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Anglican congregants exchange blows in service
An ugly fist fight broke out during service inside St Agnes Anglican Church in Mutare on Sunday, pitting Masvingo Provincial Development Co-ordinator Mr Fungai Mbetsa, on one side and Mr Tinoten...Published: 2 hrs ago | 87 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's granddaughter a hit on 'Orange Is The New Black'
Her parents are from Bulawayo, but she was born in Ensley, Alabama. Now, Sipiwe Moyo went episodes deep playing a much-loved character Adeola Chinede in the hit Netflix series "Orange Is The New Black...Published: 2 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi, ex-wife showdown over post-divorce maintenance
A judge has summoned vice president Kembo Mohadi to appear in court on October 4 for a showdown with his ex-wife who is claiming monthly maintenance of US$13,394.Mohadi was expected in court o...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1060 | by ZimLive
The Avenues Clinic run for a cause fulfills its mandate
The Avenues Clinic today the 20th of September 2019, donated yet again an assortment of hospital equipment and maternal health consumables at Rujeko Polyclinic. The hospital handed over the equipment ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 622 | by Agencies
Mugabe's roots mystery unravelled
AFTER what seemed an eternity for villagers who gathered at his rural homestead in Zvimba since his demise on September 6, Robert Mugabe's body was on Monday brought back to where his life's journey b...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2340 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is dead, but old men still run southern Africa
THE death of former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe (95) saw another of the first-generation leaders of newly independent southern African states leave the world stage.Southern Africa was the ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 495 | by Henning Melber
WATCH: Bona's moving tribute to Mugabe
Below are excerpts from Bona Mugabe's address to a memorial service held for his father in Kutama on September 18:"Being my father's only daughter, we had a special relationship. He was my fir...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 15:32hrs | 2380 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1021 | by Daniel Itai
Scottish coach for Bosso
AILING Bulawayo giants, Highlanders, will unveil a new head coach in a few days' time in a bid to prevent a catastrophic end to what has been a disastrous season. While the club declined to re...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Doctors paralyse Zimbabwe hospitals
ZIMBABWE's public health delivery system ground to a halt yesterday as doctors countrywide downed tools, with the Harare-based medical professionals marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Munhumut...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:00hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to kick out Mnangagwa?
Recuperating Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is reportedly going to use the country's dreaded Joint Operations Command (JOC), to forcefully kick out President Emmerson Mnangagwa from...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:16hrs | 25209 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
Zvimba chiefs felt betrayed over Mugabe controversy
The late former President Robert Mugabe, who passed on 10 days ago, has courted controversy even in death with speculation over his burial, place of burial and his place in the history of Zimbabwe....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:50hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family feuds over body
HUNDREDS of people yesterday waited in vain at the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba where his body was scheduled to lie in state after the programme was cancelled at the last...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:48hrs | 2320 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa celebrated his 77th birthday yesterday and citizens from across the political divide wished him well. First was the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Serv...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
'18 people living in one room'
BULAWAYO's oldest suburb, Makokoba is still struggling to resolve the issue of shared accommodation, with over 170 houses having three to four families sharing a single room, investigations have revea...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
The 'Zimbabwean' mogul in SA police's crosshairs
A BMW M4 Convertible has a base price of US$77 000 while a G63 G Wagon costs as much as US$149 000. A Ranger Rover SVR goes for US$113 000 while the potent 503-horsepower Mercedes Benz AMG C63 S Sedan...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 10563 | by Staff reporter
South Africans need a history lesson
JULIUS Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has tried telling his countrymen that the borders they are so fond of were imposed by racist imperialists.He has also told them th...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 376 | by Mtandazo Dube
Xenophobia in Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF and Mugabe
Ever since it was founded, Zanu-PF has persistently propagated a criminal mindset that the people of Matebeleland are foreigners to this country. Its blind membership including Minister Mutodi is ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:37hrs | 2464 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans, says Kasukuwere
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere believes ex-president Robert Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans to fix the economy, adding that blaming the departed strongman will not bring solution...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:02hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Former ambassador in divorce storm
Former ambassador in divorce stormFormer Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Russia, Boniface Guwa Chidyausiku's ex-wife, Evelyn Chidyausiku (nee Gurupira) has approached the High Court seeking an order to rever...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:00hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's last drive in Harare
IT is 5:30pm in the city centre of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, and the sun is setting to mark the end of yet another day in a country that is experiencing economic and political turmoil.Two ho...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:59hrs | 1019 | by Tapiwa Zivira
RG Mugabe's number one admirer speaks on his unfulfilled cherished wish
LOSS takes many shapes and likewise the death of Zimbabwe's founding President Robert Mugabe undeniably evoked contrasting emotions for many people across the country and beyond.For a Bulawayo...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1261 | by Staff reporter
Preserve rather than bury RGM's good
In the play Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, unarguably Britain's greatest playwright, pens lines that must serve as humankind's guidelines while still in this carnal world. In his eulogy a...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 168 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mugabe's pictures
AS the country continues to celebrate the life of the late former President Robert Mugabe, The Chronicle went to its archives to get some pictures taken by its photojournalists over the years....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 23:23hrs | 9451 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's own family bitterly divided
The family of Africa's strongman and fallen giant Robert Mugabe are in a squabble over the site and date of burial, not wanting to go against his last wishes.According to the family of the ex-...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2172 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A liberator turned oppressor
ROBERT Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for almost four decades, died aged 95, leaving behind an indelible stain on his country's human rights record.His early years as leader of Zimbabwe, following t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 256 | by Amnesty International
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1586 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 332 | by Enock Muchinjo
Malema takes aim at Mnangagwa but says Mugabe overstayed in power
South African opposition leader Julius Malema on Thursday pleaded with Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow Robert Mugabe's exiled loyalists to bury him, telling him: "You can't be worse t...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 2263 | by ZimLive
'Mugabe ignored advice on Gukurahundi'
THE late former President Robert Mugabe rejected concerted calls from liberation war commanders to avoid Gukurahundi massacres and fought hard to stifle Ndebele leadership, former Zanu-PF stalwart Rug...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:48hrs | 1929 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to crush lawlessness
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened to crush any acts of lawlessness without fear or favour.Speaking at the burial of the late Major-General Trust Mugoba at the National Heroes A...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:03hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A peerless, malevolent fearmonger
AS a young lad, my late grandmother would occasionally ship me to her rural home in Nkayi, where, for the first time, I came face to face with the late former President Robert Mugabe's handiwork....Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:01hrs | 207 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mohadi scoffs at ex-wife's maintenance claim
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi, who is being sued for US$13 394 post-divorce maintenance by his former wife, Tambudzani Bhudagi Muleya, has accused her of playing games with the court and attempting to e...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:52hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Mike Moyo installed as Lozwi king Mambo
THE Lozwi people on Saturday celebrated the Mambo Dynasty day at Mawabeni in Matabeleland South province.The colourful event, held at the Godonga homestead, was attended by chiefs drawn from a...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:50hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses use cellphone torches during delivery
At least four stillbirths and one maternal death have been recorded at Harare City Council's polyclinics, as the city is dragging its feet on the provision of proper power back-up facilities, which ha...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwig threatens Mnangagwa with ICC prosecution
MDC deputy secretary for legal affairs and Gweru urban legislator, Brian Dube, says the continued human rights violations in the country coupled with the August 2018 and January 2019 army killings, co...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 13:00hrs | 3587 | by Staff reporter
Adios, the perfidious one!
FORMER President Robert Mugabe finally bade farewell at 95. The Mugabe story had lost currency, albeit temporarily, since his unceremonious departure from office in November 2017. Zimbabweans are just...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:44hrs | 806 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Why I hope E.D Mnangagwa does not die
Dear Editor, I was born in 1985 but only managed to get a birth certificate in 1990. What was happening in Zimbabwe at that time is that if you went with you mother to apply for a birth ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 10:34hrs | 5754 | by Vusa Sigola
Mugabe will answer to God, says Mukonori
Former president Robert Mugabe's spiritual advisor Father Fidelis Mukonori has revealed that the late Zanu-PF leader complained of a troublesome leg in his last days. Mukonori (FM), who was Mu...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | 5437 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'trucker millionaire' businessman arrested in SA over citizenship
The Mpumalanga-based logistics operator became a household name earlier this year during the Durban July when he arrived in a convoy of 72 luxury cars.News broke on Sunday evening that busines...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 23860 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not immune to ICC prosecution'
MDC deputy secretary for legal affairs and Gweru urban legislator, Brian Dube, says the continued human rights violations in the country coupled with the August 2018 and January 2019 army killings, co...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's son wins Glen View South by election
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent won the right to represent Glen View South in the National Assembly after beating Zanu-PF candidate Offard Muchuwe by close to 2000 votes in Satur...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1763 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe: Despot, narcissist and murderer
The one-time hero has left behind a country in ruins, its economy in tatters, its moral fabric torn by poverty and sufferingRobert Gabriel Mugabe's name should have been there in the pantheon ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 17:55hrs | 709 | by Mondli Makhanya
PHOTO: Meet the first Ndebele 'President' of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean often skips some major events and characters. One such person who has remained unknown to the majority of Zimbabweans is the President of the short-lived Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. History dedicate...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 09:03hrs | 14868 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe's 'twin' reminisces formative humble past
ROBERT Mugabe, the man, might be inscrutable to many, but to those who grew up with him, he was like any other human being. However, his formative years, upbringing, experiences and influences, helped...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:54hrs | 4057 | by Johannes Chikanya
Pokello gains 7kg
Gorgeous socialite and first lady of Zimbabwe's celebrity society Pokello Nare last week took to social media to announce that she has gained weight and for the first time mentioning that she is worri...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2183 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played.The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage.Rage that ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 263 | by Siphosami Malunga
National hero status for Major General Mugoba
FORMER Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Chief of Staff Major-General Trust Mugoba, who died in Harare on Friday, has been declared a national hero. He was 60. Vice-President Kembo Mohadi made the ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says goodbye to last of formidable Mugabe, Muzenda, Nkomo combination
FOR soccer lovers, the combined talent of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar which became known MSN saw the trio terrorising defences across Europe.Working together in perfect harmony, the a...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 98 | by Gabriel Masvora
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