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Hwange school neglected two years after storm
The state of Ndangababi Primary School in Cross Dete reflects that of many rural schools in Hwange district. Lack of furniture and dilapidated classroom blocks are commonplace.Attending lesson...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the 'party'
Namibians have welcomed the return of uninterrupted hunting, following a near-total absence of international hunting in 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic travel bans. As hunting retur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:19hrs | 1251 | by Emmanuel Koro
Politics of the stomach choking Zimbabwe
It is really sad and beyond imagination to see democracy being shoved into the blast furnace with the aim of creating a one party state.Is recalling members of parliament by any chance g...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 19:35hrs | 1454 | by Leonard Koni
Botswana bounces back on international hunting map after long absence
Africa's hunting culture, including that of Botswana, will never die, no matter how much Western animal rights groups try to influence African leaders to ban it. For a country that missed...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 16:53hrs | 1479 | by Emmanuel Koro
Bare footed Tsikamutanda flees from police
There was drama in Kazunga village,Guruve when an unidentified Witch hunter popularly known as Tsikamutanda took to his heels in his regalia while bare fo...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:40hrs | 3640 | by Simbarashe Sithole
State capture: The hunters have become the hunted
The opening statement by former Eskom chief executive, Brian Molefe, testifying at the Zondo Commission into State Capture triggered a seismic shift whose political implications are far and wide....Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 11:42hrs | 2897 | by Professor Sipho Seepe
Job hunters defy Covid-19 regulations
BULAWAYO residents who survive on hunting for piece jobs are defying the Covid-19 lockdown regulations by continuing to flood the streets as part of their daily struggles to eke out a living. ...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
'Demand Arrest Of Chicken Thieves Not Wildlife Poachers' - Animal Rights Tell Africans
One of the most curious and harmful lessons that Western animal rights groups continue to teach African rural communities co-existing with wildlife and the African public, in general, is 'demand the a...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 12:54hrs | 1352 | by Emmanuel Koro
Corrupt cops cashing in on Covid19 curfew
This is their turn to feed from the trough of rot."Observant" sees it all.Police officers with sniffer dogs sniff around the shopping centre, hungry, hunting for a windfall.But...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 09:25hrs | 925 | by Rashid Saidi
Mbuya Nehanda's remains must be repatriated first then erection of the statue
One of the greatest achievements of the President of Zimbabwe comrade Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is to honour the heroes. The president has shown that he does not forget those deserving to be honoured...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:40hrs | 1780 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Where wildlife produces medical doctors
In Africa, some communities still don't have a single person who has graduated as a medical doctor. The reasons are many. It could be a lack of funds for brilliant children to further their ed...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1920 | by Emmanuel Koro
Probe into Gwanda goat deaths launched
AUTHORITIES have launched an investigation into mysterious deaths of goats in Makwe area, Ward 8 in Gwanda. A team comprising officials from Gwanda Rural District Council, Zimbabwe National Pa...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
U.S. presses Zimbabwe on labour rights
The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe has called on the government to respect labour rights after threats to replace teachers striking over poor pay.Brian Nichols met labour and social welf...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreak havoc in Bulilima San community
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area". Notorious for preying...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Cops, villagers flee businessman's 'goblins'
VILLAGERS and two police officers scurried for cover after they allegedly stumbled on goblins in a businessman's suitcase while searching for poison that allegedly led to the death of several communit...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:44hrs | 4830 | by Staff reporter
'Witch hunters' wreak havoc in Binga during lockdown
A group of self-styled 'witch hunters' are extorting livestock, cash and other property from Binga villagers, taking advantage of Covid-19 restrictions that have reduced police visibility to enrich th...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 20:28hrs | 2133 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans reduced to hunter-gatherers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he is the harbinger and personification of a new dispensation which saves public funds as opposed to the late former President Robert Mugabe who squandered State reso...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 748 | by Tamburai Shato
Smells like November 2017
WHEN harvesting is completed in many parts of rural Zimbabwe, there are many rituals that take place.Villagers hold night vigils, sing and dance, but more importantly for those who love blood ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1986 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The commodification and tribalisation of Bulawayo politics
The current imported and tribalistic nature of politics in Matabeleland generally and Bulawayo in particular, is cancerous and anti-development. This commodification and tribalisation of politics is a...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 1876 | by Nhlanhla Moses
The four canines lost race of the titans
The two boys could be high school students on this Covid-19 spawned 'holiday'. With four of 'man's best friends' for company, the duo passed through near my base as they scanned the tall savanna grass...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 15:20hrs | 429 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
18 MDCA Mutare City Fathers and Mothers backs Chamisa
Eighteen MDC Alliance councillors in Mutare has declared their support for for their leader Nelson Chamisa.Mutare MDC Alliance Council Chief Whip Edson Kalulu said May was a voluntary referend...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:34hrs | 1916 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi: What is in this name?
I ALWAYS monitor what people discuss on social media to educate myself on new ideas. This other day I was surprised when a group of Kalanga educationists said that the Mthwakazi are the Nguni and the ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 19:56hrs | 1739 | by Cont Mhlanga
Re-equipping hospitals a top priority, says Nigel Chanakira
Prominent banker Nigel Chanakira recently featured on the growing platform In Conversation with Trevor to share the story about his rise in the banking sector from working for the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
The Commemoration of African Heroes and Heroines Workshop
The Commemoration of African Heroes and Heroines Workshop which was held today on the 23rd of March 2020 at the Princess Zila Lobengula Cultural Village was running for the third (3) year. The Event w...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 21:08hrs | 365 | by Sizwe Mda
4 elephants poisoned, tusks removed
FOUR elephants were found dead, three of them without tusks in Woodlands Farm resettlement area on Monday. The resettlement area is on the edge of Hwange National Park and the jumbos were poisoned wit...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa regime cannot silence me,' says Sikhala
Masvingo High Court judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, recently acquitted MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala of treason charges after he allegedly called for the overthrowing of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Another Tsholotsho top official fired
AS confusion continues to reign supreme at the Tsholotsho Rural District Council (RDC) a senior official was on Thursday fired from the local authority, bringing to three the number of executives who ...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:12hrs | 1318 | by Staff reporter
Woman in shock mubobobo confession
A WOMAN from Fudu area in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, was almost beaten up by angry villagers after she confessed to witch-hunters and community members that she sells muthi for mubobobo....Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:17hrs | 2721 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lobbies US against trophy imports ban
Zimbabwe has engaged United States wildlife management agencies to help lobby against the proposed law (Cecil Act) seeking to ban trophies from Africa, conservation advocates have revealed.The...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:42hrs | 73 | by Staff rpeorter
Do not give the devil undeserved 'credit'
For sure witchcraft and witches do exist for different reasons and purposes. Just like thieves and robbers (another type of witchcraft), they are a menace to society and communities at large. ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:06hrs | 1482 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Tsholotsho acting CEO re-arrested on fresh charges
EMBATTLED Tsholotsho Rural District Council acting chief executive officer Nkululeko Sibanda has been arrested again on fresh charges of graft.Sibanda (51) is on $400 bail on another case wher...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:18hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Stop engaging tsikamutandas: Chiefs told
THE National Chiefs Council has urged traditional leaders to desist from engaging witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, as they were fleecing villagers of livestock.The council's dep...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:50hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni threatens to expel traditional leaders
CHIEF Nyangazonke Ndiweni of Matobo District has threatened to expel traditional leaders under his jurisdiction, whom he is accusing of conniving with self-proclaimed witch-hunters, known as tsikamuta...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 6304 | by Staff Reporter
Nkayi goblins shut down schools, female teachers wake up wearing male counterparts' trousers
Fudu primary and secondary schools in Nkayi, Matabeleland North Province, have been closed for three weeks after teachers fled in terror when female teachers woke up wearing their ma...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 20:50hrs | 4712 | by Staff Reporter
'Common sense must prevail, need GNU' argue Mzembi - 'less of him we'd have a better land'
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest physicist and innovative thinker to ever walk the earth, explained that psychologically, our beliefs and axioms rest upon our experiences. There exists, however, n...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:59hrs | 560 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa and Mnangagwa must first tame vanity
FUNERALS in our culture are an opportunity to vent one's deep-seated opinions and emotions on topical issues, be they personal, family or national, while enjoying the same privileges and protection ak...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1592 | by Walter Mzembi
Mzembi says unity in Zimbabwe will fix the economy
As the Zimbabwe crisis worsens former long-serving Tourism Minister and candidate in the last UNWTO Secretary-General elections, Dr. Walter Mzembi breaks his silence to weigh in with a prescription on...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:36hrs | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho acting CEO arrested on graft charges
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council acting chief executive officer Nkululeko Sibanda has been arrested on allegations of fraud involving more than US$4,1 million.Sibanda is alleged to have preju...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:03hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
ZimParks needs US$30 million for operations
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) needs about US$30 million annually to effectively run its operations, but the budget might be affected if the United States government's...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:22hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
'US crafting Cecil Act to ban Zimbabwe trophy movements'
THE United States is reportedly working on legislation called the Cecil Act, which seeks to ban the movement of trophies from Zimbabwe to America, a development that could see the southern African nat...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 12:37hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
$100 limit for cash-out transactions
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has given the green light for cash-out transactions on mobile money platforms, but capped it at $100 to minimise abuse. This comes after the central bank had banned ...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slates proposed US anti-trophy hunting law
GOVERNMENT is disturbed by moves by the United States to frustrate wildlife trophy hunting in Zimbabwe and is engaging Washington over the matter, a senior official said yesterday. The United ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
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 | 379 | by Emmanuel Kafe
Iron-age smelting sites discovered near Victoria Falls
Historical metal smelting sites have been discovered in Jafuta near Victoria Falls with calls for further exploration of the area which is believed to be rich in cultural heritage.Recent and p...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:59hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Harare man found with cyanide in Hwange
A 55-YEAR-OLD man from Harare has been arrested after he was found in possession of 3kg of cyanide and some pangolin scales. Danmore Chinjonjo of 3146 Mugwazigwazi Road in Budiriro suburb alle...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
UK Commemorates the visit of Ndebele Chiefs to Queen Victoria in 1889
The African community in the UK will be Celebrating the 1889 visit of two Ndebele Chiefs to Queen Victoria in London. In late 1888 King Lobengula sent 2 emissaries from present day Zimbabwe to go and ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 22:29hrs | 5250 | by Joseph Qobo Mayisa
Lion and Shark never envy each other but they all professional hunters
Life is in your hands. There is something amazing about nature . A Lion and Shark never went to hunting school but they are professional hunters.A lion can't hunt in the ocean but ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 12:58hrs | 957 | by Enos Denhere
Councillors petition Minister July Moyo
A GROUP of councillors from Tsholotsho have petitioned the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing July Moyo, concerning allegations of massive corruption within the Rural Dist...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas leave in a huff as villagers bay for their blood
HUNTERS popularly known as tsikamutandas left in a huff with egg on their faces after their trickery to swindle community members in Gokwe were exposed by the alert villagers who later bayed for their...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 11:05hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
BitcoinCasino dishes out Yggdrasil Gaming Slots this summer
Yggdrasil Gaming is undergoing some of the most monumental changes in their short history. Having launched in 2013, the casino software provider rapidly ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:07hrs | 1004 | by Staff Writer
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