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3 family members buried together
In a heart-wrenching scene at Umvutsha Cemetery in Bulawayo yesterday, a family of three - Lorenzo Palu (36), his wife Forgive (31), and their three-year-old son Lwandile - were laid to rest side by s...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:01hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Timba and 77 CCC activists to spend another weekend in prison
Former Harare senator who is the Citizens Coalition for Change interim leader Jameson Timba and 77 others will spend another weekend in prison after their High Court bail hearing was postponed to July...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 12:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
How did things get so bad in Haiti? Here's what to Know
Things in Haiti have gotten so bad that Ariel Henry, the unelected Prime Minister, resigned and called for the installation of a tra...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa faces a mountain to climb in his bid to remove Mnangagwa from power
Mufaro Boroma became eligible to vote under Zimbabwean law two years ago, but she will not be voting in her country's general elections on Wednesday."I didn't register to vote because I didn't...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 08:08hrs | 17 | by Chris Muronzi
Dear Zimbabweans, time for brutal conversation about xenophobia in South Africa
I AM a Zimbabwean, so this is difficult to write, and I stand to lose a lot. But I will do it anyway.Anti-immigrant sentiments, or much simply xenophobia is difficult to write about because no...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
A political accident waiting to happen
Communities are glued and bound together by more than blood.They share a common past, history, heritage, values, norms and aspirations.The commonality bred by sharing similar languages...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:58hrs | 8 | by Bishop Laz
18 died in holiday accidents
Eighteen people were killed, while 73 others were injured in 147 road accidents on Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays. During the same period last year, 17 were killed, while 174 others were injure...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons
They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything — absolutely everything and anything — has a price, but not this man of scripture and pray...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
We are here waiting for the signal
As Bishop Lazi writes this, somewhere in Tripoli, Libya, a family is hunkered down or huddled in an apartment, fearing that if they venture out onto the streets, the likelihood of parting with their l...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:08hrs | 1 | by Bisho Lazi
Hottest tot for Kariba merrymakers opens up
Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Environment and Tourism SeriesAs Kariba gears herself up to host an increased domestic tourism traffic flow, she needs the necess...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Laiton Kandawire
How Lucky is Mkosana?
UNITED STATES based striker Lucky Mkosana did not set the Warriors camp alight and his inclusion in the team that is in Congo Brazzaville was a major surprise.One can say that the 30-year-old ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Williams lights up English rugby
Watch Mike Williams on the pitch and you'll see a physical, hard-working forward hitting rucks and making tackles.Off it though, the Zimbabwean-born Leicester Tigers flanker has developed a lo...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 05:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rex Nhongo book a thriller set in Zimbabwe
Title: The Death of Rex NhongoAuthor: C.B. GeorgePublisher: Brown & CompanyI was fascinated by this novel - by its supple, subtle, multi-stranded narrative, certainly, and by its a...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Reviewed by Lee Child
Its time Mai Mujuru started answering many questions
I like NERA. No, let me rephrase that, I like the ideas that NERA stands for. Our electoral system is a shambles, created and managed with one aim and only one in mind, keeping Ebagum in power, and hi...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Zimbabwe gears up for meat-eating world record
Zimbabweans are getting ready for an attempt to break the world record for the amount of meat consumed at a barbecue - or braai as it's known in southern Africa.In an event sponsored by Castle...Published: 28 Oct 2016 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When a young woman falls for an older man
Blessers, a new term to describe older men who go out with young women and bless them with holidays, cash, clothes, rent or various gifts in exchange for romance or a sexual relationship. The word ble...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 10:05hrs | | by Dr Sekai Nzenza
Zim opposition: defragment or lose relevance
Coalition or convergence has become as much of a mantra in the opposition circles as sanctions and regime change are in the crumbling ZANU PF. True, obsolescence of ZANU PF is now a matter of when not...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Murder mystery: The Death of Rex Nhongo
THIS novel comes with two mysteries attached, one substantial, the other superficial.The big mystery is the author's identity. Gender-neutral, nominally Anglo-Saxon, almost provocatively bland...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Michaela Wrong
Dzamara worth more than the others who have disappeared or killed
CHIKUKUVATAVATA. It used to be a game we played in our youthful, colonial days. Mother asks you and your siblings to catch a cock or hen for dinner, most probably because sekuru in the sense of your m...Published: 18 Jul 2015 at 13:24hrs | 26 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Mugabe's Zimbabwe slides into famine
Zimbabwe's schizophrenia is in vivid evidence on Friday afternoons in the capital Harare's leafy northern suburbs.At the Tin Cup restaurant round the back of the Chisipite Shopping Centre, whi...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 18:54hrs | | by Newsweek
Truck full of cats seized in China
Hanoi - Police in Hanoi have seized a truck carrying over a ton of cats smuggled from China to sell to restaurants in northern Vietnam, authorities said on Wednesday."After receiving a tip...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 08:42hrs | | by Sapa
Is Grace Mugabe about to be the world's first female dictator?
Grace Mugabe has been called many things since the moment when, barely out of her teens, she caught the eye of the president of Zimbabwe as she tapped away in his typing pool. This article ...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 22:00hrs | 1 | by Ian Birrell for The Mail on Sunday
A toast to South Africa's black middle class
In the summer of 2005, South Africa–based entrepreneur Marilyn Cooper decided to give her neighbors in a suburb of the capital, Pretoria, a barbecue treat. Alluding to the inscr...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Benjamin Dürr
Family slams Learnmore Judah Jongwe memorial
A terrible bitterness still fills the heart of Munyaradzi Muusha, brother to murdered Rutendo, the wife of the late spokesperson for Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party, Learnmore Judah Jongwe.The ...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Toyota Motorsport Prepares for 2014 Dakar Rally in Namib Desert
Lauberville Camp, Walvis Bay - A week of concentrated testing in the Namib Desert near Walvis Bay has taken Toyota Motorsport South Africa a big step forward in their preparations for the 2014 Dakar ...Published: 12 Aug 2013 at 13:30hrs | | by Delia Jackson
Africa Day Festivities
Scores of Africans converged at Malika House, 81 George St, Lozells, Birmingham, B19 1NS on Saturday 1st June, 2013 for a belated Africa Day Celebration event.The lively event which was atten...Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 05:16hrs | | by Mandulo Pasichigare
Zim teenager (16) stabbed to death in the UK
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy stabbed to death at a friend's birthday party in Walsall, England, has been named as Zimbabwean Ben Morutare.Ben was found fatally injured in the early hours of Saturday on a...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU-Canada province launches its summer mobilization campaign
The city Kitchener, located in the Southwestern corner of Canada's Ontario Province played host to the launch of ZAPU-Canada Province's massive mobilization exercise last Saturday. Responding to an ...Published: 12 Jun 2012 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by ZAPU-Canada Province
The newspaper is going nowhere
I JUST read an article that says that the writing is on the wall for newspapers in Zimbabwe. The technology website, TechZim, quotes statistics released by the Zimbabwe All Media Products Survey (Zamp...Published: 30 Mar 2012 at 17:52hrs | | by Lenox Mhlanga
Recipe: Sticky barbecue chicken wings and drumsticks
This is a no-fuss barbecue chicken recipe - simply marinade the chicken overnight and throw it on the BBQ.Ingredients ...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 22:28hrs | 6 | by Jo' Pratt
Typhoid forces Mereki Shut Down
The Harare City Council has shut down one of Harare's most popular drive-in joints, kwaMereki, citing control of the typhoid outbreak in the city, NewsDay reports.Mereki in Warren Park D, was ...Published: 31 Jan 2012 at 07:43hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Envious unemployed man burns luxury cars
A man who set fire to more than 100 cars in Berlin, a wave of attacks blamed by some on political extremists, was motivated by envy and frustration, police who arrested him said.The 27-year-ol...Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 11:58hrs | | by -
Florida church burns the Koran
A controversial US evangelical preacher oversaw the burning of a copy of the Koran in a small Florida church after finding the Muslim holy book "guilty" of crimes....Published: 21 Mar 2011 at 09:36hrs | | by AFP
Western forces launch attacks on Libya
Benghazi - Western forces hit targets along the Libyan coast on Saturday, using strikes from air and sea to force Muammar Gaddafi's troops to cease fire and en...Published: 19 Mar 2011 at 19:27hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Harare: food scene revives
Harare - Zimbabwean restaurant-goers used to pull out giant wads of near-worthless cash that could take longer to count than the time to eat the meal. If the order was even available.Now dine...Published: 10 Dec 2010 at 15:57hrs | | by Byo24 Mashonaland central
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