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Gang rape victim demands GOAT! as compensation
IT'S a crazy and insane world. But you have to believe it because it is true.A woman from Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, who alleged that she was gang-raped by four men while he...Published: 16 hrs ago | 870 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife of 49 years over petty dispute
Kasina Kawocha (61) from Chinhoyi has been sentenced to six years in prison for the culpable homicide of his wife, Spejina, following a dispute. He will serve four years, with two years suspended on g...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:11hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Give Chamisa a chance
Zimbabwe is currently suffering from aggravated kwashiorkor of leadership, both in the opposition and the ruling party.The political space without the charismatic Nelson Chamisa is seemingly l...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:50hrs | 1084 | by Leonard Koni
Phala Phala farm scandal refuses to go away
President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm scandal refuses to go away.This comes after the Constitutional Court issued directives in the EFF matter to challenge Parliament's decision in 2022...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 11:45hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames Gukurahundi genocide on the nation's 'detractors'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday sought to wash blame for the massacre of thousands of civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces four decades ago on the nation's "detractors" as he took p...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:43hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Hwende joins Zanu-PF
Former Chiredzi Town Council (CTC) Chairperson, Alderman Gibson Hwende has officially joined Zanu-PF after serving two decades as opposition's Ward 1 councilor in Chiredzi Urban.Hwende confirm...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:47hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Who wanted to assassinate Donald Trump?
Pennsylvania - Donald Trump was injured in what the FBI said was an attempted assassination at an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, a shocking act of political violence that threaten...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Since Mnangagwa is a mere Munhumutapa, is the way now open for Mthwakazi?
For some time now, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has proudly referred himself as Munhumutapa.This was the title of the kings of...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 23:38hrs | 133 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ex-CCC Council chair Gibson Hwende joins Zanu-PF
Former Chiredzi Town Council (CTC) Chairperson, Alderman Gibson Hwende has officially joined Zanu-PF after serving two decades as opposition's Ward 1 councilor in Chiredzi Urban.Hwende confirm...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:22hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Minister blames devolution delay for Ndebele language woes
A former government minister has criticised the government for failing to fully implement devolution, which he claims has led to the deployment of non-local language-speaking teachers in Matabeleland....Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Some of the Zimbabwe opposition problems have nothing to do with Zanu-PF
IT'S a no secret that the opposition is giving Zanu-PF political oxygen and this alone proves that the current opposition is incapable of dislodging Zanu-PF from power. Yes, we need to un...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 12:41hrs | 14 | by Terrence Mwedzi
John II's mission impossible to save Zimbabwe economy clocks 100 days
Zimbabwe's new central bank Governor John Mushayavanhu has done the seemingly impossible in his first 100 days - created a stable currency and tamed price pressures in a nation that's been a poster-ch...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 11:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's civil servants long for GNU days
ZIMBABWE Prison and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officer Mbekezeli Dube* sits hunched over his desk in his discoloured uniform.The once-vibrant green shade is now a pale shadow of its former se...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo blames Apostolic churches for erratic rainfall patterns
WHILE changes in climate patterns are blamed for altering local weather patterns and potentially contributing to changes in rainfall across the country, a revelation about what specifically affects ra...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt to blame for death of kidney patients'
Senator Tapfumanei Wunganayi Muzoda has called on the government to urgently establish haemodialysis facilities across all health institutions in Zimbabwe to address the alarming number of deaths...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Ruto got away with murder in the ICC before
President Ruto thinks he can get away with any political conflict situation - even murder. We have more than 20 deaths resulting from serious demonstrations across Kenya. Listening to the exclusive pr...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 19:55hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Association with Chivayo warrants impeachment from Presidency
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the scriptural rhetorical question, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3) underscores the impea...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 15:18hrs | 3 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
President William Ruto's poor and misguided politics! He lied to the voters
We still have voices in Africa that spell it out: That one voice comes from Ghana: Kwesi Prett Jr. does not mince words: His politics is eloquent, he understands African politics. Without fear or favo...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 21:11hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Protesters across Kenya say 'Ruto must go!'
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday and demonstrations erupted in other cities across the country demanding the resignation of President William Ruto, following a wee...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 12:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare in big trouble
Zanu-PF activist Rutendo Benson Matinyarare has been accused of perjury by his former lawyer after he told the Gauteng High Court in South Africa that he was unaware of a gag order issued against him ...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 16:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should now see it's corruption, not 'sanctions', causing their suffering!
Zimbabweans has been engulfed in a seemingly unending debate as to what is the real source of their two-and-a-half-decade-long suffering.There have been two dominant narratives.Unsurpr...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 21:50hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Pastor gets 12-yr-old stepdaughter pregnant
A pastor who has been on the run after he reportedly raped and impregnated his 12-year-old stepdaughter has been arrested at his hideout in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South Province.The 41-year-...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambezi gas chokes Zim soldiers
Cranborne 0 : Zambezi FC 0 Despite shuttling battalions of supporters and some few members of the Zimbabwe National Army's (ZNA) medical aid team adjacent to the football pitch during their No...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 20:01hrs | 106 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Mohadi's life and health does not matter in Zimbabwe?
In Zimbabwe, when Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe and his 1st VP, Constantino Chiwenga, get sick, all panic and emergency buttons are pressed. In a matter of urgency, they are swiftly airlif...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:11hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwe Warriors coach blames defenders for Bafana Bafana loss
Zimbabwe 1 - 3 South AfricaIn a Group C CAF World Cup Qualifiers match at Free State Stadium, the Warriors suffered a 3-1 defeat against South Africa, leading interim coach Jairos Tapera to at...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 1 | by Sipho Seepe
Bulawayo councillor praises Mthwakazi
A Bulawayo councillor has praised the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) for evicting apostolic sect churches that had set up shrines in undesignated places, noting that the local authority has failed to ...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers lose cattle due to damaged border fence
Villagers in Ward 16, Dombodema and Dombolefu areas of Bulilima District, Plumtree, are losing cattle due to a damaged fence on the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.The fence is believed to be comprom...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ANC - DA coalition spits on veterans graves
ANC heavyweight and National Executive Committee (NEC) member Lindiwe Sisulu has slammed talks of an ANC-DA coalition, saying such a coalition would be spitting on the graves of fallen Struggle heroes...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC strife intensifies
The internal strife over parliamentary posts within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has intensified, with factions trading accusations and criticizing Speaker Jacob Mudenda for alleged dishone...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
After 9 months of Chamisa faking news of SADC resolving disputed 2023 elections; he finally admits he was lying
Chamisa's long anticipated update on what SADC is doing to end the disputed Zimbabwe elections confirmed what we already knew - i.e that SADC is doing nothing.Chamisa confirmed the following s...Published: 27 May 2024 at 19:48hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe's street currency traders to switch to WhatsApp
Zimbabwe's street currency traders are abandoning their regular spots in city centres for messaging platform WhatsApp to evade arrest as the central bank and police crackdown on the unofficial market ...Published: 20 May 2024 at 17:02hrs | 1 | by AStaff reporter
Woman kills aunt in electricity usage row
A dispute over the use of electricity turned fatal when Nella Kundai (27) allegedly stabbed her aunt, Dorothy Matongo (41), three times in the chest with a knife. The incident occurred at their shared...Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi ups campaign against apostolic sects
The Mthwakazi Republic Party has intensified its clean-up campaigns targeting Apostolic sects' open air churches operating in the bushes.The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has also been conductin...Published: 19 May 2024 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanufication of the ANC on
AS South African general elections approach, the country's governing ANC is increasingly undergoing a further Zanufication process as it openly accepts offers of help from Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF wh...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets blame govt as life gets tough
VETERANS of the liberation struggle have decried neglect by the government at a time they are are earning US$120 in monthly pensions despite a deepening socio-economic crisis which has left them vulne...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is this another catch-and-release?
The arrest of Neville Mutsvangwa has just ruffled feathers and opened a can of worms in Zanu PF's political factional fights. Is this government really serious about fighting corruption in the...Published: 18 May 2024 at 20:50hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Passion Java should blame himself
Self-styled prophet Passion Java should take responsibility for the failure of his much-hyped "Night of Wonders" event instead of blaming rival pastors, according to Zanu-PF-aligned cleric Obadiah Mus...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Harare council rocked by absenteeism
Serious cases of absenteeism have reportedly hit the Harare City Council (HCC) amid reports that workers are failing to report for duty because of late payment of salaries, NewsDay can report....Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police mounting strategic checkpoints to deal with crime
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has adopted a deliberate policy to set up strategic checkpoints on the roads to curb crime and not the multiplicity of the past that inconvenienced the public, a senior of...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC cause of Zimbabwe troubles, claims Sikhala
OPPOSITION politician, Job Sikhala, has said South Africa's ruling party has undermined the democratic struggle against Zanu-PF by endorsing rigged elections in the country.Sikhala was speakin...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man breaks into Headmasters offices, blames evil spirit
When a person is in deep trouble he or she will blame the evil spirit in a bid to get a lighter sentence, Menzi Ngwenya is one such person.The 24-year-old man blamed the evil spirit after he b...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 16:33hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Strong winds, heavy rains blamed for building collapse
Strong winds and rains that hit Harare on Saturday afternoon caused the collapse of a building at corner Chinhoyi Street and Banks, killing a woman, injuring five others and damaging property, the bui...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new currency chaos
ZIMBABWEAN consumers were yesterday left stranded after businesses suspended trading using the Zimbabwe dollar following the introduction of a new currency on Friday.Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currency crisis: Time to face the truth
THERE is, of course, no such thing as "a shortage of foreign currency".In open and disciplined markets, all that such a claim reflects is an over-valued local currency, whose managers resist t...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:26hrs | | by Obert Nyandoro
'You see skeletons' - the deadly migrant Limpopo crossing
The men who raped Portie Murevesi did not care that she was visibly pregnant. They attacked her with glass bottles too, she told us, pointing to a large and jagged scar on her forearm.Now, her...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lookout Khalisabantu Masuku remembered
ZIMBABWE People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) ex-combatants yesterday held a memorial service in remembrance of their commander Lookout Masuku who died in 1986 shortly after his release from prison....Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
All eyes on new RBZ boss
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) new governor John Mushayavanhu is facing a tough challenge as he is expected to immediately halt the freefall of the Zimbabwe dollar and stop the economic implosion blam...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
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