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2008 violence haunts Zanu-PF officials
THE ghost of the 2008 violence ridden election has returned to haunt a Zanu-PF Councilor, a headman and eight other party activists who unleashed a reign of terror in rural Zaka at the height of the e...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:36hrs | 1396 | by newzimbabwe
Man torches headman's houses
A CHIPINGE village head was left counting losses after his homestead was torched by his subject who accused the traditional leader of bewitching him and harbouring intentions to evict him from the vil...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:11hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
Stolen goat gets stuck on thief's back
A NOTORIOUS thief was caught in the most bizarre way after a goat that he had stolen stuck to his back.Villagers in Chikondori area under Chief Ndanga in Zaka, Masvingo, were left in shock aft...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 4760 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for torching mother's huts
A 46-year-old man from Chirumanzu who once hit the headlines after assaulting his mother for sleeping out, has been dragged to court for setting his mother's five huts on fire.Jacob Chinotawai...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:40hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni threatens to expel traditional leaders
CHIEF Nyangazonke Ndiweni of Matobo District has threatened to expel traditional leaders under his jurisdiction, whom he is accusing of conniving with self-proclaimed witch-hunters, known as tsikamuta...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 6231 | by Staff Reporter
Women wake up with no panties at funeral
IN a bizarre incident that has left villagers in Mkuze Village under Chief Mkoka in Gokwe South shell-shocked, women at a funeral wake miraculously woke up without their panties last week.The ...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 3196 | by Staff Reporter
Murdered headman's family demands 70 beasts for ritual
RELATIVES of a Mberengwa headman who was murdered by his neighbour for facilitating a botched donkey trading deal are demanding 70 heads of cattle to conduct a cleansing ritual for the deceased's spir...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diamond ban by the USA an act of sabotage
The Chiadzwa community and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) workers have described the barring of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe into American Market on allegations of ‘forced labour' ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 18:55hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
British couple robbed during holiday in Zimbabwe
A private lodge on the edge of Hwange National Park is offering RTGS$16 000 to any person with information about two suspected robbers that broke into one of its rooms and stole some goods and cash be...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 39 | by newzimbabwe
Charumbira, Bere chieftainships feud over boundary
New areas of contention are emerging between Chief Charumbira and Chief Bere, with the former accusing the latter of attempting to invade land that is out of his boundaries, TellZim News can reveal....Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 19:05hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zaka East headmen back Zanu-PF candidate
TWO traditional leaders in Zaka East, Masvingo Province defied the Constitution in the just-ended parliamentary by-election by openly declaring allegiance to the ruling Zanu-PF and intimidating voters...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Chief attacks Zimbabwe army for abusing 'illegal immigrants'
Chief Sengwe has dismissed accusations that he is working with soldiers and police officers to exploit vulnerable illegal immigrants, and has blamed government for failing to stop what he called were ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Nemanwa chieftainship revival a threat to 'Chief' Charumbira?
The impending resuscitation of the Nemanwa chieftainship should not cause friction with the Charumbira chieftainship because each will exist within its own boundaries, Masvingo Provincial Development ...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:17hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Zvimba chiefs felt betrayed over Mugabe controversy
The late former President Robert Mugabe, who passed on 10 days ago, has courted controversy even in death with speculation over his burial, place of burial and his place in the history of Zimbabwe....Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 23:50hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family feuds over body
HUNDREDS of people yesterday waited in vain at the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba where his body was scheduled to lie in state after the programme was cancelled at the last...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 23:48hrs | 2330 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP releases album
VETERAN broadcaster and Bulilima West legislator Dingumuzi Phuti has released an album titled Mpfula Webhundu, which commemorates culture and also calls for the reinstatement of Kalanga chiefs who wer...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:36hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official assaults MDC councillor, fined $200
ZANU-PF treasurer for ward 17 in Chipinge has been fined $200 for assaulting an MDC Alliance councillor over the distribution of presidential inputs.Lizzie Jumburu (48) of Kondo village under ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
13-year-old girl married off for $80 in Zimbabwe
A FAMILY from Mpopoma village under Headman Chilonga, south of Chiredzi town, which is predominantly Shangani, has set tongues wagging after marrying off their 13-year-old daughter for $80 as the area...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa demands Chief Ndiweni's unconditional release
Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna was jailed for an effective 18 months on Friday, a ruling criticised by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.The popular traditional leader was...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 21:51hrs | 4736 | by ZimLive
Shangani circumcision teams turn away health partners
Shangani villagers in Chiredzi have shut out all health partners from taking part in this year's circumcision ceremony which started on Sunday, citing intrusion into their culture.The end of t...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:28hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi's State Of the Nation Address
Good evening Mthwakazi Omuhle ondlela zimhlophe.I wish to have started by acknowledging the so called Zimbabwe's hereos and defense forces day, but I am too angry to go through such kind of fo...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 21:43hrs | 1571 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
War heroes who died in vain
The war was raging on. Every person in the village had had an encounter with the freedom fighters. We all knew the drill. The arrival of the freedom fighters in a village was so secret but an open one...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2574 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa meet Zipra leaders
Zipra Veterans Association leaders recently met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House in Harare where they discussed issues of properties confiscated by government in the 1980s, Gukurahundi and ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 4433 | by Staff reporter
When bullets became water
In Goromonzi 45 miles from the capital Harare lies a village called Mavaza village. We arrived in this village at around 10 pm. The villagers were already gathered at the headman's compound. The...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1581 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Sparks fly in Chirumhanzu chieftainship row
A fight has erupted over the replacement of Chief Chirumhanzu of the Midlands following the death of substantive chief Jerald Mudzengi in February. The succession battle has reached fever pitch with t...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa conflates religion with Christianity
Many people think, and they are wrong to think this, that Zimbabwe starts and ends in Harare.In fact, many in the opposition believe, and this is a clue to why they lose elections, that Twitte...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:18hrs | 3704 | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Zanu-PF treasurer up for beating MDC councillor
ZANU-PF treasurer for Ward 17 in Chipinge has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly assaulting an MDC Alliance councillor over distribution of presidential inputs.Lizzie Jumburu (48) ...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:30hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Reliving Gukurahundi and need for reparations by
It is now nearly four decades after the Gukurahundi genocide that saw more than twenty thousand people killed in a seemingly ethnic cleansing act in the Midlands and Matabeleland north provinces. Ghos...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 14:33hrs | 363 | by Makho Precious Moyo
'Magistrates should stop summoning chiefs'
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday revealed that government has given a directive that magistrates should not summon traditional leaders to courts over decisions made at traditional courts....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Two husbands woman shocks community
A Lupane woman has left her community shocked after it emerged she was married to two men and had children with both of them. Ms Siphathisiwe Mkandla (48) of Manansa village in Malunku ward co...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to import 800 000 tonnes grain
Zimbabwe will import 800 000 tonnes of maize following last season's poor rains which led to a drought, President Mnangagwa has said. The country is already in negotiations with potentia...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga breaks pre-coup promise
A promise made to the Gezani community in Chiredzi South by then Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander and now Vice president Constantino Chiwenga some weeks before he launched a coup that toppled R...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 19:07hrs | 29831 | by Staff reporter
Evidence that Shonas arrived in Zimbabwe 300 years ago (1700's)
Dr. George MacCall Theal, Translator of Portuguese Documents to EnglishLet us start off t...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:55hrs | 10681 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, PMP
MSU student kills self in protest
A 24-YEAR-OLD Midlands State University (MSU) student from Gutu allegedly committed suicide by drinking a poisonous substance in protest after being reprimanded by his father for continuously coming h...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:19hrs | 3745 | by Staff reporter
MSU student kills self
A 24-year-old Midlands State University student from Gutu allegedly committed suicide by drinking a poisonous substance on Sunday in protest for being reprimanded by his father for continuously coming...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 20:29hrs | 3357 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda vows to return Zanu-PF to the people
Newly-appointed ZANU-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said his immediate task is to return the political party to the people by coming up with people centred programmes.L...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 12:53hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa elbows out Rugeje
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed out Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje (retired) as Zanu-PF political commissar, replacing him with loyalist and long-time ally Victor Matemadanda as the battl...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:17hrs | 6952 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chinamasa appointed Air Zimbabwe Board Chaiperson
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed former Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa as Chairperson of the national airline Air Zimbabwe. The public broadcaster also announced the following ZA...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 14:15hrs | 5601 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's supporters threaten 'bhora musango'
ZANU-PF supporters in parts of Masvingo province have threatened a protest vote in the 2023 election over the recently completed command livestock programme, which they claim was skewed in favour of p...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | 3343 | by Staff reporter
Reliving Gukurahundi and need for reparations
It is now nearly four decades after the Gukurahundi genocide that saw more than twenty thousand people killed in a seemingly ethnic cleansing act in the Midlands and Matabeleland north provinces. Ghos...Published: 29 May 2019 at 13:22hrs | | by Makhoprecious Moyo
Plumtree villagers demand restoration of Kalanga chiefs
VILLAGERS and headmen in Plumtree are pushing for the reinstatement of Kalanga chiefs who were demoted during the colonial era to appease Ndebele chiefs who reportedly provided soldiers to the British...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:34hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Unknown secrets about Dabengwa
It was in 2007 when l had four consecutive dreams about the same thing: l was talking to Dr Joshua Nkomo& he instructed me to go to Silobela&meet an old man from the Moyo clan& to deliver ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 01:04hrs | 13886 | by Benard Conrad Magugu
Headmen in soup for inviting tsikamutandas
Murewa's Chief Mangwende has descended on his headmen after they invited witch-hunters who allegedly ripped off villagers, taking their cattle and other valuables on the pretext of cleansing their hom...Published: 23 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3888 | by PUMA
Chief Charumbira loses more land as Nemamwa chieftainship is restored
Chief Charumbira is set to lose more land to the Nemamwa clan following government's decision to upgrade the Nemamwa headmanship to a chieftainship, a move which will leave the former with only one wa...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:29hrs | 1575 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths disrupt clinic project
Political fighting in Bikita East has seen Zanu PF youths barring MDC Alliance ward 15 councillor Samson Dzinodya from constructing a clinic in Manjovha village under Headman Nerumedzo.The rul...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's deployment of State security criticised
LOCALS in Marange and Chimanimani are up in arms with government over its deployment of State agents manning diamond fields as reports of abuses continue.Headman Ngorima recently told a Stakeh...Published: 05 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 4829 | by Staff reporter
I'm HIV+ at 85 but
EIGHTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Sekuru Samba has revealed his HIV positive status and described it as a blessing in disguise.The Maruta Kraal Headman heir apparent, real name Robert Ticharwa Maruta, said...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:54hrs | 2188 | by Staff reporter
Minister evicts 350 families in Mutasa district
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has been accused of using her political muscle to facilitate the eviction of over 350 families at Zengeni Farm in Mutasa district where she rep...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe demands trial at High Court
SUSPENDED Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe yesterday refused to be tried by a serving or retired magistrate in Zimbabwe or from the Sadc region.Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of off...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
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