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Parental negligence fuelling teen pregnancies
COMMUNITY leaders say the prevailing economic hardships have forced parents to abandon their children, making them vulnerable to sexual abuse.This came out during engagements on gender-based v...Published: 21 hrs ago | 231 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally strikes lover with iron bar
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Old Pumula, Bulawayo died after her boyfriend allegedly brutally assaulted her with an iron bar and pushed her head through a door.Nobuhle Mlambo spent about a month i...Published: 21 hrs ago | 368 | by Staff reporter
'7 000 more teachers not enough'
TEACHERS' unions have scoffed at Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's move to fund recruitment of only 7 000 teachers against an estimated shortfall of 100 000 educators.In his 2023 national budget...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:54hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
How can Zimbabweans be helped when they don't want to help themselves?
There is a popular Chinese adage - 'it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'.Indeed, as the people of Zimbabwe, we have endure unbelievable untold suffering, oppression and po...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:22hrs | 953 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Drama as trainee doctor assaults rival lovers
A man from Bulawayo, who is also a trainee medical doctor at Mpilo Central Hospital, and suspected his pregnant girlfriend of cheating for some time had his suspicions confirmed in the most dramatic w...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 3280 | by Staff reporter
Lightning bolts strike two Harare men dead
TWO male adults from Harare were this week struck dead by lightning bolts in separate incidents, as this year's rain season got off to a tragic start.The deceased have been identified as Leona...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Free land for setting up medical parks in Zimbabwe
Free suitable land must be identified for Zimbabweans wishing to set up medical parks, including those in the diaspora, President Mnangagwa has directed, as the country's medical training facilities n...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa enforcer and ex-minister laments death of provincial hero
"It's painful that one of our own dies whilst we have the means of assisting her", former State security minister Owen ‘Mudha' Ncube said last Wednesday at the funeral of a Zanu-PF official while su...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Harare airport bird strike grounds Fastjet aircraft
A Fastjet aircraft was grounded recently after experiencing a bird strike upon landing at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.The incident, according to a statement by the company'...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum dominate Castle Soccer Stars
CHAMPIONS FC Platinum dominated the 2022 Castle Soccer Stars, having three of their players voted into the top 11 on Friday.The champions had goalkeeper Wallace Magalane who kept 16 clean shee...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:28hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Ireland's drug lord planned to start new life in Zimbabwe
Drug lord Christy Kinahan planned to start a new life in Zimbabwe with his long-term partner and their children, leaked documents have revealed.The FBI most-wanted criminal also hoped to buy a...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1727 | by Pat Flanagan for Ireland Live
Teachers 4ED take over teachers recruitment
The recently launched Zanu-PF aligned teacher union called Teachers for Economic Development or Teachers4ED seems to have taken over recruitment and deployment of teachers as Zanu-PF is soliciting for...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
Kadewere scores on Real Mallorca debut
WARRIORS striker Tinotenda Kadewere got his Real Mallorca career off to a dream start after scoring on his debut for the Spanish club on Saturday.After enduring a long wait before making his d...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:31hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Relegated Harare City thump Bosso
Harare City 1 - 1 HighlandersHARARE City bowed out of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League with a bang after thumping Highlanders at the National Sports Stadium and ending the Bulawayo giants' f...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:28hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Quailed-off Vumbachikwe Mine Spouse demo brews possible spontaneous strike
Tuesday the 8th of November 2022 saw more than five hundred disgruntled Vumbachikwe (known as Forbes and Thompson Duration Gold Mine) spouses of mine work...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 13:30hrs | 1113 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabwe teachers hits back at Zanu-PF
TEACHERS unions have hit back at the ruling Zanu-PF's accusations that they were being funded by "hostile" embassies to destabilise the country's education system.The unions said Zanu-PF was t...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:28hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jets back from Abidjan
President Mnangagwa arrived back home this morning from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire where he was attending the Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022, the largest transactional investment marketplace on ...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 07:17hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
CSC Boustead Beef Zimbabwe strikes gold in US
MEAT processor, CSC Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has struck a partnership agreement with United States-based Ethos asset management Inc in an arrangement that will see the American firm providing capital in...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2408 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe strikes steel deal
Engagements at the Africa Investment Forum 2022, which is ongoing here, have already paid dividends for Zimbabwe, with one of the deals in steelmaking worth US$105 million, from a combined portfolio o...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 19:00hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education was once the envy of Africa. Not anymore!
It wasn't just his well-fitted suit, the crisp shirt, and the neatly paired tie that caught everyone's attention. When Amos Mawoyo walked through the rural areas of Imbeza, a timber estate in the East...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dynamos face off in battle for pride
THE last time the country's two giants met, Highlanders were in an unfamiliar position, two points above relegation with 16 points while Dynamos sat at the top of the table with 30 points, 14 ahead of...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:44hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chevrons target Pakistan upset
FROM one big test to another, the Zimbabwe national cricket team are today set to continue with their search of a big scalp at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup when they face former champions Pakistan at t...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza revels in record equaling title
Caps United 2 - 2 FC PlatinumFC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza was delight after guiding the Zvishavane-based side to the 2022 league championship, their fourth on the trot, matching the record set ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's Divine intervention
Highlanders 1-0 Bulawayo ChiefsSHEER individual brilliance by man-of-the-match, Highlanders midfielder Divine Mhindirira who scored in the 37th minute against Bulawayo Chiefs, earned Bosso maximum...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition set for Armageddon in 2023
What a hugely important and symbolic week this will be for Zimbabwe.On Tuesday, African voices, particularly those from Southern Africa, will rise to a crescendo, as they continue to speak out...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:08hrs | 136 | by Bishop Lazarus
Bosso strikers recover from injury
HIGHLANDERS attacking pair of central striker Mthabisi Mabobo Ncube and winger Toto Banda have recovered from injuries that kept them on the sidelines for at least two months.The duo is availa...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 21:28hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Chief who pushed for Mugabe's exhumation and reburial dies
CHIEF Chidziva of Zvimba, born Johannes Jenami, has died after a long battle with a kidney problem.He was aged 92.Son to the late chief, Gibson Jenami, confirmed the passing on of his ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 21:07hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banking sector risks crippling strike over US$ salary portions
PLANS for a crippling strike are hovering above the country's banking sector following the recent denial by the employers' side to honour partial payment of US$ salaries, Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Wor...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he is ready to support teachers
THE Government is ever ready to support teachers through programmes and activities that capacitate them on both national and international levels, platforms from which they can unleash their full pote...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Dembare in conflict of interest, to be crowned Champions?
FC PLATINUM could be made to pay dearly, including possibly having the Castle Lager Premiership football title which they are on the verge of winning forfeited, after they allegedly used an ineligible...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold: new entrant, new strategy, new potential
The formal gold mining sector in Zimbabwe is really dominated by one mining player – Caledonia Mining Corporation. But this is set to change. A company previously focused on oil and gas has changed ...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Karim Benzema wins Ballon d'Or
Karim Benzema said he had become more ambitious with age as the Real Madrid and France striker won the Ballon d'Or on Monday, and dedicated his trophy "to the people".Benzema, who turns 35 in ...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Chiefs in Chibuku Super Cup final
BULAWAYO Chiefs and Herentals wrote their own piece of history by booking their first appearance in the final of the Chibuku Super Cup to be played on November 19 at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death in fight over 'powers' of a sangoma
An argument over the prowess of traditional healers turned bloody as a fight broke out between two Nkayi men leading to a fatal stabbing.Melinkosi Ndlovu who was aged 32 at the time, of Koto v...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:48hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants protest over bonus
GOVERNMENT has said not every civil servant will get a bonus this year because a performance-based payment system would be used to select deserving individuals.The development, which is likely...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
What's wrong with Bosso?
FOUR games, four penalties!Highlanders should self-introspect about the penalties that they are now conceding willy-nilly.In their last four games, including the Chibuku Super Cup quar...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum one win away from 4th consecutive PSL title
FC PLATINUM are three points away from a fourth consecutive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League title after a 1-0 defeat over bogey side Herentals at Mandava Stadium on Saturday.Former Young Wa...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parents ask to pay teacher incentives
PARENTS have implored government to allow them to pay incentives to teachers to rescue the education system from collapse.This came out on Friday during the 2023 pre-budget public hearings con...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers' involvement in armed robberies worrisome
THE arrest of three soldiers in a foiled armed robbery recently following a movie-style shoot-out has again brought to the limelight the involvement of rogue elements of the uniformed forces in violen...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
'Majority of Zimbabweans earning peanuts'
AT LEAST 62% of Zimbabwe workers are earning measly salaries, taking about US$60 per month as of April, a latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 second quarter labour force survey h...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deploys military in newfound oilfields
ZIMBABWE'S military incursion into the Mashonaland Central province for a routine training exercise is part of efforts by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) to familiarise itself with the area as the S...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:43hrs | 19112 | by Staff reporter
Bosso coach takes blame for poor results
DESPITE having reservations about decisions made by referees in the last two Castle Lager Premier Soccer League games, Highlanders coach Baltemar Brito has shouldered the blame for the points dropped ...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala's continued detention is Zanu-PF's ploy to thwart dissidents ahead of 2023 polls'
Political analyst and academic, Alexander Rusero, says the continued incarceration of firebrand Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator, Job Sikhala is a ploy by Zanu-PF to instil fear on disse...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi continues to shine in Ligue 1
WARRIORS' star Marshall Munetsi has emerged as one of the best central midfielders in the UberEats Ligue 1 in terms of distance covered at this stage of the competition.Munetsi is a key ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:53hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum silence Bosso
Highlanders 2 - 3 FC PlatinumWALTER Musona's strike from the last kick of an entertaining Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields yesterday silenced Highlanders as FC Plati...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum beat Highlanders as CAPS United and Dynamos win
FC Platinum took another step closer to their fourth successive Castle Lager Premiership title following their 3-2 win over Highlanders on Sunday.The Platinum left it late to grab the victory ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 17:54hrs | 2353 | by Staff reporter
Skirmishes as Zapu presidency fight rages on
THERE were skirmishes at the opposition Zapu party offices in Bulawayo yesterday when suspended party members staged a demonstration after they were barred from attending a National Executive meeting....Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:01hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Herdboy lover kills boss' wife in jealous rage
IN a spine-chilling incident that left villagers in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, in shock, a 28-year-old man who was employed as a herd boy allegedly murdered his employer's 47-year-old w...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1825 | by Staff reporter
3 family members killed by Black Mamba
THREE members of a Hurungwe family succumbed to poisoning after they were struck by a venomous snake suspected to be a Black Mamba, while foraging for firewood.The bizarre incident occurred in...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 20:00hrs | 3044 | by Staff reporter
Caps Utd dragged into relegation royal rumble
CAPS United's uneven form this season has left them well and truly in the relegation dogfight, and their last six fixtures mean they face an uncomfortable run-in and the real possibility of going down...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
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