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Madzibaba appeals for prayers amid health struggles
Sungura music legend Nicholas "Madzibaba" Zakaria has appealed to Zimbabweans to pray for him as he battles serious health challenges, sparking concern and an outpouring of support from fans and fello...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:08hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zhakata returns with powerful song 'Inguva'
Legendary Zimbabwean musician Leonard Karikoga Zhakata has released a new single titled Inguva, marking a major moment for his devoted fans and reaffirming his influence in Zimbabwe's musical landscap...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 16:10hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Independence day funds looted
A group of disgruntled and starved villagers from various wards in Muzarabani are up in arms with the District Development Co-ordinator's office after independence day celebration resources worth thou...Published: 09 May 2025 at 10:27hrs | 754 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Muzarabani
Detective Constable Hove mourned after tragic shooting
The Officer Commanding Bulawayo Province, Commissioner Jasper Chizemo, and colleagues of the late Detective Constable Cassandra Hove (37) have described her as a courageous and dedicated officer whose...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:15hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya pays homage to Mpandare
Suspected thief kills partner in crimeA 36-year-old man from Mbare suburb, John Chivasa, is facing serious charges after allegedly killing his partner in crime during a botched robbery attempt. Ch...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lady Sables edge Zambians
In a closely contested match, Zimbabwe's Women's National Rugby Team, the Lady Sables, secured a thrilling 26-25 victory over Zambia in Lusaka on Saturday. This win is significant as it reverses their...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 15:28hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala gets suspended prison sentence
Former Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala will leave prison at 8AM on Wednesday after a court on Tuesday handed down a wholly suspended two-year prison sentence following his conviction on charges of incitem...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grammy Award for Mapfumo?
THOMAS Mapfumo, popularly known as Mukanya, might finally get a chance to win a Grammy Award following the addition of three new categories for the 2024 edition of these awards regarded by many as the...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dog eat dog in Zanu-PF primaries
It will be a dog eat dog scenario in Zanu-PF primary elections initially set for Saturday (March 18) but have been postponed to a later date, with big wigs and some completely new faces set to clash i...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 08:32hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Macheso is bigger than Ngwazi but .....
THE raging comparison of Sungura legend Alick Macheso and the emerging sungura star Mark Ngwazi reminds me of the late 1990s when a colleague brought Macheso's debut album, Magariro, to a party....Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Honour Alick Macheso with an honorary degree in music
The Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture should recommend to the relevant authorities to honour one of the greatest sons of Zimbabwe a polished musician of par excellence ever produced in the cou...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 22:01hrs | 7 | by Leonard Koni
4 people killed in horrific accident
FOUR people died on Monday night after the truck they were traveling in was involved in an accident near Kaburi area in Kariba.The fourth person died on arrival at Kariba hospital while scores...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must sleep with one eye open
Elections always unfailingly produce rare and curious political creatures and species.You might think you have seen it all only for another election cycle to remind you that you ain't seen not...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga battle to control Masvingo continues
The battle to control Masvingo province between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga continues to escalate taking dramatic turns after the former ordered remova...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 17:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi hits back at Chirambwe
JUSTICE minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi has hit back at Harare lawyer, Joshua John Chirambwe's application that he mounted with the High Court last month challenging the legality of the Law Society of Zimba...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lupane, Binga battles relived
TODAY as we continue our interview with Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Stanford Moyo pseudo name Lloyd Zvanananewako or Mabhikwa, the former freedom fighter takes us through operations in the Zipra oper...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Poor scoring rate worries Bosso coach
Bulawayo City 0 - 0 HighlandersDESPITE qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup, Highlanders' coach Mandla Mpofu is worried by his team's inability to convert scoring chances the...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
RBZ names another 47 over illegal currency deals
Another 47 people were blacklisted yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for operating on the foreign currency black market, taking to 77 the number of people whose bank and mobile money accounts ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZEC commissioner tipped for Insiza seat
FORMER Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner (ZEC) Qhubani Moyo reportedly plans another try at the ballot box, targeting the same Insiza constituency he twice lost to Zanu-PF when he was a member of the op...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chicken In through to Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals
Chicken Inn FC 2-0 Bulawayo City FCCHICKEN INN are through to the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup after completing a double over Bulawayo City in a Group B encounter at Barbourfields S...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 21:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Living between a rock & hard surface - Brenda Manyoni Narrates her Story!
The quagmire that Brenda Manyoni (25) is living through is terribly deplorable. Brenda says she does not 'understand' how, her nylon skirt caught fire when she was just five. The girl reports that she...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 13:46hrs | 2 | by Dumisani Mawere
Bulawayo City, Chiefs share spoils
Bulawayo City 2 2 Bulawayo ChiefsVETERAN Wellington Kamudyariwa rose from the bench to help Bulawayo City secure a share of the spoils against impressive Bulawayo Chiefs in a Chibuku Super C...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
City better than Bosso, says Sibanda
BULAWAYO Chiefs coach Thulani Sibanda has said that Bulawayo City, whom his team faces in their next game of the Chibuku Super Cup, are a stronger team than Highlanders to whom they lost to 1-0 last w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tightens grip in SA province
Mpumalanga District MDC Alliance leadership establishes another branch in Bethel, Mpumalanga South Africa yesterday.The program was led by ...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 15 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Oppah Muchinguri divorced?
Male politicians in Zimbabwe are measured and judged by their love affairs. Morgan Tsvangirai was questioned on his love for women and hoping from one relationship to the next. Robert Mugabe was quest...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 12:04hrs | 6 | by John Chibuwa
Teachers start receiving Covid-19 vaccine jabs
The second stage of the national vaccination programme against Covid-19 opened in Harare yesterday with teachers, the elderly and people with underlying conditions now getting their jabs with the roll...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How does Zimbabwe define its heroes?
I WANT to thank President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his team for the conferment of provincial war hero status on Saul Musaka, Soul Jah Love. I would like to thank him again for the conferment of national...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:50hrs | 15 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
'I never said gold belonged to Mnangagwa'
GIFT Karanda, one of the suspects in the 6kg gold smuggling scandal involving Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) boss Henrietta Rushwaya, yesterday denied State claims that he had implicated First Lady ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teacher steals exam students' laptops
A Mt Darwin primary school teacher has been slapped with a two-year jail term for stealing laptops and cell phones valued at $30 401 from candidates who were sitting for their examinations at a Great ...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 7 - 1 Mauritius
Zimbabwe 3-1 Mauritius Zimbabwe win 7-1 on aggregate PRINCE Dube chose national colours to finally break his non-scoring record at Barbourfields Stadium this year when he scored a hat-tr...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa courts Jah Prayzah to coin a song for the Warriors
FROM teams marching onto home grounds accompanied by theme songs, to World Cup anthems and pop culture references, the music industry has strong ties to the world's most beautiful game.Footbal...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Staff repoirter
Criminals cash in on lost IDs, certificates
CUNNING criminals are earning a living out of lost identity particulars and certificates which they sell to undocumented foreign foreigners who are desperate to remain in the country.The crimi...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
4 in court over forged drivers' licences, IDs
Four men, who are facing 60 counts of forgery after manufacturing fake identity documents, driver's licences and passports at an office in the Harare central business district were on Tuesday denied b...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimra workers allege victimisation
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) workers' committee have resigned en-masse, citing victimisation by management and the board.In a letter gleaned by NewsDay, a leader of the wo...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents plot to petition Parly over baboon menace
RESIDENTS of Kariba have threatened to approach Parliament to register their complaints over the increasing baboon population in the area saying the apes were now a menace, especially in the residenti...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dumps blind wife, marries tenant
A BLIND woman's attempt to stop her husband's secret wedding yesterday at the Harare Magistrates' Court failed after she arrived moments after the signing.Only identified as Mrs Chidzoka, the ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Catholic priest speaks on Mtukudzi
I didn't intend to write anything on Tuku at this time because there is so much going on out there. The nation and the world is struggling to come to terms with his passing, condolence message...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Fr Dominic Tomuseni SJ
'Jolly Jesus' killed before Xmas
A SATELITE dish installer from Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, popularly known as "Jolly Jesus" was stabbed and died on a neighbour's rooftop where he had sought refuge following a fight at a gambling...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
TB Joshua's son sent to pray for Mnangagwa
Apostle John The spiritual son of Nigerias Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua says God has sent him to come and pray for the nation Zimbabwe and for the newly elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Perrance Shiri's imposter in court for swindling farmers
AN unrepentant ex-convict who allegedly registered cellphone lines in the name of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri and used them to swindle unsuspectin...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
AFM fight intensifies
DISGRUNTLED Apostolic Faith Mission church in Zimbabwe (AFM) pastors have filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court to block the election of a new national executive pending determination ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 22:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Doctor threatens to kill wife over divorce
Renowned Harare doctor Macjohn Chirisa has been dragged to court by his wife after he threatened to kill her for instituting divorce proceedings against him.Chirisa, 47, is being charged with ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lawsuits for failed banks executives
THE Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) has sued directors of four failed banks for lack of corporate governance and abuse of depositors' funds.Last year, the deposit protection entity said t...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF rivals clash
TENSION between Zanu-PF winning candidate Tendai Savanhu and losing candidate Emmanuel Mahachi has escalated ahead of the nomination court's sitting on Thursday, raising fears that the ruling party co...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 10:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF intra-party violence rocks Mbare
ZANU PF intraparty violence resurfaced in Harare's populous Mbare suburb yesterday, where three supporters of the ruling party's parliamentary candidate, Tendai Savanhu, were severely injured during c...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns observers to be objective
ZANU PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered visiting foreign observe missions to familiarise themselves with the country's electoral laws and political environment to avoid producing biase...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bemoans siphoning of cash out of Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed concern at the tendency by Zimbabweans to siphon cash out of the country, saying it is hampering efforts by the government to address the current cash shorta...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe retain the COSAFA Cup
Zimbabwe defeated arch-rivals Zambia 4-2 after extra time at the Peter Mokaba Stadium on Saturday to claim the 2018 Cosafa Cup title.The Warriors, who trailed right to the death of regulation ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 18:43hrs | | by SuperSport
How it happenned: COSAFA Cup - Zimbabwe vs Zambia
Zimbabwe 4-2 ZambiaExtra-Time:114' Corner kick to Zim, Khama takes it short.113' Zim now playing deep.111' Chigova makes a good save to deny Zambia.105' Yellow ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unknown Chimbandi declared national hero
Career diplomat John Chimbandi, who died last Saturday in Harare, has been declared a national hero and will be buried at the National Heroes Acre tomorrow.He was 67.Zanu-pf secretary for ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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