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Tiri pama one: Now it's the people of Mashonaland demanding a cake for all
You can't help but wish Joshua Nkomo was alive. This is exactly what he prophesized. Josh said in his own words: "This tribalism will not take you anywhere Robert. This pasi newe, pasi naye cannot be ...Published: 5 hrs ago | 652 | by Nomazulu Thata
One Day in 1985
I watched and followed the proceedings at the launch of the CITES Documentary on the abduction of the 11 Silobela men by Government forces on the 1st of January 1985. Dispite the incident having happe...Published: 6 hrs ago | 353 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe sanctions frustrating investors
THE Bulawayo Zanu-PF youth league yesterday claimed that sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West were frustrating investors.Party youths marched from the city centre to Zimbabwe Internationa...Published: 19 hrs ago | 542 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers steal road rehabilitation sand
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has declared war on sand poachers in St Peter's on the outskirts of Bulawayo and yesterday council rangers deflated tyres of some of the suspects' vehicles in a bid to ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 329 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sanctions not targeted at individuals'
Illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West must go as they are targeted at collapsing key pillars of the national economy but Zimbabwe will use its resources to fend them off and foster grow...Published: 19 hrs ago | 121 | by Staff reporter
Thunder showers expected today
Localised heavier downpours were recorded yesterday in Nyanga and Gweru as isolated thunder showers are also expected today in areas along the main watershed and western districts of Matabeleland Nort...Published: 19 hrs ago | 540 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking ZIDERA, atrocities of sanctions
It is without doubt that sanctions are a crime against humanity, an unfair treatment of race against race, nation against nation, the strong against the presumably weak, all with the intention to crea...Published: 19 hrs ago | 112 | by Takasununguka Ziki
Zimbabweans march against sanctions
Zimbabweans across the country commemorated the Sadc-initiated Anti-Sanctions Day by holding peaceful demonstrations denouncing the embargoes imposed by some Western countries against Zimbabwe....Published: 19 hrs ago | 87 | by Staff reporter
'We will never tire until we are free from sanctions'
This is an interview done by The Daily newspaper of Nigeria with Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Nigeria, Maxwell Ranga , who is also accredited to Cameroon, Niger, Benin and Equatorial Guinea, on the SADC A...Published: 19 hrs ago | 66 | by Staff reporter
Police, soldiers implicated in cattle rustling racket
CATTLE farmers in Matabeleland South province have been losing their livestock to rustling syndicates that they believe were working in cahoots with soldiers and police officers.Farmers told S...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
School-boy gangs wage war at Msiteli High
MSITELI High School in Mpopoma, Bulawayo is under siege from rival pupils' gangs fighting each other using dangerous weapons.The violence reached a crescendo last Friday with the destruction o...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Remove sanctions on Zimbabwe; Chakwera tells West
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) wishes to reaffirm its solidarity with the Government and People of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and to collectively voice its concerns on, and disapprov...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's home gutted by fire
A fire tore through the Borrowdale home of former finance minister Patrick Chinamasa on Friday, causing extensive damage.The Zanu-PF secretary for finance and acting political commissar said h...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 14:02hrs | 4276 | by Staff reporter
Organisation embarks on breast cancer awareness campaign
Bulawayo's Creative Centre for Communication and Development (CCCD) has embarked on a breast cancer awareness campaign themed Give hope save lives in bid to educate women on how to reduce the risks of...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:43hrs | 98 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa life Presidency proposal draws fire
THE Main Opposition MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala has blasted Zanu-PF's proposal to amend the constitution to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to serve more than two terms.The ...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
23 Bulawayo schools hit by Covid-19
A TOTAL of 23 learning institutions in Bulawayo have recorded Covid-19 cases since schools opened in September but officials said most have recovered and the situation was under control.Accord...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:29hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
9 year-old killed by police car
VILAGERS in Dete have appealed to the Government to come up with ways to reduce accidents at Cross Dete following a spate of fatal accidents in the area.This follows the latest incident in whi...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:28hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born scientist in Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough
HIS humble upbringing coupled with early life struggles punctuated by resilience, hardwork, self-motivation and determination to pursue his childhood dream, played a critical role in shaping his caree...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Still worried about getting a vaccine for COVID-19? Here's how to understand the rare, but real, risks
Post-vaccine health issues are monitored and reported - but remain relatively rareWhether you're scrolling through your Facebook feed, checking texts from friends and family, or chatting with ...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 12:19hrs | 957 | by Shelton Muchena
Zanu-PF youths deny taking part in Chamisa's 'assassination attempt'
Manicaland provincial Zanu-PF youths have distanced themselves from the alleged assassination attempt on MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa in Mutare Tuesday afternoon adding it was a stage-managed...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 22:52hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses MDC Alliance activists' application
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Taurai Manwere yesterday dismissed five MDC Alliance activists' application for exception to the charges where they allegedly staged an unsanctioned demonstration during ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Rebellious youths must heed wise counsel
In the news, both print and electronic media, cases of bizarre happenings are now common. Maybe telltale signs of a world coming to an end. Call it end times. A Form One student hung himself b...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 19:05hrs | 686 | by Thomas Murisa
Sanctions devastate rural communities
RURAL communities are among the worst areas affected by illegal sanctions as the embargo has led to limited opportunities for communities increasing poverty levels.Studies have shown that the ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Govt exposed over COVID-19 vaccines
MEMBERS of the public who were vaccinated with the first jab of the Indian Covaxin COVID-19 jab and failed to get the second dose might be forced to restart the vaccination exercise using Chinese Sino...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Government that brags about paying its pensioners $45 per month needs to go!
I know that when one is a good for nothing loser - whose life is characterized by roguish and disgraceful behavior - finding anything positive to boast about becomes ever more impossible, and, is forc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:48hrs | 1081 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
You've failed us, villagers tell MPs
Zvimba villagers last Friday blasted legislators for failing to effectively play their oversight role on budgetary allocations in Parliament, resulting in the increase in poverty levels among communit...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Phase Two Matebeleland North roads rehab intensified
GOVERNMENT allocated more than $700 million to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development for rehabilitation of a 3 000km road network under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
When desperate, tactless opposition fakes victimhood
Last Monday the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction was at it again. It was involved in skirmishes with the people of Masvingo in an incident which involved the discharge of a firearm.This was all sc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 213 | by Nobleman Runyanga
ZDAMWU extends a condolences to six Chinese Miners in Mazowe
The Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has extended its condolences to the families of those who lost their lives following a mining explosion at SAS mine in Mazowe, a nickel ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:12hrs | 833 | by Stephen Jakes
Hospital detains stillborn baby for 1 month
ST PATRICK'S Mission Hospital in Hwange has come under spotlight after management at the Catholic run health institution allegedly detained a still born for a month in the mortuary, demanding that the...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:01hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF is under siege
If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happi...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 275 | by Bishop Lazi
Sanctions affect ordinary people
IN a week's time, we will have the Anti-Sanctions Day again.In August 2019, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) declared October 25 as the Anti-Sanctions Day in solidarity with t...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 53 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs our support now
I am not a member of MDC-Alliance. However, I will defend Chamisa with all my might. I consider Chamisa as my son and therefore he needs my support now.Chamisa is savagely attached on his way ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 22:26hrs | 1621 | by Nomazulu Thata
Meet Zimbabwe's female rand millionaires
WHAT initially started as a social networking group to keep Zimbabwean women in touch while in foreign lands, has since blossomed into a huge multi-million dollar investment.The women involved...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 36134 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 3541 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ignorance on economics: Mthuli Ncube his best Boss ever
Even Mnangagwa's law degree is questioned by many. If Mnangagwa had a slender idea how the economy works, they would never launder money to Chinese banks in billions of dollars. He would know that kis...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 18:45hrs | 1379 | by Nomazulu Thata
Stanbic Bank donates matresses, blankets and pillows for children's home
Stanbic Bank has donated 11 mattresses, 22 blankets and 11 pillows to Wings of Hope Children's Home in Houghton Park, southern Harare, in keeping with its commitment to meet the needs of underprivileg...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 18:30hrs | 93 | by Agencies
'Love for women got me behind bars'
BIGGIE DUBE, a pastor at the Church of Christ, has finally broken his silence after being sentenced to 31 years in prison for raping some of his female congregants in Bikita.Pastor Dube, as he...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3568 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF neglecting cadres, says Clive Malunga
JENAGURU Arts Centre founder and musician Clive Malunga has accused Zanu-PF of neglecting war veterans, adding that he was seeking an audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air out areas of "gr...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Over 5m Zimbabweans food insecure, claims WFP
OVER five million Zimbabweans in urban and rural communities are food insecure due to COVID-19-induced difficulties, the World Food Programme country director Francesca Alderman said yesterday....Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
US$40 000 damage at Manama Hospital
HEAVY rains that pounded Gwanda District recently left Manama Mission Hospital without electricity and damaged solar panels, water tanks and telecommunication cables resulting in the suspension of cri...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Can Caterpillars Save Us?
For as long as anyone can remember, mopane worms have provided a critical source of nutritional and financial sustenance for Zimbabweans, especially in the country's southernmost provinces.In ...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:24hrs | 940 | by Fortune Moyo
The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots
Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of cr...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 788 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
Mnagagwa and Zanu-pf are defeatable
There is a despondency nationwide about the prospect of unseating a Zanu-PF government together with its leader ED Mnangagwa. It is sad that the ordinary man in the street now believes that Zanu-PF is...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:53hrs | 2053 | by Zakhele Maphosa
Mutsvangwa praises SADC stance on sanctions
DESPITE failure to access new capital from international banking institutions to finance major capital projects due to illegal sanctions, Zimbabwe under the leadership of President Mnangagwa continues...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo weeds out negligent staff members
MPILO Central Hospital has taken drastic measures to weed out negligence by staff members, a development that has seen over 20 workers redeployed from the maternity ward and disciplinary hearings bein...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 overstreches medical aid industry
THE health insurance industry has been overstretched by the COVID-19 pandemic, with statistics indicating that 69% of healthcare funders have experienced a surge in cases of respiratory illnesses attr...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Silobela community demands share of Jena Mine
VILLAGERS in Silobela are demanding that the redundant Jena Gold Mine claims be allocated to them as they are living in poverty while their area is endowed with gold deposits.The Jena Mine cla...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 05:58hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
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