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135 Gukurahundi, political victims repatriated
ONE hundred and thirty-five victims of Gukurahundi atrocities and political violence were repatriated from a refugee camp in Botswana, where they had sought shelter from persecution by the late former...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Reflection of Historical perspective: Mashurungwi & August 1 Narrative
There was a paradox of analogue on why Mnangagwa was given security roles ahead of any other roles as a cabinet Minister. Was it a sign of bravery or he resembled the hardline stance which made him to...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 16:14hrs | 572 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chunga calls out Zifa
Moses Chunga has challenged Zifa to make no exemptions in their demands for the Caf A coaching badge for national team and Premier Soccer League coaches.Chunga, who does not have a Caf A coach...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled drugs flood Zimbabwe market
High mark-ups imposed by importers, wholesalers and retailers of medicines have resulted in a flood of cheaper drugs being smuggled from neighbouring countries and sold on the streets by vendors. ...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:50hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Activists pile pressure over Gukurahundi
A BULAWAYO-based pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu has called on the government to go a step further in addressing the Gukurahundi issue and account for victims that were abducted and never seen again....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:51hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Wife bashes hubby for 17 years
AS the world commemorates the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV), the spotlight is mainly on children and women as they are the chief victims.But while society, which is l...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:36hrs | 204 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga commissions 2 bridges
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday officially commissioned two Bailey bridges constructed by the South African National Defence Forces (SANDF) and the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) at Kopa, ...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:11hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
MDC mourns ZUPCO accident victims, blames unroadworthy buses
The MDC has expressed its condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the Epworth ZUPCO bus disaster. In astatement, party secretary for transport Settlement Chikwinya said it was sad...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:35hrs | 1761 | by Staff Reporter
Attempted assassination and abduction: The new MDC campaign tools
The opposition MDC has become a pale shadow of itself and has failed to occupy the coveted address in Zimbabwe, the State Presidency of staying at Number One Chancellor Avenue in the party's 20 years ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:53hrs | 2900 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe's political stalemate: Who are the victims?
It is a pity that we have become a polarised nation with the ordinary citizen bearing the brunt of elitist politics.Zanu PF, the ruling party since 1980, claims it won the 30 July election. MDC, t...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 10:30hrs | 964 | by Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri
'Armed machete gangs will defeat security forces'
Former Minister Arts, Sports and Culture Makhosini Hlongwane has warned that the armed machete gangs from Midlands popularly known as Mashurugwi and Al Shabaab will soon liberate their own territory a...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:51hrs | 5365 | by Mandla Ndlovu
EU takes Mnangagwa govt on over rights abuses
THE European Union (EU) has taken government to task over the slow pace of reforms and the country's deplorable civil rights record following a series of incidence where state security agents have use...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash kills pastor, wife
THE United Methodist Church was plunged into mourning ahead of its eastern annual conference at Old Mutare tomorrow after the death of one the convention organisers and his wife in a horror accident i...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang killers linked to Minister Owen Mudha arrested
Police have initiated investigations on the reports of the machete wielding gangs that are seen in videos that have gone viral killing and terrorising some citizens. Said Energy Mutodi, "Rogue...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 17:50hrs | 2832 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vendors to conduct fact finding tour in Glen View area 8
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET), is set to conduct a Fact-Finding Tour at Glen Area 8 furniture complex which was gutted down by an inferno on Tuesday. V...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1226 | by Stephen Jakes
Shame and hypocrisy from our Police
"The heavy army of the law will descent heavily on those who want to disrupt the lives of innocent people of Zimbabwe.People should do their daily activities while the police presence will ensure thei...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:10hrs | 941 | by A Kadada
Political power is key to Matebeleland's existence
Ever since Zimbabwe attained it's independence in 1980, the Southern region popularly known as Mthwakazi has never known peace. There has been an attempt by Shona supremacists to destroy the diverse p...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:04hrs | 1332 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Zanu-PF in denial
The dire situation in Zimbabwe has been getting of a lot of attention in the British media – particularly since the visit to Zimbabwe by a UN representative who warned that Zimbabweans were on the v...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:56hrs | 699 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
World Bank rules out financial bailout to Mnangagwa
THE World Bank (WB) has ruled out a possible financial bailout to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for now, saying Zimbabwe will only continue to benefit from technical assistance, analytical...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:44hrs | 5568 | by Staff reporter
'Gukurahundi killings not a closed issue'
RESPECTED former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has re-ignited debate on the highly-emotive killings that occurred in the southern parts of Zimbabwe in the 1980s declaring boldly that the sad cha...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Pressure group prepares for Gukurahundi memorial
Ibhetshu likaZulu has revealed it is vigorously preparing for the Gukurahundi memorial to be held on December 22 to coincide with the Unity Day.The unity day was put in place following the uni...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:09hrs | 416 | by Stephen Jakes
If amnesia is a disease, we are all sick!
Fate and fortune, just as life itself, have a weird sense of humour.Just as Bishop Lazarus was busy narrating the age-old anecdotal tale of the "Arab and The Camel" last week, well, our very o...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:47hrs | 76 | by Bishop Lazarus
Govt brutality on citizens bad example for nation
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:49hrs | 194 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Patients call for doctors to return
Patients seeking treatment from public health institutions countrywide have pleaded with junior doctors to end their impasse with the Government over salaries and find it in their hearts to assist the...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:43hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
What happens when the centre can no longer hold?
WHEN Somalia was a lawless gangland with no central government, many Africans often wondered how it must have felt to live in a failed state controlled by marauding warlords.How on earth did p...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1706 | by Brezh Malaba
Zim company in SA fundrasie to bail out Zim Cyclone Idai victims
A Zimbabwean firm, Zororo-Phumulani based in South Africa has managed to raise 150 000 Rands through fundraising event held in South Africa recently with the aim to assist Zimbabwean schools seriously...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:11hrs | 146 | by Stephen Jakes
ZUJ grumbles over state sponsored violence against journalists
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has registered its outrage at the increasing number of Press Freedom violations and threats to the safety and security of journalists in Zimbabwe.ZUJ sa...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 19:25hrs | 803 | by Stephen Jakes
No 'Road to Damascus' awakening in Zimbabwean politics - citizens can vote for recycled opportunistic politicians at own risk!
I am not much of a soccer fan, but there is something that I have always found strange - if not downright weird - without anyone able to provide a satisfactory explanation. Why is it that a coach fire...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 1571 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Pirate taxi drivers prey on young girls'
Pirate taxi drivers and driving school instructors in Marondera are topping the list of men who are sexually exploiting young girls after luring them with money.This was revealed at a workshop...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1139 | by Staff reporter
6 armed robbers jailed 5 years, another shot dead
SIX armed robbers, who pounced on a Bindura family and robbed them of their valuables, were yesterday sentenced to seven years in prison by Bindura magistrate Noel Mupeiwa.Jerry Mhere (27), La...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1050 | by newsday comment
Zimbabwe govt brutalization of citizenry sets bad example in campaign against domestic and gender-based violence
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 14:04hrs | 597 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa slammed for 'cracking skulls' during doctors' strike
FORMER Health Minister, Henry Madzorera has hit out at the Emmerson Mnangagwa led government for allegedly going on a "deliberate skull cracking and bone breaking" programme fully knowing there were n...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1177 | by newzimbabwe
Cattle diseases and toxic meat
Dear Editor The Apostolic Product Certification Zimbabwe is encouraging all butchery owners, meat suppliers and distributors to follow all necessary steps in identifying health cattle for sale...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:48hrs | 3189 | by Obey Mapuranga
Has Mnangagwa failed?
This is not an apology for ED as president of Zimbabwe, but a careful examination of the facts. Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa popularly known as Ngwena has been president of Zimbabwe for more than a year...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:45hrs | 1407 | by Lovemore 'Briggs Ojugo' Sibanda Ph.D.
Zimbabweans competing in lifestyles in the UK
In November alone fifteen Zimbabweans have died in the Uk from stress related cases. The life in the UK has been moulded to a competition. It may not be The Hunger Games, but in this massive multi-pla...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 72580 | by Masimba Mavaza
Accident victims named
The Zimbabwe Republic Police(ZRP) has released the names of seven of the eight horror crash victims who perished on the spot after the Toyota Hiace they were traveling in heading to Kanyemba from Hara...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 19:03hrs | 5134 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe no safe haven for Homosexuals
Ten percent of Zimbabwe's population are estimated to be gay or lesbian – they are simply born like this. However, only few dare to disclose their sexual orientation as homosexuality is largely reje...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:04hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Parastatals embroiled in car smuggling scandal
STATE-OWNED entities, Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (Zimseza), Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) are embroiled in a messy car import scam after details emerged that they took delivery o...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 3277 | by Staff reporter
Minister in farm inputs storm
ZANU-PF Member of Parliament for Gutu North, Yeukai Simbanegavi has been embroiled in a fight over the presidential input scheme which she declared was for the ruling party supporters only.Acc...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Horror crash, 2 dead on the spot
TWO Safeguard Security employees died on the spot yesterday after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tree while trying to avoid a head-on collision on a curve in Bulawayo's Suburbs subu...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa courts Dubai investors
Zimbabwe intends to lure cash-rich investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to exploit opportunities in mining, tourism and manufacturing when it engages them at the 5th Global Business Forum on ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
ZRP cop hound Chipinge families off their land
ZRP top cop Godwin Chinyan'anya is embroiled in a bitter land wrangle with eight families of Mutoramhene Southdown estate in Chipinge central ward 8.Chinyan'anya hounded families off the farm ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3515 | by Taruberekera Masara and Josiah Mucharowana
30 trafficked Zimbabwean women rescued from SA brothels
Nore than 30 Zimbabwean women suspected to be victims of human trafficking were also rescued by South African police from brothels in eMalahleni, formerly Witbank, in Mpumalanga Province where their c...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 2379 | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU statement on the nursing recruitment saga
ZAPU has been seized with a fact finding mission for the past 4 weeks following an outcry from the citizens of this country over the recruitment of student nurses. The loudest protestations were from ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3626 | by ZAPU Presidency
Mob tries to burn hearse at border
CHAOS broke out at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday when a mob of cross border drivers attempted to burn a Toyota Quantum carrying the body of a gang leader accused of unleashing a reign of terror aga...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:32hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
'Only a revolution can remove ZANU PF' Jonathan Moyo says
Professor Jonathan Moyo says the only way that can removed the oppressive system of ZANU PF is through a revolution and not through reforms. Posting on twitter on Wednesday Moyo said, "As a fo...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 16:36hrs | 5126 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tragedy of the doctors' crippling strike
It is simple: The tragedy of the over two-months doctors' strike is that Zimbabwe has two finely distinct groups; those who feel (the majority) the impact of the strike and those who talk (the minorit...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1758 | by Learnmore Zuze
Boost for sex workers, the homeless
Chivi South legislator (Zanu-PF) Killer Zivhu has embarked on a project to empower 100 disadvantaged people in Harare as part of his efforts to unpack President Mnangagwa's Vision 2030 that seeks to t...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
UN condemns virginity testing
The United Nations has condemning and called for the end of virginity testing saying the practice is medically unnecessary, painful, humiliating and traumatic practice.The virginity test...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1249 | by Staff Reporter
Tragedy of the cannibalistic Zimbabwe govt that devours and sucks dry its own teachers!
As a son of a teacher, I will never forget the utmost honour and pride attached to this profession in the 1980s - such that, even as a mere child, just being known as "Mr. Mbofana's son" made me walk ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1455 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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