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Zimbabwe police decimate notorious armed robbery gang
A gang of suspected armed robbers who were behind the widely publicised J and P Security robbery, among other movie-style thefts, are now behind bars after they implicated each other one after another...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 13:32hrs | 2303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outburst over bad national anthem recording
A VISIBLY angry President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday publicly castigated his lieutenants for allegedly playing a "bad" recording of the national anthem.He later banned them from playin...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi tried to avoid Zanu-PF
AT the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe's government introduced what it called "galas", where top musicians performed at different national events to mark important events in the country's history....Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Messenger of court abuses office
Kwekwe Messenger of Court continues to steal the limelight as he now stands accused of abuse of office for corrupt ends.Mr Energy Pedzera, Kwekwe Messenger of Court, is this time accused of de...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:19hrs | 14 | by Desmond Nleya
Mnangagwa ally describes Hopewell Chin'ono's posts as 'a threat to national security'
Zimbabwe's Chief Director of Strategic and Presidential Communications Dr Anyway Mutambudzi has described veteran journalist Hopewell Chin'ono's social media posts as "a threat to national security" i...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 22:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's top aide claims he was shot in the face during Zimbabwe's bush war
Anywhere Mutambudzi, the Chief Director of Strategic Communications in the Office of the President and Cabinet, has appealed to fellow social media users to refrain from making disparaging comments ab...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 11:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe excluded from list of IMF's world's poorest nations
Retired Major Dr Anywhere Mutambudzi, Chief Director of Strategic Communications in the Presidential Communications Office of the President and Cabinet in Zimbabwe sparked a social media controversy b...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Angry Zimbabweans throw brickbats at Mnangagwa top comms aide
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top communications aide has come under fire after posting a seemingly innocuous tweet announcing procurement of a new presidential podium.Chief director responsi...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec told to clear air on delimitation report
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must clear the air on the delimitation report it submitted to President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently, government officials and analysts have said.The com...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bribe' backfires
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga are said to have refused to entertain the duo.An alleged attempt to bribe President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President C...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister calls for new crop of effective diplomats
ZIMBABWE requires skilled, knowledgeable and visionary diplomats to tap into new opportunities for trade, commerce and development, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ambassador ...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aide hunts for Mambo's owner, after Masarira diss
IRKED by a joke on opposition leader, Linda Masarira, by fast food outlet Mambo's Chicken's marketing team, chief director for strategic communication in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
OPC ZITF stand has public in awe
AN imposing artistic image depicting President Mnangagwa carrying a masonry trowel laden with mortar and building blocks in the background, admirably stood above the Office of the President and Cabine...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crisis Coalition blasts Mnangagwa's spin doctor
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has vowed to continue with its pursuit for a democratic society in the wake of continued intimidation by some top government officials irked by the NGO grouping's w...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' College postpones graduation ceremony
Masvingo Teachers' College has postponed its 35th graduation ceremony which initially had been scheduled for August 09, 2019.The graduation ceremony will now be held the following day, August ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama as woman undresses in church
There was drama at Domboremhikidzano Apostolic Church in Gweru after a woman who is suspected to be tormented by a spirit of witchcraft undressed before storming out of the church.The woman, w...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIO dirty secrets exposed
A top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer has accused his bosses in the spy agency of victimising him because they fear he will expose their corrupt activities.Augustine Mutambu, the C...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt officials lambast trafficking middlemen
VILLAGERS who use their homes in the vicinity of the country's borders with other countries to facilitate human trafficking have no respect for human life and must face the full wrath of the law, a se...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman killed in bathing tub dispute
A 26-YEAR-OLD from Chivi, suspected of being mentally challenged, is on the run after he allegedly killed his elderly aunt by striking her on the head with a pestle (grinding tool) after an argument o...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA returns Rhodesian Cabinet files
SOUTH Africa has returned Rhodesian Cabinet files and others State papers dating back to 1927 that Ian Douglas Smith took to that country following the collapse of his regime and these will be officia...Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is the illustrious founding members of MDC - Mashakada
MDC-T deputy secretary Tapiwa Mashakada has said party President Nelson Chamisa is the illustrious founding member of the party who worked hard for the party at the time when he was a student....Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chiwenga steps down
AFTER six years at the helm of Miss World Zimbabwe Marry Chiwenga has stepped down from organising the pageant and now the question is what next for the pageant.The chapter is closed for Chiwe...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prayer meeting has absolutely nothing to do with us - Govt
Government has distanced itself from a so-called prayer meeting organised by expelled members of the Zanu-pf Youth League in Harare yesterday purportedly to support Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, ...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Black market thrives, as banks run dry
HARARE'S Road Port has become the unofficial bank of last resort, never short of cash, no queues and a multicurrency platform.The money market at this busy bus terminus now plays the role that...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's JM Nkomo Polytechnic Graduation Speech
ADDRESS BY THE GUEST OF HONOUR, THE MINISTER OF HIGHER AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ON "RE–ENGINEERING THE CURRICULUM FOR A SCIENCE AND...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 08:44hrs | 8 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Miss World Zimbabwe auditions today
Miss World Zimbabwe will conduct its final auditions at their Trust offices in Eastlea today, 10 days before the deadline registration for the Miss World 2016 pageant. Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson ...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
Miss Zimbabwe officials uncover indecent pictures scandal
Miss Zimbabwe Trust chairperson Marry Chiwenga claims an unnamed senior official in the modelling industry was duping models into posing undressed.Chiwenga, who took over from the late Kiki Di...Published: 10 May 2016 at 15:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Miss Zim to take part in Miss Africa Continent pageant
Reigning Miss Zimbabwe World Annie Grace Mutambu is set to take part in the Miss Africa Continent pageant to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 30. At least 11 countries are expect...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 09:42hrs | | by Sophia Chese
Poor planning derails Mugabe fundraising gig
Zanu-PF cancelled a fund-raising musical gala for President Robert Mugabe's 92nd birthday celebrations due to poor planning by the organisers.The gala, that was scheduled to take place at the ...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urges media to be responsible
Government has urged the media to report responsibly on issues of national development instead of seeking to portray the country in a negative manner. Director of Urban Communications in t...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt justifies job cuts
A senior official in the Ministry of Information, Media and Broadcasting services, the parent ministry of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Co-operation (ZBC), has leapt to the defence of the jobs carnage...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim Models Awards nominees list out
The list for the inaugural Zimbabwe Model Awards 2015 nominees is out with more than 15 categories announced.The awards, which are being held on August 21 at the Rainbow Towers, will see gurus...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Miss Zimbabwe not in love, at least for now
NEWLY crowned Miss World Zimbabwe - Annie Grace Mutambu is staying away from relationships, at least for now.The 19 year old Mutambu says she last had a boyfriend three years ago....Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 10:46hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Newly crowned Miss Zimbabwe robbed
A few hours after her coronation, newly-crowned Miss Zimbabwe Annie-Grace Mutambu was on Friday night mugged, losing a laptop and a cellular phone to her assailants.The three thugs, who were d...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Miss Zimbabwe crowned
NEWLY crowned Miss World Zimbabwe, Anne Grace Mutambu, has promised to be at her best behaviour, assuring the nation that she has never posed undressed.The 19-year-old ACCA student was crowne...Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Melissa Mpofu
New Miss Zimbabwe to be crowned
Annie-Grace Mutambu will be crowned Miss World Zimbabwe this afternoon at an event which will be combined with her prize-giving ceremony.This means Mutambu, 19, would compete at this year's Mi...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 14:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miss Zimbabwe chaos continues
Detractors of Mary Chiwenga, who took over from Kiki Divaris as chairperson of the Miss Zimbabwe Trust three years ago, have every reason to liken the former model to a bull in a china shop.Se...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 16:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ugly' dethroned Miss Zimbabwe refuses to return tiara, mulling legal action
Dethroned Miss Zimbabwe, Emily Kachote, said yesterday she will not return her bejewelled crown until pageant organisers tell her what wrong she did.The Marry Chiwenga-led Miss Zimbabwe Trust ...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 13:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ugly' Miss World Zimbabwe axed
EMILY Kachote was yesterday officially dethroned as Miss World Zimbabwe, paving way for the first princess Annie Grace Mutambu.In a statement, the Miss Zimbabwe executive board said Kachote...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 15:11hrs | | by Entertainment Reporters
You are ugly - new Miss Zimbabwe told
NEWLY crowned Miss Zimbabwe Emily Kachote is said to be ugly and is being attacked for failing to meet expectations of members of the public.This has promoted former queens to spring to her de...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Emily Kachote crowned Miss World Zimbabwe 2015
Beautiful, Emily Tatanga Kachote was last night crowned Miss World Zimbabwe 2015, beating 15 other contestants at the glamorous finals held at Mermaids Pools on a farm just off Shamva Road....Published: 26 Apr 2015 at 16:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man caught pants down with uncle's wife
A Chivi man allegedly ripped his stomach open with a knife after he was caught engaging in sex with his uncle's customary wife. The incident which has left Penemene villagers under Chief Mada...Published: 02 Dec 2014 at 06:36hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Army now applying stiff penalties to its members
Zimbabwe National Army recently expelled and jailed rogue elements among its rank and file to retain the good image of the force, a senior officer has said.Addressing Commando Regiment troops ...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 16:27hrs | | by John Manzongo
Morgan Tsvangirai's low opinion of himself
Maybe we could start by observing that opposition leader Morgan Richard Tsvangirai has a short memory - which we expect. He is a man of double standards. Again, we expect that of him.Let me belab...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 07:46hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
MDC-T founding member laid to rest
THE MDC-T Deputy National Chairperson, Morgen Komichi, has described the late Freggy Dhungwa, popularly known as Mudhara Mutambu, as a fearless leader who did not concern himself with positions but wa...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'm now broke,' says Tsvangirai
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he could no longer assist an MDC-T founder member who died recently because he was broke.Tsvangirai told mourners at the funeral wake...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai mourns departed MDC Founder member
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai today paid his condolences to the Dhungwa family following the death of a veteran MDC cadre, Freggy Dhungwa, popularly known as "Mudhara Mutambu", yesterday in Harare....Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 14:53hrs | 1 | by Ndou paul
Kofi Olomide, Winky D snub Mugabe's bash
Rhumba giant, Kofi Olomide and local crowd puller, Winky D expected to light up President Mugabe's bash did not show up, leaving thousands disappointed. Olomide had agreed to come but got cau...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bogus' Black Uhuru at Mugabe inauguration?
Jamaican reggae outfit Black Uhuru, who failed to impress at President Robert Mugabe's inauguration gala held at the National Sports Stadium on Thursday night, have moved to quell rumours that they ...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 09:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ladysmith Black Mambazo snubs Mugabe inauguration
It turns out globally respected South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, did not want any diamonds on the soles of their feet after all.State media reports on Thursday indicated that Lady...Published: 23 Aug 2013 at 03:15hrs | | by Arts reporter
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