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'My new partner is worse than the one I had before'
IN 2013, we had good neighbours, a couple who suddenly started having problems in their marriage and would seek our help to solve their issues. They were not really big problems as such, but misunders...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:32hrs | 4680 | by Joseph Maniragena
Fresh wave of farm grabs sparks outrage
A FRESH wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rus...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:20hrs | 4440 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean white man raises US$100 000 for Bulawayo and Harare pensioners
Hotelier, farmer, writer, adoptive father of three, and amateur cyclist Eric de Jong is a man with stories to tell. And don't be fooled by his self-deprecation – he might not be a youth but is certa...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6711 | by Dutch Embassy
Mnangagwa to launch tractor facility
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to launch the John Deere agricultural equipment supply facility that is part of Government's mechanisation development programme, said Information, Publicity a...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Axis of tribalism and African nationalism in conflict
IN the days when I was young and my political philosophy had reached its formation stage, my hero was Mhunhuwepasi Mangwende. His name has an agreeable affinity for unhu/ubuntu and its rhyme is just p...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:11hrs | 270 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Zanu-PF must give way to an NTA, says ZAPU
The Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government must admit it has failed to run the country and must give way to a National Transitional Authority (NTA) to help revive the country's socio-economic situation tha...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 18:58hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora dismisses Chamisa 'witching' plot
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora Sunday dismissed social media claims the faction led by Thokozani Khupe was plotting to "bewitch" MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following their surprise v...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:53hrs | 4309 | by Staff reporter
Khupe apologises for Vanguard atrocities
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe and allies Saturday visited late party founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai's Buhera home to "formally apologise to the Tsvangirai family about the ill treatment that...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:48hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere runs to court as war vets invade farm
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to evict some war veterans who have invaded his Mazowe farm and started helping themselves to his ora...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:33hrs | 3877 | by newzimbabwe
Celebrating an auspicious Day
TOMORROW is Africa Day, a truly and deeply auspicious day on the continent's calendar.On this day, various leaders of African nations that had wrestled freedom and independence gathered in Add...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 172 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
The Dumiso Dabengwa story that I know
On the 23rd of May 2019, Zimbabwe lost one of its sons of contemporary revolutionary struggle against social, political as well as economic injustice since the early 60's.Coming from a ZAPU in...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:55hrs | 956 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
6 Surprising Herbal Painkillers for Natural Pain Relief
When pain affects your social life, family time, or work, you would do anything to help soothe the feeling. Whether we are talking about chronic pain or occasional pain episodes, a person's first resp...Published: 18 May 2020 at 10:05hrs | 3759 | by Staff Writer
These strange funerals
In 2004 I attended a bizarre funeral ever. It took place in sleepy tiny English village on the outskirts of Salisbury, Wiltshire County, United Kingdom. I had taken a temporary live-in care worker job...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1548 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Zimbabwe's famous athletes
Zimbabwe were successfully represented by extremely talented athletes in numerous popular sports over the course of history. Zimbabwean residents are proud of the people who have made them happy so ma...Published: 01 May 2020 at 13:45hrs | 2558 | by Staff Writer
Betrayal of UK returnee proves betrayal is a weapon by some people
The cynical weapon that some Zimbabweans know best is betrayal of one another in various aspects of our lives. The cynical weapon of an African is best described as betrayal of self and the other to g...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2559 | by Nomazulu Thata
May weirdos please hold their peace
Huntsmen are literally worshipped like gods in the village.This is hardly surprising because of the eternal struggle to get palatable relish.Most often, meal times - either lunch or su...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 118 | by Bshop Lazarus
Covid-19: Where is God in all this . . .?
Covid-19 has threatened our basic threads of our existence. It has challenged everything we hold dear. It has questioned everything we consider precious. It harasses, it annoys, and it persists. We ar...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 340 | by Hlakanipha Mbongolwane
The cost of coronavirus in Africa: What measures can leaders take?
With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the spread of the virus and ensure that their fragile health systems can cope. Images fr...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:33hrs | 328 | by Dorothy Tembo
Entrepreneur Chiedza Ziyambe becomes first Zimbabwean to launch lingerie line in the UK
Nottingham-based fashionpreneur, Chiedza Ziyambe, has announced the relaunch of her luxury lingerie line, MissChii.Fearless,...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 09:18hrs | 2588 | by Tidi Kwidini
Treacherous Harare-Beitbridge highway
A HAULAGE truck hobnobs, huffs and puffs, swerves and suddenly drops its speed to an uncharacteristic crawl. Several other vehicles behind it screech to near halt and one-by-one, they weave past dotte...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 20:42hrs | 3469 | by Staff reporter
East Instant Pot Orange Chicken: A Mom's Impression
There are many health benefits of chicken. Improved appetite, healthier bones and heart, and stronger muscles are just to name a few. There are various ways to prepare chicken to make it even healthie...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 09:20hrs | 811 | by Staff Writer
Malawi legalises marijuana
Lilongwe, Malawi - Today, the Malawian Parliament endorsed the Cannabis Regulation Bill which allows for the farming of the three leaf herb for medicinal purposes.Legislators said legalising m...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 17:10hrs | 627 | by Daniel Itai
Temba Mliswa to address the nation on Wednesday
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa will be addressing Zimbabweans at a press conference that will be held the Wednesday 26 February. Mliswa's address will be held under the theme: ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 15:39hrs | 2991 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High Court reinstates dismissed case
HIGH Court judges, Justices Charles Hungwe and Neville Wamambo have reinstated the trial of three Harare businessmen who had been acquitted on charges of swindling an investor of US$600 000 in a botch...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:37hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals running mining, fuel cartels - report
THE influence of the military in Zimbabwean politics is reported to be on the ascendancy in politics, economy and government while the army generals have also been reported to be heavily involved in m...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 9005 | by newzimbabwe.com
Elizabeth wishes Tsvangirai was still alive
THE still grieving widow of the revered late founding father of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai, Elizabeth Macheka, says she misses the former prime minister of the country "terribly.Tsvangirai, the...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:36hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Things you should know before you get married
Getting into marriage is like looking for honey. Honey is sweet, but when harvesting honey one should not forget that the bee will bite. Marriage is a great miracle that two people get into, but there...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:20hrs | 551 | by Jonah Nyoni
Some degrees to become obsolete
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Amon Murirwa has reiterated on the shelving some of the degrees offered by the country's learning institutions.Speaking during the prese...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 7599 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lashed over limited reforms
AN INFLUENTIAL American think-tank has laid into Harare over the economic hardships that Zimbabweans continue to experience — which it says have worsened under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3085 | by Staff reporter
Old guard, Zimbabwe military in firm control
A report just released by an organization based in USA indicates that there won't be any visible reforms in Zimbabwe in the next few years as the old guard and military are still firmly in control, mo...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 21:11hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland Central will be known for cotton and tobacco farming
Cotton production revival is going very well in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. The coordinators and the enthusiastic cotton farmers are working in unison for the government initiated cotton farming promotio...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:48hrs | 206 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
40-year-old uses cellphone as bait to bed teenager
A 40-YEAR-OLD man in Bulawayo was arrested for allegedly "deflowering" his landlord's 15-year-old daughter after he promised to buy her a cellphone.It is reported that the man whose name is be...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 09:55hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Municipal cemeteries in sorry state
Council-run cemeteries in Harare are not being properly maintained, with most graves covered by tall grass and weeds. So bad is the state of neglect that visitors struggle to locate the graves of thei...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Pumpkin leaves can make great relish
Pumpkin leaves can make great relish and go down well with sadza. Many recipes are available and since cooking is a form of art, one can always try something new. Tender pumpkin leaves cooked ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2065 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa's govt dismisses Chamisa speech
Government has dismissed MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's address which he made to his supporters in Harare yesterday as a series of contradictions. Mr Chamisa told a paltry crowd in hi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's flower that blossomed elsewhere
ISAAC Riyano remains one of the best junior players ever to come out of the Highlanders Football Club nursery in the 1980s.Sadly he could not graduate into the first team to fill in vacancies ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:38hrs | 666 | by Lovemore Dube
Jonathan Moyo squeals over farm
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Jonathan Moyo, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of systematically grabbing his property and others owned by G40 a...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:34hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches fresh onslaught on G40 faction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has launched a fresh onslaught on its perceived political rivals, mostly former Zanu-PF bigwigs belonging to the ruling party's vanquished Generation 40 (...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:28hrs | 2231 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo loses Mazowe farm
FORMER Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Moyo is breathing fire after Lands Minister, Perrance Shiri grabbed his Mazowe farm in Mashonaland Central under unclear circumstances.In High Court papers, M...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2392 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe's nephew takes minister to court
Nephew to late former president Robert Mugabe Mr Robert Zhuwao has approached the High Court challenging the reversal of his offer letter for a 232-hectare farm in Zvimba by the Government. In the mat...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:56hrs | 95 | by Staff rpeorter
Mugabe's nephew kicked out of farm
FORMER Cabinet minister, Patrick Zhuwao has been kicked out of his 232 hectares farm in Zvimba district, Mashonaland West province by Lands Minister Perrance Shiri.Zhuwao is currently in exile...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 07:02hrs | 9414 | by newzimbabwe
Woman demands sex from son-in-law
IT'S the kind of thing that people think only happens in movies!But for a Bulawayo man movies depict reality as his mother-in-law couldn't control her taboo sexual urges enough to resist telli...Published: 26 Dec 2019 at 08:45hrs | 7696 | by Staff Reporter
Zozibini and decolonial aesthetics
THE saying that "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" is an old English saying that has its roots in Ancient Greece. The roots of the saying are deeply philosophical as were its Greek geneal...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:07hrs | 472 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Zimbabwe records trade surplus
ZIMBABWE recorded a trade surplus of US$83 million in October after the country exported more goods than it imported, latest trade data shows. Data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Namibia to change 'status-quo' of white-farm ownership
Okahandja – Vibrant rows of neatly lined plants grow on a patch once trampled by the cattle of a large commercial farm run by a family of German descent in Namibia.From that 2 400 square-met...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 13:52hrs | 875 | by AFP
Bride price and marriage guidelines
Bride price is a practice institutionalized in our holy scriptures. It is a marriage present meant for a daughter's parents in appreciation for their role in her upbringing. It is priced to induce the...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:58hrs | 934 | by Prosper Tingini
New benefits for war collaborators
Government will not pay compensation to war collaborators but will establish a fund to bankroll income-generating projects, President Mnangagwa has said.War collaborators were pushing for gran...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Msasa tree looks great even without flowers
Not much into botanical or forestry issues but the 'Msasa' tree amazes me if not many. No wonder one of Harare's suburbs was named after it or in its honour. Whilst the nation and region are g...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 20:25hrs | 734 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
2 women jailed for stealing cellphones during burial
TWO women from Bulawayo have been sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing cellphones during a burial at Luveve cemetery. Nolwazi Dube (18) and Minenhle Mare (25) from Pumula suburb sto...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:28hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals turn into horrific hellholes
NURSING a swollen face, with eyes blinded by the soreness, Clayton Banda (35) lay helplessly on the hospital bed, his lower body covered by a threadbare orange blanket.Banda was involved in an...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
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