Search / Storm
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 2 hrs ago | 519 | by Dumisani Muleya
Sex 'booster' takes Harare by storm
THIRTY-TWO-year-old Takunda Dube says he has been battling erectile dysfunction and decreased libido since he was 21.The condition is common, but can be a frustrating and embarrassing experien...Published: 4 hrs ago | 839 | by Staff reporter
Hit hard by storms and forest loss, Zimbabweans building stronger homes
For Florence Panda, the best thing about her new house in eastern Zimbabwe is not the modern design or the size, big enough for her family of nine.It's the fact that the house is built with ce...Published: 4 hrs ago | 74 | by Staff reporter
Good riddance as Chiyangwa ends COSAFA tenure
PHILIP CHIYANGWA's reign as COSAFA president officially ended yesterday with the Southern African football body paying tribute to the businessman for overseeing a successful tenure.Chiyangwa w...Published: 5 hrs ago | 102 | by Staff reporter
Top medical firm in labour, tax evasion storm
ONE of Zimbabwe's oldest and major private medical services provider, Baines Imaging Group is embroiled in a nasty fight with serving and former employees, who are accusing the institution of external...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Joel Luphahla survives Bosso axe
MANDLA Mpofu's reign as Highlanders' head coach came to a screeching halt yesterday morning when the club gave him the sack together with his assistant Bekithemba Ndlovu, goalkeepers' trainer Julius N...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda calls out Zimbabwe on genocide
RWANDAN authorities have expressed dismay on how the Zimbabwean government is portraying the 1994 genocide against Tutsis.In an official statement released by Foreign Affairs minister Frederic...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
PSL suspends games over Dembare hooliganism
THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) has indefinitely suspended its programme as it seeks a lasting solution to acts of hooliganism that are tainting the image of local football.The biggest match i...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu villagers relive night of terror
"THEY must rot in jail!" Selma Modi (38) of Kalembo Farm in Chegutu yelled as she narrated her harrowing ordeal of last Tuesday night at the hands of armed Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) personnel....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Mayhem at Barbourfields
Highlanders 1 - 0 Dynamos(Match abandoned after 92 minutes)THERE were disgraceful scenes in yesterday's Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match between Highlanders and Dynamos at Ba...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Violent hubby jailed for assaulting wife
A 33-YEAR-OLD Mutoko man was sentenced to six months in jail by Mutoko magistrate Elijah Sibanda for assaulting his wife on Friday.Maxwell Muza will however spend three months behind bar...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:39hrs | 173 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man disguises as woman, gets married for 16 months
A Honde Valley man disguised himself as a woman and got married for 16 good months while performing all the duties expected of a new bride, only being caught when playing for a women's soccer team and...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 2056 | by Staff reporter
'Drop in voter numbers disturbing'
THE number of registered voters as of April 30 has dropped by 10 448 compared to the 2018 figures, a trend analysts said was disturbing.According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Zi...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers run amok in Chegutu
DOZENS of villagers near Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo Airbase in Chegutu were on Tuesday allegedly assaulted by soldiers reportedly searching for a machete gangster who had assaulted their collegue.A...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2426 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge carriageway gets attention after years of neglect
THE upgrading of the road linking Beitbridge Border Post and major inland cities including Bulawayo and Harare is nearing completion with the contractor saying it will be open to traffic at the end of...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:11hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
BCC ropes in private players on roads
LACK of plant and equipment has forced the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to contract private companies to re-gravel city roads.The local authority has only one functional grader and was in sixes...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:44hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Harare converts golf courses to stands
HARARE City Council (HCC) has been caught up in a fresh storm after it emerged that the corruption and controversy-riddled municipality is seeking to convert two community golf courses into residentia...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
CCC congress debate: Whither democracy?
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was built around Morgan Tsvangirai's personality. It is personality politics or personality cultism. Similarly, Zanu-PF under the late former president Robert ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:28hrs | 214 | by Faith Zaba
Ramaphosa booed, abandons workers day celebrations
Cyril Ramaphosa had to leave Cosatu's Worker's Day rally in the North West in a police Nyala as aggrieved workers stormed the stage in the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Sunday with cries of "he [Ramaphosa...Published: 01 May 2022 at 14:14hrs | 3657 | by Staff reporter
Shopping mall craze grips Zimbabwe
THERE is no doubt that locals are innovative.However, novel ideas and trends often progressively lead to a bandwagon, where everyone wants to get in on the action.Once someone starts a...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:08hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland communities feel the effects of climate change
Villagers in Bubi ward 19 are living in fear after a herd of elephants invaded their fields. The invasion which began a week ago h...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 390 | by Stephen Jakes
Mandava violence: Police arrest 15 hooligans
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 15 people in connection with acts of hooliganism that occurred during the Castle Lager Premiership football match between FC Platinum and Highlanders at Mand...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
How deepfake technology can affect Zimbabwe's next general election
With social media seemingly fuelling organizing inside opposition political parties, the ruling party ZANU PF has been caught up in the storm of trying to...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 21:14hrs | 818 | by Taruberekera Masara
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Department dispels flood fears
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has dispelled rumours that heavy rains which recently pounded South Africa could spill to Zimbabwe.Floods in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province h...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 8337 | by Staff reporter
Wedding cancelled. . . Hubby stops estranged wife's marriage to lover
WHAT was supposed to be a special day for a Bulawayo woman ended in utter shame after her secret wedding with her lover was dramatically stopped at the Bulawayo Civil Court by a man who claimed to be ...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:51hrs | 2928 | by Staff reporter
Zec in server storm
THE embattled Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is once again entangled in a rigging storm amid allegations by some data experts that the electoral body's servers are being hosted by Africom, a comp...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
45 killed in KwaZulu-Natal floods
he KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) said the death toll due to heavy rains across the province had reached more than 45 by yesterday afternoon....Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
South Africans says all Zimbabweans must leave the country
ANGRY South Africans say they want all Zimbabweans, documented or otherwise, to leave the country as soon as possible or face more xenophobic violence.This follows the callous murder of Zimbab...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:36hrs | 2800 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreaking havoc in communities
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area", reported Chronicle in Septemb...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:40hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 2061 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Govt suspends over 1000 teachers
At least 1 000 teachers who did not report for duty by February 22, 2022 have been suspended for three months without pay, Business Times can report.The teachers, who cited incapacitation, hav...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:15hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Vote-rigging whistle-blower granted bail
A WHISTLE-BLOWER, who allegedly unmasked attempted rigging by a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) employee was yesterday charged with violating the Electoral Act.MDC Alliance's Gilbert Mbwen...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Community service for insulting landlady
A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Harare has been ordered to perform 145 hours of community service for insulting his landlady when she came to collect rent.Kudakwashe Gomo was initially sentenced to six...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mbanje grower (59) jailed
A 59-YEAR-OLD Bindura man was jailed for growing over 2000 plants of cannibis .Taurai Kanyemba of Musana Bindura was senten...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 07:15hrs | 995 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Street mural exposes Zimbabwe's divided society
THE Shona and the Ndebele are Zimbabwe's two most dominant ethnic groups. Explaining the ever-present tension between them, historian Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni points to the abuse of the post-colonial st...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:30hrs | 426 | by Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti
Beitbridge govt houses now occupied
BENEFICIARIES of government constructed houses at Beitbridge reportedly started occupying them after they were commissioned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently.This was despite reports th...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 12:55hrs | 844 | by Stephen Jakes
Mwonzora supporters in failed bid to seize CCC Bulawayo office
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) security Thursday thwarted attempts by MDC-T supporters to seize their party's Bulawayo offices, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt.The incident happened when CCC â...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Bosso gunning for victory
THE draw away against Caps United followed by an emphatic victory over Yadah FC last Sunday have calmed the storm that had rocked the Highlanders' boat, but head coach Mandla Mpofu admits he remains u...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:10hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth boss kills Chamisa's supporter
IN A brazen show of political intolerance, Zanu PF Youth League Mashonaland Central chairman, John Nhamburo, Saturday allegedly deliberately ran over a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist in...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 08:26hrs | 4311 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens firm chokehold on Jonathan Moyo
FORMER cabinet minister, MP and Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, who escaped by death by a whisker when the army stormed his home and that of a friend guns blazing during the 2017 military coup...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:39hrs | 7673 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisory council falls apart
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council (Pac) has virtually collapsed after the acrimonious quitting of its high-profile deputy chairperson, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) proprietor ...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
Rehabilitation of Manama Hospital maternity wing stalls
MANAMA Mission Hospital maternity ward in Gwanda, Matabeleland South province has failed to re-open despite undergoing some renovations after it was extensively damaged by a violent storm last year....Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:21hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavies renew animosity
A FRESH factional frontier has opened in Zanu-PF after the ruling party's politburo resolved to hold its primary elections for the 2023 general election latest by February next year at its monthly mee...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:28hrs | 1365 | by Staff reporter
Man forces fellow tenant to touch his manhood
A 28-year-old Bulawayo woman was left horrified and scared after her 26-year-old fellow tenant stormed into her room and sneaked into her blankets before he allegedly forced her to touch his "erect" s...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:46hrs | 3156 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps cop, plunges vehicle into ditch
THERE was drama when a daring man from Bulawayo allegedly kidnapped a police officer who was escorting him to the police station following his arrest for public violence intentionally swerved his vehi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets up six new Met stations
GOVERNMENT has established six automatic meteorological service stations and acquired five radar systems to be installed at airports around the country starting next month.Environment, Climate...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:59hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos summoned over disciplinary issues
DYNAMOS have become the first club this season to be summoned to appear before the Premier Soccer League disciplinary committee for their fan's hooliganism during a league match against Bulawayo Chief...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:58hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Lithium rush takes Zimbabwe by storm
Three Chinese energy firms have snapped up controlling equity in Zimbabwean lithium mines over the past four months, as the world's biggest electric vehicles market takes a strategic position in Afric...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:17hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Exploring the rise of the online casino
The brick-and-mortar traditional casino dates to Italy in the early1600s. Evidence shows Venice's Ridotto was in full operation in 1638. Of course, gambling goes back much further to the Old Stone Age...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 12:56hrs | 302 | by Staff Writer
Load More Stories
