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Mugabe's death breathes life into sleepy Zvimba
TWO young women, flanking a middle-aged man who appears to enjoy every moment of it, stagger in a beer gut along the short road which branches off the smooth highway connecting Harare and Murombedzi g...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:48hrs | 4566 | by Staff reporter
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 950 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Chamisa gets VIP treatment at Mugabe funeral
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will finally get some VIP treatment at a State managed funeral of prominent Zimbabwean after some nightmarish experiences before.This is according to the list of VIPs...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 5596 | by newzimbabwe
Zhuwao won't attend uncle's funeral
A nephew to the late former President Robert Mugabe, Robert Zhuwawo will not be able to attend his uncle's funeral as he is wheelchair-bound.Zhuwawo left Zimbabwe for Zambia in 2017, the year ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:12hrs | 1915 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's selected quotable quotes
"Surely this is now time to beat our swords into ploughshares, so we can attend to the problems of developing our economy and our society." — Mugabe at Independence in 1980.***"Let's str...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Tension, nostalgia as Mugabe's funeral
A TENSE atmosphere engulfed Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport when a chartered plane carrying the body of former President Robert Mugabe arrived yesterday.Mugabe died last Friday in ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:02hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Hip-hop top 10 spansers
Earlier in the year, June to be precise, Rapper Jay-Z made history by becoming rap's first ever billionaire. The report released by Forbes on June 4 claims Jay-Z's wealth now "conservatively tops $1bn...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 13:05hrs | 940 | by Staff Writer
Chamisa threatens to cause a stir at Mugabe's funeral
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to 'react accordingly if State security were to try and stop him from attending former President Robert Mugabe's funeral.Add...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 22:10hrs | 9030 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF cannot claim Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party cannot lay claim to owning former President Robert Mugabe because the former guerrilla movement expelled him, MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has said....Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:47hrs | 822 | by newzimbabwe
Sikhonjwa returns to Skyz Metro
DR Malinga's absence at the Skyz Metro FM Umcimbi Wabantu concert on Saturday was actually a blessing in disguise for local acts as they got a chance to showcase their talent on stage. T...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
SA-based singer in Mugabe tribute
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED gospel musician Blessing Gomo has released a tribute song titled Gushungo Vaenda in honour of the late former President Robert Mugabe who died last week, aged 95 in Singapore where ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:37hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Bomber denied visa
WORLD Boxing Federation (WBF) Africa heavyweight champion Elvis Moyo has been denied a visa to fight Germany's Hussein Muhammed at Berlin's Verti Music Hall. The bill between Moyo and Muhammed...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:34hrs | 3677 | by Staff reporter
Macheso, Madlela rock Bulawayo!
MONEY was doled out to both Alick Macheso and Madlela Skhobokhobo by appreciative fans during a show at the Homestead Conference Centre on Friday evening. This was the first time that th...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: Despot, narcissist and murderer
The one-time hero has left behind a country in ruins, its economy in tatters, its moral fabric torn by poverty and sufferingRobert Gabriel Mugabe's name should have been there in the pantheon ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 17:55hrs | 709 | by Mondli Makhanya
Zanu-PF MP releases album
VETERAN broadcaster and Bulilima West legislator Dingumuzi Phuti has released an album titled Mpfula Webhundu, which commemorates culture and also calls for the reinstatement of Kalanga chiefs who wer...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:36hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
'Britain is a very cold, uninhabitable country with small houses' Robert Mugabe famous quotes
"We belong to this continent, Africa. We don't mind having and bearing sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans. We have not asked for any inch of Europe. … So, Blair - keep your Engla...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:15hrs | 3819 | by Staff reporter
Artistes mourn Mugabe
ARTISTES from all over the country are mourning the death of former President Robert Mugabe with some saying they will miss him as he changed their lives. Former President Mugabe (95), died ye...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:58hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Rest in peace, Robert Mugabe: Hero, villain, human
Robert Mugabe has died.May he rest in peace. He was one of the engineers who built the foundations of modern-day Zimbabwe. If you ever get the chance, please visit Zimbabwe. It is home...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 12:59hrs | 970 | by Elsie Eyakuze
Mugabe was no revolutionary. He was obsessed with power and control
Robert Mugabe will not be remembered as the freedom fighter who helped liberate Zimbabwe, but as a man who whose 40 years in power was anything but admirable, writes Melusi Nkomo.In the future...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 12:51hrs | 1669 | by Melusi Nkomo
Robert Mugabe's most famous quotes
A quick look at President Mugabe's colourful language throughout his 37-year reign as leader of Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has died aged 95.His death was an...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 08:50hrs | 3288 | by Staff reporter
Even slaves refused to sell their souls
As the world marks 400 years since 1619, when Africans were first abducted and sold into slavery in America, this extract below from the book To Be A Slave by African-American author Julius Lester, pu...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 233 | by Conway Tutani
Changing face of the 'Zimbabwean' funeral
Funerals are an inevitable sad part of our exit from mother earth.This exit to another world yonder, confirms human being's mortality.This is despite their status, power, influence and...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Zambia, Nigeria retaliate to xenophobic attacks
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa seem to be scaling on despite government's attempts of trying to stop them.As a result of the ongoing xenophobic attacks which many are now terming Afrophobi...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 23:01hrs | 1900 | by Daniel Itai
Mutodi and MDC's Daniel Molokele square off
It was refreshing to listen to this debate, Zanu PF and MDC shared a platform without trading insults or chiding each other. The debate was mature and showed signs of a growing democratic media space....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 3158 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Calls to boycott Mafikizolo concert due to xenophobia
There are widespread calls on social media to boycott the Mafikizolo's Back in Town Concert in protest against the xenophobic attacks targeted at foreigners - including millions of Zimbabweans - in So...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:51hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
5 Ways technology has changed our music listening experience
Music lovers have benefited dramatically from the onset of technology as it has made music available to everyone, anywhere in the world. No one really knows if we can surpass the technology we h...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:21hrs | 242 | by Staff Reporter
SA musician blames xenophobia on poor leadership
International award winning South African musician Sho Madjozi has blamed the xenophobic attacks in her country to a lack of political leadership and a willingness to objectively address burning issue...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2220 | by Staff Reporter
Maskandi fest comes to Bulawayo
FOR local traditional music lovers, September will be memorable as the Azibuye Emasikweni maskandi festival takes Matabeleland by storm. The festival, which had been brought to a halt for over...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Freddie Gwala, Majalisa date Bulawayo
SOUTH Africa's yesteryear musician Freddie "Amadamara" Gwala makes a return to Zimbabwe during the festive season where he is expected to hold a show alongside disco queen, Patricia Majalisa, in Bulaw...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted for bashing minister's daughter appeals
A 21-YEAR-OLD man, who was last month convicted of assaulting Health minister Obadiah Moyo's daughter Ashleigh and sentenced to five months' imprisonment, has appealed against both conviction and sent...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
SA-based Zimbabwean Maskandi eyes local market
POPULAR South Africa-based Zimbabwean Maskandi Sebenzani Ncube, popularly known as Mehlokazulu (pictured above), says he is eyeing Zimbabwe as a major market for his music to bring it at par with Sout...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:59hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Missing Baines pupil: Family raising reward money
THE family of missing Baines Primary School pupil in Bulawayo, Tinomutenda Faith Mambewu, said they are still making efforts to find her and are putting together a reward for her safe return.T...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:46hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Green dupes Bindura fans
AFRO FUSION musician Carlos Green aka "vakuru vemasmart" of VMV band did not show up for his advertised Bindura show at Club 1160 and decided to partner Andy Muridzo on Friday night at Pagomba Café i...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 06:23hrs | 824 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo teen dazzles SA TV
WHERE there is hope there is life!Born and raised in the dusty streets of Nkulumane, no one would expect that a local gem in the name of Sakhekile Mabhena (18) would feature in the South Afric...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:28hrs | 3722 | by Staff reporter
Coventry wades into Black Umfolosi royalties saga
SPORT, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry has promised to intervene in Black Umfolosi's tug of war with Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (Zimura) over royalties which the Imbube outfit clai...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1458 | by Staff Reporter
Mthwakazi activists arrested for saying Shonas killed Ndebeles
Five members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party have been charged with participating in a gathering to promote public violence , breaches of peace and bigotry or alternatively disorderly conduct in publi...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | 6267 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ED-PFee hit maker accused of rape
A MUSICIAN who became popular after composing a song, ED-PFee, congratulating President Emmerson Mnangagwa for winning elections, Kennedy Sanyanga is being accused of rape.The popular jingle c...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1814 | by newzimbabwe
Nobuntu host second pad bank show
ALL-FEMALE imbube group, Nobuntu, will be hosting the second edition of the Pads Bank Show at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo next Saturday. The event, whose aim is to establish p...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi documentalist Silonda dies
Former director of the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), Matabeleland chapter who played a pivotal role in the documentation of the Gukurahundi massacres by CCJP in the 1980s, Joel Buh...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Platform One collabo excites Sisa Senkosi
UNITED Kingdom-based Maskandi artiste Sisa Senkosi has released a wedding song, "Ngiyavuma, I Do", a collaboration track with South Africa's Platform One and Soul Brothers' keyboardist "Black" Moses N...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Donel Mangena turns 18
BRITISH-Zimbabwean music teenage star Donnel Mangena, who rose to fame during The Voice UK singing competition has turned 18-years-old, with thousands of his followers across the world showering him w...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Govt reviews 60 IPP licences
GOVERNMENT has ordered the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) to review licences of 59 independent power producers after they failed to commence operations within a reasonable period. ...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:53hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Sasai, Ecocash bureau de change to marry
Sasai App, a product of Cassava International and the first of its kind in Africa with several integrations and via three main functions of pay, chat and explore has integrated the newly launched Ecoc...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:52hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
The Christian attack against the native family and The Native Religion Beyond Jerusalem! Rome and London
"I have travelled across the length and breath of africa and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief such wealth I have seen in this country such high moral values, people of ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:36hrs | 741 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Nhlanhla Ndiweni reveals poisoning fears
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday visited jailed Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni at Khami Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Bulawayo, where the traditional leader revealed he feared for his...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:56hrs | 2591 | by Staff reporter
The Chief can do no wrong
In Nguni "inkosi ayoni" the Chief can do no wrong. This is derived from the concept that all decisions made by the Chief represent the collective wisdom and aspirations of his people. Unlike a Judge t...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1861 | by L Dube
Cambridge English On The Go
In the 20 odd years that I have been in the Zimbabwean education system and ten years spent in English remediation, I have identified a number of factors that cause students to fail their Cambridge O'...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:02hrs | 412 | by The Language Coach
Louis Mhlanga excited at Bulawayo return
SOUTH Africa-based jazz guitarist, Louis Mhlanga is relishing returning to perform in the city after a three-year hiatus.Mhlanga is set to feature in the 2019 Spring Feelings Jazz Show schedul...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Zahara arrives in London for Mzansi Festival, promises to light up the stage
SOUTH African songbird Zahara, arrived in London Friday ahead this year's Mzansi Festival set for Saturday at Willen Lake in Milton Keyes approaches, with a variety of musical acts and activities on t...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:11hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Zahara to ignite Mzansi Festival UK 1st Edition
Festival goers in the UK are set for a treat as the 2019 edition of the Mzansi Festival set for Saturday 24 August at Willen Lake in Milton Keynes approaches, with a variety of musical acts and activi...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 22:34hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
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