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Zimbabwean sister of UK child abuse victim blames the Church for brother's death
The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death."The Church k...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:32hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Girls as young as 10-years-old are having babies in SA
Shocking statistics revealed recently that over 4,000 girls in the Eastern Cape have given birth in the past four months.The Eastern Department of Health (DOH) said 97 of these girls were aged...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 21:06hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets blame govt as life gets tough
VETERANS of the liberation struggle have decried neglect by the government at a time they are are earning US$120 in monthly pensions despite a deepening socio-economic crisis which has left them vulne...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:46hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
We May Look Sane: We Are Not
I am a Zimbabwean citizen by descent. I was born and raised in this country and have lived through decades of political turmoil (just two actually), economic collapse, and social injustice. For as lon...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Ex-soldier claims he was 'tortured and beaten' in Harare for serving in British army
A British Army veteran is "living in fear each and every second" due to the threat of deportation to Zimbabwe.Joram Nechironga has spent more than 20 years living in the UK and served in Iraq ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Deportation threatened ex-UK soldier: 'I'm suffering for my service to the country I love'
In early March, Joram Nechironga was put on a bus from Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in west London destined for Heathrow airport.The father of two, who served in the British Army from ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's crying doctor stabbed in South Africa
A Zimbabwean doctor who famously wept at a Zanu-PF rally while claiming doctors were having it good under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that he was nearly killed in a stabbing incident in ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-British soldier fights deportation to Zimbabwe
A FORMER BRITISH Army soldier who fought in Iraq and returned from action with mental health issues is facing deportation.Joram Nechironga, a Zimbabwean national, is due to be deported by the ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on verge of becoming mbanje research hub for southern Africa
MBANJE, marijuana, cannabis or hemp, is one plant that has accounted for many people in Zimbabwe's prisons.Possession, let alone, cultivation or smoking it, has had serious consequences such a...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
View from Up Here: Gukurahundi Genocide: An Open Wound Part 1
Gukurahundi is a thorny issue for our leaders. They do not want to talk about it, neither do they want it discussed. The objective is to relegate it to the dustbins of history. But can a nation move o...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 11 | by Peter Muzira
One in three Covid-19 survivors suffer long-term health issues: review
At least one in three patients hospitalised with Covid-19 suffer long-term health issues including multiple organ problems and deteriorated mental health, according to a review of studies looking at t...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa movie on 'rigged' 2018 elections released
AMERICA just scraped through an election where the President of the United States and a radical sect of his colleagues and constituents incorrectly claimed that there was fraud that resulted in the Re...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Slash Film
Muzamhindo picked to lead Cyclone Research
Leading Academic and Harare Policy Advisor Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo has been selected by Development partners to lead a Cyclone Research. Muzamhindo who holds a B.A from Solusi University, MA from Univ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 13:48hrs | | by Agencies
Exploring the causes of Gukurahundi
It is true that the Matabeleland crisis resulted in a number of people losing their lives while some remained with permanent psychological and physical injuries.True that maybe, perceptions an...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | | by Dr Obert Mpofu
The horrors of Gukurahundi relived
At a time when former president Robert Mugabe's government avoided debate on Gukurahundi massacres to an extent that talk about the bloody past was criminalised, a human rights activist was helping th...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
How effective is CBD really?
Every so often, we jump to a conclusion without analyzing both sides of a picture. This is often the case with Cannabis. People associate it with negative effects due to its addictiveness. However, as...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 38 | by Staff Reporter
Korean cult leader donates $50,000 to American war veterans
Korean cult leaders of The Family Federation of Unification Hak Ja Han Moon recently donated over $50,000 to four American organizations that serve war veterans and their families. The K...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 13:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rejecting the voice of people is mocking God
1 Thessalonians 4:7-8: For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you h...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:47hrs | | by Micheal Mhlanga
'Jonathan Moyo congratulates Khupe'
Former Zanu-PF spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has congratulated Dr Thokozani Khupe after the dismissal of High Court application that was launched by Advocate Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T faction in ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 16:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Disciplining your child is officially illegal in SA now
The Constitution, Children's Act and our criminal law have always protected children against corporal punishment.What exactly is corporal punishment? Any punishment in which physical force is ...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spirit yechihure will not triumph over the spirit of Comradeship
Grace, the people you are tormenting today went to war, staying in the bush with fellow comrades in close-knit teams of ZANLA and ZIPRA forces, refugees, and civilian leadership. It did not matter wha...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 19:15hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Of gladiator gloves and dimwits
THE lead article, "Mujuru takes off her gloves", as she launches her 2018 election campaign with a star rally in Bulawayo published by a certain private owned daily made interesting reading on two cou...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 11:11hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
CMED boss was 'suffering from depression'
CMED (Pvt) Ltd board chairman and managing director of Nemchen (Pvt) Ltd, Mr Leslie John Denn, who committed suicide last week in unclear circumstances, was reportedly taking anti-depression drugs for...Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:11hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Zimbabwean writer publishes thriller novel in UK
When the economic situation in Zimbabwe deteriorated, her citizens just packed their bags and left. But the exodus was neither exactly planned nor the same for everyone. Some families seamlessly ...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 07:01hrs | | by Mandla Stone
MDC-T is factionalism personified
The purported acrimony heating up along factional lines within ZANU PF is just but a figment of the not so inspired imagination of the opposition MDC T party. Any democratic political institution ...Published: 18 Jun 2014 at 12:29hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Zimbabwe mental health concerns continue
A Growing IssueFollowing on from earlier reports which documented an unprecedented rise in mental health incidents in Zimbabwe, further attention ...Published: 17 Jul 2013 at 12:15hrs | | by Julie Bowen
Poverty, unemployment and cultural norms fuels sexual abuse
POVERTY, unemployment, social and cultural norms have exacerbated gender-based violence and sexual abuse in Mbare, one of Harare's poorest suburbs, a recent study has shown. The study by Medecins Sans...Published: 26 Dec 2011 at 14:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shrien Dewani too ill to be extradited - lawyer
London - The health, and the life, of British businessman Shrien Dewani will be at risk if he is extradited to South Africa to face allegations of masterminding the murder of his bride during their ho...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 20:58hrs | | by Moyo roy
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