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Ncube casino economics killing goose that lays eggs
THE Zimbabwean dollar is tumbling at a fast rate and it will only respond positively when there is a change of government. As long as we are going to have this current leadership, nothing will c...Published: 3 hrs ago | 256 | by Leonard Koni
Fire Mthuli and Mangudya
The Zimbabwean dollar is tumbling at a very fast rate and it will only respond to the market when there is a change of government. As long as we are going to have this current leadership nothing...Published: 15 May 2022 at 09:22hrs | 5380 | by Leonard Koni
Man sleeps with mum and sisters for riches
THE relationship between mother and son can be an unbreakable bond and the love between the two is incomparable, but it has its limits.However, one man has crossed the line that separates a no...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 2077 | by Staff reporter
Sisters tormented by dead lover
IN a suspected case of a vengeful spirit, two sisters from the same family are being tormented by the spirit of a boyfriend, who died 24 years ago.The girlfriend, Chioniso Mabwe now 40, was in...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:32hrs | 2221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Wits University PhD student commits suicide over expired permit
A Zimbabwean PhD Candidate at University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa Philip Chuma has reportedly committed suicide after failing to register for the 2022 academic year due to an expired permi...Published: 02 May 2022 at 13:08hrs | 10975 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 198 | by jamwanda
Ending gender-based online violence
By Share AmericaThe digital world holds great promise to amplify the voices of women, girls and LGBTQI+ individuals.But it also has given rise to new forms of gender-based abus...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 11:48hrs | 79 | by Share America
Suicide death spikes in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has urged the public to seek councelling following a spate of suicide cases in Bulawayo this month. ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 15:36hrs | 1697 | by Stephen Jakes
Temba Mliswa calls for return of the US Dollar
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says the introduction of the United States Dollar as a single currency is the best salvation to the revival of Zimbabwe's economy. In a Twitter thread ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 10:24hrs | 4097 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 150 | by Staff reporter
Europe cannot beat a bitterly cold winter through fire from faggots
They can't make fire from faggotsAS I write, for the short month of conflict in Eastern Europe, global food prices have risen by an average 17 percent.Energy costs have gone through th...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:19hrs | 134 | by @ Jamwanda2
Man commits suicide over work-related dispute
A 19-YEAR-OLD Gokwe man died after consuming a pesticide following a misunderstanding with a workmate.Acting Midlands provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende yesterda...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:04hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife urges Zimbabweans to pray hard for sanctions to be removed
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa says God can cause Western powers to lift sanctions they imposed on Zimbabwe if the country's citizens pray hard enough.She said this on Tuesday while addressing ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:57hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife blames unemployment on sanctions
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has blamed the collapse of industries in the country and high unemployment rates on sanctions, saying the nation should pray hard for their removal.She said this ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:52hrs | 162 | 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 | 344 | by Staff reporter
Cyberbullying haunts female politicians
ELECTORAL watchdogs and women's rights groups have cited cyberbullying as a major factor discouraging women from actively participating in politics.Addressing delegates at an election sensitis...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:21hrs | 150 | 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 | 552 | by Staff reporter
Gweru bouncer hangs self
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has reviewed downwards the price of fuel in line with the prevailing international oil prices.The move brings relief to motorists who have exper...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Man kills cousin, hangs self in police cells
A Tsholotsho man allegedly fatally stabbed his 12-year-old cousin and committed suicide in a police cell.Police on their Twitter page said the man also stabbed his other cousin and left him se...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 21:52hrs | 882 | 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 | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man found dead at London home
A 32-year-old Zimbabwean man was last Tuesday found dead at his Richmond home in a case of suspected suicide.Calvin Tapuwanashe Nyevera Munhuweyi had hardly settled in the United Kingdom, havi...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 18:05hrs | 3096 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill brothers in fatal fight
A MAN from Mwenezi believed to be mentally challenged fatally assaulted his brother while they were on their way to a local hospital to collect medication before committing suicide.Masvingo pr...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:05hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Women decry sextortion
WOMEN'S organisations have lamented the rise in sextortion cases in the country's tertiary institutions and workplaces, pushing back the fight to achieve gender equality.According to the Colli...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 06:56hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after killing wife
A Gokwe man is suspected to have murdered his wife before he committed suicide by drinking a pesticide.Daniel Makuseni (42) of Katazo Village under Chief Simchembo in Gokwe reportedly killed h...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 17:53hrs | 1444 | by Staff reporter
Demise of the status quo
AFTER the Roman senate declared Emperor Nero an enemy of the State and sentenced him to death for his abuse of power, the emperor did not wait to be humiliated in public, instead he committed suicide....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 361 | by Sakala
Chamisa: Illusions of democracy, statesmanship
LAST week CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa was pontificating about the sovereignty of Ukraine, railing against the Russian special mission into its neighbour as a travesty that trampled on international s...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 328 | by Fungi Kwaramba
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 | 811 | by Staff reporter
Riky Rick dies?
South African hip hop star Ricky Rick has died aged 34 from an apparent suicide, the Sunday World newspaper reports. Riky Rick has the whole of South Africa concerned with a cryptic message he...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 09:52hrs | 3971 | by Staff reporter
Govt must take care of youths
ECONOMIC Justice for Women Project (EJWP) joins Zimbabwe in commemorating the National Youth Day, a day meant to celebrate the efforts made by young people in building the country.The theme fo...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:53hrs | 76 | by EJWP
'Girls abused, blinded by gifts'
MARRIED off at 15 years before eventually walking away, radio personality Ms Farai Magada has said many young girls are subjected to sexual abuse and suffer in silence just to be gifted with presents ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after axing wife
A man from Bekezela township in Filabusi committed suicide after axing his wife, leaving her for dead on Monday morning."Innocent Chandakaona had a misunderstanding with his wife over an undis...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:45hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Hubby brings lover home for sex
A man from Shangani is in the habit of chasing away his wife from their house in order to indulge in sex with his girlfriend.He only allows her back when he is done with his lover.This...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man hangs self
A 25-YEAR-OLD insecure man who accused his girlfriend of cheating on him killed himself after she dumped him. Sipho Dhewa from Nkulumane was in love with a lady only known as Caroline. Their l...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
Men are emotional beings also; a nature denied
The society can no longer sustain the lie, the fast diminishing energy reserves which have for centuries propelled the patriarchal society can no longer be wasted in pursuing the fallacy that men are ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 18:15hrs | 504 | by Mberi Prince
Chamisa's political own-goal
FRENCH realist, painter and sculptor Edgar Degas once retorted: "What a horrible thing yellow is."He made this statement after discovering that despite the colour being associated with cheerfu...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:18hrs | 510 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Chamisa concedes defeat in the battle for MDC?
FORMER MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa conceded defeat in the battle for control of the heart and soul of the opposition party as he surrendered the name MDC-Alliance to adopt the name Citizen Coalition ...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Jilted man commits suicide at in-laws' home
IN an incident that has left villagers in Chinamhora shell-shocked, a 43-year-old man died after setting himself ablaze at his in-laws' residence.Abel Chivandire, of Ndoro village, under Chief...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2859 | by Staff reporter
Nust student commits suicide
A Nust final year student committed suicide in his rural home of Masvingo, the university's Students Representative Committee (SRC) has said.It is still unclear what caused Tanaka Muzondo to k...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Council employee jumps off 6th floor
A HARARE City Council traffic employee (name withheld) has allegedly committed suicide this morning by jumping from the sixth floor of Cleveland building.A clo...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 18:18hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter
Policeman shoots, injures girlfriend
A POLICE constable stationed at Dumisa base in Chiredzi south of Masvingo province Monday allegedly shot and critically injured his girlfriend in Chipinge before vanishing.A hunt for him is no...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:57hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over wife's alleged infidelity
A HARARE City Council employee allegedly jumped to his death from the seventh floor of a council building on Wednesday afternoon in a suspected suicide case.Council spokesperson Innocent Ruwen...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:07hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Rail-road level crossing accidents, suicides worry NRZ
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has expressed concern over the increase in rail-road level crossing accidents and suicides.This comes after 47 rail suicide cases and 56 road rail cross...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:47hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Woman knifes hubby
A HARARE woman allegedly stabbed her husband on the neck, stomach and back on Tuesday after a heated domestic dispute before setting their bedroom on fire while she was also inside, possibly in a bid ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:24hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self after misunderstanding with grandfather
A TWENTY-YEAR-OLD man from Kezi, Mtsuli Village under Chief Malaba, Matabeleland South province, committed suicide following a misunderstanding with his grandfather over an unspecified issue.I...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Lupane, Binga battles relived
TODAY as we continue our interview with Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Stanford Moyo pseudo name Lloyd Zvanananewako or Mabhikwa, the former freedom fighter takes us through operations in the Zipra oper...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Man kills estranged teenage wife, commits suicide
POLICE in the Midlands province are investigating a suspected murder and suicide case which happened in Lower Gweru, where a 31-year-old man allegedly strangled his estranged wife (17) to death and th...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:27hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills self in witchcraft allegations
A 46-YEAR-OLD Rushinga woman committed suicide by hanging after failing to face her mother in law whom.she labeled a witch.Beaty King o...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1138 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man commits suicide over infidelity
A-thirty-one-year-old man from Siesta Farm in Matobo district committed suicide by throwing himself in a well after a misunderstanding with his wife over alleged infidelity.Matabeleland South ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:05hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for distributing porn online
A 63-year-old man from New Magwegwe in Bulawayo has been arrested for distributing pornographic image of a man and a woman in a compromising position, becoming one of the first individuals likely to f...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 09:29hrs | 860 | by Staff Reporter
Mystery deaths deepen in Zimbabwe
DEATH is never easy and, whenever it strikes, the grief it causes is traumatic for family and friends who would have lost a loved one.This encounter with mortality always leaves the surviving ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
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