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Rustlers wreak havoc in Beitbridge
VILLAGERS from Mapayi and Dumba areas on the outskirts of Beitbridge have this year lost 39 cattle and 150 goats to cross-border livestock rustlers who are believed to be slaughtering and selling carc...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:18hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Ritual murder victim in morgue 1 year later
THE body of a mentally-ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, has spent more than a year in the morgue as police are reportedly still conducting investigations on the matter...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:01hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect in police cell suicide
A MAN (24) who is said to have been ditched by his five-months-pregnant girlfriend allegedly savagely axed and stabbed her to death before committing suicide in police holding cells. Zibusiso ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:57hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Multilingualism a vehicle of positive political traction
Speaking a different language - whether it's one's grandparents' tongue or primary - school English - fundamentally changes the structure of your brain and assimilation of issues, Ngqabutho Ndhlovu ha...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 124 | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Bulawayo mayor debate
Watch video below:...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 730 | by Staff Reporter
MDC Alliance rep runs from stock theft rap
LOSING MDC Alliance Insiza South Parliamentary candidate Honest Mafu is on the run from the police who are pursuing him for three counts of stock theft. Mafu (34) of Mthabisi Village in Filabu...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Nomazulu Thata, not all Mthwakazi women are scared of their freedom like you
As I put this piece together in response to your article that appeared on Bulawayo 24 news on 18 September 2018, I'm shocked as to why you tremble in fear of freedom to the point of inviting oth...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 22:19hrs | 1096 | by Khohliso Maqhoba
'Mnangagwa inherits Mugabe's anti-Gukurahundi traits'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime has come under fire for allegedly refusing to surrender former state leader Robert Mugabe's old culture of muzzling any talk around the Gukurahundi atrocities....Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:46hrs | 3074 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi documentary deemed to be carrying inflammatory information
Author of the Gukurahundi documentary - Gukurahundi Genocide 36 Years Later - Zenzele Ndebele was on Monday summoned by police over the project that is deemed to be carrying inflammatory information....Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi seeks to eclipse Intwasa
A documentary which explores the post-independence political disturbances in the Matebeleland and Midlands provinces is set to be showcased here during the Intwasa Arts Festival, as the number of acti...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:06hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor remains unfazed
Newly-elected Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reacted to what he termed a crackdown on his person by some residents and activists, declaring that he was going to work for the development o...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
Unresolved ethnicity conflict haunts Bulawayo
For the past few weeks, the second largest city has been on the spotlight with the mayoral election taking centre stage.Residents gained interest in the election process as they argued that th...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Hiding in the comforts of Sweden: Paul Siwela pens a letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Bhudi Paul, With dismay I read the letter you wrote President Mnangagwa today. I hasten to say that I was disappointed by this militant language you have now adopted as a party: MLO. What...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 20:25hrs | 3496 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Mnangagwa is a dog' man set free by court
A BULAWAYO magistrate on Monday freed commuter omnibus driver David Ndlovu who had been arrested for insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Ndlovu was arrested on earlier this year for calling...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | 3302 | by Staff reporter
Near murder in radio volume row
A MAN (52) from Mangwe District in Matabeleland South has been admitted to hospital in critical condition after a 21 year old man brutally attacked him over radio volume during a beer drink. M...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo journalist summoned to Police law and order over Gukurahundi documentary
CITE journalist Zenzele Ndebele says he has been summoned to law and order for questioning over the Gukurahundi documentary.Ndebele tweeted, "Just got a call from CID Law and order Bulawayo as...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 13:13hrs | 1383 | by Stephen Jakes
Bosso avert blushes over unpaid bills
HIGHLANDERS last week averted a potentially embarrassing situation that would have resulted in their property being attached by Bulawayo City Council over an unpaid water bill amounting to about $40 0...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu advises MDC-T on congress
FORMER MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has warned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to immediately call for MDC-T congress to legitimised his leadership.Chamisa and Elias Mudzur...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1769 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 2885 | by Igomombe
Coventry 'a mere swimmer'?
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so says Murphy's law.Well, Murphy's law seems to following — nay, stalking — losing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.If ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2482 | by CONWAY TUTANI
Fugitive 'killer' herdboy in court
A PLUMTREE herd boy, who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour with a knife 15 years ago for kicking his dog before he fled to South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. Petros Pamani Ndebel...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must chart clear agenda to unite nation
Zimbabwe, like many other countries, has gone through different phases in its development, as people seek to chart a path that brings prosperity. Each epoch in the country's history has been character...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:20hrs | 149 | by Lovemore Chikova
International community should intervene in Zimbabwe Gukurahundi genocide
What do we think of when we hear of which such names as Rohingya, Ndebele, Tutsi, Kazakh, Armenia, and Jew - especially, when they are all in one sentence?...most likely genocide and the Holoc...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:11hrs | 564 | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
PHOTOS: Shock developments at Bhalagwe Gukurahundi shrine
A visit by Mthwakazi Republic Party leaders to the Gukurahundi mass graves in Bhalagwe revealed some shocking developments. The delegation which was accompanied by victims and international journalist...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | 5119 | by Khethani Ndlovu
Man arrested for 'insulting Mnangagwa'
In a case reminiscent of the former president Robert Mugabe era, where several citizens where dragged to court for undermining his authority, a commuter omnibus driver here, David Ndlovu, has been arr...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:33hrs | 3548 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland has been captured
Mzukulu Chamisa, listen to this noble advise: pick up your toys, call all your friends and go back to Harare before tribal fires that you are stocking in Bulawayo consume you. Bulawayo is not a play g...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 15:13hrs | 4505 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa's use of mudhidhi word not a crime
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa holds new sports minister Kirsty Coventry in high regard for "her lifetime of sacrifice in raising the Zimbabwe flag", the opposition leader's spokesman has insisted...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:12hrs | 17912 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi leader hits back at 'childish' Chamisa
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) president Mqondisi Moyo has hit back at "clumsy and childish" MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, after the latter last week accused secessionist party activists of prot...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Hunt on for new Prosecutor-General
Government has started hunting for a substantive Prosecutor-General following the publication of the resgination of Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba in the Government Gazette on Friday, a senior G...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's words inspire farmer
KHULUMAUSENZA is a name of a village in Mapulubusi area in Tsholotsho district in the sprawling Matabeleland North Province.The name of the village is Ndebele, and in English it literally mean...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:37hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a dangerous smiling tribalist.
The 2018 local council elections produced an outcome which was very complicated in Bulawayo. The underlying factor is the disrespect which the MDC Alliance propagated by fielding the majority of Shona...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:36hrs | 4393 | by Thulani Nkala
Stinking tribalism inside MDC-T!!! Chamisa where is Khupe today?
The last person who can chide the people of Matabeleland as tribalist is Nelson Chamisa himself! A Portuguese adage says "you did not need a big ass to get diarrhoea: even with a small one, this disea...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1039 | by Nomazulu Thata
We experienced a repeat of 2008 calamity - Bajila
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said the nation has again experienced the repeat of the 2008 calamity arising from the just disputed harmonised elections."I have said it befor...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 2030 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe doomed as May, Merkel back Mnangagwa
On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1023 | by Tafi Mhaka
Pair kills, burn motorist
TWO people, one of them a 16-year-old boy, allegedly killed a motorist and burnt his body after he offered them a lift in Plumtree. The two suspects are from Binga and met their alleged victim...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Letter to Comrade Julius Malema
Dear Mr. Malema, Firstly, I would like to apologize to you personally because when you started your political path, I am one of those you did not take you seriously. I was deeply concerned abo...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 3161 | by Nomazulu Thata
Voters voted for the party not individuals that is why now there is concern over mayoral election
Zimbabwe Communist Party secretary general Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena has said the Bulawayo residents who voted on July 30 voted for the party MDC Alliance and were not careful to look who the candida...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1425 | by Stephen Jakes
12 arrested over mob justice death
TWELVE villagers from Mangwe District have been arrested for allegedly beating up a man to death after accusing him of stealing from a homestead within their community.Matabeleland South provi...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2214 | by Staff reporter
Tribalist councillor takes oath in Shona
There was chaos here yesterday at the swearing-in ceremony of the newly-elected councillors after one of them, Arnold Batirai of ward 24, decided to take oath of office in Shona.While all the ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 21:15hrs | 2386 | by Staff reporter
Drunk Chamisa councillor cause a stir in Bulawayo
THE swearing in ceremony of Bulawayo City Councillors yesterday degenerated into chaos with activists aligned to the Mthwakazi Republic Party baying for the blood of one of the MDC Alliance councillor...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
5 things you probably didn’t know about Mai Chamisa
Meet the limelight-shy woman behind MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.Not much is known about Sithokozile Chamisa as she maintains a low profile. Most got to catch a glimpse of her during the...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 18:38hrs | 19295 | by Social media
Zimbabwe never cease to amaze
Zimbabwe never cease to amaze...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3413 | by Social media
Married workmates busted for sex in office
THEY were caught in their birthday suits during working hours enjoying the adult game!Business came to a halt at Turk Mine when two married workmates were caught indulging in sex in the office...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:32hrs | 2628 | by Staff reporter
Do not kill a dead snake!
This is what former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said in reference to Thabo Mbeki who was voted out of the party and government as party leader and president of South Africa in Polokwane. This...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:49hrs | 3877 | by Nomazulu Thata
Miss Tourism Zimbabwe dates moved to September 22
Miss Tourism Zimbabwe (MTZ) has been moved from September 8 to September 22 for their national finals to pave way for the Miss World Zimbabwe pageant, an official has said.The two pageants had...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 174 | by Staff Reporter
Boss, DeMbare clash in presidential inauguration special
HARARE giants Dynamos and Caps United would have to fight another day in their Castle Lager Premiership clash with the famed derby being shelved yesterday to pave way for the DeMbare against Bosso sho...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 08:35hrs | 1848 | by Staff Reporter
Con-Court jokes flood social media
Harare lawyer Regina Bwanali, who was representing the fifth respondent, Dr Noah Manyika, at the Constitutional Court was at the centre of social media banter after presenting her application to the c...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 16:37hrs | 10373 | by Staff reporter
Con-Court bench members' profiles
Chief Justice Luke MalabaLuke Malaba was born in 1951.He received his law degree from the University of Warwick in 1974, and another law degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:07hrs | 5497 | by Staff reporter
Wake up Africom there is no AMPHLOPE
Wake up Africom do not create any none existant words, there is no AMPHLOPE in IsiNdebele....Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:33hrs | 2979 | by Social media
Mnangagwa critic arrested, charged over Facebook comments
ZIMBABWEAN authorities have arrested Munyaradzi Shoko, the leader of the Children of Zimbabwe War Veterans' Association (Cozwa), a known critic of President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa and charged him wi...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:21hrs | 22518 | by Stephen Jakes
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