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Zimbabwe students protest over 'judicial capture'
Students drawn from the country's various tertiary institutions on Monday took to social media platforms to protest against alleged ‘judicial capture' and weaponisation of the law against opposition...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:22hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Unknown Mashonaland East man declared a national hero
National Consultative Assembly member and former provincial Governor for Mashonaland East, Abraham Kabasa, has been declared a national hero in honour of his immense contribution to the country during...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns Muzenda's son
Tongai Muzenda who died in a road accident on Wednesday, was "a pillar of the community, astute business executive and fine gentlemen who served his country with distinction", Vice President Dr Consta...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:55hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Bees sting man to death
Whilst others were enjoying the last day of Easter holidays, Chiwumburu family in Bikita District was thrown into mourning after a family member died from a bee attack.Collen Kumbirai Chiwumbu...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family in mourning as teenage son stabbed to death at Leeds house party
A murder probe has been launched after a 17-year-old boy, identified as Trust Junior Jordan Gangata, was stabbed to death in Leeds.Police were called to a house in Salisbury Grove, Armley at 2...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 11:52hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
SA premier league footballer collapses and dies on training ground
The South African football community was mourning on Tuesday following the sudden death of Richards Bay Premier Soccer League (PSL) star Siphamandla Mtolo.Mtolo's club confirmed that he had di...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:39hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter
Spar Zimbabwe should take full responsibility for heinous murder of its employee!
This morning, I had the inspiration to pen an article on an entirely different topic - which is in the same mould as my usual social justice advocacy on matters bedevilling ordinary Zimbabweans....Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 14:48hrs | 1815 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean MPs raise new demands
LESS than two months after being pampered with US$40 000 housing loans that divided public opinion countrywide, legislators are now mourning over not being paid sitting allowances for nearly five mont...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:22hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Lets approach all crimes with the same zeal
While we are focusing on drug dealers and drug pushers, we should put in the same effort to stop the collaboration between criminals at our bus stops and the ZRP who look away while travellers are bei...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:13hrs | 332 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Air Force of Zimbabwe crash pilots named
The two Air Force of Zimbabwe pilots who perished in an air crash near Gweru last week Thursday have been named as Group Captain Ben Munyanduki and Wing Commander Daniel Manyenga.The two died ...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 21:32hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Air Force of Zimbabwe pilots
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday described the death of two Air Force of Zimbabwe senior pilots in a plane crash as unexpected, saying the nation had been robbed of experienced and committed officers....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket Coach Makunura dies after long illness
The Chevron's fielding coach Shepherd Makunura has died at the age of 46 after suffering a long illness.The sportsman reportedly missed out on the ICC world cup that was held between October a...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 07:36hrs | 1235 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
What l Learnt From Spain vs Morocco
1. Don't Let Your Poor Strike force Undermine Your Resilient Defence.Although Mocco eventually won the game, the strike force couldn't capitalise on the...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 09:07hrs | 1613 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
ZIPRA demands inclusion in Mnangagwa's Gukurahundi resolution initiative
FORMER ZIPRA cadres have demanded to be part of the Gukurahundi resolution stakeholders, warning that any efforts to resolve the longstanding conflict without them and ZAPU members will not yield the ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Completion of Hwange Unit 7 a milestone achievement
ZIMBABWE will soon celebrate yet another milestone achievement when the Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7 is commissioned.The plant is 97 percent complete and is set to be commissioned next ...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Dembare title push suffers a major blow
Dynamos 0 - 1 Ngezi Platinum Stars THE frustrations in the Dynamos family degenerated to another level yesterday after the Harare giants saw their chances of fighting for this year's Castle ...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Kennedy Ndebele mourns death of his son
PREMIER Soccer League chief executive officer, Kennedy Ndebele is in mourning following the death of his son, Ndabenhle under yet to be established circumstances. The late PSL head of secretar...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
The death and burial of King Mzilikazi
KING Mzilikazi reigned until his death in September 1868.. At the time of his death he was estimated to be in his late 70s or early 80s. His death followed that of his senior and closest wife Queen Lo...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:55hrs | 583 | by Mzala Tom
The politics of mourning Queen Elizabeth II
QUEEN Elizabeth II's death has touched different people differently considering Britain's colonial legacy of plunder and the monarch's indifference to those atrocities.However, in Zimbabwe the...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 410 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | 102 | by Jamwanda
Fire tragedy hits Zimbabwean family in Botswana
AN unidentified Zimbabwean family resident in Botswana was Sunday thrown into mourning after a toddler was burnt to death in a fire ball that engulfed their house.The mother, who accidentally ...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Should Africa mourn Elizabeth II? Of course, we must not allow ranting of tyrants define who we are!
The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has triggered an outpouring of public sympathy from all corners of the world. The public sympathy from Africa has not gone down well with some people....Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1491 | by Wilbert Mukori
If only Zimbabwe also had a respectable leader whom we could revere as the British do their Queen!
As the British, and others around the world, mourn the death of their dearly beloved Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away yesterday, at her Balmoral Castle in Scotland - I cannot help admire and be mov...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 10:59hrs | 643 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health ...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 18:38hrs | 2054 | by Staff Reporter
'Don't muzzle Gukurahundi genocide survivors'
THE United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop restricting Gukurahundi survivors from mourning and holdin...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa what's stopping you from arresting criminals?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, never has the yearning for freedom manifested itself with intensity. Although citizenry has been gradually concerned by the progressive fall ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1897 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zanu-PF and MDC bigwigs unite in mourning Information boss Nick Mangwana's mother
IN true African tradition, opposition MDC president, Douglas Mwonzora joined Zanu-PF top officials in mourning the death of Information Permanent Secretary, Nick Mangwana's mother in Kwekwe Saturday....Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
Use tech to stop tout menace
Zimbabwe's crime hot spots are bus stops and bus ranks where we catch our long distance buses and the biggest criminals are the touts that take advantage of innocent travellers by insulting, harassing...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 09:39hrs | 568 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Opposition: Politics and Pisgah sight fallacy
A student of CultureAT heart and at soul, I am a student of culture.This is why I opted to read Literature at college, much of it drawn from the Western World.But that was to g...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 109 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mnangagwa calls on Zimbabweans to shun political violence
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the nation to shun political violence as Zimbabwe heads towards the 2023 general elections.Mnangagwa was addressing the nation Tuesday during the Zim...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 20:07hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi Community Parliament: Condolence message to the Mhlanga family
The entire Nkayi Community Parliament is deeply sorry and saddened by the untimely passing on of our cultural and arts doyen, Mr Continueloving Mhlanga, p...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 22:14hrs | 444 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube
WATCH: Who will Continue your work?
INTABA enkulu idilikile sums up the impact of the death of one of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga.Cont (64) died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after be...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Slain Moreblessing Ali's family goes into hiding
THE family of slain Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali have been hounded out of their Chitungwiza house by Zanu-PF activists while suspected state security agents are perio...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 2194 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Tshabalala head-on accident
A FUEL attendant who witnessed a head-on collision involving a Honda Fit and a Nissan Elgrand where Nketa Drive and Imhlotshana Road intersect near Tshabalala suburb rushed to the scene and was greete...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo fought for black empowerment'
AS Zimbabwe marks the 23rd anniversary of the death of Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, Zanu-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi has urged the nation to cherish the values of unity, freed...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:20hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Former MP's death exposes Zanu-PF's intolerance
THE death of former Gweru Urban legislator Rodrick Tutsvara has exposed deep-rooted political intolerance within the ruling Zanu-PF party in the Midlands province after party members said the former M...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:49hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Police probe death of Zanu-PF officials
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have launched investigations into the death of two senior Zanu-PF officials in Nyatsime area of Chitungwiza with one of them alleged to have been poisoned, while the other...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
Nyatsime residents ordered to attend Mnangagwa rally
Zanu-PF councillor Masimbi Masimbi, who torched a heated controversy after declaring the Nyatsime area in Chitungwiza a ruling party territory, has ordered all residents in the area to attend a rally ...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1867 | by Staff reporter
We must prepare for the coming 'war'
From tomorrow until Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be mourning Patrice Lumumba - the country's first democratically elected prime minister - who was slain 61 years ago in the g...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | 345 | by Bishop Lazi
Zanu-PF chairman who barred CCC supporters from mourning Ali dies mysteriously
Zanu-PF chairperson for Nyatsime, George Murabatsvina, the man who amongst others barred Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters from mourning their slain colleague Moreblessing Ali at her home...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:10hrs | 3418 | by Staff reporter
21-cattle loss: 8 family members on suicide watch
MALE and female members of a Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province, who lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant, have been sleeping in the same room since the fatal accid...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family accidentally poisons 21 cattle
A Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province has been left distraught after losing 21 cattle valued at over US$8 500 following a breakdown in communication which resulted in a dangerous grain protect...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matebeleland South official dies
THE ruling Zanu-PF in Matabeleland South has been plunged to mourning following the death of Evelyn Mpofu who was the vice-chair in the provincial Women's League.Mpofu, who passed on Friday wa...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Maj-Gen Bhebe declared a national hero
The late Major-General (Retired) Sydney Bhebe has been declared a national hero.President Mnangagwa made the announcement yesterday when he visited the Bhebe family home in Cranborne West, Har...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:21hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa condemns violence as his supporters burn house
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hit out at the ruling Zanu-PF party after several attacks against his supporters at slain Moreblessing Ali's homestead on Monday.F...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Maj Gen (Rtd) Bhebhe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has mourned the death of Retired (Rtd) Major General Sydney Bhebhe saying it is saddening that Zimbabwe is losing revolutionary cadres who joined the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela....Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters torch Zanu-PF supporter's home
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters Tuesday afternoon burnt down a home belonging to a Zanu-PF district chairperson only identified as Murambatsvina, who is said to have been one of those b...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 17:23hrs | 4191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have sought the services of vocal critics to sanitise the November 2017 military coup and while he could have succeeded in luring some, several including the la...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:45hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
'Magaisa spurned Zanu-PF co-option,' claims Hopewell Chin'ono
LATE constitutional law guru Alex Magaisa reportedly spurned Zanu-PF attempts to lure him to support the ruling party following the 2017 coup.Magaisa died from a cardiac arrest in the United K...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:13hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Magaisa declared national hero
CIVIL Society Organisations Wednesday declared the late Morgan Tsvangirai's advisor, Alex Tawanda Magaisa, a national hero.Addressing journalists in Harare, the Secretary for the Constitutiona...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 4034 | by Staff reporter
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