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Rights Commission condemns bombing at Sikhala's home

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed grave concern over the recent bombing at the home of veteran opposition activist Job Sikhala in Chitungwiza, describing the attack as a â€œbarbaric act of violenceâ€ that threatens…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 15:51hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter

'Bombing' of Sikhala's home condemned

Human rights defenders have condemned the recent bombing of opposition leader Job Sikhala's Chitungwiza home, warning that it signals a renewed campaign of political persecution targeting government critics and their families.The incident …

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 22:32hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter

8 killed in Mutare-Masvingo road bus crash

Eight people, including the driver, died in the early hours of Saturday when a Dragon bus collided with a haulage truck carrying timber along the Mutareâ€“Masvingo Road.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) national spokesperson Commissioner Paul…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:57hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter

Job Sikhala claims family home bombed

Former Zengeza West legislator and opposition activist Job Sikhala has alleged that his family home in Chitungwiza was bombed in the early hours of Saturday, causing extensive damage but leaving no casualties.Writing on X (formerly Twitter…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo records 70 home births in 2 months

BULAWAYO recorded more than 70 home births in two months with reports that these may result in the country failing to meet sustainable development goals on reducing maternal and neonatal deaths.Reasons behind the risky decision to deliver …

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 15:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Bring back our football home

For the first time in the Zimbabwean football history we have played our home games away from home, thousands of kilometers away just because we have failed to put our house in order through fixing our home NSS.It seems we wait until the s…

Published: 22 Nov 2023 at 19:15hrs | 15 | by Leonard Koni

Businessman torches homes on suspicion he was being bewitched

VILLAGERS in Chivi's Sese area are living in constant fear after the return of a businessman Thomas Chapeta, who in August torched about 25 homes of those he suspected of bewitching him.Chapeta, who fled to South Africa soon after the inci…

Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 15:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home

"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." -  African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - some estimates say 1.5 million and others …

Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans in South Africa sending their possessions home

FEARING further xenophobic violence and facing an uncertain future with the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), many Zimbabweans in the Eastern Cape are repatriating their valuables.Recent attacks in South Africa on immigra…

Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 15:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

4 ways to easily improve your home

If you want to improve your living space, you have two options. One, buy a potted plant that brightens your living room for a couple of days and makes a negligible difference in your life. Two, employ some easy, yet drastic solutions to ta…

Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff writer

Caught between a hard surface and a rock

This year has been very unfortunate for scholars, it's a year they will never want to remember. Caught between a hard surface and a rock, the students can not answer why it's happening to them. Coronavirus, wherever it came from, caused th…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Charity begins at home

Charity begins at home. Indeed the First Lady Mai Mnangagwa is a mother to the nation and her Angel of Hope Foundation is a beacon of hope to many disadvantaged families. The schools feeding programme initiative is very noble and came at t…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Zimbabwe is our only home

Gogo Chapo moved up and down the whole night checking on her sons Enock and John who were recuperating at their respective homes after a thorough beating by the settler forces. The cat had come out of the bag, freedom fighters camped at Mu…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:18hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

5 easy work from home jobs to boost your income

Are you one of those who are looking for a flexible part time job or are you hunting for a second job which will turn out to be easier compared to your first one? If yes, then you will find many that would boost your income. Before you beg…

Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 13:23hrs | 17 | by Staff Writer

Zimbabwe: A place I used to call home

Lemme tell you something about where I come from: I come from a place where the river of love and compassion shallows and leaders turn to rulersA place where hearts turn to crazy eight hearts pierced with darts fragmented to parts before t…

Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by Barnet Benjamin Verena

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