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Miniyothabo Chiwenga steps into the spotlight with health initiative
In what appears to signal a shift in power dynamics within Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Miniyothabo Chiwenga, has launched a health clinic initiative in...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 15:14hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
General Chiwenga Supporters Hail Mini Baloyi Chiwenga for Transformative Health Initiative in Filabusi
In a heartwarming gesture that left a profound impact on the rural community of Filabusi, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, Mini Baloyi Chiwenga, spearheaded a free healthcare program u...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 14:22hrs | 793 | by George Tshuma
Zapu veterans rally behind Chiwenga
War veterans affiliated with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) and women and youth associations linked to Zanu-PF have publicly declared their support for Vice President Constantino Chiw...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 2612 | by Staff reporter
Nehawu KZN structures to drop ANC in favour of MK Party
KwaZulu-Natal's Umlazi district has become the launchpad for a lobby by public servants belonging to trade union National Education, Health, and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) to dump the ANC in favour...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 17:29hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
When dark babies are not good enough
For Ms Ntokozo Gumbo, after successfully achieving her desired complexion following years of investing in skin care to lighten her skin tone, she was disappointed when she gave birth to a baby heavily...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 354 | by Andile Tshuma
3 robbers shot dead in Gwanda
Three robbers who were terrorising and targeting people keeping large amounts of money in Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province were on Tuesday killed after a shoot-out with police.Police s...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean singer crowned best gospel artiste in Mzansi
BULAWAYO-BASED gospel musician Canaan Nyathi was crowned the best gospel artiste at a colourful Crown Gospel Awards ceremony held in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, on Sunday.The Crown Go...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:11hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend killer spends night with corpse in Nketa
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a golf club before spending the night with the body in his bedroom.The spine-chilling incid...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube now offering free driving lessons
DESPITE attracting laughter for promising WiFi instead of jobs and other social amenities for votes, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and his campaign team are now offering free driving lessons.N...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born gospel muso drops new music featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Zimbabwe-born gospel sensation Everton Mlalazi continues his quest to spread the message of hope through song with the release of his latest track "Nomakunje" featuring the five-time Grammy winners La...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC municipal police granted bail
NINE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) municipal police officers who allegedly fired at vendors with rubber bullets during an operation to clear 5th Avenue of illegal activities have been released on $50 00...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Saviour Kasukuwere: The visionary leader Zimbabwe needs
As the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe approach, one candidate stands out as the leader the country needs to overcome its economic and social challenges: Saviour Kasukuwere. The 53-year-old former Cabinet ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 10:31hrs | 11 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Gang beats man to death for stealing 11 donkeys
A gang of five from Silobela which beat to death a 23-year old man for stealing seven donkeys sometime in 2020 and dumped his body at a headman's homestead has been arrested, NewZimbabwe.com has learn...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rains expose Bulawayo council's shoddy job
SEVERAL roads in Bulawayo are riddled with potholes making them a death trap following the onset of the rainy season, a development that has exposed the city council for doing a shoddy job in terms of...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
100 Days for Job 'Wiwa' Sikhala
Whenever one talks about the weaponization of law in Zimbabwe, one name comes to mind, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala. From the so called First republic to the Second republic, Wiwa has come to regar...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:12hrs | | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Arrested UZ student granted $10 000 bail
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe student Tsitsi Mutamba has been granted bail after spending four days in a police cell.She was arrested last Friday for allegedly sharing a message on a Whatsapp group, ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Wanqoba' an absorbing burst of oomph
Gospel music singer Janet Manyowa combined some of the local and regional greatest gospel musicians for one of her most scintillating concerts at the ZITF Hall 3 in Bulawayo over the weekend, where sh...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Bulawayo records 20 divorce cases in 1 day
Bulawayo High Court was on Thursday inundated with twenty (20) cases of people intending to divorce. According to a survey infidelity has been cited as the major cause of family break-ups in the...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Boyfriend kills lover, locks up body and disappears
POLICE on a hunt for a 26-year-old man from Bulawayo's Emganwini high-density suburb linked to the gruesome murder of his girlfriend whose body was found locked up in his lodgings.Confirming t...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Dakamela households in need of food aid
ABOUT 860 households under Chief Dakamela in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province are in acute need of food aid following the prolonged dry spell, which affected most crops in the region.Chief D...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yellow Skies Rally took many by storm
Speculations had predicted a low turn up of supporters at the Citizen's Coalition for Change Rally that was held in Bulawayo on the 5th of March 2022. There was a talk about a general political detach...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 10:24hrs | | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Riot police crush UZ students demo
BATON wielding police officers have descended on University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students who were protesting against fees hike WednesdayThe University's authorities recently substantially increas...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
When it gets cold outside Zanu-PF
Last week various social media platforms and some online publications were awash with the news of a meeting in South Africa between former Zanu-PF members namely G40 kingpin, Saviour Kasukuwere, expel...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Vic Falls Town Clerk acquitted
THE State has withdrawn before plea, charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer against Victoria Falls Town Clerk Mr Ronnie Dube for lack of evidence.Hwange magistrate Ms Barbara Ph...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Proposed BCC budget for 2022: $12 000 a month for rates in Bulawayo
THE proposed 2022 budget by the City of Bulawayo will see residents in some places paying as much as $12 000 for rates only, before factoring in water charges as the local authority targets to introdu...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shebeen queen nabbed for violating COVID-19 regulations
A 32-YEAR-OLD woman from Iminyela suburb in Bulawayo was arrested last week for running a shebeen in violation of COVID-19 regulations.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube con...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:43hrs | | by Jamwanda
Victoria Falls Town Clerk to spend weekend in cells
VICTORIA Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube, who is facing a charge of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer, will spend the weekend in cells awaiting his bail ruling on Monday. Dube (54) was arrested ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council seek powers to borrow $4 billion
BULAWAYO City Council is seeking authority from the Local Government ministry to borrow $4 billion arguing it has no capacity to fund its 2021 $10 billion capital budget to oil its operations....Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance council hikes Bulawayo rates by 400%
GOVERNMENT has approved Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s $551 million supplementary budget which will see tariffs increasing by nearly 400 percent. The new tariffs will reflect in ratepayers Janu...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:09hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Hunt for murder suspect
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested three men in connection with the murder of a Cowdray Park man who was stabbed to death in August.Bhekimpilo Tshuma, Vumindaba Mkhwananzi and Eric Mpofu have be...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Being Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Chief Ndiweni from Ntabazinduna is easily one of the newsmakers for 2019.The traditional leader, who has on many occasions angered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with his sharp crit...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by The Sunday Times
MDC MP up for failing to stop demonstration
MDC Alliance deputy organising secretary and Victoria Falls legislator Sibusisiwe Budha, who is accused of failing to stop his party supporters from demonstrating last week after the police issued a p...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets offices bombed
ELEMENTS believed to be linked to the opposition, MDC-Alliance that has called for nationwide demonstrations this week against the Government early yesterday morning raided and petrol-bombed war veter...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jilted man kills wife in savage knife attack
A MAN from Inyathi allegedly killed his estranged wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife for dumping him, police have confirmed.Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Chief Insp...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs wife five times after she dumped him
A MAN from Inyathi allegedly killed his estranged wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife for dumping him, police confirmed on Tuesday.Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Chie...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED is not the only Mnangagwa: Jonasi
IDEAL Zimbabwe leader Tinashe Jonasi, who is accused undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa's authority, has said the head of State was not the only person called Mnangagwa and challenged the State ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Candidates nominated for ZACC - full-list
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR THE ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (ZACC) The Standing Rules and Orders Committee of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Secti...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 08:33hrs | 8 | by Parliement
Amakhosi product breaks new ground in South Africa
BULAWAYO-born footballer-cum-artiste Ntokozo Ndlovu has broken new ground in South Africa where he is parading the skills he obtained during his days at Amakhosi Cultural Centre.Ndlovu, who us...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ideal Zimbabwe President remanded in custody
Ideal Zimbabwe President Tinashe Jonasi who was arrested for allegedly undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been remanded in custody by Harare Magistrate Mrs Rumbidzayi Mugwag...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Yada Yada slays the slay-queens
Slay queens are now popular all over the world and they are said to be young and naive girls who apparently do not date broke men. They spend hours on Snapchat and Instagram showing off things they do...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Nigel Siziba
16-year-old looter victim collapses in court
A 16-YEAR-OLD Epworth girl, who was arrested last week alongside 60 other suspected anti-government protesters from the populous settlement, collapsed at the Harare Magistrates' Court last Friday due ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop, sheriff, dealer up for looting gold ore
A BULAWAYO Sheriff, police officer and a gold dealer have been taken to court by a local miner over allegations of looting gold ore valued at $252 000.Apollo Mhlophe, owner of Peace Mine, file...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madinda Ndlovu fined over insult
MADINDA Ndlovu (not Highlanders technical manager) brought his neighbour close to tears when he insulted him with his private parts.Ndlovu from Umguza area, Matabeleland North was charged with...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court sets free opposition legislator charged with public violence
A ZIMBABWEAN court has set free an opposition legislator who had been arrested for allegedly inciting his MDC Alliance party supporters to commit public violence ahead of the harmonised elections held...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:48hrs | | by ZLHR
First ever radiology centre opens in Zimbabwe
The first Diagnostic Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre has been commissioned in Harare and is expected to improve healthcare provision in Zimbabwe as well as save valuable foreign ...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 11:05hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Dr Dumisani Ndlovu opens state of the art radiology centre
The first Diagnostic Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Centre has been commissioned in Harare and is expected to improve healthcare provision in Zimbabwe as well as save valuable foreign ...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 19:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Maid becomes polygamist's 4th wife
SHE finds it hard to accept life's fate that a woman who used to be her domestic worker is now at par with her and they have to plan a sex roster as wives of the same man.Nontokozo Hlabano is ...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man released from jail, up for murder
A 30-year-old man from Amaveni suburb in Kwekwe who fatally stabbed a fellow drinking mate, barely three days after being released from jail, has appeared before a magistrate facing murder charges....Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict murders neighbour in beer brawl
AN ex-convict from Kwekwe who was released from prison recently allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour following a misunderstanding during a beer drink.Acting Midlands provincial police spoke...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent hubby gets stern warning
A Bulawayo magistrate sitting at the civil court lashed out at a gold panner who viciously stabbed his wife with a knife on the shoulder before he allegedly struck her with an axe on her thigh....Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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