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Chegutu villagers relive night of terror
"THEY must rot in jail!" Selma Modi (38) of Kalembo Farm in Chegutu yelled as she narrated her harrowing ordeal of last Tuesday night at the hands of armed Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) personnel....Published: 3 hrs ago | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dangles trinkets to chiefs
LOCAL Government deputy minister Mariam Chombo has disclosed that government is planning to splash on traditional leaders to cushion them against economic turbulences.Chombo, who said she was ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:17hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers run amok in Chegutu
DOZENS of villagers near Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo Airbase in Chegutu were on Tuesday allegedly assaulted by soldiers reportedly searching for a machete gangster who had assaulted their collegue.A...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2424 | by Staff reporter
Forex, fuel and airtime for chiefs
GOVERNMENT has announced a package for chiefs that will see them getting foreign currency allowances, medical aid, monthly fuel coupons and air time for ease of communication.Their cars will a...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Car accident victims struggle for compensation
MS Sibangeni Moyo (53) from Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb says whenever she closes her eyes, the vision of an accident which killed her sister and left her wheelchair-bound comes back.She was i...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga consoles Siyachitema family
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has consoled the Siyachitema family following the death of Anglican Bishop Jonathan Siyachitema on Friday last week.Bishop Siyachitema (90) has since been a...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:09hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Stayaway that never was exposes Western puppets
TODAY, Pachedu, a shadowy troll on Twitter, manned by some faceless characters, stands starkly naked, exposed as a Trojan horse of Western nations that have an incurable colonial hangover.In t...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:39hrs | 185 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Mnangagwa in secret visit to Marange
President Emmerson Mnangagwa paid a private visit to the late Emmerson Mnangagwa family on Saturday, for the first time following the death of the apostolic sect leader last month.Mnangagwa la...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:10hrs | 6605 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai estate: Workers claim US$150 000
THE family of the late former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai may not benefit much from the politician's estate as domestic workers and other employees are claiming sa...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Botswana rejects Iant Khama's 'outrageous' claims of assassination plot
The Botswana government has dismissed as "outrageous" claims by former President Ian Khama that his family is under siege and that there is a plot to assassinate him.Khama, who left Botswana i...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:57hrs | 884 | by Staff reporter
Chigubhu laid to rest
Anne Frank once said, "Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude ".In similar fashion and sentiment artists yesterday (Sunday) raised conc...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:02hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Burial programme of Clive Chigubhu
The body of the late award winning comedian Clive Chigubhu who succumbed to cancer will depart Doves Funeral Parlour for BF at 8AM today.Service will start at 9AM at Number 33 Babourfields, op...Published: 01 May 2022 at 06:44hrs | 771 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man rapes niece, jailed 17 years
A 46-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man who was left in the custody of his 12-year-old niece was sentenced to 17 years in jail after raping her.The uncle who cannot be named for ethical reasons will howeve...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 21:51hrs | 611 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZITF public day brings Bulawayo to a stand still
BULAWAYO virtually came to a standstill yesterday as thousands of people from all walks of life thronged the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre to witness the official opening of the 62nd editio...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:13hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga at Kibaki funeral
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday joined several African Heads of State and government in paying last respects to former Kenyan President Emilio Mwai Kibaki during a State funeral....Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:11hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Man cuts 8-year-old girl's throat
A 31-year-old man from Section A in Mamelodi East in South Afrivca made his first appearance at the Mamelodi Magistrates' Court, facing a charge of attempted murder of an 8-year-old girl. The ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 20:27hrs | 1833 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Creative sector mourns Chigubu
The creative sector has joined the family of the late Zimbabwean comedian, Clive Chigubu to organise his burial.Chigubu died yesterday morning at his home in Barbourfields suburb in Bulawayo a...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
'Clive Chigubu last joke mocked Zim health system'
It begins with a C. It isn't Clive or Chigubu. It's cancer. That he was in pain and couldn't get medical attention should never escape our minds. That he had been booked for an appointment and arrived...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 681 | by Robert Mukondiwa
Renaming street after Kenyatta to go ahead
Bulawayo City Council is continuing with its initial plan to rename a street after Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta despite him no longer coming to officially open this year's Zimbabwe International Tr...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Packed programme as ZITF roars to life
THE 62nd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) begins tomorrow with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta now unable to come for the official opening as earlier scheduled following the dea...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Top Army Boss dies
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)is mourning the death of the country's Defence Attaché to Botswana, Colonel John Mhlanga who died on Tuesday after he was involved in a fatal road accident along the B...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 16:24hrs | 6414 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Breakthrough as Elvis Nyathi children get birth certificates
Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has reported that children of the slain Elvis Nyathi have been assisted by government to kick start the process of acquiring birth certificates. In a Fa...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 08:36hrs | 2024 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Taguta laid to rest
THOUSANDS of Johane Marange Apostolic Church members converged at their Mafararikwa shrine to pay their last respects to High Priest St Noah Taguta Momberume who was buried here in Bocha yesterday. ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:30hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Marange leader burial today
JOHANNE Marange Apostolic Church leader Noah Taguta Momberume will be buried today, three days after congregants were said to be camping in Manicaland's Marange communal lands anxiously awaiting his r...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Taguta
President Mnangagwa yesterday accorded Johane Marange Apostolic Church leader, High Priest Noah Taguta Momberume a State-assisted funeral.The President said Mutumwa Taguta transformed the sect...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:05hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa begs diasporans to come back home and 'we build Zimbabwe'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabwean nationals who are outside the country to remain resolute in the face of ‘the many' challenging circumstances they may face in their respective host ...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 18:35hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Elvis Nyathi family grateful for support
THE family of a Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi who was killed by a vigilante group in South Africa has thanked Government and Zimbabweans from all over the world who provided assistance following his tra...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:26hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge horror crash details emerge
Fifty-year-old Rudo Sithole from Manase village in Chimanimani was inconsolable as she waited to be served at a Nyaradzo funeral parlour in Mutare yesterday.Sithole was waiting to collect the ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
ZCC accident death toll rises to 37
TWO more people succumbed to injuries sustained in the Chimanimani bus accident, which has since been declared a state of disaster, bringing the number of victims to 37.Police are presently id...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:06hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Elvis Nyathi's remains arrive in Zimbabwe for burial
THE remains of Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi, who was violently murdered in anti-immigrant attacks in South Africa, arrived in the country this morning.Nyathi (43) will be laid to rest in Bulawa...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | 1234 | by Staff reporter
State assisted funeral for 35 ZCC accident victims
The bus accident that claimed 35 people in Chimanimani has been declared a state of disaster with the deceased set to get State assisted funeral.Local Government and Public Works Minister July...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:20hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consoles Chimanimani bus disaster victims
President Mnangagwa has sent a condolence message following last night's Chimanimani bus disaster which has claimed 35 lives so far.Below is the President's full statement:...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:20hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Blame State for Nyathi's death: Human rights groups
BULAWAYO-BASED political parties and human rights groups have chided government for failing to improve the economy, but is quick to bury its citizens who die abroad after fleeing poverty in Zimbabwe....Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
SA murder victim Elvis Nyathi gets State assisted funeral
President Mnangagwa has accorded a State-assisted funeral to Elvis Nyathi, the Zimbabwean man who was brutally killed in Diepsloot, South Africa, last week.Nyathi (43), who is originally from ...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Consulate to assist in repatriating Elvis Nyathi's remains
The remains of murdered Zimbabwean national Mr Elvis Nyathi who died in a xenophobic attack in South Africa last week are set to be repatriated back home.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and In...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 17:54hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
'Politicians should emulate Madzibaba,' says Minister Paul Mavhima
Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare Paul Mavhima has urged politicians to emulate Sungura giant Madzibaba Nicholas Zacharia for a better ...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 10:08hrs | 2716 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Zimbabwe engages South Africa over xenophobia
The Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has begun engaging authorities in Pretoria to immediately address the recent upsurge in xenophobic violence.South African gangs have recently unleashed a...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo's ambitious promise to Zanu-PF collapses
FORMER MDC-T legislator Blessing Chebundo's Zanu-PF promise to win back two Kwekwe seats for President Emmerson Mnangagwa spectacularly collapsed, denting his capacity to deliver, amid high expectatio...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 11:17hrs | 3211 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe frets over son's unholy alliances
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's widow, Grace, is fretting over her son Robert Jnr's newfound acquaintances who have nudged him into embracing his father's "tormentors" in Zanu-PF, amid fears he is being exp...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:23hrs | 2920 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu mourns Nhamburo
Former ZANU PF youth political commissar has sent his condolence message on micro blogging Twitter following the death of ZANU PF central comm...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 20:58hrs | 1594 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man blames City Council for the death of his son
A Harare man is demanding at least USD 1 663.00 from the City Fathers following the death of his son who was ran over by a municipal police vehicle in Cen...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 20:55hrs | 947 | by Ndou Paul
ZANU PF Central Committe member Nhamburo dies
ZANU PF Central Committee member John Nhamburo has died.Senior party officials confirmed his death without giving more details....Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 15:23hrs | 1809 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa rally murder takes new twist
The grisly murder of Mboneni Ncube, the Citizens for Coalition for Change (CCC) Kwekwe activist who was killed at a rally in the Midlands town in February has taken a new twist with the suspected kill...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:39hrs | 2057 | by Staff reporter
Health sector has virtually collapsed
I USED to blame the country's rich and powerful citizens for seeking medical treatment outside the country until I came face-to-face with Zimbabwe's decaying public health system last week.Whe...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:14hrs | 188 | by Mukunda Chitova
Women living disabilities suffer from political exclusion
TRAUMATIC episodes of unmitigated violence and stigma are among deterrents in mainstream political participation for women with disabilities in Zimbabwe, a development that leads to disability issues ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:05hrs | 49 | by Staff Reporter
Trevor Ncube says was ‘wrong' to back Mnangagwa, renews Chamisa criticism
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) owner Trevor Ncube has admitted he was "wrong" to assume President Emmerson Mnangagwa would govern better than Robert Mugabe.Ncube, one of Mnangagwa's biggest cheerl...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:49hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
A golden gift from the political gods
If next year's watershed elections needed any divination, then the just-ended by-elections were the divine bones cast by a bone-thrower to provide a reading of the future.Well, they are a gold...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:27hrs | 79 | by Bishop Lazi
Madziva man cheats death at funeral
A 33-YEAR-OLD Madziva man is battling for life at Bindura hospital after he was attacked at a funeral around midnight on Friday.Mashona...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 20:22hrs | 1290 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gogo uses social media to market décor business
FROM weddings to birthday parties and anniversary celebrations, Gogo Maggie Chigwinya (61), an award-winning Beitbridge-based entrepreneur, strives to give her clients the best.She has a great...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:17hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
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