting in one of them losing an eye durin...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Ex-guerillas custodians of economic revolution
The freedom we enjoy today in the Southern Africa region is a product of a generation's sacrifice. The freedom which we have is at a cost of the sacred human life, with some having been deformed perma...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 198 | by Collen Mharadzano
Anger as August 1 victims mark first anniversary of deadly army clampdown
A year after Dzikamai Chivanga was shot by a soldier while in central Harare, the 26-year-old is still struggling with medical bills and can hardly walk.Chivanga is one of scores of people sho...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:21hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
No arrests for Zimbabwean journalist's murder in Cape Town, mom in despair
"To date, no arrests have been made in connection with my son's death and I wonder if the South African Police Service cares at all. I haven't been communicated to, regarding how the investigations ar...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 20:44hrs | 1830 | by ANA
Soldiers deny killing worshipper
THREE 1 Independent Company Zimbabwe National Army soldiers based in Beitbridge, accused of killing a Zimbabwe Christian Church worshipper, Jervas Masvina, yesterday denied the charge when they appear...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 21:53hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Another murder, another funeral
Civil partnership, I don't know whether to cry, laugh or simply throw hands up in the air in despair and disgust. Fellow countrymen is this coming from Zimbabweans or some third hand is forcing it dow...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 3267 | by Thomas Murisa
3 Beitbridge killer soldiers appear in court
THREE members of the Zimbabwe National Army, who allegedly fatally shot a man near their camp in Beitbridge on Saturday, briefly appeared in court yesterday facing a murder charge.Ngqabutho Ko...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Musina residents 'reject' their police
RESIDENTS of Musina, South Africa's northernmost town bordering Zimbabwe, last week demonstrated against their police's alleged general dereliction of duty in the wake of rising crime such as murder a...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
When 'skinning a live snake' is not working
SOON after Fortune Chasi was sworn in as Energy minister in May, he admitted that the country was in a rut. In spelling out his immediate plan to avert power shortages, Chasi vowed to skin a live snak...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1230 | by Cliff Chiduku
Beitbridge killer soldiers arrested
BEITBRIDGE police have arrested three members of the Zimbabwe National Army attached to the 1 Independent Company in the border town on allegations of fatally shooting a worshipper near their camp on ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1581 | by Staff reporter
Soldier kills Beitbridge worshipper
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army Beitbridge 1 Independent Company at dusk on Saturday allegedly fatally shot a worshipper at a prayer site close to their camp in the border town.Two of t...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2892 | by Staff reporter
6 killed in horror accident
Six people died after a head-on collision between a Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus and a Honda Jersey at the 58 kilometre peg along the Gweru-Masvingo road near Chachacha Shopping Centre this Sunday mo...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 19:06hrs | 7138 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop on life jail freed
THE Supreme Court has acquitted an ex-top police detective who was serving life imprisonment for fatally shooting a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a gold mine in Fort Rixon in Matabelela...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:24hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Killer pilot to be behind bars for 20 years
AN Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot who fatally assaulted his Gweru-based girlfriend last year for allegedly cheating on him with his colleague was yesterday sentenced to an effective 20 years in jail. ...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:19hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
World must be patient with Zimbabwe on reforms - SB Moyo
SINCE taking over power from long-time leader Robert Mugabe in a military coup in 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sought to end Zimbabwe's pariah status through an international re-engagement p...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:26hrs | 1318 | by Staff report
Supreme Court slashes money due from fatal accident nurse
THE Supreme Court has slashed an award of US$16 525 which was granted as compensation for loss and funeral expenses to the family of a nine-year-old boy who was fatally knocked down by a Gwanda nurse....Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 07:52hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Fatal accident nurse fights High Court ruling
A GWANDA nurse who fatally knocked down a nine-year-old boy has approached the Supreme Court challenging a decision by the High Court ordering her to pay the deceased's parents US$16 525 as compensati...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
20 passengers survive death by a whisker
Twenty passengers aboard a Mwayera bus survived death by a whisker when the bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident near Marondera. The Mwayera bus which was coming from Marang...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:42hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
ZRP warns against mob justice
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday urged citizens to desist from taking the law into their own hands by meting out instant justice on crime suspects, saying it had contributed to the spike i...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2003 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, spare us those hikes
While ordinary Zimbabweans are bearing the brunt of the high cost of living following the recent fuel price hikes, the situation could get tougher if indications by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube are a...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 990 | by Editorial - Newsday
'Killer' pilot's trial finally kicks off
THE trial of an Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot who allegedly brutally murdered his Gweru-based girlfriend last year finally kicked off at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday. The trial of Tashinga M...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father to save marriage
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Mberengwa allegedly fatally axed his 72-year-old father and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft to save his marriage which his father was against. Lonias Jojo (25) a...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Son kills dad, dumps body in mine shaft
A 25-year-old man from Mberengwa fatally struck his 72-year-old father with an axe and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft because the father was opposed to his marriage. Midlands police p...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:16hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Fatal stabbing in church
A 24-year-old Masvingo man allegedly fatally stabbed a fellow congregate with a knife during a prayer vigil following a dispute over badly cooked relish, police have confirmed. Tinos Mud...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 2278 | by Staff reporter
Revisiting the Beitbridge-Harare highway
The state of the Beitbridge-Harare (A4) Highway is now a cause for concern as the number of human fatalities grows by each day due to deadly accidents in the narrow strip that links Zimbabwe and South...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 2144 | by Victor Bhoroma
Witchcraft-accused father axed to death
Police in Chegutu have arrested a 33-year-old man for fatally axing his father whom he accused of bewitching him. Edmore Muzeza of Sable Park Farm compound killed his father Mr Temba Smart Muz...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe drawn into army uniform saga
A Zimbabwe National Army official from the artillery division, Fungai Previous Makoni, who was named as the source of the army uniform which was used by a Zanu-PF youth to terrorise residents during t...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:19hrs | 2836 | by Staff reporter
Axe wielding Muzarabani man beheads senior citizen
In a bizarre incident that has left people of Muzarabani terrified, a 21 year well known mentally challenged man last week allegedly beheaded a 79 year old man from the same village over a misundersta...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 22:23hrs | 2147 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kombi crash survivor sues for $30 000
A MAN from Gweru who survived when a commuter omnibus he was travelling in was involved in a fatal accident that claimed 10 lives, is suing the driver and the owner of the vehicle for more than US$30 ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
'Taming the Shrew' - Deaths on our Roads
Driving in Harare and in the highways of Zimbabwe has become distressful. Recent reports of high profile road traffic deaths refer. The traffic chaos has become a 'shrew.' There is urgent need to 'tam...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1312 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Hubby kills wife over Ecocash
A Harare man has been arrested after he murdered his wife during an argument over an Ecocash amount. Zimbabwe Republic Police said the 41 year old man killed his 27 year old wife in Hatf...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 09:54hrs | 9746 | by Mandla Ndlovu
$100 000 Good Samaritan only gets a 'Thank you' and $0?
THE security company whose money and pistols were retrieved by a Good Samaritan when its cash-in-transit vehicle was involved in a fatal accident near Lupane has thanked the man who helped them. ...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
Man dies from fractured skull in hit and run
An unidentified man died from a fractured skull and arm in a hit and run incident in Bulawayo on Saturday night, police have confirmed.The man, according to the police, was hit by a yet o be i...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 14:47hrs | 3571 | by Staff Reporter
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