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14 Nov 2017 - a dark day that moved Zimbabwe to another level of suffering and oppression
I remember - as if it were just a few hours ago - waking up as usual at dawn on the morning of 15 November 2017, then routinely checking my WhatsApp, only to be greeted by a barrage of messages to the...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1896 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man murders wife in South Africa, flees to Zimbabwe
A 25-year-old woman from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo was stabbed to death allegedly by her Zimbabwean husband in Cape Town, in South Africa, before he reportedly fled to Harare. The inc...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 3109 | by Staff reporter
Zera dismisses social media fuel hike notice
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has dismissed as a hoax, a notice circulating on social media to the effect that the maximum pump price for diesel has gone up from $15,64 to $18,25 and...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Daily News lampoons Jonathan Moyo
The Daily News has lampooned the self-exiled former Cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo, for suggesting that its sister newspaper, The Financial Gazette, is owned by the country's notorious Central Intell...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 20:23hrs | 7999 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fall for passport hoax
An apparent hoax circulating on social media stating that the Registrar General's office was doling out emergency passports had scores of people chasing the wind yesterday. Students, cross-bor...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:50hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's desperate measures will only worsen the situation
LESS than a week after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) unilaterally banned all mobile money cash-in, cash-out and cash-back transactions – before quickly backtracking, the central bank has o...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:02hrs | 2927 | by Staff reporter
The abductor of Dr Peter Mugombeyi exposed
The story that unfolded in Harare seemed tailor-made to stare and brew some ugly scenes in Zimbabwe. During a plan for a labour dispute and a demonstration by medical doctors in Zimbabwe D...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 17:08hrs | 17210 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Goblins on the prowl
According to the standard definition of a goblin, this is a hostile, small, grotesque and mischievous supernatural creature.But if you live in Matabeleland's Kezi kingdom or Cowdray Park, Bula...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:28hrs | 268 | by Emmanuel Kafe
Schools opening date clarified
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services says the schools are opening on the 10th of September contrary to circulating hoax messages on social media. A message that circ...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 08:53hrs | 8703 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga bounces back
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has reportedly started to fully recover from his health woes at a top notch Beijing military hospital and is bouncing back, Spotlight Zimbabwe reporte...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 8591 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Fuel hike notice a hoax: Zera
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has dismissed as a hoax, a notice circulating on social media to the effect that fuel prices have increased to slightly above $9 per litre.Respo...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:47hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Case against pain linked to Lukau 'resurrection' provisionally withdrawn in court
A case against two people who allegedly participated in the hoax resurrection of a Zimbabwean national at Alleluia Ministries was provisionally withdrawn in the Johannesburg Magistrates' Court on Wedn...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 10:18hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Chasi nails Ncube, Mangudya over Eskom gaffe
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi has publicly apologised for the embarrassment he caused after the government misinformed the public that the State had paid a US$10 million to settle a debt with a South ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1594 | by Staff reporter
How Obert Mpofu acquired his wealth
A myth has been brewing across Zimbabwe which claims that Obert Mpofu corruptly acquired wealth while he was Minister of Mines and now owns half of Victoria Falls and half of Bulawayo. These old wives...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 10:54hrs | 15149 | by Nicholas Ncube
Police fire live bullets in Chinhoyi...kill 1 suspect
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has confirmed the arrest of three suspects and the death of another in a shooting incident which occurred while detectives from Vehicle Theft Squad(VTS) were in the proces...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 17:57hrs | 7229 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rural MDC activists appeal to Chamisa
Grassroots MDC supporters in rural Gokwe and Mberengwa districts are calling upon party president Nelson Chamisa and his national leadership to pressure government to stop their persecution.In...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:52hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa putting Zimbabwe under an undeclared 'state of emergency'
THE main opposition MDC has accused government of putting the country under an undeclared state of emergency, with security forces virtually camped in cities and high-density suburbs.MDC spoke...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coup rumor against President ED Mnangagwa
There are allegations from the media that a coup against President ED Mnangagwa is imminent. This piece seeks to dispute such rumors. The rumors are created by President ED Mnangagwa and his team in o...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 09:26hrs | 17013 | by Don Chigumba
Fake Canadian immigration scams targeting Zimbabweans
Beaver Immigration Consulting is warning Zimbabwean national to be aware of an online hoax that claims Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is "begging" African leaders, from Nigeria, Kenya and Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2972 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Lukau's Zimbabwean web, 2 arrested in connection with Elliot's resurrection
BRIGHTON "Elliot" Moyo might be buried in an unceremonious grave in Dandanda Village, Lupane, but the story of his "death", "resurrection" and death again continues to grab headlines, as it has emerge...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:41hrs | 3775 | by Staff reporter
Aid or foreign invasion?
The US government and MIT are now admitting to what most were suspecting all along...as they openly announced (28/03/2019) plan to ChemTrail, that is, spray our skies! That leaves one to wonde...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 13:46hrs | | by Robson Melasi
Peter Ndlovu bus donation a hoax
BULAWAYO provincial education director Olicah Kaira has condemned the spreading of falsehood after the circulation of a hoax on social media claiming former Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu has donated a...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:58hrs | 5249 | by Staff Reporter
Egodini Mall project stalls
ZIMBABWE's financial meltdown has brought the construction of the Egodini Mall — set to be the biggest public transport terminus boasting a retail section and parking bays in Zimbabwe's second large...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Multi Choice dismisses shutdown rumours
MULTI Choice has dismissed a letter circulating on social media alleging that the satellite broadcaster will shut down all accounts outside South Africa, which are subscribed to in the neighbouring co...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:06hrs | 1383 | by Staff reporter
Journalist's 'death' another hoax
Elizabeth Zimunda, the woman identified as a veteran journalist who was allegedly killed by security forces in Chitungwiza during last month's violent protests organised by MDC-Alliance and its associ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube shoots down Biti's fear mongering attempt
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti yesterday sensationally claimed that government was planning to reintroduce a local currency this week, describing the purported move as "pure undiluted insanity"....Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Parliament probes Mliswa over $400 000 bribe
A PARLIAMENTARY probe team will be set up to look into allegations that Mines Portfolio Committee chairperson, Temba Mliswa, and three other MPs demanded a $400 000 bribe while carrying out an inquiry...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Zim Judge to deal with army killings in Lesotho
Top judge Justice Charles Hungwe is in Lesotho as one of the foreign judges who will preside over the politically sensitive criminal cases involving politicians and members of Lesotho's army, police, ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 958 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga laughs off deathbed claims
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was today in cabinet undertaking his daily routine, putting to bed malicious and mischievous social media claims that he was on his deathbed in a South African hosp...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 12:56hrs | 4654 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not alone in fight against misinformation
Recent moves by the Facebook–owned WhatsApp messaging company to limit users to forwarding a message only five times, in an attempt to cut down on the spread of misinformation, demonstrates the glob...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:48hrs | 186 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Let's not lose the spirit of Ubuntu
Zimbabwe lost one of its finest musicians ever when Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi passed away in Harare on Wednesday afternoon after a long battle with diabetes.Before his death, Tuku had produced at...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is a comedian' says Minister Mutodi
Deputy Minister of information, Publicity and Broadcasting Energy Mutodi has mocked MDC Leader Nelson Chamisa calling him a comedian who is in the mould of the late veteran actor Safirio Madzikatire p...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 18:09hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
NRZ dismisses claims of re-introducing commuter trains
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has dismissed claims that it is re-introducing commuter trains with effect from next week saying such messages are meant to misinform the public and cause confu...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
NRZ plans commuter trains return
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe is looking at possibilities of re-introducing commuter passenger trains to cushion the public from the prevailing transport hardships. In an interview, NRZ pu...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet: part of an elaborate hoax
The Cabinet being sworn-in today suffers a lot of previous co-morbidities and dirty baggage. An illegitimate President cannot put two fresh apples in a rotten basket and hope to produce a clean basket...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Nkululeko Sibanda
Mnangagwa ally sets soldiers on vendors
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Owen Ncube has set the dreaded Joint Operations Command (JOC) units on vendors to forcefully move them from the Gweru central business district (CBD).JOC i...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 5300 | by Staff reporter
Time for Zimbabwe to move on
THE 2018 harmonised elections have come, but not exactly gone because the main opposition MDC Alliance has signalled its intention to approach the Constitutional Court to challenge the results, which ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Army disowns 'shutdown' hoax
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) yesterday disowned social media reports suggesting that soldiers had declared a national shutdown and urged people not to report for work today.ZDF spokespers...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa man of the moment
As the 2018 harmonised elections beckons with only twelve days to go, political parties are busy criss-crossing the length and breadth of Zimbabwe trying to lure the electorate to vote for them. In al...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Chigumba has not resigned
THE under-fire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has scoffed at speculative social media reports suggesting that its chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba, had succumbed to pressure and resigned a...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Bimha death hoax rubbished
MINISTER of Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development, Mike Bimha has scoffed at reports circulating on social media that he had died in a road traffic accident in Chegutu.Speaking from Ch...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
It's a hoax - Pakistan contaminated rice message false
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has scoffed at a message circulating on social media about Dana, a rice brand, allegedly imported from Pakistan contaminated with an unnamed virus.Zimra'...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | 388 | by Staff rpeorter
Vic Falls mock plane crash tests airport response plan
EMERGENCY service providers in Victoria Falls had an opportunity to test their reaction time yesterday after receiving an aircraft plane crash alert, which later turned out to be a hoax.Severa...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa still not safe'
Unless President Emmerson Mnangagwa deals with those who are out to destroy him his life will remain under constant threat, social and political analysts contend.The recent bomb attack in Bula...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare lion story a hoax, says Zimparks
The Parks & Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe (Zimparks) have today dismissed a social media story about a stray male lion roaming the Christmas Pass mountains in Mutare as a hoax....Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plot to discredit Chamisa
There is a plot to soil and malign the people's leader, President Adv Nelson Chamisa by circulating concocted flyers with his phone number on them and falsely purporting that there will be a demonstra...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:35hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu-PF primaries reveal ZEC's challenges
AS the 2018 Harmonised elections draw closer, the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections revealed the extent of danger that lies ahead for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.The ZEC electoral cod...Published: 02 May 2018 at 16:05hrs | 1778 | by Staff reporter
'We do not peddle fake news' - Media Centre
HARARE - MEDIA Centre has dismissed claims that it is a hub of fake news after negative comments erupted on social media that the organisation was lying about a press conference involving United Movem...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 14:57hrs | 691 | by Collins Chirinda
Media Centre demands official apology over Strive Masiyiwa party launch
MEDIA Centre has dismissed claims that it is a hub of fake news after negative comments erupted on social media that the organisation was lying about a press conference involving United Movement for D...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 14:45hrs | 2062 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tribalism is so prevalent and so thick that you can even touch it
Ladies and gentlemen my fellow countrymen we thank the Lord God Almighty for the daily care he renders to us 'free'. For it is definitely not the cunningness in us that is keeping us alive but Him....Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 14:23hrs | | by Clement Moyo
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