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Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bribe' backfires
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are said to have refused to entertain the duo.An alleged attempt to bribe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President C...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2391 | by Staff reporter
Fire Minister Kirsty Coventry
I am not sounding like a racist but whoever thought that introducing Kirsty Coventry to take charge of the Ministry of Sport just because she excelled well in winning swimming awards needs their brain...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 22:44hrs | 3531 | by Leonard Koni
Spear rampage killer not guilty
A BUSINESSMAN who killed seven people in a knife and spear rampage in Redcliff in 2021 was acquitted of murder charges after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the br...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala for CCC President
If tribalist CCC members are serious about replacing the terrorist ZANU PF government, they must, as a matter of urgency, install firebrand, Job Sikhala or Tendai Biti as CCC President. But if...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 08:57hrs | 6062 | by Israel Dube
CIO spooks on the prowl
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:19hrs | 1534 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF captures Zimbabwe's private media?
FORMER Education minister, David Coltart has accused the ruling party, Zanu-PF, and its leadership of infiltrating the country's privately-owned news outlets to muzzle dissent.A vociferous gov...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:06hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
CIO spooks on the prowl at Trevor Ncube's AMH?
A LEAKED Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) report on the dire situation at privately-owned publishing house Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) exposes the rot at the company, accentuated by spooky manoe...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:42hrs | 4146 | by Staff reporter
NewsDay editor resigns after Mnangagwa spokesman claims he is on payroll
A seemingly innocuous Twitter post by George Charamba, the president's spokesman, has ousted NewsDay editor Wisdom Mdzungairi.Mdzungairi, who doubled up as editor in chief of Alpha Media Holdi...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 14:04hrs | 1868 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a 'Mthwakazi agent'
Like a busy bee in the process of pollination, Mnangagwa is now a Mthwakazi agent. Albeit death threats and intimidation, he is spreading the gospel of Matabeleland restoration in Mashonaland. The rev...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:10hrs | 690 | by Israel Dube
Mpopoma's famous personalities
BULAWAYO city, just like other towns and cities in Zimbabwe, had residential areas allocated according to race before Independence. Europeans, Africans, referred to at that time as "natives," Indians ...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:38hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
US$600k Kwekwe heist an inside job, says police
The robbery which occurred at a service station in Kwekwe last month where nearly US$600 000 and over R63 400 was stolen, was an inside job involving a female employee who supplied information to her ...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:55hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition parties need strategies to appeal to rural voters'
With only six months until the elections and no comprehensive electoral reforms in place, analysts say if the opposition in Zimbabwe is to win the 2023 national elections, it will need to put in place...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA commander Mbedzi was a brave, committed freedom fighter
JOSEPH Mbedzi pseudo name Sibuko who died at Mvurwi Hospital recently belonged to a rare breed of freedom fighters who despite the odds heavily staked against them put their heads on the block all for...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:06hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Rival amakorokoza groups clash in Nkankezi
GOGO Martha Mlotshwa swears that she has never seen so much blood in her 75 years of existence.At her age, she has seen it all - the good, the bad and the worst of humanity but the level of vi...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Musona crowned PSL king
And last night, Walter Musona capped a memorable season with FC Platinum after he was crowned Soccer Star of the Year at a glittering ceremony held at the Newlands Country Club in Harare last night....Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders legends to visit graves of fallen colleagues
Highlanders football legends meet in Bulawayo this Saturday to honour and celebrate the lives of their departed former teammates.Douglas Mloyi, the chairman of the Highlanders Former Players A...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:29hrs | 409 | by Staff rteporter
Mnangagwa crafts crude strategy to stay in power
IN December 2014, the late Zanu-PF Women's League national secretary Shuvai Mahofa collapsed after spending two hours singing and dancing in support of the then First Lady Grace Mugabe. Mahofa...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:41hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law not in a hurry to get Zimbabwe's FIFA suspension lifted
ZIMBABWE Football Association (ZIFA) and Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) have indicated that they are in no hurry to get the country's FIFA suspension lifted. Mlotshwa, who was presenti...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Pumula Arts Awards nominees unveiled
It is awards season and excitement among artistes is at a fever pitch as they wait with bated breath to see who will triumph. With nominees being unveiled for the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards, another aw...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop arrested over leaked Law exam paper
A SENIOR police officer has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission after he was found in possession of an examination paper that he was scheduled to write for a Bachelor of Laws (LLB...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Thandiwe Mlobane announced new Zacc spokesperson
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Thandiwe Mlobane has been announced as the new spokesperson for the commission with immediate effect. This comes after former Zacc ...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa crafts crude strategy to stay in power, revels in adulation
IN December 2014, the late Zanu-PF Women's League national secretary Shuvai Mahofa collapsed after spending two hours singing and dancing in support of the then First Lady Grace Mugabe. Mahofa...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:20hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Female chief endorsed
THE late Chief Mvuthu's daughter Ms Silibaziso Mlotshwa could be one foot closer to succeeding her father after the Chiefs Council endorsed her.Chief Mvuthu, born Nyangayezizwe Mlotshwa of Mvu...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for fair representation of women in politics
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga says while government policy stipulates fair representation of women in politics, equal representation in political seats is not possible.Addressing the Nat...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF responds angrily to Matobo violence allegations
Zanu-PF Director of Information, Tafadzwa Mugwadi has fired salvo at Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) for blaming the ruling party over recent violence that rocked Matobo, describing the oppositio...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF behaving like murderers says CCC
A DEFIANT Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has vowed to forge ahead with preparations for next year's general elections despite a rise in related violent attacks on its members and supporters by ru...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1374 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF to elect Ndebele President in the coming congress?
Should a Matabele, through a miracle, be elected as ZANU PF President in the coming congress, that man or woman would be very lucky to come out of Harare alive.You have heard how MDC aka CCC s...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:54hrs | 2395 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa son-in-law appoints AMH board rep
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son-in-law, Gerald Mlotshwa, who recently acquired shares in Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of NewsDay, The Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, has appointed ...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 19:47hrs | 4807 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in-law captures Trevor Ncube's media group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son in-law Gerald Mlotshwa - a prominent lawyer married to the ruling Zanu-PF leader's daughter Farai - has now formally bought a significant equity stake at the private...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:19hrs | 9402 | by Staff reporter
Parly implores Mnangagwa's son in-law to reinstates the suspended Zifa board
MEMBERS of Parliament have launched a fresh bid to pave for the lifting of the country's suspension by Fifa after imploring Sports minister Kirsty Coventry to ensure the Gerald Mlotshwa-led Sports and...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Oppression of minorities has caused the split of Zimbabwe into two states
We are surprised that the President of Zimbabwe, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa, has the guts to lie to the world with a straight face that his administration respects the rights of minorities in the fac...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:27hrs | 1796 | by Israel Dube
Matabeles not Zimbabweans: the sooner Zimbabweans accept this glaring fact the better
Matabeles are not Zimbabweans, they have never been and will never be Zimbabweans. On the same breath, Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. This should sink into the ...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:17hrs | 1387 | by Israel Dube
King Lobengula's most trusted chieftaincy seeks reinstatement
EARLY on Sunday morning last week, Mr Minus Mabhena made his way to the back of the Maphungo homestead in Nkayi's Sikopo area, in Matabeleland North province and stood on what looked like an anthill....Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Fake products flood Bulawayo markets
A NEW crop of ‘entrepreneurs' has invaded Bulawayo's marketplaces where they sell fake branded products to unsuspecting consumers in broad daylight.In essence, the traders pretend to sell po...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son-in-law linked to attempt to seize CSC cold chain facility
Cold Storage Company (CSC) management in Harare is battling to ward off attempts by a close friend of President Mnangagwa's son-in-law Gerald Mlotshwa to seize control of a refurbished cold-chain faci...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 8300 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, save our football from global isolation
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, I write to you on a matter of grave concern, that of our football.When the Sports and Recreation Commission suspended the Zimbabwe Foo...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 339 | by Alfonce Mbizwo
CCC beats Zanu-PF in Matebeleland South
THE opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) defeated Zanu-PF in the two wards by-elections held at the weekend in Bulilima, Matebeleland South province.Bulilima held by-elections on Satu...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC snatches 2 out of 3 seats from Zanu-PF
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has won two out of the three wards in Saturday by-elections held in Bulilima.Bulilima Rural District Council Wards 1, 14 and 16 fell vacant f...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:18hrs | 2005 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 770 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Thokozani Khupe arrested
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe and her spokesperson, Ntando Ndlovu, were Monday evening reportedly arrested in Plumtree on their way from a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 8636 | by Staff reporter
Well done Phophi Rhamathuba for calling a spade a spade!
It is surprising that the most cruel, genocidal, segregative and oppressive government in Southern Africa, has come out guns blazing in attack of the Limpopo MEC, Phophi Ramathuba for exposing t...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 21:36hrs | 1314 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF speaks on links to King Mzilikazi commemorations
Zanu-PF has denied reports linking the ruling party to Mzilikazi commemorations slated for early September saying this was an attempt to divert its supporters from the upcoming by-elections in Bulilim...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:18hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunters trigger crisis meeting
CHIEF Bekezela Sibanda Sibasa of Filabusi last week called a crisis meeting with villagers, human rights watchdogs and the police to discuss witch hunters (tsikamutandas) who he said were wreaking hav...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in-law ‘transfers' client's property to ZNA
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son-in-law, Gerald Mlotshwa is in the eye of a storm after he allegedly transferred his client's properties to a company owned by the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) withou...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1885 | by Staff reporter
SRC's adamant stance a real shame
IT is now six months since Zimbabwe was kicked out of the international football family after the Sports and Recreation Council (SRC) thought it was acting macho by suspending the Felton Kamambo-led Z...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC lock horns in Bulilima
FIVE political parties are contesting in the Bulilima district by-elections for three vacant local government seats as they seek to test their popularity in Matabeleland South ahead of the 2023 electi...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 2929 | by Staff reporter
Police petitioned over Filabusi tsikamutandas
GWANDA-based human rights watchdog, Coalition for Citizens Advocates (Coca) has petitioned police in Matabeleland South to deal with tsikamutandas (witch hunters) who are "fleecing" Filabusi villages ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Point of correction: Chiwenga not son in law of Matabeleland
We know that having a husband who holds a high position in Zimbabwe or any other country can be exciting for others. And having a better half of your choice from any country or nation is any woman or ...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:46hrs | 7803 | by Israel Dube
Ian Smith was an archangel compared to Mnangagwa
No one must come to Matabeleland bragging that they fought in a war that brought about Zimbabwe independence. The Zimbabwe independence struggle produced the tribal Shona supremacist government that i...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:47hrs | 2401 | by Israel Dube
The effects of bogus Zifa actions on Zimbabwe youth
As Zimbabwe remains suspended from international football, players in the country – from a very promising rookie who made his national team debut as a schoolboy to the established professionals plyi...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
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