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Phone tracker leads hubby to wife's love nest
WITH years of marriage, a spouse develops a keen sense of when something is not quite right.However, with the help of smartphones, mobile apps, or cutting-edge software like a tracker, you can...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:55hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City council to destroy crops grown on illegal land
The Bulawayo City Council has issued a warning to residents regarding the unauthorized cultivation of crops in prohibited areas. Town Clerk Mr. Christopher Dube, in a statement, emphasized that this p...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZNi: The musical maverick creating summer magic!
South Africa, 2 September 2023 Summer is heating up, and we've got the perfect soundtrack to accompany your adventures. Meet ZNi, the musical sensation who's not just creating catchy tunes but also in...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 15:32hrs | 7 | by Agencies
13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued
Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previo...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to do reaping, curing processes correctly to ensure good leaf quality
Small-scale tobacco growers are being urged to take heed and cure the remaining crop properly to boost the quality factor and fetch higher average prices.Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa said,...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 15:03hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Third steelworks plant set for commissioning
Commissioning of a third major steel works is expected in November this year in Masvingo Province after the SteelMakers Limited secured funding of US$160 million for the construction, set up and insta...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Popular South African musician Mapintsha dies aged 40
Mampintsha, gqom musician and husband of Babes Wodumo, has died.The 40-year-old star died on Saturday morning.West Ink Records manager Sbu Ncube confirmed the news to Ts...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to be major steel producer
A third major steelworks is now scheduled for Zimbabwe as the country moves rapidly forward as a major steel producer in Africa with local firm Steelmakers set to start building a steel mill in Masvin...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz ordered to connect 1,500 rural clinics
INFORMATION and Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere said he has ordered the Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) to connect at least 1 500 rural he...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 20:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC to take action on illegal cropping
Bulawayo City Council has said it will destroy, without compensation, crops grown in unauthorised places. In a statement, Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube said the practice is against the Protec...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF media ad hominem attacks on ambassadors is insulting' - remain focused and tighten screw
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government appeared determined to commit diplomatic hara-kiri - ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, which used to be practised in Japan - with its officials ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 15:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's SONA was empty promises and murderous defence of status quo – antithesis of what nation dying for
"Mnangagwa ndiChomugore!" (Mnangagwa is Chomugore!) was my instinctive response to President Mnangagwa's State Of Nation Address (SONA) yesterday.Chomugore was a mean old man who would ask you...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:21hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
The year of justice is nigh!
The Bishop lives! Hallelujah!And so, too, does sungura.What a holiday!Sorry, ndakazoenda ndisina kutaura. You see, this world is corrosive, especially for men of the cloth like...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
Water woes stall Steel Makers' re-opening
THE prevailing water shortage in Masvingo has stalled the re-opening of Steel Makers Sponge Iron plant. Masvingo city has been battling a serious water shortage following the breakdown of two pumps at...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's youngest presidential aspirant
THE young man questioned power and authority from a tender age. He was conscious of his rights, yet he was not rebellious. He understood and used freedom of expression even during his high school days...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Admire Jamu-Mlambo
Cash shortages now Zimbabwe's major election issue
The leader of Zimbabwe main opposition party, Nelson Chamisa, alighted from his car, grabbed a microphone and made a bold promise to scrap bond notes if he wins the July 30 presidential election to st...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bemoans siphoning of cash out of Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed concern at the tendency by Zimbabweans to siphon cash out of the country, saying it is hampering efforts by the government to address the current cash shorta...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa to tour CSC Masvingo unit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will in the next few weeks visit the Cold Storage Company (CSC) unit in Masvingo and also tour the defunct Mashaba Mine in Mashava, a senior ruling party official has said...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen 'murders' teen in bath sponge row
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl has been arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing a fellow tenant whom she accused of using her bathing sponge.The girl who cannot be named for ethical reasons appeared befor...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 02:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Technology and design supports washing instead of wiping - when toilet paper is no longer needed
LAGOS, Nigeria - The Romans relied on their fingers. Later, they soaked small sponges in salt water and tied them to a stick. In the Middle Ages, moss, leaves or old rags had to suffice, though wealth...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by APO
International Children's Day statement - ZWIPA
Today is International Children Day. Children's rights in most third world countries are still just but a piece of paper. The International Day for Protection of Children is observed in many c...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Linda T. Masarira
This and that with Mal'phosa - It's all fake
Hey, happy new year everyone. I wish you an awesome year; wealthy and healthy, I mean, really wealthy, not fake wealthy. How did you manage gifts for your loved ones under these trying economic times,...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 12:03hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Steelbase shuts down Bulawayo branch
STEELMAKERS Zimbabwe's subsidiary Steelbase has shut down its branch in Bulawayo to cut costs.The company this week wound down its operations with a closedown stocktaking.Business Chro...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Oliver Kazunga
Condoms used for make-up
THE YOUNG women rush to the clinic to get as many female condoms as they can lay their hands on.While matrons think they want to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancies and STIs, these yo...Published: 11 Sep 2015 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women 'dry' their vaginas with bleach to make sex more pleasurable for men
Women around the world are carrying out a practice which not only leaves them in pain but at increased risk of HIV. Dry sex' involves women reducing moisture in their vaginas in order to make ...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Times LIVE
Actor Peter O'Toole dies, aged 81
Actor Peter O'Toole, who shot to international fame in the film classic "Lawrence of Arabia", has died aged 81 in London after a long illness, his agent said on Sunday.O'Toole, who survived a ...Published: 16 Dec 2013 at 04:43hrs | | by Reuters
BCC warns residents against cultivation in unauthorised places
The Bulawayo City Council has advised residents to desit from cultivating in unauthorised places. NOTICE: CITY OF BULAWAYOWARNING: CULTIVATION IN UNAUTHORISED PLACES IS PROHIBITED...Published: 25 Oct 2013 at 14:38hrs | | by BCC
Child prostitution rife in Bulawayo
CHILD prostitution is rife in Bulawayo with a number of children aged between 13 to 17 dropping out of school due to poverty and peer pressure to join the oldest profession in the world, Sunday News r...Published: 07 Jul 2013 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biological species named after Bob Marley
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Dr Dumiso Dabengwa - "Leftover old fart and Opportunist"
BULAWAYO - THE leadership of Bulawayo Agenda (BA), Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) and Radio Dialogue FM (RDFM) labeled Dr Dumiso Dabengwa and other members of his party as "left ov...Published: 08 Sep 2011 at 13:49hrs | | by Busani Ncube
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