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Man kills HIV+ maid lover
AN ex-Lupane State University laboratory technician who fatally assaulted his 52-year-old maid whom he was having an affair with after discovering that she was HIV positive, was yesterday sentenced to...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2899 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses house to wife
A SOUTH AFRICAN-based business executive walked out of his marriage empty-handed after the High Court awarded the family home jointly acquired to his estranged wife due to his failure to disclose to c...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 20:51hrs | 4317 | by Staff reporter
Divorced men stand to lose all their property to the estranged wife
The High Court has ruled that men who do not take care of their children while on separation stand to lose all their property to the estranged wife.high Court judge Justice Alphas Chitakunye m...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:28hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF aspiring MP in adultery storm
ZANU-PF Wedza parliamentary aspirant, Enock Mutonho, has been dragged to court over adultery damages after allegedly confessing that he had an intimate relationship with a soldier's wife for almost a ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:29hrs | 2595 | by Staff reporter
Child marriage costs hubby
A Mbire man left Guruve magistrates courts in stitches after he queried the wisdom of having to be subjected to a trial over impregnating his 15-year-old wife.The suspect who cannot be named t...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:49hrs | 3833 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40' - done a lot worse, it's madhouse
Dear Grace Kwinjeh, First of all, I would like to thank you for this insightful contribution, "Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?" in Bulawayo24."A pattern that continues to repeat i...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 20:33hrs | 3391 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chihuri says Mnangagwa targeting him over a woman
Former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has claimed that President Mnangagwa is persecuting him over a war time clash over a woman, in a case where he is challenging the validit...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 5104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snatched Chihuri's pregnant wife?
FORMER police boss Augustine Chihuri has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hounding him to settle scores after they clashed over a woman.Chihuri, who is on the verge of losing his sprawl...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 17024 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, Chinese deal collapses
The military is terminating its platinum mining deal with a Chinese firm to pave the way for new investors after over a decade of unfruitful engagement.The development comes after Global Plati...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:37hrs | 2589 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Edison Zvobgo abolished lobola Mr Ziyambi: it has become commodified livestock with variable price tag!
It should never escape me to comment on what Justice Minister Ziyambi previously said about lobola in our diverse cultures. Talking about lobola nowadays, almost every society in Zimbabwe upholds trad...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3416 | by Nomazulu Thata
Marriages Bill does not ban lobola
Zimbabwe's new marriages bill, which was approved by the lower house of Parliament on June 4 and is on the verge of being passed by the senate, seeks to repeal and replace the current Customary marria...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:35hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man jailed for axing ex-wife to death
A MAN from Inyathi in Matabeleland North who fatally struck his ex-wife several times with an axe on Christmas Eve in 2018 after she had ended their marriage has been sentenced to 30 years in prison f...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
What has happened to the 16 June 1976 Soweto Uprising revolutionary spirit in today's Zimbabwe youths?
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow female schoolmate - fleeing from a volley of fatal bullets being fired ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 09:50hrs | 953 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Comedienne denies anti-Mnangagwa Twitter handle
COMEDIENNE Tyra "Madam Boss" Chikocho yesterday distanced herself from a Twitter handle registered in her trade name which was used to call on Zimbabwean artists to speak out against President Emmerso...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Some things are better left like that - Lobola
Some things are better left as they are, reforms on lobola (pride price) and rocking the traditional marriage arrangements and practice may not be in anyone's best interest. The country is grappling w...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:26hrs | 1558 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The US on the verge of momentous changes
In order to understand the present political turmoil in the American social fabric, one must keep as a background the fact that the US elites were shocked at the electoral victory of a street billiona...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:13hrs | 943 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Prolonged detention a Pakistani national raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe is still holding a Pakistani national in remand prison seven months after he paid a fine for breaching immigration rules, The Standard, working together with the Information Development Trust...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:12hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Lobola hasn't been banned, says Ziyambi
The Marriages Bill does not outlaw the payment of bride price (lobola), but it seeks to prohibit marriage officers from requesting proof of payment of the same when solemnising a customary marriage, J...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Bev speaks on lavish life post-marriage
"I HAVE gained weight because I have nothing to do. I am only eating and sleeping these days," Beverly Sibanda, who is popularly known as Bev, laughed out loud as she started the story about her life ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 17:13hrs | 2474 | by Staff reporter
Woman, hubby's lover in social media spat
A WATERFALLS woman sent photographs of ARVs to her married lover's wife, purporting to be hers and claiming she had unprotected sex with the man.The 32-year-old Cecilia Zhanje's unverified cla...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:52hrs | 2539 | by Staff reporter
Paternity tests expose nurse after 14 years
Innocent Manduna, a former member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who for 14 years looked after twin boys he thought were his biological children was shattered on Tuesday last week when a Gutu Mag...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
Senate sits for 30 minutes, adjourns
SENATE on Thursday sat for only 30 minutes and adjourned to June 30 after discussing the Marriages Bill which was passed last week by the National Assembly.The House (Senate) resumed sitting o...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:35hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
New law on lobola
Payment of bride price will no longer be regarded as a barrier in solemnising marriage between two consenting adults if they satisfy other requirements of the law, a Cabinet Minister has said. ...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:01hrs | 4695 | by Staff reporter
Zipra veterans claim continued marginalisation
THE ZIPRA Veterans Trust has reiterated its call for the formation of a National Transitional Authority (NTA), warning, the current political and economic situation in the country was a national secur...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 323 | by newzimbabwe
Passion crime mystery deepens
BEITBRIDGE police last week posthumously fingerprinted a murder suspect as investigations into the killing of a local resident allegedly at the hands of his estranged wife intensified.Slain La...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 08:42hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa expulsion is null and void
II is all over in the media that MDC-T acting leader Thokozani Khupe expelled MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa from the MDC-T party. Very interesting indeed, as your action shows you have no...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 18:24hrs | 1641 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Single, childless and black
THERE is a generally held assumption that every adult person is married or should be married and have children.Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adul...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 2736 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Top female cop pesters junior's hubby for sex
SHE is a boss like no other!A top female police officer in Bulawayo is at the centre of an adultery storm after one of her subordinates sensationally accused her of ruining her 16-year marriag...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 3683 | by Staff reporter
Weddings cleared
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has removed the Covid-19-induced solemnisation of marriages moratorium bringing joy to couples who had been forced to put their wedding plans on hold. Pre...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must give way to an NTA, says ZAPU
The Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government must admit it has failed to run the country and must give way to a National Transitional Authority (NTA) to help revive the country's socio-economic situation tha...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 18:58hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Woman gets protection order against abusive hubby
A wife of a businessman in Bulawayo has been granted a protection order against his husband whom she accused of physically abusing her.Talent Mbengo filed an application for a protection order...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:04hrs | 1060 | by Stephen Jakes
Christians betraying Jesus by selling out oppressed Zimbabweans to tyrannical regime
As the Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sweeps through the world in general, and Zimbabwe in particular, one can not fail to witness the amazing phenomena of Christians - especially, musicians and...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:10hrs | 505 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
For country or love? Mangwana, Mthuli Ncube must put money where mouth is
Let's be honest, at law there is nothing wrong in individuals acquiring dual citizenships.Even the Zimbabwean constitution has not said anything untoward about multiple or dual citizenships ex...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:22hrs | 3265 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
'Lockdown set to fuel child marriages'
A CHIKANGWE High School Upper six student in Karoi has warned that the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown, which cut household incomes impoverishing many families, would result in increased ch...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
UK has become Zimbabwe's tribal tower
The MDC sings from Zanu PF's hymn books without shame when it comes to tribalism. How do you replicate a party you are opposing in all aspects of its operations? MDC is comfortable with tribal allocat...Published: 13 May 2020 at 19:22hrs | 3117 | by Nomazulu Thata
'ZANU PF - MDC in GNU talks....elections to be suspended for 7 years'
The ruling ZANU PF is currently negotiating with the smaller MDC faction led by Thokozani Khupe in a bid to forge a government of national unity, main MDC Vice President Tendai Bit has sensationally c...Published: 12 May 2020 at 13:06hrs | 10582 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Trio invokes ancient Tonga custom in 'kidnap and rape' incident
TWO brothers and their cousin who allegedly invoked an ancient Tonga custom to kidnap a girl (17) and take her to their homestead where one of them raped her before introducing her to relatives as his...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
MDC leaders abused for telling Chamisa the truth
Reinstated MDC-T chairperson, Morgan Komichi has claimed that individuals in the opposition MDC Alliance were abused for advising leaders about the need to respect the party constitution.Speak...Published: 11 May 2020 at 20:00hrs | 6543 | by Staff reporter
Opposition caught in ethical dilemma
MANAGEMENT guru Gillyher describes an ethical dilemma as a situation where there is no obvious right or wrong decision, but there is a right or wrong answer. An ethical dilemma is a conflict between c...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:21hrs | 992 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Courts resume business
COURTS are with effect from today fully operational except for solemnisation of marriages but will operate with a skeleton staff. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has acquired Personal Protective...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Letter to Cont Mhlanga
Dear Cont, I hope I find you well dear Cont. Having read your article today on Bulawayo24, I got really excited I could not wait to sit down and reply it. Firstly, you must be surprised to cal...Published: 07 May 2020 at 17:32hrs | 2392 | by Nomazulu Thata
Courts resume operations next week
ALL courts shall become fully operational with effect from May 11 as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is acquiring Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for its members, including judges and magist...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Avoid unnecessary gatherings even when the coast is clear
Ceremonial gatherings are part and parcel of African culture and customs but now, faced with Coronavirus, we must be prepared to forego some of the ceremonies. Things like unveiling of the tom...Published: 04 May 2020 at 16:00hrs | 1396 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Retired UK based Zimbabwean nurse dies from Covid-19
A retired Zimbabwean nurse based in the United Kingdom has died of coronavirus after she had been invited back to work to assist front line staff in the fight against the world pandemic.Rachel...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
Domestic football calendar could switch by default
THE suggestion by the FIFA medical chief to shelve professional football activities for, at least another four more months, could take domestic football into the August to May European calendar by def...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:04hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Horror as man rips open ex-wife's abdomen
A BULAWAYO woman is reportedly living in fear of her cheeky ex-husband, who recently ripped open her abdomen following a domestic dispute.Nhlanhla Ndlovu (30) of Gwabalanda is said to have sur...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:35hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi mourns 40 years of Shona rule
Zimbabwe/ Mashonaland to be precise, is today the 18th of April 2020 celebrating its so-called 40 years of Independence.As they celebrate their forgeries of independence, it is not yet Uhuru f...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1802 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Haters are plotting to destroy Bev's marriage
DANCER Beverly "Bev" Sibanda says haters are plotting to destroy her marriage through unfounded falsehoods.This follows reports that her marriage with UK based husband Chambuka Mufudzi was on ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 11:57hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: ZTV sitcom Indlalifa online
THE 13-episode situational comedy (sitcom) Indlalifa (The Heir) which features award-winning local musicians Tebza and Paulla Paloma has moved to spread its tentacles by showcasing its episodes online...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
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