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Human Rights Commission to probe man shooting
A Bulawayo man who was shot dead by police on Saturday was buried yesterday and a local Member of Parliament has engaged the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate the matter. ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mpilo's Solwayo Ngwenya over Coronavirus tweet
Mpilo Clinical Director Dr. Solwayo Ngwenya has invited widespread condemnation after he posted a vague message on social media insinuating that he had contracted the deadly coronavirus. Dr Ng...Published: 27 May 2020 at 22:25hrs | 1323 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mpilo Clinical Director Solwayo Ngwenya clarifies his Coronavirus statement
Mpilo Hospital Clinical Director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has issued a statement disputing reports that he had acquired the deadly Coronavirus. In a Twitter statement posted on Wednesday evening, Ng...Published: 27 May 2020 at 21:34hrs | 3422 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 518 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt cites 3rd force in abductions
Government yesterday told the diplomatic community that it was investigating the alleged abduction of three MDC Alliance officials, indicating the State's prime objective was to expose and prosecute t...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
'Abduction of MDC ladies was fake' General Sibusiso Moyo says
Minister of Foreign Affairs General Sibusiso Moyo says the abduction of MDC female officials was a stage-managed theatrical display meant to tarnish the image of the government. Moyo issued a ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 19:07hrs | 7379 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: Kasukuwere's special message to Africa
Happy Unity Day fellow African brothers and sisters! It has been an interesting road from the time our founding fathers formed the Organization of African Unity envisaging a united Africa 57 years ago...Published: 25 May 2020 at 14:18hrs | 2887 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
Is Zimbabwe cursed?
Zimbabweans are so friendly and peace loving people, Zimbabweans are known for being some of the friendliest and most welcoming hosts in the world – there is no better place to experience this than ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:31hrs | 3449 | by Knowledge Hakata
Attacks evoke memories of Gukurahundi tactics
LAST week on Wednesday night (May 13, 2020), I woke up to find several missed calls and messages from fellow human rights defenders telling me that Zimbabwe's youngest MP, Joanna Mamombe (27), and her...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:40hrs | 328 | by Thandekile Moyo
Lodges closure fuels bush, car sex
THE Covid-19 pandemic which has forced the temporary closure of lodges to stop the spread of the coronavirus has also pushed some randy lovebirds to brazenly use cars and bushy areas close to their su...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:52hrs | 6261 | by Staff reporter
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 15222 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Zimbabwean dilemma: Currently there is no alternative to Zanu-PF
The dilemma of the suffering Zimbabweans who have hope in the opposition is engraved in class struggle spiced up by intra-party fighting, tribalism, nepotism, domination for purposes of exploitation w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 4136 | by Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Another Mnangagwa advisor speaks out
Busisa Moyo, a member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Advisory Council has called upon the State to investigate the abduction on citizens that took place a week ago in Harare. Three MDC offi...Published: 20 May 2020 at 11:18hrs | 9495 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19 has equalised the rich and the poor: NANGO
The National Association of Non Governmental organisations (NANGO) has said the outbreak of the Covid-19 world wide has equalized the boor and the rich."The world is battling and agonising res...Published: 20 May 2020 at 08:57hrs | 811 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's advisers condemn MDC leaders' abduction
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisers under the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) have condemned the abduction of opposition MDC Alliance officials, saying the actions of his regime were taking th...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
R1,4m contraband seized
South African police in Limpopo intercepted four vehicles carrying cigarettes worth R1,4 million suspected to have been smuggled from Zimbabwe across the Limpopo River. Owners of the contraband disapp...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Brig-Gen Masuku declared national hero, buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery
ZIMBABWE Defence Industries (ZDI) general manager Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku who died on Wednesday at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) has been declared a national hero. He was buried at Lady Sta...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
MDC-A abducted three; Iron fists in velvet gloves
To start with, politics is littered with life- threatening dangers. In fact it is a minefield in which winners take all and losers get grumpy. History shows there has never been fair competition....Published: 15 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1614 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4171 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Escalated onslaught on ZAPU and Joshua Nkomo legacies
ZAPU notes the escalated attack on the legacy of both its founding president and liberation struggle with totally new and nonsensical narratives coming out forty years after the war and twenty one yea...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 937 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zanu PF recommends hero status for Tavaruva
The Zanu PF leadership here has recommended that the late prominent Masvingo bus operator Tanda ‘Mhunga' Tavaruva be accorded provincialliberation war hero status in recognition of the sterling ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 17:10hrs | 3735 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stares at another war in Mozambique
THE Zimbabwean government has placed its security forces on high alert amid threats of infiltration along the border with Mozambique where Islamist fighters and opposition Renamo militia have escalate...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3946 | by Staff reporter
US warns World Bank on Zimbabwe
THE United States Senate has called on the World Bank to ensure the US$7 million grant to Zimbabwe for the coronavirus (Covid-19) fight is not abused by the ruling Zanu-PF party.This comes aft...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique army loses weapons to Islamic terrorists
Islamic insurgents are reported to have recently disarmed the Mozambican army after a battle in Macomia District. The troubled Macomia is a district of Cabo Delgado Province in northern ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 12:27hrs | 9222 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Letter to Cont Mhlanga
Dear Cont, I hope I find you well dear Cont. Having read your article today on Bulawayo24, I got really excited I could not wait to sit down and reply it. Firstly, you must be surprised to cal...Published: 07 May 2020 at 17:32hrs | 2368 | by Nomazulu Thata
Is Obert Mpofu's take on the presence of rule of Law in Zimbabwe on point?
I am a member of a What's App group under the title: "Towards Media Excellence" that was established to identify and celebrate the best in the profession. It is not in dispute that the SC judg...Published: 07 May 2020 at 16:03hrs | 879 | by Mutumwa Mawere
Mashonaland Central malaria cases blamed on artisanal mining, proximity to Mozambique
THE record increase in malaria cases in Mashonaland Central has been attributed largely to widespread socio-economic activities such as mining and farming that predisposed populations to malaria....Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP accident: More details emerge
MAronDErA Central legislator Caston Matewu (MDC Alliance), who was involved in a road accident on Friday night, was coming from a party and not on CoVID-19 business as earlier reported.The pol...Published: 05 May 2020 at 09:00hrs | 3111 | by Staff reporter
The dead Zimbabweans light fire to the UK authorities
Death and funeral rituals in Zimbabwe are deeply rooted in the cultural beliefs, traditions, and indigenous religions of the continent. They are guided by the country's view of existence after death a...Published: 04 May 2020 at 09:02hrs | 6716 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Police instructed to arrest people not wearing masks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has instructed the police to arrest any person who will be found outside their home without wearing a mask. Deputy government Spokesperson Enery Mutod...Published: 03 May 2020 at 15:52hrs | 4207 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why Emmerson Mnangagwa is an illegitimate president
A country draws its legitimacy through legitimate processes carried out transparently through its institutions. Robert Mugabe had indeed overstayed his welcome as the President of the Republic o...Published: 02 May 2020 at 17:56hrs | 1725 | by Lloyd Msipa
Mnangagwa rattled by Mthuli Ncube's letter?
IN A surprising development which will rattle President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has openly admitted that his policies have failed and t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:44hrs | 19403 | by Staff reporter
Betrayal of UK returnee proves betrayal is a weapon by some people
The cynical weapon that some Zimbabweans know best is betrayal of one another in various aspects of our lives. The cynical weapon of an African is best described as betrayal of self and the other to g...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2532 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda mourns another UK-based Zimbabwean COVID-19 victim
Popular broadcaster Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda has mourned the death of another Zimbabwean Mello Maqeda Zimvu in the United Kingdom.Through his Facebook Wall, Sibanda said, "We have lost yet anothe...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 17:39hrs | 2479 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe is not a family company
PEOPLE with little minds do not know the difference between a constitutional democracy and a monarchy. In a constitutional democracy, leadership is by election. It is not bequeathed like in a monarchy...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 4344 | by O Gutu
COVID-19 kills another Zimbabwean in UK
A ZIMBABWEAN man based in the United Kingdom, Mello Maqena Zimvu died from COVID-19 Saturday.Popular radio personality Ezra Tshisa Sibanda announced the sad news early Sunday evening."...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 21:52hrs | 3293 | by Staff reporter
Africa's response to COVID-19 gets thumbs up
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has praised African countries for aggressively fighting to curb the novel coronavirus pandemic as the number of confirmed cases continues to rise.The plaudits ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 15:07hrs | 227 | by Busisani Ncube
Mnangagwa's tricky test
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa disregarded the advice of health experts who recommended a 21-day Covid-19 lockdown extension, preferring instead to listen to his Zanu PF and Cabinet colleagues who argue...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 8375 | by Staff reporter
Meet Madeline: The first female doctor in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a nation that is blessed with eminent personalities and luminaries who have defied all odds to engrave their names in history. One such person who did not allow the white minority ...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 10:10hrs | 2463 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans must decide on action against the Chinese tormentors
Zimbabweans have been challenged to decide on action against the Chinese tormentors who are reportedly abusing the local mine workers.Farai Muguwo said the level of racist abuse of our citizen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 09:49hrs | 1330 | by Stephen Jakes
Blow for Marondera nurses
NURSES at Marondera Provincial Hospital have rapped their employer, the Health ministry, for cancelling flexi hours on Monday without any consultations.Early this year, the Health Services Boa...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:33hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
The dilemma of the white community in Zimbabwe
WITH the advent of the Second Republic, the Zimbabwean white community has once again reached crossroads as it did in 1965 (UDI), in 1980 (Black independence), 2000 (farm invasions) and 2018 going for...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1576 | by Andrew K Tsiga
ZESA Negligence of Duty 'Customer Service' to Clients is Simply Unacceptable
MDC Alliance Secretary for Energy and Power Development Jasmine Toffa has said the party has noted with grave concern the disturbing trend by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) customer ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 16:36hrs | 1258 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe @40: It's not yet uhuru as we yearn for true independence
It was sometime in 1980 as the independence euphoria swept the nation.There were thousands of expectant faces at Induba Primary School in Pelandaba suburb, Bulawayo.Within minutes the ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 145 | by Dumisani Nyongolo Nkomo
No independence for Africans: Their children will play on sewage drainages and will not recognize or smell it
There are numerous themes to talk about Zimbabwe that is celebrating 40 years of wasted opportunities for decades. It is difficult to ignore what White Former Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith prophesi...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1879 | by Nomazulu Thata
I'm grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia, as there's clearly nothing for me in Zimbabwe
Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989 - at the age of 16 years, whilst still doing Form Three at Kwekwe High School in Zimbabwe - this is probably ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 58992 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zim @ 40, A New Dispensation that never was minus Mugabe's booming voice
It's dreary Saturday and somewhat overcast midmorning in Pretoria as I watch live news feeds from the North across the mighty Limpopo River. Life away from home has turned many into creatures ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 296 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Mthwakazi mourns 40 years of Shona rule
Zimbabwe/ Mashonaland to be precise, is today the 18th of April 2020 celebrating its so-called 40 years of Independence.As they celebrate their forgeries of independence, it is not yet Uhuru f...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1793 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Cecil John Rhodes: The ghost of Zimbabwe
We commemorate the 40th independence day by taking a brief history course into the life and legacy of Cecil John Rhodes, the notorious kingmaker of what we now know as our country. Like the ig...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:44hrs | 2834 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Premature death of independence
BITRHDAYS are important days in one's life. They are observed to mark the passage of time, reflecting on achievements of the past year and recreating new dreams to carry one through the new year. Or c...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 265 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
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