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Man rapes lover's 80-year-old mother
A 39-year-old man smashed his 80-year-old girlfriend's mother's head against the wall before raping her, a Rusape court head recently.He was sentenced to an effective 20 years imprisonment aft...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 12:16hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rift exposed
Public Service Minister July Moyo has revealed growing tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, following the latter's conspicuous absence from a significant...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:45hrs | 3890 | by Staff reporter
Zuma gets revenge by humbling Ramaphosa's ANC
In a turbulent political journey spanning over six decades, Jacob Zuma has weathered charges of rape and contempt, facing dismissal from both the positions of deputy president and president of South A...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WANTED: Police seek to arrest Portia Tsivai Tapi for raping 16year old boy
A 39 year-old Harare woman is allegedly on the run after 'raping' a teenage boy and infecting him with a sexually transmitted disease. The woman, Portia Tsivai Tapi (39), was employed as a maid in Rus...Published: 31 May 2024 at 13:09hrs | 7 | by George Tshuma
Thomas Mapfumo tells Wicknell Chivayo to 'stop soiling my name'
Exiled legendary Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo has rubbished claims that he is considering returning to Zimbabwe after being offered a US$700,000 package that includes a house, car and cash by co...Published: 20 May 2024 at 08:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
His haircuts are turning heads
Toddlers, juveniles, teens, adults and octogenarians, they all flock to Alexio's Barbershop. Sometimes we even see stampedes during school recess as each learner hurries to be in front of the queue to...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:17hrs | 112 | by Tondo Chinehasha
Mnangagwa wants to kill him, claims Mapfumo
EXILED protest musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says returning to Zimbabwe would endanger his life despite permanent secretary in the Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services ministry Nick Man...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement drive off the rails
ZIMBABWE'S international diplomatic re-engagement drive is completely off the rails as shown by the United States government's announcement of a new travel embargo targeted at the regime actors respon...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 20:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
What new ideas can an 81-year-old leader have?
NO one can deny that having a long life on earth is truly a blessing.It is especially so in a country like Zimbabwe where the life expectancy is only 64,7 years, based on the 2022 Population a...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 09:17hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What's the sense in removing term limits for an 81-year-old president?
No one can deny that having a long life on earth is truly a blessing.It is especially so in a country as Zimbabwe - where the life expectancy is only 64.7 years, based on the 2022 Population a...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:30hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
An account of Zimbabwe's elections of August 2023
I HAVE been present at Zimbabwean elections since 1980. The independence elections of that year followed intense negotiations first in Lusaka, Zambia, and then in London over the latter part of ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 16:24hrs | | by Stephen Chan
A time to decide Zimbabwe's next leaders
It is the only time in five years that the electorate matters to politicians. They know that a barefooted woman in Manana or Fumukwe or that wisened octogenarian in Chiendambuya have the key to politi...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
What happened to the revolutionary spirit in today's Zimbabwe youths?
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow schoolmate, my heart bleeds.It reminds me of the fearless revol...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:16hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF brand at risk
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my observations confirm that Zanu-PF has no culture of debate. Cadres are muffled, fearful of ruthless consequences as per threats you uttered ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Children abandon 80-year-old granny
Community members in Makokoba, Bulawayo, have taken over the welfare of an 80-year-old woman who has apparently been abandoned by her children.The octogenarian, identified as Gogo Khethiwe Ncu...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:22hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe desperately needs leadership renewal
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as you are quite aware, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) symbolises the antiquity of State-owned public institutions. It is ground...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:43hrs | 11 | by Cyprian Ndawana
NSSA shouldn't act as if they derive some depraved pleasure from elderly's suffering
Whenever I witness the sad plight of the elderly in Zimbabwe, the adage, ‘there's no rest for the weary' always comes to mind.Having gone to the local Kwekwe branch of the state-owned POSB (...Published: 29 Dec 2022 at 20:23hrs | 10 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF Congress endorses Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF's ongoing elective congress has unanimously endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the sole party candidate in next year's presidential elections, giving him a fresh mandate to lead the part...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff rporter
Mnangagwa recycles deadwood
Some forgotten Zanu-PF stalwarts had their political careers resurrected at the ruling party's just ended congress after spending years in the cold following the creation of a council of elders and ap...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff rporter
Mnangagwa to pick new 'surprise' Zanu-PF Politburo
THERE is gnashing of teeth within Zanu-PF amid the impending announcement of a new Politburo expected to usher fresh blood and relegate the old guard to the peripheries.The current Politburo w...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 19:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now 80 years old
ON what was his 80th birthday, President Mnangagwa chose to put in a full day shift on duty as he joined other Heads of State at the inauguration of Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Luanda yesterday...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi accuses Mnangagwa's govt of 'tarnishing' Mugabe's legacy
SELF-exiled former cabinet Minister, Walter Mzembi, has accused the government of trying to tarnish and undermine late President Robert Mugabe's legacy.Tuesday marked three years since the lat...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Shona community votes for the first time in 50 years
They stood out as they queued to vote in various polling stations in Kinoo ward, Kikuyu constituency, in Kiambu County.Shona community women clad in white dresses, white headgear, and children...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
It rained 'Elephants and Buffaloes' in Chiweshe today (29 December 2021)
To say it rained cats and dogs may be actually being economic with the truth. Saying it rained elephants and buffaloes may give a modicum of justice to the copious rains that pounded my home area on 2...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 11:27hrs | 8 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
2 men rape granny (86)
POLICE in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East province have launched a manhunt for two men who pounced on an 86-year-old granny near Juru Growth Point, and raped her.She was alone when the crime was c...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Former cabinet Minister challenges youths to revolt against Mnangagwa
Exiled former cabinet Minister Jonathan Moyo has challenged Zimbabwean youths to take President Emmerson Mnangagwa head on after he said the opposit...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beer binge ends tragically
A 22 year-old Mwenezi man paid a heavy price for violating lockdown rules and joining other villagers to drink mukumbi traditional brew after he was fatally stabbed with a home-made knife by his cousi...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF infighting exposed
THE chaos that characterised Zanu-PF polls has revealed that the ruling party is still struggling for cohesion three years after its long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was toppled in a coup, analysts have ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Octogenarian assaulted over divorce
A CHIPINGE octogenarian, Samson Sithole, was brutally attacked by a fellow villager, Taurai Chiwenda for allegedly causing him to divorce.This came to light when Chiwenda (24) appeared before ...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 11:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rugare Gumbo snubs Mnangagwa & Zanu-PF
FORMER Cabinet minister and liberation struggle icon, Rugare Gumbo, has flatly refused to accept President Emmerson Mnangagwa's invitation to re-join Zanu-PF - insisting that it was beneath him to re-...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Octogenarian hacked to death
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Nkayi allegedly hacked to death an 89-year-old man from Gweru on Sunday after accusing the octogenarian of spreading falsehoods about him.Inspector Joel Goko, the Midlan...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Will Mnangagwa defy odds on 30 July?
Zimbabwe is heading for harmonised polls on 30 July to elect a substantive president following a coup that toppled nonagenarian leader R.G Mugabe last November. ED took over on interim basis to finish...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:44hrs | | by Benny Gudo
Nelson Chamisa Vs ED Mnangagwa: The Facts
Greetings to my fellow African brothers and sisters.Election season is upon us in Zimbabwe.There will be two main contestants in this year general election.Nelson Chamisa will face ED Mnangagwa in a m...Published: 15 May 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by Nkosana Malinga
Bangwato in Zimbabwe seek repatriation
A short walk from Matsiloje village in north-eastern Botswana across the Ramokgwebana River into Zimbabwe leads to Mphoeng's Reserve. Though administratively in Zimbabwe the residents of the reserve a...Published: 06 May 2018 at 12:44hrs | 6 | by Mmegi
Grandpa hangs self over family dispute
A CHISUMBANJE octogenarian reportedly hanged himself from a tree in a bushy area following a family dispute.The incident happened on Thursday last week. The man, Chikuta Sumbano (86) of Uketi ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is the honourable leader that Zimbabwe needs
Emmerson Mnangagwa, the new President of Zimbabwe, is not an ogre with evil intent as his detractors make him out to be. He is a courteous, amiable, honest to goodness person, who is now on a ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:13hrs | | by Jacky Seroke
Super dad boasts of bedroom prowess
AN 87-YEAR-OLD polygamous Chipinge man, who has sired 108 children, says he still has the energy to be intimate with six wives in a day among the 10 he currently has.Tauzeni Mujaji, who lives ...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean girl ate 12 people, 'intestines and tongues palatable'
Alice Masiyarwa told the Murombedzi magistrate circuit court that she is a witch who ate the human flesh of 12 people, including that of her own children.The self-confessed witch went further ...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man saves family from leopard attack
A CHIBUWE man in Chipinge's heroics saved three members of the same family from death after killing a leopard that had attacked them recently.Mr Mubonani Munyadza Mahachi killed the two and ha...Published: 14 May 2017 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
REWIND: 'I'm tired,' says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday admitted that his busy travelling schedule was now taking its toll on him because he only slept for two hours after arriving from Namibia before heading for Kutama Mi...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 13:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe defies death hoaxes, prophecies
"Robert Mugabe's biological clock will not tick beyond this year". Those were the infamous utterances of Malawian prophet Austin Liabunya in 2015.The controversial prophet joined a band of...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: The TB Joshua 'corpse video' making grown men cry!
A surreal video released on YouTube by Emmanuel TV, the popular channel of Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua, has elicited a storm of emotional reactions online.The clip titled 'SHOCKING: Living Wit...Published: 26 Dec 2016 at 16:44hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Mugabe's hilarious quotes
"Yes, I was dead. It's true I was dead. I resurrected""I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once."For a long time, even as the Western world...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 20:47hrs | 1 | by online
Open letter to UK Prime Minister Hon Theresa May
Dear Madam Ref; Don't tarnish the image of your government by re-engaging the Oppressive Zimbabwean government. Madam Prime Minister I am ...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 14:33hrs | | by Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo, Snr
American democracy is rigged
In the United States presidential elections, there are two towering political parties – the Democratic and the Republican – that during the course of their "primary" elections get to choose who wi...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Hamish Dabashi
Elnino effect a blessing in disguise for Zimbabwe
The current dry spell being experienced in Zimbabwe and other southern African countries which is attributed to the Elnino effect will definitely act as a precipitant to a revolution in Zimbabwe the s...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Musavengana Hove and Edward Dzimbanhete
Unpacking and wrapping 2015 drama: MDC sets sight on future
As the curtain comes down on the eventful but wasted 2015 ,Zimbabweans should bury some of the ugly events of the past year and focus on the fruitful life without Zanu pf and Robert Mugabe...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 16:38hrs | | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Electoral Reforms, the primary step
Congratulations to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for winning the Nobel peace Prize awarded for its efforts for paving the way for democracy in the country through nurturing institutions neces...Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 11:51hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Woman razes down step-mother's huts
AN embittered Marange woman has appeared in court after burning her step-mother's huts accusing her of causing her bareness. Listen Marwa (27), of Tonhorai Village under Chief Marange appeared before ...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 07:52hrs | | by Manicapost
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