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Actions against the exploitation of Africa took place in Italy and Austria
Representatives of international human rights organisations went to the centers of Milan and Vienna, unfurled banners with calls saying "Europe! Stop robbing Africa!": they demanded to stop using Afri...Published: 27 Jul 2025 at 21:02hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
South Africans, Zimbabweans pray together after xenophobic attacks
Last month's killing of a South African man in Valencia, Addo, ignited devastating xenophobic revenge attacks that left at least four immigrants dead, dozens injured, and hundreds of families displace...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Amsterdam activists hand out hundreds of balloons and leaflets in protest against neocolonialism
In the capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, representatives of the African community gathered to protest against the neocolonial regime and the exploitation of the African continent's population....Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 18:51hrs | 444 | by Staff Reporter
Zimdollar bloodbath set to continue into coming year
THE depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar in 2023 is likely to spill into 2024, with experts forecasting an increase in the cost of doing business, production and increased pressure on the exchange rate...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 16:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks swearing in of Harare councillors
THERE was chaos as newly elected Harare councillors yesterday took their oath of office.Unruly opposition CCC supporters who came to witness the ceremony wearing party regalia sang and threw y...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malema urges BRICS leaders to boycott upcoming summit in solidarity with Putin
EFF leader Julius Malema has urged prime ministers from the BRICS nations not to attend the upcoming summit in South Africa in solidarity with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Malema was addre...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 19:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Ezekiel Guti dies
ZIMBABWE Assemblies of God Africa (Zaoga Forward in Faith) founder Archbishop Professor Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti has died.He was 100, having been born on May 5, 1923, in Chipinge, Manicaland ...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Public wage bill balloons 3 times ahead of key Zimbabwe elections
ELECTION-related spending by the Zimbabwean government is going through the roof as President Emmerson Mnangagwa goes for broke, spending public funds like confetti at a wedding to retain his position...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 17:30hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
If Zimbabweans are serious about change then 2023 should be a year of action!
In this world, only a fool expects their aspirations and goals to just fall onto his laps - as if manna from the heavens. Anyone who genuinely supposes that their dreams and objectives will be...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If Zimbabweans not angry enough over their oppression and suffering, then I don't know what we really want!
After another bout of involuntary strenuous morning exercises - engaging in some heavy lifting of several twenty litre (20lt) plastic containers [weighing about twenty-five to thirty kilograms (25-30k...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 09:26hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe passport backlog balloons to 340,000
ZIMBABWE'S passport backlog of 340 000 keeps mounting as the Ministry of Home Affairs fails to produce more than 800 passports per day.This was revealed by Registrar General Clemence Masango d...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Disruptive Technologies - Of Drones, AI and the Environment
In this discourse I would like to propose the use of disruptive technologies such as drones equipped with AI (African Artificial Intelligence) to solve one of Zimbabwe's excruciating pain points. I do...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:16hrs | 41 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Mnangagwa's team struck with strange illness
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's core team in government has been struck by illness with several government officials in and out of the hospital since the formation of the current government. This has c...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa charms his supporters
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa charmed his legion of supporters on Saturday when he gave a powerful prayer before delivering his speech at the commemoration of the party's 19th anniversary.As he to...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA investors to explore investment in Binga
A local organisation, Siabuwa Development Trust has invited a group of potential investors from South Africa to explore a wide range of investment opportunities existing in Binga District, Matabelelan...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned in bid to recover $1,5 million
A Mutare businessman seeking the return of his $1,5 million confiscated by the police in 2008 following his arrest on theft charges, has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene in the lon...Published: 03 Feb 2018 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Law of 'Diminishing Returns' is sinking Mugabe and his ZANU-PF regime
President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF is at loggerheads with the Law of Diminishing Returns, an economic concept that asserts that after a certain point further investment (or effort) does not incre...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 19:19hrs | 6 | by Pythias Makonese
'Wilbert, you are a disruptor with no solutions,' says Paradza - and still call yourself' learned Judge
Let is not be said that Wilbert Mukori does not listen; I do listen to what you, Benjamin Paradza, and many others are saying. What you have failed to do is convince me that you KNOW what you are talk...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 20:19hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Kasukuwere blocks Mushore return
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has blocked attempts by some councillors at Harare City Council to bring back banker Mr James Mushore to Town Ho...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:29hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bindura hearing participants reveal gory incidents of violence during 2008 election
Harare West MP Jessie Fungayi Majome has said some participants at a public hearing in Bindura revealed gory incidents of Zanu PF violence during the 2008 elections amid interjections by the ruling pa...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Heroes Holiday Road Safety Campaign launched
The Heroes Holiday Road Safety Campaign has officially been launched in Harare today.The programme is a joint initiative between the government, the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSC...Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A Dose Of Motivation From The Motivator
Once a group of 500 people were attending a seminar; suddenly the speaker stopped and decided and conducted a group activity. He started giving each person a balloon. Each person was then asked to wri...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 21:11hrs | 1 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Govt debt to BCC balloons to $5m
THE government's debt to Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has increased to about $5 million, placing further strain on the local authority's ability to deliver quality service to residents.Accordin...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Oliver Kazunga
Swallow a balloon to lose weight, say experts
San Diego, CA - People with obesity who are struggling to control their weight might soon have a new treatment option - swallowing gas-filled balloons that help them eat less, according to research pr...Published: 25 May 2016 at 08:32hrs | 14 | by Digestive Disease Week® (DDW)
Highlanders vs Dynamos - Live updates
Highlanders 2 - 1 DynamosHighlanders FC to face Chicken Inn in the FINAL. Bulawayo teams93' Nadolo shows Mushure his number92' Mutizwa skids past a ~dembare defender, Mukuruva ...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Sports reporter
Airport Road cost balloons to $96 million
The cost of constructing Joshua Nkomo Expressway (Airport Road 20km) has ballooned to over $96 million following the takeover of the project by the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)....Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Innocent Ruwende
BCC debt balloons to $106 million
Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s debt has ballooned to over $105 million in six months and the local authority is struggling to service it, latest council minutes have shown. The debt is abo...Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ordered to pull down Grace Mugabe Way signposts
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni yesterday ordered Zanu-PF officials to pull down signposts they erected at the Civic Centre near Rotten Row Magistrates' Courts where it christened the area as Robe...Published: 17 Dec 2014 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dr Stem's dose of encouragement - Happiness
Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and started giving each one a balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all t...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 08:26hrs | 14 | by Dr Stem
Mugabe launches 90 birthday balloons
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90-yr-old Mugabe watches balloons - Photo
President Robert Mugabe (pictured above) turned 90 on Friday. ...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Google launches balloons to beam internet from near space
Christchurch - Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shi...Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 11:55hrs | | by Tech reporter
Rooney and wife leave hospital with new baby
Wayney Rooney and his wife Coleen have left hospital looking happy after the birth of their second son.The couple, both 27, were seen leaving Liverpool Women's Hospital today as Coleen carried...Published: 21 May 2013 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's 89 balloons refuse to take off
President Robert Mugabe's security personnel had to push 89 stubborn balloons up into the cloudy skies after they had initially refused to take off.Making a grand entrance at around 1pm, the ...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe holds lavish 89th birthday party
Thousands of people have attended a lavish party to celebrate Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday in the mining town of Bindura.Mr Mugabe was presented with a cake said to weig...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 06:45hrs | | by BBC
Air Zimbabwe debt balloons to US$188 million
Air Zimbabwe's debt has ballooned to US$188 million, further dampening hopes of securing a strategic partner to help the airline resume full operations.The national airline's debt has accumula...Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zim man accused of insulting Mugabe freed
A Mutare man, Richmore Mashinga Jazi, who was arrested for asking if the country's 88-year-old leader Robert Mugabe had managed to blow some balloons has been freed from remand, 'the RadioVOP' reporte...Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hooker's body balloons after taking breast-enlargement injection
A prostitute in a bid to get more clients by attracting them with her raunchy cleavage, got more than she had bargained for when a breast enlargement injection 'ballooned' her body parts. The ...Published: 14 Apr 2012 at 09:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man charged for questioning Mugabe's abilities
Richmore Mashina Jazi, a self employed carpenter is in trouble with the law after he questioned President Mugabe's ability to blow up his birthday balloons given his advanced age and reported ill-heal...Published: 29 Feb 2012 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
World rings in New Year (2012) in blaze of fireworks
London - The world rang in the New Year on Sunday with a string of spectacular firework displays watched by millions, a moment to overlook what the global economic crisis might have in store in 2012....Published: 01 Jan 2012 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Moyo Roy
Vimbai faces a fight to stay in Big Brother
VIMBAI Mutinhiri faces a fight to stay in Big Brother Africa this week after Botswana's Zeus, by virtue of being ‘head of the house', swapped places with her on the nominations....Published: 08 Jun 2011 at 12:58hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Vimbai up for eviction in Big Brother Amplified
VIMBAI Mutinhiri faces a fight to stay in Big Brother Africa this week after Botswana's Zeus, by virtue of being ‘head of the house', swapped places with her on the nominations....Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 10:02hrs | 3 | by Moyo Roy
Jubilation as Chile mine rescue ends
Chile's president has said his country will never be the same again after the extraordinary rescue of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 69 days.Sebastian Pinera said he thought Chile ...Published: 14 Oct 2010 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by BBC
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