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Mnangagwa demands courts to speed up trial of child gruesome murder
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has condemned the brutal killing of young children for ritual purposes in the wake of the death of a sevenyearold Murewa boy, whose mutilated body was found while being fe...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:13hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Muthi ritual scare hits suburbs
FEAR gripped residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs in Bulawayo after muthi (charms) suspected to have been used in performing a ritual was found tied to a tree near a bridge connecting the two s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6439 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tsikamutandas wreak havoc in Bulilima San community
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area". Notorious for preying...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3640 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Heavily armed robbers in Emakhandeni night raid
MORE than 10 armed men raided three houses in Emakhandeni suburb at around 2AM yesterday, forcibly gaining entry into homes to rob residents after destroying doors and windows with axes in terrifying ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T clears air on recalled councillors
THE MDC-T has vowed to monitor operations of their candidates who were deployed to local authorities in the country, vowing to recall those who are involved in corrupt activities.This comes af...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2098 | by Staff reporter
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 415 | by Bishop Lazarus
Voting in Zimbabwe a waste of time
SPEAKER of the Nation-al Assembly, Jacob Mudenda wonders why there is so much voter apathy among voters in Africa with only 35% of populations voting. As a lawyer, he should be educated enough...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 579 | by A Mbire
Zacc quiz mayor, BCC bosses - Town Clerk refuses to comment
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has quizzed Bulawayo City Council managers and the Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni as it probes alleged corruption in the sale of stands as well as in pro...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Mayor alleges Zacc witch-hunt
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) recently offered mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni a piece of land where he intended to build six town houses for an unjustifiable amount of US$2 500. According to cou...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa must renew cordiality
In 2009, former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai appointed the then MDC National Organizing Secretary, Nelson Chamisa to be in charge of Ministry of Information and Communicatio...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 10:27hrs | 3739 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
What does it mean searching hymen inside an 18-yr-old daughter's vaginal opening? Hon Priscilla Mishihairabwi-Mushonga I need an
Much as we would like to believe that our societies and families are holier than thou: far from it. We are worse off today, yesterday and a century ago. Violence against women and girl-children is pre...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 14:17hrs | 3911 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe has cannot buy covid-19 test kits, PPE, etc. but is squandering US$ 100m on pointless by-elections
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) would like to inform the public that is has lifted with immediate effect the suspension of electoral activities with immediate effect the suspension of elector...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 809 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe inflation eases to 761%
ZIMBABWE'S year-on-year inflation rate for the month of August eased to 761,02% from 837,53% reported in July, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said. "The year-on-year inf...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Private schools reopen
PRIVATE schools reopened yesterday for the Cambridge examination classes with the generality of them adhering to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education's mandatory Standard Operating Procedur...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:14hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe students switch to social media for lessons
Reacting to the coronavirus spread March 30, the Zimbabwean government closed the entire country, shutting down schools indefinitely. But, for many like 13-year-old Adrean Machingura, a grade seven pr...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 361 | by Anadolu Agency
$600m availed for schools reopening
A TOTAL of $600 million has been set aside by the Government for disbursement to needy schools to improve sanitation and enable them to reopen safely without risking a spike in Covid-19 infections. ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Barbara Gonzalez ready to make Simba roar across Africa
In her world, 'I can' certainly sounds better than 'I can't'. In fact, Barbara Gonzalez has no talent for bowing to the inevitable, neither does the word impossible exist in her vocabulary.It ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1365 | by Mthokozisi Dube
3 men on the run after killing relative over witchcraft
THREE Chimanimani villagers are on the run after allegedly murdering their 65-year-old female relative accusing her of witchcraft.They allegedly dumped her body in a motor vehicle at their hom...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will be exporting power by 2023, says Zhemu Soda
Muzarabani North Member of Parliament, Honourable Zhemu Soda, was last month appointed Energy and Power Development Minister. Before his appointment, he was relatively unknown to many Zimbabweans desp...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
ANC- ZANU- PF bromance in Harare a no show
The entire week, Zimbabweans everywhere had adrenalin pumbing through their beings in great anticipation of the much-hyped ANC- Zanu PF meeting at the very headquarters of the latter in Harare....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 841 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
The mystic African kitchen hut
If it's not a grass thatched brick and mortar hut, it's not the traditional African kitchen. The African woman is incomplete without a round kitchen hut. Times gone, the floors would have a co...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 17:07hrs | 1485 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Bullies are paper tigers
During my primary school education, I was unfortunate to sit next to a near zero IQ class mate. Very handsome but very ugly in mindset and mind output. Academically leading from the rear end, ...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 227 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
New Harare Mayor decries archaic billing system
In a veiled admission of failure, Harare's new Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume said the capital was behind in terms of development and was riddled with corruption.The MDC has been in charge of H...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
New normal in schools
TEACHERS and learners should brace for a new normal ahead of schools reopening and forget customs such as hugs, handshakes and sharing of desks as they used to. Break and lunch time will be st...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1324 | by Staff reporter
Goblins run riot
A worried man in Gokwe reported his mother to Chief Mkoka accusing her of owning goblins that caused his wife to produce milk for four years after she weaned her child and also led to the death of two...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 6101 | by Staff reporter
'Bewitched' man's revenge rape on neighbour fails
A GWANDA man who tried to rape his neighbour has described his actions as revenge after accusing the complainant's family of bewitching him. The man aged 32 who cannot be named as it would exp...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ministries blocked from outsourcing legal advice
Thirteen tropical cyclones formed in the south-west Indian Ocean during the last rainy season and had some effect on southern Africa weather although only three made a landfall. The cyclones w...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hit by drug resistance
ZIMBABWE is experiencing a high burden of drug resistance to common antibiotics, a situation which has made disease control difficult and too expensive for the poorly resourced country.Also kn...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:23hrs | 1551 | by Staff reporter
Cyberspace new frontier for US regime change agenda
Just a few days ago, while receiving a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government, President Mnangagwa pointed out that Zimbabwe was reeling under a sustained cyber-at...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | 276 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Mnangagwa to launch issuance of documents in Gukurahundi affected areas
THE exercise to officially launch the issuance of civic documents in communities affected by post-independence disturbances in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces will be held at Maphisa Growth Point ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:30hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Price stability to force inflation down
The growing price and exchange rate stability following the introduction in June of the forex auction, coupled with a cocktail of measures by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to support the platform...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:27hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Cops, villagers flee businessman's 'goblins'
VILLAGERS and two police officers scurried for cover after they allegedly stumbled on goblins in a businessman's suitcase while searching for poison that allegedly led to the death of several communit...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:44hrs | 4746 | by Staff reporter
Locked MDC Alliance MP bays for girlfriend's blood
AN MDC-ALLIANCE Member of Parliament (MP) from Bulawayo is baying for his long-time girlfriend's blood after it emerged at a prophet's shrine that she locked the MP's bedroom gun after sensing he want...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:44hrs | 5202 | by Staff reporter
Dzamara was poisoned, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that the late human rights activist and party executive member, Patson Dzamara, who succumbed to cancer of the colon on Wednesda...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | 5908 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the cult of mediocrity in Zimbabwe politics
ZIMBABWE has finally arrived at its Idi Amin moment in history.This is a moment where the vulgar, obscene and grotesque performances of leaders get tragically normalised. It is a true "gods mu...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1197 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
'Mugabe poisoned Tsvangirai at Cabinet meetings,' hints Chamisa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has suggested his predecessor Morgan Tsvangirai was poisoned to his death by then President Robert Mugabe at cabinet meetings the two late top politicians sat in dur...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 18:08hrs | 6681 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa, you need to attend to Political acumenship, legacy & perceptions !!!
In 2013, the former Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, upon his arrival at Harare International Airport, speaking to journalists, shortly after his arrival , he said in Shona , " Nhai weduwe imi, tonz...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 16:06hrs | 1591 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Car hijackers jailed 5 years
TWO car hijackers, who stole a Toyota Wish in Rusape intending to break it and sell its parts, were yesterday jailed five years each by Rusape magistrate Ruth Moyo.Jabulani Shereni (23) and Sh...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:18hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira's fight for freedom continues
The battle by former Information Communication Technology Minister Supa Mandiwanzira to quash the remaining charge of corruption he is facing continues with the former minister approaching the High Co...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 07:00hrs | 3146 | by Staff reporter
'Witch hunters' wreak havoc in Binga during lockdown
A group of self-styled 'witch hunters' are extorting livestock, cash and other property from Binga villagers, taking advantage of Covid-19 restrictions that have reduced police visibility to enrich th...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 20:28hrs | 2085 | by Staff reporter
Transforming the Judiciary in post colonial Zimbabwe
The judiciary forms one of the pillars of democracy in the tripartite alliance known as the Executive,Legislature and Judiciary.The Zimbabwean judicial bench namely the High Court and Supreme Court wa...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:04hrs | 243 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Man burns aunt's house in witchcraft suspicion
A 36-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man is cursing the day he visited apostolic prophets who told him that his aunt was bewitching him.Thomas Chapura ...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 19:12hrs | 928 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Khupe recalls Harare mayor, 5 councillors
THE MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe wants six more Harare councillors recalled, including Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba, as the party continues to deal with "errant" officials failing to respect the part...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
Misfortunes, fortunes of Fortune Chasi
Zimbabwe has not had power outages for most of the period under the coronavirus lockdown.Even when President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration eased the restrictions on industry and commerce...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 12:57hrs | 13829 | by Tawanda Karombo
Monica Mutsvangwa's skill in dividing Zimbabwe leaves Mthwakazi green with envy
Make no mistake. Zimbabwe information Minister, Monica Mutsvanga statement was not an attack on one individual Matebele, Arch Bishop Ndlovu or Catholic Bishops. But it was an unbridled threat of Matab...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 4155 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa calls out Sadc over Zimbabwe crises
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has called on the South African Development Community (Sadc) bloc's incoming chairperson and Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi to put Zimbabwe on the organisation's...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles in Zimbabwe worried as Information Minister threatens second genocide
Make no mistake. Zimbabwe Information Minister, Monica Mutsvanga statement was not an attack on one individual Matebele, Arch Bishop Ndlovu or Catholic Bishops. But it was an unbridled threat of Matab...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1750 | by Israel Dube
Sadc asked to intervene in Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN African leaders have been urged to deal with the human rights crisis in Zimbabwe when they hold their annual summit tomorrow.officially, Zimbabwe will not be on the agenda of the Sout...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:26hrs | 2447 | by Staff reporter
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