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Karoi United cries foul, demands share of points with Scottland
Karoi United, a Northern Region Division One Soccer League side, is seeking to have their match against Scottland, which was abandoned last month, declared a draw after a disciplinary committee found ...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:00hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for repatriation of Zimbabwe skulls from British museums
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has renewed calls for the repatriation of the remains of Chimurenga war heroes from Britain, emphasizing the need for their interment in "a dignified manner." This stateme...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:27hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ignores Gukurahundi cries
Critics have voiced strong concerns regarding the ruling Zanu-PF party's failure to adopt a resolution addressing the Gukurahundi atrocities during its recent annual conference held in Bulawayo. The l...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:19hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Britain should have compensated Zimbabwe first!
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated that Britain should have compensated Zimbabwe before the southern African country addresses compensation for white commercial farmers regarding improvements mad...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 16:42hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Collen Malatji issues fiery warning to Ramaphosa
In a passionate and defiant address during a march from Luthuli House to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton, African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Collen Malatji deliv...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:17hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cricketer arrested on charges of attempted murder
Zimbabwean cricketer Tarisai Musakanda has been arrested and faces a serious charge of attempt to murder following a domestic dispute with his wife, Tinodiwanashe Makunike, also known as Mai Dewei....Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 17:17hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 358 | by Silas Nkala
Zapu calls for SADC action against Zanu-PF
ZAPU has joined the list of growing organisations concerned about the government's clampdown on citizens ahead of the 44th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Harare, questio...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 17:14hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Mazowe man sentenced to 20 years for raping neighbour's sister
In a troubling incident, a man from Mazowe discovered his neighbor assaulting his defenseless sister in the bush after hearing her desperate cries for help.The case was brought to light at the...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 18:01hrs | 1281 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Give Chamisa a chance
Zimbabwe is currently suffering from aggravated kwashiorkor of leadership, both in the opposition and the ruling party.The political space without the charismatic Nelson Chamisa is seemingly l...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:50hrs | 1119 | by Leonard Koni
I am suffocating and sick of crying
I am suffocating and sick of crying and dying for fresher air. I died in May, June and July, last year, and died forever in a shallow swamp on April 18, 1983. Later on, I died in a river full of class...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 09:17hrs | 28 | by Tafi Mhaka
Open Letter to President Mnangagwa to Commission an Inquiry into Redcliff Municipality
Dear President Mnangagwa, It was with such great pleasure and a long overdue move that we learned of Your Excellency's instituting a Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the City of Harar...Published: 17 May 2024 at 14:09hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Land war rages as bigwigs clash
A FIGHT for vast tracts of land pitting former Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, a private developer and former minister Didymus Mutasa has spilled into the public domain with Mliswa accusing his partn...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's poor betrayal and selfish strategy
His desire for power at times eclipses his sense of reasoning and judgment. Today you dump your MPs and Senators because of Tshabangu and form another political party and yesteryear you dumped...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Matthew Mare
Chamisa hints on alternative as Tshabangu fights on
While last year was dramatic politically, this year seems to be a continuation of more drama.Last year closed with Sengezo Tshabangu's axe hanging around the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers can't breathe
When the teachers are happy (elephants making love), the learners will naturally benefit from their physical and intellectual energies that will be deployed in the teaching-learning process.TH...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 07:26hrs | 4 | by Nicholas Aribino
Job Sikhala's New Year Message
CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | 10 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Media that serves the ruling elite is against the people!
Lately, in Zimbabwe, there has been a noticeable resurgence in calls for media to focus more on what is termed 'developmental journalism'.We have heard this call repeated by the new informatio...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 22:56hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt dangles collateral-free loans to youths
GOVERNMENT on Tuesday unveiled a collateral-free loan facility targeting youths.The facility, to be administered by the country's first youth-centric EmpowerBank, was unveiled during the fifth...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu cries foul
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) party's interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu has said his party was optimistic that it would retain all the seats in all the constituencies where it had ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC cries foul
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was crying foul yesterday after Zanu-PF took over the Ebhusteni venue in Cowdray Park which the opposition party wanted to use to campaign ahead of the December...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 15:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man 'violates' aunt's buttocks
CONTRARY to societal norms and cultural values, Shylock Ndlovu (33) allegedly violated his aunt's physical and personal space when he forcefully entered her bedroom, assaulted her on her buttocks and ...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu, Welshman Ncube and fellow Mthwakazi, come let's declare Matabeleland independence!
"Be sure to appoint over you a king the Lord your God chooses. He must be from among your fellow Israelites. Do not place a foreigner over you, one who is not an Israelite."Blocked by a thick ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 09:37hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa decries supporters' abductions, torture
Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has strongly condemned the abduction and torture of his party members by unknown assailants, categorizing these acts as terrorism...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | | by Israel Dube
Hyena attacks five; rips off lips, limb
TWO victims of human-wildlife conflict are battling for their lives in hospital after being mauled by a vicious hyena in the Zuze area of Makoni District in incidents that happened last week on Thursd...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stepdad strangles one–year-old daughter
A 47-year-old man stands accused of fatally strangling his one-year-old stepdaughter yesterday morning while his mother was away fetching water from a nearby borehole, in a horrifying incident that ha...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor cries after party loses council chairperson post
A recent incident at Chiredzi Town Council unfolded with unexpected emotions when Charles Njopera, Zanu-PF's ward 4 councilor, found himself in tears after Roger Chikonye of the Citizens Coalition for...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF flexes muscles
CHILDREN of primary school going age stood along the almost 50km long dusty Lalapanzi to Shurugwi dirt road, waving in awe and excitement at hundreds of buses carrying thousands Zanu-PF supporters to ...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC cries foul over ballot paper design
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has raised concerns about the design and printing process of the ballot paper for the upcoming elections.CCC deputy secretary for elections, Ellen Shiri...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 22:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe presidential hopefuls use music, stars to woo crucial youth vote
The local version of Jamaican dancehall has become the unofficial soundtrack of Zimbabwe's presidential election as candidates go all out to woo a key generation of voters who were children when long-...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cries foul
PARLIAMENTARY candidates for the Masvingo Urban constituency are crying foul over the illegal defacing of their campaign posters ahead of the crucial August 23 plebiscite.Three candidates; cur...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:44hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bosso coach cries foul over Chirinda
AHEAD of their Week 16 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League tie against equally high riding Manica Diamonds set for Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday, Highlanders head coach, Baltemar Brito yesterda...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thomas Mapfumo retires in exile
OF all my records by Zimbabwean musicians, the one I treasure the most is Thomas Mapfumo's crackly 7-inch single with "Kuyaura" on side A and "Zvanyadza" on the flip side.Released in 1979, tow...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 12 | by Percy Zvomuya
Mnangagwa under fire
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition chair decries signing of Patriotic Act into lawCrisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) chair, Peter Mutasa has lamented the enactment of the Patriotic Act which he said ha...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
CCC cries foul as police ban another rally
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has sought the intervention of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) after the police banned seven of their rallies in a week. CCC was planning ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 18:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa must be stopped for Zimbabwe to win
The only result acceptable from the August 23 elections is a win for Zimbabwe, not a victory for an individual or a political party. Our nation is in dire straits and no single individual or political...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:31hrs | | by Trevor Ncube
Chamisa's CCC cries foul
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has accused Zanu-PF of causing confusion in the nomination process in which it ended up fielding double and in some cases triple nominations ac...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Threats against teachers show that Zanu-PF is biggest obstacle to free, fair polls
IT is sad to read about the poorly paid and frustrated teachers being allegedly abused by a Zanu-PF outfit called Teachers4Ed, with indications the group is forcing the educators to support President ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Health workers trained using tax payers' money owe us,' says Chiwenga
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has said health workers trained locally using Zimbabwe's resources must ‘pay back' through working in public hospitals.Chiwenga added that in the future w...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cries for a chance to 'fix this mess'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has in his election campaign promised to fix economic problems currently bedevilling Zimbabwe, which has seen retail prices soaring and the lo...Published: 24 May 2023 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers cry for Indaba with Mnangagwa
THE mantra ‘‘leaving no place and no one behind'' as touted by the incumbent Second Republic Government in its national development policies must surely inspire all of us Zimbabweans to march into...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will prosper if we speak for the suffering, not for politicians!
There is a justifiable reason why I never became a politician and have stayed clear from participating in party politics.One simply needs to go through social media, and the reason will be rig...Published: 18 May 2023 at 21:14hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Africa should stop being such a crybaby!
We all know there is nothing more 'uncool' or 'unsexy' than someone who never owns up to his own failures in life - but seeks to blame others as to why he is not succeeding.Amongst all these, ...Published: 17 May 2023 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Prison walls will not change the ideals I stand for- Job Sikhala
For the purposes of the record, my name is Job Sikhala. I am tendering this statement pursuant to the provision of section 334 [3] [c] of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence. Act. [Chapter 9] I am adv...Published: 09 May 2023 at 20:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council cries foul over 'hijacked' projects
BULAWAYO councillors have accused central government of hijacking the local authority's projects for political mileage.The city fathers were making reference to the ongoing refurbishment works...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marvo Stationery saga rages on...10 years later
The Marvo Stationary case continue to drag on and on, with new twists and turns. Since the company was sold to Mahlongonono Valela and his partners, following the death of Mr. Kates the original owner...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 13:14hrs | 13 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Aspiring Zanu-PF candidate cries foul
Zanu-PF Makoni West constituency aspiring candidate, Moses Ruwona, on Friday said his arrest over fraud charges was politically motivated to bar him from running in the forthcoming elections.R...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judas Iscariot and the Gold Mafia
When we look at the character of Judas in the Bible we notice that one has to belong to a certain group of people in power or has to form his own group th...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Erick Matotoba
San chief is installed
IT was a historic and joyous moment for the San community yesterday as Government installed the inaugural Chief Goledema as the Second Republic moves to address concerns of this previously marginalise...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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