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Zanu-PF Mash East women's league resist politburo decision
FRESH fissures have emerged within the Mashonaland East Zanu-PF women's league after a pocket of party members met recently and defied the politburo's decision to reinstate Nyarai Tsvuura as the provi...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2221 | by Staff reporter
Minister pleads with citizens not to shun own currency
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to shun economic saboteurs who want to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle that National Hero Stanley Nleya and his colleagues bitterly fought to achieve. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo leadership must shape up or ship out
I was born at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo during the last decade of the infamous Ian Smith Rhodesian regime. In those days black people were banished to the townships. I am not a fan of the Smi...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:40hrs | 380 | by Kevin S Malunga
Outcry over suspension of door-to-door roller meal sales
The door-to-door sale of subsidised roller meal in Mutare has been stalled, triggering an outcry from residents who say it is difficult to buy the basic commodities in supermarkets. For over a...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Killer granny holds family to ransom
A NYANGA centenarian who recently confessed to bewitching and killing more than 10 family members in a decade on Monday finally visited a nearby hill to surrender her witchcraft paraphernalia....Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2647 | 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 | 4304 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi wads into MDC leadership feud
EXILED former tourism minister Walter Mzembi has stormed the MDC leadership feud, blasting MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe for displaying "leadership bankruptcy" through a weekend visit to late founding ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 5815 | 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 | 2811 | by Staff reporter
Diabetic 73-year-old widow relieved as Bigtime gives aid to 1,100 Zimbabweans
For 73-year-old widow Ellen Ndlovu, who lives in the mining town of Gwanda, south of Zimbabwe, lockdown has been nightmarish. The diabetic granny, responsible for the upkeep of her late son's seven-ye...Published: 20 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1045 | by Busisani Ncube
Zimbabwe and politics of the VAGINA
Since the days of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, rape has been a potent weapon of war. We all remember, testimonies from female combatants of the rape they suffered during the liberation struggle, th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 6305 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Lockdown diminishes Remittances, Worsens Elderly People's Poverty
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights has reported that elderly people from various parts of Bulawayo are reeling in extreme hardships and poverty due to diminished remittances caused by the Covid19...Published: 18 May 2020 at 15:40hrs | 889 | by Stephen Jakes
Lion terrorises Beitbridge villagers
A LONE lion is causing sleepless nights for farmers on plots downstream of the Bubi River, north east of the Beitbridge town. The lion, whose origins are yet unknown, has to date killed some cattle be...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1883 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Makhalisa weathers patriarchal storm
VETERAN author Barbara Makhalisa has attributed her success to the value her father and grandfather placed on educating the girl child at a time when doing so was unheard of because of prevailing patr...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:33hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bond note video clip lands duo in court
ZIMBABWEAN authorities on 3 May arrested two men in Rushinga in Mashonaland Central province and charged them with undermining authority of or insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa after they alleged...Published: 05 May 2020 at 12:50hrs | 3821 | by Stephen Jakes
National Arts Council mourns the death of Yengiwe Ngwenya
The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe would like to express shock and sadness following the death of veteran Dancer and Actress Yengiwe Ngwenya popularly known as "Nambiji" or uMambatha from the telev...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:51hrs | 937 | by Nicholas Moyo
COVID-19 case triggers mass tests at Parirenyatwa Hospital
GOVERNMENT yesterday conducted mass testing of health workers and patients at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after a malaria patient later tested positive for COVID-19. An unidentified patien...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1323 | by Staff reporter
148 samples collected in Mhondoro, 13 quarantined in Hurungwe
AT least 148 more people from villages in Mhondoro-Mubaira are being tested for Covid-19 after a cluster of three known cases in the area while 13 Zimbabweans returning home through Chirundu Border Po...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 death: Mhondoro villagers in denial
The death of Gogo Nguni, nee Chitemere, has left the community in her village in Mhondoro puzzled, with some denying she succumbed to Covid-19, despite the positive test made when she was taken to Har...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Government addresses the nation over Mhondoro Coronavirus timebomb
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Child Care has assured the Nation that there is nothing to worry about much regarding the infection in the Mhondoro village Coronavirus scare....Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 17:12hrs | 2734 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Covid-19 cases rise to 32
ONE more person tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday bringing the total number of Zimbabwe's confirmed cases to 32, the Health ministry has said.The tests of the latest case were done in Har...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:55hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
'Staying Home" for Kariba's Aged and Homeless During the Lockdown - No Light in the Sunset'
In this installment, our Patsaka-Nyaminyami Community Radio Roving Correspondent, Laiton Kandawire, brings us the untold stories of the aged, homeless and hapless in Kariba who are, to all intents and...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 08:47hrs | 418 | by Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio Correspondent
Panic as Coronavirus scare hits Mhondoro
Panic has gripped Mhondoro-Mubaira area after two people who have no history of external travel tested positive of the deadly virus. According to reports, mass testing is being done in Chiteme...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:35hrs | 2316 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mass Covid-19 testing in Mhondoro village
Mass Covid-19 testing is being done in Chitemere Village, Mhondoro-Mubaira, and the surrounding villages after two more people in the area, who were in contact with the late Gogo Nguni nee Chitemere t...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:30hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown puts pregnant Zimbabwe women at risk
Pregnant women in marginalised communities are struggling to access prenatal care due to the current lockdown, it has emerged.Zimbabwe commenced a 21-day lockdown on March 30 and extended it b...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:31hrs | 462 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
Crossing points during Zimbabwe/ Rhodesia bush war
WHAT do the following places share in common: DK (point along the Zambezi Valley), Kanyemba, Chirundu, Mlibizi, Kavira Forest, Chisuma? Some guerrillas may identify them as crossing points into Rhodes...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:13hrs | 619 | by Pathisa Nyathi
COVID-19 testing: Zimbabwe's litmus test
SINCE the country's first coronavirus (COVID-19) case was recorded on March 20, Zimbabwe has tested over 5 000 people and 28 were positive. Four people, including journalist Zororo Makamba and...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Second tests confirm woman died of Covid-19
Second Covid-19 tests done on samples taken from the late Gogo Nguni have come out positive. The second tests were necessitated by information from Gogo Nguni's relatives who insisted that the now dec...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:11hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo married his step-mother’s sister
The Founding ZAPU leader and ZPRA Commander General Joshua Nkomo is a character larger than life and who is known for many great exploits that led Zimbabwe to attain her Independence from the white mi...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 20:32hrs | 8622 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Doctors plot to drag Mnangagwa's govt to court again
HUMAN rights doctors have threatened to approach the courts to seek urgent enforcement of a High Court order forcing government to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for health personnel at t...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:27hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Church suspends granny (67) over Zanu-PF slogan
An elderly woman from Gweru is in trouble with her church after she reportedly chanted a political slogan and started castigating those opposed to the ruling party after being asked to pray at a funer...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 07:57hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Remittance queues back
Remittance beneficiaries are back in their long queues after Government allowed citizens to access their monies from the diaspora in the second week of the lockdown.Most remittance facilities ...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwe artiste overcomes coronavirus
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED gospel music minister Rhoda Tongogora, popularly known as Mai Tongogara, has exclusively opened up to Standard Style how she contracted and overcame the novel coronavirus (Covid-1...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
All hopes are now on Kasukuwere to carry the cross
Zimbabwe needs a Saviour now, more than ever. Many opposition characters and trusted leaders are crumbling under pressure and selling out, the masses are dejected and alone. Nelson Chamisa is em...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:37hrs | 6727 | by Peter Moyo
Chief Khayisa' s widow honoured with a State-assisted funeral
THE widow of the late Chief Khayisa Ndiweni, Gogo Agnes Masuku-Ndiweni was last Thursday laid to rest at the family cemetery in Ntabazinduna.She was honoured with a State-assisted funeral. Gog...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 18:56hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter
Emergency cases only at hospitals
Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals are now only attending to emergency cases while all admitted patients who can cope will be discharged, measures which will remain in place until Co...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:46hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1303 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards set for Vic Falls
Organisers of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) have announced that their 10th anniversary awards would be in Zimbabwe next month in line with the 40th independence commemorations. The ZAA a...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Married woman elopes, hubby seeks DNA tests
A BULAWAYO woman shocked her husband's grandmother when she eloped with her boyfriend leaving the in-law working at a maize field.Gogo Agness Ndlovu was at a loss for words when a man identifi...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
The moment is ripe for Zimbabwe to deal with the elements of terrorism
Zimbabwe is the most peaceful and stable country in southern Africa. Over the past few months the wave of terrorism just emerged in Zimbabwe. Terrorist gang running under moniker name "Mashurungwi" st...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 283 | by Matora Hupile
Growing up eMalokishini back in the day
Cotton farmers made headlines this week for the wrong reasons. The merchants allege that the farmers are adding weight to their bales of cotton by hiding a few stones inside.I could not help but s...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 757 | by Wlliam Phiri
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
Zimbabwe at war
THIS country is at war with itself — a silent but ruthless war nonetheless. It is a war to annihilate the stink being encrusted on its foreign image with those elsewhere in the global village who sn...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1021 | by Stephen Mpofu
Give love, respect to elderly, says Auxillia Mnangagwa
NINETY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Gogo Luda Mpofu of Mahlothova in Umguza District, Gelitazi Village 1, is in a class of her own. She still has the energy to perform household chores, and formed an art and craft ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:21hrs | 1001 | by Staff Reporter
The moment is ripe for Zimbabwe to deal with the elements of terrorism
Zimbabwe is the most peaceful and stable country in southern Africa. Over the past few months the wave of terrorism just emerged in Zimbabwe. Terrorist gang running under moniker name "Mashurungwi" st...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:11hrs | 2181 | by Matora Hupile
Infertility scars: Through the narrow gate - PART 2
This is a real life story narrated by an infertile woman Joy, who married a man he loved and had a blissful short stint in marriage before it somersaulted into hell.She then faced a plethora of challe...Published: 02 Jan 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1824 | by Heaven Munyuki
Machete-wielding robbers target forex dealer in Harare
A kombi-load of machete-wielding robbers attacked a well-secured Glen View 1 home of a Harare foreign currency dealer last week, critically injuring the dealer, his brother and father, while a smaller...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2063 | by Staff Reporter
Granny (86) raped by great-grandson
The community of Matshetsheni area of Gwanda district has been left in a state of shock after an 86 year old woman was allegedly raped by her great-grandson.While members of the community were...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 12:30hrs | 4082 | by Staff Reporter
Stampede as Black Friday frenzy hits Bulawayo
THE Black Friday festive season shopping craze took Bulawayo by storm yesterday as people elbowed each other at shops to get the best deals with some getting injured. An old lady identif...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Government to train community midwives as health scare hits the country
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to train community midwives to assist pregnant women in child bearing amidst health crisis that has hit the country due to the indus...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 894 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Card cloning gang hits PPC Zimbabwe
FOUR men ganged up and defrauded Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe of more than US$26 500 after cloning the company's ATM card and using it to conduct illegal Point of Sale (POS) transactions at...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:11hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
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