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Eating mice is not poverty its our ways
When you see an African woman coming from the woods with a big bundle of firewood balanced on her head, young daughter in tow carrying a smaller bundle of twigs in same fashion, its not child labour. ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:45hrs | 1707 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Josphat Ngulube convicted over January protests
PROMINENT Bulawayo activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat Ngulube was yesterday convicted of torching three cars, destroying a precast wall and breaking several windows at a...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:17hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube disappointed
Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube says he was disappointed by the MDC Alliance Members of Parliament who snubbed his budget presentation on Thursday despite the fact...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 19:22hrs | 6115 | by Staff reporter
MDC issues statement on boycotting Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Movement for Democratic Change has issued a statement clarifying their absence at the budget presentation held at parliament building on Thursday. The absence of MDC Parliamentarians irked...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:11hrs | 3694 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC snubs Mnangagwa to bury cadres
THE opposition MDC yesterday continued with its protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy and snubbed the 2020 national budget presentation over his presence in Parliament.All...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs to be punished after 2020 budget presentation boycott
INDEPENDENT MP Temba Mliswa on Thursday demanded Parliament takes disciplinary action after all MDC legislators boycotted Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 Budget presentation in their continued di...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:47hrs | 2684 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa supporters in fatal crash
Two MDC activists in Mashonaland East died in a road accident on Sunday night when their vehicle collided head-on with another near Ruwa while on their way from Harare, where they had gone for a rally...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
NSSA increases pension payouts
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has more than doubled its minimum pensions from $80 to $200 a month, while workers' compensation scheme minimum pensions have been tripled from $80 to $24...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Suspended Gweru town clerk salary perks exposed
SUSPENDED Gweru town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza drew over $100 000 in gross salary and led a luxurious lifestyle paid for by ratepayers until her suspension by mayor Josiah Makombe last month, investi...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1551 | by Staff reporter
January protests convict seeks reprieve
A BULAWAYO man, who was sentenced to four years in jail for looting during the January protests, has approached the High Court appealing both his conviction and sentencing.Future Banda was arr...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Homicide conviction for Joshua Nkomo guard killer
AN unlicensed truck driver who ran over a security guard employed by the family of the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo as he attempted to flee after he was caught poaching sand at the family ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
Convicted January protest victim appeals to human rights lawyers
I have been following Mr Future Banda's case. He is 36 years old with two children, from Entumbane in Bulawayo. He was arrested on the 25th of January at the instigation of Mr Prayford Sibanda who own...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1014 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Please Investigate Murowa Diamonds
Dear This is an open letter to all relevant authorities including The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, ZIMRA, EMA, ZELA, ZACC, De Beers, Runde Rural Council and The President's Office...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 19:34hrs | 1465 | by Neglected Murowa Ward Community
Mwonzora targeted by MDC's paramilitary group the Vanguard
MDC-Alliance deputy secretary for external relations Mr Douglas Mwonzora has slammed divisions in the opposition outfit, saying they were counterproductive. Mr Mwonzora, who is being targeted ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:30hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe insurance firms lag behind on technology
A HUGE chunk of Zimbabwe's insurance firms do not have software to analyse and debunk risks associated with their business, a survey conducted by African Actuarial Consultants has revealed.The...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier in court for 'stealing' $18 536 meat
A FORMER soldier from Bulawayo allegedly broke into a butchery twice and stole meat worth $18 536. Tafadzwa Mahlahla (35) from Pumula East suburb, who was based at Imbizo Barracks in Bulawayo ...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:03hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police kill man over $2 bribe
A man was shot dead by a police officer after refusing to hand over a $2 bribe, the High Court has heard.The Harare woman is now suing police chief Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs Minister Cai...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | 3413 | by ZimLive
When a dead Zimbabwe president attracts more people than a current president - it's time for serious introspection
The past two months in Zimbabwe have been characterised by very notable events - some of which stood out more than others - but, what I found outstanding was the general public's reaction to the death...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6687 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC demo flops
THE much-hyped MDC demonstration, which the party had vowed would go ahead yesterday despite a police ban, failed to take place, exposing the lack of a coherent strategy in Zimbabwe's biggest oppositi...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 14:21hrs | 3717 | by Staff reporter
EcoSure launches new product
ECOSURE has launched a transport service meant to give its policy holders the convenience of access to free transport during bereavement. The new package will be offered by EcoSure in partnership with...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | 696 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: 'ZANU PF Youths stone funeral car carrying dead vendor'
The MDC Youth Assembly Secretary General Gift Siziba has alleged that ZANU PF Youths have stoned the funeral car carrying the body of the late Hilton Tafadzwa Tamangani during a funeral in Chitungwiza...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 17:46hrs | 7940 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC mourns political violence victim
The MDC Mashonaland East province has been plunged into mourning following the death of party stalwart Obed Pindu Muchabaiwa who died at Marondera Provincial Hospital on Sunday at the age of 81....Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:08hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Mugodhi sect leader's burial
CHAOS reigned supreme at the late Mugodhi Apostolic sect leader Tandewu Mugodhi's burial in Wedza on Saturday after two factions clashed over the burial site and the appointment of his son as heir app...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:39hrs | 3579 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP booed for Mnangagwa praise during funeral
ZANU-PF Tsholotsho North MP, Sibangumuzi Khumalo was Sunday booed at a funeral in Mswigana village in Tsholotsho when he tried to praise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership.According to ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 11:38hrs | 3676 | by Staff reporter
Suspicious break-in at council offices
Mutare City Council's finance director Blessing Kapuya's office was on Thursday last week allegedly broken into and there are fears that important council documents might have been stolen, NewsDay can...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 15:05hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects church's proposal on elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has rejected proposals by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) to have a seven-year moratorium on elections saying secular systems are run on laws which are bound ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:36hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Women lose panties at funeral, undergarments later found draped on tree near homestead
IN a bizarre incident that has left villagers in Mkuze Village under Chief Mkoka in Gokwe South shell-shocked, women at a funeral wake miraculously woke up without their panties last week.The ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Women wake up with no panties at funeral
IN a bizarre incident that has left villagers in Mkuze Village under Chief Mkoka in Gokwe South shell-shocked, women at a funeral wake miraculously woke up without their panties last week.The ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 3173 | by Staff Reporter
The curious case of Peter Lobengula, the Prince of Salford
On a Wednesday morning in the spring on 1899 the Union Ocean liner called Goth sailing from Cape Town South Africa, docked in Southampton United Kingdom carrying the entire cast of a show called â€...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:50hrs | 61 | by Joseph Qobo Mayisa
Mugabe obstinate in death as in life
Although the deposed late former President Robert Mugabe was finally buried at his rural home in Zvimba, tongues will continue waging. As I see it, his snubbing the National Heroes Acre, a shrine he i...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:53hrs | 13 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Jean, come back home to Zimbabwe and leave your Ghanaian husband, my response to activist Nomazulu Thata
Dear Nomazulu Thata, I recently read an article in Bulawayo News 24 where you were saying I am in an abusive ...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 13:14hrs | 1895 | by Jean Gasho
FSG distances itself from a funeral business
Fert Seed and Grain (FSG) managing director Steve Morland yesterday distanced his company from a funeral business with a similar name as Parliament grilled him over the $400 million the fertiliser fir...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa must first tame vanity
FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one's deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection ak...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1502 | by Walter Mzembi
Grannies 'steal' US$17k+ burial money
TWO elderly women from Bulawayo allegedly stole US$17 160, R4 800 and RTGS$14 000 from their burial society. Dorcas Machengo (72) and Evelyn Chapepa (78) from Magwegwe suburb allegedly betraye...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi says unity in Zimbabwe will fix the economy
As the Zimbabwe crisis worsens former long-serving Tourism Minister and candidate in the last UNWTO Secretary-General elections, Dr. Walter Mzembi breaks his silence to weigh in with a prescription on...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:36hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
'You are a sell-outs!' - discredited opposition undermine ED's legitimacy
Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country's opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is pleasing to note that m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1168 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF youths target Zhuwao farm
Zanu-PF youths have vowed to grab the farm of exiled Generation 40 (G40) kingpin Patrick Zhuwao and redistribute it among themselves. This comes after the self-exiled former Cabinet minister c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 5762 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says he is not a sell-out
OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku (LM), who is accused of dining with Zanu-PF for financial gains, last week told NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga t...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1825 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa name dragged into extortion scandal
ZANU-PF'S Matebeleland South youth league chairperson Washington Nkomo has been fingered in a US$12 000 extortion scam involving a Shangani miner using President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name. The scam ha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
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 | 511 | by Staff reporter
Zimnat resorts to lies and deceit in pursuit of the Diaspora dollar
ZIMNAT LIFE is risking a possible lawsuit in pursuit of the diaspora dollar over data protection breaches and gross misrepresentations to Diaspora Funeral Cash Plan (DFCP) clients of their role in the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 14:32hrs | 914 | by Alois Vinga
I admit I have failed the next generation
Someone asked why I have been quiet this time. I had to take time to reflect on a number of real life issues realistically without anyone's influence, without political, religious, spiritual or peer p...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 3063 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyechaiye
Plumtree Town secretary suspended over residential stands
PLUMTREE Town secretary Mr Davis Dumezweni Luthe has been suspended for allegedly issuing 61 residential stands unprocedurally. In an interview Plumtree Town Council Chairperson, Mr Fanisani D...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Grace may have tampered with Mugabe's body ahead of his burial?
In stranger than fiction new revelations, former first lady Grace Mugabe apparently performed bizarre rituals on the remains of her late husband, Robert Mugabe - and also barred close family members a...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 20:33hrs | 8191 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe took part in bizarre rituals
In stranger than fiction new revelations, former first lady Grace Mugabe apparently performed bizarre rituals on the remains of her late husband, Robert Mugabe - and also barred close family members a...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 14558 | by Staff reporter
Why big business is a threat to Zimbabwe's revival
ZIMBABWE has entered a new frightening phase, a phase of unbridled capital that has become a State in itself in pursuit of profit and nothing else.This has been compounded by a weak government...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 645 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Chamisa, Nepotism and tribalism
Early this week Zimbabweans woke up to some very disturbing news – the nepotism which is rife at Town House as some MDC members of the Harare City Council are using their positions as councillo...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:06hrs | 988 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Grace Mugabe pleads for Mujuru forgiveness
Following the recent death of her long-ruling husband, Robert Mugabe, a vulnerable and once untouchable Grace is apparently reaching out to some of her erstwhile political rivals. Among t...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 15736 | by Staff reporter
Bus crash death toll rises to 12
The death toll in the Kwekwe bus accident involving a Gokwe-bound cross-border bus, Mandeep, which collided head-on with a Govasberg bus near Kwekwe River on Sunday morning, has risen to 12 after two ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe crash victims named
The death toll in the Kwekwe bus accident involving a Gokwe-bound cross-border bus, Mandeep, which collided head-on with a Govasberg bus near Kwekwe River on Sunday morning, has risen to 12 after two ...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:33hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
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