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Report exposes dire working conditions in Zimbabwe's education sector
Zimbabwe's public education sector is teetering on the brink of collapse due to poor working conditions, meagre salaries, and government neglect, according to a new report released by the Amalgamated ...Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:14hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Mombeshora's propaganda in defence of a failed healthcare system is a shame
The Ministry of Health's recent statement is a masterclass in political gaslighting - a brazen attempt to sugar-coat the rot that defines Zimbabwe's healthcare system under the so-called "Second Repub...Published: 06 May 2025 at 13:53hrs | 1077 | by Wa Malikongwa
Govt cannot block the exodus of professionals through force
Let's not kid ourselves. You can burn the letters, double the fees, threaten the nurses, and chain the airport gates if you want - but people will still find a way to leave this crumbling husk of a na...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:09hrs | 385 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Bulawayo city council struggles with ambulance shortage
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing a critical shortage of ambulances, significantly impacting its ability to provide emergency medical services. Chamber Secretary Sikhangele Zhou revealed that ...Published: 30 Mar 2025 at 15:35hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean truck driver dies in horrific crash in South Africa
A tragic accident occurred on Friday at the Marrianhill Toll Plaza on the N3 Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, when a Zimbabwean truck driver lost his life after crashing into six trucks and five...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:04hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's permanent stay of prosecution application dismissed
Harare Regional Magistrate Ms. Feresi Chakanyuka has dismissed Marry Mubaiwa's application for a permanent stay of prosecution, attributing trial delays to the defense and ruling that the matter must ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 14:58hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga''s ex-wife seeks permanent stay of prosecution
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Mary Mubaiwa, has filed an application for a permanent stay of prosecution in her attempted murder case, where she is accused of attempting to kill the V...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 15:36hrs | 2594 | by Staff reporter
Underfunding leaves Polad on life support
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has positioned Sengezo Tshabangu, the new Secretary-General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), as a prominent opposition figure amid the faltering Political Actor...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:30hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Norman Maroto dies
Norman Maroto, aged 40, the last forward to score over 20 goals in a premiership season, passed away in the early hours of Friday at a private hospital in Harare, where he had been admitted and placed...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Countries dependent on external inputs are colonised
COUNTRIES whose environments are not ideal for food production, but have resources like minerals and oil can afford to use those resources to import food and living a healthy life. Such countries are ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:44hrs | 17 | by Charles Dhewa
African countries stand firm on fossil fuels
The African Group of Negotiators is calling for an outcome that allows Africa to exploit its fossil fuels including coal, oil and gas to eradicate poverty while also funding renewable energy projects....Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Marry Mubaiwa threatens to sue Chiwenga for adultery
Marry Mubaiwa has threatened to sue her ex-husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, for adultery.Chiwenga and Mubaiwa reportedly separated several years ago. Chiwenga has since married Co...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 08:50hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga received treatment from animal doctors'
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga received treatment from a veterinary doctor at the instigation of his ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa while being admitted in South Africa, the court heard.This was r...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 19:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife trial deferred
The trial for Marry Mubaiwa on charges of attempting to kill her ex-husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, by unplugging his life support system in a South African hospital hit a snag following...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 19:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa tried to kill Chiwenga' - Doctor drops bombshell at court?
A South African medical doctor on Friday claimed that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's former wife Mary Mubaiwa told him that President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried to kill his deputy in 2018....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 09:26hrs | 25 | by Staff Reporter
SA doctor nails Chiwenga's ex-wife in court
The fifth witness in the trial of Marry Mubaiwa on charges of attempting to kill her ex-husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, by unplugging his life support system in a South African hospital,...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's trial continues
The fourth witness in the trial of Marry Mubaiwa on charges of attempting to kill her ex-husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in a hospital by unplugging his life support system told the court...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
If Zim economy 'growing' under sanctions, why was it not growing in the past 20 years?
So, the ruling ZANU PF regime wants to be given another term in power on the basis that it has managed to grow the economy, in spite of sanctions supposedly imposed on the country?That is perf...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:52hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Marry 'confiscated' allowances for Chiwenga security team
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa allegedly confiscated allowances for the security team that accompanied her estranged husband to South Africa for medical attention in 2020...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mubaiwa's attempted murder trial postponed
MARRY Mubaiwa's trial on charges of attempting to kill Vice President Constantino Chiwenga by unplugging the hospital life support system and attempting to sneak him out of the ward, failed to continu...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife trial deferred
THE trial of Marry Mubaiwa for allegedly attempting to kill her ex-husband, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga while he was hospitalised in South Africa was yesterday postponed to May 3 after it emer...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's foreign trial bid flops
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa may have lost the battle to have her case of allegedly trying to kill her ex-husband tried in South Africa.It emerged that Z...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to testify on murder attempt
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga is set to testify in a case where his ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa is accused of attempting to kill him in South Africa two years ago.Mubaiwa, who is being represe...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Opposition 4ED crumbles like a deck of cards
It never rains but pours for MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora. The centre is not holding at his party which he unconstitutionally grabbed from Nelson Chamisa with the help of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:25hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF terrified of losing elections since they know their party practically a dead horse with no prospects of ever regaining p
Ever wondered why governing political parties in several democratic countries around the globe are not particularly terrified of losing elections?Of course, the main purpose of any political p...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CAPS United heading towards collapse?
IT'S no longer just a crisis.It's now a mire. A pandemical predicament.CAPS United are in desperate need of life support. But, as it stands, no one is willing to give them a hand....Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ex-wife's bid to shift attempted murder trial to SA fails
Court has rejected a bid by Marry Mubaiwa to have her trial shifted to South Africa where the attempted murder on her ex-husband and Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga allegedly took place....Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's new wife introduces him as Bulawayo's 'son-in-law'
THERE were wild cheers in eNtumbane suburb in Bulawayo when Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's new wife Miniyothabo Baloyi, speaking for the first time since their marriage, introduced him as the c...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's former wife says she can't be tried in Zimbabwe
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's former wife, Marry Mubaiwa yesterday said she cannot be tried in Zimbabwe for an offence that was allegedly committed in South Africa.In her application f...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Cde July Moyo
I write this letter to express the lack of common sense and even sense of reasonableness of Mvurwi Council. I have raised a complaint ...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 16:47hrs | 6 | by Dr Enock Sithole
Massive expansion for Mater Dei
THE Catholic Church-run Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo has embarked on a massive expansion drive that will transform the institution from an old elitist hospital into a walk-in primary healthcare cent...Published: 04 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Blame State for Nyathi's death: Human rights groups
BULAWAYO-BASED political parties and human rights groups have chided government for failing to improve the economy, but is quick to bury its citizens who die abroad after fleeing poverty in Zimbabwe....Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Shingi Kawondera spends 2 'glorious hours' with ex-wife Marry Chiwenga
Ex-footballer Shingayi Kaondera met his ailing ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa bedside in hospital for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday.Mubaiwa left Kaondera, with whom she has a child, and marri...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:06hrs | 58 | 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 | 15 | by Taona T. Denhere
PHOTO: Sick General Chiwenga's picture shocks the internet
Marry Mubaiwa, estranged wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has posted on Twitter a picture of the all powerful Vice President admitted at a South African hospital in 2019 in a bid to deny th...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 01:49hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa takes campaign to Manicaland
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would now head to Manicaland province after his tour of Masvingo province last week turned violent and he was allegedly teargassed by th...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now medical oxygen, industrial gas sufficient
ZIMBABWE is now medical oxygen and industrial gas sufficient following the official opening of its first Air Separation Unit (ASU) plant expected to transform the country's health and agricultural sec...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare
PRESIDENT Emerson Mnangagwa's helicopter was forced to return to Harare after failing to land in Mutare due to thick fog which led to security personnel raise fears it could crash in the mountainous b...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:59hrs | 12 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Chiwenga's estranged wife appeals to Mnangagwa
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene and help her have access to the couple's children.In a tweet yester...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission new medical oxygen plant
In a major milestone, a medical oxygen plant has been built in Mutare by a company under the Harare Institute of Technology to ensure Zimbabwe has adequate supplies, especially as demand has risen wit...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt pins hopes on vaccination as cases continue to soar
GOVERNMENT says it will intensify the vaccination programme to effectively fight the pandemic, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa setting a target of one million shots in two weeks to achieve 60% herd ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khally flies Zimbabwe flag high in Canada
BULAWAYO-BASED film producer and director Khaliphile "Khally" Sibanda is set to raise the country's flag high after her play He Doesn't Have a Backbone was recently selected for the forthcoming Women ...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 19:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sengwayo son dies after church house assault
THE late founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Portland Oregon, Reverend Morgan Sengwayo's youngest son, Missiondom succumbed to injuries sustained following a brutal attack by thugs at a ch...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rapper DMX dies at 50
Rapper DMX has died one week after suffering a "catastrophic cardiac arrest", his family has said.The 50-year-old, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been admitted to intensive care in New ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:43hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
Fit looking Chiwenga tells of Covid-19 pain
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga on Wednesday said only God knows how the coronavirus will end, as he made his first public appearance in a week for the burial of two cabinet ministers and a form...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 12:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's minister says, 'this is war' as coronavirus runs amok
ACTING Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, yesterday likened Zimbabwe's raging and deadlier second wave coronavirus storm as a war — amid the country's soaring deaths and infections.Speaki...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 18:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a captured judiciary
THE year 2020 did not see any major judicial decisions, but was replete with prolonged postponement of trials.At one time, chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi threatened to sit on a Sunday for...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:08hrs | | by Miriam Mangwaya
Dialogue not GNU- ZIST
Zimbabwe Institute of Strategic Thinking (ZIST) director Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo says his organization is not calling for a government of national unity (GNU) but is seeking to find lasting solutions ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Nurse needed to accompany woman who was eaten by dogs to India
The Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi has announced that he is looking for a nurse or doctor who can accompany a woman who had a flesh eaten by dogs in March. The woman is suppos...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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