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Deportees get lifeline at Zimbabwe's points of entry
Thirty-six-year-old Thantabantu Dumani looks lost in thought as he finds his way into a Zimbabwe Red Cross (ZRCS) office in Beitbridge town.Dumani is among the "early birds" that have been fre...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:37hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Khanondo Safaris and Tours: Delivering unforgettable african adventures
Khanondo Safaris and Tours, a premier tour operating company nestled in the bustling adventure hub of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, is making waves in the tourism industry with its diverse array of thr...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 10:45hrs | 674 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
The maize crop is now on the brink of total loss
Lost in her zen and solitude, the old widow scanned the skies, her elderly eyesight failing her. But, no sign of rain. The skies seem to have put in place 'targeted sanctions' against some majority co...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:08hrs | 478 | by Tondo Murisa
Diaspora returnee turns into champion farmer
FARMING in Mangwe in Matebeleland South can be difficult, but Mr Kuzolunga Ncube Mabuza, a champion farmer in the arid lands of Makorokoro area has on his return from South Africa become a pacesetter....Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Adulterous affair leads to senior cop's demotion
A SENIOR cop has been removed from his position as Officer Commanding Norton District after it was found out that he was having an illicit affair with one of his married junior officers.Chief ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 18:24hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Sandra gets ready for roasting
Talented award-winning musician Sandra Ndebele, who is also Councillor for Ward 20 in Bulawayo, has contributed a lot to the local entertainment scene. As such, she will be celebrated uniquely...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:53hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
Thief forced to eat raw, unplucked chicken
A MAN from Pumula suburb in Bulawayo will forever rue his love for chicken when a vigilante group in the neighbourhood forced him to eat the raw meat of the bird that he had been caught stealing....Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:57hrs | 1138 | by Staff reporter
BA pilot kidnapped, forced to transfer cash, during stopover in Joburg
A hunt has been launched for a group of suspects after a British Airways pilot was kidnapped and robbed in Johannesburg, police confirmed on Thursday.The incident happened in Birnam, near Melr...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
The legacy of the first citizens of Zimbabwe
Historians argue that the San people were the earliest inhabitants of what now constitutes modern-day Zimbabwe. Archaeologists date San occupation as far back as the Stone Age, 20 000 years ago....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:55hrs | 210 | by Mzala Tom
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 2078 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Man accidentally shoots grandson to death on Christmas Eve
There was no Christmas party at Nyawasha's residents in Mutoko after Dominic Nyawasha (52) fatally shot his grandson in a bid to shoot crow birds....Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 08:57hrs | 1905 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Holidaymakers throng Bulawayo tourist attractions
TOURIST attractions around Bulawayo were on Christmas Day teeming with activity as hordes of holidaymakers, among them Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi, took time out to celebr...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
1 million chicks, 7 000 goats for free!
MORE than 110 000 rural households have received over 1, 1 million indigenous chicks and about 7 000 goats countrywide in the last 14 months as part of Government's programme to guarantee food securit...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:09hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leads 'world's youngest State'
A DECLARATION of a new State thousands of kilometres from Zimbabwe's outlying rural area of Hurungwe into the Pacific Ocean may sound fictitious and strange.But, alas, reveals the existence of...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Triplicate: Private letter to Brother Brian Kagoro
PEACE and love be in your house. At the start of my journey to Masailand, Kenya, I thought I was going to be cut off from the world. The answer is yes and no. I am working with my longtime friend, Bis...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:33hrs | 156 | by Kenneth Mafuka
Growing water scarcity in Zimbabwe a huge threat
FRESH water related ecosystems include wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and lakes that sustain biodiversity and life (UN Environment 2018).Although they cover less than 1% of the earth's surface, t...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:29hrs | 121 | by Zimbabwe Environmental Lawyers Association
Woman murdered for her 'millions'
A 39-year-old Bulawayo woman was jailed for 25 years on Friday over the murder of Thulisile Dube, who vanished after a night out with friends before being found dead in an abandoned car in August last...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 11:01hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army boss destined for higher office
ZIMBABWE Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda, who was recently appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an ex-officio member of the Zanu-PF politburo, is destined for hig...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 21:21hrs | 3249 | by Staff reporter
Binga man jailed
A man from Chinego Village under Chief Pashu in Binga appeared before Hwange Magistrate court Ms Fungai Dzimiri on Thursday afternoon for unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs (dagga) and possession of ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 19:46hrs | 521 | by Peter Matuka
Hwange National Park gets new tourism complex
Construction has started of a tourism complex at Hwange National Park, which is expected to improve security and re-ignite the tourism potential of Zimbabwe's largest protected area.Constructi...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:41hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons target food self-sufficiency
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) is working on building adequate food reserves independently, without relying on government budget allocations, to feed its roughly 22,000 inmates. ...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:44hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Freddy Gwala returns
After performing at the Ultra Beer Festival barely a week ago, held at Queens Sports Club, South African Afro-pop musician Freddie "Amadamara" Gwala will make a return once more to Bulawayo.Th...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Thunderstorms expected in some parts of Zimbabwe this week
Thunderstorms are forecasted in certain regions of the country from tomorrow through Wednesday. However, farmers are advised against planting crops solely reliant on rain-fed agriculture.The t...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on high alert for avian flu
Surveillance measures have been intensified along the borders of Zimbabwe in response to the emergence of a novel, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) strain, recently identified in South Africa....Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:09hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Hooliganism cannot be part of the beautiful game.
If my memory serves me well, not long ago ZRP was allocated some state-of-the-art helicopters to assist in their policing duties which at times can be quite challenging. One would think those ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:23hrs | 153 | by Thomas Murisa
Love birds hit by goods train named
POLICE have named victims of Beitbridge goods train accident who may have died in their sleep at a makeshift love nest between the railway lines.The officer commanding Beitbridge Police Distri...Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 20:49hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Goods train crushes Beitbridge lovebirds after turning railway line into a love nest
A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga....Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 12:49hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium discovery excites UK miner
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Galileo Resources says the lithium discovery at Kamativi has given it much "encouragement and provided the impetus" to increase drilling.The firm has interests in Zimbabwe's B...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Cold spell affecting Zimbabwe to continue until Tuesday
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has said the cold spell, cloudy and windy conditions that affected Matebeleland South, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Manicaland provinces from yesterday will cont...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Trio kills love rival
THREE men from Mutoko fatally assaulted a 25-year old man after accusing him of dating a woman who was in a relationship with one of them.Livingstone Mapeto (23), his younger brother Rutendo (...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:52hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
A vote not cast, is a future lost
SOME citizens think that voting is a waste of time. Many a time, these people don't think that their circumstances can be changed by voting because of the assumption that associates politics with dirt...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:58hrs | 12 | by Nicholas Aribino and Cyprian Muchemwa
Presidential amnesty needs revisiting
IN yesterday's NewsDay edition, we carried a story of a former jailbird who was released from prison this year under the Presidential Amnesty programme. The man, who was released after serving part of...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
UK scientists are developing a vaccine for an unknown disease
UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".They have drawn up a threat list of animal viruses that are capable of infe...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 364 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe will only change when you change
EVERYDAY I reflect on what it would take for Zimbabwe to change. Much of what I look at during my daily commute screams: "Change me!" As I reflect on what my surroundings are asking of me, I have chan...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 17 | by Trevor Ncube
How Oskido 'discovered' Berita at taxi rank
THROUGHOUT his long and storied career, Kalawa supremo Oskido has earned a reputation as a man that is capable of finding talent in the unlikeliest of places. Take for example, the case of Ane...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:54hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Galileo Resources reports lithium indications from Zimbabwe drilling
Galileo Resources PLC has reported multiple pegmatite dykes, a key lithium source, over substantial widths in the first two holes of a drill programme at Kamativi in Zimbabwe."The longest runn...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 10:06hrs | 6 | by proactiveinvestors
Mnangagwa chases Kasukuwere's shadow
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Saturday took his campaign to Saviour Kasukuwere's Mashonaland Central home province urging supporters not to entertain the ex-Zanu-PF commissar's political ambitions....Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mistress assaults lover's wife
WHAT happened after a woman finds another woman in bed with her husband?Obviously she would fly into a frenzy and launch a violent attack on the love rival. But that wasn't the case for a woma...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cold weather expected today, tomorrow
COLD, windy and cloudy conditions are expected today (Thursday) and tomorrow in Masvingo, Matebeleland South, Bulawayo Metropolitan, Midlands, Manicaland, Harare Metropolitan, southern areas of Mashon...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must brace for extreme cold spell
The ChronicleTHE Meteorological Services Department has warned of a cold front, which is expected to move across the country from today up to tomorrow, with Bulawayo set to record a minimum te...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 07:38hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's tour de force
"It's in the bag," quipped one man as he gazed down at the sea of people that extended into the horizon during yesterday's Zanu-PF Presidential Star Rally in Mashonaland West province.There is...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets wheat exports as output rises
Zimbabwe is considering exporting surplus wheat to Mozambique from this year's anticipated harvest of 420 000 tonnes, well above the country's requirements of 360 000 tonnes a year.Last year, ...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
UK based company discovers substantial gold targets in Bulawayo
UK based Galileo Resources Plc says it has discovered a number of substantial gold targets based on new soil analytical results in the area around the Queen's mine located close to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe....Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Community wants witchcraft-accused family banished
St Peter's residents on the outskirts of Bulawayo are calling for a family to be banished from the community for practising witchcraft.This is after some community members suffered some myster...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
83 000 households receive free poultry, goats
ABOUT 83 000 households countrywide have received at least 800 000 indigenous chicks and goats being distributed free of charge under the Presidential Poultry and Goat Pass-On Schemes, geared towards ...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Of patriotism, Mahere and Zanu-PF's duplicity
NOW that the hubbub and furore over Fadzayi Mahere's submission at a recent UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland, has substantially died down, it is time for a sober, frank and honest reflection on whethe...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Johannesburg shaken by 5.0 earthquake
A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 was reported in Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday morning, and has been confirmed by seismologists at the United States Geological Sur...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We are Ndebeles, don't force us to be patriotic to Zimbabwe
We are Matabele. To be referred to as Zimbabweans is a huge embarrassment on its own but to be forced to be patriotic to Zimbabwe through a piece of draconian bill is an insult.We are not Zimb...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 21:30hrs | 35 | by Israel Dube
Rural women drive Zimbabwe's green transition
As a rural woman from Wedza, about 140 kilometers from Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, 53-year-old Adefi Mtambo never remotely imagined herself in the driver's seat."I could only operate an o...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells his followers to start their engines
THE Midlands Zanu-PF Convention Centre stood tall and majestic as President Mnangagwa arrived with an unmistakable spring in his step yesterday. Accompanied by the radiant First Lady, Auxillia Mnangag...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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