Search / Jolly
The Chemist Siziba and Oasis bar story
It is hard to find a patron who would mostly and consistently drink in one bar for 44 years - a whole generation; a lifetime.Yet Chemist Siziba, a local businessman and socialite, did. Before ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
University of Exeter graduate receives £270k for Zimbabwe farming project
A UNIVERSITY of Exeter graduate has secured more than £270,000 of funding for a regenerative agriculture project in Africa.Hugo Winkfield, who graduated in biological sciences from the univer...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Stepmom scalds 9-year-old boy with cooking oil for 'stealing' maize
A 29-year-old woman from Gokwe scalded her stepson, 9, with cooking oil for allegedly stealing maize grain, and then denied her medical treatment fearing her abuse would come to light, police said....Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:42hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
How can a brutalised nation stand with abusive regime?
YOUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa,At times I believe the main reason Zimbabweans are still standing today in spite of the political, economic, physical, and emotional brutalisation they ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How can a brutalized Zimbabwean nation be expected to stand with their abusive regime in international re-engangement?
At times I believe the main reason Zimbabweans are still standing today, in spite of the political, economic, physical, and emotional brutalization they have endured at the cold-hearted and blood-drip...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 08:31hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The curse of education?
I was jolted by a friend's tweet last night. It said "I have learnt much in my life… but the biggest stumbling block to my learning has been my education!"So it turns out, life is really one...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:59hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Jah Prayzah in quandary
This year might be the worst that musician Jah Prayzah has had to endure since the jolly good melodies of Tsviriyo that saw him break into outright stardom in 2013.Since the beginning of year,...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 7 | by Zifiso Masiye
Ncube et al on yet another 'global roadshow' to lure investors - whilst Zim remains a pariah state, will lure no one
The real tragedy in Zimbabwe is that we have a regime that knows it will never ever be held to account for anything and so it has said and done as it jolly well pleased. It has made promises only to b...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chimanimani teacher rapes pupil (14)
A 54-YEAR-OLD Chimanimani primary school teacher has appeared in court for raping a Grade 5 pupil before giving her sachets of jolly juice powder to buy her silence. The accused, who is repres...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'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
Zimbos obsessed with meaningless things
A picture with mindblowing claims that MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira was soliciting money for an abortion has been doing the rounds. What is mindboggling has been the troops that have invaded the ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Maynard Manyowa
Mutumwa Mawere was a ZANU PF front?
A Zimbabwean activist Rutendo Matinyarare has accused business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere of being a beneficiary of ZANU PF's political patronage which saw him owning over 27 blue chip companies in Z...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 12:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
1893 MHRRM praises Zenzele Ndebele, calls for a UN Commission of Enquiry
The 1893 MHRRM takes this opportunity to congratulate and give special thanks to one of Matebeleland's finest Human Rights Activists, Zenzele Ndebele, for his informative and forthright documentary on...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:43hrs | | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Top CIO operative Moyo dies
A senior officer in the President's Office and war veteran Austin Peter Moyo has died.He was 62.Moyo, whose war name was Madayiza, was involved in an accident last Tuesday and succumbe...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No Mutsvangwa, that's not the way of a comrade
Clearly, Mutsvangwa has issues with the Lieutenant-General (retired) Rugeje and Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Minister Webster Shamu, but there are far much better ways of resolving those differ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:19hrs | 2 | by Bishop
Leroy Gopal is back on TV
FANS of South Africa-based Zimbabwean actor and voice artiste Leroy Gopal have definitely been starved of his acting as it has been a while since he last made an appearance on TV shows.That is...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
#ME-TOO movement in Zimbabwe will be supported by Zimbabwe men!
Fourth letter to the women of ZimbabweI wish you a happy women's day to you all my fellow Zimbabweans wherever you may be: kumativi mana enyika. There are several areas we need to celebrate ou...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 19:33hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Rhodies learnt nothing, forgot nothing
First, an anecdote. Many black Zimbabweans, who have travelled across the world and come across white people formerly resident in Zimbabwe before and after Independence, will relate how a typical conv...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe conflating party and State
President Robert Mugabe's spin-doctor - George Charamba - is a British-trained Chevening scholar, who has admirably shaped the president's public image and runs the Munhumutapa Building communications...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 12:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai and Mujuru are beginning to excite
MY heart bleeds for Comrade Chinx. What a jolly good comrade? Shamwari yeropa. Music was his gun. 2 Timothy 4 vs 7 comforts me: "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:09hrs | | by Bishop
Zimbabwean teen offered new terms at Burnley
TEENAGE forward, Tinashe Chakwana, born of Zimbabwean parents, is set to continue his development at English Premier League side Burnley after extending his scholarship agreement with the Clarets unti...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru vendors duping travellers
Some vendors at Gweru bus terminus are allegedly duping customers by filling cascade bottles with orange jolly jus.A traveller who bought the alleged cascade blasted the vendors saying they we...Published: 02 May 2017 at 16:43hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo wakes up to Mugabe birthday bash
SECURITY has been tightened in Bulawayo and surrounding areas to quash any anti-President Robert Mugabe protests planned ahead of his lavish 93rd birthday celebrations scheduled for today in Matob...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen making waves at Burnley
ENGLAND-BORN Zimbabwean winger Tinashe Chakwana served up another notice of his potential with a brilliant goal for the Under-18 team of English Premiership side Burnley as they staged a stunning ...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
ECD pupils drink rat poison
There was pandemonium at Mqiqika Primary School in Nketa on Monday after three pupils collapsed after allegedly drinking rat poison.An Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupil had brought a pow...Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Nikita Mangena: The military strategy genius
ON July 26, 1978, tragedy befell the Zimbabwean armed struggle when Rogers Mangena or Alfred Nikita, the commander of the Zapu's armed wing, ZIPRA, died.He was killed by a landmine planted by ...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Rtd Brig-Gen Abel Mazinyane
Jolly Tsvangirai back, raring to go
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is back in Zimbabwe itching to get back to work as soon as possible following his medical operation in Johannesburg two weeks ago.Speaking to the Daily ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 21:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - The importance of a contract
We have come this far from the first article.Nginethemba you did find some useful information,if you just joined us,siyakwamukela asicobelane ngolwazi.Since kuyi festive season,everyone is in a jolly ...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 16:51hrs | | by DJ Sticha
Prison officers begged for tea from 'godfather' Gumbura
Prison officers begged for tea from jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who was regarded as a godfather at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the court heard yesterday....Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 05:25hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Zim journalist revives 'Marabi' in nostalgic CD
London-based Zimbabwean journalist/writer, Brian Moyo's newly released CD of Marabi music entitled: Ziyaduma - Marabi Revival has been well received by music experts in the UK and South Africa. ...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Empower the girl first before she gets married Pt 2
Taken from eBook "Sweetmother"I changed to another dress and it was a sign that we had to prepare to leave for Dombwe where my new husband lived....Published: 08 Jun 2015 at 13:06hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
61 year old impregnates his Grade 7 'lover'
A 13-year-old grade seven girl in Majiji area of Inyathi was impregnated by her 61 year old lover after a series of unprotected sex romps.The girl fell prey to sexual encounters after her ‘l...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Maid sentenced to 22 years in jail for killing baby
THE maid who claimed she was possessed by an evil spirit when she wrapped a 10-month-old baby in a blanket and stashed him in a linen drawer for crying too loudly while she watched television has bee...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 19:00hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Maid kills noisy baby
A maid, who claims she was possessed by an evil spirit, heartlessly wrapped her employer's 10-month-old baby in a blanket and stashed it in a drawer saying the baby was crying so loudly it was disturb...Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile
Mutasa fires back
A defiant Didymus Mutasa said yesterday that no one could expel him from the "real Zanu-PF" - vowing to do everything in his power to "rescue" the strife-torn party from the brink of collapse....Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's rudderless regime
It is becoming clear that there is no one in charge in Zimbabwe. There is a leadership vacuum. No sooner does one minister make a policy statement than another contradicts it.After Finance Min...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 17:26hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
ZAPU Secretary General's Christmas Message to party members
So this is Christmas. The season to be jolly! Peace to all men and women of good will. A time to share love all around. Only if this applied to all peoples of the world!To some it certainl...Published: 23 Dec 2014 at 18:09hrs | | by R Mguni Secretary General
Housemaids: Are they an evil lot?
The video of an 18-month Ugandan toddler who was brutally tortured by her helper which went viral on social media has been received with utter rage, with some still insisting that domestic workers are...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 12:37hrs | 1 | by Makhosi Sibanda
Maid in toddler torture video faces murder charge
Police have amended the charge sheet of the 22-year-old maid, who was caught on camera brutalising one-and-half-year-old child, from torture to attempted murder, the Monitor reported.Joll...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nomalanga Khumalo in 'domestic' violence scuffle with married lover
Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ms Nomalanga Khumalo is reported to have been involved in a bloody scuffle with her 60 year old married lover.Khumalo who is affectionately known as MaK...Published: 16 Feb 2014 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Macheso blessed with a new baby
Alick Macheso and wife, Tafadzwa, have a new baby. So new is the baby that by the time of going to press, the baby was yet to be named.Born last night, the baby girl comes as a huge surprise t...Published: 05 Jul 2013 at 19:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
This and that with Mal'phosa - Doomsday, again and again
Got an e-mail from a client the other day; "I will be back in the office first week of January- - - unless of course the Mayans got it right this time and the world ends on 21 December 2012; then it's...Published: 13 Jan 2013 at 09:15hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Marriage certificate causes Christ Embassy Pastor's wedding to be cancelled
AN ADULTEROUS Christ Embassy PASTOR was humiliated on Saturday when his wedding ceremony ended prematurely after his real wife's sister produced his marriage certificate. William Chakabwata, 40, was s...Published: 15 Sep 2011 at 07:36hrs | | by AN
Load More Stories
