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Unrepentant fake Prophet swindles US$11k, recruits more criminals
An unrepentant fake prophet has been reportedly on the run after duping unsuspecting people of their hard-earned money amounting to US$11 000, impregnating former fellow congregants and recruiting cri...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | 1258 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Mutare
Chamisa to form new party, 'not giving up!' Voters must, after 23 years and not even one reform implemented
Nelson Chamisa's resignation as leader of CCC has received worldwide coverage. "Mr Chamisa, a 45-year-old Christian pastor and lawyer, is expected to set up a new party. He said that "giving u...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 08:19hrs | 3513 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sex predator sangoma sexually abuses woman seeking help with marriage
A WOMAN facing difficulties in her marriage and seeking help from a traditional healer had her trust betrayed when she was subjected to repeated sexual assaults by the self-proclaimed healer and one o...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunters wreak havoc in Mhondoro-Ngezi
Stories of witch hunters wreaking havoc in rural areas have been told repeatedly, but gullible villagers continue to fall victim to the scammers.Known as tsikamutandas or gauras, the purported...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
15 feared dead at Zanu-PF MP's Mine
ABOUT 15 miners are feared dead in the Tsapauta mining area at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province after a mine shaft collapsed yesterday morning.The Tsapauta mining area is a sect...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa main beneficiary of 'Gold Mafia' deals
INVESTIGATIVE journalists who worked on Qatar-based global news network Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary say whistleblowers and an accountant for one of Africa's most notorious gold dealers confirm...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
'More CCC recalls on the cards'
The orchestrator of the recall of 15 Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) National Assembly representatives, Mr. Sengezo Tshabangu, has indicated the possibility of further recalls as he aims to elimi...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
Graft rocks Midlands Mines office
The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has published a report that exposes widespread corruption purportedly occurring at the offices of the Midlands provincial mining department (PMD)....Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 07:47hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stuffed CCC with unpopular, filthy rich cronies, says secretary general
SELF-PROCLAIMED Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu, has labeled the party a clique of self-righteous and filthy rich politicians, who manipulated the candidate s...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:47hrs | 5148 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sons 'grab' local showbiz
THE ruling Zanu-PF has intensified its capture of the creative arts industry, which plays a pivotal role of social commentary, by placing many artistes under the party wings.This comes after P...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:29hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Breaking the Chains: Liberating African Men from the Shackles of Patriarchy
In many societies such as our own, the weight of patriarchy has burdened men and boys alike with unrealistic expectations of strength, resilience, and emotional detachment. This toxic narrative has cr...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:10hrs | 17 | by Mberi Prince
Incompetent Western puppet faking political bravery
There is a sequence that can be employed to identify CCC leader Nelson Chamisa as a snollygoster!A snollygoster is a political candidate, usually willing to be an instrument of another country...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 24 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Tsikamutandas caught planting live python
TWO self-styled traditional healers popularly known as Tsikamutandas' attempt to dupe a Kwekwe family went horribly wrong after they were seen attempting to plant a live python behind a family's wardr...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:31hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar in record crash
THE Zimbabwe dollar tumbled by nearly 26% on the official market on Tuesday, the biggest collapse in one day since the auction system was introduced three years ago, while a government inquiry accused...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo receives machine to clear sewer blockages
Welthungerhilfe (WHH), in collaboration with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), has donated a jetting machine to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) as part of the city's efforts to im...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Self-styled prophet jailed for rape
A self-styled prophet from Chitungwiza has been jailed five years for taking a young girl as payment for cleansing the family home in addition to two beasts.In what appeared more like a movie ...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets skin care clinic
A 27-YEAR-OLD business executive Mercy Mabiza has set up a lifestyle intravenous drip clinic in Bulawayo for people who want to make their skin glow.The IV drip therapy treatments are becoming...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 20:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
What draws the gold mafia to Dubai?
An Al Jazeera investigation shows how criminals use the city's pro-business policies to smuggle gold, clean dirty cash.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 20:23hrs | 17 | by Al Jazeera Investigative Unit
Spirit medium vs police: A clash of beliefs at Wenimbi Dam
WHERE do we draw the line between reality and belief?Who do you believe, a mouthpiece of the unseen or an account of an elite trained squad whose experience tells a story of service?Th...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over witch hunters
HUMAN rights watchdog Coalition for Citizens Advocates (Coca) has petitioned Midlands police against the activities of witch-hunters popularly known as tsikamutandas in Zvishavane.They are rep...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:18hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Drug dealers hiding behind shonalism'
ALLEGED drug dealers in Maphisa, Matabeleland South province, are reportedly hiding behind tribalism saying they are being targeted because they are not locals.Most of the suspected drug kingp...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Tsikamutandas who violently bashed an alleged Plumtree witch in Matobo arrested
Two men who appeared on a disturbing video on social media beating up an elderly woman, whom they accuse of being a witch, with tree branches have been arrested, senior journalist Zenzele Ndebele has ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 12:03hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Suspected wizards/witches usually found at people's homes suffer from mental health
THE grey-haired, half naked and stumbling elderly individuals who are usually found at people homes in the wee hours are not all wizards and witches but some suffer from mental health.A family...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:54hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Water dragon drowns 3 men in South Africa
Three men were reportedly drowned by a water dragon (inkanyamba) at a tragic incident that happened at Snake Park, in Soweto.The three drowned during a cleansing ceremony in a stream near the ...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 18:15hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Family finds blood sprinkled on doorstep
IN a scary incident, a family from Emahlabathini Village in Inyathi, Matabeleland North province woke up to a disturbing scene of blood randomly sprinkled on their doorsteps together with a white bloo...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Headman, teacher up for stock theft
A headman in Mudzi, a teacher and their accomplice are in trouble after they allegedly hired a self proclaimed prophet to cleanse the home of a senior cit...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 22:37hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Africans are to blame for soon-coming Nuclear World War III
When human beings were created, there was a certain field of knowledge which they were not supposed to extrapolate into. Knowledge was supposed to be limited for the good and continuity of this Planet...Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Murdered girl's family demands 60 cattle
THE family of the late Sanele Ndlovu who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend Tendai Gondo in a domestic dispute is demanding 60 cattle or US$48 000 from the Gondo family as compensation before the...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives for gukurahundi genocide indaba to cleanse himself
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa landed in Bulawayo yesterday to launch today the traditional leaders-led Gukurahundi public consultations during a meeting that will see the engagements roadmap being outlined....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF is blatantly rigging 2023 and EU gearing to grant it legitimacy under guess of 'constructive dialogue'!
"EU abandons confrontation with Zimbabwe!" screamed The Herald headline! "CHARMED by President Mnangagwa's open door policy and far-reaching economic reforms, more investors will be coming fro...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 23:13hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
Clueless SRC adamant on ZIFA reforms
THE Sport and Recreation Commission are adamant that the process of reforming local football will only succeed once the ZIFA Congress meet to discuss the forthcoming forensic audit report and recommen...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunters trigger crisis meeting
CHIEF Bekezela Sibanda Sibasa of Filabusi last week called a crisis meeting with villagers, human rights watchdogs and the police to discuss witch hunters (tsikamutandas) who he said were wreaking hav...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
CCC's politics of a scavenging bird
A vulture is a scavenging bird. It feeds from and thrives in the dead, dirt, smelly and foul.A green parrot, on the other hand is an adorable creature of magnificent beauty. It blends with and...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:45hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chief summons witch hunter
A TRADITIONAL leader in Kezi, Chief Nyangazonke has summoned a tsikamutanda (witch hunter) operating in the area to explain his activities.Tsikamutandas are reportedly wreaking havoc in Matabe...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns renegades
Zanu-PF has warned fired former party members, Godfrey Tsenengamu and Jimu Kunaka, against abusing the revolutionary party's regalia and trademarks as appropriate action would be taken against them....Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Storm over Mohadi ZEC appointment
A POLITICAL storm is raging over the controversial appointment of the daughter of Zanu-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi (pictured) and the ruling party's Beitbridge senator Tambudzani Mohadi, Abigail Mi...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Exemption Permits court challenge, Whites are fond of slavery
THE news that the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) has taken our government to court to overturn the termination of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs), while infuriating, should not come as a surprise...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:52hrs | 19 | by Mogomotsi Mogodiri
Sperm harvesters on the loose in Bulawayo
A GROUP of female sperm harvesters is on the loose in Bulawayo after three women reportedly drugged and sexually assaulted a man who they had given a lift, with police warning the public not to accept...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 3 | by Stephen Mpofu
Zanu-PF offers human rights award
HUMAN rights watchers yesterday questioned Zanu-PF's intentions and sincerity of awarding locals the Herbert Chitepo award for justice and human rights when the ruling party stands accused of human ri...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda gloats over Kamambo's ouster
Acting ZIFA boss Gift Banda Friday appeared gloating over his former boss, Felton Kamambo's ouster as the football mother body's president while pledging to ensure a speedy Warriors' return to interna...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 11:12hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Wafawafa' Zion prophets to cleanse school of sexually insatiable goblins
Female teachers at Makumbi Primary School in Plumtree have moved out of the teachers' cottages as they allege that they were being sexually attacked by goblins.The teachers said they wake up w...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | 16 | by jamwanda
Zuma to sue ahead of start of trial today
A day before the start of former president Jacob Zuma's corruption trial, his foundation announced his legal team will try to privately prosecute lead prosecutor Billy Downer."The instruction ...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreaking havoc in communities
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area", reported Chronicle in Septemb...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Goblins unleashes a reign of terror
Randy goblins have unleashed a reign of terror in Nkayi's Hojeni Village, with their insatiable sexual attacks forcing teachers at Hojeni Primary School to flee their dwellings amid claims by villager...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law not bothered about Zifa suspension
THE Sports and Recreation Commission have said they are not in a hurry to lift the suspension of the ZIFA board as a condition for reinstatement of Zimbabwe's membership by FIFA and will only do so on...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Artuz to launch anti-corruption clean-up campaign
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) is planning to launch an anti-corruption clean-up campaign tomorrow, which will coincide with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's monthly national c...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Herdboys in narrow escape as lightning strike kills cattle
"We ran for our dear lives when we saw the sun falling down and suddenly our cattle were lying on the ground."These are the words of 13-year-old Thabo Ndlovu after he and his friend Andrew Mpu...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gauteng High Court asking the court to declare US sanctions on Zimbabwe illegal and unconstitutional
The Zimbabwe Anti-Sanctions Movement is asking the court to declare US sanctions illegal and unconstitutional.In a potentially ground-breaking international case, a group called the Zimbabwe A...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 16:14hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Businessman rues day prominent prophet passed through Binga
WHAT started off as a normal sunny day at Manjolo shopping centre in Binga turned out to be a ‘curse' for a local businessman after a baboon skull that he was allegedly using to lure customers to hi...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 19:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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