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Man kills wife over money
A Zvishavane man, Nobert Mhlanga, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the brutal murder of his wife in 2022 after a domestic dispute over money. Mhlanga, who was 38 at the time, appeared befo...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 14:33hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Sanyatwe to pay army brutality victims US$38,000
A Shurugwi magistrate has ruled that Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe must pay a total of US$38,000 in compensat...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:48hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Former policeman arrested for brutal assault on son
A former police officer has been arrested and lost custody of his four children after a video showing him brutally assaulting his 10-year-old son with an electric cable and bricks went viral on social...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:35hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo donates $250,000 to John Nkomo Trust, gifts Jabulani a bakkie
Wicknell Chivayo, a businessman closely associated with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has made headlines with his recent philanthropic efforts, donating US$250,000 to the late Vice President John Land...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 08:37hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army ordered to pay US$40 000 to torture victims
Four residents of Shurugwi who suffered physical torture at the hands of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers during the Covid-19 lockdown are set to receive a combined compensation of US$40,000 afte...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:34hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Villager, conservation clash overshooting of dogs
Chief Chundu, born Abel Mbasera, has urged constructive dialogue between Nyamakate villagers and Akashinga, a wildlife conservation organisation, following a disturbing incident involving the alleged ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 14:53hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Sounds of Soweto : A tale no of Highlanders anthems
Founded in 1926 Highlanders FC is the oldest and most supported Football club in Zimbabwe. To the Highlanders faithful the team is a way of life, a social movement and a source of pride and Joy. Today...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:02hrs | 738 | by Van Vodloza
'Africa still feeling effects of brutal colonial past'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has emphasized that Africa continues to feel the effects of its brutal colonial history, a legacy that still hinders its progress today. In a speech read on his behalf by ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
'ZiG defence plan doomed'
The introduction of Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency, Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), has faced a series of severe setbacks, pushing the economy deeper into turmoil, according to a new report by the Confederation...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:35hrs | 2590 | by Staff reporter
'Iran's missile response to Israel justified,' says EFF
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have issued a firm condemnation of Israel's continued aggression and illegal occupation in the Middle East. The party has expressed outrage over Israel's latest att...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 13:09hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA headache
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, facing mounting public discontent over a deepening currency crisis, soaring living costs, widespread hunger...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:53hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Three Zimbabweans sentenced to life for brutal murders in South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa - The Pretoria High Court has sentenced three Zimbabwean nationals, Edison Ngamiko (38), Amos Hassan Masiya (38), and Edron Panashe Chisanako (39), to life imprisonment for the ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 18:55hrs | 1099 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa no different from Ian Smith'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governance has come under fire for being increasingly repressive, drawing parallels to the oppressive regimes of late former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and apart...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Why does Zimbabwe attract rogue Chinese investors?
Last night, I had the honor of being one of those invited for the launch of a report, in Harare, by the Center for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) titled, 'Chinese Investments in Zimbabwe'....Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 22:57hrs | 4964 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF, ANC were publicly sworn enemies
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF and South Africa's old National Party government were publicly sworn enemies. Privately, their relationship was a bit more complicated.On 7 and 8 February, 1983, for instanc...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1252 | by Peter Fabricius
ED's self-made prison: Trapped by power and paranoia!!
So, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will not be attending the UN (United Nations) General Assembly to be held at the organization's headquarters in New York on 22-23 September 2024.This ...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 13:05hrs | 3458 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Africa is full of contradictions; Qwabe twins are still VIRGINS at 26 years!
Seeing their photo on Bulawayo24 today, I wonder what is cultural, and traditional about these twins? This photo shoot looks like big German barbies on sale. There is nothing that tells me that these ...Published: 21 Sep 2024 at 11:01hrs | 2875 | by Nomazulu Thata
Teenager hospitalised after brutal bar attack
A 14-year-old boy from Filabusi is fighting for his life at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after allegedly being assaulted and left in a ditch by two men. The incident occurred last Friday at...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 16:19hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Miner sentenced to life for brutal bar attack
A High Court judge, Justice Naison Chivayo, has sentenced a Gweru artisanal miner to life imprisonment for a brutal bar attack in which he used an AK-47 Colombia knife to fatally stab one person and i...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:33hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers on the prowl
An unsuspecting haulage truck driver was brutally attacked by robbers on the Harare-Mutare highway this week after offering a lift to what he believed were harmless hitch-hikers. The driver, who was s...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party petitions ICC, UN over rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene in what it describes as a crackdow...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 16:08hrs | 957 | by Nkosi Moyo
Man stabbed for 2023 attack, in dangerous revenge mission
A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after a brutal revenge stabbing at a business centre in Karoi, Mashonaland West. The attack occurred on March 7, 2024, wh...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 13:23hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 635 | by Brighton Chiseva
Rogue Zimbabwe police officers put on notice
Jessie Majome, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), has emphasized that law enforcement agents involved in unlawful arrests, detention, and brutality against civilians must be h...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 13:29hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter
Cowards must stop quacking, come out of the closet and fight like man! - VAAZ
While known state functionaries and regime enablers have been waging a protracted onslaught on the persona of Advocate Nelson Chamisa, we the advocates of change have unmasked the grand plot by regime...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 19:24hrs | 1112 | by Mandava Blessing - Veterans Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ) National Spokespers on
The Power of Nonviolent Resistance in Zimbabwe
No to third term. Zimbabwe's political landscape has long been dominated by fear and violence. For decades, the ruling party, ZANU-PF, has maintained its grip on power by instilling fear through a wel...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 16:09hrs | 364 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
The existential crisis of Zimbabwe's opposition
THE Zimbabwean opposition is facing an existential crisis, magnified in the age of social media where differences and conflicts are relentlessly amplified. In the noise of these internal battles, the ...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 20:06hrs | 556 | by Chofamba Sithole
Chamisa exposes back stabbers
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hit back at critics accusing him of failing to take decisive action against Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF government.In a post ...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 11:31hrs | 2570 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses 15-year murder sentence appeal
The Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence for Bulawayo businessman Simon Tapera and his accomplices, Collen Mukombwe and Norman Tapera, who were convicted of murdering Tonderai Doka. ...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa's 'tasteless behaviour' could worsen tensions in Zimbabwe
Political commentators have strongly condemned Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa after he laughed at the plight of incarcerated activists during a recent press briefing in Harare.The...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 13:17hrs | 2542 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa teaching Zimbabweans an important lesson
Zimbabweans have suffered too long under the unbearable Zanu-PF yoke of oppression and abuse. The abuse manifests itself in neglect, human rights violations, abductions, unlawful arrests, lack of serv...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1301 | by Prof Stephen Rupange
Without the SADC Tribunal, the regional body is practically useless!
Let's set the scene. Imagine a group of people decide to establish an organization for a particular cause.They naturally lay down and agree upon their objectives, functions, operating ...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 15:00hrs | 322 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gun-toting CIOs raid Harare leisure centre
Prominent activist Briggs Bomba has accused suspected state security agents of raiding a leisure facility he operates in Harare with the intention of targeting him. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:38hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thanks military for loyalty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thanked the Zimbabwean military for remaining loyal to his rule as he pledged housing and car loan incentives to cushion members from a tough economy blamed on his poo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 12:45hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1022 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
SADC meetings underway in Harare
Ahead of the 44th ordinary summit of heads of state scheduled for 17 and 18 August in Harare, Zimbabwe, Southern African Development Community (SADC) engagements proceeded without incident, despite gr...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 08:02hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe jails are not based on partisan matters'
ZANU PF's Director of Information, Farai Marapira, has emphasized that jails are meant for anyone who commits crimes, including members of his own party, not just opposition activists. This statement ...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 08:44hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has betrayed Zimbabwe war heroes
Zimbabwe's opposition parties claim that the sacrifices of the country's heroes have been betrayed by those in power, who have shown brutality, violated human rights, engaged in rampant corruption wit...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 17:14hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells Zimbabweans not to take for granted the freedom they enjoy today
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his Heroes Day commemoration message, urged Zimbabweans to appreciate the freedom gained after the country’s independence in 1980. He emphasized that the peace and i...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 16:40hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has managed to make Zimbabweans hate SADC!
Hosting international events is usually met with much joy and pride by the local citizenry. I can just imagine the anticipation and excitement that gripped the people of France as they eagerly...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 12:37hrs | 1545 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Rugeje caught up in bar CIO hunt for rights activist
Days before a summit of regional leaders, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shock troops armed with AK47s stormed a bar where a retired top general and Zanu-PF politburo member was drinking on Wednesday,...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 08:00hrs | 3443 | by Staff reportrer
Woman jailed 2 years for assaulting stepdaughter
A 29-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman who brutally assaulted her three-year-old stepdaughter resulting in her sustaining a fractured arm and bruises on the neck, was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail....Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:47hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
British Govt shows the world how to deal with rioters
It's, unfortunately, depressingly familiar. Violence has broken out in the United Kingdom led by loosely organised thugs driven by fake news and hate speech on social media that was made acceptable by...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1842 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mugabe never acted like a maniac as Sadc and AU Chair
I am still struggling to wrap my head around this madness. What is it about hosting a SADC heads of state and government meeting in Zimbabwe that can drive the host leader to go off the rails?...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:56hrs | 509 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
South Africa will not isolate Zimbabwe despite DA and Maimane's call
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government over accusations of human rights abuses and suppression of dissent, with South African opposition groups calling for the severance of ...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:22hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police widen arrests
Police in Zimbabwe have intensified their crackdown on human rights activists and opposition politicians, arresting over 10 individuals nationwide ahead of the Southern African Development Commun...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:31hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should know that demonstrations at international events are nothing new
First of all, let's get one thing straight.There is a huge difference between a demonstration and a riot.I felt that I needed to clarify a misconception that, in my book, has been deli...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 10:40hrs | 890 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police officers terrorise villagers; abduct, torture suspect's wife
In their futile effort to apprehend a suspected thief who allegedly stole irrigation sprinklers, armed members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police dispatched from Rusape indiscriminately terrorise communi...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 1297 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Rusape
Zimbabwe armed robber loses appeal against death sentence
A Supreme Court bench has rejected an appeal against a death sentence filed by Doubt Mathe, who was convicted of murdering a security guard during a 2008 robbery at a cotton buying point in Gokwe....Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:52hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
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