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ZEC claims over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chief Elections Officer Utoile Silaigwana has told parliament that there has been over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server, a day after re...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Team Pachedu labelled a terrorist organisation
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday accused a group of data analysts, Team Pachedu, of employing "terrorist tactics" to try to hack into its system and destabilise the country's election...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini man in court for killing girlfriend
AN Esigodini man appeared in court after he fatally stabbed his girlfriend for receiving US$5 from another man she was suspected to be having an affair with.AN Esigodini man appeared in court ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
'20 000 pupils fall pregnant in Zimbabwe'
CRISIS Coalition in Zimbabwe (CiZC) has expressed concern over increasing cases of pregnancies among schoolgirls as statistics indicate that 20 000 schoolgirls fell pregnant between September last yea...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally strikes lover with iron bar
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Old Pumula, Bulawayo died after her boyfriend allegedly brutally assaulted her with an iron bar and pushed her head through a door.Nobuhle Mlambo spent about a month i...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
220 minors raped inside 9 months
AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women's Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse c...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man up for robbery, rape, fraud in South Africa
A ZIMBABWEAN man suspected to have fake South African identity documents has been arrested on charges of rape, robbery and fraud.His 30-year-old victim gave him away when she wept hyster...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
GBV sign of broader culture of violence we have embraced in our lives
I always teach my family that 'sin cannot be successfully micromanaged'.In other words, an individual can never successfully control or...Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 21:06hrs | 150 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube pampers security sector
THE security sector, which includes the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Defence and War Veterans Affairs and the Home Affairs ministries were some of the departments that got the largest ch...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo serial robber, murderer arrested
BULAWAYO police have arrested a serial armed robber and murderer who committed crimes in the city during the period December 2021 to November 22, 2022 resulting in victims losing property worth US$59 ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer robbed of US$350 000
A REGISTERED gold buyer from Bulawayo lost US$350 000 in cash to two armed robbers who told him they were selling 50g of gold before pulling out a firearm and ransacking his house.National pol...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
A paranoid government seeking to legislate 'patriotism' is a danger unto all citizens!
So, the government of Zimbabwe has finally decided to stubbornly proceed in enacting the controversial 'Patriotic Act'.Only this time s...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 16:44hrs | 499 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga says parents also face jail
VIOLATORS of children's rights and parents will soon face criminal charges as government introduces stiffer penalties to curb sexual offences that have seen children as young as nine years old b...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet approves bill to jail unpatriotic traitors
President Emmerson mnangagwa's cabinet has approved an amendment to the Criminal Law Code which will see traitors who agitate against the country liable for criminal offence. Speaking on Tuesd...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 19:35hrs | 2352 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Jonathan Moyo preparing for life after Mnangagwa'
THE open letter of apology by self-exiled former ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao - addressed to Zanu-PF members - shows that the two politicians may be preparing for life after Emmerson Mna...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 18:34hrs | 9603 | by Staff reporter
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 1024 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
NPA challenge cancellation of Buyanga's arrest warrant
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has applied to the High Court challenging the cancellation of a warrant of arrest for controversial businessperson Frank Sadiq Buyanga by Harare provincial mag...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga's woes mount
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga still has two warrants of arrest hovering over his head after the cancellation of another one by a Harare magistrate, it has emerged.Buy...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:39hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born Dorcas Gwata among three finalists for UK's Best Nurse award
ZIMBABWE born Dorcas Gwata is among the three finalists for this years ‘Who Cares Wins Award' which honours the ‘Best Nurse' in the country and is organised by a leading UK publication in partners...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Bloodshed of Zimbabwe's past elections has citizens bracing for what's to come next year
"Just thinking of voting causes me to become more afraid," Maxwell Tauro told The Globe and Mail. I might be met with bullets. I'm just fearful that I might get shot like my son."With a new el...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:40hrs | 349 | by Jeffrey Moyo for The Globe & Mail
Dembare cracks the whip, chairman exit
DYNAMOS Football Club have refused to respond any further to their statement regarding the exit of Isaiah Mupfurutsa as the club chairman.Yesterday, Dynamos announced Mupfurutsa was leaving th...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans have nothing to celebrate in new resource discoveries!
No one can deny that Zimbabwe is one of the most richly endowed places on this planet.Highly favored by God Almighty with nearly 40 identified minerals - including gold, platinum, diamonds, ch...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:27hrs | 14032 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mwonzora's MDC is too broke to hold an elective congress'
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora stands accused of delaying the party's elective congress. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Taurai Mangudhla interviewed MDC Alliance presidential spokesperson Lloyd Dam...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 3973 | by Staff reporter
'40% Zimbabwean cars uninsured'
At least 40 percent of cars on Zimbabwe's roads do not have insurance cover, the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) has said.ICZ spokesperson Ringisai Batiya said this has affected victims of...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:39hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga decries escalating acts of terrorism in Africa
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has decried escalating acts of terrorism in Africa saying it has become a "thorn in the flesh" for many governments.Addressing delegates at the official ope...Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide closure needs sincerity, maturity and solemnity
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, it is not conscionable for you to rope in tribal chiefs in the process of bringing closure to the Gukurahundi atrocities. Common...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 297 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Police descend on touts ahead of Christmas
POLICE has launched a countrywide operation at bus termini to monitor touts who usually harass travellers during the Christmas holidays.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among SA prison break trio
Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for three prisoners who escaped from police holding cells this week.The detainees escaped from police in Tshamutumbu outside Thohoyandou in the early hou...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans feared dead in SA mine tragedy
SOME Zimbabweans are believed to be amongst 19 dead suspected illegal miners whose bodies were retrieved from near an active mine in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg, South Africa.Zimbabwe's ...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:57hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Couple rapes biological children
A MACHEKE couple was yesterday arraigned before Marondera magistrate Ignatius Mhene facing charges of raping their biological children.According to court papers, the father (41) raped his nine...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Cop rapes woman with mental health problems
There was drama in Madziwa on Saturday where a police officer was caught pants down with a mentally challenged woman in a Blair toilet.Sources close to investigations said Constable Misheck Ma...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 12:18hrs | 2178 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa may call Zimbabwe snap 2023 general polls early next year
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa may call snap general elections in the first quarter of next year - in March - after securing a fresh mandate as Zanu-PF leader and its candidate in the polls, it emerged ...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:52hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Another ploy of rewriting history by the Zanu-PF regime
Greetings to all! FROM THEMTHWAKAZI LIBERATION FRONT PRESIDENTDR CHURCHILL MP...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 15:13hrs | 1285 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
9 year-old girl 8 months pregnant
IN what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Spirit medium wades into chieftainship row
THE Goromonzi chieftaincy wrangle has taken a new twist after a spirit medium in the area informed government that a new traditional leader should be installed before November.The spirit mediu...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:24hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa signs law for complaints against security forces
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gazetted into law the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Act, which paves the way for people to report acts of misconduct by security services.The law ...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 20:59hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland Chiefs make tough demands
TRADITIONAL chiefs in Matabeleland and the Midlands early this week tabled before President Emmerson Mnangagwa a number of tough demands on top of a public apology that need to be fulfilled in order t...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:22hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Tout kills self after rape allegations
A 15-YEAR-OLD Bindura tout Denzel Bute on Thursday committed suicide after being accused of raping his 12 year old girlfriend.The now d...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 13:08hrs | 1279 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CCC MP relives torture horror
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Jasmine Toffa has described her last weekend's ordeal at the hands of suspected Zanu-PF hooligans as dehumanising and traumatising.Toffa was brutally att...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:22hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Probe into Magaya rape allegations starts
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has launched fresh investigations into sexual abuse allegations against Prophetic Healing and Deliverence (PHD) ministries founder Walter Magaya....Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi tears into Chief's Gukurahundi genocide manual
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has criticized the diction used in crafting the chiefs' manual on Gukurahundi Community Engagement Processes claiming that it minimized the victims' experiences of t...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:24hrs | 1893 | by Staff reporter
'Fellow citizens, be strong' edges Chamisa - but why forfeit free for uphill battle of violent elections
"VIOLENCE IN MATOBO, INSIZA & CHIRUMANZU ..Zpf panicking, desperate & violent because they are not supported in villages, in rural areas. Thuggery is not politics. Violence is not civilized ca...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 17:24hrs | 355 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bulawayo a pale shadow of its former self
IN the years gone by, Bulawayo, with its charming architecture in the form of Victorian-style buildings, stood tall across the country as a better-organised and cleanest city in southern Africa. ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's insatiable appetite for power a security threat
There are a number of issues that disturb the security of any nation. A nation's success depends largely on how it is governed. But for many nations in Africa, politics has been the most destabi...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:43hrs | 2083 | by Zanda Shumba
Mnangagwa son-in-law appoints AMH board rep
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son-in-law, Gerald Mlotshwa, who recently acquired shares in Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of NewsDay, The Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, has appointed ...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 19:47hrs | 4774 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped over employment contract
A 29-year-old PC Royal Casino manager last week appeared in court on allegations of raping his employee in the company's toilet after threatening her that she would lose her employment contract....Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:21hrs | 823 | by Staff reporter
19 000 robberies, 3 500 murders rock Zimbabwe
Nearly 19 000 cases of robbery and over 3 500 murders were recorded in Zimbabwe between January 2020 and December 2021, official statistics show.Data obtained from the Zimbabwe National Statis...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:52hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Fraud-accused socialite cleared to contest Zanu-PF elections
Zanu-PF has given the nod to socialite Mike Chimombe's candidature to stand in the weekend elections for the ruling party's Central Committee (CC).The polls are being fiercely contested amid a...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 2246 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's attempts to internationalise Sikhala case flops
CCC interim spokesperson, Gift "Ostallos" Siziba and a retinue of other opposition members and other detractors were in the United States for the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that ran f...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 566 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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