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Pastor's daughter abuses father
A Harare-based pastor from the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) Church has been granted a protection order against his 28-year-old daughter, whom he accused of repeated physical and verbal abuse, and cau...Published: 04 May 2025 at 20:23hrs | 1849 | by Staff reporter
Baboon menace rocks Pumula South residents
Residents of Pumula South's Phase 3 in Ward 17 are raising alarm over a growing population of baboons that has disrupted their lives, caused property damage, and endangered their safety. The animals a...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:51hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Elephants terrorise Tsholotsho communities
Villagers in Tsholotsho North are living in fear as elephants in search of food and water invade their communities, destroying property and disrupting daily life.Tsholotsho North legislator Li...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Bedbugs menace hits Kwekwe
KWEKWE City has been hit by a cat menace which has seen most households having cats breeding at homesteads at an alarming speed leading to the speedy multiplication of the animal.The cats find...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 20:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi gold wars turn ugly
IN a harrowing ordeal that shook Filabusi District, Prosper Ncube, a young miner, recently became a victim of a vicious assault. Under the cloak of night, he was ambushed and mercilessly beaten by a g...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council moots 5 days water shedding schedule?
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is planning to introduce a new water-shedding schedule, which will see residents going for 120 hours without water with Government yesterday assuring residents that it ...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:28hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu will be dumped soon, says Siziva
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says its interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu's days are numbers as his handlers in Zanu-PF will abandon him.Tshabangu recalled 14 CCC legislator...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party spokesperson claims plot to portray CCC as violent
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) claims some State operatives are printing its party regalia for use in committing violence and then blaming it on the opposition movement.The claims cam...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'CCC is causing havoc and inflation' said Big Spender. Stop him rigging and he'll stop lying!
During elections, President Mnangagwa become Mr Bigger Spender! Anyone who is anyone gets something from Mr Big Spender. Village hears got motorcycles plus free public service medical aid memb...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa blames opposition for Zimdollar collapse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed the opposition for allegedly roping in Western allies to destroy the local currency under a well-orchestrated scheme aimed at causing civil unrest.This ...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames opponents
Defiant President Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed opponents, western countries and further threatened to withdraw licences from business operators he accuses of colluding with the enemy to pedal the cur...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act on prices
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act on businesses that are working behind the scenes with vested foreign countries to hike prices to make the people suffer and turn against the Zanu-PF-led...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman fights daughter over family house
A Harare woman has taken her daughter to the Harare Civil Court claiming her child assaults her over ownership of her late husband's house in Budiriro.Memory Matusa alleged that her daughter, ...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lions cause havoc in Matebeleland North
A pride of lions is reportedly causing havoc in parts of Lupane, Matebeleland North, where herds of cattle belonging to different farmers have been killed.Children have not been to school as v...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Are Zimbabweans the easiest people to oppress?
Zimbabweans never cease to amaze! I was watching a local news bulletin, when there came a report, whereby villagers in Chingwaru, Murewa North, were celebrating and praising the ruling ZANU PF...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:08hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New battle lines drawn in Zanu-PF
NEW battle lines have been drawn in the ruling Zanu-PF as factions within the party start jostling for new portfolios announced during politburo appointments in December last year, the Zimbabwe Indepe...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners impose curfew
RESIDENTS of Esigodini in Matabeleland South province are living in fear of suspected illegal panners who are terrorising them and have reportedly imposed some form of a ‘7 pm curfew' in the a...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyber scams on the rise in Zimbabwe
CYBER scams are on the rise in Zimbabwe with experts saying people must be vigilant as hackers can steal identities so that they commit crimes.Lately, hackers have been on the loose in Zimbabw...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Scores injured as illegal miners storm village
Villagers in the Malungwane area of Umzingwane District are living in fear after they were attacked by suspected illegal gold miners armed with spears, machetes and axes on Wednesday afternoon, leavin...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says political violence will not be tolerated
The State will deal decisively with instigators and perpetrators of political violence and will move with speed to institute a strong legislative response to thwart incidences of violence ahead of nex...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MP takes Chombo head on in Parliament
Bulawayo East legislator Ilos Nyoni has demanded answers on the progress of Egodini Mall which was supposed to be complete by April 2022.Speaking in Parliament on Wednesday the legislator took...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 13:30hrs | 12 | by Desmond Nleya and Simbarashe Sithole
'The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in the economy, among them suspension of bank lending, ...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe Reserve Bank is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in the economy, among them suspension of bank lending, ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:26hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'The Reserve Bank is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in the economy, among them suspension of bank lending, ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Professor Ncube says lending ban to prick the bubble
The ban on bank lending announced by President Mnangagwa at the weekend to ward off attacks on the Zimbabwe dollar, stabilise the exchange rate and rein in on rising inflation, is only a temporary mea...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso bag 3 easy points
Highlanders 3 - 0 YadahHIGHLANDERS moved a place up the ladder into 10th place in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match following an easy victory against Yadah in front of their vocif...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Harare bus operators
PRIVATE bus operators have heaved a sigh of relief after council reduced rank fees at Mbare Musika bus terminus from US$30 to US$20.This follows the chaos at Mbare bus terminus last week where...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson's 'Entabeni yegolide'
"Intaba yeWest" or "Entabeni yegolide", the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted.From afar, the mounta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Owen 'Mudha' Ncube overplayed his hand
BY the time fired State Security minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube was removed from office, he had become a Frankenstein monster for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, as he was now causing havoc in his home pro...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Pastor in wrangle with landlord over house
Bulawayo pastor and police officer Chrispen Zvinhumue has allegedly refused to vacate from a rented house which he occupied for three years in Nkulumane 14.The owner of the house Sibongile Ncu...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 08:59hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Pregnant nurses succumb to COVID-19
THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) president Enoch Dongo has appealed for pregnant nurses to be exempted from working as COVID-19 frontline workers following increased deaths of expecting nurses a...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU: Get vaccinated or get out of work
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has threatened to sue the government for its "no-jab-no-work" policy which bars any unvaccinated civil service and parastatal worker from entering governme...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 11 | by Nevanji Madanhire
We are living in fear, says Minister
GOVERNMENT has conceded that the country is now overwhelmed by cases of armed robberies as criminal syndicates smuggle firearms via the country's porous borders.Home Affairs deputy minister Ru...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Husband snatcher wins peace order
A disgruntled woman has approached the Harare Civil Court seeking a peace order against a woman who is allegedly assaulting her for having an illicit affair with her husband.Blessing Nyamasvin...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips women in mining
Women in mining are now living in fear at Mudhindo and places surrounding Guruve where machete gangs have resurfaced in search of the precious stone....Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Stanbic resuscitates Sally Mugabe Hospital maternity theatre
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has purchased equipment to resuscitate operating procedures in theatre number 1 at the maternity wing, and also refurbished its recovery room at Sa...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Where is Dr. Masimba Mavaza? A story worthy-Amai Merry Chiwenga is left in the mud and mire
This is exactly what we mean when we say tribalism is giving a bad smell at every corner of Zimbabwe. Tribalism is raw and present, not even possible to conceal it because it appears to be the lifelin...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 07:31hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mwazha church dispute rages on
THE African Apostolic Church (Mwazha) leadership wrangle has been reignited after a senior reverend in the institution approached the High Court accusing the church founder's sons of causing chaos and...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 19:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza COVID-19 isolation centre lies idle
A CHITUNGWIZA health facility set aside last year as a COVID-19 isolation centre is lying idle after work to transform it into a treatment hub was stalled due to lack of funds.In April last ye...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 second wave deaths, infections soar alarmingly
AMID soaring deaths and numbers of people infected by the lethal coronavirus, concerned health experts warned anew yesterday that the country was facing a Covid-19 storm which could have devastating c...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 16:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MRP fight to end Corruption at Lupane Registry Office pays off
MRP sometime in June last year raised a red flag on the rampant corruption scandal at Lupane Registry office which is the Headquarters of Matebeleland North.The then acting Registrar General o...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 4 | by MRP Office of the Presidency
Rushwaya co-defendant disputes CCTV footage
The long court hearings over the bail applications by Henrietta Rushwaya and her four co-defendants held on charges of attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold continued in their second week yesterday. ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby apologises to wife before Magistrate
A Harare man, Mr William Chikoore, today promised to stop hitting his wife when Harare Civil Court magistrate Ms Meenal Narotam granted his wife, Nyarai Nziramasanga, a protection order against him....Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans & other foreign nationals forced to seek refuge at Katlehong police station
"It is a shame - especially in a country like South Africa where everyone has been up in arms bemoaning the scourge of violence against women - that South African women are now complicit and at times ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 22:05hrs | 1 | by City Press
'Sentence machete-wielding robbers to life'
SMALL-SCALE miners yesterday said machete-wielding criminals robbing them of their gold and other minerals must get life sentences with hard labour at the country's mines.The issue came out in...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman gives birth to a 'pig'
A Gokwe woman shocked all and sundry after she delivered a baby with features of a pig in a case the community has strongly linked to witchcraft.Essina Ncube (35) of Area Sikwiti under Chief C...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High school boys 'beef' turns Bulawayo CBD into warzone
IN A split second, a usually uneventful street corner adjacent to the Chronicle building is suddenly turned into a war zone by a handful of boys from Milton and Gifford high schools. The boys ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Baboons terrorise Gwanda
Baboons are causing havoc in the mining town of Gwanda, where they are raiding homes for food and ambushing shoppers outside retail shops.The troops of baboons are also said to have been causi...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Col Tshinga Dube, Gen PV Sibanda were almost blown up by Rhodies
TODAY we conclude our series of interviews with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the last Zipra chief of communications, former Cabinet Minister and chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Industries (ZD...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miners wreak havoc at Mazowe mine
Illegal gold miners are reportedly causing havoc at Mazowe mine, popularly known as jumbo mine, by practising illegal mining and causing serious land degradation at the mine after the mine downsized o...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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