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The Proverbial Stupid Fly That Followed the Corpse Into the Grave
It's good to have smartphones for high school students, but are we not throwing out the baby with the bathwater? There is more to lose than to gain when learners carry these e-gadgets on their person ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:28hrs | 432 | by Thomas Murisa
Khama Billiat shines
Yadah 1-0 HerentalsKhama Billiat once again proved his class with a stunning performance capped by a brilliant goal as Yadah triumphed over Herentals in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash ...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos in a failed transfer window
Dynamos coach Genesis Mangombe is visibly frustrated after the club failed to secure any new signings during the recently closed transfer window. Mangombe had aimed to strengthen his squad...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 08:06hrs | 257 | by Sgtaff reporter
Mnangagwa reshuffles security chiefs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reshuffled senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officials, elevating those seen as loyal to him amid succession tensions within the ruling Zanu-PF party. Mna...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:42hrs | 7905 | by Staff reporter
Khama Billiat sinks Bosso
In a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at The Heart Stadium, YADAH FC secured a 2-0 victory over Highlanders on Saturday. Jerry Chipangura opened the scoring in the 31st minute, capitalizing on...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in soup over gold ore
Shamva based illegal miner Bornwell Mnangagwa is in trouble after he allegedly stole kilograms of gold ore at a mine in Shamva.The 24-y...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man stoned over gold mine
A 37-year-old man from Zhombe is nursing wounds sustained when he was severely assaulted with stones and stabbed by Columbian knives until he fell unconscious in a dispute involving a gold mine....Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 22:16hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed in gold dispute
A 37-year-old resident of Zhombe in the Midlands province is currently battling for his life after being attacked by a group of four individuals wielding Columbia knives in a dispute over gold....Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimbabwe army commander appointed ambassador to DRC
Former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander, Lt. General David Sigauke, has been designated as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).Presiden...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:48hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers pounce on traditional healer
TWO armed robbers reportedly pounced on a traditional healer, after they posed as patients who needed spiritual services, getting away with R3 000.According to the National Prosecuting Authori...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rupert Murdoch to wed Roman Abramovich's former wife
The media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged for a sixth time, it emerged on Thursday, this time to Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist.Murdoch's office announced that the 92-year-old is set to ma...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liverpool starlet's Gwanda roots are revealed
ZIMBABWE football fans have pleaded with Liverpool wonder boy Trey Nyoni to choose the Warriors ahead of England in his international career after the teenager played his first professional match in t...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbo set for big send off
WARRIORS and Highlanders legend Rahman Gumbo is expected to receive a big send off at his burial today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.Gumbo, who would have turned 60 today, died at a hos...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mash West wins two local authority by-elections
Zanu-PF in Mashonaland West has successfully secured victories in two local authority by-elections held over the weekend in Hurungwe and Banket, underscoring the party's continued dominance in the pro...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bosso thump Yadah
Highlanders FC 2-0 Yadah Stars FCHighlanders FC celebrated a victory against Yadah Stars in a Castle Lager Premiership match held at Barbourfields this afternoon, despite missing numerous scoring ...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mphini Ndiweni's long serving cop commits suicide
Chief Mphini Ndiweni's long-serving policeman committed suicide by hanging on Thursday at his relative`s homestead in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province.The policeman, Jerry Tonye ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 19:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Unserviced stands blamed for Beitbridge cholera'
BEITBRIDGE Municipality has said the occupation of Kwalu 2 residential area has fueled cholera cases as the area has not been fully serviced but has close to 50 families residing there already, with v...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC loses iconic conservationist as WhatsApp gives hunting communities 'permanent' voice in the media
The director of Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE Association, Mr Charles Jonga's death on 6 May 2023, signaled SADC's loss of an important wildlife conservation voice in the media.In an interview this week f...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
There's no greater curse than being led by an idiotic dictator!
It is terrible and painful enough being oppressed by a dictator.Nevertheless, it is utter devastation and catastrophic having a dictator who is also a brainless idiot. There is no grea...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
First British African Asian premier
Rishi Sunak will become the UK's first British Asian prime minister after his only remaining rival pulled out of the Tory leadership contest.Nearly 200 Conservative MPs publicly backed the for...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Zanu-PF Mashonaland East
DISCORD has rocked the Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland East province, with reports of divisions in the provincial executive.This paper is reliably informed that some top party officials have accu...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target highway criminals
Criminal syndicates operating around Ngundu Growth Point in southern Masvingo have been targeting accident victims along the Harare-Beitbridge highway, prompting police to launch an operation to bring...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
The destructive force of corruption
IN my business life I have handled several billion dollars of revenue and expenditure over a period of 65 years. In that time, I have been blatantly approached and asked for a bribe once — by a loca...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Why Tanzania can't afford to harm own hunting community
With international hunting bringing benefits that include wildlife and habitat conservation, including meeting the socio-economic needs of communities co-existing with wildlife, Tanzania can't afford ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 12:47hrs | 6 | by Emmanuel Koro
Nust donates Mnangagwa's biography to libraries
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) yesterday donated President Mnangagwa's biography to 36 libraries in Bulawayo so that school children and the youth can be inspired to lead....Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jerrycan links Taj Abdul gang to spate of robberies
A victim of armed robbery yesterday positively identified a jerry can which had his initials at the bottom, as the High Court murder trial of suspected armed robber Musa Taj Abdul and his eight co-acc...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deputy minister in GMB theft scandal
DEPUTY Agriculture minister Douglas Karoro is embroiled in a scandal involving the alleged theft of a huge consignment of fertiliser from Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot at Mushumbi in Mbire....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sigh of relief for commuters
THE upward review of hire fees for commuter omnibuses that are contracted under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise has helped ease transport challenges for the travelling public....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister sucked in fertiliser scam
Lands deputy minister and Mbire Member of Parliament, Douglas Karoro, has been implicated in a presidential inputs scam after allegedly acquiring fertiliser from the government programme under the gui...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:16hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean man murders Motswana woman, steals bicycle and rides it to Zimbabwe
A ZIMBABWEAN man living illegally in Botswana has been arrested for strangling an elderly Motswana woman to death and stealing her bicycle which he rode to Zimbabwe.The murder took place on Va...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Interpol lists sixteen Zimbabweans as missing
SIXTEEN Zimbabweans, three from Bulawayo are on the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) missing persons list after they disappeared on different dates.Interpol is an internat...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
40 machete wielding gang arrested
POLICE have arrested 40 machete wielding artisanal miners at Kitsiyatota in Bindura.The arrests were made on February 6, 2022 in an operation to end machete gang violence at mines dubbed Chiko...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Ana leaves a trail of destruction
An estimated 300 households in Mutasa and Nyanga districts in Manicaland province are in need of assistance after their homes were damaged by Cyclone Ana last week.Many parts of the country ex...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:22hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Ana hits Zimbabwe
THE country's Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has set up 394 evacuation centres in Manicaland province to deal with the impact of Cyclone Ana, amid reports that parts of Mutasa and Chimanimani di...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rebranding is a matter of life and death for MDC-Alliance
WILLIAM Shakespeare, the 16th century English playwright who once prominently featured on the Zimbabwean Ordinary Level and Advanced Level English literature school curriculum, once rhetorically asked...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | 10 | by Taona T. Denhere
Chamisa's options in the context of despotic capture of MDC Alliance?
In 1998, in Russia's St Petersburg, Oleg Sergeyev ran for the Governor's position. When he officially launched his campaign, to his chagrin there were two other opponents. Opponent one was Oleg Sergey...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
How NGOs scandalously manage to assume power in UN agency Cites
THE managing director of the USA-based Ivory Education Institute Godfrey Harris, revealed his analysis of how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) achieved overwhelming influence within the UN intern...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 9 | by Emmanuel Koro
Police stop stands demo
POLICE had to intervene and preside over a dialogue between Bulawayo City Council officials and beneficiaries of Woodville stands, who have been up in arms with the local authority over delays in comp...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Caps in turmoil
Harare City 1 0 Caps UnitedCAPS United's chances of progressing to the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup were left hanging in the balance while alarm bells have started to toll once again fo...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UK military drivers on standby
Britain's army has been put on standby to deliver fuel as panic buying worsened a supply crisis, sending prices to an eight-year high.Announcing the move late on Monday, the government said a ...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
The godfather of Matebeleland politics, Abednico Ncube
The creation of empires and dynasties through the Zanu-PF structures continue to gain thrust and traction within Zanu-PF in Matebeleland South as noted with the continuous personalization of the vast ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:48hrs | 24 | by Jerry Zinodla
SADC leadership ignores wildlife conservation as COVID-19 cripples tourism
The COVID-19 pandemic is clearly refusing to go away and is causing great damage in Africa — to both humankind and the tourism industry. This, in turn, is drastically reducing the income needed to c...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Lions kill 3 children triggering revenge lion-killing feelings from bereaved community
The lions of Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation Area horrifically killed three school children this month, drawing sympathy worldwide. This put a spotlight on the human-wildlife conflict in Tanzania a...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 09:12hrs | 33 | by Emmanuel Koro
Bosso snubbed at Maphepha burial?
FORMER Highlanders' manager and chairman Ernest "Maphepha" Sibanda was yesterday laid to rest at Lady Stanley Cemetery with the Bulawayo giants' leadership sidelined at the main service held earlier a...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Presidential guard shot in armed robbery
A MEMBER of the Presidential Guard was recently shot by detectives and fled with a bullet lodged in his rib cage after robbing a Chitungwiza service station of cash, a firearm and other valuables....Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Displaced Chipinge families flee to Mozambique
SCORES of displaced Chisumbanje and Chinyamukwakwa villagers in Chipinge, are reported to have resettled in neighbouring Mozambique, after losing their ancestral land to Green Fuel Pvt Ltd.Bus...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stampedes at vaccination sites
BULAWAYO residents, mostly informal traders, thronged various mobile centres dotted across the city to get vaccinated against Covid-19 during the national...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo City chairman on why he voted in Highlanders elections
BULAWAYO City Football Club chairman Jerry Sibanda has provided clarity on why he voted in last Sunday's Highlanders elections to choose three executive committee members.Sibanda was one of th...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jilted husband threatens to axe wife's lover
Jerry Sibanda of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo is living in fear after a man who accused him of having a sexual affair with his wife confronted him at his home and threatened to kill him.Sib...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Generals to shut up and go back to barracks
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said the military should stay out of politics and allow civilians to define their destiny without fear of the bullet.In an interview aft...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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