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Teacher (42) in court for raping pupil
A TEACHER from Bethel College in Hopley Zone 6, Harare, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Courts facing a charge of raping his 10-year-old pupil during extra lessons.Harare regional...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo is built on love'
BULAWAYO's success is anchored on love and acts of philanthropy, Bulawayo City Council's Corporate Communications Manager, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu has said.She said this during a Christmas party held...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Enraged wife leaks prosecutor's pictures with a string of women
A public prosecutor stationed at Plumtree magistrates' courts in Matabeleland South Province found himself in the midst of a nude scandal after his angry wife reportedly sent nude photos in which he w...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Fashion extravaganza at Mnangagwa's inauguration
IT was pomp and fanfare on Monday as thousands made their way into the giant National Sports Stadium for the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a second term.Mnangagwa was declar...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Four Decades of Uhuru - Minus.....
"ZIMBABWEANS at 42" is the shrill theme on many a Zimbabwean lip as our nation ages towards April 18 which marks 42 years of freedom and independence for our motherland - but so what?So what!...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Mpofu
DJ Sbu converts masses at Hustlers Summit
"PREACH Pastor Sbu", said one of the hustlers who assembled at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Hall 4 in Bulawayo on Thursday for the Hustlers Summit.DJ Sbu has been addressed with many ...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:17hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
By-elections: The morning after
ZANU-PF's Wednesday St Mary's rally was a turning point in several ways. Of course, the most obvious marker were the numbers that attended, something even the blind could see and feel.I cannot...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:14hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangudya freaks out over RBZ balcony cuddlers
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has thrown its employees captured sharing an intimate moment at its building under the bus after receiving backlash on social media.This comes after social media...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo school tests ALL pupils
COVID-19 tests for all the 800 pupils enrolled at Mzilikazi Primary School started yesterday after eight teachers tested positive two weeks ago. Health officials have also started initiative c...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poly student in trouble over campus hug
HARARE Polytechnic has suspended a student for hugging a colleague inside the college premises in contravention of COVID-19 preventive protocols.According to the suspension letter dated March ...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry to supervise boarding schools
NO pupil succumbed to Covid-19 when schools opened last year and Government will supervise boarding schools to ensure safety. Schools are set to open on March 15 for examination classes and a week lat...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Was November 2017 a false start for Zimbabwe?
THEN there was the incident in New York on 9/11, I drove into the garden of my daughter and her husband and they shouted at me to come and see what was happening.I walked into the house and sa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:19hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe govt to supervise funerals
The Government is set to supervise all funerals in communities to reduce the spread of Covid-19. This comes after the soaring number in Covid-19 cases, which has claimed more than 1 200 lives ...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Carlos Max in Covid-19 storm
FORMER Zimbabwe international Carlos Max has described as a storm in a tea cup the video that has been circulating on social media which shows him partying with friends in Arcadia without following th...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Have funerals become super spreaders of Covid-19?
I was six and Gogo was showing me how to deal effectively with marauding ants in the little hut where I slept."Mana kancane, ngikwenzele isililo sobunyonyo!" (let me create for you an ants fun...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:56hrs | 7 | by Zifiso Masiye
Reasons why by-elections spook Zanu-PF
ZIMBABWE is in perpetual election mode, so there is no harm yapping on this subject even as the year is just starting and we are more than two years away from the next national polls.The west ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe's carefree attitude towards Covid-19
THE fear of death and the deep longing for immortality is, according to philosopher and political theorist Thomas Hobbes every man's desire — where every human sense is trained to avoid death at all...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa defends flouting Covid-19 restrictions
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended her decision to flout the national Covid-19 lockdown restrictions after hosting her 60th birthday party last Saturday evening where scores of guests...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa on the defensive over party that broke COVID-19 rules
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday defended her hosting a birthday party with other ministers and senior government officials without observing COVID-19 social distancing protocols or we...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 07:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
5 300 new teachers start work
THE 5 300 teachers recently engaged to beef up staff at schools following Government's decision to reduce classes to maximum of 30 pupils to allow for social distancing start work today. The l...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brave performance by Brendan Taylor as Pakistan pips Zimbabwe
Shaheen Afridi tops Brendan Taylor to make it 1-0 for PakistanPakistan 281 for 8 (Sohail 71, Imam-ul-Haq 58, Chisoro 2-31) beat Zimbabwe 255 (Taylor 11...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Schools reopen today
SCHOOLS reopen today under a new normal which requires both teachers and learners to strictly adhere to Covid-19 prevention regulations as directed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education S...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Pardon Muzavazi
Go home Nero! The demons are with you
We are told sister Piri, as Prisca Mupfumira was known in her close circles, is demanding too much luxury behind bars. Yes, she has not yet been convicted, but it could be her insatiable quest for swa...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo: The absent citizen
He must have been a pro. We never had a glimpse of the camera-man. He stood afixed to the door and focused on the desk and the town clerk's quivering face and frothing mouth. Even watching, many faint...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Our dressing should stand for who we are, children of God
Praying is an event or a series of occurrences but worshipping is a way of life from dressing, eating to character and practices. Most among us today are prayer warriors who are well known for...Published: 29 May 2019 at 15:44hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
West urged to support Mnangagwa
The West should focus on supporting President Mnangagwa's structural reforms, rather than figure-hugging the hostile rhetoric of MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, the International Policy Digest has...Published: 21 May 2019 at 23:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's daughter plays down Daisy rift
CRACKS in the late superstar Oliver Mtukudzi's family appear to be widening over his music legacy, with his daughter Selmor seemingly on the receiving end of planned attacks.Although she refus...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nyarota's lawyer fined for negligence
Harare lawyer Doreen Vimbai Gapare was recently fined $500 by the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) after she was convicted of unprofessional and compromised conduct in handling a case involving senior jo...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt cops feel the heat
POLICE have directed all policing provinces to set up investigating teams to probe graft and unprofessional conduct by law enforcement agents with a view to take disciplinary action against offenders ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa's only commuter train is cheap and reliable
CHUGGING through townships, maize fields and scrubland as the sun rises, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is cheap and reliable - two qualities that its passengers cherish in a downwards-spiralling econ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | | by AFP
Who really calls the shots in bloody Zimbabwe crackdown?
THE two girls, one 11 and the other 12, were on their street in the Pumula district of Bulawayo one afternoon, going between each other's homes, when they made the mistake of peeping through the wall ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | | by The Times (UK)
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance MPs extort govt, get luxury cars
MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday arm-twisted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube into raising their budgetary allocation by 44% and demanded the latest 4×4 luxury Toyota Land Cruisers, among other perks, de...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Hitchhiker
She stood some fifty-sixty metres away from the desperate looking swarm of humanity that infested the Harare Showground bus stop. One hand shielded her sunglazed face from the savannah sun, the other ...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:29hrs | 6 | by Jerà
Chiwenga in high spirits
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga returned home from South Africa where he was receiving medical attention.Speaking to our Harare Bureau after VP Chiwenga's arrival, Deputy Chief Secretary t...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sibusiso Moyo had two operations in Zimbabwe
Speaking to State media after Vice President Chiwenga's arrival, Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet (Presidential Communications) who is also the Presidential spokesperson, George Cha...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga returns from SA hospital, SB Moyo expected soon
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has returned home from South Africa where he was receiving medical attention. He touched down at the Manyame Air Base at 1850 hours accompanied by his wife Marry, w...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife has limits on hugs
VICE President Constantine Chiwenga's wife Marry says she hugs people close to her out of love.The former model, chairperson of Musha Mukadzi Zimbabwe and patron of Miss Zimbabwe Trust opened ...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 16:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pokello, the ultimate 'wife material'
An advertising gimmick by self-styled Queen of Swagger, Pokello Nare, has just reminded everyone how much of wife material the damsel is. Perhaps this is the reason why rich and famous men fall over e...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who will win Zimbabwe's 2018 elections?
The harmonised elections are barely a month away and aspirants of all persuasions are out in full force hugging babies, giving to the needy, officially opening bins and promising everything to everyon...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Dumisani O Nkomo
Prophet Makandiwa call on Zimbabeans to vote wisely
United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has called on Zimbabweans to exercise discretion in the selection of their political representatives.Speaking to con...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Louis Vuitton suitcase raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to turn his country's financial fortunes around.Mnangagwa carries around a Louis Vuitton limited edition presidential briefcase that retail...Published: 14 May 2018 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matebele Diaspora Genocide Conference: Dabengwa and Mzila expected to attend
This press release is issued to the public as a way of an update about the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement's programme of activities including an update on the up...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 17:19hrs | | by Thembani Dube
College principal 'exposes manhood to female subordinates'
ESIGODINI Agricultural College principal Mr Bernard Sibanda is under fire for allegedly sexually harassing his female subordinates by exposing his manhood and touching their private parts.The ...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Dube's suspension lifted
EMOTIONS ran high at Zifa's Annual General Meeting in Harare yesterday with the 58-member assembly differing on a plethora of issues.Members of local football's highest decision making body - ...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why EU embraced Mnangagwa govt
Since coming into power last November when the army forced former president Robert Mugabe to resign after it took over government, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made it a priority to normalise Zimb...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa ropes in Fifa
EMOTIONS ran high at Zifa's Annual General Meeting in the capital yesterday with the 58-member assembly differing on a plethora of issues.Members of local football's highest decision making body -...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa caught in media scrum
When asked the question on the country's lips - what President Jacob Zuma's immediate future holds - ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa just laughed.Ramaphosa found himself in a media-scrum as he e...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Sapa
No handshakes at funerals as cholera spreads in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has put screening mechanisms in place at the country's borders with Zambia‚ Mozambique‚ Botswana and South Africa in an attempt to contain a cholera outbreak.Health and Child Care...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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