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We want 'Samson' back in our butcheries
Some unscrupulous meat outlets countrywide especially beef are selling meat from carcasses of disease stricken cattle. Others are retailing beef from stolen beasts resulting in some unfortunat...Published: 21 hrs ago | 541 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Businesswoman faces US$700K fraud
A 43-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo businesswoman has appeared in court facing charges of defrauding a fellow city businessman of US$700 000 in a well-calculated plan where she sought to offset debt with a local b...Published: 24 hrs ago | 317 | by Staff reporter
Life can never be weighted, even with gold
"A united family eats from the same plate."So says a proverb from the Baganda, a Bantu ethnic group native to Buganda (Uganda).It might as well encapsulate values held by most, if not ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 63 | by Bishop Lazi
Impact of shona teacher deployment to Matebeleland schools, 0% pass rate
At the beginning of 2019, the government has apologised after teachers who cannot speak Ndebele were recruited to take infant classes in Bulawayo....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 08:28hrs | 4055 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube vs Joel Ngodzo tonight
THE 50th crowning ceremony of the country's best footballer, the 2019 Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year Banquet, is on tonight in Harare, with Caps United midfielder Joel Ngodzo and in-form Highlan...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:10hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Church divisions more dangerous than political ones
In recent week's churches in Zimbabwe have displayed a divided tongue in public on key issues concerning national dialogue in the country, its composition and pre-recognition terms. In general...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1344 | by Terence Simbi
Churches nag Mnangagwa for stands
RELIGIOUS groups affiliated to the Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (IICC) on Monday begged for stands and funding from government to construct their own places of worship and ordere...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is illegitimate' MDC maintains - yeah, but to what end and purpose
"MDC Monday stood firm it will never relent on its stance not to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country's legitimately elected leader," reported New Zimbabwe."This comes after F...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 11:06hrs | 2292 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Shut up: True churches are neutral
CLAIMS by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that his nemesis and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has failed God by refusing to accept the disputed outcome of the 2018 presidential elections and Constitutional Co...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:17hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Political power is key to Matebeleland's existence
Ever since Zimbabwe attained it's independence in 1980, the Southern region popularly known as Mthwakazi has never known peace. There has been an attempt by Shona supremacists to destroy the diverse p...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:04hrs | 1324 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Matabeleland North is open for business
Matebeleland North is open for businessZimbabwe is endowed with several majestic wonders and investment opportunities which require an open mind that sees beyond the negative media onslaught a...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1281 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Chamisa has failed God'
MAIN opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has failed God by not accepting the 2018 presidential election results and the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:47hrs | 4184 | by Staff reporter
Churches chide Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and several heads of indigenous churches yesterday took a veiled dig at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for spurning the invitation to be part of the Political Actors' Dialogue ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2707 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi killings not a closed issue'
RESPECTED former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has re-ignited debate on the highly-emotive killings that occurred in the southern parts of Zimbabwe in the 1980s declaring boldly that the sad cha...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter
Churches endorse political dialogue
Leaders of indigenous churches yesterday praised President Mnangagwa for initiating political dialogue with his opponents, but stressed that the discussions should be pursued on the basis of respect a...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:18hrs | 148 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa not abandoning Mnangagwa legitimacy challenge
MDC Monday stood firm it will never relent on its stance not to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country's legitimately elected leader.This comes after Family of God Church founde...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1163 | by newzimbabwe
Police pounce on land barons
POLICE in Harare have arrested eight land barons, including a former MDC councillor, as part of government efforts to bring sanity in the allocation of residential stands in the capital.Police...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa endorsed by Wutaunashe and Zimbabwe churches
A GROUP of Zimbabwe churches have stormed the bruising legitimacy row between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa with Family of God Church founder, Reverend Andrew Wutaunash...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Ncube: Farewell to a gallant liberator (1939-2019)
Zimbabwe has lost yet another illustrious fighter for the country's independence and freedom. This is Canaan Ncube, born in Nkayi District of Matebeleland North in Zimbabwe on 19 October 1939 in Dolah...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:17hrs | 1583 | by Dr. Strike Mkandla
This is how the cash gets onto the black market
The question is, how on this cursed land is money that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is busy printing getting onto the black market in such huge amounts? The answer is, it's taking quite a team â...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:11hrs | 3256 | by Tawanda Majoni
Falcon College headmaster steps down
FALCON College headmaster, Reginald Querl is stepping down from his position, with the revered educator leaving the Esigodini private institution where he has been since the beginning of 2002. ...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:02hrs | 908 | by Staff reporter
Mbembesi holds Xhosa cultural festival
ZIMBABWEANS and South Africans are one people who must come together and stand against xenophobic tendencies, an official has said.This was said by South African Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mphakam...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:58hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Govt brutality on citizens bad example for nation
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:49hrs | 194 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Two Guruve villagers die in separate incidents
TWO female Guruve villagers died in separate incidents yesterday, one was trapped to death while prospecting for gold and the other drowned while swimming at Dande River.Mashonaland Central po...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 12:54hrs | 1888 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Cops' arrested for robbery
FIVE men from Bulawayo who masqueraded as police officers before robbing several residents of more US$30 000 and R43 000 as well as an assortment of goods worth more than $200 000 have been arrested. ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:36hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's chosen mediator meets Mnangagwa?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has met former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, who is taunted as Nelson Chamisa's chosen mediator, at state house. Mr Obasanjo was accompanied by two promine...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 16:33hrs | 17765 | by Staff reporter
No 'Road to Damascus' awakening in Zimbabwean politics - citizens can vote for recycled opportunistic politicians at own risk!
I am not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange - if not downright weird - without anyone able to provide a satisfactory explanation. Why is it that a coach fire...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 1568 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman up for US$700,000 fraud
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has arrested Bean There Restaurant managing director Delny Deanna Ashley Davies on allegations of defrauding a fellow businessman of US$700 000.D...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 2907 | by Staff reporter
Gasa prepares big Christmas present for the needy
SUNGURA prodigy Romeo Gasa said he is ready to unleash his seventh album titled "Tamba irikurira" on Friday at East Point Restaurant in Harare.Speaking at a press conference in Harare to...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 14:40hrs | 617 | by Simbarashe Sithole
6 armed robbers jailed 5 years, another shot dead
SIX armed robbers, who pounced on a Bindura family and robbed them of their valuables, were yesterday sentenced to seven years in prison by Bindura magistrate Noel Mupeiwa.Jerry Mhere (27), La...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1050 | by newsday comment
Warrant of arrest for Gumbura co-accused
Harare magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo has issued a warrant of arrest to one of RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura's five accomplices on charges of attempting to escape from p...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe misses out on CAF nomination list
Yesterday Zimbabwe didn't make the cut of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) nomination football awards list which will take place on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, at Citadel Azure, Hurghada, Egyp...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 20:47hrs | 1318 | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwe govt brutalization of citizenry sets bad example in campaign against domestic and gender-based violence
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 14:04hrs | 597 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
General Chiwenga's wife in no show
Mary Chiwenga, the wife Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was conspicuous with her absence at the Robert Mugabe International airport on Saturday morning when her husband arrived from a 123 days med...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 16985 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Triangle switch off ZPC Kariba
Triangle 3-0 ZPC Kariba TRIANGLE captain Ralph Kawondera scored his twelfth goal of the season to help his side demolish a hapless 10-man ZPC Kariba in this Castle Lager Premiership football match...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
The glue that keeps Zanu-PF intact
THE need for political parties to build themselves into formidable units where oneness, loyalty, discipline and an unambiguous unidirectional course is followed has remained a huge pie in the sky with...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:16hrs | 1110 | by Vincent Gono
Mnangagwa's rise to democracy so weak
The latest events this week have cast a dark cloud on the future of the country, showing signs and symptoms of the dearth of democracy.Our government has again scored an own goal and caught at...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1612 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF members warned not to abuse Mnangagwa's name
ZANU-PF yesterday warned party members in Bulawayo against abusing their proximity to President Mnangagwa to violate party procedures. The party's politburo member and Chitepo School of ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teacher killed for his phone in SA
Police are investigating a case of murder after a 49-year-old schoolteacher was shot and killed for his cellphone. The incident happened on Monday morning in Delft South as Henry Chikutuva was on his ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt should stop regarding suffering citizens as 'enemies of the state', but address our legitimate grievances seriousl
This morning I was pondering over the forthcoming 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (running from 25 November to 10 December), when I was immediately reminded of a distributing story a...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 12:16hrs | 1582 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Menstrual Equity Journey: 200 million dollars later
The move by government to allocate $200 million for free sanitary wear for rural school girls who menstruate, in the 2020 National Budget, is a big step in the right direction towards ending period po...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:19hrs | 668 | by Theresa Farai Nyava
Eating mice is not poverty its our ways
When you see an African woman coming from the woods with a big bundle of firewood balanced on her head, young daughter in tow carrying a smaller bundle of twigs in same fashion, its not child labour. ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:45hrs | 1726 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Zimra embarks on an imported vehicle verification exercise - check for your name
The Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has notified the owners of vehicles that were imported in unclear circumstances to visit ZIM RA Loss Control Offices at ZB Centre corner Firs...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 10:39hrs | 8202 | by Ndou Paul
Machete gang leader shot dead
Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu. Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez,...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:02hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Gang leader shot dead by Zim police
Machete attackers leader Taurai Mutandwa was shot dead on Thursday in a gun exchange with the police during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu. Mutandwa, who was also known as Kwadez,...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 07:22hrs | 6855 | by Staff Reporter
We have global support - Nelson Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his party has received overwhelming global support at the on going meeting of more than 140 social democratic parties held in Sweden. Chamisa, who is on...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 11:57hrs | 5780 | by Staff Reporter
ZNA condemns killer soldier
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has condemned its member who fatally shot his wife and seriously injured his mother-in-law before committing suicide with a service gun in Chitungwiza recently. ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:09hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga ready to scale dizzy heights
ZIMBABWE'S only accredited female FIFA match agent, Ellen Chiwenga, was recently nominated among a galaxy of sports personalities in England like Raheem Sterling and Sadio Mane for this year's Footbal...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:07hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trainee medical registrars boycott final exams
DOZENS of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) postgraduate medical registrars, Monday boycotted their end of course examinations claiming they missed out on crucial practical lessons due to the ongoing strike...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2764 | by newzimbabwe
Tragedy of the cannibalistic Zimbabwe govt that devours and sucks dry its own teachers!
As a son of a teacher, I will never forget the utmost honour and pride attached to this profession in the 1980s - such that, even as a mere child, just being known as "Mr. Mbofana's son" made me walk ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1454 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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