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2 more die at Intercape crash site
TWO more Zimbabwean minors were killed in a road accident in Polokwane on Sunday morning at the same spot where nine others, including a toddler, died in an Intercape bus accident on Friday last week....Published: 12 hrs ago | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect in police cell suicide
A MAN (24) who is said to have been ditched by his five-months-pregnant girlfriend allegedly savagely axed and stabbed her to death before committing suicide in police holding cells. Zibusiso ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 09:57hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Form 4 pupil rapes cousin sister
A FORM Four pupil at Stanmore Secondary School has appeared in court for raping his 10-year-old cousin sister while her three-year-old younger brother watched.The teenager, who cannot be named...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:52hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Bribe cop still on the run
A GWERU police officer, who allegedly received a $1 320 bribe to facilitate the recruitment of three prospective police officers and was issued with a warrant of arrest in February when he failed to a...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:34hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Sex with daughter man jailed 90 years
A MASVINGO man (39) was sentenced to 90 years in prison for turning his daughter (13) into a sex slave while a man from Bulawayo was yesterday jailed for 15 years after raping, impregnating his daught...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Brothers jailed 110 years for robbery spree
Two Gweru siblings, who had become notorious for house-breaking and getting away with valuables worth over $50 000 have been jailed to a combined 110 years in prison.Moses Mushaninga Munemo (4...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:38hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Teen kills friend in 'ghetto' turf war
A FORM Three pupil at Nketa High School in Bulawayo died after he was allegedly hit on the head with a stone by his friend as they fought a rival teenage gang. Michael Dube (15) from Nkulumane...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the president of Zimbabwe
Dear honourable President (ED MNANGAGWA), First of all I would like to say congratulations for winning the 2018 elections. Yes we were not pleased as youth of Zimbabwe but anywhere we don't ha...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:19hrs | 5484 | by Tracy Mpofu
Three children burn to death
THREE children from Tsholotsho were burnt beyond recognition while four others were saved by their 12-year-old sibling after a fire gutted a room they were sleeping in while their parents attended a f...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:17hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Pregnancy exposes orphans 5-year incest
AN incestuous relationship between two siblings from Ndadulo Village under Chief Mkoka in Gokwe, shocked the community after the illicit relationship resulted in pregnancy.Twenty-four-year-old...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:30hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Bona Mugabe praised
Bona Mugabe, the former president Robert Mugabe's daughter, was one of the star attractions at President ED Mnangagwa's inauguration at National Sports Stadium yesterday.Many, both at the gian...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | 10970 | by Staff reporter
Byo (13) rescues two kidnapped minors
A BOY (13) from Hwange has become a hero after rescuing his neighbour's two children aged five and three who had been kidnapped, police have confirmed.William Vundla spotted Makhosi Ncube (34)...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 10:56hrs | 2334 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 376 | by Igomombe
Siblings jailed 55 years each for housebreaking
TWO Gweru siblings were last week jailed to a combined 110 years after they were convicted of breaking into houses and stealing goods worth $50 000.Moses and Lucas Munemo of Ascot suburb had a...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:55hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Brothers in crime jailed 110 years
TWO siblings from Gweru have been sentenced to a combined 110 years in jail by a Gweru Regional Magistrate for breaking into 92 houses and stealing goods worth about $50 000.Appearing before G...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Siblings jailed for robbery
TWO siblings from Odzi, Manicaland were last week sentenced to three years in jail each for robbing a local woman at knife point.Timothy (28) and Sevence Machemedze (age unknown) were sentence...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:34hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Vimbayi Tsvangirai: A chip off the old block
Her voice, her looks and all mannerism are just Morgan Richard Tsvangirai's.Vimbai Tsvangirai-JavaHer giggles that echo away and now her direct involvement in politics makes 35-year-old Vimbay...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:19hrs | 3291 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Zanu voter
Dear Zanu voterI hope this letter finds you well. It is actually rude of me to even assume that there is a remote chance that you might be well. Not if you are still living in Zimb...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:42hrs | 1062 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Man demands reburial 39 years later
POWER of the dead!A family from Mwenezi will live to testify about the power of the dead following a disturbing incident where a man who died 39 years ago troubled his son and grandchild deman...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Polygamous man kills eldest wife, vanishes
Police here are looking for a 36-year-old polygamous man who fatally assaulted his eldest wife with a log during a domestic dispute last week. Nhema Nyamayevhu of Nyamayevhu Village under Chie...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:43hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Polygamist strikes wife dead in other wife’s presence
A POLYGAMOUS Masvingo man married to two siblings fatally struck his first wife with a log all over the body following a domestic dispute in the presence of her younger sister, police have confirmed....Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:23hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
'You're not my daddy'. . . Man (37) tells father and demands paternity tests
HOW confident are you that the man you call dad is really your biological father?These were the shocking facts before a Bulawayo Civil Court, in a case in which a 37-year-old man who suspected...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally strikes brother with log
A MUTARE man who struck his brother to death using a log will spend the next 10 years in prison after he was convicted of the murder by a Mutare High Court judge.Talent Chakabva (33) was being...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:46hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Mob justice 'killers' arrested 2 years later
TWO Filabusi siblings who were reportedly part of a mob that beat up and killed a man after accusing him of stealing have been arrested two years after committing the offence.Aotar (26) and In...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:02hrs | 465 | by Staff rpeorter
Man hangs self after court ruling
A 29-YEAR-OLD man was found hanging from a roof truss in Emganwini suburb after a court ruling banishing him from his mother's home for troubling her and his sister.Chetjuma Nyoni was found ha...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 16:27hrs | 3916 | by Staff reporter
Mum disowns urinating son
A 48-YEAR-OLD man in the habit of urinating all over the house and in blankets has been disowned by his mother who revealed that she was fed up with his improper behaviour.Selina Ncube was lef...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:00hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans tell of hopelessness ahead of elections
Seven months into the new presidency, and just a month before elections - the first without Robert Mugabe since independence - Zimbabweans are telling a story of lost hope."What difference doe...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:05hrs | 502 | by Daily Maverick
Zimbabwe was the real life Wakanda, recalls Danai Gurira
DANAI Gurira is taking a break from promoting her blockbuster film Black Panther to talk to a group that does not include any Hollywood reporters. But the playwright turned movie megastar is not actua...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 08:13hrs | 2249 | by Sean Braswell
Soldier who killed wife, two sisters denied bail
THE High Court has rejected an application for bail pending trial by a soldier who allegedly fired about 20 shots, killing his wife, her two siblings and injured his 18-month-old daughter before shoot...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 08:04hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Siblings kill father over witchcraft claims
TWO siblings from Chief Madziwa's area in Mashonaland East province appeared at the High Court last week charged with killing their biological father accusing him of practising witchcraft.The ...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:54hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
'Call me Zodwa Wabantwana'
SA entertainer, Zodwa Wabantu says people should now call her Zodwa Wabantwana as she has realised that most of her followers are young children who look up to her.Speaking on Real Talk last w...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Youth can be agents of positive change
Jayathma Wickramanayake, 27, from Sri Lanka, is the new UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth. Her role is to expand the UN’s youth engagement and advocacy efforts. She also serves as an adviser t...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:50hrs | 333 | by Jayathma Wickramanayake, UN youth envoy
Zim-born investment banker disrupting SA health sector
THE founder of the black-owned-and-managed healthcare listing - RH Bophelo - Quinton Zunga is a calculating investor and knows exactly what he wants.Chatting to the Zimbabwe-born investment ba...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 15:21hrs | 2111 | by City Press
Jealous sex workers spark pub brawl
A VICTORIA Falls man almost slit the throat of a suspected hooker when he and his brother were involved in a night club brawl with two siblings they usually hire for sex.The two women suspecte...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 07:28hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Siblings fight rare skin disease
A Binga family is struggling to come to terms with the mysterious skin disease that has affected two siblings and is in dire need of assistance from well-wishers in ensuring that the children get spec...Published: 29 May 2018 at 21:32hrs | 1799 | by Staff Reporter
Who betrayed Africa? Who betrayed me?
By the time others opted for guns, Spears were our splendid war tools By the time others were professionals, Naiveness made us fools Naively! Naiveness made my winter seasons painf...Published: 24 May 2018 at 20:14hrs | 595 | by Poseidon Tsautsau
Woman drags ex-son in law to maintenance court
A MAN from Bulawayo has been dragged to the Maintenance Court by his ex-mother-in-law for the upkeep of two minor children.Ms Nelly Matshazi told a court that she was applying for maintenance ...Published: 24 May 2018 at 07:01hrs | 695 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa paid a $2,000 bribe in Mozambique
After he fled Zimbabwe in October last year and crossed into Mozambique, the then fired vice-president and now Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa handed an armed member of Renamo about $2000 (R25...Published: 23 May 2018 at 11:13hrs | 12677 | by Staff reporter
The MDC Alliance and its anti-women DNA exposed
When the MDC Alliance was launched in Harare in August 2017, the immediate reaction of most progressive Zimbabweans was that the political grouping was conspicuous by the absence of women in its leade...Published: 18 May 2018 at 10:30hrs | 706 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mzembi appeals to Mnangagwa
FORMER foreign affairs minister Walter Mzembi has accused the Zanu PF government and sections of the judiciary of "hating" him, citing a Harare magistrate's decision to make public graphic details of ...Published: 11 May 2018 at 15:05hrs | 4095 | by Staff reporter
2018: An opportunity for national restoration
We are at that point in the national political cycle when spaghetti roads are promised and people are told aircraft will ferry tomatoes from gardens in Mutoko to Mbare.The nation will hear of ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:16hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
'We do not use juju to woo men'
TALL tales are peddled that sex workers dabble in the occult and depend on traditional medicine popularly known as juju or muti to attract clientele. This has, however, been rubbished as not true by t...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:15hrs | 2210 | by Staff reporter
They are not 'Blessers' but cursers
I come to you with a very sad story that I hope a lot of young people like me will learn from. I am a young lady, 19 years old. My family is not rich but not poor either.We never went to bed h...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Granny reunited with late hubby in same grave
FORMER Highlanders Football Club goalkeepers' coach, Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu's mother Mrs Veronica Zulu passed away last week. She was 113 years old.Mrs Zulu, who died of natural causes, was burie...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:31hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
Soldier further remanded on murder charges
A KWEKWE-BASED soldier, who allegedly shot his wife and her two siblings at their family home in Bulawayo two months ago, has been further remanded in custody to April 17 pending his indictment to the...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Killer kids' parents search for answers
THERE is tension between parents of a four-year-old girl from Lupane who died after being attacked by her nine-year-old sister and a Grade One neighbour.The pair tied the now deceased's hands ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:48hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Ex-con doesn't want Mnangagwa amnesty
Last Thursday morning, Chikurubi Female Prison yard was filled with joy, dance, prayer and cheers as 87 inmates were freed.The women were part of 3 000 inmates released on a Presidential amnes...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:55hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
The tragedy of MDC-T orphans
What reforms are you talking about Nelson? Political space has been opened and more than 100 political parties will contest in the elections, but you still want to cause confusion with the unsaleable ...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:50hrs | 373 | by Vukani Madoda
Child choked from sand stuffed in her mouth, Postmortem reveals
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl from Lupane who died after being attacked by her nine-year-old sister and a Grade One neighbour, was choked by sand that the other children had stuffed into her mouth to stop her ...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:10hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe and Mnangagwa greatest tragedy for Zimbabwe - I would rather be in Rhodesia
One of the greatest human traits, especially when confronted with unsavoury circumstances, is the irresistible desire to look back into the annuls of their history for comparisons - possibly, as a for...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 16:27hrs | 3497 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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