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14 Zimbabwean Vapostori drown in SA
FOURTEEN members of the Johanne Masowe Baptist Church, believed to be Zimbabweans, have been confirmed dead after drowning during a baptism ceremony that went wrong in Jukskei River in South Africa....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets attempt to block CCC meeting
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has claimed that war veterans in Mangubo village, Plumtree in Matabeleland South province, vainly tried to block its meeting last week.CCC ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Interpol lists sixteen Zimbabweans as missing
SIXTEEN Zimbabweans, three from Bulawayo are on the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) missing persons list after they disappeared on different dates.Interpol is an internat...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer's fall from grace
FAMED for his role as Zanu-PF's political enforcer for the Midlands province, former State Security minister Owen Ncube popularly known as "Mudha" had a nasty fall from the echelons of power to the st...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hunt on for missing Zimbabwean trio
THREE Zimbabweans are feared dead after they went missing in the war-ravaged Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique with the Government making frantic efforts to account for them.An Islamic insurge...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chalane recedes, no major damage recorded
Tropical Depression Chalane, which entered Zimbabwe on Wednesday, further weakened and finally dissipated with its remnants moving into Botswana, leaving minimal damage and no loss of life or injuries...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Touts 'hassle' back at passport offices
TOUTS operating outside the Bulawayo Passport Offices are allegedly cashing in on desperate travel document seekers as they claim to be working with registry officials to facilitate processing of pass...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Joy as man reunites with family after 44 years
ENOS Samupinya Ndou was on the verge of giving up any hope that he will ever see his Zimbabwean family again after starting a new life in South Africa 44 years ago.Ndou, who was born in Beitbr...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai pupils, teachers death toll rises
THE death toll for pupils and teachers who died during Cyclone Idai last month has risen to 92 while 102 pupils are still missing.The cyclone affected most parts of Manicaland and Masvingo pro...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Independence Day Demo! - We demand true independence?
Independence Day celebrations are fast approaching - Should we be celebrating independence? Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) activists are going to protest against Independence Day ce...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 20:10hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
Independence Day Demo! - We demand true independence?
Independence Day celebrations are fast approaching - Should we be celebrating independence? Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) activists are going to protest against Independence Day ce...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 15:05hrs | 3 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Nust to identify cyclone victims
GOVERNMENT has engaged the services of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC) to help identify people who died after Cyclone Idai hit some parts...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Census for cyclone-ravaged communities
Government will conduct a census using official records to ascertain the number of people who have been staying in communities that were affected by Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani and Chipinge.Th...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion over number of cyclone victims in Zimbabwe
THE death toll from the deadly cyclone that rocked Manicaland over a week ago, has shot up to 179 according to Local Government Minister July Moyo but this figure is almost a 100 people less tha...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
More machinery needed to recover Cyclone Idai bodies
The government says there is still a lot of excavation work to be done to recover bodies of the people killed during cyclone Idai with the process being hampered by lack of machinery.Governmen...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rocks from mountain crush huts in Zimbabwe
Thirty-year-old Chipo Dhliwayo was sleeping in her hut when the devastating Cyclone Idai landfall rolled huge boulders over whole villages in Zimbabwe's Chimanimani district in Manicaland province las...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by City Press
Horror Cyclone destruction trail unravels
THE human toll of Cyclone Idai which hit parts of Manicaland and Masvingo recently has exceeded official estimates with the scale of the tragedy imprinting deep emotional scars on those directly affec...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
39 school kids feared dead
NEARLY 40 students from Dzingire Primary School in Chimanimani are feared dead as the country continue to count the cost of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai.This comes as the death toll from...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chimanimani: Valley of the shadow of death
CHIPO Dhliwayo (30) of Rusitu village in Chimanimani is a devastated woman after a nasty encounter with the fury of nature.The blank look on her face, long after shedding many tears over the l...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs warn that govt may have to exhume Cyclone Idia bodies
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have been left seething by the manner in which some victims of Cyclone Idai have been buried - which had seen the interment in some instances of more than one person ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Cyclone death toll could spike'
THE number of people killed by Cyclone Idai-induced floods in the eastern part of the country could spike following revelations that current official statistics could be excluding figures from Dzingir...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fury over burial of cyclone victims
Traditional leaders in Manicaland have been left seething by the manner in which some victims of Cyclone Idai have been buried - which had seen the interment in some instances of more than one person ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's military says Cyclone Idai death toll to exceed 500
The final death toll from Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe will exceed 500, officials said on Tuesday as it was revealed that dozens of bodies from Zimbabwe had washed up in neighbouring Mozambique.Lo...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 19:02hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
#CycloneIdai: 500 still missing as rescue efforts continue
MORE than 500 people are still missing in Rusitu Valley in Chimanimani district as rescue efforts are being hampered by damaged roads, 3 Infantry Brigade commander Major General Joe Muzvidziwa, who is...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe comes to terms with grim scale of damage
ZIMBABWEANS are slowly coming to full terms with the horrific scale of devastation that Cyclone Idai wreaked in the country — amid confirmation late yesterday that torrential rains and landfalls had...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 18:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Ugly scenes as cyclone hits Chimanimani
Cyclone Idai has hit Chimanimani, destroying and sweeping away over 10 houses at Ngangu high density suburb last night.Rusitu Valley is also bearing the brunt of the cyclone which is expected ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Looking for my mother
To whom it may concern,Hello, my name is Patience Chenjerai. I am in the process of looking for my mother whom l lost contact.From the age of 2 years. I am now 27 years old but has pro...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Patience Chenjerai
Zimbabwe political temperatures continue to rise
Dark clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe as the impasse over the hotly-contested July 30 presidential election continues — with political analysts warning yesterday that the country is entering "danger...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 19:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt should account for missing people says EFF
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader Innocent Ndibali yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to use the Independence Day commemorations to reflect on some of the State'...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora outraged by police shootings in Harare
Police killings in Harare has attracted criticism from many human rights groups including the U.K. based Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation and Restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe who jointly organis...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 16:20hrs | 3 | by Kingstone Jambawo
The Global Advocacy trip by the MDC Alliance delegation: A big achievement and a strategic move
1.We wish to acknowledge the interest generated by the trip to the US and that it is fundamental that there be adequate communication to clear the myths. The MDC understands the importance of accounta...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti
Mugabe in fresh headache
THE ruling Zanu-PF is reportedly in a dilemma over how to proceed with its planned purge of all party and government officials linked to axed Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, after it emerged that t...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZHRO, MDC UK & Ireland Youth Assembly in joint demo outside the Zim embassy in London
London - 30th of August 2017 - Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation (ZHRO) and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) U.K. & Ireland Youth Assembly held joint demonstrations outside the Zimbabwean...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 19:55hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
Letter to SA Home Affair Minister Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize - MRP
MATABELELAND CRY FOR JUSTICE Madam Honorable Minister Professor Hlengiwe Buhle Mkhize, the Matabeleland people based in your country and those in Matabeleland would like to draw your attention to matt...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 15:32hrs | 3 | by Ackim Gasela Mhlanga - MRP Foreign Affairs Secretary
Independence Day once again
One would ask why the day has any significance. If we NOT celebrating Independence why even take note of the day.Sadly we must do so, because of what it was meant to be. This day our grandfath...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 23:32hrs | 2 | by Sipho Sibanda
3 Zimbabweans die while panning for gold in SA mine
Three Zimbabweans died after inhaling toxic gasses while working in a disused mine shaft at Langlaagte Gold Mine in South Africa and an undisclosed number are feared to have also succumbed to the toxi...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Cops ask for help to find missing persons
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information on the whereabouts of four missing people. Bulawayo provincial spokesperson, Inspector Precious Simango said Oscar Bango, 50, Brighton Moyo, 30...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
MDC-T hallucinating
My departed grandfather (may his dear soul rest in eternal peace) used to tell me that one might enjoy lying to others but it is dangerously suicidal to lie to yourself.The Movement for Democr...Published: 31 May 2016 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Chadzimura Mhute
Government values citizen's rights
Human rights are the basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are considered entitled to. These rights include right to education, shelter, food, freedom of expression and movement among others....Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 09:50hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
Zanu-PF should guard against the emergency of ZP-FP
Recent reports by both the private and public media indicating that the People First project led by the former Vice President Dr Joyce Mujuru has registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 13:08hrs | | by John Mukumbo
ZLHR statement on Dzamara abduction
11 MONTHS ON-ITAI DZAMARA STILL DISAPPEAREDTUESDAY 09 February 2016 marks 11 months since Itai Dzamara, a pro-democracy campaigner and freelance journalist was disappeared.Zimbabwe L...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by ZLHR
Corruption in local authorities is a cause for concern
The Commission running the Gweru City Council affairs should heed the instruction issued by the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere that all dir...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 14:41hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
'Go to hell Jim Kunaka'
Some people are just bent on sending us to hell yazi. There is a fellow called Jimmy Kunaka who was the head of a notorious Harare based group of thugs fighting for ZANU PF calling themselves Chipanga...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 17:18hrs | 2 | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
15 Zimbabweans feared dead in SA mine blast
Emergency teams had by yesterday recovered the bodies of six illegal miners, five of them Zimbabweans who died in a mine blast in Benoni, 35km outside Johannesburg, South Africa. At least 15 Zimbabwea...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
ZAPU Strongly warns ZANU PF on workers' dismissals
ZAPU strongly deplores the current willy-nilly firing of workers by private and public organisations. Workers are human beings, workers are people, and workers are mothers, fathers, sisters and theref...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 13:04hrs | | by Christopher Maphosa - ZAPU Europe Chairpaerson
Gukurahundi graves should be turned into monuments and shrines
Following the Gukurahundi invasion and genocide in Matabeleland and parts of Midlands over twenty years ago victims and surviving victims of Gukurahundi genocide have not received any form of restora...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 16:22hrs | 4 | by Themba Mthethwa
Businessman rapes, keeps family captive for years
Johannesburg - Springs in South Africa has its own Josef Fritzl - the Austrian monster who made international headlines for terrorising and raping his daughterThe man was arrested on Friday a...Published: 29 May 2014 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Report
Body of one of the five missing SA rugby players found
Johannesburg - The body of one of the five missing rugby players swept out to sea in Port Elizabeth was found at the Ngqura Harbour, Eastern Cape police said."We have had a discovery of one of...Published: 29 Mar 2012 at 16:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
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