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Brighton Mutebuka blocked by Hopewell Chin'ono throws bricks at Petina Gappah
1. As many of you are aware, today I was blocked on Twitter by Hopewell.2. He cited several reasons for blocking me, such as allegations that I had "gossiped" and in that "gossip", I had said ...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 06:02hrs | 14 | by Brighton Mutebuka
Angry South Africans burn 4 Zimbabweans to death in Alexandra
Four Zimbabwean men accused of terrorising the community met their untimely demise in Setjwetla, Alexandra township South Africa when they were doused with gasoline and burnt to death on Tuesday night...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 19:00hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
The US Dollar to be rendered useless by year end
China's place on the world stage advances year by year. It is arguably already the world's largest economy. Its Belt and Road Initiative and its other international links like the BRICS have helped to...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
Duo kills colleague over portable radio
Police in Shurugwi are hunting for two murder suspects who allegedly killed their colleague in a radio dispute.According to police Tadi...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 07:09hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe chefs attempt to sneak to UN
SENIOR government officials reportedly secretly contacted the United Nations (UN) secretariat seeking to attend the UN General Assembly and other routine meetings, a leaked memo from Agriculture perma...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colonial hangover will never end as long as racially brainwashed Mnangagwa regime in power
So, the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime is over the moon over the two or so second handshake with former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair!In fact, the president did not waste any time pos...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 21:33hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
42 years on - veterans of the liberation struggle have nothing to cheer
As Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence on Monday the 18th of April 2022 it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines exce...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mahere, Gappah face off in court
HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Mafusire has dismissed an application by lawyer and writer Petina Gappah, who is seeking further particulars in a case she is facing a US$1 million defamation lawsuit....Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nothing to celebrate, 42 years on
AS Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence today, it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines except for the privileged few who we...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Jacob K Mutisi
Forty-two years on - Veterans of the liberation struggle have nothing to cheer
As Zimbabwe celebrates forty-two years of independence on Monday the 18th of April 2022 it is a tale of unrelenting suffering for the majority of the nation's liberation heroes and heroines except for...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:48hrs | 1 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Nyasha David drops new album
MUSICIAN Nyasha David Dengwani today drops a 17-track album titled Songs of David that shows his versatility and diversity as an artiste.Speaking to NewsDay Life & Style the R&B singer...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mahere-Gappah $1m defamation case takes new twist
THE case in which top lawyer and civil rights activist, Fadzai Mahere has filed a $1 million defamation lawsuit against another legal practitioner Petina Gappah, has taken a new twist.Gappah h...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 11:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimparks, Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute (LKFRI) has launched small-scale fisheries (SSF) project that support loc
Titled, "Setting the stage for successful and sustainable management, development and utilisation of the small-scale fisheries of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe" is the project that was launched yesterday by t...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio correspondent
Mnangagwa office employee sued $1 million over tweet
TOP lawyer and civil rights activist, Advocate Fadzai Mahere is suing another legal practitioner and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office employee, Petina Gappah, for $1 million for alleged defamatio...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance abusing legal process
The MDC Alliance in a bid to please their sponsors elsewhere have plunged the nation into the pool of confusion. The country now suffers from anxiety which is having the investors throat pressed....Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 23:21hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Petina Gappah targets Mukupe in smear campaign?
LAWYER and writer, Petina Gappah, has reportedly been exposed for meddling in Zanu-PF internal affairs, after she allegedly attempted to use a phantom Twitter character to have Finance deputy minister...Published: 24 May 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor cancels Bulawayo trip
SOUTH Africa's Kwaito king Professor will not be coming for the much touted Uhuru Festival taking place in Bulawayo tomorrow after event organisers failed to pay him on time.The Proper Files b...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 11:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Kwaito dons billed for ZITF closing
SOUTH Africa's Kwaito king Professor and Dr Malinga will shut down the 2018 edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair with a performance at the Large City Hall car park on April 28.They...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Petina Gappah defends Mnangagwa's travel
Petina Gappah, the Zimbabwean international law expert who courted controversy after being hired to organise President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s participation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 11:03hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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
WATCH : America's hypocrisy on Zimbabwe sanctions
WATCH : America's hypocrisy on Zimbabwe sanctionsWATCH : America's hypocrisy on Zimbabwe sanctions ...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 09:51hrs | | by Social media
Corruption must be non-biased Mr President - Pan Zim
The Head of State and Government who is also the Commander-In-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other prestigious titles you carry, Vice President Rtd General Cons...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 13:47hrs | | by Wilson Chipangura
'I'm not a barking dog'
The release of the second edition of the controversial book Tuku Backstage by his former publicist Shepherd Mutamba last week has been met with mixed reactions.The legendary musician's fans ha...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nama Facebook Live disrupted
This year's National Art Merit Awards Facebook Live broadcast announcement of nominees was abandoned following power outage.The organisers were broadcasting live from the Reps Theatre in Harar...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on SADC tour, promising free elections - bitten by Mugabe's globe-trotting
It seems globe-trotting is in the blood of Zimbabwean leaders. We all know of Tsvangirai's world tour during his five-year term as Prime Minister. Little wonder the MDC failed to get even one democrat...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 18:04hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mzembi's wife files $100,000 defamation lawsuit
MISS Tourism Zimbabwe Trust and its patron Mrs Barbara Mzembi have approached the High Court claiming defamation damages amounting to $100 000 from Big Time Strategic Group (Private) Limited. ...Published: 30 Nov 2017 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man fathers son with own daughter
In a bizarre incident a 78-year-old man from St Albert's in Mashonaland Central allegedly raped his daughter and fathered a son.Vasco Vega (78) from Gweshure village under chief Nembire was ex...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe and company blow $14m in three months
Government splurged more than $14 million on foreign and domestic travel in the first three months of the year.Figures gleaned from the Consolidated Revenue Fund indicate that while President ...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bev madly in love with Andy Muridzo
Daily News on Sunday entertainment writer Vasco Chaya talks to Sexy Angels leader and pole dancer Beverly Sibanda, popularly known as Bev, at her Harare apartment. Find below excerpts of the inter...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bev madly in love with Andy Muridzo
Daily News on Sunday entertainment writer Vasco Chaya talks to Sexy Angels leader and pole dancer Beverly Sibanda, popularly known as Bev, at her Harare apartment. Find below excerpts of the inter...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vasco da Mugabe jets off again
President Robert Mugabe has left Harare for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to attend the 4th Africa Arab Summit.He was seen off by the two Vice Presidents Phelekezela Mphoko and Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 14:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vasco da Mugabe returns, fly out again
President Robert Mugabe made a shock move today when he returned to Zimbabwe and quickly left the country.Mugabe took off to Togo.Last Thursday, he jetted off with his wife Grace t...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 20:12hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Vasco da Mugabe off to Malaysia
President Mugabe yesterday left for Malaysia for a working visit that is set to cement ties between Harare and Kuala Lumpur. The President was seen off at Harare International Airport by t...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vasco da Mugabe back from Lesotho
President Robert Mugabe is back home from Maseru, Lesotho where he joined other leaders in the region to celebrate the country's 50th independence anniversary.The celebrations kicked off in th...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vasco da Mugabe in Maseru for Lesotho golden jubilee
President Robert Mugabe is in Maseru, Lesotho where he will join other African leaders in celebrations to mark the mountain kingdom's golden jubilee.The celebrations will take place at Ses...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
BAZ accused of tribalism - 'Ndebele speakers can't tune to their stations of choice'
A PROSPECTIVE private broadcaster, Carryslot Investment (Private) Ltd, yesterday filed an Administrative Court challenge against the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ)'s decision to issue br...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zipra war vets want properties back
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Bulawayo Province yesterday appointed a five-member committee which will press for the holding of a meeting of all ex-Zipra combatant...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 19:27hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
Zanu-PF will never deliver the Zimbabwe we want
It must be now crystal clear to the majority of Zimbabweans that our economy is spiralling downwards and this spiral can only be arrested through a rapture from the past and a drastic change of politi...Published: 06 Jun 2016 at 23:17hrs | | by Vince Musewe
UN honours Nehanda, Kaguvi
The original Rhodesia police dockets and court judgments that saw First Chimurenga heroes Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi executed are now on the Memory of the World Register, recognising their roles ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 07:49hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo
'Margaret Dongo is a malcontent,' says Mutsvangwa
War veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa has launched a scathing attacked on ex-Zanu PF member Margaret Dongo describing her as a cantankerous malcontent after the latter described some former fi...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Esrom Nyandoro hangs boots?
After a season in which they finished second and won the Nedbank Cup, KickOff.com takes a closer look at the possible changes that may happen at Mamelodi Sundowns in their bid to freshen up their squa...Published: 30 May 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Tiyani wa ka Mabasa - KickOff
Hunt for Successor: God has spoken
"God works in mysterious ways," is a trite so often uttered at the pulpit, and it is the one that precedes my article. I know there are many who will recoil with repulsion at my audacity to evoke God'...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 08:36hrs | | by Field Ruwe
What are the economic and political ramifications of Grace publicly denouncing chillaxing VP Mujuru
Being vice-president is not about chillaxing in the office and leaving President Robert Mugabe to shoulder alone the responsibility of leading the country, the veteran leader's wife said Monday while...Published: 14 Oct 2014 at 17:09hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Grace Mugabe, Bring Back Our PhD Now!
Of all the scandals that ever rocked Zimbabwe, this PhD scandal by President Mugabe and his shopaholic wife raises eyebrows at a global scale. The public has spoken and an outcry keeps pouring in....Published: 02 Oct 2014 at 06:24hrs | | by Charles Njaivhana
What's the farce about Tsvangirai UK trip
Quite puzzling is the excitement and talk about Morgan Tsvangirai and his group travelling to the United Kingdom as if he is doing it for a national cause yet he is going there to fundraise.We...Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 17:22hrs | | by Gugugu Magorira
HIV+ man nabbed for infecting girlfriend
A MARRIED Dangamvura man recently appeared in court for allegedly deliberately infecting his married "girlfriend" with HIV.Appearing before Mutare magistrate Mrs Sekesayi Chiundura, the accuse...Published: 04 Jul 2014 at 17:46hrs | 1 | by Mercy Ngwebvu
Corinthians Football Club marks return in style
Corinthians Football Club, a ZIFA Division Two A side based in the resort town of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe marked their return to the ZIFA Matabeleland North Division Two A league with a 7-0 thump...Published: 15 May 2014 at 09:05hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Hail to the new kids on the music block; Sinazo
Unless you will be living under a rocks like worms and ants, under the Indian ocean waters where the mysterious Malaysian plane is assumed to be, or in a kinda Noman's land, you probably, with som...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Entertainment Reporter
Man jailed for skipping on community service
A BEATRICE man who defaulted 305 hours of community service he was ordered to do after being convicted of assault has been jailed for three months. Romeo Vasco (24) of Tavistok Farm in Beatrice,...Published: 01 Dec 2012 at 05:25hrs | | by Court Reporter
Dead man's avenging spirit kills 15 family members
An avenging spirit of a Mozambican man who was allegedly killed in cold blood in 1989 for ritual purposes to enhance a grinding mill business has so far KILLED 15 family members.This was in an...Published: 21 Jun 2012 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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