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Zimbabwe National Army gifts eyesight to grannies
GOGO Ellen Nyoni (78) from Chakamanga Village in Shurugwi in the Midlands Province was all smiles and could not contain her excitement after her sight was restored. Sitting with fellow cataract patien...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
David Chapfika and the Jatropha years, a memoir
David Chapfika came along as a snappy dresser- shiny suits and foreign cologne were the hallmark.As a rookie reporter with New Ziana then, I had the opportunity to mix and mingle with the elit...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:25hrs | 6 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Let's save Nkayi from irresponsible timber extraction!
One can not silently bear the pain and sadness of the wanton harvesting of the teak and pine trees from Sivomo and Gwampa Forests, in Nkayi District, coupled with the degradation of the enamel-rich so...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
The futility of Mthuliconomics
We used to have that chap called Gideon Gono at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. He was always full of energy, busy doing things that never solved any problem. The cynics called that egonomics.Go...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:26hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
The curse and case of Linda Masarira
When I hear the word "sellout" I think of the infamous Morrison Nyathi, a former liberation war fighter who became an informant of the Rhodesian Army and led them, deep into Mozambique to slaughter th...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | | by Michael Mhlanga
Roadmap to Mthwakazi
The current wave of Mthwakazi restoration and self-determination cannot be ignored by any right-minded individual, community, region or society in general. This is a defining moment. It either sends a...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Our grandparents need good care
If the truth be told, most elderly widows and widowers are leading a lonely life despite plenty next of kin including children. This notion is confirmed by the many cases of 'lonely deaths' of...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:55hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Super Hero grannies defeat 'rapist'
OPERATION Restore Dignity in Women!Two grannies shocked the Sizinda suburb community in Bulawayo with their heroic acts, ganging up to attack an alleged rapist.The would-be rapist, who...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP celebrates Women's day
Mthwakazi Republic Party has joined the nation in celebrating the women's day.Party's vice president Presia Ngulube said she takes this opportunity to thank and appreciate women for their role...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Harare's grannies turn to sex work
While her peers are busy sharing fables with their grandchildren, nurturing them to be better people in society, *Lucy Mutasa (52), will be selling sex for mealie-meal, salt, firewood and a bunch of v...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 12:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki's visit to Zimbabwe leaves more questions than answers
Ex-South African president Thabo Mbeki may be a nice person in his personal life, but there is something nasty about his trip to meet his long-time ally, Robert Mugabe, in Harare recently. It is time ...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 12:57hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Nobuntu lightens Amagugu festival
OBABES Bembube, better known as Nobuntu, rocked the stage at this year's Amagugu festival that was held at the Amagugu International heritage Centre in Matopo last week.The Amagugu organised M...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Moral crisis concerns the PDP
The People's Democratic Party is concerned that moral decay is intensifying unabated; a quick read of local headlines supports this fact,newspapers in Zimbabwe now have sections resembling scand...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 14:19hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Mum worried as grannies fight over son
A BULAWAYO woman fears for her son's life following a war that has erupted between her father and former father-in-law about the fourteen-year-old boy's custody.The boy's paternal grandfather ...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passport offices: A good case of how to serve
In 2005 government razed down informal structures throughout the country. A denuded Joburg Lines in Mbare, for example, gave you a sense of shock after the Murambatsvina blitz. The shabby laager of sh...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Monkey drama raises witchcraft accusations
AN unexpected visitor in Cowdray Park in the form of a monkey caused commotion on Tuesday afternoon after it was found perched on a rooftop in the suburb raising suspicions of witchcraft among the res...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa, Zanu-PF government blames Highlanders
GOVERNMENT yesterday added its voice to the chorus of condemnation for the violence that has rocked Highlanders matches, of late, causing the abandonment of matches.The biggest football match ...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grannies defy age, join modelling
It is never too late to realise your dreams regardless of one's age.Such was the story of women in Goromonzi South who had a rare opportunity to showcase their modelling talent at the constitu...Published: 31 May 2017 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bees sting grannies to death
TWO elderly women from Lupane died after they were stung by a swarm of bees that had settled in one of their old wardrobes. The two, who were related were attacked by the bees at their home in Gomoza ...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex maniac rapes grannies, mom's and kids
A MAN from Umguza, who is on the run after raping a granny and leaving her tied to a tree, has allegedly unleashed a reign of terror in Nyamandlovu where he is accused of raping and robbing villag...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 15:50hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition parties gutted by Clinton loss
LOCAL opposition parties should stop seeking foreign support in a bid to attain power as foreigners have no role to play in domestic politics, political analysts said yesterday.The analysts said i...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Karate grannies
Meet Kenya's karate grannies - the women who fight off sex attackers in the slums of Nairobi....Published: 02 Nov 2016 at 10:11hrs | | by facebook
Mujuru's impending trip to Chatham House where she hopes to impress her British benefactors
THE Tongas have a good saying: Hearts are not far from concord when noses have already fraternised. Let me open my gonamombe, pull out the lid of the cow-horn canister, so you the reader and me, c...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 12:29hrs | 6 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Nera confirm Western sponsorship
OPPOSITION parties under the banner, National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) yesterday confirmed their western sponsorship, which the Government has said is aimed at illegal regime change.This...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:20hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili/Mashudu Netsianda
School Children Begin New School Term with Joy Courtesy of the CNCVCT
Children at three schools, namely Mkhosini, Balanda and Mdutshane Primary Schools in Bubi District started the second term of the year with joy and smiles, thanks to the Collin Nyabadza Childr...Published: 07 May 2016 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tuku, Winky, Jah rock HICC
HAVING filled the Harare International Conference Centre on December 31, 2015 and set ablaze 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale a few weeks later, Jah Prayzah and Winky D team up with superstar Oliver "Tuku" ...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:19hrs | | by Arts reporter
Zimbabwe's lost generation - a product of tyranny
Without any warning, Ndaizivei (not her real name) asks "Dad, why are you so passionate about Zimbabwe? Why would you ever want to live there?" Dad turns his head, looks at the innocent eleven-year-ol...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 11:56hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
How long are the Zimbabweans going to stomach nonsense coming from these politicians?
Not long ago Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede went ballistic about the use of contraceptives in Zimbabwe. They should be banned so that the Zimbabwean people can multiply and replenish the country wit...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 11:26hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Grannies smearing condom lubricants on their knees to cure athraitis
Elderly women in South Africa are reported to be smearing the condom lubricants on their knees after they were misled to believe it heals arthritis.Condom lubricant soothes arthritic joints - ...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prostitution in rural communities
PROSTITUTION has never been so rife in rural communities but wait until you get just after Runde River along the busy Masvingo- Beitbridge highway at a thriving business centre called Lundi. It has fi...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 11:32hrs | 2 | by Vincent Gono
I had to skip one key summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I thought there was no harm if I blessed myself with a break this week, coming as I am doing from a back-breaking schedule that has seen me go...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 17:21hrs | | by CZ
Blind old lady undressed, legs pulled apart, privates exposed in public
Two elderly Harare women who are neighbors have dragged each other to court after they traded witchcraft allegations and physical abuse.Jesca Kasaira aged 80 and Hellen Ndege,78, are accusing ...Published: 22 Apr 2015 at 10:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Miniskirts don't rape, depraved men do!
In November last year, hundreds of women in Kenya held a series of demonstrations in protest after a group of men tore off a woman's clothing for wearing a miniskirt.The demonstrations receive...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Ruth Butaumocho
Rapist targets grannies
AN unidentified knife-wielding rapist who recently raped two grannies from Matobo struck again after he reportedly tried to rape two other elderly women.This time around the rapist met his ma...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 12:48hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
FEAR grips villagers as sex predator targets grannies
KEZI - VILLAGERS in Matobo's Nathisa area are living in fear following vicious sexual attacks on two women aged 91 and 85 years by a knife-wielding man suspected to be in his 20s. The 85-year-old ...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean writer publishes thriller novel in UK
When the economic situation in Zimbabwe deteriorated, her citizens just packed their bags and left. But the exodus was neither exactly planned nor the same for everyone. Some families seamlessly ...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 07:01hrs | | by Mandla Stone
Ncube's MDC plans a life changing convention
The Welshman Ncube led MDC is scheduled to be holding the 2nd Young People's Convention on the 16th of June.This was resolved by the MDC Youth Assembly Byo Province on Thursday at their 5t...Published: 31 May 2014 at 07:26hrs | | by Leeroy Mukudoka
Cheating granny (83) contracts STI
There was drama in court when a Mabvuku elderly couple fought in court over cheating allegations after being married for over 20 years.Sekuru Nyakowa (86) told the court that his wife Gogo Jud...Published: 08 Jul 2012 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granny (71) test HIV positive after being raped by thugs
TWO North West grannies - one of them HIV positive after being raped - live in fear because the two young men who attacked them at gunpoint are still roaming the streets.The two grannies, age...Published: 13 Jun 2012 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl married off at 14, father get $70 as lobola
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl from Marange who was married off to a geriatric member of the largest polygamist Johanne Marange Apostolic Sect — but was lucky to escape, th...Published: 22 Jan 2012 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Agenda's Shona raw
AN ugly tribal wrangle has erupted at the Bulawayo Agenda over the invitation of a Shona speaking woman to chair the Ideas Festival: Woman’s Discussion Forum, at Entumbane Hall last...Published: 18 Oct 2011 at 08:05hrs | | by Bekithemba Nhlanhla Ncube
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