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Zanu-PF MP's son fined for threatening to shoot a soldier
Diaz Matangira, the 30-year-old son of Bindura South legislator Remigious Toendepi Matangira, has been fined for pointing a firearm at a soldier during a road rage incident. The case was heard in Hara...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:57hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases surge 700%
The City of Bulawayo has experienced a concerning spike in diarrhoea cases, with approximately 555 reported as of August 2024. This marks a staggering 693% increase from the 370 cases recorded in July...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:58hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Biden tells President Trump to 'get a life' and 'help these people'
The US president has criticized his predecessor's rhetoric about the recent hurricanes which have battered the nationUS President Joe Biden has lashed out at his predecessor, Donald Trump, whe...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:22hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Former policeman arrested for brutal assault on son
A former police officer has been arrested and lost custody of his four children after a video showing him brutally assaulting his 10-year-old son with an electric cable and bricks went viral on social...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:35hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2617 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zimbabwe police viral 'potato theft' video
A video circulating on social media has ignited allegations of potato theft at Strathmore Farm in Banket, leading to widespread speculation within the community. However, the Zimbabwe Republic Police ...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 12:59hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema threatening to delay 2026 elections
On 13 September, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema addressed parliament in fulfilment of the Constitution that requires the president to address the National Assembly every year and provide a repo...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 654 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Chitungwiza space barons clash with church over land ownership
Recent clashes between Kuera Apostolic Church (under Arch-Bishop Honest Mupepe) and allegedly connected space barons have spilled in the courts of law, as the two parties fight over ownership and cont...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 09:45hrs | 787 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF MP's son held after pointing gun at soldier
The son of a Zanu-PF MP was arrested on Monday after pointing a gun at an off-duty soldier in a road rage incident in Harare.Diaz Matangira, 30, whose father Remigious Toendepi Matangira is MP...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 16:13hrs | 1689 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa praises his farming success
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken to congratulating himself for what he describes as an agricultural revolution at his Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe. In a recent visit to the farm, Mnangagwa b...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:23hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Elephantiasis outbreak hits Zimbabwe
The government has been urged to take swift action following an outbreak of elephantiasis in Mashonaland West province. Elephantiasis, a parasitic disease affecting the lymph nodes and vessels, is spr...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:22hrs | 10475 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 6,778 at UZ graduation
In a landmark event on Friday, the University of Zimbabwe celebrated its first cohort of graduates under the innovative Education 5.0 model, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the University's Chancel...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 17:26hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Enhancing Stability in Older Adults: Essential exercises for a safer, more active life
As we age, maintaining balance and stability becomes increasingly important for overall health, independence, and quality of life. Falls are a significant concern for older adults, often leading to se...Published: 30 Aug 2024 at 15:48hrs | 249 | by Staff Reporter
Normal to above normal rains expected in Zimbabwe for 2024/2025
Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries are expected to receive normal to above-normal rainfall during the 2024/25 farming season, offering hope for improved agricultural production and food sec...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:09hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Death of girl at church creates ugly fights
The death of a 17-year-old girl at the RCZ Church at Nerupiri in Gutu has created ugly fights in the parish with some villagers demanding the removal of the pastor and full investigation of the case....Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:58hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants flee Dudula raids in Soweto
A STREET trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall.For about 30 minutes,...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:44hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Succession battles in Zimbabwe: A necessary evil for democratic progress. Ordo ab Chao
As Zimbabwe navigates the complex and often treacherous waters of succession battles, it's easy to get caught up in the chaos and uncertainty of it all. But beneath the surface of political intrigue a...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 14:57hrs | 261 | by Erick Matotoba
Foreigners flee as Dudula raids Soweto spazas
A street trader ran into her house and locked herself inside and watched in trauma while a group of people wearing Operation Dudula T-shirts ransacked her vegetable stall in Soweto, Johannesburg, Sout...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 15:30hrs | 2028 | by Staff reporter
Mentally challenged man stones father to death
A SUSPECTED mental patient was arrested after allegedly stoning his father to death.In a statement on X, police said Knowledge Kapesa (36) killed Manuel Kapesa (76) at Rasternburg Farm in Maro...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 07:37hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Teenagers kill man in fight over sex worker
Two Harare teenagers are in serious trouble after allegedly killing a rival suitor during a violent altercation over a commercial sex worker.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson, Commis...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:18hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to import 3.2m tonnes of maize
The Zimbabwean Government has issued 651 import permits to private companies to procure at least 3.2 million tonnes of maize to mitigate drought impacts, surpassing the country's annual requirement of...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:03hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
African children are wood, and water collectors for the whites: nothing has changed!
I wish I lived in another planet and certainly not planet Earth because this one has painful contradictions. Africa, especially, a continent that was ravaged by slavery for centuries. The white popula...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:48hrs | 645 | by Nomazulu Thata
Fintechs fly planes of cash into Zimbabwe
At least once a month - and sometimes as often as three times a week - a private plane lands in a secure part of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on the outskirts of the Zimbabwean capital,...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 17:11hrs | 6712 | by Staff reporter
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Illegal regime change in Zimbabwe already happened in 2017!
Recent utterances by President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have raised an issue that has bedeviled Zimbabwe for the past few decades. In his wild alle...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:23hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
Zimbabwean cuisine is very diverse and varied just like its cultures and languages. The staple food is sadza, pap, that can also be called differently by minority tribes. Sadza features in most ...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:13hrs | | by Tondo Chinehasha
Chirumanzu chieftainship wrangle deepens
The Chirumanzu chieftainship dispute escalated as the Midlands provincial chiefs council appointed Nyamande Muzondo from the Mutizirapi house as the substantive traditional leader, bypassing Julius Ch...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:13hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records renewed surge in malaria deaths
Zimbabwe has reported over 20,000 malaria cases and 44 deaths in recent weeks, according to the Health and Child Care Ministry. The Disease Surveillance report for t...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 14:28hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Transcript of 'Russia-Zimbabwe talks' between Putin and Mnangagwa
The penchant for frivolous bluster in Zimbabwe's public discourse has once again reared its ugly trappings after the widespread circulation on social media platforms of a 2.42-minutes video clip poste...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 08:37hrs | 12 | by Jonathan Moyo
Will Wicknell be Mnangagwa's downfall?
DURING the last days of the late Robert Gabriel Mugabe's reign, his wife, Grace had become unhinged.She would step on everyone's toes, including those who had kept her husband at the helm for ...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 11:53hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will Wicknell be Mnangagwa's downfall?
During the last days of Robert Gabriel Mugabe's rein, his wife, Grace, had become unhinged.She would step on everyone's toes, including those who had kept her husband at the helm for decades, ...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Grain imports into Zimbabwe liberalised
GOVERNMENT has liberalised the importation of grain at household level as part of a raft of measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the El Nino-induced drought and guaranteeing national food secur...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu says he will not pursue partisan politics
CCC secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu said yesterday he would not pursue partisan politics, but will push the national agenda interrogating issues that will help improve people's lives.In...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Adrian Silla joins GreenFuel
GREENFuel coach Rodwell Dhlakama's ability to redirect players' paths will be tested again this season. The Chisumbanje side appears to have taken heed of Highlanders legend Joel Luphahla's ca...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A life-giving greenbelt in Matabeleland South
AMID the anxiety and disillusionment occasioned by projections of below-normal rains in the 2023-2024 summer cropping season due to the El NiƱo weather phenomenon, some farmers opted not to plant any...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga eulogise Zimbabwe-Russia relations
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has paid tribute to the Russian Federation for standing firm in support of Zimbabwe's sovereignty in the face of an ever-present threat from imperial powers....Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vandals keep police on their toes
Police have expressed concern over the spike in cases of vandalism of public infrastructure.This follows the recent arrest of a Takudzwa Sasa (24) of number 10562 Western Triangle Highfi...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora returnee turns into champion farmer
FARMING in Mangwe in Matebeleland South can be difficult, but Mr Kuzolunga Ncube Mabuza, a champion farmer in the arid lands of Makorokoro area has on his return from South Africa become a pacesetter....Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe leaders are from Mars!
I WAS touched by an impassioned plea by a fellow Zimbabwean.He appeared on local television, imploring the government to remove VAT (value added tax) on rice. His logic was that rice w...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 19:19hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mtukudzi tried to avoid Zanu-PF
AT the turn of the millennium, Zimbabwe's government introduced what it called "galas", where top musicians performed at different national events to mark important events in the country's history....Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Lack of strategy in Zimbabwe opposition politics
ONE of the biggest issues that one must contend with in politics is that it is a contested space. Allegiances and goals are ever changing and there is, therefore, a need to be able to maneuver these c...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Mapfumo
Poor rainfall hits Matebeleland South crops
Matebeleland South traditional leader Chief Khulumani Mathema has said the erratic rainfall received during the current agricultural season will affect crops in the region, adding that most of them we...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex policy chokes exporters
LISTED agricultural concern Ariston Holdings says the 25% export retention coupled with the huge disparity between the interbank exchange rate and the fair market rate used by suppliers is making some...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at school meeting over missing US$150
TEMPERS flared during a meeting on Monday involving parents and guardians of learners at Lukhanyiso Primary School in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb after it emerged that the school authorities clandestine...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe family basket skyrockets to $3,6 million
THE cost of the food basket for a family of six has shot to ZWL$3,6 million, with retailers now charging some goods exclusively in United States dollars (US$) owing to the depreciating Zimbabwe dollar...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland farmers welcome cloud seeding, heavy rains loom
FARMERS have welcomed the Government's cloud-seeding programme to induce more rains saying the intervention is critical as they are desperate to boost production amid an El Nino season that is charact...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:33hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe restricts imports of potatoes from South Africa
GOVERNMENT has moved to restrict the importation of potatoes and potato seeds from South Africa following an outbreak of pepper ringspot virus.Pepper ringspot virus affects potatoes."T...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 12:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Region to get more rains in next 3 weeks
The Southern African rainfall forecast for December-February has experts predicting normal to above normal rainfall for the next three weeks.The experts have said there will be need for farmer...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must travel to rural areas by bus
TRAVELLING from capital cities to rural areas using public transport like long distance buses could go a long way in inculcating servant leadership in African Presidents and ministers. Such experience...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:35hrs | 10 | by Charles Dhewa
Cop rapes Grade 7 pupil
A 32-YEAR-OLD police officer stationed at Mphoengs in Matabeleland South province is in soup after he allegedly raped a Grade 7 pupil.The matter came to light at Plumtree Magistrates Courts ye...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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