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Man assaults daughter-in-law in dispute over teaspoon
A 48-year-old widower from Senga, Gweru, has been handed a four-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting his daughter-in-law over a dispute involving a teaspoon.Appearing before Gweru Pr...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
BCC cruel to its bedridden pensioner (98) who worked for council for 42 year
A 98-year-old former Bulawayo City Council (BCC) employee, Neban Nyalenda, has been without water since the start of the year after his supply was cut off due to an unpaid US$500 bill. The elderly pen...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:43hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
'PVO Bill to define Zimbabwe's identity'
The recently passed Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill is set to transform the regulation of civic society in Zimbabwe, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyam...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:29hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden has entered the twilight zone!
The debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump has revealed a terrible secret Democrats have been hiding from American citizens for the last three years. London'...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:42hrs | 4 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe's new marriage law give 'girlfriends' inheritance rights
Zimbabwe has ushered in a new marriage law that gives equal rights to "girlfriends" and women in registered unions upon the dissolution of a marriage or death of the husband.Marriage Act (Chap...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Anadolu News Agency
In defense of the Bulawayo parking system
Greetings to all the citizens of the Great City of Bulawayo: The City of Kings and Queens.We note with deep and grave concern as the Concerned Citizens of Bulawayo that there has arisen in our...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:38hrs | 12 | by Qaphelani Sikhangele Sibanda
Ex-BCC workers resist eviction notices
FORMER Bulawayo City Council (BCC) employees who were recently served with eviction notices to vacate council rented properties in Makokoba have resisted the move arguing that they have housing files ...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Banana vendor caught up in CCC craze
BIGBBOY Chiremba (57) is well known in Marondera for his yellow outfits.It is not for the love of the colour, but a marketing strategy that has paid off since 1992.To residents and tho...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Child marriages are evil
The story of the fourteen-year-old Marange 'girl wife' who passed on at a shrine whilst birthing made very sad reading. Adding salt to the wound and rubbing it in was the attempt to conc...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
NSSA closes accounts for widows
THE National Social and Security Authority (Nssa) has closed accounts for widows and widowers, triggering an outcry.In an interview yesterday, Masvingo Pensioners Forum co-ordinator Charles Go...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zipra war vets bemoan shortage of registration forms
THE Zipra War Veterans Association has expressed concern over lack of registration forms in the Matabeleland region to enable former freedom fighters to register during the ongoing vetting exercise....Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
A letter to Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu: Hillside Bulawayo
Dear Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu, I start my letter with the first sentence of the article written today regarding the fight you had with supposedly your husband Trust Moyo. If marriage is war, the bed...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Soft drinks strike Zimbabwean musician with blindness
HARARE - FAMED for fronting some of the most popular music genres in the country, Bob Nyabinde has claimed that his decades old addiction to soft drinks rendered him blind.The popular Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 17:07hrs | 4 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze
Grandpa (73) slices privates in suicide bid
THE word suicide or death is not just scary, but too morbid to even imagine or think about.Having been a widower for the past 19 years and depending on his 34-year-old son and daughter-in-law ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lover bedding his father-in-law, man tells court
A Bulawayo man who was facing charges of assaulting his ex-lover stunned a court when he defended himself saying he committed the crime after he suspected her of having a sexual relationship with his ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Teacher charged with raping grade 5 pupil
A teacher from Mudzi has been arrested on allegations of raping a Grade 5 pupil. Maxwell Homwe (48), who resides in Nyamusenda village, is a widower with three children and alleges he has been...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Every Zimbabwean is a hero in their own right'
As the ministry in charge of the Heroes Day commemorations, we are looking forward to this year's event with great excitement and anticipation.This year's theme for the celebrations is titled ...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Ambassador Cain Mathema
NSSA pensioners are work veterans
Amon Taribho struggled to stand up as he rose to reach his medication for diabetes and hypertension, the sachet is kept on the top most shelf of his wardrobe, away from kids. The former machin...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Tondorindo
The only commandment with a promise
The plight of the aged is a national tragedy with most of them now just existing and not 'living'. In some rural communities old widows and widowers are shunned by their own who hardly check on them, ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 20:31hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa.
Our grandparents need good care
If the truth be told, most elderly widows and widowers are leading a lonely life despite plenty next of kin including children. This notion is confirmed by the many cases of 'lonely deaths' of...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:55hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Widower sues bus company for $700k
KING Lion Bus Service (Pvt) Ltd, the firm which owns a cross-border coach that was involved in an accident killing 43 people and injuring 40 along the Harare-Chirundu Highway last year, has been slapp...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 22:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
NSSA pardons defaulting employers
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has extended a three-month amnesty to unregistered and defaulting employers to regularise their contributions.It's a statutory requirement for eve...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
How come women live longer than men?
It boggles the mind, yes it does. Does anyone out there know why we have more widows when compared to widowers in the land? It be in towns or in rural dress the difference is the same, most ho...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:32hrs | | by Tondorindo Murisa.
Widower loses property wrangle
A WIDOWER has lost his bid to wrestle property left behind by his late wife from his five children. Mr Lazarus Chigora was left out in the last Will and Testament of the late Mrs Rosemary Chigora (nee...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube wades into Ndebele king saga
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has waded into the Ndebele king issue, saying it is a constitutional matter, even though it is not currently provided for in the Constitution.Speaking...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe not sorely to blame for Gukurahundi'
Former president Robert Mugabe is not solely responsible for the infamous Gukurahundi disturbances in Matabeleland and Midlands that saw an estimated 20 000 innocent civilians butchered by the North K...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mugabe responsible for Gukurahundi, says Matemadanda
FORMER President Mr Robert Mugabe was solely responsible for the post-independence civil disturbances commonly known as Gukurahundi and his properties should be seized and sold to compensate victims o...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
'Widower subjects daughter to five years of rape'
A 49-YEAR-OLD man from Pumula North suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly habitually raping his 19-year-old daughter since she was 14, when her mother died.The man, who cannot be ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who shall take care of senior citizens?
Numerous calls have been made and are still being made, calls to empower the youth and women. Noone is talking about the welfare of senior citizens. In rural Zimbabwe, cities and towns, many o...Published: 14 May 2018 at 17:41hrs | | by Tondorindo Murisa
Give Matebelenand South student teachers priority, says Chiefs
AT least 32 traditional leaders from Matabeleland South province recently petitioned government to prioritise students from the region during enrolment at teachers' training colleges in Bulawayo and G...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sound policies can win it for MDC Alliance
The MDC Alliance is showing dangerous traits of continuously proposing a welfare State and doing so without the consideration that the double entry of a welfare society is the taxpayers' burden. There...Published: 02 May 2018 at 07:58hrs | | by Brian Sedze
Son bans dad from remarrying
JEALOUSLY guarding late mother's property!A 25-year-old man from Bulawayo's Old Pumula suburb is giving his father a torrid time as he does not want him to marry another woman despite his moth...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman stabs 'cheating' widower
A Hwange woman stabbed her brother-in-law, accusing him of dating a neighbour only a few weeks after the death of his wife.Thirty-three-year-old Caroline Ngwenya admitted that she stabbed Nyam...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Health, pension deal for informal sector
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA)'s much-awaited pension and health insurance schemes for the informal sector have been established, with paid-up beneficiaries being entitled to retirement...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Take care of old people
Figures do not lie, the number of elderly people (above sixty) in our beloved Zimbabwe could be less than a third of the population. The majority of whom stay by themselves as widows or widowers since...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 12:00hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Look after the aged
The fast world of materialism and modern technology is surging forward, zooming past the elderly who now feel lonely and neglected. Now and then we hear of old people who have committed suicid...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 21:56hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Mnangagwa's hundred days a pie in the air
Hundred days which President Mnangagwa has promised to bring normalcy and total change in Zimbabwe has elapsed.What has been achieved so far? It seems as if nothing has changed. The President ...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Castrate the, says Judge
A HIGH Court judge yesterday renewed calls for the enactment of a law that approves castration as punishment for paedophiles.Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Francis Bere made the remarks as ...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Town Planner in multiple affairs
A HARARE CITY Town Planner stands accused of trying to evict his wife from their Tynwald house.Spiwe Munyereyi, 56, residing at No. 14502 Madokero, is challenging her eviction from the propert...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hell for dad who remarried
PARENTS are obligated to love their children!But the advice seems to have no meaning for Polite Babyface Nleya from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who is furious with his daughter who alleged...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches: A conduit of assistance to the less privileged
Corporate and individual donors have always banked on the church's selfless mission of charity to disburse resources to the less privileged members of the community.Recently, Word of Life Inte...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Our ultimate tourists destination doing its best
This Saturday the 22nd of July 2017 is one day to remember as the desire by the Kariba people to be tidy continues to surge to higher levels. Sometime last year the Zambezi River Authority did a splen...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 17:16hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye - Patsaka Correspondent
Toy gun robber sentenced to 12 years
A MAN from Bulawayo who connived with his married girlfriend to rob a man of two cell phones and about $100 at "gun point" has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.A court heard that Naison Si...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man starved, raped ex-lover in 6 day ordeal
A 27-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man who has been described by a magistrate as a terrorist, has been jailed for 23 years for kidnapping, torturing and holding captive his ex-girlfriend in a six-day rape...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'terrorist' jailed for 23 years
A 27-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man who has been described by a magistrate as a terrorist, has been jailed for 23 years for kidnapping, torturing and holding captive his ex-girlfriend in a six-day rape ordeal....Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bosso - Caps final to be held in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO will host the final of the fifth edition of the Commander ZNA's Charities Soccer Shield between Highlanders and Caps United later this month.Speaking after Highlanders' emphatic 3...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pensioners get Christmas bonuses
Pensioners have something to be merry about this Christmas as the National Social Security Authority will give them a bonus that is equivalent to their monthly payouts.In an interview, NSS...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere unfit to hold office,' says Zanu-PF leaders
LEADERS of Zanu-PF affiliate organisations say ruling party National Political Commissar, Saviour Kusukuwere, is sowing seeds of discord in the liberation movement, pointing out that there are man...Published: 20 Nov 2016 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV+ man had sex with 104 women and girls
A verdict is expected this week in the case of a man arrested in Malawi after he told a BBC reporter he had had sex with pubescent girls as part of a "cleansing" ritual. But some Malawians are asking ...Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Lucy Ashton Blantyre, Malawi
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