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Man fined for biting brother over US$30 dispute
A man from Chitungwiza was dragged to court after biting his younger brother's hand during a fight over US$30 that had been sent by their mother.Obrient Chirungwa (25) bit Dylan Tembo (22) on ...Published: 08 May 2025 at 12:14hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Villager, conservation clash overshooting of dogs
Chief Chundu, born Abel Mbasera, has urged constructive dialogue between Nyamakate villagers and Akashinga, a wildlife conservation organisation, following a disturbing incident involving the alleged ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 14:53hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean goats and sheep smuggled into South Africa
Police have arrested two suspects in possession of 22 goats and eight sheep, which they allegedly intended to smuggle into South Africa via an illegal crossing point near Beitbridge. The suspects were...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:51hrs | 14467 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ruling elite and the quest for one-party rule
Since 1980, the Zanublack government has replicated the colonial white minority government tactics of suppressing opposition and alternative views.This is a special note to assist friends in t...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 3 | by Tapiwa Shumba political analyst
Senior Civil servant nabbed for poaching
A senior civil servant was last week arrested for poaching after being found in possession of zebra meat at a road block along Harare-Mukumbur...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 09:06hrs | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Kasukuwere - X Factor in the August presidential poll
AFTER deftly defying the odds to secure nomination to contest the August presidential election - against frontrunners President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa - Savio...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Harare man who duped Nyasa Air nabbed at court
A HARARE man who allegedly conned Nyasa Air Charter in a botched US$1,5 million partnership deal was arrested at the Harare Magistrates' Court on a pending warrant of arrest.The suspect, James...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Suspected fraudster's bail revocation ruling deferred to Monday
SUSPECTED fraudster James Landon will only get to know his fate on Monday when Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje makes a ruling on the State's bid to have his $150 000 bail revoked.The State...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man chases wife away from home for attending church
A 61-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man is on the run after he allegedly chased his wife away from their matrimonial home for attending a local apostolic (Mwazha...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Headmaster, deputy in exam fraud rap
A HEADMASTER at Thokozani Secondary School in Insiza district in Matabeleland South, Gainmore Muzezewa allegedly wrote a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary level English examinatio...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 exams start
GRADE seven Zimsec examinations started smoothly yesterday without any hiccups being reported.A survey by The Herald around Harare established that teachers ignored calls for industrial action...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Macheso vs Ngwazi: Who hit the right chord?
The debate has been raging like a wild fire for almost a week now, and sungura music fans are clearly divided.The question has not been about who is better between veteran sungura musician Ali...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
8 kombi drivers sentenced six months
EIGHT commuter omnibus conductors who were arrested over the weekend for trying to bribe traffic police by paying them amounts ranging from US$2 to US$5 were sentenced to six months in prison by Harar...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready for monkeypox
GOVERNMENT says it is prepared to deal with monkeypox in the event that the virus, which has already affected 20 countries, is detected in Zimbabwe.The World Health Organisation (WHO) describe...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bees fend off illegal loggers
Tanaka Ngara (39), who lived in Watsomba village in Zimbabwe's Mutasa district, transformed his fortune through beekeeping, which also successfully helped safeguard his area's dwindling forests....Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SRC reject ZIFA board comeback
THE Sports and Recreation Commission yesterday warned the rebellious ZIFA board members they risk facing severe consequences if they go ahead with their plans to defy the suspension imposed by the cou...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
MDC activist dies after being savagely assaulted by Zanu-PF youths
AN MDC Alliance activist has succumbed to injuries he sustained during a vicious attack by Zanu-PF youths at an event attended by the party’s leader Nelson Chamisa in Gutu, Masvingo recently....Published: 27 Nov 2021 at 07:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
LEAD party sues govt over child marriage laws
THE leader of the opposition, Labour Economist Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) party Linda Tsungirirai Masarira and co applicants have taken the government to court in their quest to end child marriage...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
The godfather of Matebeleland politics, Abednico Ncube
The creation of empires and dynasties through the Zanu-PF structures continue to gain thrust and traction within Zanu-PF in Matebeleland South as noted with the continuous personalization of the vast ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:48hrs | 47 | by Jerry Zinodla
Indian COVID-19 strain - Businessman dies in Kwekwe
A KWEKWE man who died from Covid-19 after contact with a niece who had just returned from India where thousands have succumbed to a deadly variant has brought panic among health authorities in the cit...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor on a spree, burning properties
ZANU-PF councilor for Ward 36 Neta, Mberengwa Trevors Mlambo (51) has appeared in court facing several charges of theft, assault and malicious damage to property.Mlambo is accused of mobilisin...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
More schools, colleges hit by Covid-19
COVID-19 is ripping through educational institutions in the country with latest statistics showing that more than 150 learners and teachers at schools and colleges have tested positive.Sunday ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ups stakes in Covid-19 fight
GOVERNMENT will today roll out a nationwide community-based Covid-19 testing study, expected to pinpoint coronavirus hotspots, in order to inform the deployment of tailor-made response strategies for ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man finds wife having lunchtime sex romp with lover at a lodge
THESE days you seldom find a man who has been cheated on or finds his wife in bed with another man not to forget the basic rules of humanity by brutally assaulting or killing the pair as punishment fo...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:41hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean men facing rape charges in the UK because of cultural norms
Over a hundred Zimbabwean men in the UK have been either charged or convicted of rape. Most rape charges in the UK are due to cultural differences and sheer ignorance. The Crime Survey f...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 16:03hrs | 12 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Woman tugs hubby's jewels for bragging about sexual prowess
A Bulawayo man who bragged to his wife about his sexual exploits with his girlfriend learnt in the most gruesome way, when the infuriated wife pulled his genitals with such force that he crumpled over...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu brushes off graft charges
Obert Mpofu, under pressure to vacate his Zanu-PF secretary for administration post over corruption allegations, has said he won't be stopped from reporting for work by anyone as a graft inquiry gets ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Is Obert Mpofu corrupt?
The nation and the world have been made to believe that Obert Mpofu is corrupt, evil and arrogant. All this is the proud achievement of one man in particular Lovemore Kurotwi.The Kurotwi - Mpo...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 11:17hrs | 3 | by Nicholas Ncube
Grand theft: How diamonds were looted in Marange
In June 2006, one of the world's largest alluvial diamond deposits was discovered at Marange in eastern Zimbabwe. Estimated to yield between US1 to 1.7 billion dollars per annum, the revenue from thes...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 13:59hrs | 19 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's daughter in anti-poaching film
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter Tariro is set to feature in an anti-poaching film under the Gonarezhou Film Project.This comes as a direct war on poaching - a vice that has hit game pa...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 17:08hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
The 'lazy man' debate, Zimbo men not willing to work?
"ZIMBABWEAN men in the UK have graduated into lazy benefit seekers content to stay in council houses with no zeal to develop their lives," laments one Angela."Most of them have turned into a g...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Job Sikhala bedded my wife'
MDC Alliance MP-elect for Zengeza West Constituency Job Sikhala has been accused of wrecking a marriage as he made his way back to the house of assembly recently.Sikhala however, denied the cl...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 15:46hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF expels 41 members
The Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial leadership has expelled 41 members who opted to stand as independent candidates in the forthcoming elections after losing in the party primaries. Among ...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Campaign trail turns bloody
THE July 30 election campaign trail has claimed the life of a two-year-old who was reportedly abducted and brutally killed by suspected Zanu-PF activists at the weekend after his father Rambai Lumbe d...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners jailed 25yrs for gruesome murder
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi has said the courts are tired of the surge in gruesome murder cases perpetrated by gold panners who do not show remorse or respect for the sanctity ...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe's ZANU-PF and Chihuri's police created the MDC-T Vanguard
In December 2010, Augustine Mahute (26), an MDC-T activist from Matapi Flats in Mbare, was brutally attacked by ZANU-PF youths before they handed him to Matapi Police station.Mahute subseq...Published: 30 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Zanu-PF councillor joins Mujuru's NPF
ZANU-PF Epworth Ward 1 councillor, Elina Mazhandu, has quit the ruling party to join the New Patriotic Front (NPF), believed to have strong links to former president Robert Mugabe.Mazhandu cit...Published: 23 May 2018 at 15:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chapungu edge Herentals
Chapungu 1-0 HerentalsBASTOS Chihowa's direct goal from a corner kick was the highlight of this Castle Lager Premiership match between Chapungu and Herentals at Ascot Stadium in Gweru yesterday....Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Caps United beat Herentals
CAPS United 2 - 0 HerentalsAFTER a lot of negatives had almost crippled his career in the last few months, CAPS United midfielder Denver Mukamba demonstrated class can always be permanent when he ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
30% of Zimbabweans have tooth decay
Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world this Tuesday in commemorating World Oral Health Day with statistics showing that more than 30% of Zimbabweans, especially children, have tooth decay.Durin...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The experience of coming home
BEING abroad is a great way to network professionally and develop a better understanding of different countries as well as their cultures.While the experience abroad is worthwhile, for some, c...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC-T has a pool of leaders to choose Tsvangirai successor
A commentator Ronald Midzi has said the main opposition party MDC-T has a large pool of good leaders to chose from a successor to take over from Morgan Tsvangirai."MDC T has got a large pool t...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Corruption at ZRP Mashonaland Central - Junior cop
*CORRUPT ACTIVITIES AND DICTATORIAL TENDENCIES BY OFFICER COMMANDING POLICE MASH CENTRAL PROVINCE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER TRUST NHAPATA*As Junior members...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 21:58hrs | 3 | by Junior cop
Couple creates 'ghost child' to evade child support
IN a live script-like drama stint which could easily be adopted for a soapie, a man who impregnated his small house reportedly teamed up with his wife and created a "ghost" child in a bid to avoid pay...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 04:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo referred to Job 41 in the Shona Bible
Former Minister of Higher and Education professor Jonathan Moyo who turned to the bible verses to describe the current situation in Zimbabwe has been asked to read a section of the bible to get answer...Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Themba Mthethwa
Show some respect, says Mugabe
Government will continue prioritising the welfare of Chiefs and according them respect as custodians of Zimbabwe's land and customs, President Mugabe has said.The Head of State and Government ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tsholotsho Declaration of November 2004: the untold story
THIS is a continuation of an article we published last week in which the former Information minister reveals details of Zanu-PF's power struggle which culminated in the so-called Tsholotsho Declaratio...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 09:36hrs | 342 | by Jonathan Moyo
It is not a bedroom affair, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, the situation on the ground has forced me to make changes to my Cabinet as a matter of urgency. I could not wait to make these changes when I assume...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 16:21hrs | 2 | by CZ
Man tries to burn mum in hut
A 28-year-old man from Somabula outside Gweru allegedly used a wire to secure from outside, the door of a hut his mother and two siblings were sleeping before torching the hut at night.The mot...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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