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Teenager caught wearing stolen clothes
There was drama at Guqukani village in Mphoeng where an 18-year-old girl was caught wearing stolen clothes by the owner.Sharon Nyathi w...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 23:40hrs | 30 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zipra's Sharpshoot denied National Hero Status
THE late liberation stalwart David Mongwa Moyo has been conferred a State-assisted funeral in honour of his contribution before and after independence and will be buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Her...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sharpshoot MUST be declared a national hero
THE Presidium is dealing with a request for the late liberation stalwart and pioneer liberation fighter David Mongwa Moyo to be accorded national hero status.Moyo, whose war name was Sharpshoo...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sharpshoot, a gifted sniper
On April 14 in 2019, the Sunday News published the first instalment of a two-part interview with North Korea-trained war veteran and nationalist David Mongwa Moyo.Moyo, who was affectionately ...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Wankie battle stalwart dies
A war veteran, David Mongwa Moyo has died.He was 97.Moyo, who was one of the oldest surviving pioneer freedom fighters in the country, died at the age of 97 at Materdei Hospital in Bul...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby cheats with maid, crashes car with pregnant wife inside
TODAY we are going to die in this car!Those were the words of a husband, who after allegedly being caught cheating with the maid, deliberately attempted to commit suicide with his pregnant wif...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
One Day in 1985
I watched and followed the proceedings at the launch of the CITES Documentary on the abduction of the 11 Silobela men by Government forces on the 1st of January 1985. Dispite the incident having happe...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Chinese businessman granted $5 000 bail
A CHINESE businessman who allegedly tried to bribe a police officer with US$1 480 has been granted $5 000 bail by the High Court.Meng Dong, the Chinese national, who has been in remand prison ...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese national in custody over bribe
A CHINESE national and his two local accomplices were yesterday remanded in custody pending ruling on their bail application on allegations of attempting to bribe a police officer.The accused,...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Its a mistake by Dabengwa to shun National Heroes Acre
AS a people and an ethnic minority, Ndebele lives have been lives of pain, anguish and real and perceived marginalisation by the Zanu-PF government and a Shona majority. It doesn't help to hear that o...Published: 31 May 2019 at 18:48hrs | 1 | by ZimLive Admin
Bury heroes at National Shrine- surviving ZAPU members told
Bulawayo-based prominent independent political commentator, Zifiso Masiye, has warned that ZAPU/ZIPRA history risk being obliterated if National Heroes who are declared continue to reject being buried...Published: 28 May 2019 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by ViewFromMatopos
Dabengwa family welcomes hero declaration, but....
THE family of leading nationalist and ex-Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa has welcomed Government's decision to declare him a national hero. Dr Dabengwa died on Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The life of Misheck Velaphi Ncube: Connecting the dots
ORBITUARYMisheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on May 9, 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the libe...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:49hrs | | by Ernest Malandu, Vivian Siziba and Strike Mkandla
Dabengwa family thanks Government as liberation icon's body arrives
THE body of the late liberation war icon and former Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa will arrive this afternoon at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Internationl Airport, accompanied by his widow, Zodwa....Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
DD: The man, soldier, pacifier
The light of the armed liberation struggle icon has been extinguished. Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, affectionately known as DD, passed on 23 May 2019.There was grief and anguish when news about his dea...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:44hrs | | by Phathisa Nyathi
Zimbabwe heroes and heroines conferment process explained
THE presser is a sequel to inquiries on the critical matter of heroes and heroines conferment by the ruling Zanu-PF and matters inherently connected to that important phenomenon. The declarati...Published: 25 May 2019 at 21:40hrs | | by Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo
Zimbabwe plunged into mourning
LIBERATION war stalwart and former Cabinet Minister Dr Dumiso Dabengwa was a confidante of a number of Government ministers and helped them on issues of national importance, Deputy Minister of Defence...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Misheck Velaphi Ncube Obituary: Connecting the Dots
Misheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at Heroes Acre in Harare on 9 May 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the liberation and independence of Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 20:59hrs | 2 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zanu-PF Bulawayo goes to polls
HUNDREDS of Zanu-PF members aspiring to be part of the Bulawayo Provincial Executive Council on Monday thronged the party offices at Davies Hall to submit their CVs and application letters.Zan...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Velaphi Ncube's unheralded journey
ON Thursday, Misheck Ntunduzakovelaphi Velaphi Ncube was laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare following his declaration as a national hero.Born on 25 July 1937 in Matobo District...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Velaphi Burial; Mnangagwa shy away from Gukurahundi issue
After saying people are free to talk about Gukurahundi, Zimbabwean President himself avoided talking about the genocide when given the perfect opportunity to do so. In his speech at the National Heroe...Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2 | by Harare Correspondent
Mnangagwa claims to have solutions to shortages
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government has solutions to the biting fuel and foreign currency shortages threatening to bring the economy into recession.Mnangagwa - speaking at the bur...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to fix price madness
President Mnangagwa has assured the nation that Government will - without fail - address the various economic challenges being faced by the generality of the people. The President said this wh...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls on Zimbabwe to desist from dividing country
President Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe to desist from practices and attitudes that divide the country. The Head of State and Government said dialogue was a central plank in the Second Republic. ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Let's dream, think Zimbabwe'
Address by His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, E.D. Mnangagwa, at the burial of the late Mishack Ntundu Velaphi, National Heroes' Acre, May 9, 2019 ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | | by ED Mnangagwa
National Hero Ncube gets huge send-off
HUNDREDS of people from all walks of life yesterday converged at Lobengula Hall in Bulawayo to bid farewell to the late national hero Velaphi Misheck Ncube. Ncube (82), who was also Zanu-PF's ...Published: 09 May 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa overruled politburo on Ncube hero status
Former Bulawayo provincial minister Angeline Masuku declared that she too must not be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare after the Zanu-PF politburo initially turned down a request to have M...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | 5 | by ZimLive
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 8 | by Zifiso Masiye
Misheck Ncube declared national hero
Veteran freedom fighter Misheck Ntundu Velaphi Ncube has been declared a national hero.Announcing Ncube's national hero status to his family and other mourners, Zanu-PF Secretary for Administr...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Liberation struggle stalwart Ncube dies
ZANU-PF National Consultative member and liberation struggle stalwart Misheck Velaphi Ncube has died. He was 82. Ncube died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals where he had been a...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of heroes betrayed, forgotten
When, in the fullness of time, the lies can hold no longer, when the frail bottom of deception falls off, when the foggy morning dew of orchestrated media smokescreens withers and gives way to the pow...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Velaphi: Daring by bringing first batch of weapons into Rhodesia
IN the past few weeks we have been focusing the spotlight on what may be considered the pioneers of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle. This was done as part of a build up towards independen...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Post-Election violence commission submission
I am an independent member of the Zimbabwean society, meaning that I make rational decision and conclusions on political matters. Officially I am trained in the accounting profession henceforth in my ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 13:17hrs | | by Terence Simbi
Zimbabwe won't die, the youth will save it
What really caught Ian Smith unawares was presumptuous complacency and his government's arrogance of incumbency… a deeply entrenched sense, both of class entitlement and invincibility based, not so ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Artistes mourn Joe Maseko
The Executive Producer of Rising Sounds Studio Joe Maseko has passed on. He is remembered as one of the unsung heroes who positively shaped the music Industry in Southern Africa. Artistes ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
What is meant by Dambudzo?
MLF will not accept the naming of the Cowdry Park Mall after Mnangagwa. Bulawayo is a capital of Mthwakazi who is home to many heroes and heroines who better deserve to be honoured by naming such site...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 19:24hrs | | by Ndabezinhle Fuyane, MLF information and publicity
Ndebele kingship takes another twist - umbiko esizweni sika Mthwakazi
Sanibona sizwe sikamthwakazi kwaBulawayo, nina benkanyamba emakhandakhanda uMzilikazi kaMashobane Khumalo nomdabuli wesizwe sonke. Sicela ukwazisa isizwe samahlabezulu ukuthi kunendlu endala endlini y...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Lucky Khumalo
Gukurahundi documentary opens can of worms
A new documentary film on the Matabeleland and Midlands atrocities soon after Zimbabwe's independence claims the mass killings were probably planned before independence.The film by Bulawayo-ba...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZIFA engage Govt on British Brigade
ZIFA have engaged the Government to help facilitate the application for Zimbabwean passports for players born or raised abroad for possible inclusion for the Cosafa Cup which gets underway in South Af...Published: 10 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fighting for one's independence is not tribalism
As Mthwakazi National Party (MNP), we watched the events that unfolded at Morgan Tsvangirai(MHDSRIP) funeral not with disbelief and shame as most of the Zimbabwe population describe it. But we appreci...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 11:18hrs | | by Sam Velaphi Mabhena, MNP President
Without truth and justice it will be foolhardy to talk of national healing and reconciliation
Recently President Emerson Mnangagwa fielded questions in Davos, Switzerland was quoted in local and international press saying he was prepared to appear before the National Peace and Reconcil...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by Thamsanqa Mlilo
Mthwakazi National Party lives on!
In april 2012 the peoples, nations and nationalities of Mthwakazi came together under the revolutionary banner of Mthwakazi National Party (MNP) to share their common experiences and aspirations in th...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Sam Velaphi Mabhena
'Chief' Gumede issues a strongly worded statement against his detractors
UKUQONDISA NGOKUGCOTSHWA KWENDUNA U ALBERT ZWELIBANZI GUMEDE Mina yimi iNduna uAlbert Zwelibanzi Gumede bengithanda ukwazisa labo abangaziyo ngale indab...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 08:56hrs | | by Chief Zwelibanzi Gumede
SOCCER- List of Zimbabwe foreign based youngsters
THE English Football Association has reportedly inquired about English-born Zimbabwean footballer, McCauley Bonne, with the view of selecting him for their developmental sides, but the player has comm...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:32hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi villagers allegedly evicted from land after years they have been settled
Nkayi villagers are reported to have been evicted from stands they were occupying after years of having been allocated that land.This was revealed by Zimbabwe Peace Project which said in Nkayi...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 11:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, And so it has finally happened, in our lifetime, the rightful heir to the Mthwakazi Monarchy has been identified. Inkatho iwele kumNtwana uBulelani Colin Lobengula Khumalo ophu...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Nkonzo kaMathanda
Brothers beat uncle to death, burn his body
TWO brothers from Plumtree allegedly beat their uncle to death and burnt his body to conceal evidence, accusing him of burning their plastic water containers.Unity Ndlovu (27) and Elliot N...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe our heritage 'uMphakathi umasongwa'
uMphakathi uMasongwausongwe yiBotswana entshonalanga.uSongwe yiMozambique eMpumalanga.uSongwe yiZambia eNyakatho.Wasongwa yiSouth Africa eNingizimu.Mphakathi Masongwa!!!!!A...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 09:35hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
The Joshua Nkomo - Tell No Lies speech on Unity.
In memory of the First Commander in Chief of ZAPU and ZIPRA Forces. In memory of the Father of the Nation.POLITICAL REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE PATRIOTIC F...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | 9 | by Cakes Vundla
This and that Mal'phosa - The Stars Are here, Great!
Picture this; a 15 year old boy just moved to Bulawayo with his parents. Just like his parents, he is a cheerful, humble, respectful, sociable, God fearing boy. He does not look very ambitious and see...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 11:18hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
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