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'Zanu-PF has no election violence policy'
ZANU-PF central committee member and legislator for Mpopoma-Pelandaba constituency, Joseph Tshuma, has dismissed opposition claims that the ruling party was behind most cases of political violence rec...Published: 7 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
Man faces murder charge for burglar assault
A Bulawayo man arrested for allegedly assaulting a thief he caught stealing from his garden, is now facing murder charges after the victim died as a result of injuries sustained following the assault....Published: 7 hrs ago | 308 | by Staff reporter
'We don't have a rule book on election violence' - Zanu PF
ZANU PF central committee member and legislator for Mpopoma-Pelandaba constituency, Joseph Tshuma, has dismissed opposition claims that the ruling party was behind most cases of political violence rec...Published: 7 hrs ago | 152 | by Staff Reporter
History repeating itself yet again! The arms catch in the 1980s versus Bombing in White City today
This bombing had to happen right in the city of Kings and Queens: Bulawayo. It was well staged to the extent that the bomber was not captured. The perpetrator of the silly bombing could not have escap...Published: 16 hrs ago | 2435 | by Nomazulu Thata
Silobela man axed to death in $1,50 robbery
A SILOBELA man who fatally axed another villager and robbed him of $1,50 and a mobile phone before dumping his body in a disused mine last week appeared in court facing a charge of murder.Jowm...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 11:15hrs | 1272 | by Staff Reporter
DRC will give Jean-Pierre Bemba diplomatic passport to return
Democratic Republic of Congo's government says it will give former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, recently acquitted on appeal at the International Criminal Court of war crimes, a diplomatic passpo...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 20:48hrs | 1137 | by AP
'Only ED deserve your vote,' argue Dr Mavaza - how so, fool; he is one wielding the veto
People like Dr Masimba Mavaza have such poor memory, they forget yesterday's troubles with sleep. "Kukangamwa chezuro nehope!" as one would say in Shona."The world believes that only ZANU PF h...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 17:06hrs | 1508 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Reversing Zimbabwe's wretched conditions?
I took a long break from writing, focusing mostly on microblogging on Twitter. I have also reduced my presence on Facebook. Inasmuch as I would like to write frequently, I have come to terms with the ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 161 | by Mutsa Murenje
Machete gang in court
POLICE in Kwekwe have nabbed five members of members of a notorious 11-member group of machete-wielding robbers linked to a spate of attacks recorded in the Midlands city over the past few months....Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
3 armed robbers get 4 death sentences each
THREE armed robbers who targeted white commercial farmers in Mashonaland Central province, killing four of them, were on Wednesday sentenced to four death sentences each by High Court judge Justice Ta...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death in fight for hooker
A MAN from Gwanda was yesterday stabbed to death allegedly by his friend in a fight over a prostitute.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed th...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Man in court on murder charge
A Silobela man has appeared in court for allegedly axing another man before dumping his body in a disused mine. Jowman Ndlovu (21) of Nkomozabo Village under Chief Malisa in Silobela allegedly...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Woman poisons infants, one dies
VILLAGERS in Mutasa were left shell shocked after a 22-year-old woman poisoned her two infant daughters, killing one while the other is battling for life in hospital.The incident happened last...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Tongogara was murdered for saying Mugabe would be 'total disaster'
REVERED Zanu wartime guerrilla commander Josiah Tongogara was killed by his colleagues sympathetic to former President Robert Mugabe.According to Zapu's liberation war intelligence supremo Dum...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 5334 | by NewZimbabwe
MDC has now officially become the party of violence
Many of us long standing MDC supporters were worried this day would eventually come.Unfortunately, according to the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP), an organisation founded in 2000 by church-base...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1375 | by Jealousy Dutiro
Police looking for Mthokozisi Nyathi's relatives
Sauerstown Police Station is handling a case of Mthokozisi Nyathi NR 08-639659-H41 born 18-07-1984, District Lupane, Kraalhead Kabhudula, who was found dead on 16-06-18 in a bushy area near Richmond, ...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 14:17hrs | 3331 | by Social media
Zimbabwean gangster jailed 24 years in UK
A ZIMBABWEAN boy recently led a gang of five who descended on a member of the rival group "like vultures" and as though "possessed" before stabbing him to death in Kent, England.The five teena...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 08:03hrs | 2863 | by Agencies
'Woman kills lover, turns gun on self'
AN unidentified woman allegedly gunned down her boyfriend before shooting herself in his room at the National Railways of Zimbabwe single quarters at Raylton in Bulawayo.The woman is suspected...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 2973 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chides the other 21 'pretenders to the throne'
Although a staggering 23 candidates have put their names forward in a bid to lead Zimbabwe after the July 30 national elections, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says in reality his only challenge for...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 08:22hrs | 4273 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T records more cases of electoral violence than Zanu PF
A REPORT by human rights non-governmental organisation, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) for the month of June has revealed that the main opposition MDC-T recorded more cases of electoral intra party ...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
ERC sue Chief Charumbira for campaigning for Zanu-PF - sue the puppeteer and not the puppet!
"President of the National Council of Chiefs (NCC) Fortune Charumbira is facing jail after failing to comply with a court order that directed him to issue an apology for rallying other chiefs to suppo...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 16:49hrs | 392 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Heal Zimbabwe celebrates Day of the African Child
Heal Zimbabwe has joined the rest of Africa in commemorating the Day of the African Child.The day celebrated every year on 16 June, was set aside to remember the young people of South Africa w...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:33hrs | 50 | by Stephen Jakes
Man cut wife's head off
A-31-YEAR-Old man from Inyathi in Matabeleland North allegedly cut his wife's head off and tried to kill himself by slitting his throat and drinking poison.This followed an infidelity row betw...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:59hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
'Prison riots caused by inmates seeking escape'
A REPORT by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the attempted jail break at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2015 has revealed that the action was not caused by food shorta...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:52hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding gang in court
FIVE members of a machete-wielding gang that pounced on a shebeen in Mbizo suburb in Kwekwe and randomly attacked imbibers, killing two and injuring three have appeared in court facing murder and atte...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:48hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman dies during sex
A post-mortem has revealed that a woman who was allegedly beaten up, raped and killed may have died of natural causes during sex.Inspector Simango said Priscilla Ndlovu (26), who was reported ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 16:19hrs | 10352 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe intra-party violence is tolerated
Since day one of the election conversations, the word, "peace" or "non-violence" have been said several times in relation to elections, but now the question I pose is.....is the talking being practica...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 13:43hrs | 198 | by Poseidon Tsautsau
Man 'axed', thrown in disused mine
A MAN was killed and his body dumped in a disused mine in Silobela.The body of the man identified as Bukhosi Dube was discovered with a deformed face in the pit by passersby who spotted a trai...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty beneficiaries linked to grisly Bulawayo murder
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two ex-convicts who were released from prison under Presidential amnesty recently in connection with one of four grisly murders committed in the city last week....Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
US warns Zimbabwe
The United States on Thursday condemned the killing of a 2-year-old boy in Zimbabwe as a "senseless and horrific act" and warned that if the murder was politically motivated it would call into questio...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 18:11hrs | 7312 | by AP
Taxi driver 'killer' up for another murder
A SUSPECTED serial killer and robber from Gweru who is already on remand for allegedly murdering shop owner and a Bulawayo taxi driver, yesterday appeared in court facing charges of murdering another ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
'Chinese are helping ED rig elections!' Moyo reveals - it is now impossible to ignore this reality
Just a month before the 2013 elections, SADC leaders advised both Zanu PF and MDC leaders to postpone the elections to allow democratic reforms to be implemented. This was unwelcome advice because eac...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 3445 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF must desist from violence
THE alleged abduction and murder of a two-year-old child by suspected Zanu-PF activists following his father Rambai Lumbe's defection to the opposition National People's Party (NPP) where he is the Ma...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:00hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Intoxicated man found dead
POLICE in Chinamhora said they were investigating a suspected murder case involving a 25-year-old man whose body was last week recovered along a river bed.Evans Gombera's body was found on the...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:00hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
'Hold me to account for my pledges,' says ED - good, he pledged free and fair elections
The more I listens to President Emerson Mnangagwa the more I dislike the man. He is a corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs who is out to con everyone that he has changed when he has ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:16hrs | 775 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe will explode if its dark history is not openly addressed
History is one of the most stubborn aspects of any community, and no matter how one tries, it can never be ignored and wished away, as doing so would be the gravest mistake any nation can ever make....Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 07:37hrs | 1148 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 1408 | by Staff reporter
12-year-old instructed to kill two
AN elderly woman and her father from Mathonisa rural area escaped death by a whisker when their 12-year-old grandson allegedly tried to burn them to death in a hut.The boy allegedly claimed th...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Man kicks wife to death
A 50-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been arraigned after he allegedly kicked his wife several times on the face and chest until she collapsed.Kim Caterina died five days later at the United Bu...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:45hrs | 3775 | by Staff rpeorter
Kombi crew throws municipal cop out of moving vehicle
A COMMUTER omnibus driver and a conductor have been arrested for allegedly throwing a Bulawayo municipal cop out of a motor vehicle and running over him.Mr Tymon Moyo got into the vehicle whic...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:55hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi's remarks on Gukurahundi stupid- MLF
Mthwakakazi Liberation Front spokesperson Ndabezinhle Fuyane has said his party will not accept stupid and unwarrented sentiments by Vice President Kembo Mohadi at the expense of Mthwakazians. ...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 07:39hrs | 2216 | by Stephen Jakes
Mama: please give us a sign; Mat'land region is doomed with either Chamisa or Mnangagwa as president! What should we do, Mama?
Chamisa's advisers tell him to lie, shout, make a lot of noise and utter falsehood as much as he can until July the 30 the election day. Chamisa does that eloquently, does not disappoint. Malema's wor...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 20:26hrs | 3444 | by Nomazulu Thata
What Zanu-PF was MDC has become
For some, South African struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who sadly passed away on April 2, 2018 (may her dear revolutionary soul rest in peace!) is a controversial figure, what with the percei...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:12hrs | 249 | by Staff writer
Fatal shebeen machete attack, 2 killed, 3 injured
TWO gold panners died while two others are battling for life at Kwekwe District Hospital after more than a dozen machete-wielding men attacked them at a shebeen at Mbizo 15 suburb in Kwekwe.Th...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:44hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should unite and kick out the 'Ganja' government on July 30
Zimbabweans should be worry of a leader in the caliber of President Emerson Mnangagwa. This military controlled President has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he is off better as a Vice President t...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 10:08hrs | 2298 | by Knowledge Hakata
We played your game for too long
As present day events unfold in front of me, I enviously look back at my past, and characters that were around me when I grew up. The picture of my late grandmother, (Mbuya Chikaka) flashes vividly in...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 17:34hrs | 3851 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Shona man axed in tribal attack
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo allegedly axed another man saying he was of the Shona tribe and that disgusted him.Bekithemba Dlamini tried to strike Mr Fanuel Marecha (28) on his side, but he...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead near hotel
A PUBLIC transport operator who was on Tuesday morning found dead along Jeff Road near the Golden Peacock Villa Hotel was not murdered but died of heart failure.Police this week cleared the ai...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 814 | by Staff rpeorter
'There will always be corrupt leaders,' argue Maphosa - compare bruise to severed head, detail matters
There are many, many reasons why Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess. One of those reasons has to be our, we the people, failure to appreciate the importance detail resulting in us making ...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 19:03hrs | 1566 | by Wilbert Mukori
Run-off date strikes fear in rural areas
THE announcement of a presidential run-off date by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the event that there is no clear cut winner in the elections set for July 30 has struck fear in the hearts of the rur...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | 1644 | by Staff rpeorter
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