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Zimbabwe pick up a consolation win by 2 wickets
Young all-rounder Tinotenda Maposa made a memorable Twenty20 debut and earned Zimbabwe a sensational two-wicket consolation win in the third and final game of the series on Thursday.Zimbabwe's...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 17:18hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults daughter-in-law in dispute over teaspoon
A 48-year-old widower from Senga, Gweru, has been handed a four-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting his daughter-in-law over a dispute involving a teaspoon.Appearing before Gweru Pr...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nanny was surprised by the way Harry and Meghan first greeted her
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprised Prince Archie's former nanny Lorren Khumalo, from Zimbabwe, when she was first introduced to the couple.Lorren, a paediatric nurse and consultant, was ...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 19:10hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Man scalds wife with hot porridge
HARARE magistrate Tamara Chibindi has granted a protection order to a woman after her husband poured hot porridge on her during an altercation.Rejoice Ngwena told Chibindi on Monday that she w...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Gutu West parly seat
Zanu-PF has retained the Gutu West National Assembly seat after its candidate Cde John Paradza resoundingly won the parliamentary by-election that was held yesterday.Paradza,who is also the ru...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Dialogue, best way forward for Zimbabwe
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, as I see it, your hitting the ground running to inauguration placed you in bad light with international development partners. It threw spanners...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Numbers don't lie, facts are stubborn mules
THINK of a bowl of soup; you don't have to take it all to feel the taste but just a spoonful, such is the case with opinion polls that have concluded that if elections are held today, President Mnanga...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tourists flock to Kariba for the famous bream
LAKE Kariba is arguably one of Africa's best, and prettiest spots to execute fishing expeditions.Over 40 different fish species call the lake home from shoals of Kapenta to the fighting Tiger ...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The return of Saviour Kasukuwere: Will Tyson punch above his weight?
The comeback of Saviour Kasukuwere, a former Zanu-PF political commissar and ex-cabinet minister who recently declared his presidential ambition, is capable of dividing Zanu-PF in a way that can influ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The tragedy of Zimbabwe
Main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere last week spoke at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy - a major United Nations conference that shines a sp...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Fadzayi Mahere
Mnangagwa is much worse than Mugabe, Mahere tells UN summit
"Half the population lives under extreme poverty, US$2.2 billion is lost to corruption annually and we have the highest hyperinflation rate in the world – all because those in power would rather loo...Published: 18 May 2023 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Never go to bed with Zanu PF. It's dangerous!' warned Chamisa. After 5 long GNU years of nothing, he knows!
"The Constitutional Court on Monday threw out the MDC leader's application seeking nullification of the delimitation report and a delay of the elections set for July," reported Bulawayo 24."Mw...Published: 09 May 2023 at 14:49hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa takes dig at Mwonzora
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Monday launched an indirect criticism on MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly forging unholy alliances with cunning foe Zanu-PF he said...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judas Iscariot and the Gold Mafia
When we look at the character of Judas in the Bible we notice that one has to belong to a certain group of people in power or has to form his own group th...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
UAE refuses SA's request to extradite Gupta brothers for money launder. Pattni and other Gold Mafia must be relieved
Remember the many stories of State Capture involving former SA President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta brothers? Well whatever peanut butter bait the South African government was using in its Agatha Christ...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 16:19hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwean nanny on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as parents
Archie's former nanny has described the moment she met Prince Harry, revealing he was ‘walking around barefoot' outside of the marital home Frogmore Cottage.Lorren Khumalo, from Zimbabwe, sp...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Edd Branson congratulates US Reverend Warnock on Georgia win
Harare based Flamboyant preacher Edd Branson has congratulated American Baptist pastor and politician Sen. Raphael Warnock who defeated Republican challenger Herschel Walker in a Georgia r...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 13:31hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Masisi proves ruling elite out of touch with suffering ordinary citizenry as he enjoys life in ivory tower with Mnangagwa!
I perfectly understand that life in the ivory tower of power and wealth is so lavish and comfortable!I am similarly aware that - living an ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A golden gift from the political gods
If next year's watershed elections needed any divination, then the just-ended by-elections were the divine bones cast by a bone-thrower to provide a reading of the future.Well, they are a gold...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Traditional healers lure women with promises of easy births
TWO daughters. Long, painful labours. Several miscarriages.For Soko, a hairdresser in her late 30s, the quest for a son and a safe, easy birth led her to seek professional help - from a herbal...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:45hrs | 10 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
This holiday season surprise your health-conscious guests with these 3 delicious reduced sugar cocktails
The 2021 holiday season is upon us. This year has been a tough one for everyone so most of us are looking forward to spending time with friends and family. Over the next few weeks, there will ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 18:24hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Best home remedies for pimples
If acne is plaguing you, then quit wasting money on expensive creams and gels. The best treatment for pimples on your face is actually hidden in your home?Aloe vera with lemon juiceWhe...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Warren Park family abandons house after sewer burst
SERIOUS sewer bursts in Warren Park 1 suburb of Harare have resulted in a family having to evacuate their home as raw sewage flowed over their premises, the neighbouring yards and a car park.M...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sewage oozes out of taps, residents abandon houses
A HEALTH hazard is looming in Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb as sewage is oozing out of some houses' taps and toilets, with the local authority allegedly taking over a month to address the situation...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu's last words: Are you an African?
Journalist Simba Chikanza telephones Zambian government spokesperson to the President Edgar Lungu over the deployment of the Zambian army by the PF government during the counting of the ballot votes: ...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:53hrs | 10 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa dumped by aide
A FORMER aide to MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa, George Madzore, has joined hands with MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and is now set to the break-away party in the coming Kwekwe Central constitu...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans must resist imperialists' machinations'
UGANDA-BASED leader of the Coalition against Coronavirus for Africa Development (ICAC-AD), Tom Isingoma Mwesiga, has challenged Zimbabweans to resist imperialists' moves to influence the country's pol...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's spin-nurse relives prison nightmare
MDC Alliance spokesperson Fadzai Mahere was arrested recently and charged for allegedly communicating falsehoods in a matter involving a baby who was initially reported dead following a baton stick st...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Matter of fact
ON December 12, 2020, in a story titled We don't spoonfeed graduates: Govt, we erroneously attributed comments made by Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement deputy minister Vangelis Peter H...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 20:26hrs | | by Editor
We don't spoon-feed graduates: govt
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister, Anxious Masuka has said government has no responsibility to "spoon-feed" thousands of graduates churned out annually by universities and coll...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gringo appeals for help after suffering relapse
Veteran comedian Lazarus Boora, known by his legion of fans as Gringo, has fallen sick again after failing to raise money for medication.Gringo, who turned 47 last month, is battling tesnel or...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff reportetr
Sugar beans can give beef a run for its taste
The kitchen place is a very interesting culinary laboratory, it be makeshift, modern or rural set up. Sometimes food burning to cinder whilst both eyes and attention of the cook are on smartphone chat...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:01hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
ANC- ZANU- PF bromance in Harare a no show
The entire week, Zimbabweans everywhere had adrenalin pumbing through their beings in great anticipation of the much-hyped ANC- Zanu PF meeting at the very headquarters of the latter in Harare....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Man (32) subjects woman (61) to bizarre 'rape ordeal'
A 32-YEAR-OLD mechanic from Bulawayo allegedly habitually raped and beat a 61-year-old woman who gave him a home when his relatives threw him out in 2011. Over seven years, the man allegedly told the ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Some fallen heroes, battle sites lie forgotten'
While war veterans across the country are fighting for gratuities and other benefits for their participation in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, some Zimbabweans believe they should be fighting for the...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane East By-election: A deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged and mountainous pathway to democracy in Zimbabwe
The recently held parliamentary and council by-elections in Lupane East, Ward 23 Nkayi South and Ward 22 Bubi constituencies respectively, on the 3rd of August 2019, and many others before, are a dece...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Kambarami: A limping goat with one horn on its forehead!
The uncanny and hellish school boy behaviour by one Tinashe Kambarami of unknown origin, who by the devil's design, strangely found himself being the self-proclaimed godfather of Bulawayo, is exceedin...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 00:31hrs | 1 | by Muntukaziwa
SA company wants MDC-T garnished over R4m debt
A SOUTH African wholesale textile company and a Bulawayo garment manufacturing firm which supplied MDC-T with 200 000 T- shirts and head scarves in 2008 have approached the High Court seeking an order...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicide and Depression - The answer is Jesus Christ more than any other solution!
I am sure everyone at some point has seen the phrase: Jesus is the answer! There is no question asked but that is the phrase given as pointing to the answer. Indeed, people need the Lord and this Lord...Published: 07 May 2019 at 12:01hrs | 6 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Zimbabwe National Dialogue happening in the coming week
On 24 April at Harvest House press conference Nelson Chamisa responding to State of The Nation (online) reporter Tafadzwa Nyikadzino on him seeming to be a choir master singing all of Zimbabwe's probl...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Terence Simbi
Guaranteed erections steal the show at ZITF
Sexual performance boosters are flying off the shelves at the Malawi stand at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo.The stand is stealing the show at one of the bigg...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 21:34hrs | 1 | by Methusi Ncube
'No top positions for Zanu-PF returnees'
Expelled Zanu-PF members who are rejoining the revolutionary party are not going to be given positions, President Mnangagwa has said. Several Zanu-PF members, who were expelled for various rea...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of Wilfred Mugeyi, Boateng and MDC
Up until May 6 2015, arguably the most embarrassing episode in world football history was that last-gasp miss by Wilfred Mugeyi on January 25 2004 at Zimbabwe's first appearance at the African Cup of ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 13 | by Bishop Lazi
Hungry man steals teaspoon to spread peanut butter on bread
A 20-YEAR-OLD man pleaded extreme hunger in court after he was caught on CCTV stealing a knife and a teaspoon from Pick n Pay supermarket in Gweru.Obert Sibanda of Mkoba 6 suburb told Magistra...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Methuseli Ncube
Masawara Group hands over relief packs for 500 families
Companies in the Masawara Group on Friday (22 March) handed over relief packs to Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Sekai Nzenza and Deputy Local Government, Public Works and National ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masawara companies come together to help Cyclone Idai victims
Companies in the Masawara Group, which is comprised of the Zimnat Insurance Group, Cresta Group of Hotels, Minerva, Botswana Insurance company and Grand Re-Insurance , have come together to help...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blames Internet for own failures
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has developed a knack for blaming everything that has gone bad in Zimbabwe on social media a default mode that has seen it shutting down the Internet re...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Healer 'kills' patient
A self-confessed healer from Epworth has been brought before the court for allegedly killing a patient.Tawanda Vhuso, 27, stood in the dock before a Harare magistrate charged with culpable hom...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife dies, hubby battles for life after STI 'cure'
A Harare woman died and her husband is battling for his life after drinking a concoction they were given by a self-proclaimed prophet to ‘cure' them of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) which h...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba undresses Fadzayi Mahere
William Gerald Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) on Friday engaged in a heated Twar with human rights lawyer Fadzayi Mahere over the announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe that Mutumanje had ...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 14:36hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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