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Bulawayo twins make waves in Zimbabwe rugby scene
The dream of many young athletes is to one day play alongside their siblings at the highest level of their sport. Rugby, in particular, has a rich history of sibling duos leaving an indelible mark on ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:10hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 9 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Mnangagwa sons 'grab' local showbiz
THE ruling Zanu-PF has intensified its capture of the creative arts industry, which plays a pivotal role of social commentary, by placing many artistes under the party wings.This comes after P...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sheasham out to tame Bosso
SHEASHAM coach John Nyikadzino wants Bata Stadium to be a fiery hell for visiting Castle Lager Premier Soccer League teams, with Highlanders being the first to experience the passion of the Gweru side...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top govt official in messy land fight
A COMMISSIONER at the Public Service Commission (PSC) Tsitsi Choruma is at the centre of a farm invasion storm that has rocked the Lands ministry in the Mazowe area after being allocated part of the l...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Rugby United
IN 2023 France will host the tenth edition of the rugby World Cup. Twelve teams have already qualified for the showpiece event courtesy of finishing in the top 3 of their respective pools at the 2019 ...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Mike Madoda
Ex-top banker speaks on daring escape
NMBZ Holdings founder James Mushore has spoken of how he evaded arrest and fled to exile over a decade ago after being accused of externalising foreign currency.Mushore (JM) told Alpha Holding...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Re-imagining education in the Second Republic
OUR education should produce goods and services and it's not doing so. It should produce solutions to our challenges, but it's not. It should produce job creators, but its producing job seekers. So th...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:40hrs | 4 | by Nick Mangwana
Robbers bundle family in vehicle, set it ablaze
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt of four men who ransacked a Harare home, tied the family inside a car and drove to Beatrice where they set the vehicle ablaze....Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's minister in land row
FORMER Industry and Commerce minister Mike Bimha is embroiled in a land dispute with resettled ward 8 villagers in Chivhu, who are accusing him of seizing State land which was gazetted by government f...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duty waiver on solar equipment
Government has approved a duty waiver on solar equipment and allowed mining firms to procure energy directly from the Southern African Power Pool. Further, selected hotels in resort areas will soon st...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF welcomes back prodigal son, Didymus Mutasa
Long-serving Zanu-PF member Didymus Mutasa, who was expelled from the party at the height of factionalism and readmitted in October last year after spending two years in the wilderness is retracing hi...Published: 18 May 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC come to our rescue please
Maybe a technical explanation from ZETDC will rest my heart and mind. Power out or power cuts are a common occurrence in Harare and other towns. Indeed we hear the government has 'boots and eq...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Tourists love 'Zimbabwe sex tree'
Mbuya Mujena, a traditional healer and fortune-teller at Great Zimbabwe's Karanga Village, says her customers never return to denounce herbs drawn from the legendary 'sex tree' left behind by Nyatsimb...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 17:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura rapes girl (11)
A Guruve man Owen Gumbura (38) of Murondatsimba village under Chief Chipuriro has been jailed to an effective twelve years for raping a 11 year old girl by Bindura magistrate Sandra Mupindu....Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 13:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Shiri made sure my name was removed on ballot paper'
Independent candidate for Guruve South Wilbert Mubaiwa has responded to Minister of Agriculture Perence Shiri's claims that Mubaiwa is a thief saying instead it is vice versa and above all Shiri is an...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chiefs bay for minister's head
MASHONALAND East Provincial Affairs minister David Musabayana is in trouble with traditional leaders who have demanded that he be recalled as Zanu PF's candidate for Hwedza North constituency in the f...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: From Hero to Zero
The older generation will recall that in the early part of his leadership of Zimbabwe, former president Robert Mugabe routinely held press conferences in the Airport VIP lounge both when leaving...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 16:19hrs | | by Desmond Kumbuka
'He walks around undressed'
A HARARE woman opened up in court that her husband walks around the house undressed in the presence of their children each time he comes home drunk.The couple has children aged 22 and 19....Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 16:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robber on community service steals cop's uniform
A 20-YEAR-OLD man has been slapped with a four-month jail term for stealing a police officer's uniform at Muzokomba Police Station, where he was doing community service.Benjamin Mutsimba commi...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP sued over $169,000 debt
Zanu-PF's deputy political commissar and Dzivaresekwa MP, Omega Hungwe, has been dragged to the High Court after she reportedly failed to settle a $169 000 CBZ Bank loan.The court heard th...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Letter to Pastor Evan Mawarire
The letter below was originally published by the state media, The Herald, on Friday.Evan Mawarire - typical of a man who thoughtlessly swallows a mango ...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by The Villager
Mbuya Nehanda's chilling Six Commandments
COMRADE Julian Maodza Murenga Mukomawashe, last week said things that have divided many Zimbabweans, regarding Mbuya Nehanda. That debate is still raging.This week, Murenga continues this "str...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The boy who fed Mbuya Nehanda
LET us from the onset warn you dear readers. The narration below, by Julian Maodza Murenga Mukomawashe, belongs to the spiritual world. Born on August 22 1960, in Mbire; Murenga is that muzukuru waMbu...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu for Hall of Fame
FORMER Warriors skipper Peter Ndlovu, tennis legend Byron Black and the late football great Freddy Mkwesha, the Tsimba brothers, Kennedy and the late Richard, are likely to be among the five athletes ...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Zanu PF members clash over Jonathan Moyo
There has been a clash between Zanu PF members over the claims that Higher Education Science and Technology Minister Jonathan Moyo was the source of division in the party with the other member making ...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 05:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chiyangwa, Mliswa to face off in Zifa Presidency race?
ZANU-PF politician and businessman, Philip Chiyangwa, and former chairman for the ruling party in Mashonaland West, Temba Mliswa, look set to go head to head in Zifa Presidency elections after Mlisw...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 18:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mutare musicians team up to market their music
MUTARE's finest musicians Hosiah Chipanga, Brian Samaita and Juicer Mpostori will team up to market their new albums and take turns to entertain local fans when they stage live performances in the cit...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Peter Ndlovu to receive top honours
Former Coventry City and Sheffield United striker Peter Ndlovu is to be inducted into the Zimbabwe Sports Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution as Warriors captain and for raising the Zim...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fifa issued a chilling warning to Zimbabwe
WORLD soccer governing body Fifa yesterday issued a chilling warning to Zimbabwe and revealed that the country could face severe sanctions and be ostracised from the global football family should gove...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 08:16hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
Olonga returns to Zimbabwe
Speed was essential to the Olonga boys. It was an inborn thing, and ran deep through their veins.At the time Henry Olonga was considered the quickest bowler in the Zimbabwe cricket t...Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 10:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chimbetu, Studio in DVD row
Dendera musician Douglas Chimbetu is involved in a row with Diamond Studios over the delay of the release of his DVD.Chimbetu claims the delay was aimed at sabotaging his music career. "I have...Published: 13 May 2014 at 06:34hrs | | by Tawanda Marwizi
Spirit medium' goes into a 'trance', magistrate scurries for cover
Karoi magistrates' court officials, including the magistrate, Mrs Nyaradzo Ringisayi, were forced to scurry for cover last Friday after an assault suspect, who claims to be a spirit medium, brandished...Published: 28 Apr 2013 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mob stormed Madagascar prison, one shot dead
Antananarivo - Madagascar prison guards shot dead a protester when a hundreds-strong mob stormed a jail holding the alleged killers of a strangled French nun, police said on Tuesday.The crowd ...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Macheso turns to gospel music
IS Alick Macheso appealing for divine intervention? That appears to be the case, at least in the lyrics of his latest song - "Huyai Samasimba" - that he has been sampling at most of his live sho...Published: 08 Oct 2012 at 06:12hrs | | by Arts reporter
Bosso fined $5 000
CASH-STRAPPED Highlanders have been fined heavily by the Premier Soccer League's disciplinary committee for the invasion of the pitch by their supporters during the Castle Lager Premiership match agai...Published: 23 Aug 2012 at 05:17hrs | | by Sports reporter
Tracing Lucky Dube's roots
HE travelled the length and breadth of the world, performing at every venue with pomp and fanfare, and was dubbed Africa's answer to Peter Tosh.He lived large, even, and carved a larger-than...Published: 18 Jun 2012 at 10:23hrs | | by Ruth Butaumocho
Bulawayo fans to sample Tuku's new songs
OLIVER "Tuku" Mtukudzi's fans who will throng the Large City Hall in Bulawayo tomorrow will be able to sample some of his songs from his forthcoming album.In an interview, Tuku Music manager ...Published: 22 Mar 2012 at 05:01hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
Young Chimbetu set to release his debut album
Douglas Chimbetu, the son of the dendera musician Allan Chimbetu of Sonny fame is being assisted by his father to release his solo album.The album will comprise six tracks which all border on ...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Married men fight for girlfriend at a toll gate
THERE was drama at the tollgate near Inkomo Barracks along the Harare-Chinhoyi highway-as two married men allegedly fought over a girlfriend early this month. The parties in this roadside drama includ...Published: 22 Jan 2012 at 11:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister fingered in Rhino horn trade
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development Deputy Minister Cecil Zvidzai has been named in a case in which three men were arrested in possession of two rhino horns worth US$120 000 last week, state...Published: 11 Jan 2012 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso fined $2500 for violent behaviour
PREMIERSHIP giants Highlanders have been slapped with a US$2 500 fine for the violent behaviour of their fans who threw missiles on the pitch during the BancABC Sup8r final against Motor Action at Bar...Published: 08 Oct 2011 at 03:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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