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Dog bite victim sues brick-making company over savage attack
A ZIMBABWEAN man is suing a brick manufacturing company for more than US$15 000 in damages after he sustained severe injuries when he was brutally mauled by some vicious dogs owned by the Harare-based...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 13:09hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes
Fraud suspect to spend more time in remand prison
A HARARE man, who allegedly duped Nyasa Air Charter in a botched US$1,5 million partnership deal, appeared in court yesterday.Landon was arrested at the Harare Magistrates Court on Monday afte...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pan-African Parliament criticise Limpopo MEC Phophi
LEGISLATORS from the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) and the South African Medical Association (SAMA) have joined other organisations in criticising Limpopo province Member of the Executive Council (MEC)...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's former mother in-law opens up
HELGA Mubaiwa, mother to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, has opened up on her daughter's ordeal saying she is surviving through God's grace as she goes through a very...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs grill Mutsvangwa over Mary's arrest
INFORMATION, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa had a torrid time in Parliament on Wednesday as she struggled to explain to legislators the reasons behind the continued per...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lightning rod
God's emissariesI have nothing against clerics or pastors; in fact my reverence for them is a euphemism for the abject fear I hold of being denied the side and place of comfort in the world yo...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | | by Jamwanda
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
Chiwenga chases Schroeder's record - The Lord of RingsZIMBABWEAN Vice-President retired General Constantino Chiwenga seems to be chasing former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's record in seri...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prophet T Freddy screamed 'thank you God' while raping victim
A Harare woman who lives with disability yesterday chronicled how Goodness and Mercy Ministries prophet Tapiwa Freddy (T Freddy) allegedly took advantage of the illness and subsequent deat...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bizzare incidents engulf Mugabe's village as boy hangs self at father's funeral
BIZARRE incident are playing out in the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural Zvimba area after an 18-year-old high school pupil committed suicide by hanging near his newly buried father's grave...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's bitter, vengeful spirit decimating foes'
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's family claims his spirit is causing the death of his tribesmen who are at the forefront of the exhumation of his remains.Mugabe's body was buried at h...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial saga in bizarre twist
Former president Robert Mugabe's family says his spirit is fighting back after "mysterious" deaths and illnesses hit families of some traditional leaders that were pushing for the exhumation of the la...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to avoid funeral policy claim rejection
IN Zimbabwe, getting claims settled by funeral policy insurers now seems to be very challenging. Many think insurers give flimsy excuses, but in most cases, the blame lies with policyholders.W...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by Farai Francis Zhara
Mnangagwa's minister says, 'this is war' as coronavirus runs amok
ACTING Information minister, Jenfan Muswere, yesterday likened Zimbabwe's raging and deadlier second wave coronavirus storm as a war — amid the country's soaring deaths and infections.Speaki...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Carlos Max in Covid-19 storm
FORMER Zimbabwe international Carlos Max has described as a storm in a tea cup the video that has been circulating on social media which shows him partying with friends in Arcadia without following th...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths hit back at Mohadi
MDC Alliance youths have hit back at Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's claims that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has improved the lives of ordinary people since taking over power from the late former Presi...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emirates in passenger ill-treatment storm
A UNITED KINGDOM (UK) based Zimbabwean woman living with disability has taken Asian airline, Emirates, head-on over her alleged ill-treatment by the cabin crew on her flight to Harare two years ago....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga undergoes poisoning operation
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga, who was airlifted to China from South Africa in July — sparking intense jostling for his position — underwent a life-saving yet risky operation at a top Beijin...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa sidelined by illness
ZAPU president Dumiso Dabengwa has for over a month now been sidelined from hectic political activity as he has been holed up in South Africa where he was flown after his health reportedly deteriorate...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's allies hit back
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday staged a come-back, days after he was accused of divisiveness and selfishness, with some p...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couples urged on condom use
BED-RIDDEN on a single bed at United Bulawayo Hospitals with blood-stained bandages on her legs and arms, 25-year-old Moleen Mpala (not her real name) could not fathom events leading to her being stru...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman shot at roadblock
POLICE officers manning a roadblock along Seke Road near St Mary's in Chitungwiza allegedly shot and injured a 30-year-old woman after the driver of the vehicle in which she was travelling in reported...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ferguson dies
PROMINENT Beitbridge citrus farmer and philanthropist, Ian Ferguson, has died.His son Ian Ferguson (Jr) said his father died at home in Bulawayo at the weekend."He was at home and he p...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Killer 'jacket' claims 20 lives
A FAMILY from Manzununu has rushed to Chief Zimunya's court to resolve a mysterious case in which more than 20 relatives have been killed by an ''evil jacket'' that is threatening to take more lives....Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's wife barred from seeing him
The wife of ailing MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is being denied access to visit him in a Johannesburg hospital where the 65-year-old opposition leader is receiving medical treatment, Luke Tamborinyoka...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reads riot act over alliance
ACTING MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa , yesterday read the riot act and warned his detractors, particularly top MDC-T officials, against plotting to derail the coalition project ahead of this yea...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I am not bed-ridden,' says Tsvangirai
Former Prime Minister in the unity government, Morgan Tsvangirai, is now out of danger.Tsvangirai left for South Africa last month to seek urgent medical attention after his condition had sudd...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman dumps paralysed daughter, jailed
A 26-YEAR-OLD Bulilima woman has been jailed after she dumped her six-year-old paralysed daughter at the homestead of her 90-year-old bed-ridden grandfather resulting in the death of the child....Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 13:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time to write Tsvangirai's (political) obituary
Morgan Tsvangirai is ill. Let's all pray for him. The opposition MDC-T leader was last year diagnosed with colon cancer and it has taken a toll on his health, wasting away his once bouncing, chubby se...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
'I'm not dying,' says ailing Tsvangirai
Former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has declared himself fit enough to challenge President Robert Mugabe in next year's elections, dismissing reports that he was recently given six months to live ...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba under attack over Chinx video clip
This week, legislator Joseph Chinotimba courted the ire of many Zimbabweans who condemned his abuse of smart phones after he shared a video clip of a bed-ridden and ailing Chinx.Many probably ...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sandi-Moyo suffers Lesabe fate
THE beleaguered deputy secretary in the Zanu-PF Women's League Eunice Sandi-Moyo is facing a fate similar to that of the late nationalist Thenjiwe Lesabe after falling out with her former close al...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsipa says sorry
A CONTRITE Leonard Tsipa says he is taking full responsibility for his actions and all the blame for CAPS United's defeat at Highlanders following his expulsion early in the second half of a Castle La...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:17hrs | | by Grace Chingoma
Shuvai Mahofa still bed-ridden
SEVERAL top Zanu-PF officials in Masvingo have reportedly started canvassing for the Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister's post after the incumbent Shuvai Mahofa has remained bed-ridden and failed to...Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former teacher needs $32k for kidney transplant
THE notion that access to health is a universal right to life is an elite option reserved only for those who can afford it and one needs to be in the shoes of renal patient, Mr Zacharia Mavunganidze -...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Samuel Kadungure
Man has tumour weighing more than his weight removed in 'miracle' surgery
Doctors in India have successfully removed a massive 55 kg malignant bone tumour from a 26-year-old man's thigh. The man, Gurmeet Singh from Jalandhar, was suffering from the tumour for ...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Witchcraft storm rocks clan
A MARANGE headman is in the eye of a witchcraft storm after nine members of the extended family fingered him as the one behind mysterious happenings and deaths in their family.Lazarus Macheke ...Published: 09 May 2015 at 17:33hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
Grace Mugabe not in coma, says Charamba
First Lady Grace Mugabe's whereabouts after undergoing an appendectomy (appenditis operation) several weeks ago, have once again sent tongues wagging amid speculation about her true state of health....Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 18:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctor caught stealing groceries worth $91 at OK
A MEDICAL doctor was yesterday facing the loss of his job and financial ruin after pleading guilty to shoplifting. Dr Paul Kadungure, 32, was caught stealing groceries worth $91 at an OK ...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 03:48hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Grace Mugabe: Rise of the Phoenix
HATE her or like her, Grace Mugabe stormed the political scene like a bat from the blue, triggering a wave of events which have culminated in serious infighting, never before seen in the fractiou...Published: 14 Nov 2014 at 07:02hrs | | by Herbert Moyo
My take on Grace or DisGrace
DisGrace Marufu is the concubine - cum - wife of Mr Robert Mugabe. Here is a person who has joined several families in the guise of marriage, normal co-habitation or at times just as gold digger....Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:40hrs | | by Dr.Wangu Mazodze
Woman 'strangles' sick husband
A 53-year-old woman who strangled to death her terminally ill live-in husband after getting fed up with his state of health, heaved a temporary sigh of relief after she was granted bail by the Hig...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 21:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Save us the hypocrisy
The hypocrisy of some sections of the so-called private media has been exposed in its handling of Tsvangirai's recent and continuous bout of ill-health.The private dailies always have a fi...Published: 30 May 2014 at 08:20hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
Fake 'tsikamutanda' gets a thorough beating
A wanderer who has been pretending to be a tsikamutanda for more than a year, fleecing Kezi villagers in Matabeleland South of their hard earned cash and livestock, last week received thorough beating...Published: 04 May 2014 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Rested Mugabe leaves for AU Summit
President Robert Mugabe left the country today to attend the 22nd Ordinary Summit of the African Union expected to formulate strategies to promote agricultural production and ensure food security on t...Published: 28 Jan 2014 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe, the man who has 'died' so many times
IT'S a tired fad now, too predictable and so pedestrian as well. There are some crazy elements out there who have been hell bent to ensure that they create an atmosphere of anxiety, instability and p...Published: 23 Jan 2014 at 08:29hrs | | by Hildegade Manzvanzvike
Theodore Nguema has cancelled Mugabe visit
Equatorial Guinea President Mbasogo Theodore Nguema has cancelled a planned visit to Harare on Monday following President Mugabe's sister death. Mugabe had been expected to break his holiday ...Published: 20 Jan 2014 at 14:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman fights for life after being given wrong medication
A MUTARE woman is in a serious medical condition after she was allegedly put on tuberculosis treatment, yet she was suffering from a different ailment altogether. The medical boob follows a recent one...Published: 23 May 2013 at 03:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman dumps hubby over STI
A HWANGE man will live to regret the day he parted ways with his hard-earned cash to "buy" sexually transmitted infection (STI) as it has cost him his marriage.The man was reportedly dumped by...Published: 03 May 2013 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF shuns ailing Nkala
Enos Nkala, one of Zanu-PF's founding fathers and a former Cabinet minister during Zimbabwe's formative years, is cutting a lonely figure even on his hospital bed as those in lower ranks of the part...Published: 11 Apr 2013 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matobo traditional healer says he can cure HIV/AIDS
Tens of people have set camps at a homestead in Silozwi Village in Matobo District, Matabeleland South, after rumours filtered through that a youthful traditional healer had 'cured' three bed-ridden p...Published: 31 Mar 2013 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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