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I am suffocating and sick of crying
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 28 | by Tafi Mhaka
Job Sikhala pens another letter from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has penned another letter from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where he says he is being crucified by the regime of President...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Clive Chigubu last joke mocked Zim health system'
It begins with a C. It isn't Clive or Chigubu. It's cancer. That he was in pain and couldn't get medical attention should never escape our minds. That he had been booked for an appointment and arrived...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 4 | by Robert Mukondiwa
There can never be any genuine unity in Zimbabwe without justice for Gukurahundi genocide victims
Yesterday I was watching a very touching true crime television program on a cold-blooded murder that remained unsolved for over twenty years - eventually ...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 07:27hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANLA/ZANU did not liberate Matabeleland
To say that ZANU and it's razmataz armed wing, ZANLA, liberated Matabeleland and therefore are our leaders, comrades or heroes, is as good as claiming that the Rhodesian Army and government liberated ...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:20hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Teen mum throws baby into croc-infested river
IN an incident that has shocked villagers, a teen mother from Nyevedzanai Village in Chivi District, Masvingo Province allegedly threw her two-year-old baby into the crocodile-infested Tugwi River fol...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicide man announces imminent death
A TORMENTED man from Mbonqane on the outskirts of Bulawayo died after he allegedly drank poison and approached his father to tell him about his imminent death.Mxolisi Nyoni (34) of Island Farm...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP congratulates 'King' Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo
Mthwakazi Republic Party has congratulated King Bulelani Lobhengula Khumalo on the occasion of his inauguration as the 3rd King of Mthwakazi people, after his great grandfather King Lobhengula Khumalo...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
What government awaits Zimbabwe next week?
How is it that with such a long, rich history of pain, and deep experience of heartbreak, abuse and lies, smart girls still fall for the lies of cheap confidence tricksters and con-lovers? How is it, ...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:37hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
The 1979 Grandplan from a women's perspective
I have read the so called Shona's 1979 Grand Plan, each time I finish reading it I find myself getting emotional. I ,being a Christian sometimes I find myself praying and meditating against the Spirit...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Presia Ngulube
African politics: Why corruption grows more than reduce in nations developing? (part one)
International Transparency defines corruption as… the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. It can be classified as grand, petty and political, depending on the amounts of money lost and the se...Published: 23 May 2018 at 19:02hrs | | by Andrew Manyevere
Fundamental difference between a German domestic worker and a Zimbabwean domestic worker
It is not so much the labour rights: it is the minimum wages and human rights that the German Domestic servants enjoy in this great country to unlimited proportions. When I was a student in 1985 at th...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tsvangirai not my hero, says Mthwakazi activist
A Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said late MDC-T leader MNorgan Tsvangirai is not his hero describing the claim as deceptive and serious manipulation of facts."The perception out ther...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Prayer of a concerned citizen
MAY THE SWORD OF GOD'S JUDGEMENT CONTINUE ITS PURGE OVER ZIMBABWE…!Father God, even in this time of jubilation over the fall of a man who was now seen as a symbol of that which traumatised, ...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:39hrs | 4 | by Concerned Citizen
One revolutionary bullet and a tank full of commandos for my mother
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Tafi Mhaka
Man beat dad to death
A BINGA man who fatally assaulted his father following a dispute has been sentenced to an effective three years in jail. Anyway Mudenda (25) of Pashu area who was initially charged with murder in conn...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Mugabe/Mnangangwa battle is overdue and attractive to international politics: Is it in the National Interest Though?
"1 - Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider and behold our reproach. 2 - Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3 - We are orphans an...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 10:06hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Man's balls explode after bedding a married woman
A BULAWAYO woman claims her brother died because he slept with a fenced woman.Patience Ndlovu told B-Metro that her brother Ndodana's testicles swelled up like a balloon before they exploded a...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai warned on Mugabe Gukurahundi immunity
The Bulawayo24.com article entitled 'Tsvangirayi pledges to protect Mugabe against Gukurahundi prosecution' of May 22, 201...Published: 23 May 2017 at 09:42hrs | | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Christians should stand against oppression and injustice
As Pastor Evan Mawarire's trial continues today, the ever-persistent question of a Christian's role in standing up against oppression and injustice continues to dog society.Should Christians b...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 12:19hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Settled rebellion is incurable
The people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, ... we wot not what is become of him. Exodus 32:1....Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 12:31hrs | | by Nkomo Bhekinkosi
God's protective cloud in the desert
Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us? Exodus 14:11.There is a lesson of the greatest importance f...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 18:31hrs | | by Mthulisi Ndlovu
We must labor for time and eternity
He smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. Exodus 12:27.Eternal interests are at stake with every one of us. We shall all be tried and tempted. -Our trials and temptations will always d...Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 14:46hrs | | by Mthulisi Ndlovu
ZPRA Veterans 'undress' Mugabe, and blames Zanu-PF
ZPRA Veterans Association Speech Johannesburg Wednesday 21st March 2017 Salaam Alaykum brothers and sisters / Mabuyani/ SalibonaniThank you for ...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 10:52hrs | 2 | by ZPRA Veterans Association
Fighting for the women equity rights and freedoms: the patriarchal women are to blame! Making the cause long and painful!
Dear Nimi Princewill, The problem here is not the men-folk who are oppressing us women so successfully but it's the women who are letting other women down dear Nimi! We need to fight those wom...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 18:47hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Mthwakazi Republic Party disheartened that Gukurahundi is still happening
Mthwakazi Republic Party has expressed its displeasure hat the Gukurahundi which was launched in Matabeleland in the 1980s is still happening.The party expressed its concerns during anniversar...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Good morning Brethren
TODAY'S WORDPsalms 146:7 -9 Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD gives freedom to the prisoners.The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises ...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Bhekinkosi Nkomo
Good morning Brethren
*TODAY'S WORD*Deut 26:12 "When you have finished laying aside all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 11:35hrs | | by Bhekinkosi Nkomo
Absence of justice in society always lead to chaos- Linda Masarira
Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance activist Linda Tsungirirai Masarira has said the absence of justice in a society always leads to trouble and chaos.She said Zimbabwe is filled with massive ...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 05:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bayethe poet wins in Mpumalanga
Johannesburg - The Bayethe Music Production and Promotion company (A division of Bayethe Media), has finally secured a space in the December trending arts news through its award winning poet Gugulethu...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 16:07hrs | | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
In reponse to Cde Rutanhire's Sunday mail article 'Mujuru exposed'
Dear RutanhireIam a 30 year old Patriotic Zimbabwean. Since Iam so patriotic, let me start by reminding you sir that Sally H Mugabe was the first female to be buried at the national heroes shr...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 16:00hrs | | by Mangosuthu Mbele
31% paternity tests expose woman cheats
THIRTY-ONE percent of paternity tests done at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) over the past 15 months came out negative. This exposes some women as cheats who try to force men...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 12:06hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
The citizen's prayer: (day 1) deliver us from evil
Father in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, look at the evil that we are subjected to as the citizens of Zimbabwe. You said in Jeremiah 1 v 12 that you 'watch over your word to perform it...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 01:19hrs | | by Sibangilizwe Madlela
Approaching International Women's Year 2016: We join hands in celebration with Mnumzana Albert Nyathi and Patson Dzamara
We are nearing the month March with loads of social events, among many other important events; we shall be celebrating the international women's year. We reflect our successes and failures in our resp...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 21:09hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Orphaned Zimbabwe teenage girls break into professional Mbira circles
INSTEAD OF COWERING down to intergenerational transmission of poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination, two outstanding Zimbabwean teenage girls from Harare's poor Ruwa African Township have da...Published: 16 Jan 2016 at 17:55hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai in Harare
Zimbabwe heads of Christian denominations pander to Mugabe
So-called Heads of Christian Denominations off the Mark We, the Zimbabwe Christian Prophetic Voice, are a group of Christians from different denom...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 14:47hrs | | by Zimbabwe Christian Prophetic Voice
I can't scientifically explain how God sent me to Britain from Zimbabwe
Science works on proof. But, I have no explanation how, as a rural raised Zimbabwean boy, I ended up living in Britain. I know, however that, scientifically, when human beings evolved from Homo ...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 13:10hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Gugurahundi devoured my bi-ethnic background - Pt 1
My name is Mandlakayise and I was born in 1970, the second last born in the family born in Gwelo. I am bilingual, my mother is Shona and my father is Ndebele and we are five in the family. My fath...Published: 22 May 2015 at 15:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from eBook 'Sweetmother'
Brutal purging of Mujuru is clear Machiavellian politics by Mugabe
The brutal purging of ex-Vice President Joice Mujuru and those perceived to be supporting her is clear Machiavellian politics being played by President Robert Mugabe, his controversial wife Grace ...Published: 05 Apr 2015 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are not debating with you Nathaniel Manheru
Last week I responded in part to Nathaniel Manheru's article of December 27 in which he described the people of Matabeleland as cry babies and described the Gukurahundi atrocities of theeighti...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 04:16hrs | 5 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
Timely boost for Roodeport disaster community
The little communities of the otherwise quiet Jabulisa and Setshankwe villages of Nkayi North at the boundary with Gokwe South will never forget the 8th of March 2014. This is the day when 18 bodies ...Published: 12 Jul 2014 at 09:29hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
San language faces extinction, only 4 people speak the language
ONLY four people in the country speak Tshwao, a language spoken by the San people, amid fears the language is on the brink of extinction. Mthandazo Vundla, a headman from Sifulasengwe Sinqinya...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 13:05hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Jilted man shoots 2 dead
TWO Dete men were on Tuesday night allegedly shot dead after intervening in a bid to stop a fight between a man and his ex-wife.The shooting case was reported in the Lubimbi area of Matindili ...Published: 23 May 2014 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO frustrating ex-Zipras in Mashonaland West
The Central Intelligence Organisation is reportedly frustrating efforts by ex-Zpra cadres to conduct programmes in Mashonaland west programmes where the PF Zapu military wing operated in the liberatio...Published: 21 Apr 2014 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Kindness Paradza must apologise for 'ZIPRA babies' statement
In the interest of tolerance and national unity, Kindness Paradza should have carefully considered his statement in Parliament when he said that women in his constituency of Makonde were left wi...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 08:30hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo (Facebook update)
Woman gives birth, hides pre-mature baby in handbag
A 19-year-old woman believed to be a maid will spend the next nine months in prison after she gave birth to a pre-mature baby and put it in a wardrobe.The baby later died due to the conditions...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
TB Joshua: How to celebrate my 50th birthday
Renowned Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua turns 50 on Wednesday June 12th 2013. In his characteristically unconventional style, he has called for the focus of the celebration to be redirected towards care ...Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 05:10hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku - freelance Nigerian Journalist
Woman buries 'fatherless' son alive
A 19-year-old Zvimba woman who gave birth to a baby boy before taking him to a garden where she buried him alive has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for infanticide.However, magistra...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai should not contest presidential elections without credible public HIV test given his 'sexual promiscuity': Prof Moyo
According to state media 'Sunday Mail', Zanu-PF Politburo member and MP for Tsholotsho North Professor Jonathan Moyo said PM Tsvangirai should not contest the forthcoming presidential election wit...Published: 19 Dec 2011 at 00:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbo Effect in the Diaspora
For the past few years, several Zimbabweans have been deported from the United Kingdom, Canada, USA and other so called first world countries after failing to get asylum permits. The illegal ...Published: 07 Dec 2011 at 06:26hrs | | by Munyaradzi Zengeza
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