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Man (35) rapes best friend's teen daughter
A 35-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man has been arrested for reportedly raping his best friend's 16-YEAR-OLD daughter and offering her chicken legs to buy her silence.Sources close to investigations allege ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:51hrs | 3169 | by Simbarashe Sithole
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 2940 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZCTU honours 2006 torture victims
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has honoured its members who were brutally tortured by police on September 13 2006 after spearheading countrywide protests against social injustices by for...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa overturns Chegutu mayoral results
Stakeholders and some members of the MDC-Alliance have blasted leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for imposing Councillor Maphios Shumba as Chegutu mayor ahead of Councillor Henry Muchatibaya who was elected by...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 17:59hrs | 12680 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa woos Mugabe protégé
President Emmerson Mnangagwa met one of former president Robert Mugabe's top allies, Ambrose Mutinhiri, amid indications that the Zanu-PF leader is on a charm offensive to lure back his foes into the ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:05hrs | 6665 | by Staff reporter
Hubby is always right: Chivayo
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has finally broken the silence following the videos posted by his wife last week on the Miss World Zimbabwe night.In the videos, Chivayo's wife Sonja...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:04hrs | 4167 | by Staff reporter
Disabled sidelined in HIV information dissemination
Thirty-year-old Chenai Murimbika of Dunzvambeva village under Chief Kazangarare, 60km north of Karoi, looks older than her age.She has endured untold suffering, marked by stigmatisation couple...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Chief Justice Malaba humiliated in Parliament
Chief Justice Luke Malaba had a torrid time in Parliament yesterday after the opposition legislators tried to stop him from swearing-in speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and his deputy Ts...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 14:58hrs | 6496 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slammed for scrapping gukurahundi ministry
THE silence around the National Peace and Reconciliation portfolio in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet, speaks a lot on the Zanu-PF led government`s insincerity in addressing the country`s p...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 16:43hrs | 2908 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths refuse to be silenced
MDC youths leader Happymore Chidziva said the on-going clampdown on opposition party members will not silence them from demanding President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address the issue of legitimacy....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:32hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ally warns Zanu-PF
MDC Alliance national youth leader Happymore ‘Bvondo' Chidziva has warned the ruling Zanu-PF leadership that arrests will not stop the opposition from demanding its "stolen vote".The Highfie...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:07hrs | 2796 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's failures cannot be attributed to human capital
Mthwakazi Activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Zimbabwe's failures cannot be attributed to human capital, but rather it's a matter of attitude and tribal systematic influence. He said the Robert...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 09:15hrs | 610 | by Stephen Jakes
Billiat scores his third goal for Warriors
Congo 1 - 1 Zimbabwe KHAMA BILLIAT scored his third goal, in 41 minutes, for the Warriors but his superb strike was not enough to give his team victory as hosts Congo fought back strongly in the s...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's power of silence and love
President Mnangagwa suffered much humiliation at the hands of the G40 cabal, led by former First Lady Grace Mugabe with the tacit endorsement of then President, Mr Robert Mugabe. Around 10 mon...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 577 | by Editorial - chronicle
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 15362 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe doomed as May, Merkel back Mnangagwa
On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1022 | by Tafi Mhaka
Who is worse between manipulating politician and gullible follower?
AFTER the unnecessarily contentious elections, Zimbabwe could be about to reset and, thus, reboot itself on its journey from dysfunctionality to functionality.I say unnecessarily contentious b...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 774 | by Conway Tutani
MDC Alliance youths call for Zec disbandment
YOUTH leaders from various political parties and civil society groups convening under the banner of National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) youth forum yesterday petitioned Parliament, demanding the r...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora widely seen as an alternative to Chamisa
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is increasingly being isolated within his party, amid suspicions that he could be eyeing Nelson Chamisa's job.Mwonzora, who defeated Chamisa at the MDC c...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:38hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's wolves at Mwonzora's door
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is increasingly being isolated within his party, amid suspicions that he could be eyeing Nelson Chamisa's job.Mwonzora, who defeated Chamisa at the MDC c...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 07:03hrs | 9440 | by Staff reporter
'ED is Mugabe mark 2!' skunk is out and UK wants it doused with GNU, Chanel 5 perfume
There are certain events which, on their own would not even be noticed, assume ginormous significance because of the circumstance under which they take place. The last straw that broke the camel's bac...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 18:21hrs | 3563 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans thrown under the bus again
The much anticipated 2018 watershed harmonised elections in Zimbabwe have come and gone. The biggest losers in this election were the electorate. They are losers because most voters don't know what ha...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 3521 | by Frazer Muzondo
Mthwakazi must derive lessons from the recent political dispensation of political disaster
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Mthwakazi must derive lessons from the recent political dispensation of political disaster which some of us foresaw it. "The more we get involved i...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 09:20hrs | 1190 | by Stephen Jakes
Scientists say Mnangagwa's Generation too old to turnaround Zimbabwe
There are five generations agreed by Scientists and their influence upon the surface of Earth is distinct. Scientists decided to define their parameters by starting their counting from year 1900. They...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 10:45hrs | 3146 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Matemadanda erroneously believes he removed Robert Mugabe from power
Former Bulilima East legislator Norman Mpofu has said war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda erroneously believes he removed Robert Mugabe from power."He mistakenly believes those numbers who ...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:29hrs | 6811 | by Stephen Jakes
Holding the Lamp of Hope!
This blessed and beautiful nation has been through worse pains, challenges and difficulties before. And it seemed impossible to overcome those odds at that time and season. But there were man and woma...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 10:37hrs | 2371 | by Eric Shikobela
There is a peculiar way of governance Dear President!!!
When a virtuous mother is in the kitchen, everyone needs not to be told that something great is about to be served. The house becomes warm because of the heat generated in the kitchen. The tantalising...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 15:03hrs | 1026 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Prophet Makandiwa says, 'Danger knocking on Zimbabwe doors'
Popular United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa yesterday, called on Zimbabweans to exercise the highest level of restraint and continue praying for peace to prevai...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 16:00hrs | 22233 | by Staff reporter
ZEC has proven that 10 + 4 = 40
By the time Comrade Mnangagwa joined politics in the early sixties, most Black Zimbabweans were uneducated and would accept 10 + 4 = 40.During those years, a person wearing a neck tie would ta...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 15:00hrs | 1695 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Tytan, Olinda marriage on the rocks
Easy come easy go is the bitter lesson that United Kingdom-based businesswoman Olinda Chapel could be learning right now after her musician husband Njabulo Nkomo aka Tytan's wooing escapades with anot...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
'I pledge to be peaceful!' twittered Minister Moyo - how naïve, cannot have peace without justice
Yesterday there was a report of Home Affairs Minister, Obert Mpofu saying "Zimbabweans should be guided by the culture of Ubuntu which is embedded on love, peace and harmony saying elections are not w...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:09hrs | 972 | by Nomusa Garikai
Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces should apologies for shootings
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa - who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) - lost a golden chance on Tuesday to apologise to the nation for the killing of at least si...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:42hrs | 1444 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: A soldier simply fading away
There is nothing peculiar in challenging an election result in a court of law as that has been the tradition in many countries. Just a few instances suffice as examples. In the 2000 United Sta...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1132 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Can you do Zanu and God together?
How can someone be Zanu and a Christian together? Or, can someone save Satan and God at the same time? Sometimes Zimbabweans exhibit cognitive dissonance when it comes to Faith and Politics. T...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 14:27hrs | 980 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Zimbabwe military should abandon Mnangagwa-Chiwenga junta, and stand with the people
As the nation of Zimbabwe commemorated Defence Forces Day on 14 August, it is quite saddening and troubling that the country's military that is supposed to be the people's protector, has, over the cou...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:44hrs | 6771 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Are African elections only free, fair when opposition wins?
This is a question I found myself asking after Zimbabwe's opposition - MDC Alliance - vowed to challenge the results of the July 30 elections in court after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) dec...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | 676 | by newsday
Ibhetshu, MLF officials in trouble over Gukurahundi
IBHETSHU likaZulu secretary-general Mbulo Fuzwayo and Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) deputy chief security officer, Charles Thomas have claimed that they received anonymous phone calls threatening t...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans pay tribute to fallen heroes, heroines
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans from all walks of life yesterday thronged various venues across the country to commemorate Heroes' Day.In Bulawayo, residents converged at the Provincial Heroes' Acre ...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, a political orphan - Before Zimbabwe slides into civil war
The euphoria that trailed the ouster of Robert Mugabe was informed by the belief that it would turn a new page in the political history of Zimbabwe. The pledge of building a new Zimbabwe dominated the...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 18:14hrs | 7303 | by Emma Emeozor
Why elections are bad for democracy
Brexit was a turning point in the history of Western democracy in general, and that of Britain in particular. A drastic decision was taken through a one round referendum based on a simple majority, an...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | 111 | by Reason Wafawarova
The military has a constitutional mandate to support a civilian authority and maintain peace
On the eve of the elections results and for three further nights, a small minority took to the streets in some of our urban centres looting, vandalising, burning, terrorising the law abiding majority....Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 21:53hrs | 1418 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The election results were genuine
So finally its clear, Nelson Chamisa is going to court. After hesitating about his next move, at the 90th minute Chamisa's lawyers turned up at the Constitutional Court to put in their papers....Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:41hrs | 830 | by Mike Tawanda
Biti claims extra-judicial arrest, deportation
MDC Alliance co-principal Tendai Biti yesterday narrated his harrowing experience at the hands of State security agents who allegedly applied extra-judicial means to arrest him at Chirundu Border Post...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:06hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Political violence prescription for self-immolation
POLITICS is often described as "a dirty game", and the in-fighting in the MDC-Alliance after the party's losses in both the parliamentary and presidential elections would appear to validate the dirty-...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:02hrs | 105 | by Stephen Mpofu
Tendai Biti's arrest expected to push the struggle to its boiling point
Past historical events in Zimbabwe have taught us that, the democratic struggle's objectives cannot be achieved by becoming lenient and submissive to the existing laws. These laws were created to sile...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 14:10hrs | 6890 | by Don Chigumba
African observer missions endorsed a sham election in Zimbabwe
Three very important African observer missions to Zimbabwe endorsed the just ended controversial elections in Zimbabwe. The watershed elections gave Zimbabwe a chance to breakaway with the past and em...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 20:17hrs | 7181 | by Frazer Muzondo, ROHR/MDC Activist UK
How did Mnangagwa win Zimbabwe's landmark July 30 election?
On August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a de...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 09:34hrs | 4595 | by Aljazeera
Mthwakazi engages police over aborted meeting
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) leaders yesterday said they would re-engage police in Bulawayo to seek clearance for their prayer meeting which was blocked in the run-up to last week's g...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:21hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Its clear we are in a military state - Mbonisi Gumbo
Mthwakazi Republic Party spokespersonm Mbonisi Gumbo has said he thinks its now clear to everyone that Zimbabwe is a military state, even to those who were saying Pfee. "The problem did not st...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:28hrs | 376 | by Stephen Jakes
Political violence, deplorable and red flags ignored
Wednesday's awful shooting gave us lot to discuss as this day dawns, so let's get straight to it.. If the government and local police authorities unwilling to address violent protesters, it will fuel ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 13:22hrs | 1918 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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