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High Court frees police cell arsonist
In a surprising turn of events, Brighton Mashapaidze, a 38-year-old man who faced a seven-month prison term for disorderly conduct and malicious damage to property, has been released by the High Court...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo family homeless after arson attack
A family in the Queens Park East suburb of Bulawayo has been traumatized by a house fire caused by arson. An unidentified man used petrol and a mop to set their house ablaze, destroying possessions wo...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thrives on being an 'arsonist fireman'!
So, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa wants to be celebrated for finally awarding ZANU PF founding leader Ndabaningi Sithole national hero status!Why would the same people who ostracized, ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 22:50hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa thrives on being an 'arsonist fireman'
So, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa wants to be celebrated for finally awarding Zanu founding leader Ndabaningi Sithole national hero status.Why would the same people who ostracised, vil...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fluttering the Triple C dovecote
Horror times for Triple CKikikiki, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have caused a perfect storm in Chamisa's already troubled, and inexorably shrinking space. They have written to "c...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet's home set on fire
A prophet who allegedly refused to assist clients who sought his services for their ailing relative was left counting his losses after his homestead was set on fire for allegedly refusing to ass...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top officials pay ZW$100k each to fund Mnangagwa endorsement ritual as 2023 Presidential candidate
THE ruling Zanu-PF political party has issued a directive compelling top party leaders to make contributions of varying amounts ahead of the 7th National Congress, which has been thrown into jeopardy ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
When a president is forced to donate food to a starving nation then it proves he has failed as a leader!
When a country reaches a level - whereby, the president donating food to starving school pupils, who had cried out to him in desperation for help, is touted as a sign of good leadership and progress -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:50hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC: A Triple Legacy for Zimbabwe
Dying for European perspectiveAMUSING if it was not tragic. The European Union, EU, has granted Ukraine candidate status. It's a remote stage along a very long continuum to eventual EU&n...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Jamwanda
Sikhala arrested as Chamisa goons torch homes
POLICE last night arrested CCC deputy chairman and Member of Parliament for Zengeza West Job Sikhala in connection with the violence that erupted at Nyatsime on the outskirts of Chitungwiza where his ...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
What's next, a 'Presidential Rain-making Scheme' - as Zimbabwe regime reaches new depths of desperation and failure!
I seriously doubt if there is any other country on the face of the planet that has as many so-called "presidential schemes" as we have in Zimbabwe.In fact, I do not believe there is any place ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 10:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Targeted sanctions greatest single factor that has kept ZANU PF in power
Yesterday, I travelled to Matebeleland South province - and what I witnessed was a disheartening and heartrending trail of economic disaster and devastation, which has been foistered, and allowed to f...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:19hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Disgruntled South African returnee torches 'in-law's residence
A Mwenezi family in Mukweva village under Chief Negari lost all its belongings to fire after an enraged South African based man allegedly torched their houses over failure to reconcile with his former...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arsonist torches workmate to death
A MINER from Gwanda is on the run after he pushed his workmate down a 15-metre-deep shaft and set him on fire during a dispute over an undisclosed matter.Matabeleland South acting provincial p...Published: 31 May 2021 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recipients of govt/ZANU PF handouts must still punish ruling elite during elections as they're the authors of our suffering
Whilst it is undeniably exciting, and quite frankly a huge relief, receiving much needed assistance in a time of great need and desperation - nonetheless, when that aid comes from the people who autho...Published: 19 May 2021 at 09:13hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa birthday message caller catches Power FM DJ off-guard
State media in Zimbabwe is a notorious gatekeeper for the ruling Zanu-PF party.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's main rival Nelson Chamisa - the leader of the MDC Alliance - is rarely mentioned b...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe army not trained to feed porridge'
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe National Army are not trained to feed porridge to the masses, but to ruthlessly crush any public protests whether peaceful or not, deputy defence minister Victor Matemadanda ha...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
President ED Mnangagwa in a fix
According to the media, if it was not the power of Jesus Christ Tambudzani Mohadi should have died. Allegations are that Vice President Kembo Mohadi took with him 25 local police officers and went to ...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:00hrs | | by Don Chugumba
US overstepping its boundaries on Zimbabwe
The United States of America has the capacity to change the situation prevailing in Zimbabwe for the better - if it just back off and take their illegally imposed sanctions with them. On 12 Fe...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Mapozho Saruchera
SADC and AU have the blood of Zimbabweans on their hands
In life there are always those things that one always finds baffling - which never seem to make any sense - and, similarly, I also have two such things in my life.One of those seemingly inexpl...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Arsonist assaulted, stabbed to death
FOUR men have been taken to court for killing a Chipinge man who confessed to torching a hut in their village.Tendai Nyambi, Vongai Maphosa, Boy Dube and Simon Khani of Mutimburi village under...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ShutDownZimbabwe: Where do we go from here?
When the heart is burdened, the spirit is broken, the soul feels encumbered, and the body is debilitated, making hope a mirage forever receding to the horizon. It is during such times that music becom...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:16hrs | | by Elliot Ziwira
Zupco arsonists jailed 32 years
SIX men who burnt a Zupco bus and a car belonging to Chegutu East legislator Webster Shamu's wife during the recent violent protests that rocked Harare and other cities have been jailed a combined 32 ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe was right in shutting down the internet
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights took the government to court with the Zimbabwean chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa, ZLHR. Access to Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Twitter was closed...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:52hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mnangagwa cannot convene dialogue'
Exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan has described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a discredited person to convene a national dialogue to map the way forward to solving the national crisi...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man torches hut, injures four family members
A CHIMANIMANI man ran berserk and torched his parents' hut using an inflammable substance after being told to find his own place to stay after he had been eloped.Four family members Beauty Kat...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans need to do a serious soul searching
What should government do to response to ongoing tensions between police officers the army and communities. Zimbabwe must sharply condemn the rioters for damaging private property and taking i...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 06:09hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'ED Pfee' hitmaker's home torched
Suspected arsonists yesterday morning torched a kitchen hut belonging to Chief Shumba of the "ED Pfee" hit song at his rural home in Mapanzure Village, Zvishavane. Chief Shumba, whose real nam...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa boils as the year end
During the year just ending, Zimbabwe confirmed to the world, within a difficult context, the soundness of its institutions, the resilience of its economy and its attachment to national unity. Despite...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 22:35hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Trevor Ncube attempted to burn his wife?
National Patriotic Front Spokesman Jealousy Mawarire has sensationally alleged that Alpha Media Holdings Boss Trevor Ncube attempted to burn his wife at a date not revealed. The firebrand pol...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 03:56hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF offices set on fire?
ZANU-PF offices in Caledonia, on the out-skirts of Harare, were early yesterday morning burnt down in act of suspected arson. Police confirmed the burning of the building which also housed Ton...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 12:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Disputed polls: Zimbabwe govt credibility in jeopardy
HOW the government of Zimbabwe rejuvenates its re-engagement strategy will be critical to the country's prospects for economic recovery and political cohesion.The government posited that the f...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | | by Piers Pigou
Mnangagwa regime legitimacy in limbo
The Zimbabwean government posited that the first elections after the November 2017 ouster of Robert Mugabe would enhance the state's credibility and strengthen the country's prospects for economic rec...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 16:39hrs | | by Piers Pigou
Zimbabwe's 'new dispensation' has no room for bootlickers and sycophants
I could not help but be flabbergasted and disgusted by the manner in which some sections of our society, especially the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), seem intent on continuing the 'legacy' ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Robert Mugabe: Asifuni Bumbulu - Give us a cabinet that places uMthwakazi in key Government and State positions!
First things first: re-shuffle yourself first, Mr Mugabe! At a 100, you have no place (forget, right) being there. Retire yourself to your rural home and leave State House. We all know you are...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 10:41hrs | | by Xoxani Ngxoxo
Mugabe's violence call despicable
President Robert Mugabe's statements encouraging Zanu-PF youths to take the law into their own hands in dealing with members of the ruling party that go around perpetrating violence in his wife's name...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:56hrs | | by The Standard Editor
Spate of violence and thuggery must be stopped
The MDC is deeply disturbed and concerned about the recent spate of thuggery and banditry taking place in and around the country, particularly in the capital city, Harare. Only last week, an Isuzu pic...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 09:37hrs | | by MDC-T National Spokesperson
Chamisa warns of bloody 2018 polls
MDC-T vice-president, Nelson Chamisa yesterday accused Zanu-PF of planning a violent 2018 election after arsonists allegedly torched the opposition's youth assembly vehicle at a car park in Kuwadzana,...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T car torched
The burning of a truck belonging to MDC-T in Kuwadzana, Harare, in the early hours of yesterday could be an "inside job" carried out to smear the Government and elicit sympathy from foreign donors, so...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
2018 Election: Sanyati residents live in fear of State sponsored Political Violence
As the nation braces for the 2018 polls, Sanyati residents in the Midlands province said they are living in constant fear of state sponsored politically motivated violence. They fear being victimised ...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 17:00hrs | 3 | by Alfred Towo
Matabele lives not important, what matters is Zimbabwe's future and peace?- Mujuru & Tsvangirai
MLO was shocked to note that while MDC T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was calling for blanket immunity and pensions for Matabeleland genocide perpetrators in an interview in Harare, the leader of NPP Jo...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 19:13hrs | | by Israel Dube
Biti resolves to contest in flawed elections 'unshaken' by arsonist attack - still an 'unshaken' selfish act
"Zimbabwe's former Finance Minister, Tendai Biti's rural homestead has been burnt down by suspected Zanu PF arsonists," screamed the headlines!Whilst every peace-loving Zimbabwean will join in...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 21:36hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Getting rid of the name 'Zimbabwe' is a panacea!
What's in a name, you may ask rhetorically? Well, everything! And in the particular context of present-day Zimbabwe, totally everything! Get rid of that name and you have all but solved all th...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 13:47hrs | | by Michael Jamela
Zimbabwe: 2017 the Year of the Monster
It was a stern Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Minister of State Security, who looked at Ken Flower in the eye told him that Robert Mugabe, "the Prime Minister wishes you to know that the Commissioner of Poli...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Of Nando's and strawberry desserts
Out there in the open is a cold, desolate and unforgiving environment, especially for lazy layabouts such as petty thieves and common criminals who shudder to contemplate where their next meal will co...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
The Beitbridge situation
THE violent protests in Beitbridge last Friday that led to the torching of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) warehouse at the border post was no ordinary street march but a programme by the oppositio...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Court frees 2 kids in hut 'arsonist'
A MANGWE man (32) who allegedly locked his neighbour's two children aged six and eight years in a kitchen hut and torched it to fix their father following a misunderstanding has been acquitted....Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:01hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Jonathan Moyo defends Mugabe
Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo lept to the defence of President Robert Mugabe, who has been under criticism for threatening to crush war veterans loyal to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo defends Mugabe on Gukurahundi remarks
Zanu PF trusted spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo has strongly defended President Robert Mugabe over his Gukurahundi threats on war veterans.In a series of tweets late Friday evening, Moyo s...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 08:41hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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