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ZimAchievers Awards South Africa announce 2024 nominees
The stage is set for one of the biggest events on the social calendar with Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) South Africa releasing the nominees shortlist for their 9th Awards Dinner Gala.Social...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 21:34hrs | 944 | by Agencies
5 arrested for US$193,000 robbery
Five young men, aged between 21 and 25, have been arrested for staging a robbery along the Harare-Masvingo Highway on Sunday. The suspects, Richard Banda (2...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:29hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Southerton robbery suspect shot dead
On Saturday, law enforcement officers fatally shot one of the individuals implicated in last week's armed robbery in Southerton, following an exchange of gunfire in Chitungwiza's Unit A neighborhood....Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ghosts of colonialism still haunt Zimbabwean names
In African cultures, the names given to children play an important role because they are often laden with meanings.As a team of professors of literature, linguistics and onomastics (the scient...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Tendai Mangena
Indlovu iyanyathela in no-show
INDLOVU IYANYATHELA FC did not turn up for their home match against Mosi Rovers at the Zimbabwe Saints Club yesterday.They alleged that they were given a short notice on the fixture.Th...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born Professor unexpectedly resigns as UP Vice-Chancellor
Zimbabwean-born University of Pretoria (UP) Vice-Chancellor and Principal Professor Tawana Kupe has unexpectedly resigned - six months before the end of his tenure.Kupe, who has worked at Rhod...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF weary of clandestine Mnangagwa affiliate groups
ZANU-PF National Political Commissar Dr Mike Bimha has warned the mushrooming ‘For ED' outfits to desist from blindly creating affiliate groups without a clear party purpose.The ‘for ED' g...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Illegal structures resurface in Mbare
ALMOST three months ago, an armada of bulldozers, front-end loaders and earthmoving equipment rolled into Harare's Mbare suburb at the break of dawn.What followed was the razing of hundreds of...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CAPS United hammer hapless WhaWha
CAPS United 6 - 0 WhaWhaAFTER a rocky start to the season, CAPS United finally remembered how to win, in emphatic fashion, when they put hapless WhaWha to the sword in this Castle Lager Premiershi...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CAPS Utd to sign Machazane
CAPS UNITED could add another ace in their squad with the signing of defensive pillar Marshal Machazane expected to be completed today ahead of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against M...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa partners ZTTU
DIVARIS Makaharis Group of Schools owner, Philip Chiyangwa, has partnered the Zimbabwe Table Tennis Union for their preparations for the upcoming USCP Games, in Gaborone, Botswana, next month. ...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Snake Attack: Black mamba kills two brothers
Two brothers, Tawananyasha Mujeyi and Tinotenda Newman Mujeyi, were bitten by a black mamba (lobambila/rovambira) in Buhera, Gukurabenzara mountain on Sunday.Acting Manicaland province assista...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 17:17hrs | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mental exam for ritual murder suspect
ONE of the ritual murder suspects who allegedly sawed his victim in half, stole US$400 from her handbag and used some of the money to buy a drum and hydrochloric acid to dispose of the body has been o...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected armed robbers arrested
TWO suspected armed robbers, one of them being a teenager, were arrested by police on Thursday along the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road. The robbers were caught in possession of weapons that include a gu...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Youth development should be anchored on job creation'
TAKUDZWANASHE Gore, a 29-year-old university graduate breaks down as he narrates how he has been eking out a living on the streets despite graduating four years back.Together with many other y...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Working Wives first Zimbabwean Series on largest African Streamer Showmax
Harare to the world. Web series explores an African millennial's perspective of love, life whilst navigating identity where tradition, urbanisation and ambition are a...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 08:32hrs | 10 | by Agencies
War in Dar
DESPITE carrying a first leg handicap, Tanzanian side Simba SC are confident of eliminating Zimbabwe's representative FC Platinum from the Caf Champions League.The two teams square off in the ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simba SC not invincible, says Mapeza
A BUOYANT FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza on Saturday told Tanzanian media soon after touching down that Simba SC were not an invincible outfit. Pure Platinum Play take on Simba SC at the Benj...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum arrive in Tanzania to face Simba
FC Platinum have arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a Confederation of African Football Champions League second leg match against Simba Sports Club at Mkapa Stadium on Wednesday.The three-...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Horror crash fatality increases to 18
GOVERNMENT will meet funeral expenses for 18 people who died in a horrific road accident near Mutoko Business Centre on Sunday afternoon.Eight members of the Rutsito family, seven from the Chi...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mapeza back in Caf inter-club trenches
JUST over a year after he turned his back on continental inter-club football, Norman Mapeza is expected to make his return to Champions League in Mozambique tomorrow. He leads FC Platinum into...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans on Twitter show Jah Prayzah the middle finger
Award winning superstar Jah prayzah had a rude awakening after Zimbabweans on Twitter snubbed his appeal to vote for him at the African Entertainment Awards USA Entertainer of the year category. ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 11:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe and abductions
Since the beginning of the year, some people, mainly government detractors, and opposition members have claimed to have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be b...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 09:46hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mapeza's FC Patinum holds Pasuwa's Nyasa Big Bullets
ZIMBABWE football champions FC Platinum ground out a positive result away from home after holding Malawi side Nyasa Big Bullets to a goalless draw in a Caf Champions League preliminary round first leg...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 18:55hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mapeza back at work
FC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza has returned to work, and will lead the Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions when they travel to Malawi this week for the Caf Champions League preliminary round first ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Winky D to receive award as ZimAchievers pay Tuku tribute
Celebrated Zimdancehall artist Wallace Chirumiko, popularly known as Winky D has been announced as the recipient of the inaugural Oliver Mtukudzi Zim-Based Musician of the Year Award at the ZororoPhum...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is unstoppable, says Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF's economy-focused conference, which ended here yesterday, has sent a loud message that the ruling party is "boldly on the move", First Secretary and President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said....Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean takes over at Pretoria University
A Zimbabwean media professor has been named Vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria.Tawana Kupe, 54, landed the coveted appointment following the resignation of Professor C...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa tours Glen View cholera centre
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently touring the two cholera treatment centres in Harare – Glen View 1 Polyclinic and Beatrice Road Infectious Diseases Hospital.Speaking in Glen View, P...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
The continuous aggression in the unmaking of African religion
African religion continues to suffer violence and aggression in the post-colonial era in the hands of its own target beneficiaries! (Matthew 11:12). And it is them that must rise and save it by force ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 15:58hrs | 24 | by Reginald T. Gola
Zimbabwe in safe hands, cash situation to improve - Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa says the country is expecting another cash injection in addition to the $100 million that has been received from the UK, and this will help ease the current cash shortages....Published: 20 May 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
President Mugabe, a champion of human rights
President Robert Mugabe has always been a champion of human rights and democracy despite his detractors professing ignorance to this fact.Reports from some sections of the media have it that U...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 16:14hrs | | by Chido Chikuni
Diasporans petition UK over Mugabe rights abuses
Several of United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean women's rights activists last week petitioned the Zimbabwean embassy in London protesting against the violation of women's rights by President Robert Mugabe'...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
WOJA petition the British govt to intervene against on violence against women in Zim ahead of the 2018 Elections
London -15 September 2017- Tawananyasha Widows and Orphans Christian Organisation (TWOCO) U.K under the umbrella of, Women Of Justice Arise (WOJA) marched from the Zimbabwe embassy-London-to number 10...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 20:41hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
'Avoid speaking against each other,' says Mugabe
Below is President Mugabe's full address at the Mashonaland West Presidential Youth Interface Rally in Chinhoyi yesterday. Ndinoda kuvamba nekukutendayi, kukutendesesayi, nokundimuka kwamaita ...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rats feast on sick boy
A MAKESHIFT cooking area made of zinc is what greets you when you enter the homestead. The only other "building" is a mud hut which is a bedroom and is partially thatched.Inside the cooking sh...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
List of future interim government ministers and president suggested on social media
The zeal by Zimbabwean citizens to see things change for the better in the near future has seen a proliferation of suggestions for who should hold the interim government ahead of a democratic elected ...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Achievers South Africa Reveal 2016 Contenders
NOMINEES for the 2016 South African edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards have been announced with the winners to be revealed at a gala dinner scheduled for the 10th of December in Sandton....Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 18:01hrs | 5 | by Art Correspondent
Student protest demanding jobs as Mugabe presided over UZ graduation
Brave protest by student activist Tonderai Dombo, demanding jobs as Mugabe presided over UZ graduation. He was arrested. ...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 15:26hrs | | by online
Student arrested for holding up placard at UZ graduation
An online media watchdog in Zimbabwe has confirmed reports of the detention on Thursday of a student leader who held up a placard demanding jobs during a graduation ceremony at the University of Z...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 15:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
When life becomes a living hell
Owen Dzapasi (28) of Village 4A in Simoona, Bindura must be could be cursing the gods. His fortunes - which appeared to be on the rise - have just crushed with a thud. The young man is admitted in...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
7 crash victims named
POLICE have named seven people who were killed while four others escaped with minor injuries when a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into Tsambe River bridge, 15km off the Glendale-Centenar...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake land baron jailed
A dubious self- made land baron was last week sentenced to 16 years in jail after he was found guilty of four counts of obtaining by false pretence and four for forgery.The Voice reported that...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dagga worth R500 000 recovered
A 26-year-old man was arrested after R500 000 worth of dagga was found in his shack in Maremane Village in Dingleton, police said yesterday. He was arrested following information from lo...Published: 29 May 2016 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Faces behind 'Happy Birthday Gushungo'
This could be Zimbabwe's first band made up of young kids aged 10 and below. If there is another I have not heard of them.Meet Sound Crest Music Club the group behind the song and video making...Published: 20 Feb 2016 at 17:46hrs | | by Xolisani Nyathi
Crocodile Gang: How the name came about
LAST week, Comrade Shadreck Musari Gatula, born 16 February 1940 narrated his early days as a youth in the National Democratic Party, moving to Zapu and eventually to Zanu in the early 1960s. He narra...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 09:59hrs | 2 | by SM
Siblings held up in Botswana for allegedly killing Zimbabwean man
Molepolole Police are holding in their custody, two men and their sister who are alleged to have killed a Zimbabwean man for raping the woman.The Voice newspaper reported that the deceased...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe in Hitler's foot steps,' says Zapu
ZAPU finds President Robert Mugabe's recent public outburst against "Kalangas" to be built on the same dangerous stereotypes of old that brought about the serious tribal divisions that continue to tea...Published: 04 May 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Zapu
SA not heaven, but still better than the hell-hole that Mugabe has turned Zim into
SA not heaven, but still better than the hell-hole that Mugabe has turned Zimbabwe into.Zapu finds President Robert Mugabe's recent public outburst against "Kalangas" to be built on the same d...Published: 03 May 2015 at 11:43hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
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