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4 robbers admit to crime spree
FOUR suspected armed robbers, who yesterday admitted to killing one person and attempting to murder three others in and around Harare are expected back in court tomorrow. Brothers, William (39...Published: 13 hrs ago | 144 | by Staff reporter
'Only removal of Zanu-PF from power will solve Gukurahundi issue'
MATABELELAND-BASED human rights activists say the Gukurahundi atrocities can only be fully addressed once the alleged perpetrators are out of power.The activists made the remarks on Sunday dur...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Are sangomas really 'linked' to armed robberies?
Armed robbery in criminal law is an aggravated form of theft that involves the use of a lethal weapon a victim typically motivated by the desire to obtain money.Cases of armed robbery have rea...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:44hrs | 248 | by Blessing Mandabva
Villagers make way for billion dollar Chinese project
"Instead of joy and fulfilment, the fortunes sitting in the bowels of our fathers' land have brought misfortunes upon us," 78-year-old Chokutaura Chananda said ruefully.Chananda is among hundr...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini residents fret over illegal miners
Illegal mining activities in Matabeleland South's Esigodini area have led to an increase in gender-based violence cases and a child pregnancy, a local non-governmental organisation says.The Bu...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:41hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Poor roads haunt region
WHILE roads development brings social, cultural and economic changes in the lives of people in terms of providing connectivity between places and reducing poverty, in rural Matabeleland it is a privil...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:40hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Suicide cases trigger alarm in Zimbabwe
"It is so hard to take it in because I could not hear him scream or anything, it is too painful," those are the heart-breaking words from Farai Munemo's mother Felistas Mundere.Munemo would ha...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 639 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Distant parenting a disaster in Diaspora
Many Zimbabweans have left the country for purported greener pastures. But the greener pastures turn tinder dry on family relationships, volatile and ready to burn. Most parents have been ...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 661 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Old people's homes turn into poor families' dumping grounds
BANANA bread was served at a recent birthday party at Melfort Old People's home, where a group of residents mustered a raspy happy birthday tune.Just a week after arriving at the facility, Rod...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Goblin terror at Tsholotsho Hospital - Terrorise nursing staff
IN a real-life drama whose script reads like folklore plucked from Gothic literature, nurses at Tsholotsho District Hospital in Matabeleland North province are being terrorised by suspected goblins wh...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Number of war vets needing limbs declines
THE number of ex-combatants needing artificial limbs for injuries sustained during the armed liberation struggle has been falling over the years, the Defence and War Veterans ministry has revealed....Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:48hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Police major perpetrators of sexual harassment: Parly
POLICE have been singled out as major perpetrators of sexual harassment against women throughout the country.This was revealed in investigations conducted by the joint Parliamentary Portfolio ...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:44hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Stop confusion over fees hikes
IT is not only shocking but disappointing that the Primary and Secondary Education ministry issued a "directive" that schools may only effect a 33% fee increase for the second term because the term is...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:43hrs | 167 | by Kurai Dapi
IDs are a basic right
REPORTS yesterday said the Registrar-General's office would from Monday resume issuing birth certificates, passports and identity documents (IDs) after months of closure due to COVID-19 lockdowns....Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:41hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles to disown 'gukurahundi' sellout Chiefs, blood on your hands!
Confidential information on our hands confirming that some Matabele traditional chiefs have accepted bribes from the genocidal Zimbabwe government to assist it to impose its suspicious Matabeleland ge...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 11:07hrs | 538 | by Israel Dube
Police taunt 'killer' woman as she is made to dig-up her murdered lover
A woman accused of killing her live-in lover before burning and burying his remains on a mountain was made to dig him up with a shovel while police officers taunted her, a shock new video seen by ZimL...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 16:15hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers kill man in home raid
A Bulawayo man was shot dead at his home by four suspected armed robbers in an attack that left his neighbour with gunshot wounds. The man's family talked about the devastation of losing a loved one f...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 2131 | by Staff reporter
Hachilema's party claims to be under Zanu-PF attack
ZAMBIA'S ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has accused Zanu-PF of launching cyber-attacks against its leadership, which it says could sour relations between the two neighbours....Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 5503 | by Staff reporter
War vets savage Mnangagwa again
UNAPOLOGETIC war veterans have launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, accusing it of failing to expedite the exhumation and reburial of victims who are still interre...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 19:42hrs | 1664 | by Staff reporter
Ibhetshu Likazulu hits back at Chief Mtshane Khumalo
IBHETSHU LikaZulu has hit back at the Chiefs Council deputy president, Chief Mtshane Khumalo for accusing the pressure group for allegedly stifling the resolution of the post-independence Gukurahundi ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces fresh war vets onslaught
VETERANS of the liberation war have launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, accusing it of failing to expedite the exhumation and reburial of victims who are still in...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | 2750 | by Staff reporter
The lessons from Zambia
I have just celebrated my 77th birthday and have settled on two proud new titles. I have now added a new title to my repertoire. I was given the title of mukoma at the Manica Post. Governor Josiah Hun...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:03hrs | 338 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Bitcoin pyramid scheme collapses
INNOCENT Matongo, a Zimbabwean expatriate worker based in Boksburg, South Africa is ruing the day he decided to latch on to a get-rich-quick scheme.After investing thousands of United States d...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | 495 | by Emmanuel Kafe
Govt takes delivery of 30 ambulances
Government has taken delivery of 30 new ambulances that are part of the 100 expected before year-end, as efforts are stepped up to revamp the health delivery system.The ambulances will now be ...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Soldier, wife die in limo accident
A Bulawayo-based soldier and his wife died on the spot after a Limousine Lincoln they were travelling in burst its rear left tyre and veered off the road before hitting a tree.The accident hap...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
'Police must work with student unions in fighting drug abuse'
POLICE have been urged to work with student unions and the public in flushing out drug peddlers plying their trade in institutions of higher learning.The call came after two female university ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs must not aid murderers to escape jaws of justice: MLF
MTHWAKAZI Liberation Front (MLF) spokesperson Crispen Nyoni has warned chiefs in Matabeleland and Midlands not to allow Gukurahundi perpetrators to use them to escape justice by concealing evidence ar...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 13:13hrs | 714 | by Stephen Jakes
Man searching for puppies robbed by armed gang
A Zhombe man was attacked by six armed robbers at his homestead yesterday night while he was searching for his puppies.Shepherd Maning (41) was outside at night when he was grabbed by the wais...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 10:30hrs | 1476 | by Tarisai Mudahondo in Zhombe
Sex-treatment 'prophet' has rape conviction and 22-year sentence quashed
A self-styled prophet jailed for 22 years in July 2017 for raping two women is a free man after the High Court quashed his conviction and sentence.Grace Ministries founder Onbert Mapfumo, now ...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 19:53hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: Ndebeles are not dogs (imigodoyi)
"You can never make Ndebeles dogs. You may wipe them out but the children of the Stars can never be dogs." Matabele Spokesman, Somabhulani Dlodlo spoke these words warning the white supremacists...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 11:49hrs | 4435 | by Israel Dube
'Consult on Gukurahundi victims reburial'
Transitional justice lobby group, the National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has said exhumations and reburial of victims of Gukurahundi victims must be conducted in consultation with fam...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans lose US$5m in Ponzi scheme
ZIMBABWEANS who invested more than US$5 million in a pyramid scheme in a bid to get rich quickly have been left counting their losses after the owner of the scheme failed to give them back their inves...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
1978 war victims wallow in poverty
Tens of people injured during the infamous Kamungoma massacre on May 14 1978 in Dewende, Gutu including some who are living with bullets lodged in their bodies are wallowing in poverty because of lack...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:02hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Private tutor rapes 3 minors
A PRIVATE tutor hired by a family in Filabusi, Matabeleland South province has appeared in court for allegedly raping three minor pupils he was supposed to mentor. The pupils were aged 7,9 and 12. ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | 1509 | by Staff reporter
State must stop abductions
HEAL Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The special day is commemorated annually on August 30.The Internatio...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 363 | by Heal Zimbabwe Trust
'Zupco disregard of COVID-19 protocols worrisome'
THE Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has raised concern over the flouting of COVID-19 guidelines on Zupco buses where overloading due to transport problems has made it difficult for passengers...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:28hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
7 die in Honde Valley accident
SEVEN people died while 13 others were seriously injured after a vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road, overturned once and landed on its side in Honde Valley, Manicaland province, on Su...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mermaid 'vanishes' with girl (11)
HUNDREDS of villagers under Chief Chitanga area in Mwenezi district have for the past five days been performing traditional rituals on the shores of Runde River, where a girl vanished 11 years ago, in...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:12hrs | 2016 | by Staff reporter
Mnangawa told to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents
President Emmerson Mnangagwa' s government has been asked to stop using abductions as a tool to deal with political opponents. In a statement issued by Heal Zimbabwe Trust to mark the Internatio...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 09:52hrs | 1947 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Passengers rights group lobby for accident fund law
THE Zimbabwe Passengers Association Secretary general Paul Makiwa has challenged the government to enact the Accident Fund law to safeguard passengers in ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | 651 | by Stephen Jakes
'Land barons hiding behind Mnangagwa's name'
A HARARE resident, Samuel Mutete, has written to Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) calling for invest...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:51hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Let the children learn and play
Who said puppies cannot bite? Deep cuts and 'weeping skin lacerations' have all been observed on victims of puppy bites 'Tumbwa'. These are cheap illicit alcoholic spirits packed in plastic bo...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:35hrs | 264 | by Tondo. Chinehasha
'Mnangagwa spooked by spectre of youth revolution'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba last week accused award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono (HC), who is also a stern critic of the government of sour grapes after his bid...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:32hrs | 2373 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has no permanent friends
THERE was a thought-provoking article in one of the weeklies encouraging the opposition MDC to safeguard documents containing human rights violations that occurred since 1999. The violations t...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 912 | by Vashe King
Zapu position on Zimbabwe government's machinations on Gukurahundi genocide
It is an objective reality that Zimbabwe cannot move forward as a nation towards peace and development unless and until the thorny issue of Gukurahundi is properly and effectively addressed. The attem...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:41hrs | 590 | by Thembani Maphosa
Criminals descend on Bulawayo's affluent suburbs
BULAWAYO's affluent suburbs have been hit by a spate of housebreakings as organised criminal syndicates target businesspeople after cutting copper cables resulting in power blackouts. The gang...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers resurface with aid of spikes along N1
South African police have intensified patrols along the N1 highway in Limpopo province, where armed robbers are using spikes to pounce on motorists. The N1 highway is major commercial road tha...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 17:15hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono gave us MDC safe houses, claims Charamba
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has exposed how prominent journalist Hopewell Chin'ono worked for the ruling party ZANU PF and the government in selling out civic society members to the stat...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 12:41hrs | 9442 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's 'charade' does not promote truth-telling, reparations and justice
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's plan to address the Gukurahundi massacres has been dismissed as a "charade" as it does not promote truth-telling, reparations and justice.Mnangagwa - who was sta...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1051 | by Tarisai Mudahondo in Guruve
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