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Steve Dyer and the making of Tuku Music
When Steve Dyer speaks of the late Oliver Mtukudzi, it's as if the Zimbabwean music legend is still with us. In a recent interview with Sunday Life, Dyer reminisced about Tuku in the present tense, su...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:14hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
10 Zimbabweans die in SA bus crash
At least 10 passengers have died in an Mzansi Express bus accident which took place at 3 Miles, on the N1 freeway around Makhado (previously Louis Trichardt) in Limpopo province.The bus was tr...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 13:00hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
US$5 bribe lands 5 police officers in trouble
Five Harare police constables, Dennis Tafadzwa Chivaku (37), Freeway Muninipi (33), Givemore Mucheka (32), Sharon Madondo (39), and Getrude Ndenga (32), appeared in court facing charges of abuse of of...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 10:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested after Toyota RAV4 stolen in Gauteng
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a 38-year-old Zimbabwean national during an intelligence-driven operation where a stolen Toyota RAV4 vehicle was recovered.The operation was carried out on S...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Congestion expected at Beitbridge border to Zimbabwe
As Christmas day draws nearer, traffic authorities in Limpopo on Saturday issued a warning of heavy traffic still expected to hit the N1 freeway northbound towards Polokwane, Makhado, up to Musina....Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 08:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Multitudes march in South Africa demanding Ramaphosa's exit
Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and stre...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF now past sell by date
Zanu-PF does not have any capacity to revive the country's economy, let alone improve the people's lives.Its leaders' energy is mostly spent on jailing political opponents, activists, critics,...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home
"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." - African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - som...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: 20 Zimbabweans among CIT suspects involved in deadly shootout with SA police
A gang of about 25 gunmen from KwaZulu-Natal, Zimbabwe and Botswana were intercepted by police while planning a cash-in-transit heist in Johannesburg on Monday afternoon.The confrontation happ...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 22:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare council director arrested
HARARE City Council's director of works Isiah Zvenyika Chawatama yesterday appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges.Chawatama (55), who was represented by Admire Rubaya, was g...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa put KZN protesters on notice, wants 'concomitant action'?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on communities in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) to desist from undermining the rule of law and inflicting damage on the economy.Ramaphosa's call comes after sporadic...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 20:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'thug' shot dead in Midrand, South Africa
A section of Zimbabweans in South Africa is celebrating following the daylight murder of 25-year-old Ronnie Macmillan who was shot dead in Midrand on Monday afternoon. Ronnie, a lover of finer...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Garbage piles grow in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is sitting on a health time bomb as council continues to struggle to collect refuse from both residential areas and the city centre. The failure by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to coll...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top traveling apps to make your business travels better
Over the years, many business people have been forced to travel the world. Whether you're going to meet with a potential business partner or you're attending a conference, you'll realize that travelin...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:33hrs | 16 | by Staff writer
Use of bicycles and decongestion of the CBD
Recently the new Minister of Energy suggested that the use of bicycles could alleviate the fuel shortage in the country. But the fact is that the use of bicycles is another venture of going-back-to-th...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Eng Bernard Musarurwa
Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC
Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mapfumo rails against Mnangagwa
CHIMURENGA music maestro Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo, has challenged Zanu-PF to first practice good governance and foster unity in deeply-divided Zimbabwe before demanding the removal of sanctions from t...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and Mugabe: A case of Siamese twins
Former Zimbabwe President, Mugabe, told the British Prime minister then Tony Blair, "Keep your England and l will keep my Zimbabwe ". A few months after assuming Presidency through the back door words...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 15:20hrs | | by AT Kadada
Bullet-train pledge, splits cost Chamisa
As Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa considers mounting a legal challenge to last week's election results, he's also counting the cost of fissures within his alliance and campaign pledges th...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Bloomberg
Let's protect our progress
On Monday 30 July Zimbabweans will head to the polls to choose their next government, with millions of voters desperate for a functioning economy. International election observers have been invited to...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 08:30hrs | | by Dr M Mavaza and Paul Mugari
Facelift and toll road for Beitbridge border post
The Beitbridge border post will be upgraded to improve traffic movement between South Africa and Zimbabwe‚ the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) said on Thursday.Sanral spokesperson Vusi Mon...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by TimesLive
'It's feasible to introduce Chamisa's spaghetti roads in Harare'
A HARARE-BASED town planning expert has defended MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa's call for spaghetti roads, saying it was feasible to introduce eight lanes in most city roads usin...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is president Emmerson Mnangagwa being sincere in his promises?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he will make wholesale changes when he wins 2018 Presidential election and send home those not performing up to standard.The current new political dispensatio...Published: 10 May 2018 at 15:02hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Politicians must deliver on promises
Every politician knows that the key to winning elections is to make great promises. Nelson Chamisa in apparent novice excitement of taking over the MDC-T leadership after the death of Morgan Tsvangira...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
MDC-T's history of failure
In October 2012, Nelson Chamisa wrote a piece titled "MDC-T: Last mile towards real change," where he stated Zimbabwe "saunters towards the demise of the ultimate phase of a hard transition."H...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
How Oliver Mtukudzi sheltered a Zimbabwean refugee in downtown Harare
Music is soulful shelter. I became a refugee when I discovered potential life hidden in the works of Mbare-born guitarist Louis Mhlanga and the late Mozambican Afro-Jazz singer Gito Baloi and slowly r...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 17:07hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Mnangagwa under pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to deliver free, fair and credible elections if the country is to stand any chance of improving its relations with the West, revive the comatose economy ...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
A visit to my motherland
It was on a sunny Saturday morning 23 December 2017.I was travelling from Pretoria South Africa hearding to Harare Zimbabwe. The N1 freeway was so busy with traffic as Zimbabweans were travelling back...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 11:10hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Gauteng taxi strike - Roads blocked
raffic authorities have urged motorists to be patient as a planned taxi protest makes its way through national roads in Gauteng on Thursday morning.Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) ...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Blacks shouldn't drive Lexus,' racist rams into woman's car on the highway
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Incessant rains affecting horticultural produce
FARMERS in Umguza have lost a significant amount of horticulture produce and crops to the excessive rains that have pounded most parts of the country in recent weeks, a situation that farmers say ...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mlambos is back with a bang: accident turned an incident
Turning stumbling blocks to stepping steps of success is what Mlambos is fond of, whereas 2016 December's headlines had 'Mlambos in car accident,' the January entertainment front news has "Mlambos' Su...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 11:51hrs | | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
ZAPU secretary for transport challenges Zanu-PF and Joram Gumbo
ZAPU as a national party through its secretary for transport challenges Zanu and its minister of transport and infrastructure Joram Gumbo.Zanu is accused of failing to govern resulting to underdev...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 20:49hrs | | by Patrick Matsinhanise ZAPU secretary for transport.
Suspended cop accuse boss of sleeping with his wife
Tshwane Metro Police chief Steve Ngobeni has been accused by one of his subordinates of bonking his wife and destroying his marriage.Sowetan Sunday World reported that this comes after metro p...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bosso cash lost in South Africa
HIGHLANDERS secretary-general Emmet Ndlovu says he is thankful to be alive after surviving an armed robbery next to Edenvale Hospital in the east of Johannesburg, South Africa, on September 29....Published: 06 Oct 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
South Africa speed limit to be dropped by 20km/h?
South Africa's Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters proposed to lower the national speed limit in order to curb road deaths. The draft regulations have been published in the Government Gazette....Published: 14 May 2015 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is being ruled by dreamers
Simon Khaya-Moyo, the Zanu-PF national chairman could not have put it better when he said on Friday that nobody will ever be able to "surpass Zanu-PF's extraordinary record in this lifetime!"...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 07:54hrs | | by Tangai Chipangura
Prophet Makandiwa's church building to be destroyed - report
Pretentious con prophet, Emmanuel Makandiwa, of the dubious United Family International Church (UFIC), is about to regret ever setting up his ministry, as government authorities are allegedly about t...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 06:45hrs | | by Nancy Mabaya
Gossip + Sabotage = Bosso
Highlanders FC's sombre state of affairs on and off the field are linked to numerous reasons but chief among them gossip.The rumours not only started during this difficult period for the oldes...Published: 29 Oct 2014 at 09:36hrs | | by Muziwethu Hadebe
Zimbabwean boy revels in Soul Brothers music
BORN in Makokoba, Bulawayo, Soul Brothers drummer, Donald Kudzanayi Shumba joined the legendary group by chance.He is celebrating four years with one of Southern Africa's best known music grou...Published: 26 Jul 2014 at 14:21hrs | 5 | by Lovemore Dube
Zimbabwean born hip hop star making waves abroad - Video
Zimbabwean born Lawrence Sean Sibanda, also known as Dragg, or Sean S, is making waves in the United Kingdom.Dragg is an up and coming hip hop/rap artist based in Kingston Upon Hull UK si...Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for raping a dog
A 21-year-old man was arrested by Diepsloot Police this week after allegedly raping a three year old male dog in his room.Two women - who live in the same yard in extension 6 as the all...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
David Beckham and son in car crash
David Beckham has crashed his car into another vehicle outside his Beverly Hills home.It's reported son Brooklyn, 14, was in the front passenger seat during the accident involving David's blac...Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Stop thinking like Africans' Jacob Zuma!
For years I have kept an audio recording and a writing of Thabo Mbeki's "I am an African" speech and really felt proud to be an African. On Tuesday Jacob Zuma wakes up to make me wonder if there i...Published: 24 Oct 2013 at 05:26hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
'We can't think like Africans,' says Zuma
South African President Jacob Zuma torched a diplomatic storm on Monday over his comments urging South Africans not to think like Africans in Africa, with critics saying such talk fed xenophobia that ...Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
US actor pulled from burning car
The 87-year-old actor Dick Van Dyke has escaped unscathed after his car burst into flames on a freeway in the Los Angeles area.Passers-by saw him seemingly slumped over in the driver's seat on...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 03:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tornadoes kill five people in Oklahoma
Tornadoes killed five people in central Oklahoma including a mother and her baby and menaced Oklahoma City and its hard-hit suburb of Moore, before the storm system tracked northeast early on Saturday...Published: 01 Jun 2013 at 06:05hrs | | by Reuters
Tar surfacing (Tara yemusana)
We do praise South Africa a lot for their state of the art infrastructure, especially roads but many do not know that Zimbabweans have over the years played a big part in the development of such. ...Published: 11 Aug 2012 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Justice Maphosa
Xtreme Opinion - Sweet life after death (of Zanu-PF)!
In Zimbabwe, it is taboo to discuss one's inevitable death, let alone celebrating prospective demise of another being. Death is so much loathed. Those 'permitted' to predict it are a thrifty few who a...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 20:04hrs | | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Justin Bieber stopped for over speeding
Los Angeles - Pop star Justin Bieber was pulled over for speeding down a Los Angeles freeway in his flashy but environmentally friendly sports car on Friday. Police said they were ...Published: 08 Jul 2012 at 04:33hrs | | by Reuters
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