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More Bulawayo men commit suicide
Bulawayo has recorded 21 suicide cases since June this year, with an alarming 20 of them involving men, prompting police to call for increased community and family support to promote mental health. Th...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:31hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Rolling power cuts cripple maternal healthcare services in Harare clinics
Harare's municipal clinics are struggling to provide essential maternal healthcare services due to crippling power cuts, an investigation by NewsDay has revealed. The blackouts, which often last more ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:43hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over poverty
A Bindura man allegedly failed to accept hard times in his life and committed suicide by hanging yesterday.Takachekwa Sabora (41) of Ma...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 15:29hrs | 766 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chikozho Bus Services owner commits suicide
On Wednesday afternoon, Alphabet Chikozho, a prominent businessman and bus operator, was found dead in his car on the Zvishavane-Masvingo highway. Chikozho, 60, is suspected to have taken his ...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 14:26hrs | 3023 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Is it the time for unity or is it just the end of the ANC?
It was always clear that the African National Congress (ANC) was headed for political and electoral decline in the 2024 elections. Several political analysts and ANC watchers have written the politica...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 08:07hrs | 399 | by William J Mpofu
South Africa: Is it the time for unity or is it just the end of the ANC?
There is little doubt that, politically, the DA is the ultimate beneficiary of the government of national unity. It was always clear that the African N...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 20:38hrs | 483 | by Dr William J Mpofu
Pupil commits suicide after boyfriend rejects pregnancy
A tragic incident occurred at Nketa High School in Bulawayo where a female student, whose name is withheld, reportedly took her own life after her boyfriend allegedly rejected her pregnancy. The girl,...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:06hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Understanding suicide among diaspora-born youths
The prevalence of media reports highlighting the suicides of young Zimbabweans born in the Diaspora is a deeply concerning issue. The time has come for us as Zimbabweans to understand the underlying f...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Why an uprising against Zanu-PF will fail
I SEE some people advocating an uprising against Zanu-PF Have you people thought this through? If you really provoke a crisis, with the populace on one side and the machinery of the Zanu-PF go...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:32hrs | | by Kumbirai T Nhamo
Man (77) kills self over goats
A 77-year-old man from Tsholotsho committed suicide by hanging after a dispute over the ownership of family goats early this week.The deceased Hebert Zilawa Tshuma of Diwala Line under Chief G...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 11:53hrs | 8 | by Peter Matuka
Sex scandal brings down ex-CZI boss
Sex has brought down powerful men - kings, politicians, chief executives, clergymen and professors - who abuse power in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in contemporary times, as it was the case in history....Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics is no game for naive thinkers
They say hope is for people who cannot see the truth! There are those hopeful one day Zanu-PF will stop governing Zimbabwe, yet the truth is speaking against their hope.In a candid conversatio...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 10 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
It is time for Mnangagwa to go
This is the perfect time for Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to go. Leadership is not his forte. He does not have the dexterity needed to govern a country. The past five years testify of his failure which...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 13:03hrs | | by @maximilianlion
'Men left out in health-conscious programmes'
VIVAT Health Solutions group managing director Thembelihle Mloyi-Ncube says there is need to involve men in health-conscious programmes on the back of a spike in mental health-related cases in the cou...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to test Mnangagwa's democratic credentials
LATE afternoon on Tuesday, Zimbabwe's Twitter was all about Passenger 34. He was trending all night and into Wednesday, the day the Nomination Court was sitting. Passenger 34 did not arrive as...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Full dollarisation suicidal for Zimbabwe'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned against full dollarisation as the economy battles exchange rate volatility which has triggered astronomical price hikes.In 2008, the country ditch...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC bars former Bosso chairman
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change preferred candidates for the Bulawayo mayoral and deputy mayoral positions, former Education Minister David Coltart and Dumisani Nkomo suffered los...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
What can Zimbabwe and Africa learn from China's 1949 revolution?
The Chinese Revolution of 1949, made the West to regard China as a yellow peril or disease which had to be quarantined for 20 years and how in turn China built up its political and economic strength i...Published: 30 May 2023 at 22:44hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
An abortion right is not a right - THE AUTHENTICITY
The fetus should be considered part of the human species, as it shares our genetic code, and, if unimpeded in its development, will grow and mature into an adult human being.The debate over wh...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 13:57hrs | | by Tafara Makusha
'Suicidal' man stabs father in domestic dispute
A Mazowe man is in trouble after he allegedly stabbed his father once in the stomach after a domestic dispute.Simbarashe Munhupedzi was dragged to Concession magistrates courts facing attempte...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 16:22hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Vending in Zimbabwean towns with kids declared an offence
DURING the peak hour, human traffic in Central Business Districts (CBDs) across towns and cities naturally swell, as commuters frenziedly make their way to various pick-up points for transport to take...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poor Pamela Tremont and Triple C: Politics without lawful issue
I have watched Pamela Tremont's hearing in preparation for her posting to Zimbabwe as US' next ambassador.Both the line of questioning by US Senators, as well as her responses, were, to say th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Suicidal woman loses peace order bid
A HARARE woman, Elizabeth Chemhere on Tuesday wept bitterly at the civil court as she accused her husband, Machinda Jumo of assaulting her on several occasions and threatening to rape her.Chem...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shadowy group sends shivers down voters' spines
A Zanu-PF-affiliated organisation, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), has deployed tens of its members in Masvingo province to collect personal voter information from each rural household, raising fea...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' inaction against Sikhala's unjust continued incarceration is greatest threat to activism!
A tyrant will always be a tyrant - and, like the proverbial leopard, foolhardy for anyone to expect him to change his spots.It is, therefore, incumbent upon the people being oppressed to stand...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 09:38hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man hangs self at Apostolic shrine
Bindura residents were shell shocked to see Aleck Chizuku's (27) life less body hanging on a tree at Ran mine Bindura on Monday.T...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 16:22hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Zanu-PF now a serious danger to itself
REPORTS that hordes of Zanu-PF youths besieged Mbare Magistrates Court environs on Monday threatening to burn vehicles belonging to lawyers representing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in-law captures Trevor Ncube's media group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son in-law Gerald Mlotshwa - a prominent lawyer married to the ruling Zanu-PF leader's daughter Farai - has now formally bought a significant equity stake at the private...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Siqokoqela Mphoko granted $50 000 bail
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's son Siqokoqela, who is facing charges of allegedly raping his 12-year-old niece as well as escaping from lawful custody, has been released on $50 000 bail by...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicidal woman dumps baby and sets house on fire
POLICE in Mashonaland Central have arrested a 22-year-old Bindura woman who attempted to kill herself by setting her bedroom hut ablaze after dumping her 1 year 1-month-old baby in a mining pit....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:32hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
THIS serves as a reminder to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and all other public office bearers that you are only left with less than nine months to put your house in order.Fast forward to 2023,...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Pardon Makunike
Zanu-PF condemns US provocative stance against China
Zanu-PF has thrown its weight behind the People's Republic of China in the face of provocation by the United States which has trampled on previous agreements by disregarding the One China princi...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stress-related suicide cases triple in Bulawayo
THE number of people attempting suicide has almost tripled in Bulawayo since last year with concerns that residents are failing to cope with stress, which drives them to the edge leading to suicide....Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Macheso is bigger than Ngwazi but .....
THE raging comparison of Sungura legend Alick Macheso and the emerging sungura star Mark Ngwazi reminds me of the late 1990s when a colleague brought Macheso's debut album, Magariro, to a party....Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Housemate fails to save suicidal neighbour
EFFORTS to save a woman who ingested poison by making her drink milk proved futile when she died.It is common belief in many Zimbabwean societies that milk "neutralises" poison.Medical...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | | by jamwanda
9 people hit by trains in one month
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increasing incidences of people being hit by trains, as well as suicidal cases along the railway systems after nine incidents inv...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deportation threatened ex-UK soldier: 'I'm suffering for my service to the country I love'
In early March, Joram Nechironga was put on a bus from Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in west London destined for Heathrow airport.The father of two, who served in the British Army from ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman's successful fight against HIV
THE words "we are very sorry, your blood shows that you are HIV positive", gave Ms Sithethelele Nkomo nightmares, confusion, suicidal thoughts and rang in her mind for two good months without disclosi...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Form 3 pupil commits suicide
A 16-YEAR-OLD school pupil at Ndarama High School in Masvingo died after he drank poison after he had allegedly been summoned for a hearing by school authorities.The incident which happened on...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man throws self in front of moving council vehicle, dies
In a suspected case of suicide, a Harare man died on the spot after throwing himself self onto a moving heavy Harare City Council truck along Charter Road this morning. A witness said the unid...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean maids lured to slavery in Oman
SCORES of Zimbabwean women employed as domestic workers in Oman are being subjected to deplorable living and working conditions that include constant beatings, overwork, underpayment and forced labour...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-British soldier fights deportation to Zimbabwe
A FORMER BRITISH Army soldier who fought in Iraq and returned from action with mental health issues is facing deportation.Joram Nechironga, a Zimbabwean national, is due to be deported by the ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man hacks wife with an axe, kills self after thinking she is dead
A Filabusi man, who was accusing his wife of cheating, killed himself after thinking that he had hacked her to death with an axe.Innocent Chandakawona of Bekezela in Filabusi, allegedly struck...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industrialists expose gaps in Mnangagwa's re-engagement push
CALLS for government to get serious with its re-engagement drive have intensified, with industrialists and economists reminding President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to avoid building ties wit...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Zimbabwe won't let a brotherly nation down
The just-ended SADC Extraordinary Heads of State and Government summit in Lilongwe, Malawi managed to galvanise the region's leadership to realise the importance of unity in dealing with issues of pea...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sliding back to 2008 crisis'
ZIMBABWE is in economic and political crises which are threatening peace, particularly ahead of the 2023 elections.Observers say corruption and looting of public resources have reached alarmin...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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