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Gwanda hookers now working from home
BEFORE the new normal, ladies of the night were much sought-after at various drinking spots in the mining town of Gwanda. Calling on sex workers' services was the order of the day for some men after i...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Poet 'Obert Dube' coughes blood after beaten by police
The famous poet Obert Dube has described how he was beaten by the police for breaking curfew rules until he started 'coughing blood'.In a Facebook post, the outspoken poet said the police thre...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 4009 | by Bhebhe Mandla
COVID-19 stalls Gwanda Hlalani Kuhle sewerage piping
GARIKAI/HLALANI Kuhle housing scheme residents of ward eight in Gwanda have embarked on a project to install sewage pipes at their houses after their municipality failed to do so for 14 years since th...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Draft Constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! Below I present to you the Draft Constitution (Part 1 and Part 2 consisting of 47 Articles) of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. The Full Draft Constitutio...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:49hrs | 2135 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 905 | by Livingstone Kazizi
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2530 | by Samantha Power
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 909 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Mwonzora takes over from Khupe as leader of opposition
MDC-T's newly elected president, Mr Douglas Mwonzora, is set to assume the role of Leader of Opposition in Parliament and is expected to make changes to the structures controlled by the opposition in ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:43hrs | 2655 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi donates wheelchair to gukurahundi victim
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has donated a wheelchair to former ZIPRA cadre, Better Tshuma who lost his legs when he was subjected to acts of torture by the Zimbabwean military during the dark Gukur...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:59hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
An independent state is the only viable option for the people of Mthwakazi from the MLF president
Greetings to all! It is important to underline in addition to the emphasis on the importance of skills development for Mthwakazi which was published last week, that we look forward to fruitful...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 15:04hrs | 730 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
15 years on, no sanitation for Hlalani Kuhle beneficiaries
Thabo Siziba of the Garakai/ Hlalani Kuhle area, ward 8, in Gwanda Urban, has stayed for the past 14 years without access to water. Residents in the area have waited for the past 15 years for the Gwan...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Bosso nominations now open
HIGHLANDERS have opened the nomination process for the election chairman, secretary-general and committee member, with January 23 being the closing date for submission of nomination forms.The ...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 16:19hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Low-key send off for Choruma
THE funeral of former Warriors and Highlanders midfielder Richard Choruma is set to be a low-key event, with only a few close family members and probably a handful of friends allowed due to COVID-19 r...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:23hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Furore over non deployment of Kalanga teachers
The Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association(KLCDA) has expressed concern over failure by the government to deploy Kalanga teachers in Kalanga communities after graduation.The org...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:39hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Police boss pleads for safety on roads
THE cellphone and Information Communication Technologies ITCs have revolutionised communication, connecting people at an instant hence bringing the much needed convenience.However, driving whi...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:50hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe was, will never win leadership of MDC-T
The recently concluded chaotic extraordinary congress of MDC-T, shows that the ambitious and former deputy prime minister of Zimbabwe was never going to win the election regardless of the support she ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 17:46hrs | 2072 | by Ncube Posiwe
Khupe wasn't going to win MDC-T presidency, says analysts
There was no way MDC-T acting president, Thokozani Khupe, could have won the party' presidency at the Sunday congress, notwithstanding the violence that marred it, political analysts told CITE this we...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:57hrs | 3775 | by Staff reporter
The Consolidation of Democracy in Zimbabwe
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Zimbabwe celebrated National Unity Day a few days ago, commemorating the historic unification of former liberation war movements-PF Zapu and Zanu into what we...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:37hrs | 142 | by Robert Sigauke
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to be more COVID-19 vigilant
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the country to be more vigilant and ensure its systems are ready to attend to citizens returning from South Africa without being screened for Covid-19. The neighb...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:53hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has no official language, says Govt
A SECRETARY in the office of Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Paul Damasane has made startling claims that Zimbabwe does not have an official language.The top government official said for over 40 ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
New police spokesperson for Mat South
MATABELELAND South Province has a new police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mangena, who replaces Superintendent Philisani Ndebele following the recent promotions of officers across the country. ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:47hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
'Shun tribalism & regionalism'
ZANU-PF leadership in Bulawayo yesterday joined the rest of the nation in commemorating Unity Day amid calls for Zimbabweans to shun tribalism and regionalism. Speakers, in their solidarity me...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
MLF mourns Edgar Gumede
It is with sore hearts that we learned about the untimely passing of Mr. Edgar Gumede, former Vice President of MLF. His passing proves true of the Ndebele saying that says, 'isitsha esihle asidleli.'...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 19:25hrs | 928 | by MLF
Zimbabwe's Unity day is an insult and provocation to the people of Midlands and Matabeleland
THE Bulawayo based opposition party, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has the described Unity Day an insult and provocation to the people of Midlands and Matabeleland regions who were seriously affected...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 18:35hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Unity can never be built on mass graves
For thirty three years now, Zimbabwe has been celebrating, disguised as unity, loss of tens of thousands of lives for ZANU PF political expediency.What ZANU PF failed to achieve by way o...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 13:22hrs | 716 | by Iphithule Maphosa
'Mugabe forced Nkomo to sacrifice his party'
THE opposition Zapu party has claimed that the late former President Robert Mugabe forced the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo to sacrifice his party Zapu resulting in it being swallowed by Zan...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:06hrs | 1829 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates 33rd Unity Day
TODAY Zimbabwe celebrates the 33rd Unity Day with focus on nation building and rebranding. Last Saturday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told delegates at the launch of the national dress that the appar...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
The days we celebrate, why?
This is to black people, particularly Zimbabweans. The day called Christmas Day, what is it really? Can someone tell me what happened on this day called Christmas? Why is it being celebrated? Has it a...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 10:10hrs | 486 | by Clemen Moyo
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies?
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies? Well, Matabeles had no idea until Shona leaders announced it and even went on to declare an unprovoked war against them."Let's all Shonas, Zezurus,...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 07:44hrs | 2134 | by Israel Dube
'Zapu 1963 split was the genesis of tribalism'
Opposition political party, ZAPU, says its 1963 split which led to the formation of Zanu, was the genesis of tribalism in the country. ZAPU celebrated its 59th anniversary in Bulaw...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
Brave lawyer goes after RG over wrong passport IsiNdebele words
A BULAWAYO-based lawyer Mr Nqobani Sithole is suing the Registrar-General over errors and misspellings of IsiNdebele words on the Zimbabwe passport. Mr Sithole, who filed the application at th...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:43hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Can anything good come from Lupane?
CAN anything good come from Lupane? Kenny Canaan Moyo known as Kenny Mangena responded to this question, not by mere talking, but through his career in music.He went to Mphahlwa 3 and Mbondo P...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 544 | by Kwanele Khumalo
Who are we Black People?
As black people who really are we when it comes to religion. Asia has Buddhism and Hinduism, the Arab world has Islam, most of Europe is into Christianity. Where is Africa? What is Africans' religion?...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:37hrs | 724 | by Clemen Moyo
'Mthuli Ncube tax' a huge success
ZIMBABWE managed to avert a potential Covid-19 pandemic disaster while civil servants are receiving their salaries on time and infrastructural development projects are underway across the country - a ...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Whoever poisoned the late Bulawayo Town Clerk Middleton Nyoni, poisoned the whole of Bulawayo
I cannot prove that the former Town Cleck Middleton Nyoni was poisoned. I rely mostly on news in the social media. His death was suspicious though: I could not comprehend how he would have succumbed t...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 22:55hrs | 4624 | by Nomazulu Thata
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1011 | by Brezhnev Malaba
Indeed, let's tell our own true African story, including the brutality we have suffered under our 'liberators'
It was with great delight and jubilation when I learnt about the establishment of an African museum, that would tell the true African story, from the perspective of Africans themselves - as that would...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 16:51hrs | 351 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Perrance Shiri estate: Family demands DNA tests
Some relatives of the late national hero Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri have requested DNA tests for some of his children despite them having birth certificates. According to some children, ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's squandered opportunities
The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.This is not new.Being stuck between making ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1754 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chiyangwa laughs last?
NO ONE can fault former Zifa president and now Cosafa boss Phillip Chiyangwa for boasting that Zimbabwean football made a huge mistake in rejecting him in favour of Felton Kamambo.Events at Co...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1733 | by Michael Kariati
Polygamous man beheads wife, commits
A MAN from Dekezi area in Filabusi under Chief Sibasa went berserk beheading one of his three wives after he found her having sex with a local herdman.Zama Mafu, allegedly beheaded his wife wi...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1466 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand answers over Zimsec boob
MEMBERS of Parliament on Wednesday demanded that Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema must explain the issue of the Geography paper examination boob and the fact that children at rura...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec in 'O' Level exam scandal
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was yesterday accused of presiding over "sham" examinations for several ‘O' level subjects with schools around the country receiving incomplete mate...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | 2028 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga threatens to sue
KeYona TV chairperson, Cont Mhlanga is fuming and has threatened to sue all those who made claims on social media that their television station was awarded a licence because of his affiliation to Zanu...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Ma9Nine popularises Ndebele dancehall
Ndebele dancehall is proving to be a favourite of many Zimdancehall lovers and its thumbs up to efforts by the likes of Kid Silobela, Jah Practice and most recently Ma9Nine (real name Hansel Ndlovu). ...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
News headlines over reform headways
Since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the concept of "reform" or "change" of institutions, political culture and the constitution to "widen and deepen individual, political, economic, social, cultura...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:30hrs | 577 | by Ibbo Mandaza
Zimbabwe's difficult path to healing
ASS graves keep cropping up in Zimbabwe.The killings of civilians date back years, but wounds remain. The hurdle to healing is the government, experts say.The trauma persists even in t...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:23hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Peace Commission shocked after Mnangagwa snub in Gukurahundi genocide reburials
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of acting unconstitutionally and leaving out the independent body in the contentious exhumation and reb...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:35hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convicts sentenced to life in jail
TWO Bulawayo ex-convicts, who robbed an elderly man of his cellphone and clothes before they killed and dumped his naked body in a bushy area, were on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail.Perfe...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
High Court robber denied bail
ONE of the eight suspects linked to the recent botched armed robbery at the Bulawayo High Court has been denied bail pending trial. Linience Clifford Nyoni (38) of Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
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