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Zinwa reviews water tariffs
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has reviewed tariffs upwards starting this month in response to increases in costs of key resources.The new tariffs are applicable to both treated...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:33hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Storm-damaged Manama hospital gets facelift
RENOVATIONS at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm late last year are nearing completion following the erection of a new roof....Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 09:25hrs | 1057 | by Staff Reporter
Resources wasted by by-elections
Freebies worth US1,2million delivered to Polad membership will never be a resources wasting agenda but a legal, useful and necessary adventure bent on the betterment of Zimbabwean peoples lives and vi...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 17:22hrs | 310 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Of Pastors-cum ZanuPF Political Commissars
Many Christian leaders, Pastors and priests tend to get onto the gravy train of political strong powers of the day to dine and wine with them regardless of what the politicians are actually doing. Som...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 16:17hrs | 495 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Noisy bars, churches risk heavy fines
GWERU City Council has come up with by-laws to deal with noise pollution, a development that will see offending bars, churches among others being penalised.Councillors, management and resident...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
12 Bulawayo churches face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to demolish 12 church structures that are either dilapidated and an eyesore or have been illegally constructed as it ups its fight to rid the city of illegal and...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
12 wives, 100 kids and a goblin-selling business
HABITUALLY well-dressed and a teetotaller who does not take traditional snuff, the business-minded and flamboyant Sekuru Kafura, who cruises around in the latest Ford Ranger vehicles, is everything th...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1816 | by Staff reporter
Prophet T Freddy screamed 'thank you God' while raping victim
A Harare woman who lives with disability yesterday chronicled how Goodness and Mercy Ministries prophet Tapiwa Freddy (T Freddy) allegedly took advantage of the illness and subsequent deat...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:54hrs | 3651 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns 'chicanery' in Zanu PF elections - hypocrite orchestrated wanton violence in national elections
"Irregularities and political chicanery across party structures must be decisively dealt with and expunged from the party," said President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 23:25hrs | 405 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa vows to deal with errant party officials
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Wednesday said he will not allow political chicanery in Zanu-PF party structures.He said this in reference to the party's recently held chaotic provincial election...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 19:30hrs | 2721 | by Staff reporter
'Politicians are killing Zimbabwe football'
FORMER Zifa president Vincent Pamire has said political interference is negatively affecting football in the country.Pamire was speaking at a church service for former vice-president Ndumiso G...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
Top South African sangoma invades Bulawayo
Controversial South African traditional healer Dr. Khehlelezi, (real name is Bhongolethu Mzozo) will be in Bulawayo on the 9th of January for a miracle service which will be held at BAC leisure ...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 12:09hrs | 4192 | by Mandla Ndlovu
690 arrested on New Year's Eve
WHILE the world was ushering in the New Year, grateful for the gift of life, Josphat Sibanda from Pumula allegedly drowned his girlfriend in a sewer pond over an undisclosed dispute.He was spo...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:55hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Police want clear streets on New Year's Eve
ON New Year's Eve if one is found on the streets of Bulawayo between 9PM and 6AM, they will be arrested and those driving during curfew hours will have their cars impounded.Police in Bulawayo ...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:51hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
1 351 file for divorce
INFIDELITY has been cited as the major cause of family break-ups in the country with this year's statistics showing that at least 1 351 couples filed for divorce at the High Court, an increase from 1 ...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:50hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Disputed elections bad for Zimbabwe, says Clerics
Zanu-PF-ALIGNED clerics yesterday described disputed elections as bad and divisive, but stoked controversy by saying the State House should not be occupied by unpatriotic politicians, in reference to ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Inter Africa boss contests in Zanu-PF internal polls
TRANSPORT mogul Leonard Mukumba has become the latest candidate to throw his hat in the ring to contest in Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial elections set for today.Mukumba, who owns Inter Africa ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa criticised over selective application of COVID-19 regulations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for defying his government's COVID-19 regulations on public gatherings as the country grapples with the fourth wave.Clergy, residents and civic...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:16hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implores church to promote unity
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday implored churches and citizens to be instrumental in promoting unity to ensure there is peace and stability during the by-elections slated for the first quarter of next y...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Night vigils, crossover parties outlawed
POLICE have announced that churches and other religious organisations' traditional night vigils and crossover services have been banned.Zimbabwe is under Level Two lockdown and Government has ...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Bulawayo for National Thanksgiving service
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has landed at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo to attend the fifth edition of the annual National Thanksgiving and Dedication Service at the Zimbabwe Internat...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 15:24hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
How are pro-ZANU PF church leaders any different from prophets of Baal who stood behind King Ahab and Jezebel?
Indeed, some may say, actually most of our morden-day Christian churches and their leaders, the world over, have become like the false prophets of Baal - ...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 08:28hrs | 776 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Desmond Tutu dies
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has died at the age of 90.Tutu, the last surviving South African laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize, died in Cape Town.President Cyril Ramaphosa sa...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1808 | by Staff reporter
Anglican Bishop retires
The Rt Rev Godfrey Taonezvi, the founding bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Masvingo has retired.He bid farewell to serving and retired bishops, friends and tens of congregants at a mass held ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:16hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Gloomy Xmas...rising prices, costs dampen spirits
ZIMBABWEANS face yet another gloomy Christmas following a spike in the prices of basic goods at the onset of the festive season, made worse by a weakening local currency.The currency has been ...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:28hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped at Madzibaba's shrine
A self-styled prophet allegedly raped a 22-year-old married woman at his Harare shrine recently.According to a police memo seen by this publication, the prophet, Trymore Nyaunde lured the vict...Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 18:28hrs | 2824 | by Shelton Muchena
'Vote Zanu-PF, or leave my church'
HIGHLY influential leader of one of the country's largest indigenous church denominations, Paul Mwazha, has given his adherents an ultimatum to either vote Zanu-PF risk being excommunicated.In...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Man falls from Bulawayo's Pioneer House
AN unidentified Bulawayo man is in a critical condition at Mpilo Central Hospital after he fell from the Mezzanine floor of Pioneer House in the city on Saturday.It is not yet clear if he jump...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans blast Chiwenga
ZIMBABWEANS have criticised Vice President Constantino Chiwenga for threatening to take stern action against a traditional leader, Chief Murinye.The chief last week urged President Emmerson Mn...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 19:13hrs | 2590 | by Staff reporter
Freedom Alliance leaders unveiled
NEW political outfit, Freedom Alliance unveiled its leaders at a congress held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo at the weekend.The congress ran on Friday and Saturday.Public policy an...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1969 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori pledge allegiance to Zanu-PF
A LEADER of the Johanne Masowe Echishanu, Andby Makururu has pledged allegiance to the ruling Zanu-PF party, saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa was economically empowering members of his sect....Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:52hrs | 1410 | by Staff reporter
Pupil up for writing exam for friend
A 20-YEAR-OLD Form 6 pupil at Churchill Boys High School was arrested for writing the Ordinary Level Shona examination for a friend whom he charged US$3.Leon Chimufombo on Saturday appeared be...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:46hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
AFM wrangle sucks in police
SOME police officers from Marlborough police station in Harare have been accused of siding with the Apostolic African Mission (AFM) church faction led by Bishop Cossam Chiyangwa, after they allegedly ...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Conference centre Zanu-PF's folly
In a classic case of greed and lack of foresight, a once thriving winery just outside the Midlands city of Gweru now hosts a derelict 5 000-seater conference centre no one wants to use and the nearly ...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:38hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Some churches may soon get listed on Stock Exchanges
The practice and tradition of assembling for worship and fellowshipping in furtherance and spreading of the Gospel is an act every believer must do. Hebrews 10 verses 23-25 is very loud and clear on t...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 12:20hrs | 1336 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga rivalry rocks NPRC
Zanu-PF's factional fights have spilled into the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), where President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reconfigured the commission booting out a top commissioner ...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:32hrs | 4646 | by Staff reporter
3 of 6 new ZBC channels go live
THE national broadcaster ZBC recently launched six new channels as part of its mantra to grow the broadcasting sector with three of them now operational.The channels are Jive TV, Shasha, Danda...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 22:49hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland tops in child-headed families
MOST families in the Matabeleland region are either child-headed or female-headed after they lost one or both of their parents, and are reportedly in need of assistance to mitigate the effects of COVI...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:54hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out over Gumbura estate
Tempers flared at the Master of the High Court offices yesterday as relatives of the late RGM End Time Message church founder Robert Martin Gumbura haggled over the appointment of an executor for his ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Massive row erupts over Gumbura's estate
THE widows of the cleric Robert Martin Gumbura have chosen his nephew, Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi to be the executor of their late husband's estate.Nyathi was appointed following a huge fight be...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Momberume has disappeared, says lawyer
THE Johanne Masowe apostolic sect member, Hatirarame Momberume, who was dragged before the courts to face murder and rape charges after he married a minor, Anna Machaya who died while giving birth, ha...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:05hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi legacy: To die in service
AMID the sombre atmosphere of Doug Munatsi's memorial service last week, the light-hearted eulogies delivered by his wife and first-born son were undoubtedly embedded in moral values that the late pro...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:16hrs | 319 | by Enock Muchinjo
Mnangagwa's re-engagement propaganda hollow, falls flat
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned home last week blowing his own trumpet about his purported diplomatic victory at the United Nations climate change summit in Glasgow, the reality that he ma...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:41hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Influenza outbreak sparks fears of COVID-19 in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has been hit by a wave of influenza, which residents suspect was COVID-19-related following a spike in confirmed cases.Residents raised concerns over the influenza outbreak on differe...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:20hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to accelerate Marriages Bill
THE Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has urged the government and parliament to speedily conclude crafting of the Marriages Bill to aid the fight against Gender Based Violence (GBV).Speaki...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:15hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Church, Harare City clash over street preachers
The Zimbabwe Council of Pentecostal Churches (ZCPC) has pleaded with the Harare City Council to lift a ban on street preachers arguing that their prohibition was tantamount to fighting God.The...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:15hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Chinomona savages Matsikenyere
THE deadly Zanu-PF divisions were on free show in Mutare Friday when women's league boss Mabel Chinomona publicly savaged Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Nokuthula Matsikenyere for snubbing her...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:19hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
20-year-old 'steals' 10 cars in a 2-months spree
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 20-year-old man and four of his accomplices who had stolen 10 cars in a two-month spree of carjacking and car theft.The five reportedly stole 10 cars in the ...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:15hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana living his dream
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.The bible verse rings true regarding Skhosana Buhlungu's musical career.For 14 years, Sikhosana strummed his guitar, ent...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:31hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Covid cases spike
COVID-19 cases have started rising again with latest statistics indicating over 700 new infections on Wednesday up from only nine cases in the last 10-day reporting cycle.On Tuesday, 399 new c...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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