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Anglican congregants exchange blows in service
An ugly fist fight broke out during service inside St Agnes Anglican Church in Mutare on Sunday, pitting Masvingo Provincial Development Co-ordinator Mr Fungai Mbetsa, on one side and Mr Tinoten...Published: 12 hrs ago | 512 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial saga
The ongoing controversy as to whether former president Robert Mugabe should be buried at the National Heroes Acre or at his homestead in Zvimba is a non-event. In fact, it hides the true story...Published: 23 hrs ago | 4171 | by Richard Munyama
Stop corruption in its tracks
The mobile cash-out agent why are you 'robbing' the poor? Forget about robbing Peter to pay Paul you are stealing from the transacting public. The surrogate parent company offering the service...Published: 24 hrs ago | 746 | by Tondorindo
Mnangagwa's 'witch-hunt' against opponents
On September 8, Zimbabwean union activist Dr Peter Magombeyi claimed he was receiving "death threats". Six days later he disappeared. His last WhatsApp message said: "I have been kidnapped by 3 men."...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:18hrs | 1424 | by AFP
Parliament to summon 'abducted' and released doctor
A parliamentary portfolio committee wants to call the leader of doctors' union Peter Magombeyi to explain what had happened to him during the days he went missing.Magombeyi went missing last w...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:13hrs | 2368 | by Staff reporter
The abductor of Dr Peter Mugombeyi exposed
The story that unfolded in Harare seemed tailor-made to stare and brew some ugly scenes in Zimbabwe. During a plan for a labour dispute and a demonstration by medical doctors in Zimbabwe D...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 18:08hrs | 14390 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Africans can learn from the Americans
The recent xenophobic attacks which were more of Afrophobic attacks are not at all a reflection of Ubuntuism or Pan-Africanism.Yesterday the Ndlovu Youth Choir which hails from the community of Mo...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 11:44hrs | 899 | by Daniel Itai
Female rapists pounce
Police in Beatrice are investigating an incident in which a 41-year-old man was allegedly sexually assaulted by the three women, who later dumped him by the roadside.The man has since been tak...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Man murders girlfriend, stabs friend
A BEITBRIDGE man on Monday allegedly fatally stabbed his girlfriend and attempted to kill his friend accusing him of being in love with the now deceased.Jortham Taruvinga (30), who is married,...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:39hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai food donations rotting in warehouses
Food items worth thousands of dollars donated to Cyclone Idai victims are rotting in warehouses in Chimanimani East and it is unclear why they have not been handed over to the intended beneficiaries....Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:36hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
5 'armed robbers' arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo arrested five suspected armed robbers a day after a dramatic high speed chase in which four of the suspects dumped their vehicle and eluded detectives on foot. The four alle...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe repatriates second batch of Afrophobia/ xenophobia victims
Government on Wednesday repatriated the second batch of 10 Zimbabweans who were affected by xenophobic motivated attacks in the City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng province.The group is part of 171 ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:17hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, surviving means improvising, and some luck
In crisis-stricken Zimbabwe, where prices are soaring, the local dollar is plummeting and time is always short, even a trip to the gas station can be an adventure in the struggle to survive.Fi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 678 | by AFP
Uncle Sam ups black ops in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's politics is sick. It is sickening. It is self-defeating. It is toxic. Of late there has been a worrying dangerous trend of Zimbabweans staging abductions and kidnappings, all aimed at false...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 351 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Suicide cases rise
The African Institute for Ending Bullying Depression and Suicide (AIEBDS) has raised concern over the spike in suicide cases in Zimbabwe after the country recorded 129 cases in the first quarter of th...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:02hrs | 530 | by Staff reporter
Only 76 Zimbabwean xenophobia victims back home
THE body of a Zimbabwean man who died during the recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa and 76 Zimbabweans affected by the mayhem, were yesterday repatriated back home through Beitbridge.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa apology for xenophobia welcome
WE welcome the public apology issued by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the African continent for the recent wave of xenophobic attacks on foreigners of African descent in his country. The ...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:29hrs | 226 | by Editorial - Chronicle
The scourge of stage-managed abductions
In the middle of the busy national schedule of the body viewing and funeral service for the former President, the late Robert Mugabe over the weekend word filtered over the social media that Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 16:39hrs | 2745 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Ibhetshu LikaZulu blasts Mnangagwa
IBHETSHU Likazulu, a Bulawayo based pressure group advocating for Gukurahundi victims' reparation, has slammed government for its decision to construct an expensive mausoleum for late former President...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:42hrs | 673 | by newzimbabwe
Sympathy for the devil
The sham solidarity with Mugabe shown by African leaders at his funeral is in sharp contrast to the enlightened attitude taken by the African Union over the plight of African refugees and migrants str...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:40hrs | 1377 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2280 | by The Economist
City women face sex abuse in Zupco buses
When Zimbabwe's government started running a bus system earlier this year with fares on average one-third lower than those of private bus companies, Thandekile Gama was excited.The 33-year-old...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 7822 | by Thompson Reuters Foundation
Gukurahundi victims react to Mugabe death
ANY mention of the late president Robert Mugabe still invokes a deep sense of resentment from many a villager in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are haunted by the army massacres, infamously known as...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
'The West is upset about Zimbabwean land'
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.From 1960 to 2017 - 57 years - he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimb...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 427 | by Prof Arthur Mutambara
A too-comfortable end for Mugabe
"Peace has come to Zimbabwe/Third World's right on the one/Now's the time for celebration/ ‘Cause we've only just begun." So sings Stevie Wonder in Master Blaster, his 1980 hit single. And he wasn't...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 297 | by Jason L Riley
Xenophobia in Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and Mugabe
Ever since it was founded, Zanu-PF has persistently propagated a criminal mindset that the people of Matebeleland are foreigners to this country. Its blind membership including Minister Mutodi is ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:37hrs | 2469 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Cop brings wife, boss infidelity pictures to court
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo, who brought pictures to court to prove that his superior was having an affair with his wife, got the shock of his life when his boss said it was mistaken identity as th...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Police need riot control training: ZPP
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to implement recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 politically-motivated violence by ensuring police officers a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:44hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Let's be fair to Mugabe deeply flawed as he was
The death of Robert Mugabe, the only Executive Prime Minister and only Executive President that Zimbabwe had known since independence in 1980 until 2017 - all of 37 years - has shown that he was not a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:41hrs | 1288 | by Conway Tutani
Police need more to spruce up image
IN our Tuesday edition of NewsDay we carried two unrelated stories which, however, strikingly touched on one of the many sore issues that have created animosity between the police and the very public ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 269 | by Editorial - Newsday
Mugabe death ignites an inferno of debates, discussions
DEPOSED late former President Robert Mugabe is currently the most talked about individual among Zimbabweans. Ever since his death last week, tongues never took leave from wagging. His death was bound ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:38hrs | 247 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Machete wielding robbers jailed
ECOCASH transfer sold out two machete wielding Gweru robbers who threatened to assault their victim before forcing him to tell them his ecocash pin number...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 19:52hrs | 713 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe sets up centre for xenophobia victims
Government has reactivated a reception centre at Beitbridge to handle Zimbabweans fleeing xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The first batch of 60 repatriates was expected to arrive last night....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:05hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
South Africa: Punish Xenophobic violence
At Least 12 Dead, Thousands Displaced (Johannesburg, September 13, 2019) - The South African police should take...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1704 | by Dewa Mavhinga
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 256 | by Amnesty International
Zimbabweans have never been as confused as they are today: Mugabe: Hero or villain?
ZIMBABWEANS have never been as confused as they are today, following the death of Robert Mugabe, who was labelled a dictator. They are of two minds: is Mugabe a hero or a villain or is he both? They n...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 234 | by Zanda Shumba
Mugabe leaves a bitter legacy
ROBERT MUGABE'S career can be divided into three main parts.First, as an extraordinarily skilful leader who managed to dominate a fractious nationalist movement opposed to the white-supremacis...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 196 | by The Economist
'Zimbabwe records more suicide cases in 2019'
Zimbabwe recorded more cases of suicide in the first quarter on 2019 than the previous year, an indication that the country needs to open up discourse on the subject.Suicide, as defined by the...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:47hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
EMA and the Municipality of Kariba complicit in Kariba's escalating human-wildlife conflict
As Kariba mourns for the umpteenth time the death of a victim of Human-Wildlife Conflict, voices have been raised against inaction by wildlife authorities which borders on criminal negligence. Matound...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:29hrs | 165 | by Laiton Kandawire a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio correspondent in Kariba
Of the South African confusion
South Africa has two current types of politically inclined confusions that we are witnessing as Zimbabweans. The first one of course is this primitive but very costly xenophobic crusade against largel...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 09:28hrs | 1337 | by Wiston Mazhandu
Jacob Mudenda set to challenge Mnangagwa?
A section of the Matebeleland community has come out openly urging Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to challenge ED Mnangagwa for the position of First Secretary in the ruling party ZANU PF....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 14:10hrs | 8820 | by Thulani Gumede
Model sues minister, ZRP boss, PG Newsday
HARARE-BASED model, Tafadzwa Mushunje, who was awarded a US$45 000 compensation by the court following her arrest and prosecution over charges of assault and deliberately infecting her lover's child w...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of IDs a human right violation'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern over the high number of people without proper documentation, particularly national identity (IDs) cards and birth certificates, saying...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Of MDC anniversary, demos and US hand
Violence runs in the MDC's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), bearing footprints of the United States of America, which has been supporting the opposition outfit in a shameless regime change project, since ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 193 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabweans in SA fear fresh attacks
South Africa-based Zimbabweans are living in fear of fresh xenophobic attacks after hundreds of nationals marched in Johannesburg on Sunday.Businesses in parts of the Johannesburg city centre ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:49hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Of MDC demonstrations and the US hand
The MDC demonstrations which were pencilled to start in Harare on 16 August and the spread to the rest of the country these past weeks should not be treated in isolation as a mere demonstration agains...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 15:25hrs | 1113 | by Elijah Chihota
Nust receives $900,000 for DNA lab
THE Government has released $900 000 to the National University of Science and Technology's (Nust) DNA lab which is involved in national projects including profiling of Cyclone Idai victims. T...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:12hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses use cellphone torches during delivery
At least four stillbirths and one maternal death have been recorded at Harare City Council's polyclinics, as the city is dragging its feet on the provision of proper power back-up facilities, which ha...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Teacher jailed 3 years for bedding Grade 6 pupil
A 39-YEAR-OLD teacher in Chipinge has been jailed for three years for being intimate with a Grade 6 pupil.The primary school teacher, whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of hi...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:45hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
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