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Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2452 | by Tawanda Majoni
Brisk firewood business as cold spell bites Bulawayo
In Bulawayo, firewood vendors and sports bar owners experienced increased business activity due to the coldest day of winter so far. Vendors in the western suburbs set up braziers early in the morning...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big Bhawa gets facelift
THE township of Makokoba which sits just next to Bulawayo's Central Business District was once a hodgepodge of culture, diversity and the creative arts.And smack in the middle of Makokoba, it ...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Coltart blames Zimdollar for Bulawayo collapse
Bulawayo Mayo David Coltart has blamed the City's challenges on the continued use of th zimbabwean Dollar in the country. Posting on Twitter, Coltart said:...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 10:48hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Karuru lifts lid on huge earnings in Saudi Arabia
WARRIORS midfielder Ovidy Karuru has defended the standard of football in Saudi Arabia while lifting the lid on the lucrative earnings on offer in the oil-rich Asian nation.The 33-year-old vet...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean drugs mule arrested Indian airport
A Zimbabwean woman was Wednesday arrested after she was found in possession of a kilogram of cocaine by customs officers at the Indira Gandhi International airport.The woman has not been named...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zec abandons polling station at Zanu-PF torture base
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will no longer be using a polling station in Kwekwe situated in an area where there is a traditional Zanu-PF torture base manned by the party's violent terror s...Published: 04 May 2022 at 20:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
NetOne intensifies electronic airtime recharge
THE mobile markets in Africa are for the most part prepaid, with the traditional means of distribution being the sale of scratch cards.It is no secret that this distribution channel has brough...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Britain welcomes new global news channel
From tomorrow at 8pm, Britons will have a new global news channel called GB News, which is set to be a rival of Sky, ITV and BBC news.The launch of GB News comes as COVID-19 pandemic restricti...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 21:39hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
No vaccination certificate, no drink at the pub
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested this week that some pubs might require customers to produce vaccine certificates, an idea that he had previously deemed unlikely. Almost 29 milli...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
How do Singaporeans spend their weekends
Singaporeans are not much different than Americans, Europeans, and Canadians when it comes to weekends, with a few exceptions. Not everyone is lucky enough to reside in a hustling, bustling city like ...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:59hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties stoke fears of upsurge in HIV cases
The raging phenomenon of wild parties organised by teenagers, where sex orgies and alcohol binges are commonplace, is stocking fears of a surge in new HIV infections in Bulawayo.The National A...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe counts huge costs of stay-away
Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social medi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beer drinkers must think long and hard
Following the announcement by Delta Corporation Limited — the Zimbabwean company part owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev — to only accept hard currency for its beverages, it appears the future of beer ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trust in Mthuli
As a young economics student, I never thought in my right mind that I would every write a piece defending my government. Zimbabwe does not exactly have a proud record in the field of economics. ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 15:43hrs | | by Anthony Mkondo
MDC brought confusion and disputed elections since it's inception
MDC has brought in democratic confusion since its inception. Since the emergence of the opposition MDC party in 1999, Zimbabwe has been plunged into a serious problem of contested elections. ZANU PF h...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 00:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The 'son' Tuku denied
While the country collectively nursed the still fresh wound of Sam Mtukudzi on the eight-year anniversary of his death last week, fresh details emerged about the less than rosy life of Selby Mtukudzi,...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
We have a clueless Opposition Movement in Zimbabwe that's all!
The only problem we have in Zimbabwe is that we have an inept if not clueless opposition movement who give Zanu pf too much lee-way by agreeing on almost everything which comes out of the mouth of Zan...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 10:20hrs | 3 | by Umzukulu Ka Sitsha
Zodwa ban - Too much censorship emerging in Zimbabwe
The Aeneas Chigwedere-led Board of Censors has unleashed controversy by banning South African socialite Zodwa Wabantu from performing at the Harare International Carnival.Apparently, the board...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 13:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Duriro Bar re-opens for business
Duriro Bar trading as Kays Nightshift bar which was set ablaze recently by yet unidentified thugs in an apparent malicious arson attack a few weeks ago reopened for full and normal business operations...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by Alfred Towo
No more plastic balls: An Epitomy of the captured African society
Indeed time flies. The world isn't getting any younger but growing more older and technologically advanced than it was back in the 18th century or even beyond.In my short time in exile (I mean...Published: 29 Jul 2017 at 15:25hrs | 5 | by Wilson Chipangura
Six die in 8 minute terror attack in London
Six people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police.A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cop threatens to send student lover's indecent pictures to her mother
A MARRIED cop believed to be attached to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission team is threatening to expose his 19-year-old lover's indecent photographs to her parents after they separated....Published: 25 May 2017 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Racism and prejudice, my personal encounters
Racism is a difficult and heavy subject to discuss, more so immediately after having such a beautiful holiday. My wife bears me witness, we had a lovely time in Hersonissos. Walking on the edges of th...Published: 24 May 2017 at 11:02hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Young girls trade sex for empty beer bottles
DANCEHALL music sensation Boom Berto's hit song, Amai Munodonhedza Musika, blares from an old amplified hifi system. On the dance floor, young girls of school-going age wriggle seductively to attr...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 14:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigumbu Warikandwa should be shamboked to pulp for violating the rights of children!
We should start with you Chigumbu Warikandwa, you must be threshed to pulp for violating the rights of children and women. Your ideas have no room in our civilized society. It is for this reason that ...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 14:52hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
This little girl Linda Masarira ship out of Mathebeleland!
They both evidently hate the people of Mathebeleland with passion. They both know how to insult the people of Mathebeleland and unprovoked. Both Grace Mugabe and Linda Masarira can casually insult the...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe's drama kings and queens of 2016
AN anonymous thinker once said: "Drama doesn't just walk into your life. You either create it, invite it or you associate with people who love to bring it into your life."As the curtain co...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Chinese are still coming but to plunder; the four reasons why
When he thought he had clicked the right China installation button in 2014, Mugabe started a celebration of a coming economic revolution with his "greatest friends in the international arena". But sad...Published: 02 Nov 2016 at 13:13hrs | | by Fungayi Mukosera
Mugabe opens gates of hell
I ended this column last week by asking the tormented question of who will protect us "from a vengeful police force so emboldened by a culture of impunity that they can break people's skulls in br...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 15:49hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Plastic money use now popular
Zimbabweans are slowly embracing the use of plastic money as cash shortage continue resulting on most business ventures cashing in.Most major retail outlets including pubs ...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembo siblings get moral support
A LOCAL stockbroker and Leonard Dembo fan believes Tendai and his brother Morgan are destined for stars.Tedious Kasaira - a regular patron at Dandaro Inn where the siblings have a permanen...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will never deliver the Zimbabwe we want
It must be now crystal clear to the majority of Zimbabweans that our economy is spiralling downwards and this spiral can only be arrested through a rapture from the past and a drastic change of politi...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 23:17hrs | | by Vince Musewe
The fate of the Zimbabweans in Kuwait
The predicament of some Zimbabwean women who are reportedly stranded in Kuwait is a very unfortunate result of this country's sanctions-induced poor socio – economic condition.They are said ...Published: 25 May 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
From shebeen to upmarket pub
"THIS is superb!"These are the words used by famed comedian, Carl Joshua Ncube in describing one of the city's oldest pubs — Pub La Gondola. For many who have not been to Pub La Gondola of l...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Byo pubs to cash in on ZITF
Bulawayo night spots are bracing for a hectic week during the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair.Its a period for most joints to cash in on visiting delegates.Pub Langondola has ...Published: 27 Apr 2016 at 09:25hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwe: One side black, the other side bright
I suppose it is called delayed sight. Last week I drew the ire of opposition MDC-T supporters when I raised the self-evident, dead-end scenario that comes with demonstrations, and the fleeting joy tha...Published: 23 Apr 2016 at 12:56hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zimbabwe opposition, minus MDC-T, on verge of forming coalition
OPPOSITION political parties, minus MDC-T, are on the verge of forming a coalition to contest the 2018 elections as one in a bid to end President Robert Mugabe's rule.Sources said the newly fo...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warped eyes see Zanu PF shadow everywhere
I read a story from my home province of Manicaland that was quite disturbing on two fronts. Firstly the behavior of the youths who abducted the Vapositori members was indeed very deplorable. However, ...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 08:53hrs | | by John Sigauke
1ns and 2s with DJ-Sticha - Registering with Samro (Southern African Music Rights Organization)
People enjoy YOUR song during weekends. YOUR music gets played all over. The clubs, DJ’s and pubs MAKE THEIR MONEY, but do YOU earn a cent? Are YOU registered with SAMRO or ZIMURA to collect fees fr...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 09:07hrs | | by DJ-Sticha
ZPP Report: A lie cannot live
The observation by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, a German philosopher of the early enlightenment was on the nose. Hegel said: "We learn from history that we do not learn from history."The Zim...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
'Fake pastor' jailed over fake wedding
A Kingdom Glory Ministries pastor who solemnised a wedding without a marriage officer's certificate was yesterday sentenced to an effective eight months in jail.Prince Emmanuel Tsoka (35) even...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 00:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shebeen operators unconvinced
SHEBEEN operators in Bulawayo are unconvinced of the government's recent pronouncement that their operations would be legalised to promote township tourism.On Tuesday, Tourism and Hospitality ...Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 11:11hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Why Zimbabwe sex traders ignore condoms
In the heart of Bulawayo's central business district, a group of young women lurk below the giant jacaranda trees that shut out the street lights, daubing their faces with makeup and adjusting their s...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 15:16hrs | | by Marko Phiri
Mobile prostitution on the rise as sex workers get innovative due to low business
Beitbridge -The tight economic environment in the country is forcing businesses across all sectors to be innovative and seek new ways of attracting returns and the world's oldest profession, comme...Published: 13 Jul 2015 at 23:27hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean man travel to UK to beg for beer
A PROBLEM drinker who "badgered people to the point of annoying them" by continually asking for cigarettes and alcohol has been banned from every pub and club in High Wycombe.Mpumelelo Khumalo...Published: 08 Jun 2015 at 08:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean man banned from UK pubs
A PROBLEM drinker who "badgered people to the point of annoying them" by continually asking for cigarettes and alcohol has been banned from every pub and club in High Wycombe.Mpumelelo Khu...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet caught boozing with scores of ladies
A self-styled Harare prophet, Madzibaba Libion Mhizha is reportedly widely seen at night clubs with an assortment of ladies having a binge.The 'prophet' is also said to be a heavy smoker, H-M...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 16:47hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwean maid not paid for 14 years in SA
A 61-year-old Zimbabwean domestic worker, Gladys Mafita, claims her False Bay employer fired her without payment after 14 years. The employer is Daniel Deng, son of Francis Deng, the first ambassado...Published: 07 Apr 2015 at 11:58hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
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