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Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
Ezekiel Guti tried to bring Chamisa, Mnangagwa together
This rings true to the late clergyman Ezekiel Guti whose grey hair symbolised the wisdom that the revered Apostle had amassed in his 100 years.Guti, credited for founding the biggest independe...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to honour centenarians
CENTENARIANS represent history, wisdom and morale and their tales of accomplishment as well as milestones highlight and magnify events of the past.As a result, the Bulawayo City Council is inv...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Centenarian' woman blames Mnangagwa for Coronavirus
MDC Alliance Councillor John Nyamhoka of ward 17 Mutare Chikanga Dangamvura visited one of the most elderly women in his ward on Saturday.Surprisingly, this very old woman knows the current is...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 09:16hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Paul Mwazha @100 years: The amazing testimonies
A few days ago, Archbishop Paul Mwazha, the founder & leader of the African Apostolic Church was bestowed with rains of congratulatory messages from distinct churches and our entire body politic f...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 19:34hrs | 21 | by Benny Gudo
Bulawayo celebrates centenarians
His Worship the Mayor of the City of Bulawayo Councillor Solomon Mnguni has cherished the elderly people who have at least reached the age of one hundred.Speaking during the Mayor's day with t...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Sithabile Mafu
Chamisa storms ZEC offices
MDC Alliance presidential candidate on Wednesday stormed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) offices demanding to meet chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba after it emerged she was not available...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready to die
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is prepared to go to jail or die fighting for a free and fair election, which he said was now unlikely due to an alleged "unholy" alliance between the Zimbabwe Elect...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's barking puppies'
Nelson Chamisa has threatened that his MDC party will 'not allow' the elections on 30th July unless electoral reforms are made. The party has called for a demonstration in Harare on Tuesday to insist ...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 13:01hrs | | by ZimVigil
MDC-T plots #ShutDownZimbabwe on June 5
THE opposition MDC-T party has called for a national demonstration on June 5 to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to agree to reform demands.Party spokesperson Thabita Khumalo to...Published: 31 May 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
100-year-old man ready to vote in Zim election
AT 100 years old, John Makanjera is still full of life. You could say he is young at heart.He is a registered voter, an avid newspaper reader, and does not shy away from expressing his thought...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: Bulawayo city holds Mayor's day with senior citizens
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo has held celebrations with senior citizens in the city.The Bulawayo City Council announced the celebrations on its Facebook page."The City of Bulawayo held a...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gutu woman celebrates 100th birthday
After reaching a 100 years, one would probably have seen and heard it all - the changes in the way of doing things and the developments in society.Mbuya Hendrina Maravanyika from Munyaradzi vi...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
BCC celebrates centenarians
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is set to honour people aged 100 years and more, as it celebrates long life, acknowledges their wisdom and respects them for contributing to the development of the country'...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF and blatant attempt to steal 2018 election
The ruling Zanu PF has been blamed for making efforts to steal the 2018 elections through the take over of the procurement of the Biometric Voter registration kits .Also the opposition Renewal...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mudede kicked out
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it plans to roll out a fresh voter registration exercise starting in May this year in a move that is set to permanently remove Registrar-General Tobaiw...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
117-year-old granny says she is tired of living
THE world's oldest granny Emma Morano from Italy is 117 years old this year yet, in Bulilima, a rural district in South-western Zimbabwe there is an unknown woman who has also lived the same number of...Published: 06 Jan 2017 at 10:08hrs | | by Divine Dube
Sister wives who defy convention
Sister wives Tadziripa Chihuri (106) and Cecilia Mazarura (90), like the biblical Ruth and Naomi, are that rare union where water is thicker than blood. The elderly widows, formerly second and fourth ...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:36hrs | | by Leroy Dzenga
Mzilikazi centenarian dies at 103
SELF discipline and a healthy diet is what probably saw a Mzilikazi centenarian reach the age of 103.Eva Mnkandla, who suffered a cardiac arrest a fortnight ago and was laid to rest last Wedne...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 08:39hrs | | by Ntombiyolwandle Ndlovu
Zec dumps Mudede voters roll
IN a move that could go a long way in pacifying restive opposition forces, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it is now the sole custodian of the country's electoral processes and has st...Published: 28 Jul 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I want to die,' says man, 113
A DEFACED black Rhodesian metal identity card states his date of birth as June 6, 1902, meaning he has officially lived for a century and stolen a further 13 years from another century.Gifted...Published: 19 May 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Freedom Mupanedemo
101-yr-old man up for murder
A RUSAPE centenarian is facing murder charge for fatally shooting villagers whom he accused of ploughing on a path leading to his family grave yard.Chitanga Mukoka aged 101 confronted Sylveste...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Manhunt for 22-year-old man who raped gogo (104)
Police are hunting for a 22-year-old Gokwe man who has gone into hiding after allegedly raping and assaulting a 104-year-old woman. Batanai Kutsara of Mangisi village under Chief Chireya was s...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fresh voters roll on cards
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the country's electoral management body, has plans to compile a fresh voters' register, before the next poll.Justice Rita Makarau, the chairperson of ...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 09:30hrs | | by Richard Chidza
'ZAPU still has mandate to deliver'
AFTER being defeated in the elections by Zanu-PF, Dumiso Dabengwa (DD) appears to have slipped out of the limelight. The Financial Gazette's Mandla Tshuma (MT) caught up with Dabengwa who spoke of his...Published: 28 Nov 2013 at 03:21hrs | | by Mandla Tshuma
World's oldest man dies at 112
New York - The world's oldest man, a 112-year-old self-taught musician, coal miner and gin rummy aficionado from western New York, has died. He was 112.Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez died on Frid...Published: 15 Sep 2013 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe: Is the electronic voters' roll the smoking gun?
Despite President Jacob Zuma's rather premature congratulatory message to Robert Mugabe (89) as validly elected in Zimbabwe's sham election, attention should focus on an analysis of the electronic...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 12:50hrs | | by Dr Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London
Leaked papers reveal Mugabe plan to rig polls
DAMNING top-secret intelligence documents that expose President Robert Mugabe's plans to rig the forthcoming election and crush his political rivals have been handed to The Mail on Sunday.Th...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 18:39hrs | | by Dailymail.co.uk
World's oldest man dies at 116
The world's oldest person and the oldest man ever to have lived has died of natural causes aged 116, officials in Japan said on Wednesday.Jiroemon Kimura, who was born in 1897, died in hospita...Published: 13 Jun 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's teacher turns out to be the world's oldest man
Retired teacher, Oscar Munyoro Katsukunya the 115-year-old man who recently told state controlled media that he ...Published: 23 Feb 2012 at 23:14hrs | | by
Zimbabwe voter's roll findings, excerpts from the report
Excerpts from a report by RW Johnson for the South African Institute of Race Relations:Comparing the voters√¢‚Ǩ‚Ã...Published: 07 Jun 2011 at 07:54hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
2.5 million fictitious voters on the voters' roll
No fair referendum or election can be held in Zimbabwe on the basis of the current voters’ roll, according to a report published by the South African Institute of Race Relations (the...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 09:57hrs | | by South African Institute of Race Relations
Zuma and Sadc can stop Mugabe's new election fraud
DESPITE clear and binding international agreements to the contrary, evidence now available shows that President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu (PF) is again planning to steal the next elections in Zimb...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 11:27hrs | | by RW Johnson
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