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We remain a nation of heroes
Today, Zimbabweans celebrate Heroes Day; that day when national valour is honoured and cherished on our land.It is that day when we remember, salute and commemorate the huge sacrifice th...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:21hrs | 261 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Those He wants to destroy, God first makes them mad
Some of our people what has gotten into them, playing hide and seek with self then crying 'wolf'? Galivanting the world over groveling for the tightening of the noose on the neck of the motherland the...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 20:06hrs | 1020 | by Tondo
2 Zanu-PF bigwigs in quarantine
TWO senior Zanu-PF officials are in quarantine in adherence to the World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines after attending a global conference in Tanzania recently. The top officials are Se...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:49hrs | 3920 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa advisers must resign, says Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has challenged the opposition leader Nelson Chamisa advisers to resign for advising him to take leave when the nation needs him the most."Can Chamisa advisor...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 12:17hrs | 7076 | by Stephen Jakes
I do not know that Shiri was a hero
In the good old times at The Sunday Mail with editor Willie Musarurwa, if late news arrived when we were going to press, it would be typed in blue ink and labelled, Late News.So it was, when I...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:28hrs | 7530 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Exiled Zipra ex-combatants slam Shiri
FORMER Zipra cadres yesterday said they were still bitter with the late Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri because he commandeered the North Korea-trained 5th Brigade military unit that committed atr...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Colonel Mugwisi buried
Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) director of public relations, Colonel Overson Mugwisi, was a hardworker and remained loyal to the liberation war before and after independence, Minister of State for Hara...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:53hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Govt makes it mandatory to test all corpses for Covid-19, virus kills 14 people in one week
AT least 14 people have died from Covid-19 on admission to health institutions across the country in the last six days with the Government making it mandatory for all corpses to be tested for the viru...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:28hrs | 739 | by Staff Reporter
Mbuya Nehanda's remains are still in a London Museum as she is insulted by Ryton Dzimiri
I have written this article to respond to a number of Zimbabweans who are holier than thou and have declared Mbuya Nehanda Nyakasina a demon. Ryton Dzimiri a self-proclaimed holy man commented i...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1366 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
PHOTOS: Burial of Gukurahundi Commander Perrance Shiri
Former 5th Brigade Commander Perrance Shiri has been buried at the National Shrine. His burial was attended by very few people who observed social distance in accordance with the World Health Organisa...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 15:15hrs | 5832 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shiri burial today
THE late Lands minister and former Air Force boss, Perrance Shiri has been declared national hero and will be buried at the national shrine today, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said yesterday...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Is someone poisoning our Generals?
What is happening to our Generals? Could there be a strange omen befalling our decorated and gallant sons or could it be the hand of God as Diego Maradona would put it?I have been thinking and...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 10:32hrs | 6031 | by Alex Muzuva
Shiri was poisoned, says his family
THE family of the late Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri said it suspected that he could have succumbed to food poisoning, not COVID-19.Shiri died yesterday morning while being taken to a Ch...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:08hrs | 8185 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 disaster looming in Zimbabwe
The opposition MDC Alliance yesterday said the regime had failed to manage the pandemic, warning of more COVID-19 deaths that a disaster was looming if the situation did not improve."We are co...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 09:07hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Will Shiri's demise force Mnangagwa govt to act?
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday woke up to news of the death of Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, who reports suggest was the latest victim of COVID-19.He was no angel, but we hope his passing on may...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Perrence Shiri's cause of death takes a new twist
Perrance Shiri, the former army general blamed for the deaths of thousands of minority Ndebele people in post-independence war massacres has died aged 65.Initial reports alleged that Shiri had...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:55hrs | 8657 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda statue erection challenged
A HARARE man wants the High Court to stop the erection of the statue of Zimbabwe's late heroine, Mbuya Nehanda, in the capital, arguing the government had bypassed traditional rites by not engaging he...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 17:07hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Perrance Shiri's death
Professor Jonathan Moyo says it is unfortunate that the former Commander of the 5th Brigade Retired Air Marshall Perrance Shiri died without atoning for his sins. Moyo posted the statement on ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 10:41hrs | 8910 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grave robber caught in the act
A Gweru man who was caught while digging up a grave at Mtapa Cemetery has told a court that he had been sent by a traditional healer to retrieve an iron bar for ritual purposes. The man said h...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
Dead granny (99) in graveyard 'resurrection'
A 99-year-old granny from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North left villagers shocked after she moved her body just as she was about to be buried. Mrs Nkazanyana Ncube from Kwine village under Chief...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:46hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft accusations: Villager sues community for $900,000
A TSHOLOTSHO man accused of witchcraft, was kidnapped by fellow villagers who half-buried him in a shallow pit before sprinkling him with ashes and then urinated on him during a purported witch-hunt r...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:34hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Man sues tsikamtandas for defamation
A TSHOLOTSHO man, accused of witchcraft, was kidnapped by local community members and half buried in a shallow pit before he was sprinkled with ashes and urinated upon during a purported witch-hunt by...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 18:11hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, top party executives 'exposed' to COVID-19
MDC-T acting leader Thokozani Khupe and several party leaders including acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora and acting national chairperson Morgen Komichi had physical contact with reportedly a ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2877 | by Staff reporter
BCC warns against smuggling of corpses
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned residents against smuggling groceries into the country following reports that omalayitsha (cross-border transporters) were either sneaking in corpses with basic ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, war vets warn instigators
ZANU-PF and veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle yesterday warned opposition parties that are working in connivance with some Western embassies to subvert the will of the people through illegal ...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:16hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama as Coronavirus victim is buried with smuggled bags belonging to driver's clients
There was drama at the burial of a Coronavirus victim after family members of the deceased buried the body with four bags containing goods that were smuggled and destined to the funeral service compan...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 20:40hrs | 8290 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cross border drivers (oMalayitsha) smuggle Coronavirus infected dead bodies to Zimbabwe
Cross border transporters (oMalayitsha) are reportedly smuggling bodies of Zimbabweans who died of Coronavirus in neighbouring South Africa into the country thereby spreading the deadly Coronavirus. ...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 12:27hrs | 9121 | by Mandla Ndlovu
July 31 & the Political Economy Failures of Sorts
It was during the French Revolution of the 1780s when a scholar noted that, ‘things must be bad in society for men to throw everything in violence. Men cannot risk everything for nothing.' The prote...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:49hrs | 1557 | by Robert Sigauke
Chingwena accident sucks in top cop
A SENIOR police officer based in Harare allegedly attempted to cover up a road traffic accident involving prominent businessman Moses Chingwena, who ran over and killed a pedestrian, Shephard Mukatira...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 08:43hrs | 2288 | by Staff reporter
Talent Chiwenga kills a couple driving to sister's funeral
A very sad day ended badly for the Madzimgira family in Harare. A couple was killed in a car crash while driving to a funeral of their sister who had passed on suddenly in Harare Zimbabwe. ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 20:39hrs | 14315 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Businessman fatally runs over pedestrian
PROMINENT Harare businessman Moses Chingwena could be charged with obstructing the course of justice after he allegedly fatally knocked down a pedestrian on Saturday night and went on to assist with t...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 results delay Guzah burial
BURIAL arrangements for the late businessman and politician Keith Guzah have been put on hold until the results of Covid-19 tests done posthumously have been released.His daughter Nicole said ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 18:24hrs | 2288 | by Staff reporter
Ex-diplomat dies in squalor
FORMER Zimbabwean deputy ambassador to Tanzania in the 1980s, Stanley Chabvepi, died last week and was buried over the weekend at his rural home in Mufuka village under Chief Marozva in Bikita. ...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:45hrs | 3296 | by Staff reporter
Political power, leadership and language in Zimbabwe
Besides being a tool for communication, language has many other functions in all societies. However in countries where there are several or many languages, such languages are often ranked in order of ...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 916 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Mthwakazi Nation's Address - MLF
Revolutionary greetings to you all, in all corners of earth. I hope you are doing well and are safe from the coronavirus.Fellow Mthwakazi citizens, this has been one challenging quarter of the...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 15:19hrs | 1939 | by MLF
South Africa's funeral parlours at full capacity?
The long-feared Covid-19 coronavirus storm has arrived.Funeral parlours are battling to cope with demand as Covid-19-related deaths around the country rise daily, and government is increasing ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 16:46hrs | 2960 | by City Press
The 'witchcraft' of Nehanda's statue
There is nothing that Bishop Lazarus finds as nauseatingly revolting as the holier-than-thou brigade.Yes, those low-lives that seemingly have the uncanny ability of seeing past the girthy logs...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:35hrs | 621 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabweans smuggling dead bodies from SA
Zimbabweans are reportedly smuggling the dead bodies of their relatives from South Africa to bury them back home.Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda said the revelations were disturbing th...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 10:31hrs | 9904 | by Stephen Jakes
2 Zimbabweans killed in Botswana
POLICE in Plumtree have raised concern over the ill-treatment of Zimbabweans in Botswana with two people having been killed in the neighbouring country recently. There have been complaints in ...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1621 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rescues Khupe at his mother's funeral
MDC-Alliance hooligans allegedly manhandled and temporarily blocked MDC-T leader Dr Thokozani Khupe from attending the burial of Gogo Alice Chamisa, the mother to MDC-Alliance faction leader Mr Nelson...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 4590 | by Staff reporter
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protégÃ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2059 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'There are no angels in Zimbabwe, President!'
Kapish Sir, forgive the Chinese, but such erratic, gladiatorial and unhinged exuberance, exuding brute visceral and coming from any one never too shy to publicly comport embedded bats in belfry charac...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 06:54hrs | 3806 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Mnangagwa's govt drafts policy for victims of Gukurahundi
GOVERNMENT is drafting a policy to facilitate Gukurahundi exhumations and has also relaxed registration requirements to acquire identity cards, birth and death certificates for affected families. ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
'Nkomo joined Zanu-PF to stop Mugabe's killings'
THE late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo and his lieutenants only joined the Zanu-PF government to stop the Gukurahundi massacres that were being perpetrated by then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe.T...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:04hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
MDC official dies in mine shaft
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance's Mberengwa North constituency co-ordinating committee secretary, Trinos Chinyoka, died on Saturday after falling into an uncovered disused gold mine shaft at night. He...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Twelve Apostolic Church founder member Bishop Ndlovu dies
One of the founding members of the Twelve Apostolic Church, Bishop Zale Ndlovu (Nee Dube), who died last Thursday, has since been buried in Plumtree. She was 88. Bishop Ndlovu, who was...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1871 | by Clement Moyo
Mnangagwa pledges to end corruption by 2023 - rubbish, staying to rig 2023 elections!
"Many measures have been put in place to fight corruption and the people are now free to talk about it. Officials are being arrested and before that was taboo. Now we're talking about it, it means it'...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2755 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabweans must not be used by the army to oust Mnangagwa
In this article my desire is to enlighten the public especially those that are not well connected to the corridors of power in Zimbabwe, what do I mean by the term corridors of power? It simply means ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 11:04hrs | 4049 | by Knowledge Hakata
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2779 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
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