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Pregnant Zimbabwean nurse bled to death at UK home over 4 hours after she called for an ambulance
A Zimbabwe pregnant nurse bled to death at home more than four hours after she called for an ambulance, an inquest heard.Stabile Sibanda called 999 at 1.11am on July 23 last year and told t...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Human trafficker nabbed with 5 Ethopians
Kanyemba based human trafficker Edmore Teguru (34) was arrested last week for human trafficking.Sources familiar with the incident told Bulawayo24.com that Teguru received five Ethiopians from...Published: 31 May 2021 at 13:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Kanyemba
Vaccine at Zimbabwe State House?
Once again in a desperate move to cause anarchy and pandemonium in Zimbabwe an audio which featured Mr Simba Chikanza and an i identified male made rounds. The audio was celebrating the deaths of Zimb...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:02hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Rats cannot think beyond peanuts
AROUND this time in 2018, witty cynics, the majority of whom have happily found a convenient playground on social media platforms, were whining and whingeing that shortages of Coca-Cola which is a gen...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:47hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Mugabe turns 95, 9 things you didn't know about him
Robert Mugabe is turning 95 and his birthday has been declared a holiday in Zimbabwe. The holiday was mooted by the ruling ZANU-PF youth league to honor their then icon, whose birthday had since the 1...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:19hrs | | by BBC
Zimbabwe's New Currency: If your Government is honest here is the Solution
Let me sell you a million dollar worth of game for a dollar ninety-nine, The economic data released by the government at the end of the fourth quarter shows we aren't deep in the quagmire as we think ...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Simplisio Mudzingwa Muvunde
No rest for Mnangagwa in US
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on a mission to turn Zimbabwe into a middle-income economy in 12 short years. And the frenetic pace at which he is working in New York this week reflects how tight that...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mohadi tasked to fulfil pre-election promises
Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi were sworn-in yesterday with their immediate task being to ensure the promises Zanu-PF made to the electorate are fulfilled within the next five y...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV, TB, STIs wreak havoc in SA
HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have claimed too many South African lives.Today, defeating these diseases is a national priority, with the mission of the late...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
White farmers see opportunity in Mugabe exit
Standing outside the gates of the farmhouse from which he was evicted in 2008, white Zimbabwean Deon Theron knows he will never get his land back.But he does believe that Robert Mugabe's fall ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 08:49hrs | | by AFP
Pendulum of history swings against Mugabe
Thirty-seven years ago, Robert Mugabe was feted as a titan who had won Africa's last great war against colonialism.Today, in the twilight of his life, Mugabe finds himself loathed by millions ...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 16:38hrs | | by AP
Mnangagwa's fall from Grace
The rabble rousing and thunderous cheer that Emmerson Mnangagwa received from ZANU PF supporters at a rally in Bulawayo on the 4th of November 2017, juxtaposed to first lady Grace Mugabe's booing and ...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Kudzai Chimhangwa
WATCH: Elephants trying to save dead calf
VIDEO footage showing an elephant herd desperately trying to help a baby jumbo knocked down by a speeding car at the Hwange National Park has caused a sensation on the internet.The video, shar...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Give Arthur Mutambara a Bell's
Some truths are self-evident.The world ain't flat. You are your mother's child. President Mugabe will win the next elections. Single malt whiskey is for men, beer is for boys. Dynamos is God's...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff writer
Theresa May threatened with ouster after loss
Furious Tory MPs last Friday threatened to oust Theresa May within six months after her disastrous election campaign.The party was plunged into civil war after the Prime Minister lost her Comm...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's white farmers once helped feed Africa
Martin Fletcher is former foreign editor of The Times and a foreign correspondent. Follow him at @mfletchertimes. His assignment in Zimbabwe was financed by the Pulit...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 12:52hrs | | by Martin Fletcher
Robert Mugabe: The Head of State and State of the Head
At this late hour in the long day of Zimbabwean politics; the true Robert Mugabe is standing up to be seen. So many who are close to him; and have been for decades; are getting to know the man from hi...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 16:29hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Chiefs are Mugabe’s foot-soldiers
PDP The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would like to draw the attention of the Ministry of Rural Development, Preservation and Promotion of Culture and Heritage, the National Council of Chief...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 09:14hrs | | by Gorden Moyo
AU - ICC stand-off: Justice and Peace Paradigms
A Speech by Dr Gorden Moyo made at the Bulawayo Agenda Dialogue Series-23 June 2015The current stand-off between the African Union (AU) and the Interna...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 20:47hrs | 5 | by Dr Gorden Moyo
How white people created the conditions for anti-immigrant riots in South Africa
A recent spate of anti-immigrant violence in South African cities has been linked to comments made by Goodwill Zwelithini, king of the Zulu nation. At a rally in late Mar. 2015, the monarch reportedly...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Jake Flanagin @jakeflanagin
Hippo provokes 9 lions - Video
Rare footage has emerged from Hwange National Park showing a daring young hippo confronting a pride of lions at a watering hole.The hippo emerges repeatedly from a pan tries to confront ni...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu treading on thin ice
Just past the hour, the motorcade passed the gates to a tumultuous welcome. Edgar Lungu, dressed in a blue suit and a matador tie, stepped out of the Mercedes that had transported him to the Heroes St...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 23:49hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Grace Mugabe profile: The rise of Zimbabwe's first lady
Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe has taken centre stage as the ruling Zanu-PF party holds an important meeting on the future leadership of the country. BBC Africa's Zimbabwe corresponde...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 09:11hrs | | by BBC
Is Grace Mugabe about to be the world's first female dictator?
Grace Mugabe has been called many things since the moment when, barely out of her teens, she caught the eye of the president of Zimbabwe as she tapped away in his typing pool. This article ...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 22:00hrs | 1 | by Ian Birrell for The Mail on Sunday
Chamisa of the Gumbo totem
So Chamisa was knocked out? Nikuved, as some would say? Really? Chamisa of the Gumbo totem? Sorry Chitova! Which reminds me of my paternal grandmother's favourite song after a good day's drink....Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 23:17hrs | 68 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Grace Mugabe 'cursed' journalist Heidi Holland who committed suicide
Grace Mugabe has reportedly claimed that female journalist, Heidi Holland, committed suicide after she cursed her for writing a book titled Dinner with Mugabe which criticised the First Family....Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 17:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace tells Mugabe to dump Mujuru
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday launched a savage attack on Vice-President Joice Mujuru, describing her as a gossiper, demonic and divisive.Addressing about 3 000 Zanu-PF supporters at Chip...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
From modest Sally to 'amazing' Grace
The First Lady is an unofficial title used for the wife of a head of state, according to Wikipedia.Collectively, the president and spouse are known as the First Couple and if they have a fami...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi: How Zimbabwe assisted apartheid South Africa
IN the aftermath of Zanu PF founder and former minister Enos Nkala's death, debate has been raging about his role in Zimbabwe's political history, particularly the liberation struggle, as well as his ...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 06:45hrs | | by Scarnecchia
Nothing wrong with Tambo's interview of Mugabe
Why did Dali Tambo's interviewing style of Robert Mugabe deserve such vitriolic attack from Verashni Pillay, wonders ANC chairperson Luther Lebelo.The article by Mail & Guardian Online's...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 19:07hrs | | by Luther Lebelo
Prophet Angel denies buying 'fake' online business degree
LONDON - Flamboyant Zimbabwe preacher Prophet Uebert Angel has angrily denied buying a fake online business degree with a 'diploma-mill scheme' that was eventually shut down by authorities in the U...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
No signs of foul play in 'Dinner with Mugabe' writer's death
A post-mortem on journalist Heidi Holland found that she died by her own hand and there were no signs of foul play, her family said on Thursday."It is our view, therefore, that Heidi chose to ...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 10:33hrs | | by Sapa
SA police investigate death of Zimbabwean journalist
South African police are investigating the death of Zimbabwean writer and freelance journalist Heidi Holland, who was found hanged in the garden of her Johannesburg home on 11 August. There were no s...Published: 14 Aug 2012 at 17:11hrs | | by AP
'Dinner With Mugabe' author dies at 64
Police say author Heidi Holland, who chronicled the rise of President Robert Mugabe, has been found dead. She was 64.Lieutenant Colonel Katlego Mogale said a gardener found Holland's body at h...Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 09:52hrs | | by AP
Indigenisation and the myth of inefficient African production systems
THERE has been talk, debate, and many times bad talk across and within the political divide over the Indigenisation Act and its implementation. Nobody has really given convincing explanation a...Published: 13 Jul 2012 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Adolf Mavheneke
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