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Democracy and philanthropism in governance and five of Africa's most rare men in politics
Democracy is a system of governance in which the people choose their leaders by voting for them in elections. ... Philanthropy is free-giving of help or money to those in need. Governance is control o...Published: 7 hrs ago | 372 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Borehole drilling company dupes clients
MORE than a dozen Zimbabweans based in the diaspora have fallen prey to an alleged bogus borehole drilling company that was operating in Bulawayo and duped them of thousands of United States dollars....Published: 20 hrs ago | 2194 | by Staff reporter
Robbers terrorise worshippers
POLICE in Mashonaland East province are warning people going up Domboshava hills for worship and traditional rituals to be wary of robbers who are terrorising communities in the area.Since Jan...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Lupane East By-election: A deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged and mountainous pathway to democracy in Zimbabwe
The recently held parliamentary and council by-elections in Lupane East, Ward 23 Nkayi South and Ward 22 Bubi constituencies respectively, on the 3rd of August 2019, and many others before, are a dece...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 284 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Petition to deport Tytan from UK goes viral
A petition to deport singer Tytan from the UK has gone viral online.This follows after Tytan broke up with Olinda with both parties claiming domestic abuse against the other.In a live ...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:19hrs | 3731 | by Staff
Scrapping of 'small house' clause a plus in Aids fight
"Ko small house yako inani izvozvi?" (Who is with your small house right now?) was a screaming signature message on a number of billboards erected around the country by the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 514 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Nurse e-recruitment begins
The Ministry of Health and Child Care has started to receive online applications from aspiring nurses countrywide as exclusively revealed by this paper about two months ago The recruitment fol...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
Talking Nkayi Education: Slicing the education cake with high-flying Zwelabo Secondary School
Zwelabo Secondary School, founded in 1984 and located about fifty kilometres west of Nkayi Centre in Matabeleland North Province, is arguably the jewel and golden place to be, for many progressive stu...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 16:46hrs | 816 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Cartel mops up Zimbabwe's gold
Zimbabwe's new monetary reforms and unfavourable prices being offered by authorities have given life to side marketing in the gold sector following the emergence of a powerful cartel comprised of top ...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2794 | by Staff reporter
I blame the MDC Alliance, Welshman Ncube cannot offer any reasonable advice
What is happening now in the Bulawayo City Council personnel is unfortunate and it is because of the dishonest politics that we practice at times. I blame the MDC Alliance. You see, people did not vot...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1538 | by Clemen Moyo
Mthuli's mortal fight with the Hydra
If you ask the Bishop what will distinguish E D's Presidency, he will tell you that it is his fierce decisiveness, keen pragmatism and a commendable ability to swiftly change and adjust as the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1206 | by Bishop Lazi
Zanu-PF: The thief screaming robber
Zanu-PF youths have decided to name and shame corrupt individuals within the party made news in past days .Not to be left out was Simon K Moyo promising the nation that the President has decided to ha...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 23:21hrs | 2007 | by AT Kadada
Bulawayo businessman buys US$43 000 stolen car
A PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman has been duped by a Harare car dealer who allegedly sold him a Ford Ranger worth US$43 000 which was stolen from South Africa. Mr Phathisani Nkomo (47) of Kuma...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:33hrs | 2238 | by Staff reporter
MDC statement on victims of torture
Following the UN General Assembly Resolution 52/149, the Assembly proclaimed 26 June as the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Torture is a crime under international la...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 21:15hrs | 1771 | by MDC Youth Assembly
Smuggling: the new corruption frontier in Zimbabwe
As the Zimbabwean economy rapidly slides into hyperinflation induced recession, the levels of smuggling at the country's border posts has reached alarming levels. Cross border traders, foreign nationa...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | 3728 | by Victor Bhoroma
Comeuppance for Gucci comrades
Most people clumsily stumble through life thinking that intelligence is similar to wisdom.Well, it isn't!Intelligence is natural, but wisdom is preternatural. Similarly, while intellig...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 125 | by Bishop Lazi
MDC and the colonial ghost of whiteness
David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party's congress ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:16hrs | 301 | by Ranga Mataire
Sex predators prey on women
An increasing number of Zimbabwean women say they have become victims of sexual abuse at their workplaces, a study has revealed.According to the Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) surve...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:54hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3870 | by PUMA
Briefcase company fraudsters arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two Harare suspected fraudsters who allegedly used a briefcase company to swindle two chemical supplying companies of products worth more than $32 000.Elton Ch...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:23hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Zimparks fails to catch large python at Zinwa offices
Zimparks only managed to catch the smaller of the two pythons spotted at Zinwa officesThe Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) was recently called to catch two large pythons spotted at...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
R470 000 fraudster arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 52-year-old man who had been on their wanted list since October last year for allegedly defrauding a teacher of R470 000 in cash. Everight Ncube of Plot 2 Po...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:24hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in limbo
The much anticipated national and provincial elections in South Africa can put a dent on the prospects of many Zimbabweans residing and anticipating to reside in South Africa.For the incumbent...Published: 09 May 2019 at 17:24hrs | 2215 | by Daniel Itai
Suicide and Depression - The answer is Jesus Christ more than any other solution!
I am sure everyone at some point has seen the phrase: Jesus is the answer! There is no question asked but that is the phrase given as pointing to the answer. Indeed, people need the Lord and this Lord...Published: 07 May 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2140 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Social media - loitering hall for sociopaths
Even though Jesus was/is God, and even though he was immaculately conceived, during the time he walked this earth - more than 2 019 years ago - he was a man of flesh and blood.A man - despite ...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:33hrs | 242 | by Bishop Lazi
Losing Presidential candidate preys on young women
HARARE-BASED church leader and losing presidential aspirant in the 2018 elections Emmanuel Moyana, who is founder of the Emmanuel Global Ministries International and Multi-People's Democratic Party (M...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2815 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Lukau's Zimbabwean web, 2 arrested in connection with Elliot's resurrection
BRIGHTON "Elliot" Moyo might be buried in an unceremonious grave in Dandanda Village, Lupane, but the story of his "death", "resurrection" and death again continues to grab headlines, as it has emerge...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:41hrs | 3770 | by Staff reporter
Military rifle recovered from poachers
POACHERS cornered in a section of the vast Bubye Valley Conservancy in Beitbridge recently abandoned an AK-47 assault rifle traced back to the Zimbabwe National Army, police sources said at the weeken...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:37hrs | 699 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer smokes out goats thief
A PRISON officer sold out a Chipinge woman who was allegedly preying on other villagers' goats after she sold him two suspected stolen goats.Eliza Sithole (47), of Mwandifira village, is now i...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Pauline claims cyber-attacks
MUSICIAN Pauline Gunduza yesterday said she had been subjected to abuse and insults on social media after filing a police report against Edzai Isu Trust director Tafadzwa Muzondo who allegedly fondled...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Heroes never looked back
Heroes never looked back, In their desire to liberate Zimbabwe, They took it forward like preying lions, They took the struggle to the top, Stiring those who had turned on their fearfu...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:04hrs | 255 | by Edmore Kudakwashe Chaipa
SA bound bus armed robber arrested
A BEITRIDGE man, who was part of a five-men armed robber gang that robbed 32 Brooklyn Bus passengers of cash and property valued at about R200 000, $16 300 and US$340 in February, has been arrested wh...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi healing measures crucial to national healing/unity
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission tomorrow begins the process of taking the country through 21 days of sharing mechanisms on healing and reconciliation. NPRC's outreach programme covers...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 08:07hrs | 433 | by Chronicle Editorial Comment
Elliot Moyo's death, Twitter reacts
Most social media users don't believe the reports, saying there could be yet another resurrection miracle on the way.Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Ellio...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:42hrs | 45497 | by Staff reporter
Why Engineer Elias Mudzuri is not a favourite to win the presidency in MDC-Alliance.
As the MDC-Alliance Congress gathers momentum, there are conspiracy theories and smear campaigning going around in the social media where people are discussing about the preferred candidate to lead th...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:51hrs | 5120 | by Leonard Koni
'Starving villagers' skin neighbour's cow
TWO villagers from Siampongo in Binga have been jailed nine years each for skinning and stealing the carcass of their neighbour's cow, which had died on its own.Tedious Mudenda (38) and Fanuel...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's wife implicated in tobacco cartels
THE Tobacco Association of Zimbabwe (TAZ) yesterday alleged corruption in the tobacco industry, with Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) board chairperson Monica Chinamasa's name coming out promin...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Mugabeist G4Os and their aging geriatric could not even read the signs
In November 2018, His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, boldly declared the open and unrelenting warfare against the evil of endemic corruption."In the Second Republic, we wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:04hrs | 2316 | by Christopher Mutsvangwa
Pair arrested for killing a marauding lion
TWO Tsholotsho men have been arrested for killing a lioness which was part of a pride that preyed on their livestock and allegedly killed over 200 livestock in a space of two months.The pair a...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
'We'll die for Mnangagwa'
The Zanu-PF Youth League has said it is ready to die for President Mnangagwa and defend his grand vision to revitalise Zimbabwe's economy which has been in the doldrums. Youth League national ...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths say they're ready to die for Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF Youth League has said it is ready to die for President Mnangagwa and defend his grand vision to revitalise Zimbabwe's economy which has been in the doldrums.Youth League national s...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2135 | 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 | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's rural politics
The vulnerability of Rural Zimbabweans politically is appalling. It doesn't matter how politically clear they may be or how knowledgeable of their human rights they are, they still fall prey to Zanu-P...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2179 | by Clement Moyo
Disinformation and misinformation the new battlefront
EDITOR,The information age has brought with it many opportunities as well as challenges. Is it not ironic that in this digital age where information is supposed to be available at our fingerti...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 852 | by Davison Kaiyo.
Southern Africa's problem of political elite impunity
Former South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad's support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in Southern Africa of die-hard ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 161 | by Tendai Biti and Mills
Discord at Dynamos mirrors national ills
WITH about a month-and-a-half to go before the start of the 2019 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season, there is a lot of excitement generated from the activities in the transfer market, where clu...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | 510 | by Editorial - newsday
Bushiri, Magaya and the gospel of prosperity
IT was perhaps the most striking picture that came from the spectacle that accompanied Shepherd Bushiri's appearance at the Pretoria Special Commercial Crimes Court last week.It was the pictur...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:50hrs | 3891 | by Staff reporter
Fake bond notes flood Chipinge streets
COUNTERFEIT bond notes are flooding the streets of Chipinge with accusing fingers being pointed at illegal money changers targeting unsuspecting street clients.A survey revealed that the victi...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 2903 | by Staff reporter
Makandiwa court ruling challenged
A Harare business couple which lost a $6,5 million claim against United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa and his wife Ruth, over an alleged false prophecy, has approached t...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:55hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Damn you, Grim Reaper!
Those who grew up in the village, as Bishop Lazi did, know very well that birds and animals of prey hunt by stealth.Eagles are particularly a menace, especially by the regularity with which th...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:01hrs | 261 | by Bishop Lazarus
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