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Museveni accuses Facebook of arrogance and bias
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has accused social media giant Facebook of arrogance and bias as he confirmed ordering the shutdown of social media and messaging apps ahead of Thursday's election....Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 13:24hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
David Chapfika and the Jatropha years, a memoir
David Chapfika came along as a snappy dresser- shiny suits and foreign cologne were the hallmark.As a rookie reporter with New Ziana then, I had the opportunity to mix and mingle with the elit...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:25hrs | 2465 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Man killed in late night bicycle and scotch-cart collision
A cyclist was killed in a collision with a scotch-cart in Filabusi, Matabeleland South, police said.The incident happened at around 9PM on January 2 between Sibasa and Silalatshani, Matabelela...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2505 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults ex-wife's grandmother
A 40-year-old man from Mvurwi fatally assaulted his ex-wife's grandmother (71) with a log after accusing her of bewitching his son and later committed suicide by drowning himself. A few days a...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Top tourist attractions in Singapore - suitable for all age groups
Whether you are a native Singaporean or an international visitor, you are probably wondering what the locals do in their downtime. This is a reasonable question to ask for newcomers who are not famili...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:16hrs | 158 | by Staff writer
Ex-convicts sentenced to life in jail
TWO Bulawayo ex-convicts, who robbed an elderly man of his cellphone and clothes before they killed and dumped his naked body in a bushy area, were on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail.Perfe...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | 1481 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bosso launch kit, declare war on counterfeiters
HIGHLANDERS have declared war on counterfeit replica jerseys, saying they will take legal action to confiscate and burn all imitations, as they seek to maximise on club merchandise sales. Boss...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's straitjacket has no wriggle room, especially now coups are 'legal' - off with his head with crown upon it
"Zanu-PF has a constitution and under that constitution, we sit as a congress to elect our president," said Zanu PF acting national spokes-person Patrick Chinamasa."In 1977, a lot of the leade...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 830 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF spells out Mnangagwa succession plan
ZANU-PF yesterday said the party's succession matrix would al-ways be guided by its constitution and remained a straitjacket where the most senior party member would succeed an incumbent party leader....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 11788 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rubbishes Khupe's overtures
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has rubbished opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's push for a government of national unity.Chinamasa told journalists during a party Press co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:42hrs | 12378 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors in corruption storm
GOKWE residents have complained about abuse of funds by five MDC Alliance councillors who allegedly forced council management to sponsor a trip to Harare which cost $235 000.The five councillo...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 3497 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge gunman death leads to five gangsters' arrest
POLICE in Beitbridge have arrested five men suspected to have been part of a gang of armed robbers that was terrorising Beitbridge residents together with the notorious John Sithole alias Kedha who wa...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 14:52hrs | 4712 | by Staff Repoter
ZANU-PF is a virus which can never be cured by elections
Elections have become a problem that has sunk us into vicious violence, unreformed state institutions, political and economic strife. It is my desire to enlighten those that still believe in the polit...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 11:41hrs | 2975 | by Knowledge Hakata
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1771 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa must remove pastoral jacket
WHY does MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa continue to seek re-course at the courts that are captured by Zanu-PF? Why does Chamisa dream of participating in the 2023 presidential elections that are a...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1917 | by Knowledge Hakata
MDC Alliance has let us down big time..
Why do you continue going to the courts that are captured by Zanu PF?Why do you dream of participating the 2023 presidential elections that are already rigged in favor of Zanu PF?Why a...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:02hrs | 4897 | by Knowledge Hakata
Morgan Komichi, the Simon Khaya Moyo of MDC
"It had become evident that his conduct in the discharge of his duties had become inconsistent with his official responsibilities. The Vice President has consistently and persistently demonstrated tra...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 09:40hrs | 4733 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
ZANU PF bigwigs endorse Obert Mpofu's book
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration's Obert Mpofu's book has received endorsements from senior Seniior ZANU PF and government officials. The biography titled On the Shoulders of the struggle ...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 16:56hrs | 3065 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt salary talks collapse
GOVERNMENT salary talks broke down last week, with teachers saying they will boycott classes when schools reopen for examination classes next week as a result.The Apex Council, an umbrella bod...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 4924 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu gunman was DRC war vet who dreamed of 'freeing Zimbabwe'
One of the Chivhu gunmen who shot dead a soldier was a Democratic Republic of Congo war veteran who often spoke of "freeing Zimbabwe", according to friends and family.Elliot Chihambakwe, of Gu...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 5896 | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed robbers in Emakhandeni night raid
MORE than 10 armed men raided three houses in Emakhandeni suburb at around 2AM yesterday, forcibly gaining entry into homes to rob residents after destroying doors and windows with axes in terrifying ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2072 | by Staff reporter
Terror in Seychelles Zimbabweans in crossfire
THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 2653 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio turns to prophets
MDC-Alliance activists who faked abduction in May this year have now turned to apostolic prophets in what appears to be a desperate bid, wrapped in superstition and mythology, to have the State's case...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance councillor acquitted after 42-day prison hell
Godfrey Kurauone, an MDC Alliance councillor from Masvingo who was held without bail for 42 days has been acquitted on a charge of obstructing the free movement of traffic and participating in an ille...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:27hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on a sleeping woman
Armed Robbers allegedly pounced on a Kwekwe woman yesterday morning and robbed her of her money before firing warning shots to scare her.Beatrice Muza (43) was robbed of her US$3 500 and ZAR 2...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 14:15hrs | 3229 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/ Simbarashe Sithole
The state of Zimbabwe's political System and why they will not entertain Hopewell Chin'ono's exposure
The truth about Zimbabwe's ruling structures and why Hopewell Chin'ono is in deep trouble, Zimbabwe's parties appears to be a typical political organization. But the truth is, there is a deep connecti...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:21hrs | 2759 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Former Bulawayo mayor says govt estates must be independent of each other
Former Mayor of Bulawayo Martin Moyo has said government estates such as the parliament, executive and the judiciary must work independent of each other so as to influence public interests issues and ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 13:51hrs | 1889 | by Stephen Jakes
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Jet store loses $1 million clothes
A HARARE man has been arrested on allegations of conniving in breaking into Jet stores in the capital and stealing various clothes worth over $1million, a court heard.Robert Mhandu, according ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:30hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso junior speaks on his military training
WE continue our interview with Clarence Tshuma aka Shungu Moyo, one of the several Highlanders junior players who left the country in 1976 to join the armed struggle in Zambia.Today, Tshuma co...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:08hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Salt and witches are two sides of the same coin
This 'inflation' boy must be a wizard, reducing the value of my money when its physically present, whatever its gender inflation is a witch. Salt and witches are two sides of the same coin, they both ...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:03hrs | 1617 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Man jailed 25 years for killed security guard
A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with two accomplices and choked a security guard to death at a flea market in the city centre in 2013, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in jail. Ignatius Mehlul...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Prison inmate up for guard's murder
A BULAWAYO man who was about to be released from prison appeared in court for allegedly participating in the gruesome killing of a security guard at a flea market in the city centre in 2013. I...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: On a wing and a prayer
THIS has been a terrible week for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. It has been more than terrible – a week in which government was always on the backfoot. A week during which the regime's sterility has...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:34hrs | 351 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Courts bringing confusion to people
IT'S amazing one High Court judge rules that the MDC Alliance is a party and can sue or be sued, while another says it is not a party and, therefore, cannot sue or be sued. We wonder how these judges ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1463 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
The only option left is to take up arms or else we are buried for good
It's amazing one judge says MDC Alliance is a party & can sue & be sued, another says it is not a party & therefore can not sue or be sued, we wonder how these judges are interpreting the ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 16:57hrs | 5244 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Spare a thought for the orphan this winter
Very soon some orphans, lonely widows and the neglected elderly will be shivering like reeds in flooded rivers because of the cold. It is that time of the year when those in better situations should s...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 152 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Politicians hindering development says Tsitsi Gezi
DEPUTY Speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi castigated politicians who elbow well-wishers from fostering development for fear of being voted out.Speaking at a Covid-19 donation ceremony by Chiwes...Published: 18 May 2020 at 09:56hrs | 1928 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
'MPs frustrating development partners'
DEPUTY Speaker of Parliament, Tsitsi Gezi, has castigated sitting MPs for frustrating development partners offering to operate in their constituencies for fear of losing their seats.Speaking a...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Will Tendai Biti and job Sikhala join Zanu-PF as MDC MPs are recalled?
The old saying that "if you stay in the glass house do not throw stones." It goes on to say if stones are to be thrown back you must not cry the loudest. MDC in all its shapes has been masquerading as...Published: 08 May 2020 at 19:40hrs | 6902 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Minister sends SOS to Botswana deportees
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube has appealed for assistance on behalf of 400 locals recently deported from Botswana and placed under 14-day quarantine in the city for Covid-19 monito...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:39hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
After Covid-19, the MDC and Zanu-PF must unite to end US, EU sanctions on Zimbabwe
On January 13, 2002 MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai made a fatal tactical error by calling on South Africa to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe, ostensibly to penalise a violent, repressive Zanu-PF p...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 22:39hrs | 1706 | by Tafi Mhaka
The pandemic lockdown is no time for fiscal distancing
These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus pandemic. And it seems almost no nation is spared. As infection rates rise, so does panic acro...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:30hrs | 74 | by Akinwumi A Adesina
Civil-Military relations in Zimbabwe cause or instability
MDC's top official Tapiwa Mashakada has insinuated that the military involvement in politics in Zimbabwe is the source of political instability as this has resulted to a widened relationship between t...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1529 | by Stephen Jakes
Circus reigns supreme in Zimbabwe parliament
This aptly sums up what characterises most sessions of the National Assembly.Usually, on Wednesdays the National Assembly will be packed to the rafters as MPs get a chance to raise questions w...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 1431 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa awaits Mbeki signal
The leader of the opposition MDC, Nelson Chamisa is waiting for the signal from former South African president Thabo Mbeki on when talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa will begin despite an intensi...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 07:02hrs | 4040 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is no longer in charge,' says Jonathan Moyo
Late president Robert Mugabe's exiled information minister Jonathan Moyo is convinced Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on his way out.In a sit-down interview with Times Select, Moyo ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 18200 | by Lenin Ndebele
Fake soldier arrested
A 44-year-old Harare man was arrested after he went to State House wearing a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform.He pretended to be a member of the defence forces saying he wanted to have a s...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 09:29hrs | 7296 | by Staff reporter
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