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Nyarota's latest book takes aim at opposition
Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota has released his latest book, 'The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimbabwe.'Alpha Media Holdings chairman, Trevor Ncube was the gues...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha jailed 42 years
An attempt by a 53-year-old Beitbridge-based cross-border transporter to get rich through raping his teenage daughter has seen him locked behind bars for the next 36 years.The man started rapi...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Child marriage victim succumbs to labour complications
Zandile Sibanda clung desperately to her 14-year-old daughter, Sikhulile Sibanda, who had fallen victim to an early child marriage, as she took her final breath after suffering from a severe illness f...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Marvo Stationery saga rages on...10 years later
The Marvo Stationary case continue to drag on and on, with new twists and turns. Since the company was sold to Mahlongonono Valela and his partners, following the death of Mr. Kates the original owner...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 13:14hrs | 123 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Mnangagwa bomb attack mystery deepens
Four years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa survived an assassination attempt it has emerged that a former soldier, who was convicted by the military for the grenade attack, was in India on the day ...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police accused of causing death of woman
A ZIMBABWEAN court has faulted some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and ruled that foul play could have been committed which led to the death of Sharai Mukaro, a Chivhu woman.Mukaro, a...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 15:27hrs | 11 | by Shelton Muchena
Zimbabwe army generals confront Mnangagwa
TOP army commanders confronted President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the weekend demanding the conferment of national hero status on the late former Zimbabwe National Army Major General Godfrey Chanakira, f...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' cops face grilling
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have commenced an inquest into circumstances surrounding the death of a Chivhu woman who succumbed to injuries following severe assault and torture by police in September last y...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop collapses, dies
A police officer collapsed and died in his vehicle while in the company of a friend at Chirunga shops in Unit K, Chitungwiza.The deceased, Makomborero Mazowe is alleged to have had breathing c...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first female pediatric cardiologist
A pediatric cardiac centre opened this week at Mpilo Central Hospital to cater for children suffering from heart ailments and is headed by a history-maker, Zimbabwe's first female pediatric cardiologi...Published: 02 Oct 2021 at 15:36hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Mpilo opens heart unit for children
MPILO Central Hospital opened a pediatric cardiac centre yesterday, the second in Zimbabwe as Government pushes to ensure that those suffering from congenital heart diseases (CHD) are attended to loca...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa is not as bad as is portrayed by media
I AM really concerned about the role of mass media in this century. Firstly, because there is so much of it, secondly, because it can easily distort perceptions and understanding of what is really goi...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Backyard drug peddling exposed
SOME unscrupulous health professionals in Harare are running backyard pharmacies in blatant contravention of regulations that prohibit unlicensed personnel from selling drugs to the public.Inq...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF invites CVs for vacant seats
THE Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East is already preparing for by-elections to replace recalled MDC-Alliance MPs and councillors and is inviting curriculum vitaes from its members eyeing to contest pr...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to get 100 MW solar plant
POWER generation in the country and more significantly in Bulawayo is set to increase after it has emerged that British investors have partnered a local company to set up solar fields that will genera...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
BCC employee dies during haircut
A BULAWAYO City Council employee collapsed and died on Tuesday while having a haircut at a barbershop in Nkulumane.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the inciden...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 spike blamed on unrestricted movement
THE surge in Covid-19 infections was caused by the movement of people who travelled into and throughout the country during the festive season, a senior Government official has said. Health and...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 die at SA border in 3 days
The movement of travellers through Beitbridge Border Post has relatively improved after South Africa began addressing the causes of delays which saw people spending at least 48 hours waiting to be cle...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists SG dies
Zimbabwe Union of Journalists secretary-general and veteran journalist Foster Dongozi has died.Dongozi who is reported to have been suffering from a heart problem over a long period of time pa...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 20:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans Zambian energy drink, warning it can cause heart problems
A Zambian energy drink has been banned in Zimbabwe after regulators found it contains a dangerous pharmaceutical component that can cause blindness or heart failure.The Medicines Control Autho...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:33hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
Zvirekwi to get a prosthetic hand
CAPS United captain Hardlife Zvirekwi is set to get a prosthetic hand after emerging as one of the candidates to benefit from Nashua Zimbabwe's ambitious 3D prosthetic hand printing trial, which is un...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Oliver Mtukudzi battling ill-health
MUSIC superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is under the weather, with an alleged heart problem that has kept him off the stage for some time, NewsDay reported.The Tozeza Baba hitmaker did not stag...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tuku recovering at home
Legendary musician Dr Oliver Mtukudzi failed to travel to the United Kingdom recently for the London Jazz Festival due to ill health and his manager yesterday said the singer was resting at home. ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 05:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
School boy abducted for body parts narrowly escapes death
A Churchill High School Form 3 teenager escaped death by a whisker after an elderly man he had helped turned out to be a member of a gang that wanted to kill him for body parts.Narrating the o...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga must go back to Zimbabwe hospitals,' says Malema
Social media reports that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) President, Julias Malema has challenged Zimbabwe government officials including Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and Foreign Affairs Minist...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 21:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'critically ill', airlifted to South Africa hospital
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is hospitalised in South Africa, government sources have reported.Chiwenga abruptly left a Cabinet meeting on October 2 after falling violently sick, and wa...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bread and sugar is killing you anyway
So why make a big deal on price increases?Everywhere you turn there are complains about price increases of basic commodities like sugar and cooking oil. The bottom line is these are foods that...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 00:28hrs | 3 | by Sam Wezhira
War vets call for more resources
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have called on Government to allocate more resources for their well-being as most of them sustained life threatening injuries and diseases during the war. Zimbabwe Nat...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to revive heart operations
THE Government is working towards reviving cardiac operations in Bulawayo to address children born with heart diseases who are forced to travel to Harare or neighbouring countries for help.A c...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead near hotel
A PUBLIC transport operator who was on Tuesday morning found dead along Jeff Road near the Golden Peacock Villa Hotel was not murdered but died of heart failure.Police this week cleared the ai...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Family fortnightly car accident stoke panic
A family from Lobengula West suburb suspects it was cursed after a mother Noreen Kanyongo(35) and her children Grace Mangwana(6) and Anesu Mangwana(9)were involved in separate car accidents in a space...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Suicidal mum poisons 2 kids, axes granny
A WOMAN from Gwanda poisoned her two children aged six and two years, axed her employer's mother and committed suicide following an altercation with her employer for whom she worked as a maid....Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family hails all those who participated in the service and burial of Mrs Gumbo
As the Gumbo family we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who stood with us during the time of Nobuhle's sickness up until she passed on. We thank the Mthwakazi Republic Party Comra...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 13:53hrs | 16 | by Gumbo family
MRP spokesperson's wife dies
Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo has lost his wife at Mpilo Hospital after she suffered a heart problem on Monday and got admitted.This was confirmed by party's President Mq...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
MRP spokesperson's wife gets admitted to hospital, appeals for financial help
The wife of Mthwakazi Republic Party spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo yesterday fell ill and had to be rushed to Mpilo Hospital where several medication was prescribed for her but her husband cannot afford ...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Former Bulawayo city father dies
FORMER Bulawayo councillor Joram Jika Ndebele has died.He was 89.Ndebele, a brother to the Minister of Small to Medium Enterprises and Co-operative Development, Sithembiso Nyoni, died ...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 14:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sharp price hikes for basic goods
Consumers must brace for massive increases in the price of bread, maize-meal, cooking oil and sugar, hovering around 10 percent, as millers begin to comply with a government directive that requires th...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Is weed really that bad?
It is known and it has always been said that too much of anything is bad. Everything around us is good but one is it misused or abused, it becomes a very bad thing. Imagine this water that gives us li...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 07:42hrs | 6 | by Belinda Chowa
Family seeks $15 000 for son's heart operation
A family from Lusulu in Binga is appealing for help to raise $15 000 to take their two-year-old son for a heart surgery in India.The boy - Obey Muleya was diagnosed with a congenital heart...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Veteran journalist dies
Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (Zinef) treasurer Oliver Gawe has died. Zinef Acting chairperson Njabulo Ncube said it was with sadness that Zinef learnt of the untimely death of veteran j...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mujuru war claims trashed
Zimbabwe People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru was not in the first group of 74 female recruits who joined the liberation struggle in 1974 and only received basic military training for three weeks u...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
School hit by four mysterious deaths
Three staff members and a pupil died at Glen View 1 High in a space of two weeks and the community suspecting that ‘evil spirits' were at play.The three staff members are Muza Clever (bursar...Published: 03 Aug 2016 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Am on Gov Medical Aid, can't afford to pay for mother's pacemaker'
My mother is having heart problem and doctors have said she must be inserted the pacemaker so that her heart would be regulated normally.Am on Gov Medical Aid but the bill is just too large fo...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 09:50hrs | | by Silas paradza
Bulawayo businessman Robert Vera dies
BULAWAYO businessman Robert Vera has died. He was 65. Vera, the owner of Luveve Service Station and proprietor of Twin Solutions and mobile toilets supplier in Bulawayo, collapsed and died on ...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Bianca Mlilo
Sfiso Ncwane saved from Malaria
IT SEEMS gospel singer Sfiso Ncwane’s malaria treatment has worked as on Friday he and his wife, Ayanda, said on Instagram that the singer had been diagnosed with malaria but when Daily Sun spoke to...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 11:58hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zifa official collapses, dies
ZIFA Bulawayo provincial chairman Washington Chimanda collapsed and died while waiting to be served at a microfinance lending institution at Parkade Centre building in the city centre. ...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Lovemore Meya
Baby strangler jailed for 10 years
A 30-YEAR-OLD Chirumhanzu woman convicted of murder with actual intent after strangling her two year-old son from a previous marriage to please her new husband and in-laws, has been jailed for 10 year...Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Patrick Chitumba
Mum 'kills' two-year-old son to please new hubby
A WOMAN from Chirumhanzu allegedly killed her two-year-old son from a previous marriage to please her new husband and in-laws. Hamandishe, 27, of Ritize Village, headman Chigegwe in Chirumhanz...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 09:31hrs | | by Patience Mutsiwi
Form 4 pupil jailed for stealing taxi
The Form Four pupil, who hired a taxi before stealing the vehicle after the driver disembarked to look for change, has been sentenced to three years in jail.Last Friday, 19-year-old Shepherd K...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Zimbabwean farmer remains under siege from British doctor's invaders
A Zimbabwean farmer and his wife, Phillip and Anita Rankin, remain under siege from thugs who have surrounded their farmhouse at the instigation of a British citizen, Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro (45) from N...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 15:59hrs | | by Ben Freeth
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