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25 year old uncle rapes 12 year old girl
Police in Jotsholo have arrested a 25-year-old man who raped a 12-year-old girl. According to a police report, the girl’s aunt offered the drunk uncle a bedroom to share with the girl....Published: 23 hrs ago | 2633 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fresh wave of farm grabs sparks outrage
A FRESH wave of farm takeovers facilitated by government has intensified under the guise of trimming farm sizes, sparking fears of a renewed assault on white farmers, who feel besieged and are now rus...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3680 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has always had a democracy deficit
DEMOCRACY is an embodiment of governance in which supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodic free ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:16hrs | 446 | by Jonathan Chando
Tighter lockdown for Harare, Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to tighten lockdown regulations for Harare and Bulawayo after infections spiked to 885 as of Wednesday, with local infections also rising....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:04hrs | 3628 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's promises fast losing steam
IN the run-up to the 2018 polls, President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a plethora of promises which have not been fulfilled and he seems to have lost steam before his tenure has come to an end.On ...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1522 | by Stephen Fari
Over 1,000 Zimbabwean students face return from US
Many of the more than 1000 Zimbabwean students at American universities may have to return home following a US Government decision that foreign students at universities that now teach online with no f...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 19:43hrs | 2436 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Not Worried About the 31st July Demonstrations.
Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or they may undertake direct action in an attempt to ...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 17:37hrs | 2948 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Interview with ZPRA Instructor Thoriso Moyo
This week on the Big Interview, we have Toriso Moyo, a freedom fighter and military instructor with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), a Mgagao attack survivor, and one of the fir...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2346 | by The Big Interview
Mnangagwa pampers soldiers, police
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pampered soldiers and the police, giving them between $5 000 and $8 000 COVID-19 allowances which critics say are meant to appease them ahead of the planned July 31 pr...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 20344 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells mourners that he is unstoppable
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was unstoppable and unfazed by his political woes that saw him lose the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House and the reca...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:24hrs | 6735 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says change was near and Mnangagwa's end was nigh
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was unstoppable and unfazed by his political woes that saw him lose the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House and the reca...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1258 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF frets over planned protests
ZANU-PF says the planned July 31 protests presented a threat to its hegemony and accused the opposition MDC Alliance of leading an "unholy alliance" to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa unconstituti...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Chinese man who shot 2 black workers released on $10 000 bail
A Chinese mine manager Zhang Xuelin who is accused of shooting two black employees in Gweru has been freed on a ZWL$10 000 bail by a High Court Judge in Masvingo.Justice Garainesu ordered Xuel...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1718 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Drunk driver dies on the spot in car crash
A speeding drunk driver died at 19km peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba after failing to control his Toyota Esteem vehicle registration ADE 4778 on Saturday.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokespers...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 10:24hrs | 3718 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man (65) 'tired of living with his wife' hangs self
A Dete man, 65, reportedly hung himself leaving behind a note for his children telling them that he was tired of living with his 47-year-old wife. The Chronicle newspaper reports that Never Si...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3243 | by Staff Reporter
Council departments request for control of rodents, cockroaches, mosquitoes
Bulawayo City Council departments have requested an increase in the control measures put in place to prevent the sprouting of cockroaches, rodents, and mosquitoes in the city.This is revealed ...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 810 | by Stephen Jakes
Stanbic urges farmers to insure their livestock
As Zimbabwe continues to face various challenges in its Agricultural sector brought about by climatic change and other natural factors, Stanbic Bank has urged farmers to take advantage of its Agribusi...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:33hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Mnagnagwa loyalists facing purges from Zanu-PF
FRESH fissures are emerging in the ruling Zanu-PF party with cadres seen as loyal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the Team Lacoste banner facing purges amid reports of a plot to reform the party...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:07hrs | 5176 | by Staff reporter
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protégÃ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2036 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa is the in thing, Zanu PF fears him
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has maintained that Zanu PF has literally swallowed MDC T led by Thokozani Khupe in order to dislodge his party from political activism fearing that he is a threat t...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 12:24hrs | 6956 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's MDC should rebrand, says Kay
Kay has suggested that the opposition party should rebrand and start afresh as it has since lost its glitter because of infighting which has led to several splits.In an interview with NewsDay ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:10hrs | 4336 | by Staff reporter
319 border jumpers arrested
Police have since May arrested 319 people countrywide for border jumping and smuggling. Police have equally nabbed 87 827 people countrywide since March 30 for violating lockdown measures aime...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:06hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Over 200 arrested for rejecting bank notes
So far 202 people have been arrested for rejecting dollars and labelling them "bond notes", with 51 of them already brought to court, while five have been fined between $200 and $500. The arre...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:05hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans siblings die of COVID-19 in SA a day apart
Two Zimbabwean sisters based in South Africa reportedly succumbed to Covid-19 a day apart resulting in their three children and two brothers being quarantined.The late siblings, Ms Senzeni Mel...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 07:48hrs | 5882 | by Staff Reporter
'There are no angels in Zimbabwe, President!'
Kapish Sir, forgive the Chinese, but such erratic, gladiatorial and unhinged exuberance, exuding brute visceral and coming from any one never too shy to publicly comport embedded bats in belfry charac...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 06:54hrs | 3772 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act have now been invoked to ensure the case is not sw...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 4268 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean MTV Base host weighs in on career
The first Zimbabwean television host to be on MTV Base South Africa and MTV Africa, Kimberley Robinson, aka Kim Jayde, says even though her career is often seen as an overnight success, consistent har...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:55hrs | 8261 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slavery
'Slave wages' was the reason the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (ZINA) gave for health workers going on strike in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Slave conditions describes what was behind...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1387 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Biti dismiss sanctions document
THE United Kingdom (UK) has dissociated itself from a letter allegedly written by their former Defence minister Geoffrey William Hoon, which fingers MDC vice president Tendai Biti and treasurer David ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:50hrs | 3378 | by Staff reporter
Jostling for posts divides Khupe's party
INFIGHTING has erupted in the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe a few months after the faction found new life following a Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the former deputy prime minister as leader of ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:10hrs | 5859 | by Staff reporter
Who is an opportunist between Chamisa and Mwonzora?
Mwonzora has been labelled as an opportunist by Chamisa supporters on Whatsapp, Twitter and Facebook platforms but nobody has ever tried to define or explain what is meant by the word opportunist. In ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2549 | by Etiwel Mutero
Donald Trump is an atheist and a blasphemer
DONALD Trump is a liar when he claims that his unbridled dictatorship owes its currency through God's appointment. Trump declared recently that he is the most powerful president of the United States b...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:09hrs | 1096 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
MDC, the architects of Zimbabwe's misery
UNINFORMED Zimbabweans have continuously blamed Government for the current economic meltdown. For almost two decades, some sections of the society have continued to point fingers at the Government for...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:07hrs | 822 | by Khumbula Vodloza Sibanda
Bulawayo sits on perennial river
IN a case depicting poverty amid plenty, part of the Bulawayo Central Business District (CBD) was built on top of an underground perennial river, despite the city experiencing a crippling water shorta...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
MDC sanctions treachery exposed
ALTHOUGH the MDC Alliance vainly attempts to create the impression of being a saviour of the people of Zimbabwe from its opponent, ZANU-PF, it is increasingly coming to the fore that it is against the...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 644 | by Nobleman Runyanga
I am not afraid of your threat Oppah Muchinguri - Job Sikhala
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has told Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri that he is not afraid of her threats after she claimed that he Sikhala and Apostle Talent Chiwenga among...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:46hrs | 4166 | by Stephen Jakes
Cracks in Khupe's camp
Cracks have emerged in the Thokozani Khupe camp, with the recently reinstated MDC-T national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe the recently reinstated MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora of s...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 17:25hrs | 5269 | by Staff reporter
Somizi Mhlongo's actress mother dies
Veteran South African actor Mary Twala has died. She was 80 years old.Her son, actor, choreographer and TV presenter Somizi Mhlongo shared the news on Instagram.Alongside photos of his...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 15:57hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Recall of MDC-A Councillors
The MDC Alliance condemns the recall of 4 Harare City Councilors by Minister July Moyo of Zanu PF on the instruction of the MDC-T.This ...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 11:33hrs | 2434 | by Sesel Zvidzai
The Ecocash heist - A modern tale of irresponsible corporate behaviour
Sometime in 2013, I applied and became an Ecocash Agent (Agent), and immediately set shop in at least two locations within Harare CBD. The setup and running costs for me as an Agent were high, but the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 19:27hrs | 6446 | by Tendayi Mudhadha
Residents fined for violating lockdown rules win in court
A ZIMBABWEAN court has overturned the conviction of two Mutare residents after they successfully challenged the decision by some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) members to order them to pay RTGS$1 000 ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 17:02hrs | 1965 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zimbabwe can finance own development'
ZIMBABWE has enough resources to finance its own development if the right mindsets, as well as institutional and legal frameworks, are put in place, a joint report by organisations that promote socio-...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2854 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents drinking sewage-contaminated water
BULAWAYO residents could have been exposed to sewage and mud-contaminated water through seepage into burst water pipes, a lat-est council environmental, management and engineering services committee r...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1685 | by Staff reporter
Man gets 30 years for Xmas rape
A 60-year-old Gweru man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping a woman in her early 30s as well as her daughter on Christmas Day last year. Appearing before Regional Magistrate Mr...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1498 | by Staff reporter
RBZ floats $500 million Treasury Bills
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is seeking to raise $500 million through the issuance of Treasury Bills to fund Covid-19 pandemic expenditure. The pandemic which was first detected in China...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Zec makes U-turn over elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it would withdraw its proposal to suspend electoral activities during the COVID-19 lockdown because the pandemic was likely to be long-term.Zec...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:05hrs | 5697 | by Staff reporter
'Nkomo joined Zanu-PF to stop Mugabe's killings'
THE late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo and his lieutenants only joined the Zanu-PF government to stop the Gukurahundi massacres that were being perpetrated by then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.T...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:04hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Man charged with treason for printing fake CIO, Zanu-PF IDs
A 46-YEAR-OLD Kuwadzana man was last week charged with subversion for allegedly printing fake Zanu-PF and Central Intelligence Organisation identification cards at his residence.Niven Nyarungw...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:00hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Attempts to amend Census, Statistics Act hailed
ATTEMPTS to amend the Census and Statistics Act have been hailed by an election watchdog as necessary to prevent the manipulation of electoral boundaries ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections....Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt seek $5 million for COVID-19 fight
GOVERNMENT is seeking to raise $500 million through Treasury Bills (TBs) to meet the COVID-19 pandemic expenditure, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said.The apex bank has invited banks and bu...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
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