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Sell-outs: are they going to be exonerated if they contributed to the Mthwakazi-begging kitty?
There are three appeals in Mthwakazi region taking rounds: one was done by Comrade Ezra Tshisa Sibanda: he is appealing to the public to contribute to his crowdfunding, the money he is going to use to...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1615 | by Nomazulu Thata
Police disperse macimbi harvesters
POLICE in Gwanda District have dispersed macimbi (mopane worm) harvesters who had flocked to the area despite the prevailing 21-day lockdown. Scores of people from different areas had flocked ...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown break-ins worry cops
POLICE in Matabeleland South Province have raised concern over cases of unlawful entry and theft from business premises which have become rampant during the prevailing lockdown resulting in loss of go...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sends a message to Ndebeles in diaspora
Professor Jonathan Moyo has urged Matabeleland citizens in the diaspora to pull resources together and equip their health infrastructure to be able to respond to the threats from the deadly coronaviru...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 10:18hrs | 10359 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'MDC does not own Harvest House' Welshman Ncube says
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube has revealed that the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai house formerly known as Harvest House is not owned by the MDC. In a wide-ranging interview with jour...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 15:58hrs | 6312 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mambo dynasty protesting BCC's decision not to rename roads after its Lozwi kings
BULAWAYO City fathers have agreed to meet the Mambo dynasty which is protesting council's decision not to rename some roads in the city after its Lozwi kings.The Mambo dynasty is at loggerhead...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter
Unfolding challenges of Muteswa's domestic abuse: Trials & tribulations of single women in Zimbabwe and the law of Karma!
What Chantelle Muteswa is currently going through and the amount of emotional challenges and humiliations she must cope with is just unimaginable by common sense. In her case, common sense is no longe...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 20:50hrs | 1738 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ex-convict kills grandmother with a spade
AN ex-convict from Bulilima has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his maternal grandmother using a spade two weeks after being released from prison after accusing her of causing his initi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:37hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Man on the run after fatal stabbing
A GWANDA man is on the run after he allegedly stabbed his elder brother to death while trying to stop him from assaulting their friend. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Prophets of doom would want to derail fundrasing for health institutions - Ezra Sibanda
Former Radio Zimbabwe presenter and journalist Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has said the prophets of doom would not want the fundraising for the Bulawayo health institutions like Thorngrove Isolation Centre to...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 09:03hrs | 593 | by Stephen Jakes
Dear King Bulelani Khumalo
Dear King BulelaniKaLobhengula KaMzilikaziMbulazi, Mtungwa wena KaMatshobana, Wena KaNgwalongwalo,In this unfortunate situation of Corona Virus, that we find ourselves in, I wo...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:47hrs | 1267 | by Ayanda Manala Sibindi
Zimbabweans still in bondage in 'Egypt' - we're still awaiting our Moses to deliver us
It is always common knowledge that whenever political leaders - with the help of their sidekicks, mouthpieces, and praise singers - resort to misinterpreting biblical scriptures to justify and defend ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:17hrs | 817 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Innscor fires all contract workers
Innscor Africa has reportedly sent a message to its contract workers informing them that their contracts have been terminated due to the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has registered 7 cases i...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 09:06hrs | 5064 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo braces for Covid 19
I love walking the streets of my hometown, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Every street, edifice and alley way holds many memories for me. Memories of happier times, when our now old and frail parents...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 436 | by Terence Msuku
Jilted man stabs girlfriend to death
A MANGWE man allegedly fatally stabbed his live-in girlfriend of eight years with a kitchen knife after she told him that she wanted their relationship to end as he was abusive. A village head...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Man kills girlfriend after she dumps him
A MANGWE man fatally stabbed his live-in girlfriend of eight years with a kitchen knife after she told him that she wanted their relationship to end as he was abusive.A village head from Makhu...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:11hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
The Commemoration of African Heroes and Heroines Workshop
The Commemoration of African Heroes and Heroines Workshop which was held today on the 23rd of March 2020 at the Princess Zila Lobengula Cultural Village was running for the third (3) year. The Event w...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 21:08hrs | 330 | by Sizwe Mda
5 family members die on way to funeral
FIVE family members died while several others were injured in a road accident on Friday as they were on their way to bury another family member in Mtshabezi in Gwanda District, when the kombi they wer...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:35hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party member in rent dispute, 'threatens murder'
A Mthwakazi Republic Party member was allegedly tangled in a tribal confrontation last month after he approached his friend's tenant and threatened to "chuck" him out if he didn't vacate the house in ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools sports facilities decay
BEFORE the attainment of independence in 1980 and for almost 12 years into Uhuru, all sports facilities in former Group A schools were in immaculate condition. A number of sports personalities were ch...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:48hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
The Shona peoples learning hard facts about Zanu PF mentality
Listening to the video circulating around, young people all from Mashonaland are openly lamenting recent Mnangagwa's hate speech who of late uttered what he knows best: about rounding people up with c...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:26hrs | 3669 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tsano slates Bosso, Zifa over Daka
NGEZI Platinum assistant coach Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu yesterday lambasted Highlanders and Zifa for failing to honour soccer legend Daka while he was still alive.Daka died last Thursday and was bu...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1485 | by Staff reporter
Barry Daka buried
HIGHLANDERS legend Barry Daka, who died at his Barbourfields home last Thursday morning after a short illness, was buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday. In an emotionally char...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
PSL to re-align soccer calendar?
THE domestic football season may conform to Caf's decision to align their calendar with other modern African leagues in line with other Fifa competitions after the coronavirus pandemic forced the dela...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:16hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1264 | by Nomazulu Thata
Recall book, apologise to Majaivana
AS a Bulawayo resident one of my favourite musicians is none other than our own city bred and raised singer, Lovemore Majaivana.Although word has it that he no longer sings, he remains an insp...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 11:26hrs | 1257 | by Harry Peter Wilson
PSL expel Whawha, Tennax
The Castle Lager Premiership could revert to a 16-team league this season after they expelled newboys Whawha and Tennax over non-payment of affiliation fees. The clubs were given a reprieve a ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:32hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must pay Majaivana US$1 million compensation
ARTISTES are up in arms with the Primary and Secondary Education ministry over a commissioned textbook which it implies that musician Lovemore Majaivana is dead.Titled Best Approach to Visual ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 17:27hrs | 6045 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF not sincere about reforms and dealing with past atrocities
The Zimbabwean government and the ruling party should be ashamed of themselves following the report released by the United States of America's Harare Embassy. The 48 page Zimbabwe -2019 Report on Huma...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:11hrs | 320 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Highlanders Football Club and Ndebele Identity Amongst Fans in Zimbabwe
Football is the most popular sport worldwide, and its popularity in Zimbabwe is no exception. It is a game that arouses and inflames passions amongst society and contributes to a polarization within s...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 20:29hrs | 1409 | by Jefferson Ndimande
US warns Mnangagwa over Gukurahundi
The United States government has said failure to address the Gukurahundi issue continues to fan divisions in the country and feeds into animosity between the Shona and the Ndebele ethnic groups....Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:10hrs | 2165 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is worse than coronavirus
"Gukurahundi" loosely translates from the Shona language (one of the main languages spoken in Zimbabwe, alongside English and Ndebele) to mean "the early rain that washes away the chaff." The killings...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 10:06hrs | 2345 | by Knowledge Hakata
Man beats best friend's lover to death
A MAN from Gokwe beat his best friend's girlfriend to death after he found her in a compromising position with another man. George Ndebele (29) of Kufazvinei Village under Chief Jiri in Gokwe ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1287 | by Staff reporter
A truthful, unbiased, and non-partisan analysis of targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe
The contentious issue of targeted sanctions imposed on certain individuals and entities in Zimbabwe by the European Union (EU), and United States of America (USA), requires a neutral and apolitical fa...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 901 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dr Samuel Parirenyatwa assasination: new details emerge
FRESH details have emerged around the death of the country's first black doctor and Zapu vice president Dr Samuel Parirenyatwa in 1962, that the Rhodesians wanted to recreate as an accident scene. ...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2236 | by Staff reporter
Why I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died!
I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died, leaving me discombobulated and severely pained. Indelible, agonizing, stabbing, chronic pain! Pain that eats into my liver, intestines and buttocks. The ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 6998 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Man murders neighbour over chicken
A BULILIMA man is on the run after he allegedly beat his neighbour to death after accusing him of stealing his chicken.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philis...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 18:06hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Money changers protest over death of colleague
HUNDREDS of illegal money changers marched to Bulawayo Central Police Station yesterday in protest of what they called laxity in police investigations over the death of their colleague who was ambushe...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 12:11hrs | 4096 | by Staff reporter
Man beats lover's granny to death
A BULILIMA man has been arrested for allegedly beating his girlfriend's 86-year-old grandmother to death with a log after accusing her of bewitching him.Matabeleland South provincial police sp...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Cassava brings back US-dollar remittance agents
LISTED digital solutions concern, Cassava Smartech, says it would start issuing out hard cash through its Sasai remit agency network across the country, targeting diaspora remittances. Althoug...Published: 09 Mar 2020 at 05:26hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Man kills 86-year-old granny over witchcraft
A MAN from Bulilima has been arrested for allegedly beating up his girlfriend's 86-year-old grandmother to death with a log after accusing her of bewitching him.Matabeleland South provincial p...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 09:03hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube: Laughter keeps Zimbabwe going
Top comedian Carl Joshua Ncube says Zimbabweans use laughter as one of the ways to deal with many problems they encounter as a result of the political and economic crisis in the country.Ncube ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 09:03hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council to repossess properties
THE Bulawayo City Council will repossess 26 properties in the city after their owners failed to heed an ultimatum requiring them to either pay their rates or resume development works within their stan...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Bosso sign 5 players
HIGHLANDERS paid-up members are expected to meet at the Clubhouse this morning for the sole purpose of receiving audited financial statements as a continuation of the club's Annual General Meeting (AG...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:23hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
ZITF bars exhibitors from COVID-19-affected countries
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) hangs in the balance amid reports the ZITF Company will bar exhibitors from countries affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) from attending this year's trade e...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:19hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni berates Mnangagwa's govt
Outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has lambasted the government for failing to designate community radio stations to Ndebele communities.He defined this segregation ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2011 | by Staff reporter
Married woman elopes, hubby seeks DNA tests
A BULAWAYO woman shocked her husband's grandmother when she eloped with her boyfriend leaving the in-law working at a maize field.Gogo Agness Ndlovu was at a loss for words when a man identifi...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
SASAI app introduces local languages
SASAI has introduced over 50 African languages and close to 80 languages across the globe, which has so far been downloaded in 178 countries. SASAI is an all-in-one mobile app from Cassava Fin...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 11:28hrs | 579 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa sets domestic workers' pay at $500
GOVERNMENT has reviewed the minimum wage for domestic workers from $168 to $500 per month, a figure that some domestic workers say is below their expectations. The Deputy Minister of Public Se...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders misconduct inquiry into Supreme Court judge
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a tribunal to look into Supreme Court judge Francis Bere's fitness to hold office after a lawyer accused him of interference in a civil case.It is th...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
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