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'Bulawayo looking like a growth point'
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has raised alarm over the worsening state of urban cleanliness and the sharp rise in illegal street vending, which has begun spreading from the central business distric...Published: 10 May 2025 at 14:20hrs | 7539 | by Staff reporter
We need to reset Zimbabwe
IT'S undeniable that Zimbabwe, as a country, needs change.This is not about delving into politics, but rather about reaching a consensus as leaders and people where we agree to work together....Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:46hrs | 1042 | by Jonah Nyoni
Why Transparency International’s flagship Corruption Index falls short
For nearly 20 years, Transparency International has published a Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries (176 last year) according to how corrupt they are perceived to be by a small group of ...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:54hrs | 246 | by Alex Cobham
How smartphones have changed gaming
You'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't carry a smartphone with them everywhere they go. Smartphones have become an indispensable part of our daily lives and have become much more than tools...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 11:33hrs | 231 | by Staff Reporter
Mpilo Hospital faces surge in child deaths
Child mortality statistics at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo increased between January and March before decreasing in April this year, despite reassurances from the Ministry of Health and Child Ca...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:57hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Minister blasts civil servants
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister, Judith Ncube yesterday blasted slothful civil servants in the province as she demanded servant leadership from public officers.Minister Ncu...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ulunyoka, the spell that binds love and punishes betrayal
IN the shadowed corners of tradition lies the practice of ulunyoka - a spellbinding ritual that binds a spouse to fidelity with consequences dire enough to stir the soul. This ancient art of "centrall...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:43hrs | 77 | by Leonard Ncube
Zimbabwe scraps online nurses' recruitment
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has scrapped the centralised nurses' online application system in an effort to decentralise the recruitment of nurses and cater for applicants from across the cou...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zec captured'
LOCAL policy think-tank, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), has claimed that Zanu-PF captured the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to rig elections.ZDI red flagged the composition of t...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How to minimize stress at work
Work stress is inevitable, and there are some aspects of any job that can create tension. But long-term exposure to these stressors can lead to burnout and other undesired consequences for employees....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 16:15hrs | 99 | by Staff Reporter
Will the next ZANU PF leader call Mnangagwa a 'dimwit'?
The ruling ZANU PF is always full of drama, which never ceases to amaze, if not bemuse.So, after current President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's monumental failure to resuscitate the country's...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 13:05hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
War against Bulawayo's litterbugs
A non-governmental organisation, Sisonke Working Together Trust Bulawayo together with the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) are waging a war against litterbugs to control pollution in the city....Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in 24 metre suicide plunge
A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Gweru jumped to his death from a 24-meter-high Gweru City Council water reservoir for unknown reasons.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko c...Published: 14 May 2023 at 12:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Killers must be amputated'
SOME citizens feel that the death penalty should be revoked, but are proposing a gory punishment of having murderers amputated.This came out during public consultations on the death penalty by...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fans ecstatic about Madinda return
A majority of Highlanders Football Club's followers have hailed management's decision to engage club legend Madinda Ndlovu as first team and director of junior development.Bosso followers beli...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Agriculture Minister warns lazy farmers
AGRICULTURE Minister, Anxious Masuka, has called on farmers under-utilising land to consider joint ventures with investors or risk revocation of offer letters.Masuka, who was commenting on agr...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans being swindled of millions by foreigners due to lies about sanctions
In their relentless shameless attempts at portraying every little problem faced by ordinary Zimbabweans as being a result of so-called 'sanctions imposed on the country' - the Zimbabwe government has ...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 15:32hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police target street vending pickup trucks
Police in Bulawayo has launched an operation to remove all pickup trucks being used for street vending, which are disrupting the smooth flow of traffic. Bulawayo Metropolitan province police s...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex on wheels: Cheated hubby loses marbles
Residents in Maphisa were on Tuesday last week treated to free and unrehearsed reality street theatre when a jilted man busted his wife in the act in her car with her boyfriend at 3am outside a superm...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 19:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Engineer Simela Dube laid to rest
THE late Bulawayo City Council (BCC) Director of Engineering Services Engineer Simela Dube epitomised humility and tackled Bulawayo service delivery challenges head on.Through his innovations,...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Ginimbi
People make their names for different things, good or bad.There are others, though, who attain fame naturally, without much effort, larger-than-life characters of our time.You can say ...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | 64 | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
What are the norms of talking with strangers online?
In this day and age, you can literally do almost everything over the internet, from ordering food to making money to making new friends, all of this can be done with the help of the internet. When you...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 15:48hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities
Pan-African businessman and billionaire entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, who is also the African Union's Special Envoy in the fight against COVID, talks about how he led the creation of the Africa Medica...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | | by Agencies
Every Zimbabwean can be very rich without political inclination
I was going through my WhatsApp messages and my eyes were blinded by this message below. I felt it will be helpful to all of us if we are to read. I stole some of the advices.Many times I am c...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Kombi crews plot attack on police
SOME rowdy pirate kombi crews operating in Bulawayo are reportedly plotting to attack traffic police officers at their homes in retaliation for skirmishes that occurred in the city centre last Wednesd...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly not pressing case against Mliswa, Mbondiah
Parliament will not take action against legislators Ms Memory Mbondiah of the MDC-T and Mr Temba Mliswa, an independent, whose row forced the Public Accounts Committee to adjourn its meeting early on ...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MDC legislator slaps Mliswa in Parly
There was drama in Parliament yesterday after MDC-T legislator, Ms Memory Mbondiya slapped outspoken Norton legislator, Mr Temba Mliswa forcing the Public Accounts Committee meeting to disband. ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele Mayor is dismally failing Bulawayo: Why is the Bulawayo Residence Association mum about BCC discrepancies?
Without the former deputy mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Karambani, the senior executives in the City Council are failing to eradicate corruption in the city. The BCC is once again in the headlines today f...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:35hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Leaders should lead by example
The much-talked scandal of our vice president is less expected of him. While vice president's social life should be separated from his office I personally finds it very disheartening to find someone f...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:13hrs | 4 | by Isaac Nkomah
Gwaradzimba's death opens a can of worms
On the 15th January 2021 Zimbabwe lost another politician Ellen Gwaradzimba who was a Zimbabwean politician and Zanu-PF member. At the time of her death, she was Manicaland Provincial Affairs Mi...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man commits suicide in front of son
A 29-year-old Pumula South man committed suicide by hanging himself from a roof truss in front of his three-year-old son, police have said. Neighbours were awakened by the screaming boy who was found ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Struggling millionaires
HIS nickname, which I find a bit harsh, is Poor Millionaire. I prefer calling him just SP - for Struggling Peter.He shares a small cabin with his younger brother at an illegal settlement adjac...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Black Edward
Chiwenga solidly behind Mnangagwa?
WAR veterans say talk of a rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, ahead of Zanu-PF's district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections and the national 2023 pol...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 16:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC comes under fire for corruption in local authorities
ZIMBABWE has once again come under the spotlight over an alleged human rights crisis. Civil society groups, churches, political organisations in and outside the country have slammed President Emmerson...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How to recover after getting rejected for a personal loan
A lender turning down your personal loan application can be a serious blow to your finances. If it was your last option, you'll be in a more difficult position, especially if the situation is urgent s...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Govt mulls new pension fund
GOVERNMENT is set to launch a pension fund similar to South Africa's Public Investment Corporation (PIC) in the last quarter of the year, Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has sai...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo apologises for failure to deliver on Gwanda solar project
FLAMBOYANT businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo whose company was in 2015 awarded a tender and paid US$5 million by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) for pre-commencement work at the 100 megawatt Gwanda sol...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's deception triggers violence
If there is any Zimbabwean politician who reads religiously Niccolò Machiavelli's "bible", The Prince, it has to be MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. Chamisa has personified Machiavelli's imagery o...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Editorial - The Herald
How to make the best out of your College Life
Entering college and building relationships We all want to make lots of friends the moment we enter the gates of our college or university. But are all the people whom you mee...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 11:10hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
2 failed marriages, a broken past define Mukanya
Two broken marriages, transition from village life to the ghetto, a miscalculated sojourn into the diaspora, failed investments, a broken youth life, all carved the character of this man. This...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:46hrs | 11 | by STaff reporter
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Trustworthiness is the ONLY quality needed for a Zimbabwean President
One National Worry each Zimbabwean must be asking themself is "How can we get a genuinely Trustworthy President after Mugabe's 38 years of Headmastering the Nation in...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Mnangagwa, Khupe talks no different from Smith, Muzorewa engagement
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's false attempts at a dialogue process without the main opposition leader but with Thokozani Khupe as oppos...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwean woman connects the world through dating agency
Being in love is the most amazing feeling in the world and it is everyone's wish to find someone who will love him or her unconditionally, but the process of finding your soul mate can be very difficu...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Review: Programming Helpers Available 24/7
Find it hard to write clear code for your programming assignment and need professional coding assignment help? Being a student, you often have to complete several assignments with their deadlines prac...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 21:30hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe army and police came out in the open - Dangers of misinformation and disinformation
Most of the information spread on social media have been found to be largely false.We need to recognise that some journalists are being influenced by sources peddling a political agenda, and that ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
18+ useful_tips on how to get accepted to college
Getting accepted to college these days is a task which requires a great deal of preparation and commitment, but the benefits of a college degree are equally great. You should be prepared to put in a c...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 17:54hrs | 61 | by Agencies
Life aint rosy in Jozi - even with a degree
Go to school, stay out of trouble, get a university degree and all your problems are over, right? Melissa Ndlovu's story is an eye-opener.You are unemployed and desperately need a job ngoba ti...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 10:07hrs | 2 | by Melissa Ndlovu in Diaspora
English made easy by the Language Coach
NOVEMBER ENGLISH EXAMS STUDY CORNERHello to all our O 'Level candidates for 2018.I am here to give you some handy hints on how to come out with a straight A for your Zimsec O'Levels. This week...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Kwinji the Language Coach
Dating hobby, not fun
DO not play with someone's heart if you have no intentions of a serious relationship!There are many things to play with in life, but a person's feelings is not one of them. It is sad that ther...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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