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Zanu-PF faced with mammoth task
THERE is a unique connection between Gweru and Zanu-PF that must be cherished by the young generation who are not yet privy to the liberation struggle, the country's independence, and economic emancip...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plastic surgery hospital for Bulawayo
A 40-BED children's ward at CURE Children`s Hospital of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo has started taking shape with the project set for completion within the next three months while the health facility will st...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns merchants of violence
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sternly warned opposition parties with violent tendencies that the full wrath of the law will be applied on them without fear or favour as the Government does not brook a...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maj-Gen Bhebe declared a national hero
The late Major-General (Retired) Sydney Bhebe has been declared a national hero.President Mnangagwa made the announcement yesterday when he visited the Bhebe family home in Cranborne West, Har...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Maj Gen (Rtd) Bhebhe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has mourned the death of Retired (Rtd) Major General Sydney Bhebhe saying it is saddening that Zimbabwe is losing revolutionary cadres who joined the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela....Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Retired Major General Sydney Bhebhe dies aged 61
The Zimbabwe National Army on Tuesday announced the death of retired Major General Sydney Bhebe - the third general to die in the last three weeks.Bhebe, who retired from the army last year, w...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 17:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa having sleepless nights
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is sweating over continued price hikes of basic commodities as inflation ravages the economy.Speaking during the burial of national hero Major General (Rtd) Sikhul...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thousands bid Major-General Nyathi farewell
THE late national hero, Major-General (Rtd) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi, who was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare yesterday, was described as an intelligent and quiet soldier who stood firm f...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Major-General Nyathi burial today
National hero Major-General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi will be buried at the National Heroes Acre today.Maj-Gen (Rtd) Nyathi (61) died last Sunday at the Josiah Magama Tongogara Barrac...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Go well defender of Zimbabwe's legacy!
IT was a grand sendoff fit for a liberator as the body of the late Major General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi left his rural home yesterday in Mapate area in Gwanda on the final journey for buri...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga mourns national hero Nyathi
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has sent a condolence message to the Nyathi family following the death of Major-General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi who has been declared a national hero....Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maj-Gen Nyathi declared national hero
Major-General (Retired) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi has been declared a national hero.Zanu-PF National Political Commissar Mike Bimha confirmed the development last night."The Politburo t...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Major-General Nyathi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has mourned the death of retired Major-General Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi, who died on Sunday at Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks Referral Hospital in Harare.In a st...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Major General (Retd) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi dies
The Zimbabwe National Army has announced the death of Major General (Retd) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi.He was 61.In a statement, ZNA Commander, Lieutenant General David Sigauke said Major...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo doctor makes historic return home
AN opportunity to study and work abroad, is one that is never missed or compromised as "pastures" are considered greener out there, but for an ex-Milton High School pupil, returning home was on top of...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The bittersweet toxicity of the new media
In 1982, when Steve Jobs was asked if he was keen on doing market research, he said, "No, because customers don't know what they want until we have shown them." His instincts, whether good-natured or ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Mandlenkosi Siziba
'A Family Affair' by Sue Nyathi
Family is complicated...Meet the Mafus, a close-knit, traditional family with three daughters. As leaders of their church, The Kingdom of God, Pastor Abraham and his wife Phumla are guiding th...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 20:16hrs | 5 | by Pan Macmillan
The top four Las Vegas casinos with the most slot games
It is estimated that over 42 million people from around the world visit the bright lights of Las Vegas every year as part of their holidays. Still considered by many as the gambling capital of the wor...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 11:02hrs | 14 | by Staff Writer
'Good evening General Peter Walls'
It was just after 8pm, and the night was still. A few crickets were chirping and stridulating, interchanging with hooting cars which were roaming the almost deserted streets of the then Salisbury indu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:56hrs | 1 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
Guvamombe demands trial at High Court
SUSPENDED Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe yesterday refused to be tried by a serving or retired magistrate in Zimbabwe or from the Sadc region.Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of off...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda testifies against 'Justice Cheda'
The trial of a suspected serial fraudster who allegedly masqueraded as former High Court judge Justice Mafios Cheda and swindled several Government officials of large sums of money continued yesterday...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Con-artist dupes minister, Zanu-PF MP
A SERIAL Harare conman allegedly masqueraded as former Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Mafios Cheda to dupe several prominent people, among them Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda and Bubi l...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The primacy of regime survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe crisis has been analysed from varying stand points among researchers. State fragility as analytical and conceptual framework is deployed by the duo of Mark Simpson and Tony Hawkins (2018)...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze
Khaya Moyo calls for calm, peace
THE Acting Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services and Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday urged Zimbabweans to remain calm and peaceful to allow the Constitutio...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrested 'protesters' are MDC Alliance polling agents
SUSPECTED MDC Alliance protesters, who were arrested at the party headquarters last Thursday were mostly polling agents and candidates who were submitting their V11 forms collected from various consti...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2
Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane
Salisbury fuel tanks bombing commander tells the story
THE quiet of the night of December 11, 1978 was shattered by a huge explosion that reverberated over the sleeping town of Salisbury, (now Harare) as efficiently as a thunder clap, which left the Rhode...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new cabinet ministers accused of looting diamonds from DRC
According to a report from the United Nations Security Council, the two military generals who were named in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet looted diamonds from the Democratic Republic of C...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 07:45hrs | 24 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa Takeover: Matebeles must prepare for an important announcement
The political crisis in Zimbabwe is far from over without the two state solution demanded by the people of Matabeleland. Its time Matebeleland must break away from Zimbabwe. We long served the governm...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Israel Dube
Mugabe's death wish is cruel, unhelpful
The death penalty has been a contentious subject of debate in Zimbabwe for many years, but there have been indications in recent years that Zimbabweans are against taking of life as punishment....Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe the physical man naturally retreats
PERHAPS we must do that; abandon the "Him" and deal with the "It". We must leave the man and engage with the phenomenon. There are many profits in the present for reading and understanding Robert Muga...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 13:00hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Jonathan Moyo according to the Gukurahundi mastermind
Nyaya yaanotaura kuti akaenda ku Liberation Centre after he left Mgagao; the fact is Zanu ne Zanla leadership dzanga dzasungwa neZambian government following the death ya VaChitepo.Mind you, d...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Air Marshall Perrance Shiri
Mujuru links cost Cde Chinx national hero status
Late liberation stalwart and veteran musician, Dickson "Cde Chinx" Chingaira, became a victim of Zanu-PF's internecine succession struggles after the party denied him the coveted national hero status ...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
R18m fraud haunts Mutumwa Mawere
SHABANIE MASHABA MINE (SMM) has instituted sequestration proceedings against South Africa-based Mr Mutumwa Mawere's estate to recover more than R18 million that was fraudulently transferred to the bus...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambara rips into Grace Mugabe
ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) interim leader Agrippa Mutambara says Zimbabwe's problems started after President Robert Mugabe's first wife, Sally, died, before berating First Lady Grace Mugabe for bei...Published: 30 May 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama at Mutambanengwe's burial
THERE was drama at last Saturday's tension-filled burial of former High Court judge, Justice Simpson Victor Mutambanengwe's burial at Dambakurimwa Village just outside Mutare, with the director o...Published: 26 May 2017 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chimene verbaly abused at Mutambanengwe burial
MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene has claimed that she was on Saturday verbally abused by relatives of the late former High Court judge, Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe, who we...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambanengwe's family not happy with no-hero status
The family of the late former High Court judge, Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe, is not happy that the government and Zanu-PF declined to declare him a national hero, despite his contribution to the cou...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambanengwe not a hero, to get state assisted funeral
Retired High Court judge Justice Simpson Victor Mutambanengwe, who died in Namibia last week, has been accorded a State-assisted funeral.He was 87.Justice Mutambanengwe's body arrived ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambanengwe denied national hero status
The body of the late retired High Court judge, Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe, was last night expected to arrive in Zimbabwe ahead of his burial in Mutare on Saturday, amid indications that Zanu-PF wil...Published: 18 May 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe in fresh trouble
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is reportedly in trouble from Zanu PF Manicaland provincial leadership that is demanded that the late retired High Court judge Justice Simpson Mtambanengwe be decla...Published: 16 May 2017 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Another retired judge dies
Former Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson and retired High Court Judge Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe died last night in Namibia.He was 87.Mutambanengwe was appointed...Published: 11 May 2017 at 11:55hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Zimbabwe: Season of the MOU and the end of Political Innocence
Perhaps we must do that. Abandon the "Him" and deal with the "It." We must leave the man and engage with the phenomenon. There are many profits in the present for reading and understanding Robert Muga...Published: 04 May 2017 at 17:27hrs | 4 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
'Reforms are bedrock,' says Gutu yet will still contest 2018 regardless - sick Homer Simpson joke
"A free and fair election is a plebiscite that produces a result that is acceptable to both the victor and the defeated; a result that is legitimate and beyond contestation. Since the year 2000, Zimba...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 22:02hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'Better to die in battlefield'
COMRADE Gilbert Musekiwa Simon Majiri, whose Chimurenga name was Chabudaishudhu Kufahakuurayi is an unassuming war veteran. Born in 1938, Chabudaishudhu who now stays in Mvurwi, grew up in Shamva,...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dear Flamboyant Christian: Letter to the embodiment of prosperity gospel
Dear Flamboyant ChristianHi. Before I say anything else, I love you.But I gotta talk to you candidly. I've seen a lot and now I'm gonna let you hear my heart. So don't take it personal...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Realise Mwase
How Mugabe double-crossed Joseph Kabila
"Way before Marange, Mugabe and his military men had already started rampant racketeering, illegal mafia-style smuggling, double-crossing, double dealing, as well as illegal arms peddling with Congole...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 16:10hrs | | by Ken Yamamoto
Convicted trio: Truth shall set you free
The conviction pending sentence of Tungamirai Madzokere, Yvonne Musarurwa and Last Maengahama who are MDC-T activists accused of killing Inspector Petros Mutedza came as a relief to some and a shock t...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 14:43hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Victoria Falls Steam Train Company grinds to a halt
THE Victoria Falls Steam Train Company has been liquidated and its assets are set to go under the hammer on September 9 to pay debts amounting to nearly $1 million.The company was registered i...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Zimbabwean man wanted in connection with attempted murder in UK
Thames Valley Police is appealing for the public's assistance to trace a man who is wanted in connection with an attempted murder in Milton Keynes (UK).Officers would like to speak to Farai Ka...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 14:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
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