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The tragedy of King Lobhengula and Chaminuka Pasipamire fallout
Two political dynasties in the present-day Harare province and surrounding areas aligned themselves with the Ndebele in the mid to late 1800s. These were the Rwizi and Hwata dynasties. The relationshi...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 11:51hrs | 554 | by Mzala Tom
Sounds of Soweto : A tale no of Highlanders anthems
Founded in 1926 Highlanders FC is the oldest and most supported Football club in Zimbabwe. To the Highlanders faithful the team is a way of life, a social movement and a source of pride and Joy. Today...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:02hrs | 765 | by Van Vodloza
Farai Jere fast becoming the modern-day Leslie Gwindi in Bosso eyes
The Premier Soccer League chairman Farai Jere, the owner of CAPS United and Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Murehwa West, has drawn comparisons to the infamous former PSL Secretary General Leslie Gwi...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 11:51hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 644 | by Brighton Chiseva
Zanu-PF wields axe on young MPs
A faction in Zanu-PF pushing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to have a third term has come out guns blazing pushing for the ouster of young party parliamentarians whom they accuse of sabotaging the 2...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:54hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman steal US$12k from mother-in-law
A 23-year-old woman from Budiriro, Pamela Nehumba, has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing US$12,000 from her mother-in-law, Elinah Gwindingwi. Initially sentenced to two years b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's retirement announcement genuine or facade?
The recent announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he will step down at the end of his second term in 2028 has been received with mixed feelings with ordinary citizens questioning the genuin...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:21hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Bikita RDC heeds community calls for schools and clinic construction
Following many years of continuous engagement by Citizens Action Southern Africa Zimbabwe (CIASA) community structures in Bikita, a series of community scorecards on the state of education and health,...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:24hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zimbabwe govt bigwigs liars'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday accused top government officials of lying to diplomats and foreign observer missions accredited to cover the August 23 elections.Th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the death of Gukurahundi as a campaign trump card
DEVELOPMENT milestones achieved in the short stint of the Second Republic in the Matabeleland region have busted the opposition's political ideological bubble that was hollow of tangibles but inflated...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Vincent Gono
Corrupt Ran mine workers in illegal miners death scandal
Residents of Bindura have come out guns blazing at Ran mine management over the tragic mine accident that killed five gold panners last week. ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Mpopoma's famous personalities
BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministers battle to control Zaka district
Zanu-PF factional wars in Masvingo are far from over as the battle for dominance between provincial chairperson Robson Mavhenyengwa and his predecessor and current Minister of State for Provincial Aff...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former senior cop in murder storm
AN inquest is set to be held for a woman who was allegedly poisoned to death in a fight over inheritance in which a former Assistant Commissioner in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), Mrs Marian Tige...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 13:58hrs | 43 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's MP arrested
Citizen Coalition for Change ( CCC) Mkoba Member of Parliament (MP) Amos Chibaya has been arrested in Gweru on allegations of convening an unsanctioned meeting in April this year.CCC spokesper...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso fine harsh
HIGHLANDERS' followers feel the US$6 000 fine imposed on the club for the abandoned Castle Lager Premier Soccer league match against FC Platinum is harsh, but necessary to deter fans from hooliganism,...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo blasts ZANU PF over National Hero status
Professor Jonathan Moyo has accused the ruling party ZANU PF of engaging in political fraud when it comes to the conferment of the National Hero status to fallen former liberation war fighters. ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 12:50hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa confers Liberation War Hero status to John Gwitira
President Emmerson Mnamgagwa has conferred a Liberation War Hero status to the late John Munodawafa Gwitira whose Chimurenga name was Kenneth Gwindingwi who died this week at Murambi Garden Clinic in ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 14:47hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's former schoolmates in their late 80s share memories
TO outsiders, perhaps Mapanzure in Zvishavane in the Midlands province is just a name of a random cluster of villages located along the mineral-rich Great Dyke. Chrome, diamonds, platinum and ...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lifting lid on Gukurahundi exposes opposition's ideological bankruptcy
ICONIC Pan-African philosopher Mwalimu Julius Nyerere once opined that those that are politically and intellectually bankrupt turn to ethnicity and religion as their major tool for mobilisation....Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Vincent Gono
Was Rhodesia safer for civilian activists than under a brutal blood-thirsty Zimbabwe regime?
When I was a little boy, we loved listening to "Chimurenga", or liberation struggle songs, that our gallant Zimbabwean musicians belted out, as a way of e...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 07:40hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Killer Zivhu ready for Chivi south
Controversial former Chivi South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu seems to be harbouring interests to stand as an independent candidate in his former constituency in the upcoming by-elections....Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Village head in trouble over shrine
A Domboshava village head has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly trying to invade an apostolic sect shrine, which he wants to subdivide and sell as residential stands.Wiriranayi Gw...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man collapses, dies in bus
Danisa Masuku Passengers were left shocked when a 60-year-old man collapsed and died in a bus. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the incident. A man, who ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-sanctions fight reaches UN HQ
SCORES of people, led by anti-imperialist group December 12 (D12) Movement yesterday picketed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States of America, calling for the removal of illeg...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwean economy is in fast lane
Zimbabwe's economy is arguably the fastest growing on the African continent this year due to sound policies being implemented by the Second Republic, President Mnangagwa has said.Economic grow...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex Victoria High head tries luck in Zanu-PF
John Muzamani, the former Victoria High head who had a disgraceful departure from the school last year is now trying his luck in Zanu-PF.Muzamani is among 11 candidates who have submitted thei...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers ridicule govt savings facility
THE Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has ridiculed the recently-launched Government Employees Mutual Savings (GEMS) fund which it says was another scheme meant to dupe the already suffer...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police officers in court for robbing motorists
Central Bureau Four police officers, including a woman attached to the crime prevention unit, who allegedly assaulted and robbed a motorist of US$70 a few metres from a roadblock, have appeared before...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man steals to fund-raise for mentally-ill wife
A POLYGAMOUS Buhera man who claimed to have broken into two houses and stole clothes worth over $1 600 to raise money to treat one of his two wives who has a mental problem has been jailed for an effe...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa politics shatters society's mirror
The dawn of the new dispensation brought along a glimpse of hope to many, including artistes, with the leaders ensuring the upholding of fundamental human rights.This was reinforced by the ret...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa still to confirm lifting of bans
FOURTEEN individuals that had been thrown into the football dustbin for various offences over the last two years are still to receive letters from Zifa lifting their bans, B-Metro Sport has establishe...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe's marimba ensemble makes history
History has been made and Zimbabwe is now in the Guinness Book of Records as the country with the biggest marimba ensemble.The event took place this afternoon in the capital, Harare.Zi...Published: 26 May 2018 at 15:08hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
WATCH: Zimbabwe aims to break a Guinness World Record
Recently launched ZiMarimba Fest is geared to break the current Guinness world record for the largest marimba ensemble to play together on May 25 at Prince Edward School. Endorsed by the National Arts...Published: 25 May 2018 at 11:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools in Guinness longest marimba quest
ZIMBABWE schools will try and break the Guinness World record of the largest marimba ensemble later this month with a festival that will take place at Prince Edward High School in Harare.The w...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ritual killer names four businessmen who bought human body parts
A HONDE Valley man, who is being troubled by the avenging spirits of people he murdered for ritual purposes together with 11 accomplices, has opened up on how the ruthless gang trailed unsuspecting vi...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda sings for his supper
ZIFA vice-president Omega Sibanda came out guns blazing after the Sports Commission sports body's chairman Edward Siwela met with members of the 11-member committee that was appointed to try and norma...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amokachi charms Chiyangwa
FORMER Nigerian football superstar Daniel Amokachi headlined a Moroccan delegation that was in the country at the weekend to present the North African country's 2026 World Cup bid to ZIFA president Ph...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pamire mocks Mugabe's nephew Chiyangwa
FORMER Zifa president Vincent Pamire has laughed off the ban imposed on him by Phillip Chiyangwa, describing the beleaguered domestic football boss as a dictator who does not want to accept that his t...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa cabal bans Leslie Gwindi
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has announced the ban of another group of football administrators, less than a day after they expelled four people from all football activities.The lat...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 18:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zifa leadership has lost its mandate'
THE Sandton Project - a programme aimed at destabilising ZIFA operations - rolled into Harare yesterday with calls for the association's leaders to quit because they had allegedly lost their mandate t...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimsec leaks scandal deepens
The leakage of last year's "O" Level examination papers was not confined to the English Language Paper 2 as the Mathematics and Science papers also found their way into the hands of candidates ahead o...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:13hrs | | by Staf reporter
Chiyangwa isn't losing any sleep
ZIFA president Philip Chiyangwa says he isn't losing any sleep about the possibility of not extending his stay as the leader of domestic football by another four years because he feels he is standing ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Probe team unearths rot at Harare City Council
A PROBE team tasked to investigate Harare City Council's accounts has unearthed a can of worms with top management said to have grossly mismanaged public funds while neglecting service delivery....Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 08:38hrs | | by staff Reporter
Married soldier refuses to be dumped by small house
A 32-year-old married Zimbabwe National Army member is reported to have made the life of his girlfriend a living hell.Evans Chigogo (32) is allegedly refusing to part ways with his long time g...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 13:53hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'We killed sellouts mercilessly'
When we started the series of interviews with David Todhlana (born Chrispen Tapfuma Mataire) a few weeks ago, we warned about his brutal honesty. This week, he tells Munyaradzi Huni and Tendai Manzvan...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso board, executive, technical team and players a bunch of mercenaries
Good morning Mthwakazi Omuhle Lina ondlela zimhlophe according to my watch it is 02:53 am and the happenings at Highlanders have forced me to pick a pen and paper and write this article.My hea...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 11:31hrs | 4 | by Mqondisi Moyo
My fallout with Ndabaningi Sithole
OVER the past few weeks, John Munodawafa Gwitira whose Chimurenga name was Kenneth Gwindingwi (KG) narrated how he grew up in Nyanyadzi and later joined the liberation struggle in 1970. He narrated ho...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We would shoot to kill'
LAST week, John Munodawafa Gwitira whose Chimurenga name was Kenneth Gwindingwi (KG) narrated how he grew up in Nyanyadzi and later joined the liberation struggle in 1970. He narrated how he became th...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt housing scheme divides civil servants' unions
THE government's recent offer to provide housing units for its employees has left civil servants' unions sharply divided, with the Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) rubbishing the scheme ...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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