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We remain a nation of heroes
Today, Zimbabweans celebrate Heroes Day; that day when national valour is honoured and cherished on our land.It is that day when we remember, salute and commemorate the huge sacrifice th...Published: 56 mins ago | 116 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Masiyiwa calls for local community leadership in stemming the spread of COVID-19
African Union (AU) Special Envoy for COVID-19 and businessman Strive Masiyiwa has called on community leaders - including chiefs, religious leaders, councillors and members of Parliament - to lead in ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 677 | by Staff Reporter
Ingwebu Breweries turns the corner
INGWEBU Breweries has returned to profitability following successive years of loss-making and is targeting to achieve revenue of US$24 million this year, the company's MD Dumisani Mhlanga has said....Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:01hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna and the liberation struggle
ONE of the country's longest serving traditional leaders, Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu, is recovering from a stroke he suffered in August last year, but when one mentions the Heroes Day, which the country w...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:48hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Mvurwi traditional healers convicted
LUCKY ran out for three traditional healers based in Mvurwi who defied the country's lockdown regulations by gathering more than 50 people at their shrine.The trio Phenias Gweshe (42), Evance ...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 23:24hrs | 1549 | by Simbarashe Sithole
How Mnangagwa squandered his goodwill
President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses ZANU-PF supporters on his return from brief exile in South Africa last NovemberIN the euphoria of Robert Mugabe's fall, Zimbabweans would have done anyth...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 20:27hrs | 3481 | by newZWire
What becomes of unwanted babies?
IT is a common national habit to turn a blind eye or be very judgmental about problems that we are too uncomfortable to deal with such as unwanted teen pregnancies or the necessity of providing contra...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 09:37hrs | 316 | by Miriam Tose Majome
GNU best way out of Zimbabwe crisis
UNITED Kingdom-based lawyer and blogger Alex Magaisa last month published a list of beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) farm mechanisation programme, that included cabinet ministers, Z...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
Hunger stalks Plumtree villagers
BULILIMA traditional leader Chief Masendu has called on the government and non-governmental organisations to strengthen social protection systems to complement traditional leaders' efforts in assistin...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Sangomas in soup for defying lockdown regulations
THREE traditional healers based in Mvurwi are in soup for defying lockdown regulations.The matter came to light at Guruve Magistrates' Court yesterday when Phenias Gweshe (42), Evance Tauni (2...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:10hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healers in hot soup for defying lockdown regulations
Three traditional healers based in Mvurwi are in hot soup for defying lockdown regulations.The matter came to light at Guruve magistrates courts today where Phenias Gweshe(42), Evance Tauni&nb...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 17:44hrs | 579 | by Tarisai Mudahondo and Simbarashe Sithole
Repatriated body triggers COVID-19 scare in Chivhu
HEALTH workers in Chivhu have called on government to prioritise community education on COVID-19 after a family held a normal two-day funeral wake for a dead relative whose remains were repatriated fr...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:21hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
4 die in road accident
FOUR people died after an Uzumba traditional leader's vehicle burst a tyre and veered off the road before overturning several times along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway on Friday.The vehicle, b...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:31hrs | 1780 | by Staff reporter
Shiri, Tuku connection revealed
THE late Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) was a sucker for Tuku Music and had the departed superstar's entire music collection, which he "guarded jealously".According to family frien...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Govt makes it mandatory to test all corpses for Covid-19, virus kills 14 people in one week
AT least 14 people have died from Covid-19 on admission to health institutions across the country in the last six days with the Government making it mandatory for all corpses to be tested for the viru...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:28hrs | 736 | by Staff Reporter
'Security forces ready to deal with demos'
President Mnangagwa yesterday warned that security forces "will be vigilant and on high alert" to deal with any attempts to destabilise the constitutionally-elected Government or create a public healt...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:50hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders to be installed by chiefs
TRADITIONAL leaders will now be installed and disciplined by other chiefs, a shift from the obtaining position where Government installs and disciplines them.The development is in line with pr...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:08hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda statue erection challenged
A HARARE man wants the High Court to stop the erection of the statue of Zimbabwe's late heroine, Mbuya Nehanda, in the capital, arguing the government had bypassed traditional rites by not engaging he...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:07hrs | 1793 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe heroes, ZDF holidays to be held online
THERE will be no public gatherings during the Heroes Day and Zimbabwe Defence Forces Day holidays and commemorations will be held online to curb the spread of Covid-19. The country is set to c...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:16hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Grave robber caught in the act
A Gweru man who was caught while digging up a grave at Mtapa Cemetery has told a court that he had been sent by a traditional healer to retrieve an iron bar for ritual purposes. The man said h...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
Dead granny (99) in graveyard 'resurrection'
A 99-year-old granny from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North left villagers shocked after she moved her body just as she was about to be buried. Mrs Nkazanyana Ncube from Kwine village under Chief...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1998 | by Staff reporter
Was the shutting down of mobile money, ZSE a necessary evil?
ON June 26, 2020 the Information ministry announced in a tweet that all mobile money transactions and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) would stop transacting forthwith.The authorities halted ...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2667 | by Admire Maparadza Dube
NGO plans Africa's self-determination, sovereign development programmes to fight Covid-19
A non-governmental organisation - International Coalition Against Coronavirus (ICAC) is planning to conduct programmes that are meant to enable Africa to have self-determination, sovereign devel...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:05hrs | 132 | by Stephen Jakes
Witchcraft accusations: Villager sues community for $900,000
A TSHOLOTSHO man accused of witchcraft, was kidnapped by fellow villagers who half-buried him in a shallow pit before sprinkling him with ashes and then urinated on him during a purported witch-hunt r...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:34hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Man sues tsikamtandas for defamation
A TSHOLOTSHO man, accused of witchcraft, was kidnapped by local community members and half buried in a shallow pit before he was sprinkled with ashes and urinated upon during a purported witch-hunt by...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 18:11hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
African authorities deploy KC Wearable Smart Helmet to combat spread of COVID-19
With over 720,000 confirmed cases across Africa, COVID-19 has already claimed almost 16,000 lives. In their efforts to reduce the devastating impact of the disease, several national authorities have p...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1536 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthwakazi Nationalist Particularism: A pitfall to the resolution of regional question of Matabeleland
In recent times the political framing of the question of regional development of Matabeleland has increasingly sought to locate Matebeleland citizenship and nationhood within the broader narrative of ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 07:47hrs | 4168 | by Ntando Dumani
The Patriotic Front white President Darryl Collet's message to Zimbabweans
My fellow Zimbabweans;This is the first time I address you as President of The Patriotic Front. And I do it with great honor and humility. TPF is a multiracial movement born out of a collectiv...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 19:16hrs | 5344 | by Darryl Collet
Zimbabwean actress signs with leading celebrity fashion brand
The fashion industry has been rapidly evolving other the past few years with big and small brands alike actively seeking to enter new markets. ...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:48hrs | 1764 | by Tari MK
From herdboy to professor
WHEN Solwayo Ngwenya was herding goats, cows and donkeys in rural Lupane in the 1970s, never did he imagine that one day he would be a celebrated obstetrician. But on Monday he was appointed a full ti...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:42hrs | 2823 | by Staff reporter
UKGC figures reveal online betting growth in the UK
Regulated gambling markets thrive across Europe and the United Kingdom is a shining example of success. The UK GC is the watchdog in charge of licensing casinos and it keeps a close eye on the operato...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 22:14hrs | 417 | by Staff writer
Teachers to resume work on July 28
All teachers should report for duty on July 28, the date set for the return of examination classes in the phased reopening of schools, and should make arrangements to be at their stations to either te...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 2093 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South Covid-19 situation worrying
The Covid-19 situation in Insiza district is fast developing into a crisis as the number of cases soars. The rise in the number of local cases was alleged...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1064 | by Stephen Jakes
The 'witchcraft' of Nehanda's statue
There is nothing that Bishop Lazarus finds as nauseatingly revolting as the holier-than-thou brigade.Yes, those low-lives that seemingly have the uncanny ability of seeing past the girthy logs...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:35hrs | 620 | by Bishop Lazarus
July 31st protests
This is in response to the article by Dr Masimba Mavaza with regards to the upcoming July 31st national demonstrations. People who have long benefitted from the Zanu pf gravy train and its insti...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 18:47hrs | 7218 | by Lungisani Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 577 | by Jonathan Chando
Mnangagwa sued
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been taken to court by one Tendai Chitinhe who is involved in a fierce wrangle for the Chivero chieftainship with Cornleous Chengera.Chengero was recently appo...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 21:04hrs | 12777 | by Staff reporter
Was Chamisa punished for belittling Mbuya Nehanda? stranger than fiction
Last week the disputed president of the MDC A belittled Mbuya Nehanda. In his response the erection of a statute in honour of Mbuya Nehanda Chmisa said Mbuya Nehanda was not an important person and as...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 21:55hrs | 11721 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF MP hijacks community clinic project?
A group of Izimnyama villagers in Bulilima district who are now based in the United Kingdom are up in arms with Zanu-PF Bulilima West Member of Parliament Dingumuzi Phuti for allegedly hijacking their...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:19hrs | 4197 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are capable of developing their country: APA
The Dr Nkosana Moyo led Alliance for People's Agenda has expressed confidence over the Zimbabweans capability to work for the development of the country if the environment is con...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 12:23hrs | 1265 | by Stephen Jakes
'There are no angels in Zimbabwe, President!'
Kapish Sir, forgive the Chinese, but such erratic, gladiatorial and unhinged exuberance, exuding brute visceral and coming from any one never too shy to publicly comport embedded bats in belfry charac...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 06:54hrs | 3806 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Govt blames Gukurahundi victims documentation delays on Covid-19
The documentation of victims of Gukurahundi has been affected by the current lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of Covid-19, home Affairs and Cultural heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe h...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Teachers' salaries frozen
TWO vocal unionists representing rural teachers in Zimbabwe have not been paid for almost two years after the government froze their salaries after they took part in last year's protests against a ste...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:10hrs | 6015 | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo hints at retirement
Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo will be retiring from music soon to take a deserved rest and devote his time to impartation of musical knowledge to up-and-coming musicians, particularly the young.He ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2901 | by Staff reporter
Let's bring back the bread status of Zimbabwe
Tradition is prison with majority opinion, just because your ancestors did it doesn't mean its not incredibly flawed. Some great mind made that great observation, what brutal truth. Traditiona...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 19:36hrs | 2523 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
High Court blocks Chief Mvutu's potential successor
The High Court has nullified nomination of Mr Sanders Mlotshwa as a potential successor to the late Chief Mvutu and ordered a restart of the selection process saying gender cannot be used as grounds t...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt drafts policy for victims of Gukurahundi
GOVERNMENT is drafting a policy to facilitate Gukurahundi exhumations and has also relaxed registration requirements to acquire identity cards, birth and death certificates for affected families. ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma in soup for indecent assault
A 59-YEAR-OLD female traditional healer has been taken to court for sexually abusing a Grade 3 pupil on two occasions.Tracy Simbi, from Mutare, yesterday appeared before magistrate Prisca Chib...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:42hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF not political party but army appendage'
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo says Zanu-PF has ceased to exist as a political party but was now an appendage of the military.He was sharing his thoughts on Twitter.Moyo,...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1276 | by newzimbabwe
'Zanu-PF is debris, embrace Nelson Chamisa' advised Moyo - two faced buzzard, celebrated MDC GNU blunders
When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu-PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu-PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4251 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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