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Is secession the only thing that could free Matabeleland?
KALIQUNYE means "cut it" - in this case, cut the country, divide it. It is a demand for independence by the people of Matabeleland or Mthwakazi Republic Party.what the party is advocating for ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 719 | by Thandekile Moyo
Sengwayo son dies after church house assault
THE late founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Portland Oregon, Reverend Morgan Sengwayo's youngest son, Missiondom succumbed to injuries sustained following a brutal attack by thugs at a ch...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF moves to contain its highly divisive DCCs
Zanu-PF has moved to contain its recently reinstated but highly divisive district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) by enrolling their members at its school of ideology, in a bid to foster party unity a...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:36hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Gweru women turn grass into money
WOMEN from the Midlands capital are earning a living from selling grass to thatchers while conserving the environment through minimising the spread of veld fires.The women sell a bundle of tha...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:49hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 4305 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The fighting spirit of Honourable Joanne Mamombe deserves honour: Salute my girl-child
After 2 minutes of watching a video in New Zimbabwe news media, Honourable Mamombe was narrating how they got attacked by a snake in the prison cell in the middle of the night, I did not finish watchi...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1651 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Maldives 6' file US$300 000 lawsuit against Kazembe
THE six human rights activists who were arrested in 2019 on allegations of plotting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government after they attended a human rights workshop in Maldives have filed ...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Blitz on smuggling nets 22 buses
At least 22 buses have been caught over the past two weeks leaving Beitbridge carrying goods smuggled across the Limpopo. The National Security Taskforce recently deployed to Beitbridge Border...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:42hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not worried about Ramaphosa speech in Tanzania
The president of South Africa Mr C Ramaphosa paid tribute to the countries he said helped and fought with ANC to remove Apartheid in South Africa. Mr Ramaphosa thanked Tanzania for being the centre an...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 10:24hrs | 12016 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimpapers journo in sodomy storm
ZIMPAPERS Television Network presenter Robert Mukondiwa appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing aggravated indecent assault charges.Mukondiwa (40) was represented by Agency G...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:32hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Mines ministry petitioned over Chinese mine
THE National Union of Mines Quarrying, Iron and Steel Workers of Zimbabwe (NUMQISWZ) has petitioned the Matabeleland South offices of the ministry of Mines over claims that a Hope Fountain-based Chine...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:30hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to Chief Mabikwa and Menyezwa Ward residents
Dear Chief Mabikwa and Menyezwa Ward residents, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to you after the untimely death of Simelebona Ndebele of Sivuwe Village at Menyezwa Ward, conveying o...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 10:35hrs | 1972 | by MLF
How do you percieve the difference between conscience and conscious as a Zimbabwean?
How does the conscious differ from the conscience? These two terms are sometimes confused in common everyday usage, but they actually mean very different things within the field of psychology....Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 09:58hrs | 542 | by Ryton Dzimiri
13-year-old boy commits suicide
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Mushumbi Pools committed suicide after a misunderstanding with his 21-year-old sister over washing powder.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundem...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:30hrs | 2900 | by Staff reporter
The brutality of March 11, 2007 and its impact
Back in Zimbabwe, the struggle continues.The Save Zimbabwe campaign (SZc) is a broad coalition of organisations spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (CA).Its members include ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 452 | by Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Boy (13) kills self over washing powder
A 13-year-old Mushumbi Pools boy drank poison and died after a misunderstanding with his 21-year-old sister over washing powder. M...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1543 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Mujuru quits politics
FORMER Vice President Joice Mujuru has said she no longer has any political ambitions and is now concentrating on raising her family and farming.Mujuru was VP for nearly 10 years before she wa...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 09:51hrs | 5172 | by Staff reporter
Man 'gangs up' against rival
A Plumtree man allegedly ganged up with a friend who is still at large and stabbed his rival five times using a knife for allegedly dating his ex-girlfriend. Innocent Moyo (25) of Madlambuzi a...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:20hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zacc goes after Grace Mugabe
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe and a group of her associates are coming under investigation from anti-corruption authorities following complaints that they grabbed residential stands worth US$10 milli...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:29hrs | 4652 | by Staff reporter
Fake Midlands doctor nabbed
Emmanuel Machaya "Dr Togara" (37) has been arrested today for masquerading as a qualified medical doctor operating a surgery in Kwekwe called Medical Oasis surgery without medical license and qualific...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 15:04hrs | 2895 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mohadi: Tale of a brave man knocked down by ruinous sex
LIKE many of his contemporaries, Kembo Dugishi Campbell Mohadi - who hails from Mtetengwe area 40 kilometres west of Beitbridge border town along the Bulawayo highway - belongs to a generation which w...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:03hrs | 1843 | by Staff reporter
US$600m water project crumbling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on the verge of cancelling a US$600 million agreement, in which government had mortgaged 18 gold claims to a Malaysian company, ZimMal, which for 17 years failed to imp...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:03hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Jailed MDC activists appeal to Malaba over delayed ruling
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has been asked to look into a year-long delay on pronouncement of judgment on an appeal by incarcerated MDC activists Tungamira Madzokere and Last Maengahama.The two ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Habitual thief rearrested
Police have rearrested a habitual car thief on allegations of breaking into a parked vehicle in Bulawayo and stealing a cellphone, just a few days after he was released from prison. The latest...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Storm leaves trail of destruction in Shurugwi
HEAVY rains have spawned a humanitarian crisis in Shurugwi district destroying schools, homes, roads and other public infrastructure such as bridges over the past few weeks.Shurugwi assistant ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:50hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Robber on bail survives city shoot-out
One of the armed robbers arrested following a shoot-out with police on Friday night after robbing a Harare businessman of US$10 000 had just been released in jail on bail pending appeal. Bless...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans eager to get Covid-19 jab
I now want to get vaccinated because I have seen government's seriousness "I kept doing my own research from reputable sources and also listening to government statements on the vaccines and a...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Drowning cases mushrooming in Mash Central
Three people drowned in Mashonaland Central this week, with two of them being minors, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Mashonaland Central Police Acting Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Dhliwa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:46hrs | 431 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Zanu-PF nominates Mabika nominated for Senate seat
Zanu-PF Manicaland Province has nominated Dorothy Mabika from Chipinge to fill in the Senate seat previously held by the late Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Dr Ellen Gwaradzim...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Fred Shava's criminal past clouds future
NEWLY-appointed Zimbabwean Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava, who has an unsavoury dark and criminal past, has his work cut out for him.Shava replaced retired Lieute...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:53hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | 1308 | by Geoff Nyarota
Funeral drama at cemetery
THERE was chaos at a Bulawayo cemetery yesterday when the family of a deceased injiva blocked undertakers from removing a coffin from a hearse in protest over the funeral parlour's refusal to allow th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 5629 | by Staff reporter
Busi Ncube still in the groove
SHE is 58, has clocked 34 years on the music scene and despite having lost colleagues who were part of the much-decorated music outfit, Ilanga, that included Andy Brown, Don Gumbo and Dickson Chingair...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Somandla Ndebele now surviving on hustling
Sungura musician Somandla Ndebele is one of those who have never embraced virtual platforms in a bid to stay relevant and promote the music since the Covid-19 lockdowns started last year. Many...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 3593 | by Staff reporter
Heroes choices outrage Gumbo, Mliswa
The only surviving member of Zanu-PF's Dare re Chimurenga, Rugare Gumbo has lashed out at the ruling party for continuing to play down the key roles of some late freedom fighters. Gumbo said t...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 7626 | by Staff reporter
Mukudzei Mudzi and a 'distorted history’
We have learned with sorrow and sadness of the death of Cde Mukudzei Mudzi (94) the former Executive Secretary (General Secretary) of Dare reChimurenga of ZANU.Cde Mudzi's death followed that ...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 16:17hrs | 2161 | by Rugare Gumbo
Zisco pensioners getting $25 per month
FORMER employees of the now-defunct Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) are being paid $25 per month as pension on retirement, NewsDay reported.The pensioners who spoke to NewsDay said the...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:38hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
State-assisted funeral for nationalist Mudzi
Nationalist Mukudzei Mudzi (94) who died on Saturday, will be accorded a State-assisted funeral in recognition of his commitment to freeing the country from settler control, even during disagreements ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
War vets mourn veteran nationalist Mudzi
Liberation war fighters yesterday mourned Mukudzei Mudzi (94)who died on Saturday, describing him as a militant patriot committed to the freedom of the country. This comes as Masvingo Province...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:46hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Pfizer, aided by British govt trying to manipulate Zimbabwe over COVID-19 vaccine?
Pfizer, aided by British GVT via @HMAMelanieR is trying to manipulate Zimbabwean GVT over #COVID19 vaccines: Nobody knows long term impact of mRNA vaccines. So they want indemnity from all fut...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | 2392 | by mmatigari
Dare ReChimurenga member Mudzi dies
One of the two surviving members of Dare ReChimurenga, Mukudzei Mudzi, died yesterday morning at the age of 94.A family member confirmed the death that was broken by Jealousy Mawarire, spokesp...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:41hrs | 2145 | by Staff reporter
Mystery of the Mberengwa 'ambula-cart'
AS Zimbabweans wallowed over the weekend in the boredom induced by the second coronavirus lockdown, an unusual but interesting picture went viral on social media.The image featured an ordinary...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 1820 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
MSU suspends face-to-face lectures
THE Midlands State University (MSU) has indefinitely suspended face-to-face lectures to reduce possible transmission of the deadly coronavirus disease.MSU deputy registrar (academic affairs) I...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:51hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers expose Mnangagwa's 'daughter'
WOMAN, who once masqueraded as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter, Chantelle Chikafu has had her "unholy" alliance with the Mines ministry officials exposed by lawyers after she intended to grab ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:08hrs | 6064 | by Staff reporter
Long serving Jeka nurse dies
There are allegations that Mai Sigogo, one of the longest-serving nurse at Jeka Hospital has died.A message on Facebook said, "Today Mberengwa lost gamba redunhu. This photo was taken in ...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 15:30hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
Be responsible or face the law
AUTHORITIES have warned that they will take tough measures, including conducting door-to-door raids, if people continue to disregard coronavirus regulations meant to curb the spread of the killer viru...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:24hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Choruma's body to be flown in
THE man who brought Richard Choruma to Highlanders, Rahman Gumbo has expressed shock at the former diminutive midfielder's untimely death and described him as a gentleman of the game. Choruma ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda likely to be reinstated as Zifa vice-president
Exactly 713 days since he was stabbed in the back by his colleagues, suspended Zifa vice-president and Bulawayo businessman Gift Banda could be reinstated at the end of the Zifa annual general meeting...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:55hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
'Rugeje, Makwarimba factions violent'
Zanu PF politburo member Jorum Gumbo, who was in charge of Masvingo District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections held on December 05 - 06, has said a faction allegedly fronted by senior party membe...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1809 | by Staff reporter
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