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Have Zimbabweans become Chivayo's wives?
Have we lost all self-respect?One of the most disturbing spectacles unfolding in Zimbabwe today is the humiliating spectacle of grown men and women - from all walks of life - openly begging co...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 21:59hrs | 1129 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'I didn't flirt with Chivayo'
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo recently made headlines for controversial reasons when his Instagram chats with socialites and married women were leaked, showing him allegedly flirting and soliciting sex...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 15:15hrs | 2456 | by Staff reporter
Vendors defy Bulawayo council directive
IT was business as usual yesterday for vendors operating along 5th Avenue in the City Centre, as they openly defied a Bulawayo City Council directive to vacate the street by Sunday to pave the way for...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tears of Zimbabwean single mothers in the UK
SOME Zimbabwean single mothers based in the United Kingdom (UK), struggling to secure visas for their children to join them abroad, were dealt a severe blow following the introduction of tough immigra...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Admore Tshuma announces Scholarship Fund to empower disadvantaged students
In an inspiring Facebook post, Dr. Admore Xolani Tshuma has unveiled his ambitious plan to establish the "Dr. Admore Tshuma Scholarship Fund." The fund, with a unique focus on high school students hai...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 07:29hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF busses thousand to Cowdry park rally
UNPRECEDENTED scenes were witnessed yesterday as thousands of people from all walks of life swarmed an open space near Mkhithika Primary School in Cowdray Park suburb, Bulawayo where President Mnangag...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Single Mothers4ED Bulawayo Chapter launched
SINGLE Mothers for Economic Development (ED) launched their Bulawayo Chapter on Saturday with calls to involve single mothers in the mainstream economy through empowerment programmes that are responsi...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
BCC sweats over staff turnover at 'worst school'
IN an effort to retain teachers and address the poor pass rate at its perennial worst-performing school, Aisleby Primary School, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has resolved to provide staff accommodation...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fuelling Zanu-PF tension
POLITICAL analysts have warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's increasing use of parallel campaign groups for himself which are outside Zanu-PF structures is stoking tension in the ruling party....Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets rules, guidelines for affiliate organisations
ORGANISATIONS affiliated to Zanu-PF must be guided by the revolutionary party's values and ethos, the party's Secretary for the Commissariat, Mike Bimha, has said.Speaking after a meeting that...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa denies losing US$25,000 to Kenyan prostitutes
INDEPENDENT Norton MP Temba Mliswa has refuted reports that he was robbed of US$25 000 by hookers at Monomotapa Hotel whilst emphasising his insatiable desire is for single Zimbabwean mothers....Published: 10 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe coup a harvest of empty promises'
WHEN Solomon Muzanenhamo (39) trudged from Highfield high-density suburb to central Harare with a Zimbabwean flag draped around his neck in November 2017, 15 kilometres became like a stroll down his s...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi processing plant set up in Beitbridge District
GOVERNMENT in conjunction with development partners has set up the country's first state-of-the-art mopani worm processing plant in Matshiloni area in Beitbridge District, Matabeleland South. The amac...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe orphanage rocked by sodomy scandal
SALACIOUS details have emerged of how the former first family's elite schools and orphanage nestled in a vast estate in Mazowe - 40km north of Harare - were rocked by an alleged child sexual abuse sca...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
A letter to Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu: Hillside Bulawayo
Dear Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu, I start my letter with the first sentence of the article written today regarding the fight you had with supposedly your husband Trust Moyo. If marriage is war, the bed...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Why marrying a single mother is the right thing to do
DID you know that the Ndebele name "imvana'' was originally a mocking name? When a man marries a woman who already has a child, the man's friends would mock him and say "wadonsa ugatsha lamahlamvu alo...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 3 | by Nobuhle Virgie Ajiti
Deaths on black women on the rise in Germany; how many deaths will it take until we know that too many women have died?
The cold-blood murders of black women in Germany are not German men as such but African men. Bremen-North is plunged into a shock, the newspapers are filled with a recent event of a mother murdered by...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC Alliance dismantling patriarchy towards a people’s movement
Zimbabwe is in the throes of a deep economic and political crisis, further worsened by Cyclone Idai that has ravaged the eastern parts of the country leaving scores dead, hundreds injured and thousand...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 05:19hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
The scars of Zimbabwe military deployments
Soldiers are back at the barracks and things look normal. That is as normal as things can ever be in Zimbabwe. But that's an illusion. Beyond the veil of quiet are ruins — deep scars that will not g...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 13:40hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
AFM drama continues
HOPES to build bridges between warring camps in one of the biggest churches in Zimbabwe — the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) — have been dashed as the factions continue counter-plotting against eac...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks AFM faction's Rufaro conference
THE High Court has blocked an Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) faction led by Reverend Cossum Chiyangwa from holding its annual Widows and Single Mothers' conference at Rufaro Conference Cent...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:25hrs | 11 | by Staf reporter
What I learnt from a bicycle
I didn't know how to ride a bicycle until not very long ago. One of my friends i worked with came with a bicycle at work one day and at lunch time and I decided to take his bike and practise riding at...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Apostle beds facebook friends
FACEBOOK love between Wisdom International Church founder Apostle Mazvarirashe Magubu and his wife Johanna Mahachi has ended in nasty fashion. Both parties confirmed they met on the social net...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Daily Sociology Questions And Answers with Sir Mwiinde - Assess the reasons for the long term increase in the divorce rate
Question Assess the reasons for the long term increase in the divorce rate (25)Comment overviewThis ques...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Sir Mwiinde (Sociologist, Author & Mentor)
Olinda stays true to her word
In February 2017, Olinda Chapel (33) made a promise to herself and women in Zimbabwe to start a sorority in a bid to turn her lemons into lemonade and this led to the birth of "The Women's Sorority." ...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Give Mugabe endless mandate to rule,' says Zivhu
PRESIDENT Mugabe should be given an endless mandate to lead Zimbabweans to economic freedom just like Moses led the children of Israel from slavery into the land of milk and honey - Canaan....Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women allegedly raped by UN peacekeepers in Haiti speak out
In Haiti By Force: UN Sex Abuse, Fault Lines speaks to Haitian women who say they were raped by UN peacekeepers there. Some of them were under-age at the time; some of them are now single mothers as a...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 10:00hrs | 28 | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Linda Masarira: She got a healthy dose of beating!
Those are the words of Journalist Maynard Manyowa' yesterday's article about Linda on the 16th January on Bulawayo 24. This description Maynard of a physically mutilated woman, gender violence is nast...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 22:56hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Thigh vendors' leave men asking for more
A syndicate of four thigh vendors from Glenorah left revellers asking for sex dances at Dendere night club Mvurwi yesterday.Amazulu dance group as they are affectionately known by their client...Published: 22 Oct 2016 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
PDP policy brief - What will be the key functions of the NTA?
Last week, we shared with citizens the origins of the NTA idea which is within PDP's Agenda for the Restoration and Rehabilitation of Electoral Sustainability (ARREST). The PDP's ARREST, seeks...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mafume - National Spokesperson
Stigma attached to abortion in Zimbabwe
ABORTION is quite a touchy topic for a lot of people. Our country is so conservative and it is considered taboo to talk about abortion. There is virtually nothing to discuss when it comes to abo...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:24hrs | 13 | by Tsungai Chekerwa-Machokoto
Why Macheso breaks down on stage
Alick Macheso has, on some occasions, shed tears on stage while playing the song "Baba" from his current album "Tsoka Dzerwendo" and speculation has been rife over the musician's emotional attachment ...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 06:12hrs | | by Godwin Muzari
Mvhana dzeku Diaspora: women-headed-homes or desperadoes!
Dear Ms. Loveness Saurombe, Dear Sister,I watched your video or "you tube" on Nehanda Radio with absolute excitement. The topic exited me because of the experiences I had about a Zimbabwea...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 19:16hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
PDP Weekly Economic Brief - Introduction to a Social Market Economy
Many times we are asked what our ideology as PDP is and we tell people that we are Social Democrats. Although popular, this term is at times not well understood. Social democracy has become popular wi...Published: 10 May 2016 at 11:15hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Inyanga jailed 14 years for raping five year old kids infecting them with HIV
A self-styled traditional healer and prophet from Nata in the central district who was found guilty of three counts of rape and one of attempted rape has been sla...Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 11:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Sex workers adopt new strategies
SEX workers are popular for patrolling their areas at night while wearing sexually-provocative outfits, but not anymore.Probably to match the ever-changing times, the "thigh vendors", "ladies ...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 15:36hrs | | by Sharon Kavhu
The Danger of Hungry Women Delving In Zimbabwean Politics
Anger, Vengeance, Vulgar, Political Power all concocted in any woman who has no husband is a menu for disaster. Women of any age below 75 who have no husbands or have husbands below the descriptio...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 17:17hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Battle for survival for vendors in Harare
About 150 vendors registered under the National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe took a stand upon Grassroots Vendors Association were they claim they are the rightful owners of the market place where th...Published: 04 Nov 2014 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pastor AK-47 nabbed for sex orgies with female congregants
A STORM is brewing at a local church, Royal Family Life Fellowship, after its founder, Apostle Action Khomani, is allegedly involved in sex orgies with female church congregants and misappropriat...Published: 04 Jul 2014 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Liberty Dube
Ben 10! A woman's Painkiller
MOVE over sugar daddies it's time for Ben 10!!It's either Ben Ten or Painkiller.This is the fashionable name given to younger men dating older women. The name Ben 10 had become very co...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 08:45hrs | 8 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Morgan Tsvangirai: The Political Obituary
The political history of Zimbabwe will be incomplete without mentioning and giving respect to Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. His meteoric rise from a poor rural Buhera background beginning with a job ...Published: 07 Jan 2014 at 12:07hrs | 6 | by Mso Ndlovu
Harare prophet disowns 'witches'
A PROPHET accused of conniving with two suspected witches who were found undressed at his house in Budiriro, Harare, has dissociated himself from the women, saying he never hired the pair as a publici...Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 03:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare 'witches' admit they were hired actresses
The two women accused of engaging in practices associated with witchcraft yesterday revealed their true identity as Elmet Mbewe and Christine Nyamupandu from Landas Business Centre in Chihota when th...Published: 27 Sep 2013 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
On mother's day, my thoughts go to Loreta Nyathi
On this Mothers Day, let us take time to appreciate our mothers and to cherish them for the splendid roles they have played, even if for brief moments in some cases, in molding us all into the men and...Published: 12 May 2013 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Psychology Maziwisa
Macheso stages a top drawer performance
ALICK MACHESO staged a top drawer performance that left a lasting impression on his fans over the weekend. The beauty about the gig held at Jongwe Corner in Hatfield was that it was an all encompassi...Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Arts Correspondent
New documentary exposes conscious spreading of HIV among Zimbabwean sex trade
In Zimbabwe some mothers are selling their bodies just to put food in their children's mouths, putting their lives at risk in the process. Prostitution is a common survival mechanism in third wo...Published: 30 Aug 2012 at 12:16hrs | 2 | by Jane Green-Thorne
ZAWU Canada Statement on Mothers day
Sunday May 13th 2012 - we join many countries across the world in celebration of Mothers Day. As members of ZAPU’s Canada Pr...Published: 13 May 2012 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Isabel Murambiwa
Hookers turn water drains, car parks, roadsides into love nests
HARARE - 30 kilometers from the red lights districts of the Central Business District of Harare lay a sprawling commercial haven for sex workers. Bhobho Farm is an informal settlement w...Published: 09 Apr 2012 at 11:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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