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Breaking down Dr. Chihombori's allegations: Is the U.S. really the key obstacle to Africa's UNSC permanent seats?
In recent discourse surrounding Africa's quest for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Dr. Arikana Chihombori, a prominent U.S.-based Pan-Africanist, has pointed the finger ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:42hrs | 537 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe considers sending U23 team to upcoming CHAN Qualifiers
Warriors head coach Michael Nees is weighing the option of fielding a junior team for Zimbabwe's upcoming African Nations Championships (CHAN) round one qualifier match against Eswatini, scheduled for...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Colonialists to give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.The deal – reached after years ...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 12:39hrs | 217 | by Andrew Harding
Chirewa, Nees in fall out
Zimbabwe Warriors rising star Tawanda Chirewa's participation in the upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers is in doubt following a disciplinary issue with head coach Michael Nees. Chirewa, cu...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
The MK Party and the contestation of history
An angel of history is haunting the ANC - the spectre of the historical uMkhonto Wesizwe. The announcement of the MKP on December 16, 2023 by President Jacob Zuma conjured certain spirits or the ghost...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 20:11hrs | 452 | by Sankara Bizela
Revolt at MTN over CEO's 'female favourite'
An ugly battle is brewing at MTN over the direction Africa's biggest mobile network operator is taking under group CEO Ralph Mupita, with executives threatening to quit en masse over his leadership st...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 11:58hrs | 4557 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, 11 others face disciplinary action
Buhera South lawmaker Ngonidzane Mudekunye and his eleven supporters are set to appear before Manicaland party leadership today for disciplinary action Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Mudekunye is a...Published: 30 Aug 2024 at 11:42hrs | 1385 | by Paul Ndou
When dark babies are not good enough
For Ms Ntokozo Gumbo, after successfully achieving her desired complexion following years of investing in skin care to lighten her skin tone, she was disappointed when she gave birth to a baby heavily...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 354 | by Andile Tshuma
Is your Zimbabwe property safe from property hijackers
This is a follow up article of title deeds fraud which I wrote in January 2022 that went viral. There is now a new fraud trend called Property Hijacking happening in South Africa. Property hijacking i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 22:32hrs | 763 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
ZRP Chinhamhora reluctant to arrest drug peddlers
Police in Chinhamhora are reluctant to arrest drug peddlers who are mushrooming in Domboshava Bulawayo24 News has learnt.An investigative journalist who tried to help the police by giving a ti...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:30hrs | 407 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gang rape victim demands GOAT! as compensation
IT'S a crazy and insane world. But you have to believe it because it is true.A woman from Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, who alleged that she was gang-raped by four men while he...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
I am suffocating and sick of crying
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 28 | by Tafi Mhaka
Jailed CCC activist undergoes operation
A Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist injured when police raided a private event in Harare on June 16 and arrested her and 78 others has undergone an operation to fix a fracture on her left l...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 08:08hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zuma's MK Party brings big guns to NCOP
The uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party is planning to send a team of heavyweights as its new members in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) as early as this week.Sunday World revealed that forme...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:02hrs | 36 | by Mzilikazi wa Afrika
Mtukudzi's 'love child' tears family apart
After recent revelations that the late music superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi might have fathered another child, Aaron Chaka, his widow, Daisy Mtukudzi, has publicly accused some of her in-laws of con...Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:32hrs | 1832 | by Staff reporter
It never rains but, it pours for Zimbabwe's economy
For over ten years, Zimbabwe has struggled with its currency. Since 2008, this is the nation's sixth attempt to introduce a new one, the ZiG.Zimbabwe's central bank introduced the Zimb...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:58hrs | 96 | by Dickson Chikwizo
Sir Wicknell, actually you're the poorest man in Zimbabwe!
When I read a recent diatribe by self-proclaimed businessman Wicknell Chivayo, I felt like puking.He exhibited zero shame berating and disparaging legendary musician Thomas Mapfumo, as well as...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:12hrs | 110 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Businessman seeks police boss' help
The director of Marondera- based Eagle Italian Leather and Shoes Company, Francesco Marconati, has pleaded with ZRP Commissioner- General Godwin Matanga to intervene and order the arrest of his former...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's plan to stay in power past 2028
President Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to extend his second and final term by at least two years until 2030 after abandoning plans to abolish term limits through a constitutional amendment which would req...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 14:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ferret members in R22k extortion storm
FIVE members of the Ferret team deployed at Beitbridge to fight cross-border crime have been caught up in a bribery and extortion storm.The team faces charges of demanding money from a B...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF is the black sheep of liberation movements
So, Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF is currently hosting a conference of former liberation movements.Nonetheless, just how is the party viewed by their colleagues in the region?Are they trul...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's Mutapa fund plots parastatals shake-up
The MUTAPA Investment Fund (MIF), previously criticized as a conduit for elite enrichment, has declared its commitment to establishing robust governance frameworks aimed at reining in reluctant State ...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bowser drivers divert water to families, friends
BULAWAYO City Council water bowser truck drivers have been accused of diverting routes and distributing the much sought-after liquid to families and friends.The local authority is using water ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, elected officials renege on election pledge
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa together with hundreds of elected officials have reneged on their pledge to enhance the provision of basic amenities to the public, a few months after they were voted into...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa led Zimbabwe's opposition astray?
On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched, its leader Nelson Chamisa quit, leaving the party in turmoi...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:20hrs | 9 | by Ish Mafundikwa
Edd Branson defies rivals in West Africa's oil battles
Amidst a fiercely contested $120 million oil deal in West Africa and mounting opposition to his investments in Somaliland, entrepreneur Edd Branson finds himself at the center of a storm. Despite faci...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Gweru to engage debt collector
THE Gweru City Council (GCC) has resolved to engage a debt collector in a bid to force residents and ratepayers to settle their monthly bills and help recover the nearly $71 billion owed by its client...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Try Ncube charms Bosso bosses
HWANGE assistant coach Try Ncube is set to be appointed as one of Kelvin Kaindu's assistant coaches at Highlanders after impressing in interviews held last week.While Ncube arrives at Bosso, s...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Cannot blame CCC for rigged elections.' But they're, if answer real life questions and not wanted to be asked
"Answer the question you were asked and not one you wanted to be asked!"Is the one lesson I learned from my secondary school Bible Knowledge teacher, I remember to this day. "You will not get any mark...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 21:03hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF thrives on dividing nation
Ever since the party was formed on August 8, 1963, its modus operandi has always been the same: Dividing the people of Zimbabwe. In fact, Zanu-PF's existence and survival have been premised on fomenti...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teachers clash with Zimbabwe Electoral Commission over election dues
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has failed to pay some teachers for work done during the disputed August elections, it has been learnt.It is not clear why the Zec paid some teach...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF at the forefront of dividing Zimbabweans!
There has, arguably, been no greater force of division in modern-day Zimbabwe than the ruling ZANU PF. Ever since the party was formed on 8th August 1963, its modus operandi has always been th...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 22:22hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Double blow for Kucaca Phulu's wife
A BULAWAYO lawyer who was suspended from practice by the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) for alleged improper conduct before being placed under curatorship has encountered a double blow after being sued...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:20hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
There's life beyond State House, Mr. President!
Is it not most embarrassing that Zimbabwe has never experienced a democratic smooth transfer of power since independence 43 years ago?In fact, it gets even more shameful that the only time pow...Published: 09 Dec 2023 at 10:21hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Insiza cattle succumbing to cyanide
SOME villagers in Gcabayi, Insiza district of Matebeleland South province, are losing livestock after drinking water contaminated with cyanide disposed of along the Umzingwane River by artisanal miner...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic Faith Church congregants flood Bulawayo
THOUSANDS of congregants from two Apostolic Faith Churches are gathered at two venues in Bulawayo for their annual conferences.The churches were once one congregation before splitting into two...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa fired Roy Bhila
ZIMBABWE'S deputy Industry and Commerce minister Roy Bhila was fired last week over corrupt issues involving cement import licences - money-spinning permits - and the secret charging of "facilitation ...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 19:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ivy Kombo and Admire Kasi's legal woes continue
Ivy Kombo has been in the public eye for many years. She has embraced difficult experiences, problems and scandals as well as other trials and tribulations Zimbabwe's female musicians face. With her g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:43hrs | 82 | by Fred Zindi
Mnangagwa miserably failed to utilise the coup d'état dividend
Robert Mugabe on Herbert Chitepo (and a Rejoinder on the Missed Opportunity of the 2017 Coup)Book Excerpt from: In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream, Volume III (Ideas & Solutions)...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:49hrs | 16 | by Professor Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Terrifying Robbery Unfolds in Manyanda Business Centre, Binga
Binga, November 21 - Angeline Batsirai, a 49-year-old businesswoman, faced a harrowing ordeal in the early hours of Tuesday as four unidentified men executed a robbery at Manyanda Business Cen...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | | by Peter Matuka
Attack on CIO boss leaves behind emotion of bitterness
THE brutal attack on Zimbabwe's state security service, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) co-deputy Director-General Gatsha Mazithulela in late August has left him and his colleagues enveloped i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe allows cement imports after prices double
Zimbabweans can now freely import cement, the government says, a response to a doubling of prices caused by surging demand and depressed local production.Cement prices are rising due to a comb...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man hated even beyond the grave
Throughout the world and within Zimbabwean culture, there is a prevailing respect for the deceased, often resulting in their negative actions being forgotten and overlooked in public discourse. The Sh...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
TTI loses case in court against Bulawayo man
A Bulawayo resident has emerged victorious in a court case against Tendy Three Investments (TTI) parking solutions, who had clamped his vehicle without legal grounds.On July 14th, Mr. Farai Mu...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF should decisively deal with bad apples
The Zanu-PF leadership has taken steps to curb the abuse of power and privileges by some of its members. During the party's recent annual conference in Gweru, Zanu-PF Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kash...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs disown Zimdollar
Members of Parliament from the ruling Zanu-PF party have called for the disbursement of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) allocations in United States dollars, as they expressed concerns about servi...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charamba exposes Chamisa?
FROM as early as 2018, CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa sent various envoys who included journalists, businessmen and church leaders to open talks with President Mnangagwa but all his missions collapsed a...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son warns against Nehanda ZWL$50 note snub
Deputy Minister of Finance and Investment Promotion, Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, issued a warning to businesses refusing to accept the ZWL$50 note, emphasizing that they could face substantial penalties. He...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Market rejects ZWL$50 notes
Several informal traders and public transport operators are now refusing to accept the ZWL$50 note as Zimbabwe's local currency continues to depreciate against the US dollar.The ZWL$2, ZWL$5, ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will be dragged to an election rerun kicking and screaming'
The opposition Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) has announced that Zimbabwe is on the verge of holding another election under the supervision of a transitional authority led by SADC (Southern Africa...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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