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No to Mugabe mausoleum
The Zimbabwe Campaign for Good Governance (ZCGG) would like to express its displeasure and dismay over the proposal to build a MAUSOLEUM for Robert Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre. The Symb...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:14hrs | 3324 | by Morgan Changamire
Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2280 | by The Economist
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 7825 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Xenophobia in Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and Mugabe
Ever since it was founded, Zanu-PF has persistently propagated a criminal mindset that the people of Matebeleland are foreigners to this country. Its blind membership including Minister Mutodi is ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:37hrs | 2469 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Mugabe's death, an omission of justice
It is with profound grief and sadness to learn that RG. Mugabe, the first prime minister and indeed the first executive president of the independent Zimbabwe passed away in Singapore on Friday t...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:56hrs | 260 | by Andrea Sibanda -MLF SG
'Robber' tries to commit suicide at police station
A SUSPECTED armed robber who allegedly tried to escape through a window at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo has told a court how he threw himself at the window to commit suicide. The suspect ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans have never been as confused as they are today: Mugabe: Hero or villain?
ZIMBABWEANS have never been as confused as they are today, following the death of Robert Mugabe, who was labelled a dictator. They are of two minds: is Mugabe a hero or a villain or is he both? They n...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 234 | by Zanda Shumba
Zanu-PF to slaughter 150 cattle at conference
Zanu-PF delegate to the party's annual conference at Goromonzi High School will feast on 150 cattle, 5 000 chickens, 60 000 tonnes maize and 400 goats, organizers have said. Provincial secreta...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:47hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Granny attempts suicide after being raped by Gumbura cleric
A 63-YEAR-OLD Chivhu woman attempted to kill herself after she was allegedly raped by a pastor belonging to convicted rapist Robert Martin Gumbura's RMG Independent End Time Message Church.Wal...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:59hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela resurfaces on TV - calls for Matabeleland breakaway
Dressed immaculately in a dark suit, white shirt and red tie, Cde Paul Siwela exuded energy and renewed confidence. Those who watched his interview on DStv channel 405, Newzroom Africa, on Saturday ev...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 11:59hrs | 3107 | by Israel Dube
MDC turns 20 today
Following the MDC's launch at Rufaro Stadium in Harare on 11 September 1999, the party officially turns 20 today.However, the party's 20th anniversary bash has been moved to Saturday, 28th Sep...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 11:47hrs | 234 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa has impoverished us: Green Bombers
AN association representing graduates of the controversial National Youth Service (NYS) programme has accused the current government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "pauperising them", and work...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 3106 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi wants Mugabe's soul to forever burn in Hell
FORMER President Robert Mugabe's soul "must burn in hell" the fringe and ultra-ethnic political opposition Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) has said.In a scathing statement the secessionist pa...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:08hrs | 682 | by newzimbabwe
Teacher jailed 3 years for bedding Grade 6 pupil
A 39-YEAR-OLD teacher in Chipinge has been jailed for three years for being intimate with a Grade 6 pupil.The primary school teacher, whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of hi...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:45hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy remains alive and it must be defeated
Robert Mugabe's legacy is complex and contested. He wasn't only the tyrant and the despot, nor only the freedom fighter and the educator. But he wanted power and all costs, and the legacy he leaves be...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 13:20hrs | 566 | by Doug Coltart
UK downplayed gukurahundi genocide to guard its interests, study claims
British officials repeatedly downplayed the massacre of thousands of innocent civilians by Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe in the 1980s to protect the UK's interests in southern Africa and their relationshi...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 13:15hrs | 1232 | by The Guardian
'Bob owes us an apology'
With every five years I stalled, post-uni, he stole a big piece of my future. Nothing is quite as harrowing as to lose something you cherish.All of us have suffered that deep sinking feeling -...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:44hrs | 944 | by Zifiso Masiye
Man rapes 14-year- old workmate
A 26-year-old man from Gokwe has been arraigned before the Gweru magistrates court after he allegedly raped his 14-year-old workmate.Gweru provincial magistrate Phatekile Msipa heard that on J...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played.The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage.Rage that ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 264 | by Siphosami Malunga
Respect foe dead Mugabe is no excuse for riding roughshod over his victims and truth – he was a dictator
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a ruthless tyrant who viewed the ordinary Zimbabweans as little more than pawns, sub-humans, to dispose of as he saw fit. In expressing their grief over Mugabe's death many p...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 20:47hrs | 320 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
How Mugabe became Africa's fallen angel
A COMPLEX character who ruthlessly pursued his goals, Robert Mugabe, leaves a mixed legacy: an independence leader who built his country up, then helped destroy it.Three great questions domina...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:14hrs | 2409 | by The Guardian
Africa has lost one of its strong pillars
Because of his stance on the land issue, and the need to empower his people, not merely by giving them an electoral voice, but through equitable distribution of the means of production, former Preside...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:56hrs | 137 | by Elliot Ziwira
Genocidal Dictator Mugabe Dies at 95
The world and our organization, the 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), woke up to the news that Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the former President of Zimbabwe, who ruled Zimbabwe ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 16:58hrs | 2689 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM Secretary for Information and Publicity
Minor dies after rape attempt
A BABY died when a Mvurwi woman jumped off a moving vehicle as she tried to escape from two men who were allegedly trying to rape her.The woman had boarded a lift on an unregistered white Hond...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:20hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Just a little violence on civilians ...how satanic?
This is the arrogant advice given the South African leader by a Head of State of a neighbouring country ravaged to the ground by yet to be punished genocidists wallowing in the endless comfort of the ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:01hrs | 586 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Zesa loses 2 200 transformers
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's ability to effectively supply electricity to businesses and residents continues to be seriously hamstrung following reports that more than 2 200 transformer...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 1468 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mohadi engages chiefs on peace building
Government says the role of traditional leaders in peace building and conflict resolution should never be underestimated and must be anchored on the people's cultural heritage.Acting President...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 16:11hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Honda fit driver rapes woman in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have announced that a female adult was raped in Bulawayo on the 29th of August 2019 after she boarded an unregistered blue Honda Fit plying City - Kingsdale at around midn...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 12:00hrs | 4698 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'South Africa government behind xenophobic attacks'
The current wave of xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa is initiated and sponsored by the South Africa government the Economic Freedom Fighters Spokesperson Dr Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has alleged. ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:12hrs | 11104 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nurse in charge rapes maid
A 37-YEAR-OLD nurse in charge at Ruyamuro clinic in Guruve has been arrested for allegedly raping his workmate's maid.Sources familiar with the incident told this publication that the suspect ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 10:04hrs | 1891 | by Simbarashe Sithole
SA musician blames xenophobia on poor leadership
International award winning South African musician Sho Madjozi has blamed the xenophobic attacks in her country to a lack of political leadership and a willingness to objectively address burning issue...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2226 | by Staff Reporter
Rape accused Bulawayo man convicted of domestic violence
A 32-YEAR-OLD mechanic from Bulawayo, who was being accused of habitually raping and beating a 61-year-old woman who took him in when his relatives threw him out in 2011, has been acquitted of rape bu...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
'Sham 2018 poll resulted in illegitimacy' CIZC finally admit - yet still can't resist urge to appease Zanu PF
It is heartening to see that organisation like Crisis In Zimbabwe Coalition (CIZC) are finally calling a spade a spade! "The sham 2018 polls resulted in a serious legitimacy crisis that c...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 06:36hrs | 881 | by Nomusa Garikai
Cop rapes, impregnates mentally ill person
A 36-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi cop was arraigned before a Bindura provincial magistrate last week after allegedly raping a 24 - year - old mentally ill person several times before impregnating her.The c...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:14hrs | 2093 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boity and Fikile Mbalula in Twitter spat
South African television personality and singer Boitumelo Thulo popularly known as Boity has been involved in a Twitter war with Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula after the celebrity accused the gover...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:06hrs | 11107 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Magaya breaks silence on rape allegations
Following a series of sexual harassment allegations levelled against Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya, the Zimbabwe Gender Commission on the 23rd of this...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:25hrs | 3724 | by Staff reporter
What impact and advantages do foreigners have on the hosting country?
From time immemorial, people have been on the move, from one country to the other.The reasons for movement have always varied. Some movements have been short term, some medium and yet others have been...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:18hrs | 361 | by MOIR
Man faces sister-in-law rape charge
A Bulawayo man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 17-year-old sister-in-law after luring her to a house in Mahatshula North.The 27-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the iden...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:03hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
No alternative to genuine reforms in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa got very useful advice when he met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the just ended seventh International Conference on African Development (Ticad) in...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:52hrs | 173 | by Editorial - The Standard
From the 404 to the Honda Fit
"KIDNAP, robbery and near rape", the newspaper headline screamed on 22 August. "Honda Fit Crew robs osiphatheleni," our sister paper The Chronicle's headline read on 27 August. In the ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:48hrs | 366 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons
They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything — absolutely everything and anything — has a price, but not this man of scripture and pray...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 75 | by Bishop Lazi
Can Zimbabwe Diaspora Women in UK allow trade talks, with a country abusing its women?
ZHRO (Zimbabwe Human Rights Organisation) Leadership has rallied its members to join the MDC (Movement For Democratic Change) (Zimbabwe's main Opposition party) in the UK to Protest the arrival of a h...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 12:55hrs | 4204 | by ZHRO
Zanu-PF, State agents squabble over conference venue
The Zanu-PF senior leadership and State security agents appear to be at odds over the possible holding of the party's 2019 annual national conference in Mashonaland East province amid rising security ...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:23hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Poll ghost haunts Mnangagwa
A NEW case study done by exiled former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo, a political science professor, in collaboration with publisher Ibbo Mandaza, under his Southern African Political Economy Trust (...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 9238 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe's current Esap II work?
In the weeks leading up to the poorly kept secret of his impeding appointment as Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube campaigned hard for the position, coming out of a long diasporan silence to write art...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | 981 | by Makunike
Chamisa's women rap Mnangagwa over abductions
The MDC Women's Assembly has expressed concern over the ongoing abductions and abuse of women being perpetrated by suspected State security agencies and members of the ruling Zanu-PF party.Thi...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's PG orders release of rape accused 'ED-PFee' singer
THE ED-PFee singer who was on Tuesday denied bail for rape allegations by the court and ordered to seek bail at the High Court was yesterday brought to the same court and granted bail by another magis...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
Powerful political enemies out to finish Magaya
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries found and preacher Walter Magaya is a household name in Zimbabwe. Magaya commands crowds that would make any politician jealous and envious of the pr...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 14:35hrs | 7947 | by Nicholas Ncube
ED-PFee hit maker accused of rape
A MUSICIAN who became popular after composing a song, ED-PFee, congratulating President Emmerson Mnangagwa for winning elections, Kennedy Sanyanga is being accused of rape.The popular jingle c...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1815 | by newzimbabwe
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