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I am suffocating and sick of crying
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 28 | by Tafi Mhaka
Pay day in 1973, indlovu iwile
THIS week the writer reels back to 1973 to give you an in-depth picture of the setup Ekasi on a pay day when all employees had received their monthly pay. This would be around the 25th day of the mont...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Clifford Kalibo
Smugglers declare groceries as fertilizer , three trucks busted
Security officials working with the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) anti-smuggling unit in Beitbridge have intercepted three commercial trucks which were transporting an assortment of groceries whi...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rare skin disease hits Zimbabwe
SYMPTOMS upon first exposure to sunlight: Freckling on sun-exposed areas. Dry skin. Pimples resembling blisters develop into spider web-like vessels and eventually dark brown tumours.If your c...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
No leads on Mnangagwa White City bombing
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has said the people behind the bombing at White City Stadium in Bulawayo last year have not been accounted for so party members should remain vigi...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry official nabbed over Idai donations
A deputy director in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development on Saturday appeared before a Chipinge magistrate facing charges of stealing Cyclone Idai donati...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop hires kombi to ferry stolen Cyclone Idai donations
A police officer has been arrested for alleged wholesale looting of aid valued at tens of thousands United States Dollars earmarked for victims of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge amid reports of rampant misa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 18:39hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
Everybody cared when they were alive no one mourned when they died alone abroad
As more people live on their own, a growing number Zimbabweans are dying unnoticed and unloved with neither friends nor family in the UK. Maria Mangena left few possessions when she died. Poli...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 17:28hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
TROVOCO Public Appeal
We (THEE ROOTS CHARITY TRUST) hereby appeal to the general public for donations in cash and kind in order to raise donations for our April donations day to a local orphanage /Expected visit date is 18...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by TROVOCO
One revolutionary bullet and a tank full of commandos for my mother
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabwean students on govt scholarships abandoned in foreign land
To The Minister of Presidential and National Scholarships, The Government of Zimbabwe, And all Zimbabweans.WE ARE WRITING AS ZIMBABWE FEMALE STUDENTS IN ALGERIA(before you read imagine if it w...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 16:56hrs | | by Concerned Student
Mpilo Hospital children's unit in need of machines
THE Mpilo Central Hospital Paediatric unit is in need of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machines (CPAP) to assist infants having breathing difficulties, a hospital official has said.Speak...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Loopholes emerge in BVR
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted to a loophole in the voter registration process, which allows multiple registration using different national identity documents as the biometric voter ...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 12:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zodwa Wabantu single but not searching
Zodwa Wabantu, who has had a meteoric rise to fame during the past year with the showbiz spotlight shining brightly on her, wants to bask in that glory for as long as possible without being controlled...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho floods victims in urgent need of food, blankets, tents
TSHOLOTSHO flood victims have appealed for more aid in the form of blankets, food and tents, among others, as the resources at their makeshift camp at Sipepa Clinic can no longer cope with the hug...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Implications of the floods disaster in Tsholotsho village
UPDATE ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FLOODS DISASTER IN WARD 6 OF TSHOLOTSHO NORTH CONSTITUENCY: BY HONOURABLE PROF. JONATHAN MOYO, MP 1. BackgroundOn ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 12:17hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
PICTURES: USAid comes to the rescue of Tsholotsho villagers?
Organisations which assisted Tsholotsho villagersa) German Agro Action which supplied 900 bars of soap, 300 x20l buckets, 192 units water guard, 200 hand wash&n...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by online
'Vaseline' rapist arrested
POLICE in Binga have arrested a 44-year-old shopkeeper who allegedly raped his landlord's seven-year-old daughter while her mother was doing laundry outside.The man from Senga area under C...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Better alternatives to Zimbabwe import ban exist
In June 2016 the Zimbabwean government instituted the infamous Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 banning the importation of basic commodities such as bottled water, sugar, soap, cooking oil, cellpho...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 10:52hrs | | by Lovemore Fuyane
Mugabe's 'dry hands' photo goes viral
A photo showing President Mugabe's hand has gone viral online. Zimbabweans online have been asking if Vaseline is among the products banned for import into ‪the country.Others have suggested...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 23:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe introduces import controls on bottled water, Cremora & Vaseline
Cash strapped Zimbabwe gpvernment has put import controls on various products which are mostly available locally as part of ongoing efforts to support the local industry and to lower the import bi...Published: 17 Jun 2016 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's wife to be honoured at Zim Achievers
African philanthropist and social entrepreneur Tsitsi Masiyiwa will this year receive the Chairman's honorary award at the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA), for her contribution to charitable causes an...Published: 06 May 2016 at 12:15hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Treger offers cash for trash
MAKE easy cash and keep the city clean by collecting all plastics and sell them to Treger Plastics.Treger Products (Pvt) Ltd through its division Treger Plastics is encouraging members of the ...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Yoliswa Dube
Boy (16) rapes 8-year-old niece
A JUVENILE aged 16 from Gurambira area in Dete has been sentenced to receive four strokes for raping his 8-year-old niece.He was also sentenced to an additional two years suspended for five ye...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 12:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Pastor gets 10 years for rape
A 61-year-old pastor in Selebi Pikwe was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years for raping a minor, while duping her into believing he was healing her from sejeso (poisoning).DNA tests also proved t...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man steals Vaseline to raise rent money
A SAKUBVA man Brian Ndlovu (22) was jailed five days for stealing a Vaseline bottle saying he wanted to sell the bottle to pay rent.Ndlovu was caught by an alert security guard as he tried to ...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Isalukazi sigcina umbane embodleleni
KUDABA oluhlasimulisa umzimba kulemuli yeGuwe, eNkayi ezidla izibindi kulandela ukuzwa ukuthi kulelunga layo elilembodlela ''yombane'', inhlabathi yamangcwaba kanye legazi labantu abafayo okuyikho ose...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Ethel Ncube
Prophet rapes patient
A PROPHET with an unstated apostolic church is in trouble after he allegedly raped a female patient who fainted during a prayer session.Aleck Mushowani (32) of Tegela in Bulawayo was not aske...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man (29) rapes 4-year-old girl for 12 months
A Pumula man, 29, allegedly turned a four-year-old girl into a sex slave, habitually raping her for 12 months.Charles Moyo allegedly sexually abused the toddler who stays with him. He was not...Published: 06 Dec 2014 at 16:55hrs | | by Court Reporter
Self-styled prophet applies vaseline on teen cousin's privates, rapes her
A self-styled Binga prophet who raped his female cousin after claiming that he had been inspired to apply Vaseline on her privates during a prayer session, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. ...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Lindani Dube
'I was sleeping with his wife,' says rape accused
A GWERU man facing a charge of raping an 11-year-old girl shocked a packed court when he claimed he was sleeping with the victim's mother.The accused, Kurauone Sadzauchi, 28, of 2247 Mkoba...Published: 27 May 2014 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman tries to flee with 100ml Vaseline bottle
A 39-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman caused a scene in Plumtree Town when she tried to flee from security guards with a 100ml Vaseline bottle she stole from a local supermarket. Buhlebenkosi Mpofu of ...Published: 28 Mar 2014 at 16:22hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Woman dies after injecting Vaseline into her breasts
A 39-year-old mum has died in hospital in Argentina after injecting Vaseline into her breasts to make them bigger.Amateur athlete Sonia Perez Llanzon suffered a fatal blood clot in her lung a ...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 18:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's Address to Senate on Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam Disaster
TOKWE/MUKORSI DISASTER THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING (DR. CHOMBO)Madam President and hon. members of this ...Published: 15 Feb 2014 at 08:23hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Bosso, Dembare legends speak on rituals in Zim soccer
FORMER Dynamos captain Memory Mucherahowa recalls how the eve of matches against tough opponents like Highlanders was as theatrical in the dressing room as they were on the green turf.In his e...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 07:55hrs | | by Sports reporter
'He should fix my private parts'
A Ugandan man has vehemently denied accusations leveled against him that he has abused a Motswana woman and disfigured her private parts.Issah Batambuze, a 50- year-old Gaborone based busine...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liz Tsvangirai donates foodstuffs worth thousands of dollars
MDC-T leader's wife Elizabeth Tsvangirai yesterday donated foodstuffs worth thousands of dollars to Bumhudzo Old People's home in Chitungwiza.The donation included 900 kg of maize meal, ...Published: 24 May 2013 at 03:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Libido products flood Zimbabwe
AN illegal trade in unregistered libido-enhancing products is thriving in Harare, putting many people's lives at risk.While libido-enhancing products have always been part of the Zimbabwean t...Published: 06 Feb 2012 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
This and That with Maluphosa - Siyidla ngaphi?
Siyidla ngaphi lamhlanje? Well, this used to be such a common question emakhaya during those 'good old days'. And at times an invitation to a wedding or Christmas party would already have been sent o...Published: 25 Dec 2011 at 11:40hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
This and that with Maluphosa: Born In The Village!
Christmas time always reminds me of a play I witnessed at one Secondary School a few years ago. Apparently there had been a few students who had come back from town to learn e-makhaya because of...Published: 11 Dec 2011 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
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