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Regime goes after Mogoeng Mogoeng
The Judicial Service Commission's (JSC) conduct committee has recommended that former Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng face an impeachment inquiry over dishonesty claims made against him by impeached Jud...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 09:30hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Suspected donkey thief tortured to death
CLOSE to 20 residents of Dumba village near Beitbridge allegedly kidnapped and tortured to death a fellow villager accused of stealing a neighbour's donkey.A police report indicated that Austin Siband...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Will it take one or two more generations for Zimbabwe to finally be free?
The past few days have been quite encouraging for me – and, they have ignited in me a flicker of hope for the country that I love so much…Zimbabwe....Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 07:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Warrant of arrest for Maphorisa and Kabza De Small
THE law has caught up with South African DJs Maphorisa and Kabza De Small after a warrant of arrest was issued against them in Bulawayo over non-appearance at the Victoria Falls Carnival.Themb...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi vows Zimbabwean exemption permit holders 'will be punished'
Expired Zimbabwean exemption permit (ZEP) holders who do not apply to be in SA legally must be prepared to face the consequences.Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi gave this warning on Tue...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sha Sha 'divorces' DJ Maphorisa
WHEN songbird Sha Sha emerged as a force in what was then a bubbling amapiano scene in 2019, few would have imagined that she would ever leave the protective wing of Maphorisa, the man who discovered ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sjava coming to Bulawayo
SJAVA and Amapiano artistes Sir Trill and Felo Le Tee are scheduled to perform at the Summer Block Party in Bulawayo on March 20.Fast-growing events promotion company, Fife Street Events...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manama Mission Hospital rehab to be complete in two weeks
REHABILITATION works at Manama Mission Hospital are expected to be completed within two weeks, before work to upgrade the hospital begins.Sections of the hospital's critical buildings were ext...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:22hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zuma exposes prosecutor linked to CIA spies
Former president Jacob Zuma has accused prosecutor Billy Downer of turning his criminal case into "a personal legacy project of his own".Inside the Pietermaritzburg High Court, while Advocate ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should've learnt how to run country from Rhodesians, not the wearing of colonial wigs
If ever there is anything in Zimbabwe that infuriates me to the core, it is the sight of a once prosperous nation - whereby (irregardless of the numerous glaring racial injustices) the economy was so ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Voice UK star Donel signs with Warner Records and Sony/ATV
The Voice UK star Donel has inked a major US record deal with Warner Records along with a publishing agreement with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.The Zimbabwe-raised 18-year-old, who is repped by ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must beware of people power
Zimbabweans notice with sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs.On Au...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Zimbabweans too domesticated, but Mnangagwa beware, people will come for you
Zimbabweans notice with deep sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On the ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:27hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Protests a form of feedback
Zimbabweans have noted with sadness the blatant violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On August 16, th...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:15hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Mnangagwa beware, people will come for you
Zimbabweans notice with deep sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On the ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:09hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
'Reforms are empty words, lipstick on Zanu PF crocodile' - and MDC meerkat
I once watched a documentary on a family of meerkats. In their daily foraging they group came across an ostrich egg. The whole group was certainly very excited with the find, there was a lot of good f...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 06:34hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Nature and function of 'Alien Spirits' in the Shona/Ndebele traditional religion
Explain the nature and function of Alien Spirits in the Shona\Ndebele Traditional Religion.The concept of God, divinities and spirits in African traditi...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 36 | by Brian Maregedze
Explain the nature and function of Alien Spirits in the Shona\Ndebele Traditional Religion
Advanced Level Family and Religious Studies: Nature and Function of Alien Spirits in the Shona/Ndebele Traditional Religion The concept of God, diviniti...Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | 464 | by Brian Maregedze
The tale of two societies
Legislation is being put in place as l write this to convict illegal money changers for up to 10 years in prison.One would thing our government has just woken up to discover there are now economy sabo...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 19:08hrs | | by AT Kadada
'Zanu PF is the only democratic party,' boast Mnangagwa - nonsense, have yet to hold free elections
The contemptuous arrogance of President Mnangagwa is soaring to new dizzying heights!"Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF is the only democratic party!" screamed the headline in Bulawayo24."PRESIDE...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 23:20hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe has 'stable political environment,' says Zulu - rubbish, cannot even hold free elections
The Zanu PF propaganda machine is going into overdrive as it tries to give a positive spin out of nothing!"Fortunately, complementing his (President Mnangagwa) economic vision, the country's o...Published: 12 May 2018 at 22:18hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Lead by example,' says ED - Yeah right! Like you did these last 38 years
"The President said every Zimbabwean should feel obliged to build the country by leading by example in everything they do," reported State media.What example did you and your Zanu PF cronies s...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Joice Mujuru youths are ready to join the nurses
Revolutionary greetings comrades. The struggle for change in Zimbabwe is for everyone, the young and the old, the employed and the unemployed. Therefore, an injury to one is an injury to all. The woun...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 20:58hrs | | by Khulani David Ndhlovu
Religion is the opium of the people: Mnangagwa a pathological charlatan
According to Karl-Marx religion has similar practical functions in society to those functions of opium abusers. Religions reduce people's immediate suffering and provide them with pleasant illusions, ...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 16:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Doctor strike ends thanks to ED 'swift action' - swift action my foot, where was he these 38 years
The doctors strike is over, hurrah! In their statement announcing the end of the strike, the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) National Executive raised some interesting points and ...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 19:04hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Footballer drowns at lodge swimming pool in Bulawayo
A PLAYER for Zim Scorpions, a women football team bankrolled by Ngezi Platinum, drowned at a City Lodge swimming pool minutes after her team's arrival in Bulawayo for a pre-season tour last night. Pam...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Mugabe, Sekeramayi, Shiri and Zvobgo : The real gukurahundi culprits
THE Ndebele people of western Zimbabwe have a proverb, walutheza olule nkume, which, roughly translated, means "A person picked up firewood in which there was ...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Stuart Doran
British policy towards Zimbabwe during Gukurahundi massacre: licence to kill
In January 1983 Robert Mugabe's government launched a massive security clampdown in Matabeleland. It was led by a North Korean-trained, almost exclusively chiShona-speaking army unit known as the Fift...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 18:35hrs | | by Hazel Cameron, University of St Andrews
Top 4 movie-themed slots you'd love to play at online casinos!
Movies have always been an excellent source of inspiration for the off-line as well as online slot games! In fact, almost every major hit at the box office, has also eventually found its representatio...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 13:28hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
G40 go for jugular with 'Blue Ocean expose' - we must do likewise, demand reforms BEFORE elections
A video exposé on Emerson Mnangagwa allegedly by Jonathan Moyo that he presented in a Zanu-PF politburo meeting on 19 June 2017 detailing how Mnangagwa was trying to succeed President Mugabe is circu...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 18:06hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwean woman arrested at OR Tambo Airport
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, has congratulated members of the Environmental Management Inspectorate, also known as the Green Scorpions, for their assistance in the arrest of ...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief fines traditional leaders for incompetence
A KEZI chief has fined three village heads under his jurisdiction for incompetence after they failed to perform duties assigned to them.Chief Nyangazonke of Matobo district summoned the villag...Published: 30 May 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
REWIND: Mujuru implicated in blood diamond scandal
According to recent reports, Zimbabwe's Vice President Joyce Mujuru threatened a senior executive of a British company with unspecified action after the company refused to handle $15 million worth of ...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Charles Rukuni - GroundReport
The Gupta Family responds to latest innuendo from amaBhungane
Two days ago, the Gupta Family, via its lawyers, has received questions from amaBhungane's Susan Comrie, who adopted her usual routine of sending questions laced with innuendo and speculation, but...Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:45hrs | | by Agencies
URGENT - Africa: Graphics Casting Call
A PBS series about the history of Africa which is being presented and written by Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jnr.en.wikipedia.org/wiki...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
38 in court for assaulting municipal police
Thirty-eight people, among them touts and commuter omnibus drivers, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly assaulting Harare Municipal police officers who were enforcing traffic by-laws.Tin...Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Dead snake disappears from fire
Villagers were shocked when a snake they killed after it had bitten a woman went missing from the fire where its carcass was being burnt.The woman was bitten by the snake following a series of wit...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kahiya tells minister Mushowe a few home truths: government is arresting journalist 'to silence them'
The pressure of the worsening economic meltdown is a reality and Mugabe and his Zanu PF regime are now finding it increasing difficult pretend they are not feeling the pressure. They are feeling it no...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 21:25hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Touts, vendors parade coffin in Chitungwiza
Touts and vendors in Chitungwiza yesterday caused chaos in the town when they paraded a coffin of a tout who was fatally hit by a kombi fleeing from municipal police officers in Harare last Sunday....Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Samantha Chigogo
Violence erupts in Chitungwiza
Property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed yesterday as Chitungwiza was temporarily turned into a war zone after a protest by commuter omnibus crews against a new $100 annual operating licence ...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Touts, police in bloody cat-fights
Commuter omnibus crew and touts in Harare on Sunday fought running battles with municipal police resulting in a 10-year-old girl being knocked down by a kombi. She is battling for life at...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kombi wars, 8 injured
A 10-year-old girl is battling for life at Parirenyatwa Hospital after she was knocked down by a speeding commuter omnibus in Harare while seven municipal police officers were hospitalised following b...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
2015 Christmas stolen by centralization
Today (25 December 2015) we at Campaigners for Devolution, wish all the people of Matabeleland and Zimbabwe a merry Christmas and an accident free festive season.Let us take this time to remem...Published: 25 Dec 2015 at 10:40hrs | | by Campaigners for Devolution
Corruption should be paramount in 2015 Budget
My key contribution in terms of budget formulation is that our government should first acknowledge that corruption is the root cause of the economic malaise this country finds itself in. Becau...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 11:02hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
My Roots, my proud identity - Part two of three
Barely three moons had passed when the pale man started coming into my bedroom again, demanding as usual the fever of erotic longing. It did not surprise me at all as I was getting to know the purpose...Published: 18 May 2015 at 09:15hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata,
Edgar Lungu treading on thin ice
Just past the hour, the motorcade passed the gates to a tumultuous welcome. Edgar Lungu, dressed in a blue suit and a matador tie, stepped out of the Mercedes that had transported him to the Heroes St...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 23:49hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Sadly, when Africa yearned for true leadership of the continent, it got this South Africa!
It all started with the presidency of the late Nelson Mandela. How does one describe this presidency in terms of African leadership?'Useless' - as some have said - is perhaps harsh. However, ...Published: 31 Jan 2015 at 17:38hrs | | by Silveria Margolis
SA top cop suspended for the alleged illegal rendition of Zimbabweans
Eyewitness News has learnt that the Gauteng head of the Hawks, Major-General Shadrack Sibiya, has received a notice of suspension from the unit's head office for his alleged involvement in the illegal...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 13:17hrs | | by Govan Whittles
Zuma in court for being a 'corrupt crook'
South African President, Jacob Zuma, has reportedly gone to court over accusations that he is a "corrupt crook" and that his government is "extremely corrupt."According to the Sunday Independe...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The British engineered Gukurahundi Massacres
I understand how people hate Robert Mugabe but, to publish this report as a factual report is a horrible crime against the people of Zimbabwe. I can only assume you were neither witnesses to the t...Published: 26 Apr 2014 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Brian Sherif
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