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12 wives, 100 kids and a goblin-selling business
HABITUALLY well-dressed and a teetotaller who does not take traditional snuff, the business-minded and flamboyant Sekuru Kafura, who cruises around in the latest Ford Ranger vehicles, is everything th...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Pumula suburbs
Bulawayo's Pumula East, North and South suburbs were on Sunday afternoon hit by flash floods that left some houses submerged in water following heavy rains that pounded the city at the weekend....Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Esigodini
gold panners have reportedly wreaked havoc in Esigodini, Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South province, leaving unclaimed pits that pose a danger to human lives.Esigodini is well known fo...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:54hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Manduna Christmas Soccer tourney sponsor share prize money among teams
The sponsor of the Manduna Nketa social soccer Christmas tournament that was meant to pit eight male and two female soccer teams on Sunday had to share the total prize money among all the teams due to...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 11:56hrs | 662 | by Stephen Jakes
Armed sand poachers invade Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents' associations have called on government to deploy armed police to stop sand poaching activities in most residential areas.The residents' associations said sand poachers were...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Mystery deaths deepen in Zimbabwe
DEATH is never easy and, whenever it strikes, the grief it causes is traumatic for family and friends who would have lost a loved one.This encounter with mortality always leaves the surviving ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to borrow $147 billion in 2022
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says the Treasury will borrow $146,8 billion using Treasury Bills (TBs) and Treasury Bonds in 2022 to finance key Government projects...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Spirit of Morrison Nyati still lives
IF you are as old as Bishop Lazi, you probably would never be able to banish the irrepressible memories of those chicken bus rides from the village to the city, or vice versa.However forgettab...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt to borrow US$1,4bn
GOVERNMENT has announced a plan to borrow ZW$146,8 billion (about US$1,4 billion) in 2022 to fund various infrastructure development projects.This debt would add to the existing stock of US$13...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Rporter
I have never come across anyone who blames sanctions for our suffering - outside political rhetoric
The debate over the real cause of the seemingly unending untold suffering and unimaginable poverty that ordinary Zimbabweans have painfully (but, most worryingly with the patience of the pope) endured...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 22:24hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sand poachers wreak havoc in Bulawayo
ILLEGAL sand poachers are now targeting undeveloped housing stands in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, leaving unclaimed pits that pose a danger to children.Two children drowned in one of the u...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:48hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Mapeza waits on UK duo
WARRIORS coach Norman Mapeza will only get to know today if Tawanda Maswanhise and Macauley Bonne will be available for Zimbabwe's World Cup qualifiers against South Africa and Ethiopia next week....Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean banker in failed West Ham bid
A LONDON-BASED Zimbabwean investment banker was part of a failed bid by a high-powered consortium, which wanted to take over high-flying English Premiership club West Ham United, in a deal worth about...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers steal road rehabilitation sand
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has declared war on sand poachers in St Peter's on the outskirts of Bulawayo and yesterday council rangers deflated tyres of some of the suspects' vehicles in a bid to ...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zemura offered new deal
BOURNEMOUTH manager Scott Parker has urged the club's leadership to secure a new contract for Warriors rising star Jordan Zemura as his profile continues to grow after an impressive start to his profe...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 08:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Galloway set to make Warriors debut
ENGLAND-based defender Brendan Galloway is set to earn his maiden cap with the Warriors, in a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Ghana's Black Stars, at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon....Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poachers take advantage of lockdowns
CASES of wildlife poaching have increased due to subdued anti-poaching activities that have been brought about by the lockdowns introduced to curb the spread of Covid-19.This was said by Paint...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga endorses Mnangagwa wife's initiative
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday attended First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's educative Gota/Nhanga/Ixhiba programme at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) and concurred with her tha...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe anti-sanctions fight reaches UN HQ
SCORES of people, led by anti-imperialist group December 12 (D12) Movement yesterday picketed at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States of America, calling for the removal of illeg...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bosso now an attractive club, thanks to Sakunda’
THE melancholy that Highlanders were subjected to from June came to an end on Tuesday when giant energy company Sakunda Holdings unveiled a game-changing multi-million dollar sponsorship deal for the ...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Old people's homes turn into poor families' dumping grounds
BANANA bread was served at a recent birthday party at Melfort Old People's home, where a group of residents mustered a raspy happy birthday tune.Just a week after arriving at the facility, Rod...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Businessman Mwanza pledges to pay Grobbelaar salary
Businessman Conrad Mwanza has pledged to pay former Warriors skipper Bruce Grobbelaar's salary for a year if the veteran is appointed Zimbabwe senior men's national soccer team coach.Mwanza ma...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 11:51hrs | 61 | by Agencies
Prince Dube set for another operation
ZIMBABWE international forward, Prince Dube, is set to face six more weeks on the sidelines after he was taken to South Africa this week for surgery. The Tanzania-based striker was set to go u...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where are the white players in Zimbabwe football?
COULD it be a true representation of the country's demographics, could it have something to do with negative perception especially on the financial side, could it be deep rooted segregation or i...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:42hrs | 36 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Fatal end to selfie moment
ZIMBABWE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) rangers shot dead an elephant after it fatally trampled a man who was taking a selfie outside Kwekwe, triggering a stampede by villagers for...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hookers back on the streets
IT'S a Friday night and a skimpily dressed sex worker flags down vehicles and individuals on foot, soliciting for clients while on the lookout for law enforcement officers.The presence of poli...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:25hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Illegal harvesting of natural resources sparks conflict
The Kenilworth community, in Bubi ward 19 has raised ire over the indigent harvesting of locally available natural resources by villagers from neighboring districts.Premature harvesting of bro...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 11:10hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa goes after criminals 'not around him'
Criminals must never be given breathing space to commit offences because that will not only harm people and the society as a whole, but also impede the attainment of national development goals that th...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions ZRP vehicles
President Mnangagwa has today commissioned 82 different vehicles to the Zimbabwe Republic Police as part of efforts by the Second Republic to capacitate law enforcement agencies in combating crime in ...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
What are the norms of talking with strangers online?
In this day and age, you can literally do almost everything over the internet, from ordering food to making money to making new friends, all of this can be done with the help of the internet. When you...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 14:48hrs | 2 | by Staff Writer
2 trampled to death by stray elephant
TWO people died while two others were seriously injured after being trampled by a stray elephant in Chitekete in Gokwe-North district. There is often a surge in human-wildlife conflicts during the dry...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African study reveals how people perceive emoticons
Most of the youngsters, including people both from the millennial and Gen Z generation prefer to use their smartphones, not only for staying active on different social media platforms but also for cha...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff Writer
Funeral parlours mix up bodies families fear identifying relatives because of Covid-19
The third wave of coronavirus has been unforgiving. There has been an explosion in infections and deaths since mid-June.In the 54 days from June 19 — when fatalities rose to double digits â€...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Bishop L
Poachers axe 3 ZimParks rangers
THREE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) officials are battling for life at a hospital in Harare after they were recently severely assaulted by suspected poachers in Mushumbi,...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khoisans are Zimbabwe's forgotten tribe
KHOISANS are Zimbabwe's forgotten tribe. Despite being the first to settle in Zimbabwe, the minority Khoisan tribe remains poverty-stricken, centuries after settling in the country. For generation aft...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Body mix-up at hospital fuels confusion
An 80-year-old Alaska man who died from Covid-19 complications was reburied yesterday following a mix-up of dead bodies at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital mortuary.The mix-up happened after a fun...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean with football dreams to be kicked out of UK
Christopher Arundell, who grew up in the UK and once dreamt of playing professional football, is set to be deported to Zimbabwe, despite a cross-party appeal to the home secretary to stop his removal ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grey hair comes with wisdom
Mature age comes with wisdom, nephews and nieces but sometimes it comes alone. My progeny extension so far is to the power of six, two boys and four girls, grandpa's pride. The eldest a boy, second ye...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 18:17hrs | | by Tondo. Chinehasha.
Choeni buried amid controversy
A WAR of words erupted at the burial of the late Matabeleland South Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Rabelani Choe ni as the family and party clashed over proceedings.Choeni died of Covid-19 com...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy pummels lion with fists to save sister
A 14YEAROLD girl from Muyondozi village in ward 26 under Chief Garahwa, Chipinge South, was on Wednesday mauled by a stray lion.The victim's father, Hunesu Chiunje, said his daughter, Agness, ...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 05:49hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
6,000 residents live in the dark for 2 years
Over six thousand residents in Sakubva suburb of Mutare have been living in the dark after ZESA allegedly disconnected them due to a ZW$2 million legacy debt owed to the power utility by Mutare City C...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive python found stashed in vehicle
KWEKWE Central Business District was Tuesday brought to a standstill after a huge live python was found stashed in a dumped Toyota Wish vehicle in a suspected case of rituals gone wrong.Police...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean can be very rich without political inclination
I was going through my WhatsApp messages and my eyes were blinded by this message below. I felt it will be helpful to all of us if we are to read. I stole some of the advices.Many times I am c...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Warriors off to Cosafa
CHICKEN INN left-back Xolani Ndlovu is one of three players that have been placed on stand by for the Warriors' Cosafa Cup in South Africa.The other two players on standby are Dynamos' forward...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nakamba builds lavish castle in Bulawayo
ZIMBABWEAN midfield maestro Marvelous Nakamba is making the most of his career in the lucrative English Premier League after it emerged that he is constructing a multimillion dollar castle in Bulawayo...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 13:41hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Referees to raise Zimbabwe flag at Cosafa Cup tourney
TWO Zimbabwean match officials, Rusape-based referee Brighton Chimene and assistant referee Brighton Nyika from Bulawayo will be among the 21 match officials at next month's Cosafa Cup in South Africa...Published: 29 Jun 2021 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Survivor of two bullets seeks justice
A Chinhoyi man is seeking justice over the Darwendale shootout that occurred in November last year, where he survived two bullets on both legs.Tafadzwa Mushamba (37) was caught by Zimpar...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 10:32hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo/ Simbarashe Sithole
Kenneth Kaunda obituary the last man standing
Kenneth David Kaunda was born on the 28 April 1924. He was affectionately known as KK was a Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefr...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | 5 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Nakamba meets Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE international midfielder, Marvelous Nakamba, says he is honoured to have met President Mnangagwa, at State House, yesterday. The Aston Villa midfielder was in the company of former Nottingham...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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