Search / Maryland
Biden fall: 'Even Jesus' would have tripped twice
US President Joe Biden tripped twice on Tuesday as he boarded Air Force One for a flight to California. Although the White House has insisted he is in excellent health, the 81-year-old Democrat has pe...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar nosedives
By close of business on Thursday, soldiers, police, health workers and other civil servants in Zimbabwe went home with the reality that their salaries could barely buy 30 loaves of bread.This ...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 17:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Edd Branson congratulates US Reverend Warnock on Georgia win
Harare based Flamboyant preacher Edd Branson has congratulated American Baptist pastor and politician Sen. Raphael Warnock who defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia r...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 13:31hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
American economics says ZimStat is run by a clown
UNITED States professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Steve Hanke, has fiercely hit back at the Zimbabwe Statistical...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Inflation roaring 152%/year give CCC shot in 2023' predicted Prof Hanke – 'It's rigged elections stupid!'
"In Zimbabwe, a new opposition party (CCC) has made significant gains in byelections. With inflation roaring at 152%/yr by my measure, the CCC has a shot at challenging what is little more than a corr...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 16:12hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's party has same fears of dirty tricks
ZIMBABWE'S opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa may have formed a new political party, but he is still facing the same old problems which some had hoped would end with ...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the biohazard threat in Ukraine?
From the very beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, the United States has unleashed a massive campaign to accuse Moscow of all sorts of crimes.Protecting the civilian population...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passion Java offering R2m to SA youngsters
In a bid to get youngsters off the streets, and away from drugs and crime, a Zimbabwean self-proclaimed 'prophet', Passion Java, is offering up to R2 million in a bible verse challenge.The cha...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 16:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges mindset change in civil service
CIVIL servants should change their mindsets and be drivers of devolution and decentralisation to ensure that every citizen has access to basic services such as clean water and well-resourced schools, ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Let's protect the gains of our independence'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES HIS EXCELLENCY, CDE. ED MNANGAGWA AT THE BURIAL OF NATIONAL HERO DR MARIYO MARIYAWANDA NZUWAH ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2021, AT T...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
How safe are Covid19 Vaccines?
I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be a Chinese disease which was going ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1 | by Etiwel Mutero
How safe are Covid-19 Vaccines?
I first heard of it in January 2020 that there was a viral disease which was killing people in China. I didn't take it seriously . I thought it was going to be a Chinese disease which was going ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 22:54hrs | 1 | by Etiwel Mutero
US's Fort Detrick biolab cited as an origin of the Covid-19 pandemic
The Chinese foreign ministry has backed calls for an investigation into the Fort Detrick biolab as an origin of the Covid-19 pandemic after 4.7 million Chinese petitioned the WHO to send experts to th...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 17:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born pathologist stirs controversy
Dr David Fowler, a South African-trained pathologist who was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, has been testifying for the defence in the murder trial of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charg...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S.-based Zimbabwean man pounded wife with hammer, set family house on fire
A Zimbabwean man faces a lengthy jail sentence in the United States after allegedly pounding his wife with a hammer and setting his family house on fire in a possible murder-suicide attempt.Go...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Old Joe Biden trips and falls 3 times boarding Air Force One
President Joe Biden stumbled three times and fell on the steps of Air Force One on Friday, prompting fresh questions about his health.The 78-year-old - the oldest president in US history - app...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | | by Geoff Nyarota
Covid-19: Burial rites set to change
"AMA, where am I ever going to see you? Is this how it's going to end?" cried a heartbroken 21-year-old Chido Sibare as the funeral hearse carrying her mother's body drove past.Her mother succ...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Lorraine Muromo
Mnangagwa developing algorithmic surveillance system to spy on Zimbabweans
In a bid to attain political omnipresence and omniscience against unsuspecting citizens, the Zimbabwe government is reportedly working on a sophisticated algorithmic super surveillance system, said to...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Zanu-PF activist torches party ballot papers
A ZANU-PF supporter in Macheke, who last year seized a ballot box and burnt its contents after discovering that his preferred candidate's name was missing during the party's primary elections, was yes...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans abroad face difficulties with accent
Speakers with foreign accents can face discrimination even in a country with a diverse population and a long immigrant history. But much remains to be done. "We're going to increasingly be exposed to ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe diaspora are marginalised
Since Monday January 14, Zimbabwe's diaspora were horrified watching violent events unfold, and during the Internet shutdown, were petrified unable to contact family, friends and neighbours back home....Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Pearl Matibe
John McCain dies at 81
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran for president in 2008 as a self-styled maverick Republican and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, d...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 07:17hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
China, Russia and Iran helping Zimbabwe to set-up own NSA
COLOGNE - Zimbabwe is reportedly on the brink of setting up a powerful multi-million dollar sophisticated surveillance system facility, said to be similar in function to the National Security Agency (...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:13hrs | 23 | by Itai Mushekwe
Appointing military men in government is normal
The appointment of the military personnel I government is not only peculiar to Zimbabwe. World over governments are filled with ex army officers and there is no one who complains about it.In p...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 22:05hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's goat currency - the analysis
Recently, Zimbabwe's primary and secondary education minister, Lazarus Dokora (PhD), suggested a goat currency. One Zimbabwean shares his views.Suggesting that goats can be used to pay school ...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 09:40hrs | | by Fr William Guri
Bond notes are temporary, says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe sat and casually snacked on imported American Lay's potato chips, with a bottle of South Africa's Valpre water set on a table in front of him.As the newly turned 93...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Stop seeking greener pastures abroad,' says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mugabe has called on Zimbabweans to work towards developing their country's economy and shun the culture of seeking jobs in other countries where they are not wanted.Addressing d...Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
2nd replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 catches fire
A second replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 device, deemed safe by the company, has caught fire in the US, US media report.Samsung has been forced to issue new models of the smartphone followin...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 21:32hrs | 1 | by Tech Reporter
Mphoko sucked into farm wrangle
FRESH from his controversial move to force police to release detained top Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) executives last week and his continued stay in a plush hotel, Vice-President P...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe meets US congressmen
President Robert Mugabe has met a group of five US congressmen and one member of the house of representatives at State House in Harare.The congressmen delegation comprises senators; ...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 23:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
50 Most influential industry leaders featured on the 2016 Mining Indaba speaker line-up
LONDON - Mining Indaba (www.MiningIndaba.com) has assembled an outstanding array of global and regional industry leaders and experts for the 2016 Investing in African Mining Indaba 8-11 February, Cape...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 19:08hrs | | by APO
Prominent Zimbabwean doctor dies in USA
Dr Eliah Munyikwa (48), one of the best academics to have walked through the corridors of Fletcher High School in Gweru has died in the United States where he was now based.He died at 830am on...Published: 18 Sep 2015 at 10:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Woman pushed son to death on a swing for 2 days
A boy found dead as his mother pushed him on a swing was alive when she put him there two days earlier, authorities have revealed.According to SkyNews, police were called when a member of the ...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
US ships live anthrax to S Korea
The US military accidentally sent live anthrax samples to as many as nine labs across the country and to a US military base in South Korea, the Pentagon says.Twenty-two military personnel at t...Published: 28 May 2015 at 13:49hrs | | by BBC
African-Americans resettle in Africa
Ghana is the first African country to open its doors to people of African descent from all over the world - but bureaucracy takes a tollIn Prampram...Published: 07 May 2015 at 06:41hrs | | by Efam Dovi
Prophet TB Joshua predicts Obama's hospitalization
Ok first of all, I am not into this prediction stuff.I found out that Obama was apparently rushed to Hospital today and Googled for more info but then I saw in the suggestion feed a predi...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 21:59hrs | | by Godwin Ikechukwu
Estranged wife sets hut on fire as hubby, new lover sleep
HELL hath no fury like a woman scorned is what one Fiona Ncube exhibited when she torched a bedroom hut where her ex husband was sleeping with his new wife.Just when Mduduzi Mpala and his new ...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 09:02hrs | | by Danisa Masuku
Woman sets ex-hubby ablaze
HELL hath no fury like a woman scorned is what one Fiona Ncube exhibited when she torched a bedroom hut where her ex husband was sleeping with his new wife. Just when Mduduzi Mpala and his new...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A letter wishing President Kikwete of Tanzania a speedy recovery after his surgery.
Last Sunday (09/11/14) the world was informed that the Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, was in the United States receiving medical treatment.The Tanzanian Directorate of Presiden...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 21:28hrs | | by John V Karuranga, President Rwanda People's Party
Farmer 'burns' down clinic
Red wood Clinic in Umguza, about 54 kilometres along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road, was yesterday afternoon gutted by a fire reportedly started by a farmer clearing his field....Published: 13 Nov 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa by January says WHO
Geneva - Tens of thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines could be available for "real-world" testing in West Africa as soon as January as long as they are deemed safe, a top World Health Or...Published: 22 Oct 2014 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man accidentaly screens p*rn on big screen in busy city centre
A man has been jailed after accidentally displaying p*rn on a big screen in a busy city centre, it has been reported.People outside Maryland Stadium in the city of Lanzhou, China, were shocked...Published: 05 Sep 2014 at 11:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sources of Islamist group, Boko Haram, funds revealed
Just over a year ago, armed men on motorcycles entered a national park in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, and swiftly abducted a family of vacationing French tourists - a husband and wife and thei...Published: 20 May 2014 at 07:35hrs | 8 | by Kathleen Caulderwood, International Business Times
The Official Position of the SDA Church on homosexuality
Here is the official position of the Seventh-day Adventist on homosexualityThe Seventh day Adventist Church recognizes that every human being is valuable in the sight of...Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 18:14hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero
Seventh Day Adventist cracks over homosexuals
A HOMOSEXUALITY row has flared up in the Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) after its leaders called on members to view gays and lesbians as "brothers and sisters also in need of God's saving grace"....Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 06:25hrs | | by Filbert Ruwende
Just a peasant farmer - WhatsApp
6:15am, 31 Mar - +263 7* *** ****: This is not Obert's farm6:16am, 31 Mar - +263 7* *** ****: ...Published: 31 Mar 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Zimbabwean soccer star makes his mark in US
WASHINGTON - One of the most intriguing prospects in the MLS (Major League Soccer) SuperDraft is Zimbabwean Schillo Tshuma, who signed a Generation Adidas contract after two seasons at Maryland....Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 10:31hrs | | by Sports reporter
Slippery justice for victims of oil spills
...Published: 18 Oct 2013 at 14:24hrs | | by Yemisi Akinbobola
NGOs to Gather in Rockville, Maryland for IAAN- International Conference 2013
On September 5-7, 2013, all roads will lead to Rockville, Maryland as the International Association of African Non Governmental Organizations holds its annual conference. Thousands of delegates from t...Published: 02 Aug 2013 at 04:58hrs | | by Leonard Madu
Load More Stories
