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MDC official finally buried
THE family of an MDC Highfield district executive who reportedly died after being abducted during Shutdown Zimbabwe protests in January finally managed to bury their relative yesterday following an in...Published: 8 hrs ago | 536 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe youths win Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge
A group of four Zimbabweans has won $20 000 in the Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge for a technology platform they designed to provide easy access to quality educational materials with a mission t...Published: 8 hrs ago | 95 | by Staff reporter
DNA tests confirm MDC activist's dumped body
DNA tests results have confirmed that the remains found at a farm in Beatrice, in January were that of MDC activist Blessing Toronga, who was reportedly abducted and tortured during the State-led clam...Published: 8 hrs ago | 447 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's version of disaster capitalism, couched as resilience
A LOCAL Zimbabwean artist, Dereck Mpofu, recently released a song titled Mweya wechiZimba. Even though the title of the song may suggest it is religious, it is upon listening to it, that you discover ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 69 | by Takura Zhangazha
Man kidnaps his in-laws, jailed
A Chitungwiza man will spend the next two years in prison after he was convicted of kidnapping his in-laws following a dispute at a funeral. Benson Matamise (45) appeared before Chitungwiza ma...Published: 8 hrs ago | 197 | by Staff reporter
'Gumbura has case to answer'
HARARE magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message Church founder Robert Martin Gumbura, who together with his six alle...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
I'm HIV+ at 85 but
EIGHTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Sekuru Samba has revealed his HIV positive status and described it as a blessing in disguise.The Maruta Kraal Headman heir apparent, real name Robert Ticharwa Maruta, said...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:54hrs | 2123 | by Staff reporter
Off the comfort zone with the Gregarious Chamisa: A View from the rural-dweller
The juicy and chocolate side of the socialite MDC President, Nelson Chamisa, is mainly his off-the-comfort-zone personality. This makes him an extra-ordinary political leader in that facet in Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:15hrs | 889 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Religion: Is gambling a sin?
Gambling is a game of chance. It's all about card games, roulette, lotteries, and much more. These games are fun and seemingly harmless. Most believe that there is nothing wrong with gambling as long ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1684 | by Staff Writer
Tourism can rake in millions for Mashonaland Central
In Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central Province there is a very tall granite hill standing almost upright like a giant's sore thumb. Its called Bare Hill, maybe on account of being without vegetation, no tr...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:29hrs | 512 | by Thomas Murisa
Biti's lawyer, aides plead not guilty in 'border jumping' trial
A LAWYER and some aides for senior MDC official and human rights lawyer Tendai Biti have pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the country's immigration laws when their trial commenced before Kar...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
It's a wrong turn Zimbabwe
We "was" robbed, were we not? Well this must be the pervading feeling among Zimbabweans, or at least those who marched to remove Robert Mugabe only to replace him with his long-time enforcer and protĂ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:44hrs | 585 | by Hon Cris
Top Bulawayo lawyer served with divorce summons
Bulawayo lawyer Blessing Mabusiso Bhala has been served with divorce summons by his estranged wife, Senele, who is demanding custody of their daughter and $300 in monthly maintenance.In summon...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:14hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chickens out on renegades
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial disciplinary committee has rescinded plans to expel two Chiredzi councillors who were facing allegations of going to bed with the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC....Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:22hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Terror leader arrested
Police in Marondera have arrested a leader of a suspected gun-totting gang which was terrorising residents in the town and nearby areas, getting away with cash and cellphones, among other things....Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
When loneliness is great company
Gogo Chihera and 'Sekuru' Dlodlo stay in deferent provinces of Zimbabwe yet they have one thing in common, both their spouses are late hence lead lonely lives. Their brood has come of age and have gon...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:30hrs | 1611 | by Thomas Murisa.
Teacher marries herd-boy
A VILLAGE love story has caused a stir in Mashonaland Central's Mupfure Village after a local teacher married a herd boy in the area. The teacher, Kinedah Zhangazha, says finances are a second...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 10:33hrs | 10225 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance MP, councillor denied bail
Bid by Zengeza East legislator Goodrich Chimbaira (MDC-ALLIANCE) and Ward 14 councillor Chengetai Nyagondo to get freedom hit a snag after Chitungwiza resident magistrate Mr Nyasha Vitorini denied the...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:42hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Elliot craze spills into showbiz
DENDERA musician Suluman Chimbetu has had his band members referred to as "Elliot" because of their white stage attire.The name Elliot arose from the alleged resurrection miracle at a church i...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:45hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Elliot Moyo's death, Twitter reacts
Most social media users don't believe the reports, saying there could be yet another resurrection miracle on the way.Several Zimbabwean news publications reported on Monday that Brighton Ellio...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:42hrs | 44269 | by Staff reporter
Zec commissioner wins legal battle against Bulawayo widow
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner Dr Qhubani Moyo has won a legal battle against a Bulawayo widow with whom he was locked in a protracted house ownership wrangle for the past 18 years. ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1837 | by Staff reporter
'Selmor 'anointed' by Mtukudzi'
SELMOR Mtukudzi's mother, Melody Murape, last week said she was confident that her daughter will be able to keep her late father's music legacy alive following a superb performance alongside her siste...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Caps draw in well attended match
Highlanders 0 - 0 Caps United TWO shots that hit the upright, two monumental blunders by out of sorts referee Thabani Bamala, were the two key talking points in yesterday's Castle Lager Prem...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1216 | by Staff reporter
Parly begins probe into Mliswa Committee graft allegations
PARLIAMENT's Privileges Committee (PPC) will this Monday, begin investigations into corruption allegations levelled against some former members of the Mines and Mining Development then chaired by Inde...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:29hrs | 144 | by newzimbabwe
Highlanders vs CAPS United - LIVE Updates
Highlanders 0 - 0 CAPS United90+2' Domica Chungwa mops home a rebound but the goal is waved for an offside.90' Free-kick to CAPS United, Musarurwa...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:39hrs | 3310 | by Staff reporter
Major forex scam hits Nedbank Zimbabwe
A massive scandal has rocked Nedbank Zimbabwe - a local unit of one of South Africa's largest financial services groups - after 28 employees were nabbed by police for allegedly swindling the financial...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:26hrs | 3094 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa comes under criticism for mocking the RTGS$s
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under criticism for seemingly mocking the country's currency, real time gross settlement dollars (RTGS$) at an event where he said the Cyclone Idai-induced floods...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:33hrs | 11044 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa secures Mudzuri's backing
MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri will not be contesting Nelson Chamisa for the top party office as had been widely expected, after the two politicians agreed to work together to reduce tensions in ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:26hrs | 11686 | by Staff reporter
Boy shot dead at farm
A teenager from Zhombe was fatally shot in the head by a farm security guard after he allegedly trespassed onto a farm while looking for stray cattle. Acting Midlands provincial police spokesp...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Bosso not worried about Caps United duo
HIGHLANDERS coach Bekithemba "Super" Ndlovu says their former strikers Gabriel Nyoni and Newman Sianchali will not give them a headache when they clash with Caps United at Barbourfields Stadium on Sun...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:37hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance MP, Councillor in court
MDC Alliance's Zengeza East legislator Goodrich Chimbaira and ward 14 councillor Chengetai Nyagondo are scheduled to appear before Chitungwiza resident magistrate Mr Nyasha Vitorini charged with publi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 16:43hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's National Dialogue monopolised by a few'
Zimbabwe's national dialogue processes must deal with the problem that many Zimbabweans feel, and indeed are, alienated from the system economically, socially and politically, a leading academic has s...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 14:17hrs | 1389 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe likes Leonard Zhakata's music'
Zora music star Leonard Zhakata, 51 says former President Robert Mugabe is a genius and everyone knows that. At the peak of his musical career Zhakata used to grace the annual 21st February Movement m...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 17:59hrs | 11031 | by Staff reporter
'Ohh! The blue eyed MDC son is not all that shiney'
Why he has failed to attract the main stream media is still a mystery. This man is a hypocrite and is good at attaching himself to the presidency yet he has nothing to offer. This dude is non other th...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:04hrs | 854 | by Marujata Ngomahuru
9th Anniversary ZAA UK Nominees Out
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards UK (ZAA UK) have released the much anticipated list of nominees for the 9thAnniversary ZAA UK event set for Saturday 25 May 2019 in London at The Millennium Gloucester Ho...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:28hrs | 472 | by Agencies
Date set for Gumbura jailbreak case ruling
A Harare magistrate is on April 10 expected to make a ruling on the application for discharge at the close of the State case by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
9 Zimbabweans burnt alive, in Ramaphosa incited xenophobia - only one to approve ED vote rigging
"Everybody just arrives in our townships and rural areas and set up business without licences and permits. We are going to bring this to an end! And those who are operating illegally must now know," w...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:02hrs | 8208 | by Wilbert Mukori
South African president faces a trial at the hague
The president of South Africa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa booked his ticket to the Hague for inciting violence against foreigners. The president made hate speech while he was addressing a rally.T...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:03hrs | 16335 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Uproar over Mnangagwa's pick for new Zacc chair
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has chosen High Court judge, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo (pictured), who is also Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's wife, to be the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissio...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:11hrs | 4324 | by Staff reporter
Did Britain back Mnangagwa?
Nyathi said that in the meeting, Laing "sounded to be really forcing a line that Mnangagwa is the person to work with, and she wanted our opinions around that".Zanu-PF's opponents have alleged...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:08hrs | 2109 | by Rahul Nagvekar
Slain MDC activist’s family living in fear
Family members of the late MDC activist, Blessing Toronga who was killed by suspected Zanu-PF militias during the January clampdown on protests against fuel price hikes, said they were being "terroris...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
10 vie for MDC vice-presidency
JOSTLING for positions in the MDC has heightened with many high-ranking officials vying for senior positions ahead of the congress coming in two months' time.Almost 10 names have been thrown i...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | 4176 | by Staff reporter
Dan Tshanda's Zimvavwe protégé keeps Splash alive
In the heat of a nostalgic moment as revellers are dancing and singing along to the sounds of the late Dan Tshanda at the Red Café' koBulawayo on a hot Sunday night, DJ Keitho drops a splash song by ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 13:58hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Delta manager acquitted
A FORMER Delta Beverages manager Sindiwa Sachiti has been acquitted by Harare magistrate Tildah Mazhandu. He was facing charges of defrauding the brewer of over US$125 000.The acquittal came a...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:50hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | 194 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Mnangagwa in frank discussions with Matebeleland civic groups?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday held frank and robust discussions with Matebeleland civic groups at the State House in Bulawayo, stressing the need for national cohesion and collective efforts in taking...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:23hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Candidates nominated for ZACC - full-list
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR THE ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (ZACC) The Standing Rules and Orders Committee of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Secti...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 08:33hrs | 4666 | by Parliement
Heavyweights vie for ZACC posts
High-profile figures are among the list of 133 people who have been nominated for interviews to become commissioners of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC). Following the resignatio...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Parliament releases list of 133 applicants for 9 ZACC posts
Former Zimpapers board chairman Tommy Sithole and former Chronicle editor Geoffrey Nyarota are among a list of 133 people who have applied to become commissioner of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commis...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 09:44hrs | 3126 | by ZimLive
Cyclone Idai, let's collect for a good cause
Faced with tragedy and extreme suffering in the wake of cyclone Idai, why are the later day 'prosperity gospel' prophets playing deaf and dumb? Their silence is very loud and the invisibility quite ap...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:15hrs | 207 | by Thomas Murisa.
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