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Kambwa kills Mazowe man
The love of illicit beer commonly known as (kambwa/musombodhiya) has led to the loss of life of a Mazowe man.Chamunorwa Chikaramba (42) is no more after he allegedly took too much illici...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 19:41hrs | 812 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's underworld of teen sex, drugs
TEENAGERS of schoolgoing age take turns to go into a secret hide-out located in Hatfield, Harare, on a Saturday.The girls are dressed in all sorts of skimpy tight fitting clothes, while their ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:09hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa leaps to defence of Ginimbi's ex
Zimbabwe has long struggled with the problem of drug and substance abuse with experts noting that a deepening economic crisis and the attendant poverty and despair have resulted in increasing numbers ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament wants corporal punishment legally permitted as children turn rogue
THE Senate Thursday strongly recommended that the law banning corporal punishment for children should be repelled as it has rendered them totally indisciplined.Senators concurred since the pra...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Name and shame drug peddlers
SENATORS have called on the Government to name and shame drug peddlers and also urged courts to pass deterrent sentences.This comes at a time when Zimbabwe is working towards a drug-free socie...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pomp, fanfare at National Youth Day festivities
Thousands of youths from the country's 10 provinces yesterday gathered at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe Square in Harare to commemorate National Youth Day, running under the theme: "Alleviating substance ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bring sanity to the three tier pricing system
"Vabereki" are crying in the village. Most had their payments for maize delivered to GMB paid through banks. The exchange rate for goods and services paid for using mobil money transfer and swipe is p...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 6 | by Tondo
Reckless drinking is destroying the youths
Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass of beer, so the seasoned drinker or connoisseur is always topping up the glass with more beer after every swig. Not so with 'Musombo' or 'Kambwa'...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:43hrs | 5 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Man dies from musombodhiya
A 41-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin man died after consuming too much illicit beer (musombodhiya) at a local shop on Thursday.Allegations are that, the now-deceased Stanley Gomo of Zindoga village's he...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Let the children learn and play
Who said puppies cannot bite? Deep cuts and 'weeping skin lacerations' have all been observed on victims of puppy bites 'Tumbwa'. These are cheap illicit alcoholic spirits packed in plastic bo...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:35hrs | | by Tondo. Chinehasha
My dream is to meet Chamisa not Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is set to hold its harmonized elections in 2023, but the fallout from the last election in 2018 is still being felt with allegations President Emmerson Mnangagwa rigged his way to victory. Wi...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:39hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
Police in $8 million drug bust
POLICE have arrested 93 suspected drug dealers nationwide in a week-long operation dubbed "No to Crystal Meth" leading to the recovery of an assortment of illicit drugs worth more than $8 million....Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:26hrs | | by Staa reporter
Varakashi: New agents of terrorism
THERE'S a big, big omen of nasty things to come. The Zanu-PF government wants to revive the Green Bombers.You will remember the youth training programme at the turn of the new millennium....Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
143 arrested as cops smash drug dealers' bases
A POLICE crackdown on drug peddlers and syndicates has so far netted 143 drug dealers with their bases being destroyed in raids that are being carried out in Harare and Chitungwiza. This comes...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Churches can help tame Vuzu youths
Vuzu or is it Vhuka parties? The new 'nerve centres' in cities and towns but fine tuned in the City of Kings and Queens. The youths, both girls and boys have taken joy and entertainment to new b...Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:48hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Musombodia kills imbiber
An imbiber of an illicit brew known as Musombodia was this morning found dead in a BMW sedan parked at a popular drinking spot in Mutare's Dangamvura high-density suburb.The deceased, who is y...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe praised
Bona Mugabe, the former president Robert Mugabe's daughter, was one of the star attractions at President ED Mnangagwa's inauguration at National Sports Stadium yesterday.Many, both at the gian...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should stop holding nation to ransom
Local and foreign journalists were treated to a sumptuous feast of political hallucinations by Advocate Nelson Chamisa when he addressed a Press conference in Harare after Mnangagwa had been declared ...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
'Chamisa an illegitimate leader,' says Zanu PF
MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa and his national executive needed to go through Zanu PF's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology for them to learn how to run a political party, ruling party deputy youth leagu...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why the opposition is likely to lose the forthcoming elections
As this year's elections draw near, members of the opposition, especially the MDC-T and its Alliance partners are both excited and frustrated.This is because, although the crowds that have bee...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:41hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Fans pray for Macheso
The Orchestra Mberikwazvo group led by Sungura guru Alick Macheso begged for prayers from revealers ahead of their United Kingdom trip on Wednesday.Performing at Tanza Leisure club in Chitungw...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 08:33hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man stabbed after proposing love to woman in front of her hubby
An illicit beer hawker was allegedly stabbed by a Jena mine worker in Silobela after he had ordered him to stop proposing love and caressing his wife during his presence on Friday (yesterday)....Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 19:14hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teacher dies after drinking musombodhiya
A primary teacher in Bindura is reported to have died after taking too much illicit beer known as musombodhiya yesterday at a local bar.Sources privy to the development allege the teacher was ...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 11:13hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Harare man dies at small house after 'musombodhiya' abuse
A 38-year-old Highfield man was found dead at his lodgings where he was cohabiting with his small house, H-Metro reported. While circumstances leading to his death are still hazy, Proud Kambem...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC flip flops between election boycotts and participation is the epitome of confusion
Last year in 2016 the largest opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) boycotted parliamentary by-elections citing the need for electoral reform as their primary motive; "No Reforms,...Published: 03 Apr 2017 at 12:11hrs | | by Washington Nyasha Gwarada
Shebeen brawl leaves one dead
A Harare man appeared in court yesterday for allegedly killing his colleague over illicit beer known as "musombodhiya'." Zachariah Gurwe appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Barbra Chimboz...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants Tsvangirai to discipline Khupe - report
KNIVES are out for one of the MDC-T vice presidents, Ms Thokozani Khupe, with calls for her censure and possible sacking for contradicting party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on forming coalitions w...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parading corpse uncultural, says Chiefs
FUNERALS have always been associated with a somber mood. The unwritten dictates of African tradition are that people should respect not only the sanctity of life but the dead for they would have depar...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:28hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
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