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Mliswa too rich to send kids to government school
THE High Court has ordered Norton legislator Temba Mliswa to pay fees for his two minor children at a private school saying he is rich enough to afford it.Mliswa had challenged a magistrate's ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
High Court judges corner Mliswa
THE High Court has barred Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) from sending his two children to cheap government schools, saying he could afford fees at private institutions.Mliswa had challen...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:55hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers decry abuse
SEX workers in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province have said they are subjected to physical and sexual abuse while some of their clients do not want to pay for the services.While prostit...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:48hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Woman harasses baby mama
AN angry married woman has resorted to harassing her husband's baby mama in a bid to force her to stop communicating with her partner. Ritha Moyo (27) frequents Nosizi Dhewa's workplace and ha...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
O Level exams now being marked at gunpoint
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has deployed a team of heavily armed riot police officers at the Midlands State University (MSU) to keep a close eye on disgruntled examiners marking Zimbabwe School...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:46hrs | 4724 | by Staff reporter
Gata divorces Mugabe's sister after 35 years of marriage
ZESA executive chairman Sydney Gata is divorcing his wife of 35 years after telling a court their marriage has "irretrievably broken down."Gata married Ntombana Regina Mugabe, a sister to the ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 16:43hrs | 2625 | by Staff reporter
Man denies paternity, demands lobola 27 years later
A WOMAN from Magwegwe West suburb in Bulawayo has applied for a peace order against her former lover who is demanding lobola for a daughter he denied was his 27 years ago.Liliyosa Dlamini said...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi grave in state of grave concern
The late Ndebele king Mzilikazi's grave at Matobo Hills is falling apart because of lack of maintenance amid a lack of clarity on who was responsible for its upkeep.King Mzilikazi died in Sept...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza played 7, won 0, drew 2, lost 5
NORMAN Mapeza's latest tenure as Zimbabwe's national football team coach is turning out to be a nightmare for the 49-year-old ex-Zimbabwe international.The former defender is experiencing a di...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Is it too late for Mnangagwa to reverse course?
All reasonable men know that the people of the Rainbird are the "wisest" among the Bantu. I was made aware, quite recently that they also have a weird sense of humour. When a bad character meets his f...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:59hrs | 488 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mbare structures demolished
THE Harare City Council yesterday started demolishing illegal structures in Mbare, targeting the Mupedzanhamo Market zone and illegal tuckshops around the bus terminus, as authorities implement plans ...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:02hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Schools demand fees from exam candidates
SOME schools in Bulawayo have been demanding fees for candidates that are writing Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, a practice that has been conde...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Criminals break in at Andrea The Vocalist's home
Victoria Falls based budding star Andrea Sibanda (also known as Andrea The Vocalist) had his parents' home invaded by unkown criminals on Saturday, his management has alleged. Andrea rise to b...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 10:18hrs | 1391 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans honour Butau
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday hailed as a hero Sirizani Butau, who risked his life to save at least eight people from a bus that caught fire along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.Batau, who...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
'Returning citizens were providing fake Covid-19 certificates,' claims Mangwana
RECENTLY announced quarantine measures in the wake of a new Covid-19 variant by President Mnangagwa are meant to protect the lives of Zimbabweans and ensure that the country does not witness grim deat...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe re-engages retired nurses
GOVERNMENT has turned to retired nurses and training of Primary Care Nurses (PCNs) as a solution to the massive brain drain currently bleeding the country's health sector, the Zimbabwe Independent can...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Private players stampede to donate to Zanu-PF
INDIVIDUALS and businesses are reportedly falling over each other to donate towards the Zanu-PF national conference which kicked off yesterday.Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Mike Bimha told journ...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Commercial cargo piling up at border
Commercial cargo continues to pile up on both sides of the Beitbridge border post where truck drivers are passively protesting over the poor service delivery at the border and the introduction of rela...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Man sued $4,5 million for impregnating neighbour's wife
A HEADLANDS man is his claiming $4,5 million damages from his neighbour who impregnated his wife of 27 years.Murambiwa Murangariri is suing Tineyi Lavite Tapfumaneyi of Namie Farm in Headlands...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man beds neighbour's wife, faces $4,5m lawsuit
A HEADLANDS man has filed a $4,5 million lawsuit against a neighbour he accuses of impregnating his wife of 27 years.Murambiwa Murangariri is suing Tineyi Lavite Tapfumaneyi of Namie Farm in H...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
AU's $1,3 million scholarships open doors
AS the first semester of 2021/22 begins, Africa University has awarded close to US$1,3 million in scholarships and financial aid to students in need. Six hundred students from 20 countries received th...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Things you should know about engineered wood flooring
There are many reasons to choose engineered oak flooring over solid hardwood floors. Engineered wood floors are becoming more popular because they have a top layer made of concrete and natural oak woo...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 10:53hrs | 13 | by Staff Writer
AG unearths gross COVID-19 funds abuse
THE Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed gross irregularities and deliberate manipulation of figures to facilitate theft of donations meant for COVID-19 relief allowances and projects that s...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Matanga sued $8m for murder
HOME AFFAIRS Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga have been slapped with an $8,5 million lawsuit by a widow of a man who was allegedly murdered by police officers w...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 18:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Vashandiri Vashe: A Zhombe musical group rocking national gospel charts
ZHOMBE hardly makes it to national news headlines. Since the days of Learnmore Jongwe who died nearly 20 years ago, it's rare to find a Zhombe story on radio or in national newspapers unless it's to d...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:23hrs | 23 | by Felix Chiroro
Schools opening in doubt
TEACHERS yesterday said they might not be able to resume their duties when schools open for the second term this monthend if government fails to capacitate them.The teachers are also demanding...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grass, trees grow inside Mpilo mortuary
TREES and grass have grown in a structure that was supposed to house a mortuary at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo which has not been completed 25 year...Published: 30 May 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Triplets for sale! . . . father attempts to give away daughter
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has offered to support one-year-old triplets from Marange abandoned by their South Africa-based father. Minister Mut...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Poverty drives women into prostitution
UNSURE of the direction he was taking, the driver of the fancy Chevrolet stopped beside two village women that were walking from the opposite direction, along the dusty road in Maranda, Mwenezi....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's health deteriorates, remanded from her hospital bed
UNWELL Marry Mubaiwa, estranged wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, was on Monday remanded from her hospital bed at Harare's Healthpoint facility in Belgravia as her health continues to deter...Published: 10 May 2021 at 17:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults wife for not singing at funeral
A MAN from Mzilikazi suburb has been fined $5 000 for assaulting his wife for not singing at a funeral. Lucas Mhlanga (39) of Mzilikazi suburb pleaded guilty to assault charges when he appeare...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu explodes ahead of congress
ZAPU secretary-general Strike Mnkandla is battling attempts to oust him from the post by the party's northern province as infighting dogs the opposition party ahead of its elective congress.Za...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Child marriage cases spike in Sanyati
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Maidei Changa (not her real name) struggled to breastfeed her two-month-old baby.Maidei missed Form One at a nearby secondary school in ward 10 under Chief Hozhele in Sanyati...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 12:40hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Woman loses US$90 000 to lover
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman lost US$88 000 to her lover who allegedly duped her on the pretext that he was investing the money in some businesses in the country. Joseph Tapfu...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
PSL back in business
AFTER more than a year in the wilderness, the Premier Soccer League (PSL) believe they are ready to resume normal service, albeit under changed circumstances.PSL chief executive Kenny Ndebele ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man abandons family to live with friend
A Harare man has been dragged to court after abandoning his family to live with a friend. This came out last Thursday when his wife, Ms Charmaine Chikwiso, dragged her husband Mr Brandon Chando before...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop to pay wife $11 000
A Harare policeman, accused of neglecting his family, has been ordered to pay $11 000 monthly for the upkeep of his four children staying with his estranged wife. Mr Simon Ndoro, who told the ...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt defends varsity fees hike
THE government has defended the increase in tuition fees by higher learning institutions despite disgruntlement by hard-pressed parents and guardians. This comes as the authorities granted pol...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bishop rapes congregant, attempts abortion
A LOCAL married church bishop is under fire for impregnating one of his congregants and allegedly trying to terminate the pregnancy on four different occasions.Bishop Nathan Tafadzwa Gwenyaya ...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granny appeals for help
A 98-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman is appealing for assistance to buy food and meet other medical expenses as she has no source of income.Tsinyeko Dungeni from Emganwini said she needs money to buy ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Woman beats up ex hubby, girlfriend in STI infection row
A BITTER WOMAN who was allegedly infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) by her ex-husband went on a rampage and beat up her former spouse and his alleged girlfriend after finding them sitt...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dzamara's wife seeks closure 6 years on
MISSING journalist cum-activist Itai Dzamara's wife, Sheffra yesterday made an impassioned plea for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene and intensify investigations on her husband's disappearanc...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes wife over $1 EcoCash
A man from Mberengwa has appeared in court after he allegedly bashed his wife over a $1 ecocash transaction.Ester Ruvengo questioned her husband for sending $1 through ecocash for the upkeep o...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution
SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anythi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Top Cop Erasmus Makodza was granted bail in less than 24 hours after his arrest
Prisca Mpfumira, Douglas Tapfuma, Henrietta Rushwaya, Job Sikhala, Hopewell Chin'ono, Alan Moyo and several others have had to apply for bail from the High Court.Who is Erasmus Makodza and why...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 10:21hrs | 12 | by Anonymous
Temba Mliswa in messy break-up
Health care professional Susan Vivian Mutami who is battling to end a three-month relationship with Temba Mliswa says she regrets meeting the Norton Member of Parliament whom she accuses of turning he...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 21:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zisco pensioners getting $25 per month
FORMER employees of the now-defunct Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) are being paid $25 per month as pension on retirement, NewsDay reported.The pensioners who spoke to NewsDay said the...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rufaro, Gwanzura upgrades 'not a priority'
HARARE City Council-owned football stadiums Rufaro and Gwanzura are likely to stay in their rundown state as the local authorities have insisted they are currently not in a position to finance the ren...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bosso aspiring chair outlines plans
THE man challenging Kenneth Mhlophe in the race for the Highlanders' chairmanship, Johnfat Sibanda, says commercialising the club would be his top priority if he is voted into office.Highlande...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
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