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Zimbabwe's narrative: A view from the outside!
In the case of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe's government was democratic, economically savvy and politically astute, until one day, overnight, it became oppressive and intolerable.The sudden change ...Published: 25 mins ago | 10 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Matebeleland has critical shortage of rehab centres
A critical shortage of drug rehabilitation centers in Matebeleland South and Matabeleland North has left residents with limited options for addressing escalating drug and substance abuse, according to...Published: 21 hrs ago | 267 | by Staff reporter
Family caught in mysterious haunting and family feud
A Chipinge family is facing a series of disturbing and unexplained events they believe are linked to the ghosts of two deceased traditional healers. According to the family, these healers' services we...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:04hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Gold miner buried alive as flash floods hit river
A tragic accident unfolded in Umzingwane District when flash floods swept through the Lunga River, burying a 20-year-old illegal gold miner alive in a pit that was meant to be his livelihood. The mine...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:14hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
As patient as a farmer, help us to help the nation.
Even the famed bass fish, the sought-after red bream, and other aqua-marine life are in great danger of extinction as the white elephant Lilstock Dam has now been over-fished to supplement incomes. En...Published: 18 Dec 2024 at 22:20hrs | 444 | by Cde Mutandawachingama
Proliferation of firewood using food cookers worry Tree Ambassador
National Tree Ambassador Never Bonde has expressed concern over the increasing number of small scale food outlets that are using firewood indicatin...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 05:22hrs | 145 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo achieves impressive pass rate in Grade 7 exams
Bulawayo Province has continued its strong performance in the 2024 Grade Seven examinations, with an impressive pass rate of 80.14%. This marks a notable improvement from last year's 79.60% pass rate....Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:19hrs | 2167 | by Staff reporter
White DA minister's tactics only benefiting his DA constituency
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has been accused of instituting oppressive style tactics at the Independent Development Trust (IDT) to only benefit his DA constituency....Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 16:05hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Chipanga released on US$400 bail
Former Makoni West legislator, Kudzi Chipanga, who is accused of stealing Presidential inputs valued at US$11,200, was granted bail of US$400 on Tuesday. Chipanga appeared before Rusape regional magis...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:12hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF at political junction, as Chiwenga shows Mnangagwa middle finger?
In the wake of missed succession deadline pronouncement by their principal and operating with ambiguity, ZANU-PF's faction aligned to its first secretary, Emmerson Mnangagwa is serving on an interim p...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 11:17hrs | 5250 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zela moves to protect marginalised communities
The Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) has reaffirmed its dedication to advocating for the protection of marginalized communities, particularly women in the mining sector, amid growing conc...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:41hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Kudzi Chipanga arrested
Kudzi Chipanga, a Zanu-PF official, appeared before the Rusape Magistrates Court yesterday on charges of allegedly stealing Presidential-PFumvudza agricultural inputs worth US$11,200. The inputs, prov...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:31hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls plunged into darkness
A powerful and sudden windstorm tore through Victoria Falls on Monday evening, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The unexpected weather event, described by witnesses as a dry whirlwind, stru...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 14:55hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Police warn looting at accident scenes
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to the public against looting goods from accident scenes, describing it as a serious criminal offence.National police spokesperson...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 12:54hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Bus crash survivors speak
What was meant to be a joyful journey home after Christmas shopping turned into a nightmare for Ms. Sibonokuhle Nkomo, a 36-year-old mother from Pumula South, Bulawayo. She narrowly survived a horrifi...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Abuse of power in scholarship scandal condemned
Maud Chifamba, Zimbabwe's youngest university student when she enrolled at the University of Zimbabwe at just 14 years old, has come forward with a passionate statement condemning the alleged abuse of...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 07:10hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will be a different creature in next elections
If you grew up in the village as Bishop Lazi did, you learned to trust your instincts and nature.You also learned to appreciate that human beings have an innate biological alarm that is trigge...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:27hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Sparks fly as councillors grab stands in leafy suburbs
Harare city councillors are embroiled in corruption allegations following reports that they allocated themselves residential stands in affluent suburbs, contrary to Government policy. The scandal has ...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:24hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Woman robbed, raped at prayer session
Police in Mashonaland East have intensified efforts to apprehend a man accused of raping and robbing a 22-year-old woman in the Ngomakurira Mountains of the Domboshava area in Goromonzi.The su...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:26hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa did not want Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti in CCC
Political commentator Brighton Mutebuka has criticized U.S.-based opposition activist Freeman Chari for his claims that Nelson Chamisa, the former leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), un...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 15:30hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Gweru suspends workers for booing managers
Four employees of the Gweru City Council were summoned to a disciplinary hearing on Friday after being accused of booing management and making false statements during the burial of two colleagues who ...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:58hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Mahere slams gifted cars to artists
Former Mt Pleasant Member of Parliament and outspoken political figure, Fadzayi Mahere, has sharply criticized the recent trend of gifting cars to Zimbabwean music artists, calling it a form of disres...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:52hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe falters on human rights obligations, says NGO
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration continues to underperform in addressing fundamental human rights obligations, according to the latest data from the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (H...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 16:55hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Time to outlaw SADC
The SADC organisation has to be outlawed or changed to reflect contemporary politics.Africa needs to wake up and oppose this kind of group, which has abandoned its mission to serve the interes...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 15:06hrs | 210 | by Leonard Koni
Foundations continue donating to less privileged
The Mutumwa St John Foundation Trust (MSJFT) and Sydney Mabhiza Foundation have recently fundraised and donate an assortment of goods and money to the less priviledged members of society.Speak...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 21:58hrs | 230 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Trio bids Bosso farewell
Highlanders FC players Ariel Sibanda, Peter Muduhwa, and Lynoth Chikuhwa received a heartfelt farewell after their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match against Yadah at Barbourfields Stadium on Su...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:16hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Macheso gives in to pressure
Sungura lovers in Guruve and surrounding areas are excited following revelations that the genre's kingpin, Alick Macheso, will return on stage at Guruve hotel on Friday. The development comes ...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 13:42hrs | 4940 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Japan commits US$5.1 million Zim climate-resilient agricultural support
Through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Japanese government has last week committed a US$ 5.1 million in its quest to support 37,000 smallholder farmers across five districts within...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 13:26hrs | 244 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Paris hosts Pan-African conference opposing neo-colonial policy
On November 23, 2024, Paris hosted a pan-African conference called "Brisons les chaînes! "focused on the fight against neocolonialism. Participants discussed the historical and contemporary forms of ...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 10:29hrs | 148 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa in rude awakening
A dramatic no-show by 12 out of 16 regional leaders at the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) extraordinary summit convened by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sparked concerns a...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 3088 | by Staff reporter
ZiG spawns upheavals in insurance industry
Insurers have been scrambling to reassure policyholders as market jitters resurface in the wake of the introduction of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) in April. With memories of the devastating currency shifts in...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF losing candidate refuses to give up on Gwanda North
Despite his defeat in the recent elections for the Gwanda North constituency, Lungisani Costa TwoMinutes Ncube, a former ZANU-PF candidate, has vowed to continue serving his community through impactfu...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:12hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Call for more arrests to stamp out corruption
Bulawayo is facing a corruption scandal within its city council, with land developers revealing that they have long been forced to pay bribes to city councillors to secure contracts. The allegations c...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:09hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Is Auxillia Mnangagwa's 'philanthropic work' confirmation of her husband's abysmal failures to govern Zimbabwe?
Two days ago, Zimbabwe's First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management from the Midlands State University (MSU).This ac...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:54hrs | 136 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga ex-wife's permanent stay of prosecution application dismissed
Harare Regional Magistrate Ms. Feresi Chakanyuka has dismissed Marry Mubaiwa's application for a permanent stay of prosecution, attributing trial delays to the defense and ruling that the matter must ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 14:58hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Women urged to join feed and fodder production
Zimbabwean women have been urged to join the feed and fodder sector to improve productivity, widen untapped market and arrest impacts of climate cha...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 20:28hrs | 276 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Heavy rains leave six families homeless in Nkayi District
Six families in Mkhanyiso Village under Chief Madliwa are homeless after heavy rains caused extensive flooding on Monday, destroying homes, crops, and livestock in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North P...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 19:10hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Cholera outbreak in Kariba: A wake-up call for vigilance and prevention
The recent cholera outbreak in Gache Gache Fishing Camp, located in Kariba District, has thrust the community into a state of crisis, claiming one life and leaving five others battling the disease. Th...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 14:11hrs | 179 | by Anashe Mupamombe
New parking management system complaints handling mechanism for Bulawayo
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has announced plans to introduce an independent supervisory body to monitor and investigate complaints related to the city's contracted parking management company, Tend...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:04hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Betty Nhambu-Kaseke, Tavengwa and Tzu Chi rescue Kuwadzana
There were early Christmas donations and distribution this Friday in Harare's Kuwadzana and Highfields suburbs when Betty Nhambu-Kaseke (Founder President...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 22:27hrs | 904 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
SEEDCO, ZRP warn culprits distributing counterfeit seeds
In the wake of 2024/25 farming season, certified seeds distribution and supply giant, SEEDCO Limited has joined hands with Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to thwart incidences of illegal selling of cou...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 22:15hrs | 1040 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
MDC/CCC have 'fought in the trenches for change' said Mahere. Nonsense! Name one change they have brought in 24 years?
The sheer chutzpah and hypocrisy of Zimbabwe's opposition leaders stinks!"On the 1st of November, I spoke on the phone with Duma Boko to congratulate him on an outstanding victory in Botswana'...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 21:58hrs | 872 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu-PF, Mnangagwa interfered in Mozambique's elections'
The High Commissioner of the Southern Africa Human Rights Lawyers, Talent Rusere, has accused Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and President Emmerson Mnangagwa of interfering in Mozambique's recent ele...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 11:10hrs | 3317 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman shot dead by partner in Georgia, US
A Zimbabwean woman, Esnati Thalani Gurura, was tragically shot and killed by her partner in Athens, Georgia, on Tuesday, November 5. Authorities have since arrested her partner, 27-year-old Kendall El...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:19hrs | 2046 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a new leadership culture
Almost four months have passed since President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced his intention to respect the constitutional two-term limit, refusing a third term, despite ZANU-PF passing a resolution to e...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 15:00hrs | 901 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
SADC toothlessness to blame for post-election conflicts in the region
In recent weeks, the southern African region has been thrust into yet another political crisis, this time in Mozambique, following a contentious election and violent protests. The country, whi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:51hrs | 297 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A tale of two southern African countries: Botswana's smooth transition of power vs. Mozambique's election crisis
In the heart of Southern Africa, two nations that share geographical proximity and a common colonial past are experiencing starkly different political realities. While Botswana, today, celebra...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:37hrs | 270 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man dies by suicide after catching wife pants down
A man from Old Lobengula in Bulawayo tragically took his own life on Tuesday morning after reportedly finding his wife in a compromising situation with another man upon returning home from work....Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:05hrs | 1937 | by Staff reporter
Insiza villagers cross swords with Chief Mafu
Villagers in Insiza District are at odds with their chief over the alleged protection of an abusive village head, Anton Msimanga, whose conduct has drawn multiple complaints from locals. The villagers...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Delta dumps normal supplies route amid Mozambique political turmoil
Despite using the shortest route for its timeous raw material distribution and chain supplies over the years, listed beverages manufacturing giant, Delta Corporation Limited, has announced political s...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 13:02hrs | 1222 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
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