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SA-based Zimbabweans rope in Malema in poll protest
A group of disgruntled Zimbabweans living in South Africa has reached out to the opposition party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and its leader Julius Malema, seeking support for protests scheduled f...Published: 20 hrs ago | 906 | by Staff reporter
Visually impaired 87 old survives rape scare
A visually impaired 87 old woman from Plumtree under Chief Masendu was nearly raped by her neighbour, a magistrate's court heard on Thursday.Appearing before Mr Joshua Nembaware on Thursday, t...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 14:54hrs | 264 | by Desmond Nleya
Gayo coup attempt on Charumbira suffers still birth
Attempts by Pan African Parliament 2nd Vice President Dr Ahebiri Gayo from Ethiopia to effect a coup on President Chief Fortune Charumbira during his absence on elections in Zimbabwe suffered a still ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 22:03hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
How hope dies with every election in Zimbabwe
"People died. The fear of being asked whether you wanted a short or long sleeve cut (cutting your hand or your arm) by soldiers made people vote in fear, not with their heads. We were voting with our ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 595 | by Beauty Dhlamini
Man in court for marital rape
A-28-year-old man appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday facing a marital rape charge.He was granted US$20 bail and ordered to return to court on October 31 for trial....Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
G40 and Gamartox embrace Mnangagwa re-election
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe, the widow of Zimbabwe's late founding leader, Robert Mugabe, was in attendance at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration ceremony held at the National Sports Stadi...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inauguration under a dark cloud
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today be inaugurated in Harare for a second term after his hotly-disputed re-election under a dark cloud of illegitimacy as the main opposition abandoned i...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:12hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
'Zec captured'
LOCAL policy think-tank, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), has claimed that Zanu-PF captured the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to rig elections.ZDI red flagged the composition of t...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
'She is lying' - Torro says as he disputes rape allegations
POPULAR music promoter Charles ‘Torro' Guvamatanga has laughed off allegations he raped his niece in a house with three other people without her raising alarm telling the court that his accuser is f...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 21:55hrs | 517 | by Court Reporter
Zimbabwe CIO boss attacked by State Security Agents?
The Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results....Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:46hrs | 2886 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Bhora musango dent Mnangagwa's votes as Chamisa starts off well
With a bhora musango (internal sabotage) trend within Zanu-PF emerging, main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has started off well in the presidential election.Although it is still early d...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 10:16hrs | 2631 | by Staff reporter
Knife-wielding man chases ex-wife demanding sex
A 33-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he chased his ex-wife wielding a kitchen knife demanding sex. The matter came to light at Plumtree Magistrates Courts on Monday, where Bongani Du...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sons 'grab' local showbiz
THE ruling Zanu-PF has intensified its capture of the creative arts industry, which plays a pivotal role of social commentary, by placing many artistes under the party wings.This comes after P...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cop squanders $40 fine
Bindura-based police officer Benson Justine (32) is in trouble after he allegedly fined $40 to a suspect who had slept with a minor and squandered the alleged fine.The matter came to light at ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 21:25hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Former ZUD President endorses CCC's Chamisa
OUTSPOKEN liberation war heroin and former Zimbabwe Union of Democrats leader, Margaret Dongo, has publicly endorsed opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa ahead of next...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 07:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chihoro, Murape back at Dembare
LONG-serving team manager Richard Chihoro and assistant coach Murape Murape are expected to bounce at Dynamos today following a flurry of diplomatic manoeuvres at the volatile Premier Soccer League gi...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
EU-EOM observer team in Zimbabwe in bribery storm?
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU-EOM) is doling whiskeys, grocery vouchers, fuel coupons and other handouts to select journalists across the country as part of a clandestine operation ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Dembare burns
DYNAMOS will use their National Sports Stadium offices for the hearings against three members of their technical team currently on suspension.Coach Herbert Maruwa, manager Richard Chihoro and ...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Political intolerance, poverty, corruption dividing Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE remains highly polarised as a result of political intolerance, unresolved historical issues, growing poverty, corruption and a lack of a common shared vision among other social ills, observer...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Dembare juju takes centre stage
THE Dynamos leadership has come out against the use of juju amid reports of a dressing room split over some unorthodox practices pushed by members of the technical department.Dynamos fired coa...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's well-oiled campaign raises eyebrows
A day after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally in Harare on August 9, thousands of empty boxes of fast foods were strewn across the venue spanning up to more than the size of four soccer fields....Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Axed Dembare coach threatens legal action
FIRED Dynamos coach Herbert Maruwa has threatened to take legal action against the club for unfair dismissal.Maruwa who replaced Tonderai Ndiraya at the start of the season, was shown the exit...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dog bite victim sues brick-making company over savage attack
A ZIMBABWEAN man is suing a brick manufacturing company for more than US$15 000 in damages after he sustained severe injuries when he was brutally mauled by some vicious dogs owned by the Harare-based...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 13:09hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
UK scientists are developing a vaccine for an unknown disease
UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".They have drawn up a threat list of animal viruses that are capable of infe...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 63 | by Erick Matotoba
Dembare coach fired
Dynamos have sacked coach Herbert Maruwa following the club's 0-0 draw with Hwange on Sunday.The club also announced the suspension of assistant coach Murape Murape and manager Richard Chihoro...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 22:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS defends release of convicted rapist from prison on Mnangagwa's amnesty order
THE ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has justified the release from prison of Bobby Makaza, a convicted rapist, under a recent presidential amnesty order.Makaza, who resides in...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Bosso form gives Masomere sleepless nights
LUKE MASOMERE is having sleepless nights in the resort town of Kariba as he braces for his toughest task since returning to the Premiership dugout. Masomere, a veteran gaffer who coached Hwang...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man disowns daughter over rape claims
An elderly man has disowned his daughter saying she threatened to frame him for rape.This emerged at the Harare civil court on Friday where Biron Chihohwa was seeking a protection order agains...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes mother
IN apparently the rarest of rare cases, a 31-year-old man from Esigodini in Umzingwane District, Matebeleland South province left the entire area reeling in shock after he allegedly raped his 64-year-...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 350,000 teen pregnancies
Zimbabwe recorded close to 350,000 teen pregnancies of girls between the ages of 10 and 19 in three years, an official has said.Blessing Nyagumbo, UNFPA Zimbabwe's adolescent sexual health rep...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 15:37hrs | 3 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwean gets life sentence in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN man, who raped his girlfriend's six-year-old daughter in South Africa, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday.Peter Kaundura, whose district of origin was not mentioned in ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Can't continue to subject povo to sham elections to have their hopes crushed' argued Biti. He's doing exactly that, yet again
Zimbabwe's 2008 elections were a watershed in that Zanu PF was forced to show the world the sicken depths of depravity the regime would go to hang on to power. Before the 2008 elections, Zanu ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:58hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Angry South Africans burn 4 Zimbabweans to death in Alexandra
Four Zimbabwean men accused of terrorising the community met their untimely demise in Setjwetla, Alexandra township South Africa when they were doused with gasoline and burnt to death on Tuesday night...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 19:00hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
He didn't rape me, mum forced me to lie
AN 18-year-old Kwekwe woman is claiming she was forced by her mother to accuse their neighbour of raping her when she was a minor.The incident happened nine years ago when Evidence Makambe was...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 18:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man caught raping a cow
In a shocking incident that has left Makosa villagers shell shocked in Mudzi a 23 year-old man was caught raping a cow.George Muwirimi ...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police launch manhunt for rapist
An unknown suspect broke into a house in Bulawayo and raped a juvenile at knife point after threatening to stab her to death.Provincial acting police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele said they h...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes girlfriend's daughter
A 55-YEAR-OLD member of the neighbourhood watch committee (NWC) in Bulawayo's Kensington suburb allegedly raped his girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter on three occasions, a magistrate heard on Friday....Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
Man (29) sodomizes teenager
A 29-YEAR-OLD Mazowe man is in trouble after he forced himself on a 19-year-old male workmate he was sharing a room with at night.The matter came to light at Bindura regional magistrate court ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman rapes boy (12) in the bush
A 36-YEAR-OLD Centenary woman is in trouble after she allegedly took a 12-year-old boy in a bush and had sex with him once before buying his silence with one dollar.Angeline Feranando was drag...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 19:25hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF threatens its poll candidates
FORMER State Security minister Owen Ncube has warned aspiring Members of Parliament (MPs) against garnering more votes than President Emmerson Mnangagwa in next month's polls.Ncube, who is the...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobels Biscuits' COO acquitted of rape charges
IN a stunning turn of events, Andrew Dinhidza, the chief operations officer (COO) of Lobels Biscuits Company in Bulawayo, has emerged as a free man after facing a harrowing ordeal. Accused of 10 count...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa's late wife granted State-assisted funeral
IN a poignant display of honour, the late Mrs Zodwa Dabengwa nee Khumalo, the widow of National Hero Cde Dumiso Dabengwa, has been granted a Atate-assisted funeral by the Government. Today, she will b...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dembare fans at Soweto
DYNAMOS FC are ready to descend on Bulawayo for their titanic Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash with FC Platinum at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturday.It will be the Zimbabwe soccer gian...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 armed robbers wanted for high profile cases
SEVEN suspected armed robbers who are on police's most wanted list for committing a spate of high profile criminal cases countrywide are believed to be operating and hiding in South Africa where most ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbalula remarks reflect how Zimbabweans are weighing on SA's public service delivery
NOTWITHSTANDING massive infrastructure projects and other developmental initiatives being undertaken in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwean development question remains debatable.A majority of the ongoin...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections
ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes daughter
A Harare man appeared at the magistrates courts last Thursday facing charges of raping his daughter on several occasionsProsecutors said the accused from Waterfalls would blackmail his daughte...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Life of refugees at Zimbabwe's Tongogara Refugee Camp
"Before Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) came into this camp, I was always full of stress and anger," claimed Elina (26), a refugee staying at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge."There was no pl...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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