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Zimbabwean man killed SA lover over lobola money, caged for life
A security guard who killed his partner after finding out that she spent the money he had been saving to pay lobola for her has been handed a life sentence.Louis Serenetra Moyo, 49, an undocum...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 14:48hrs | 1852 | by Staff reporter
Ngozi Mine dumpsite fires choke Cowdray Park
Residents of Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo are grappling with thick smoke and health concerns as fires burn at the nearby Richmond landfill, commonly referred to as Ngozi Mine. For the past five day...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:31hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
'Harare buildings are death traps'
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said several buildings in the capital were death traps and facing closure because of dilapidation.Mafume made the remarks after visiting a building that col...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare gives ultimatum to CBD property owners
THE City of Harare has warned owners of dilapidated buildings in the central business district (CBD) to refurbish their properties.The city also advised the proprietors to make written present...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Missing couple found dead
A Missing Mvurwi couple was found dead in their bedroom hut with their bodies in an advanced state of decomposition.Obert Aliyori and Freda Kandamara were reported missing by their neighbour G...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:50hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
5 amazing CBD products you didn't know existed
Cannabidiol (CBD) products are getting very popular. We need more research, but CBD has proven to be a helpful and non-toxic option for managing chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, and so on. ...Published: 12 Feb 2022 at 16:35hrs | 4 | by Staff writer
Harare hikes parking fees
Harare City Council's parking unit, City Parking (Pvt) Ltd, has increased parking fees by 20 percent for bays in the central business district (CBD) with effect from January 1.Motorists will n...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not on a development trajectory but merely trying to return where it was a few decades ago
Two or so days ago, my wife and I were reminiscing about the past, and found ourselves - as we enjoy goofing around when we are alone - reciting popular advertisement jiggles that we still remembered ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 16:24hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Useful products that will help with the relief of hay fever
Hay fever causes flu-like symptoms such as itchy eyes, sinus congestion and sneezing. Unlike the flu a virus doesn't trigger these symptoms. They are caused by allergens such as dust, pollen and pet d...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 21:19hrs | 22 | by Staff writer
Decomposing body found floating
An unidentified decomposing male body was found floating in an open shaft in Mt Darwin last week.The body was found by Raymond Zongoror...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 18:03hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabwe govt bans blair toilets
Government has launched a massive nationwide programme to replace pit latrine and blair toilets with flushable ones suitable in line with vision 2030, with rural schools and clinics currently being up...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Defying global trends, Zimbabwe bets on coal
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North province, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls. Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate the atmosphere....Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Scramble for Hwange
COAL dust fouls the air in Hwange, a mining town in the Matabeleland North region of Zimbabwe, about an hour's drive southeast of Victoria Falls.Black smoke and a throat-closing odour saturate...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records drop in diarrhoea cases
BULAWAYO has recorded a sharp decrease in diarrhoea cases from 600 in 2020 to 175 in 2021 with city fathers attributing the decline to improved access to potable water following the easing of water-sh...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Social media driving us to doomsday
Bishop Lazi is convinced that nostalgia is a timeless disease.It is normally associated with selective amnesia and the romanticisation of cherished memories.This is why it is unsurpris...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Bishop Lazarue
2020: A not so rosy year for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents say that the year 2020 must be quickly forgotten as they experienced several misfortunes that include incessant water shortages, and other threats the city such as being declared a ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Nqobani Ndlovu
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 11 | by Bishoo Lazarus
Bulawayo residents complain over foul-smelling water
RESIDENTS of Bulawayo's high-density suburbs have raised concern over brownish, smelly water coming out of their taps, saying this could expose them to water-borne diseases.The residents said ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Terror in Seychelles Zimbabweans in crossfire
THIS is the second in a three-part series about the hijacking of an Air India Boeing 707 flying from Harare to New Dehli India on November 26, 1981. The plane flew into a coup attempt in the S...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alcohol and drugs are ruining the youths
For many a youth today alcohol is their strongest weakness. Some think the wise waters can provide refuge and comfort from the prevailing hardships yet the opposite is the gospel truth. Many p...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Thomas Murisa
Expert advice on gas usage
• LPG has an added odour which should be used as a security feature as you should make sure you use LP Gas in well ventilated places only • Cylinder valves should be checked regularly and ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spooks boss bashed to death: Post-mortem
SLAIN central intelligence operative Peter Munetsi was not on medication as claimed by the government, but was beaten to death by his captors during the November 2017 military coup that toppled presid...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Dirty, dirty Harare water
The toxicity levels in Lake Chivero have reached alarming levels, twice the stipulated minimum, with Harare City Council spending US$3 million monthly on a cocktail of water treatment chemicals to rem...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare, RBZ in forex tussle
A BITTER wrangle between Harare City Council and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe over foreign currency allocations is far from over, despite the release of US$150 000 this week by the central bank to the...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council opts for locally-made water chemicals
Harare City Council (HCC) has started carrying out trial runs for locally-made water purification chemicals which are expected to reduce the demand for foreign currency and save the local authority US...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council left with 100 million litres of water
Harare City Council has announced it can only afford water supply of 100 million litres against a daily average of 450 million litres. The handicap has been necessitated by the lack of foreign...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 13:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Has the revolutionary party lost the plot?
So many conspiracy theories have been written on the revolutionary party with some saying the party died when Robert Gabriel Mugabe the former President was ejected from the party.The revoluti...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 17:54hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe doctors' strike bites
Seventy-four-year-old Elliot Moyo is a bitter man. He was hit by a car and suffered a broken leg, among other serious injuries, early last week.Since then, he has been making several fruitless...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Removal of duty and VAT on sanitary wear imports not an end in itself
We applaud Treasury for its commitment in the 2019 National Budget that it will prioritise integration of gender across all sectors of the economy critical for achieving equitable, sustainable and inc...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Theresa Nyava
Water is a human right, It is illegal to disconnect domestic taps: a Petition to the UN
Water is a human right: It is illegal to disconnect domestic tapes: a Petition to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the way to UN...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 20:11hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Make kombi travel a pleasure
Travelling on kombis can be a nightmare or utter intrigue depending on the day, crew or particular trip. Some of the conductor and driver teams can be quite good and polite guys who even greet and cha...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 21:22hrs | | by Tondo Murisa.
Adulterous wife kills self
A 23-YEAR-old Marange woman committed suicide last week after discovering that she had been impregnated by her husband's young brother. Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kak...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sobriety should characterise campaign discourse
Aspiring for public office is not an infatuation, neither is it a trivial hunch. As I see it, there is no aspect of human enterprise that deserves to be undertaken after reasoned forethought than that...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
Diaper disposal a headache for stakeholders
ILLEGAL dumping sites have become common in Harare and other parts of the country, with the reckless disposal of diapers causing a major headache.Among those rubbish being dumped by residents ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's dirty and smelly water
Harare's piped water is dirty and smells foul when it is available, but scientific research indicates that it could also be killing residents slowly and silently.Health minister David Parireny...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Harare is not safe,' says Minister
MINISTER of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa has called on local authorities to join hands in the fight against cholera.Dr Parirenyatwa said the burden should not be left on the sho...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Condom odour outs cheating woman
UNBELIEVABLE!A cheating woman from Chivi who arrived home from a late night sex romp with her boyfriend was reportedly sold out by the "after sex" smell and condom odour that was allegedly sniffed...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 14:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning saga deepens, Mugabe tried to conceal medical findings
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe initially wanted Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to conceal medical findings in his poisoning saga, fearing the issue could rock the boat in the ruling Zanu PF party, but the...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Elephants and mango crops saved in difficult rescue
Three bull elephants were saved from being shot and further damage to mango orchards averted after the bulls broke through the fences of a game reserve bordering the Kruger Park, raiding local farms a...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 11:22hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Escaping Zimbabwe's nonsense
"Where have you been!?" The question had an accusatory odour to it.I had been away for a week. But she put it like I had impregnated her and made off with her purse and vanished for the en...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Jerà
Guruve prostitutes resort to sex in night club toilet
Many commercial sex workers in Guruve growth point are alleged to have resorted to toilet sex, in Chivavaya night club and Dendere night club respectively, evading arrest from the police.Sex w...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 10:15hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Technology and design supports washing instead of wiping - when toilet paper is no longer needed
LAGOS, Nigeria - The Romans relied on their fingers. Later, they soaked small sponges in salt water and tied them to a stick. In the Middle Ages, moss, leaves or old rags had to suffice, though wealth...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by APO
Penile warts haunts cheat
A Marondera married man with suspected penile warts has resorted to washing the affected area after every two hours for the past 12 months. This is meant to contain the odour coming from his p...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe must stop misleading people
President Robert Mugabe's claims that the Zimbabwean economy is “only second to South Africa (SA)'s" is the kind of nonsense only dodos or the worst of his sycophantic supporters in his beleaguered ...Published: 09 May 2017 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff writer
Foot rot disease in cattle
HEAVY rains received this year came with a number of challenges for livestock farmers especially as it relates to diseases.The disease prevalence and morbidity as well as mortality tend to...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's water woes continue
World Water Day is celebrated annually on March 22nd. This year's theme was "Why Waste Water?"It was in support of Sustainable Development Goal 6.3 which aims to improve water quality by reduc...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabele lives not important, what matters is Zimbabwe's future and peace?- Mujuru & Tsvangirai
MLO was shocked to note that while MDC T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was calling for blanket immunity and pensions for Matabeleland genocide perpetrators in an interview in Harare, the leader of NPP Jo...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 19:13hrs | | by Israel Dube
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