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Tuku 'son' cannot use family name
THE late music superstar and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi's alleged son, Aaron Chaka, has suffered a blow after the High Court struck off the roll his application seeking an order compelling t...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:18hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean authorities remove 7 universities from accredited list
The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has announced the removal of seven universities in India and Cyprus from its official list of accredited institutions. This decision comes in the wak...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:17hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Two nabbed in Lupane for unlawful ivory possession
Police in Matabeleland North Province apprehended two suspects at Fatima Business Centre in Lupane for the illegal possession of ivory.Appearing before the Hwange Magistrate Court on Saturday ...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 08:05hrs | 3 | by Peter Matuka
Mnangagwa unwittingly creating a future president in Sikhala through his persecution!
This morning, my eyes could not move from the image of opposition activist Job Sikhala as he disembarked from a prison truck. This was on his arrival for his conviction hearing two days ago, w...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 19:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What constitutionalism when citizens barred from exercising their rights?
It was quite curious listening to the Chief Justice of Zimbabwe Luke Malaba urge Zimbabweans to respect constitutionalism. He made these comments at the occasion to mark the opening of the 202...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 15:29hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Real estate agent arrested for US$16k fraud
A real estate agent appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera facing fraud charges amounting to US$16 670.Godwin Khulame (29) was remanded in custody to December 14 for bail ruling....Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 06:04hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Why did Ngarivhume spend 8 months in jail without prima facie evidence?
Finally, Zimbabwe opposition activist Jacob Ngarivhume has been released from jail. This was after languishing behind bars for the past eight months – as part of a three-year sentence in Apr...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 16:38hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
UZ students turn to High Court
EIGHT students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) have approached the High Court seeking an order to declare that their banning from contesting in Student Representative Council (SRC) elections by the...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent cleric in messy divorce over bed-hopping
Prominent preacher Frederick Shumba, founder of World Harvest Ministries in Norton, has been divorced by his wife of 32 years, who accuses him of having many adulterous affairs.The couple's di...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Dingani-Nelukoba appeals for restoration of his area
Chief Dingani-Nelukoba of Mabale in Hwange District has called upon the government to reconsider the boundaries of his chiefdom, citing a significant reduction in its size due to encroachments by neig...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 14:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Insimbi ZeZhwane honoured
The upcoming seventh edition of the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards (BAA) goes beyond mere celebration; it serves as a heartfelt tribute. This year, the BAA aims to pay homage to the late members of the tal...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu killed Insimbi Zezhwane band members?
Leader of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) Mqondisi Moyo, has made sensational claims that the late Insimbi ZeZhwane musicians, ' Mpofu ‘Ma Eli' Mathe and Thembinkosi ‘Maviri' Mpofu were killed ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ma Eli, Maviri stock rises after death
RESEARCH has shown that most artistes found fame after death and that during their lifetime, they would have no commercial success and very little recognition. Despite the fact that most artis...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa confers Insimbi ZeZhwane duo with liberation heroes status
President Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status on the late Insimbi ZeZhwane musicians, Elvis "Ma Eli" Mathe and Thembinkosi "Maviri" Mpofu.The pair died last Saturday morning in a ho...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Condolence message on death of Insimbi Zezhwane members
The entire Freedom Alliance family is deeply sorry and saddened by the untimely passing on of Elvis 'Ma Eli' Mathe and Thembinkosi 'Maviri' Mpofu who were members of the Insimbi ZeZhwane Music Group. ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:50hrs | 18 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube
Insimbi ZeZhwane lead vocalist, MaEli, drummer Mavhiri die
Insimbi ZeZhwane lead vocalist and lead guitarist Elvis "MaEli" Mathe has succumbed to injuries of an accident the band was involved in along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road (Fatima High School turn ...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 18:33hrs | 40 | by Staff reporter
Fresh hurdle on Zimbabwe elections
HIGH Court judge Fatima Chakapamambo Maxwell on Friday ruled that Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda be drawn into a case filed by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) on behalf of the Labour, Ec...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 09:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
JSC appoints Electoral Court judges, 5 out of 35 have Ndebele surnames
The Judicial Service Commission has appointed 35 High Court judges and 76 magistrates in all 10 provinces to arbitrate in electoral disputes and ensure rapid trial for political violence over the next...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highway pothole patching begins
GOVERNMENT has started rehabilitating the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway starting with badly damaged sections that will be resurfaced. Bitumen World, which is already on site,...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
HIV transmission case stopped at High Court
THE High Court has stopped the prosecution of a Harare woman who is facing a charge of deliberately infecting her partner with HIV.Lindiwe Ndhlovu was arrested in March 2022 and charged with d...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Cde Chiukira drops Mnangagwa's name to swindle Zimfep schools
Open letterTo whom it may concern Challenges faced by Zimfep Schools because of Gideon Chiukira (Director of Coordination)Zimfep stands for Zimbabwe Foundation for Education with Produ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 09:32hrs | 40 | by Concerned parents
SA faces largest exodus of Zimbabweans
A country which was once looked at as a place of refuge and possible safe haven for Zimbabwean nationals, is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the largest exoduses of Zimbabweans this year....Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car thief caged 10 years
An unlicensed driver who stole a relative's Mercedes-Benz in Bindura and drove to Bulawayo was sentenced to 10 years behind bars by a Bindura magistrate today.Alington Ambulance (24) will howe...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 12:58hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
9 cattle dead as haulage truck ploughs into herd
A HAULAGE truck ploughed into a herd of cattle in Chimwara area near Halfway along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, killing nine beats in the process.The news crew was told that the accident ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 boarding schools under full Covid-19 lockdown
FATIMA and George Silundika High schools have been temporarily turned into isolation centres and put under full lockdown as the Government works to contain Covid-19 cases at the two Matabeleland North...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fatima High teachers refuse to test for Covid-19
SOME teachers at Fatima High School in Lupane District in Matabeleland North allegedly refused to be tested for Covid-19 following a recent outbreak of the virus at the school.The positive cas...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robayi bash, injure UZ students during flash protest over fee hike
Police, popularly known as orobayi, Monday beat up and injured three female University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students who were part of a group of 14 learners arrested during a flash campus protest over a s...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Hero Cont Mhlanga memorial set for tomorrow
THE memorial service for the late arts doyen Cont Mhlanga will be held tomorrow at the Amphitheatre in Bulawayo, before a drive through the city in his honour ahead of his burial in Lupane, Matabelela...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Who will Continue your work?
INTABA enkulu idilikile sums up the impact of the death of one of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga.Cont (64) died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after be...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga mourned
One of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga, died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after being admitted 10 days ago.He was 64.His family said he succum...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Command burial as Chiwenga presides over chief's burial
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga is today expected to preside over the burial of Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane at his rural home in Jotsholo, Matabeleland North. President Mnangagwa yesterday ac...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mabhikwa: cause of death revealed
The late Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane lost a lot of blood after being involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck on Sunday night leading to his death, his family has said, citing post-mortem res...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer drinkers church: when the love of God and booze meet
THE inviting, melodious echoes flow downhill as we make the final ascend.In the absence of musical instruments to enhance output, they use their palms to issue out some rhythmic claps which bl...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Condolence message for the Late Chief Mabhikwa- Vusumuzi N. Khumalo
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Honorable Senator Monica Mutsvangwa joins His Excellency, President Dr. E.D Mnangagwa and the nation at large in mourning the passing o...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare ankle breaker ready to foot the bill
THE last time they played Highlanders at Barbourfields, Bill Antonio was off-colour. Castle Lager Premiership football giants Dynamos usually turn to the youngster when the chips are down. ...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bona wins Mugabe reburial case
HIGH Court judges of appeal on Thursday ruled in favour of the late former President Robert Mugabe's children who are challenging the exhumation of their father's remains for re-burial at the National...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa retains majority of MDC Alliance seats
THE recently-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa grabbing 22 National Assembly seats out of the 28 which were up for grabs, while the Douglas Mwonzora-led party failed to ...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eats into Chamisa's strongholds
THE newly established Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) emerged the biggest winner in the Saturday by-elections after winning in 22 of the 28 National Assembly seats, official results announced by t...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly backs 'striking' teachers
PARLIAMENTARIANS yesterday asked the government to urgently address the plight of teachers after the Public Service Commission suspended thousands of teachers and embarked on recruitment exercis...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt's move to suspend teachers illegal, says court
THE High Court Wednesday ruled that the move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to suspend striking teachers from work without pay was illegal.The minister of Primary and Secondary E...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Blanket suspension of teachers moronic
GOVERNMENT'S treatment of its workers, specifically teachers, is proof of moronic leadership that has failed to appreciate how its own destructive policies have impacted the ordinary person.Te...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Evelyn Ndlovu
Govt to replace striking teachers with college graduates
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to expel all striking teachers and school heads who fail to report for duty by Tuesday next week and replace them with college graduates and unemployed trained educator...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Awol teachers considered resigned, says PSC
Teachers who do not report for duty by Tuesday next week or those attending but not doing their work will be deemed to have resigned and are supposed to vacate institutional accommodation immediately,...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School heads, teachers approach High Court over suspension
SCHOOL heads yesterday said they had approached the High Court to challenge the suspension of all educators who have not been reporting for work citing incapacitation.Amalgamated Rural Teacher...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Farmer arrested for letting cattle into neighbour's fields
A 65-YEAR-OLD farmer from the Fatima area of Lupane district has been arrested for leading his herd of cattle to go and feed at his neighbour's fields as revenge after the latter's cattle broke ...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host ICC WC again
ZIMBABWE will co-host the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2027 alongside South Africa and Namibia, the International Cricket Council have announced. The ICC confirmed the decision yesterday, after...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official in court for armed robbery
A Zanu-PF official who was arrested for the alleged hijacking, at gunpoint, of two Zambian haulage trucks which were transporting copper to South Africa was on Friday further remanded in custody....Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official arrested over copper-laden trailers hijacking
A SENIOR Zanu-PF Filabusi district official has been arrested over the hijacking of two Zambian copper trucks in the Dete area in Matabeleland North province, which were later discovered parked at his...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
School in trouble over seized 'O', 'A' Level results
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has taken authorities at Fatima High School, Matabeleland North, to task for withholding Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination results for two stud...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fury as South Africa exports J&J vaccines to Europe, starving Africa
Health activists in Africa have slammed Johnson & Johnson for exporting vaccines produced in South Africa to countries in Europe, which have already immunised large numbers of their people and hav...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 11:47hrs | | by AP
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