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Zapu President mourns paramount Chief Vezi Maduna
We have received with profound sadness the news of Chief Vezi Maduna's Departure. Chief Maduna inspired many of us as he was a man of distinguished courage who also possessed a rare quality of self sa...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 11:21hrs | 755 | by Isaac Mabuka Zapu President
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu: A splendid traditional leader, cultural activist, nationalist
UGODLWAYO! Yithi! This is a familiar slogan in the Godlwayo Communal Land whenever people are gathered. Yesterday at around 01.00 hrs their Chief, Vezi Maduna Mafu passed away.Chief Maduna was...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:45hrs | 463 | by Pathisa Nyathi
State capture: Time to declare party financiers
SINCE time immemorial, the political class has been defined across the world by class, capital and raw power.In many instances, these groups of people have formed elite pacts to foster their h...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:15hrs | 169 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe's deepening human rights crisis under the cover of lockdown
The outbreak of the coronavirus in Africa has exerted social, economic, political, health and environmental challenges on a continent that was already on its knees.These challenges thus pose a...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 95 | by Sitabile Dewa
Zimbabwe Ambassador to Israel denies having links with NIKUV
The recently appointed Honorary Consul of Zimbabwe in Israel Ronny Levy Musan has denied allegations that he is linked to Nikuv International Projects a company that was contracted to rig the 2013&nbs...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 2890 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa 'running out of options'
The government's denials that Zimbabwe is facing deep-seated economic and political crises will only delay the resolution of the multifaceted problems facing the country, analysts have warned....Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:12hrs | 9164 | by Staff reporter
Car opens abductions can of worms
A leading Harare-based car rental company has been drawn into an abduction and torture saga involving a 22year-old university student ahead of the July 31 protests.Tawanda Muchehiwa, a Midland...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 11:11hrs | 5472 | by Staff reporter
'Talking to Chamisa is Mnangagwa's only viable option'
Renowned political analyst Ibbo Mandaza believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa should swallow his pride and engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to settle the deepening political crisis in the cou...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1703 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF comedians
In March this year the governing party appointed a young man into the position of Director of Information. Tafadzwa Mugwadi, a holder of a BSc in Political Science and a MSc in Finance in Internationa...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 14:32hrs | 1810 | by Patrick Gabavu
General Constantino Chiwenga getting it right
Zimbabwe has been described by some as a nation in crisis. The United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe is concerned about the direction in which Zimbabwe is headed. In the midst of the drama, mudsl...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 18:15hrs | 22159 | by John Mbizvo
Producer releases humour-filled sitcom
BULAWAYO film producer Kudzai Chikomo has released a rib-cracking sitcom series, Bazukuru, aimed at promoting the family unit as a key support system and a foundation for a healthy society.Baz...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:43hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rhetoric inflammatory
In a week that President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to "flush out" his political opponents, a young Bulawayo woman was allegedly abducted, sexually assaulted and badly tortured. Twenty-three-year-old...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:21hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
UMD condemns Mnangagwa's brutal crackdown on civilians
The UMD condemns in the strongest terms permissible the current wave of abductions, brutality, torture, sexual abuse, suppression of freedoms and other human rights violations perpetrated by the...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 1766 | by Luxon Mudzimiri
Knives out for Misred
Radio personality Samantha Musa, popularly known as MisRed, has come undefire after telling a radio presenter during an interview that the human rights abuses in Zimbabwe are exaggerated. ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 11:17hrs | 9054 | by Mandla Ndlovu
1976: The year Bosso lost its entire junior squad to the armed struggle
HIGHLANDERS Football Club has over the years been viewed as more than a soccer outfit, in the process earning itself countless monikers such as Ithimu Yezwe Lonke, Ezikamagebhula and Bosso just to nam...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:45hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Laduma ladlula: lakhothama iqhawe lezwe.
Ibandla elidala le ZAPU lisungule inhlelo ezizathatha iviki eyodwa egcweleyo likhumbula owaye ngu Mongameli walo umuyi u Dr Dumiso Dabengwa owayesaziwa ngegama elithi"The Black Russian''loba ''DD'...Published: 23 May 2020 at 14:42hrs | 978 | by ZAPU
Go well true blue Ndebele warrior
I AM very sorry to learn about the death of Absolom Sikhosana, who I got to know quite well in my formative years in Bulawayo during the late 1950s right through the 1960s.Although he was abou...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:50hrs | 978 | by Muchadeyi A Masubda
MultiChoice Zimbabwe hikes US$ prices
MultiChoice Zimbabwe has announced price increases for its DStv packages as of June 1.The DStv Lite package will increase from US$7 to US$8 while the Access package will increase from US$11 to...Published: 04 May 2020 at 17:50hrs | 4722 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must introduce wealth tax and improve our health sector as Nguwaya donates drugs
Mr D Nguwaya a Zimbabwean business man has challenged other Zimbabwean businesses to come together and help the government to fight COVID 19. Mr D Nguwaya is a decorated dedicated Zimbabwean business ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 17:45hrs | 2466 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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 | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge in trouble
Supreme Court judge, Justice Francis Bere, is in trouble over allegations that he interfered with a pending civil court case involving the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and his relati...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:45hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Black Mambazo's Joseph Shabalala dies
Reports coming from South Africa have confirmed that Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala has died after a long illness at Eugune Marais Hospital in Pretoria.Speaking to South ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 09:07hrs | 2825 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SA police dismiss Zimbabwe murder reports
SOUTH African police have dismissed media reports in that country alleging that Zimbabweans were among 87 suspects arrested in connection with murder of nine suspected illegal miners from Lesotho in M...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
ZIMSEC grade inflation: A disgraceful and shameful national cancer
I HAVE seen press reports about this years' Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination results all over the place. I want to congratulate all the students, schools and teachers who excelled. Congra...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2264 | by Arthur G. O. Mutambara
Peter Nkomo joins TelOne
FORMER Highlanders' goalkeepers coach Peter "Captain Oxo" Nkomo has joined ambitious TelOne FC in the same capacity. Nkomo started at TelOne on Wednesday together with Tendai Chikuni, who join...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:01hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Elitist Ignorant ZANU PF, Justice not a Jurist, Mayor not appointed, Aloof to Hunger Pains
The chance that an experienced lawyer would ever make such an ignorant callus statement as is alleged to have been made by Wadyajena, is very small. If the alleged statement on Twitter on the 25...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 16:46hrs | 1715 | by Thabo Makuyana
Meikles no longer 5-star hotel by international standards
MEIKLES Hotel is no longer a five-star hotel by international standards owing to its failure to secure US$15 million towards refurbishing the iconic establishment.The disposal of Meikles Hotel...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:11hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's richest: How they made their money
WHILST there is no official list of Zimbabwe's richest men and women, such as the one compiled by the Times and Forbes Magazine, the country has its fair share of rich people, including some who are m...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Environmental benefits of the internet
There are more than 2.5 billion people who are connected to the internet from over the world. The carbon footprint and energy of the Internet are assumed to surpass air travel. Right from shipping and...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:30hrs | 620 | by Staff Writer
The death of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - A fiting tribute to an enigma
1. Paying tribute to an enigma I was on a bus on Thursday morning, the 24th May 2019, travelling through Botswana from Kwa Bulawayo, Mthwakazi when news abo...Published: 30 May 2019 at 15:45hrs | 5097 | by Dr Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza
Remembering the Black Russian
In 1982, Dumiso Dabengwa and Lookout Khalisabantu Vumindaba Masuku were detained at the behest of the administration of Robert Gabriel Mugabe on what turned out to be trumped-up charges of alleged tre...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:51hrs | 283 | by Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda
Zimbabwe is poorer without Dr Dabengwa
Liberation war icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, who was popularly known as the Black Russian, has been described as a commander par excellence who dedicated his life to the freedom and betterment of the lives...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:44hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Peter Nkomo Academy yet to take-off
THE Peter Nkomo Goalkeeper's Academy that was launched in December last year at Highlanders Sports Club is yet to take off.According to its founder member, legendary Highlanders goalkeeper Pet...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
MNP pays tribute to the late Albert Zwelibanzi Gumede
Albert Zwelibanzi Gumede was appointed as a chief of the Mthwakazi people living in South Africa on the 22nd of March 2014. He was installed under the South African Law. According to the Traditional L...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1156 | by Sam Velaphi Mabhena
Gwisai roasts 'capitalist' Masiyiwa for faking national interest
ZIMBABWEANS must not be fooled by Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa when he talks about national interest as he was only concerned about profits, International Socialist Organisation (ISO) leader and fir...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | 3376 | by newzimbabwe
Dorothy Masuka (83) dies
South Africa's Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa confirmed Masuka's death in a tribute post on Twitter on Saturday night."A baobab tree has fallen with the passing of a one of a kind Mu...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 19:09hrs | 2083 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo was a dictator?
The late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo may have been a rigid leader who did not agree with anyone disagreeing with his ideas, it has emerged.A top leader of the Alliance for People's Agenda (AP...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4529 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Panel of judges clears Justice Bere of wrongdoing
A PANEL of four judges appointed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba has cleared Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere of ethical misconduct following allegations levelled against him by Meikles executive...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:22hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge under investigation
Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere is under investigation over allegations of conflict of interest in a ruling he made in the more than $2 million consultancy dispute between Zimbabwe Stock Exch...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:12hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Meikles lodges complaint against Supreme Court Judge
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed Meikles Limited has lodged a complaint to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) against Supreme Court Judge Francis Bere over alleged conflict of interest in a ruling he...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1306 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt takes Meikles to court
GOVERNMENT has taken John Moxon's Meikles Limited (Meikles) to court demanding a $30 million refund after the latter was allegedly overpaid through Treasury Bills issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabw...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:10hrs | 2241 | by Staff reporter
'Madinda was a good singer'
THERE are some people who deserve special mention in Zimbabwe football. One of them is Ali "Baba" Dube, a respected figure in junior coaching circles.Alibaba as he is fondly known, has a...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Tourists shaken by violence
TOURISTS visiting the country yesterday issued a chilling warning that the post-election violence in the country was instilling fear among visitors, who may end up shunning the country.Several...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:43hrs | 2169 | by Staff reporter
Rights activist 'Hloniphani Tshuma' dies
A Bulawayo based resident Interests and Human Rights activist Hloniphani Tshuma has died.Tshuma used to take part in almost all the activities taking place in the city with interests of the re...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 15:50hrs | 3125 | by Stephen Jakes
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 41988 | by WikiLeaks
Prince Harry was ours: Beitbridge
UNITED KINGDOM Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle at the weekend beamed live across the world had another effect in a small town of Zimbabwe called Beitbridge.Lying some 12 600km along th...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:22hrs | 2195 | by Staff reporter
Mitchelle Chikwengo crowned Miss Nust 2018
Mitchelle Chikwengo was on Saturday crowned Miss Nust 2018 after shrugging off stiff competition from 14 other contestants during a pageant held at the university in Bulawayo.The second year E...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Isikhulumeli sikaMzilikazi II sikhupha umbiko ngemvoxoxo ephuthumayo
Mthwakazi omuhle ,lina bondlela zimhlophe, lingabe linjani kumagumbi amane wonke omhlaba. Sithanda ukulazisa bantu beNkosi ngemibiko le engelamaqinisa ephuma enkundleni zokuxhumana. Sithanda ukwazisa ...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 06:30hrs | 303 | by Greater Sibanda, Isikhulumeli seNkosi uMzilikazi II
Madinda to be unveiled today
THE legendary Madinda "Khathazile" Ndlovu is set to be officially unveiled as the substantive Highlanders' head coach at a press conference this morning.Ndlovu will take over the post vacated ...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 05:36hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jostling to see Mnangagwa's 'dhomocracy'?
What's wrong with Emmerson Mnangagwa's 'democracy', that it fails to elicit even the most suspended of curiosities from Diasporans, that it commands the most reprimanding rejection from the ever-suffe...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:39hrs | 1947 | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
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