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US diplomat runs over 11-year-old Zimbabwean girl, flees the country
Eric Kimpton, the Second Secretary at the US Embassy in Zimbabwe, allegedly ran over and killed 11-year-old Ruvarashe Takamhanya in Dema, a peri-urban area south of Harare in June this year. Kimpton l...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:34hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Why some revolutions succeed
I am not sure if there is any truth to the talk of a Split in the Security Forces in Zimbabwe. I see on various news media that the Central Intelligence Organization has taken over the running of this...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | 8 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa wife's official meddling intensifies
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's meddling in government affairs intensified this week after she flew out of the country with her twin sons Sean and Collins to hold separate meetings with Belarus Presid...Published: 18 Apr 2023 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling
WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first la...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK deports 9 Zimbabwean criminals
NINE Zimbabwean criminals and immigration offenders have been deported by United Kingdom (UK) Home Office.In a statement, the UK Home Office said in September 2022 only, more than 500 offender...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans criminals deported from the UK
ZIMBABWEANS were among the more than 500 foreign criminals and immigration offenders deported from the United Kingdom in September, government officials confirmed Friday.According to the UK Ho...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 20:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe kicks off drilling first oil well
AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange (ASX)-listed energy explorer, Invictus Energy, kicked off drilling the first of two test wells at its Zimbabwe-based Cabora Bassa claims on Friday, marking an important step i...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: The endangered species
I have a feeling the Ndebele language is endangered - and we, the custodians of the language by right of being senior citizens - are not helping the situation in any way. How would you feel if you wer...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians
Nigel Chanakira, please leave politics to politicians-no single individual, group, or political party can fight an entrenched dictator alone. One of the requirements of regime change is Unity of Oppos...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 14:44hrs | 9 | by Sam Wezhira
Ukraine war: Zimbabwean students relive horror
It has been six days since she left Ukraine, but 19-year-old Blessing Mushipe is still terrified.The medical student at Karazin National University in Kharkov, Ukraine's second largest city, s...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Black students in Ukraine subjected to racism
I was awakened by a loud sound. I looked out through the window from my 18th floor room and saw thick black smoke coming up I could not see where was it coming from. I then heard people screaming and ...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How to make your business stand out in a booming industry
Starting a business and becoming your own boss has always been a tempting prospect for people from all kinds of backgrounds, but it's also a decision that requires careful consideration. Before gettin...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff writer
Is Nepotism a Good Thing, or Bad?
I read with amusement the article written by Luke Tambolinyoka titled "Emerson Mnangagwa : the primitive clansman and the villagisati...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Passport dilemma not pulling 'The Bulawayo Bomber' down
DESPITE delays in getting a new passport, South Africa-based heavyweight boxer Elvis Moyo is stepping up preparations for his March 26 non-title bout in Tanzania. Moyo has less than two weeks ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube set for surgery today
ZIMBABWE international forward Prince Dube, who suffered a left-arm fracture during a league game, is set to undergo surgery in South Africa today. The Tanzania-based forward was flown to Sout...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga suffers from a rare condition
Zimbabweans in the social media have taken chances to cartoon the Vice President Cde Chiwenga because of his unique pronunciation of the words with letter "L" in English. Most people have found joy in...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 14:45hrs | 16 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The view from up here
Stalin's Chicken Part One: The case of Zimbabwe Just as axiety.org describes Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Jos...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Peter Muzira
Tendai Biti claims Chiwenga has plotted Chamisa's assassination
MDC Alliance principal and former minister of finance Tendai Biti has claimed that the MDC Alliance has received intelligence that Vice President, retired General Constantino Chiwenga has issued a dir...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile
Biti anoints himselves custodian of all Ndebele memory
It has become common practice that political foes often depart from the conventional meaning of common vocabulary with astonishing flaccidity, that one would think they take the world to be populated ...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Khama Billiat move sparks debate
WARRIORS forward Khama Billiat yesterday provoked huge debate in the football fraternity after he completed a surprise move from South Africa champions Mamelodi Sundowns to rivals Kaizer Chiefs. ...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mining experts call for Mnangagwa to address Forex challenges
Mining experts have blasted president Emmerson Mnangagwa's Guruve Eureka Gold Mine tour saying the industry is facing same major crisis of foreign currency, which if addressed can speed resuscitation ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF to fire Mugabe today
Zanu-PF party will meet today to dismiss President Robert Mugabe and reinstate the vice-president he dismissed, Emmerson Mnangagwa, two party sources told Reuters yesterday.The sources said a ...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 09:04hrs | | by Reuters
Mugabe suffers Mubarak Ceausescu shame
THE army has taken President Robert Mugabe and his wife into custody, triggering speculation of a military coup, though the military's supporters called it as a "bloodless correction." It wasn't clear...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Associated Press
The fall of the Zimbabwe dictator is gathering speed
A soft political coup led by G40 has taken place in Zimbabwe. The dictatorship of Robert Mugabe and his patronage political machine linked to the liberation struggle is now crumbling at a fast pace dr...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Grace Mugabe demonstrated that she is the power behind the throne
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe last week demonstrated that she is the power behind the throne when she demanded that her husband President Robert Mugabe names his successor, joining a list of First Ladies wh...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe moves in to exploit the intimate vulnerability and weakness common to most men
'All my internal organs and bones are strong and functioning' says Mugabe, Grace moves in to exploit the intimate vulnerability and w...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 22:38hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
Gukurahundi: 'The oath of Bhalagwe'
I have visited many countries in the world, but few invoke mixed emotions like Germany.On every visit I plan an excursion, not to the Alps Mountains or boat cruise along Rhine River, but to Bu...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Tamsanqa Mlilo
Corruption will not fall until Mugabe the godfather of corruption has fallen
Former Hong Kong anti-corruption administrator Bertrand de Speville in his book Overcoming Corruption says, political will is the key driver in fighting corruption. I could not agree more with this st...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 18:28hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Boris Johnson compares Trump to Mugabe
Donald Trump is no worse than ageing Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, Britain's foreign secretary Boris Johnson has suggested, ...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe exit, How Zimbabwean police and army will help Zimbabweans in August
Each and every Policeman and Army Officer who serves in Zimbabwe is a son and a daughter to a Zimbabwean mother. Zimbabwe does not import Police and soldiers from other countries. We sleep in the ...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 22:53hrs | | by Rakanga Danble
Chicken Inn to spoil Peter Ndlovu's week?
PETER NDLOVU celebrated his 43rd birthday yesterday, with the Flying Elephant, for a change, plotting in the enemy's camp as high-flying Mamelodi Sundowns brace for their CAF Champions League showdown...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Robson Sharuko
Lack of accountability in past human rights abuses continue to rock Zim
The MDC-T Organising Secretary Abednicho Bhebhe has said lack of accountability for past human rights abuses has remained a serious problem in Zimbabwe since 1980.He said government has failed...Published: 25 Sep 2015 at 07:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ministers abuse Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe has unknowingly been introduced to international fraudsters, who come as investors, by some of his top ministers and close associates, Daily News reported.This ...Published: 07 Jan 2014 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog pees on reporter on live TV
Watch the hilarious moment when a dog peed on a Romanian Romanian TV reporter on live TV.To add insult to n...Published: 08 Oct 2013 at 15:34hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Mourinho walks out of news conference
Bucherest - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho cut short his Champions League news conference in Bucharest on Monday and walked out after becoming riled by questions about his team selection.Mourin...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 17:05hrs | | by Reuters
IDC revives bid to recover $62m from Romanian Govt
The Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe Limited (IDCZ) has revived its bid to recover $62 million from the Romanian government as compensation for a failed joint sheet glass manufacturing p...Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Business reporter
Cypriots banks reopen with tight controls
Cypriots banks reopen on Thursday with tight controls imposed on transactions to prevent a run on deposits after the government was forced to accept a stringent EU rescue package to prevent the countr...Published: 28 Mar 2013 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pirates attack British-flagged cargo ship off Nigeria, 3 crew members kidnapped
LAGOS - Pirates have attacked a British-flagged cargo ship off Nigeria and kidnapped one Romanian and two Russian crew members in the latest such incident to hit the region, a statement said Friday....Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 17:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
DRC men have the longest penis in the world
In the research covering 113 nationalities by German Richard Lynn, emeritus professor of psychology at Ulster University, the men of the Republic of Congo lead the pack with 7.1 inches. ...Published: 03 Oct 2012 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man caught on camera driving with 4 kids in the open car boot: Video
A Romanian father has been fined after bizarre footage emerged of him carrying four children in the open boot of his car on a motorway.The driver, from Cluj Napoca, Romania, was filmed by an...Published: 16 May 2012 at 11:49hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Naked motorbike passenger booked for not wearing a helmet
Police in Romania pulled over a woman who was riding motorcycle in her birth suit - and booked her for failing to wear a helmet.The woman was not wearing any clothes but the traffic officer sa...Published: 24 Apr 2012 at 20:59hrs | 3 | by Orange
Winner in record $640 million American lottery
New York - The record $640m lottery prize that sent the United States into a gambling frenzy reportedly had at least one winner early on Saturday as local media said the winning ticket had been sold...Published: 31 Mar 2012 at 14:00hrs | | by AFP
Former RBS banker joins Mugabe's league stripped of knighthood
Former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin has had his knighthood removed like the Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Anthony Blunt, the keeper of the Q...Published: 01 Feb 2012 at 10:23hrs | | by Ndou Paul
US White House shooting suspect called Obama 'the anti-Christ'
WASHINGTON - A 21-year-old man charged with firing a semiautomatic rifle at the White House last week called President Obama "the anti-Christ" and told federal agents he wanted to hurt the president,...Published: 17 Nov 2011 at 22:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jay-Z's new memoir Decoded nabs prize
Droga5's promotional campaign for search engine Bing and Jay-Z's new memoir Decoded earned the Grand Prix in the integrated category, USA Today revealed on Saturday....Published: 25 Jun 2011 at 23:34hrs | | by Laura Petrecca
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