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22 year old girl raped and killed inside church
Nigerian media has reported a case of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a first year Microbiology student of the University of Benin who was allegedly raped and murdered inside the Redeemed Christian Church of God...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3713 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Suspected poacher dies in police cells
A SUSPECTED wildlife poacher in Gwayi, Matabeleland North province, died of suspected poisoning while detained at Dete Police Station, with police saying they suspect he could have drunk the poison on...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital bans visitors
MPILO Central Hospital in Bulawayo has imposed an indefinite ban on patients' visits after recording four COVID-19 cases in a single day early this week. Authorities at the hospital had all al...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Death, secrecy and online assets
PEOPLE are advised and rightly so to ensure tight protection of their online data and other personal information held in electronic format. Protecting data helps against unauthorised access and crimin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 443 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Masvingo quarantine centres riot
AGITATED inmates at Masvingo Polytechnic and Masvingo Teachers Colleges Friday clashed with members of the country's security services as they demanded to be given their test results and be releas...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:10hrs | 666 | by newzimbabwe
BREAKING: America officially pulls out of World Health Organisation
American President Donald John Trump has announced that his country has initiated steps to officially pulled out of the World Health Organisation after accusing the global body of failing to do ...Published: 29 May 2020 at 20:45hrs | 8046 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe COVID-19 cases jump to 149
THIS Thursday Zimbabwe recorded 17 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 149. These are all returnees from Mozambique, South Africa and the United Kingdo...Published: 29 May 2020 at 16:09hrs | 1362 | by Staff reporter
Army, police flee Islamic terrorists in Mozambique
Mozambican military and police fled Macomia district after extremist Islamist militants launched a violent attack on Thursday, an online publication AFP reported on Friday morning.According to...Published: 29 May 2020 at 09:49hrs | 7804 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa vetoes call for GNU, talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe's myriad cha...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:21hrs | 10517 | by Staff reporter
Skyz Metro FM applies for TV license
Fairtalk Communications, the proprietors of Skyz Metro FM (Bulawayo) and Breeze FM (Victoria Falls) have applied for a television license in response to a call for application the regulatory Bro...Published: 28 May 2020 at 15:04hrs | 1029 | by Mandla Ndlovu
4 die in Gweru accident
Four people died on the spot while five others were seriously injured after a Toyota Wish vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and rolled several times before landing on its wheels just...Published: 28 May 2020 at 13:38hrs | 2601 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists charged at hospital hearing
THREE MDC Alliance activists including Harare West Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe were yesterday charged with breaking lockdown rules at a bedside hearing held at Parktown Hospital in Waterfalls,...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP in COVID-19 awareness
FORMER Kuwadzana MP Betty Nhambu-Kaseke (Zanu-PF) has embarked on a COVID-19 outreach programme to assist with civic education and health measures prescribed by government and the World Health Organis...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights Commission to probe man shooting
A Bulawayo man who was shot dead by police on Saturday was buried yesterday and a local Member of Parliament has engaged the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate the matter. ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mpilo's Solwayo Ngwenya over Coronavirus tweet
Mpilo Clinical Director Dr. Solwayo Ngwenya has invited widespread condemnation after he posted a vague message on social media insinuating that he had contracted the deadly coronavirus. Dr Ng...Published: 27 May 2020 at 22:25hrs | 1380 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mpilo Clinical Director Solwayo Ngwenya clarifies his Coronavirus statement
Mpilo Hospital Clinical Director Dr Solwayo Ngwenya has issued a statement disputing reports that he had acquired the deadly Coronavirus. In a Twitter statement posted on Wednesday evening, Ng...Published: 27 May 2020 at 21:34hrs | 3527 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tshinga Dube challenges Mnangagwa
FORTHRIGHT Zanu-PF politburo member and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube has thrown the cat among the pigeons within the ruling party by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to form a governme...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:23hrs | 10952 | by Staff reporter
Doctor misfires over gunman charge
Karoi district prosecutors rejected a docket where a Hurungwe traditional healer was shot by a gun totting businessman after a doctor ‘misfired' on medical report. The victim Webster Kadzuraimire (4...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:12hrs | 1098 | by Naume Muza
'Neo imperialists continue looting our continent'
It's been 57 years since the formation of the Organization of African Union which is now termed the African Union.Although strides have been made by the Union in addressing issues such as inde...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 172 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
12 new Coronavirus cases rock Masvingo teachers college
Online reports indicate that 12 new Coronavirus cases have been detected at Masvingo Teachers' College where some returnees are being housed. Zimmorning Post reports that 12 samples that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 13:45hrs | 4259 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The great Moses Chunga
A rare talent , top marksman. He was a football genius, a complete footballer and did not shy away to make his views and feelings known - Can't play for peanuts.Moses 'Razorman' Chunga -now Ba...Published: 27 May 2020 at 10:13hrs | 2741 | by Leonard Koni
118 returnees flee isolation
NEARLY 120 Zimbabweans returning to the country have escaped from isolation and quarantine centres across the country as government said they posed the greatest threat to efforts to curb the spread of...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: IMF hammers country already on its knees
Mercifully, Zimbabwe's infection and death rates from Covid-19 are so far very low but the economy, already labouring under the effects of drought, has been hit by the lockdowns. Worse, the IMF has de...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 692 | by Baffour Ankomah I New African Magazine
Mugabe was a murderer says Chiwenga
Outspoken preacher Apostle Talent Chiwenga said former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe was murderer but he died so people should not fear death....Published: 26 May 2020 at 10:54hrs | 10022 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 4115 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Africans have never enjoyed genuine freedom and prosperity, as yesteryear heroes now modern day demons
As the people of Africa, including those in the diaspora, commemorate the establishment of the then Organization of African Unity (OAU) on 25 May, one can not help feel a deep and heart-rending sense ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 518 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bulawayo records surge in diarrhoea cases
THERE are concerns over the quality of Bulawayo water as the city recorded an upsurge in diarrhoeal cases from 473 registered between July and September 2019 to 359 recorded in January 2020.In...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bucks the trend as more patients recover from Covid-19
Almost half of Zimbabwe's confirmed Covid-19 patients have now fully recovered with more shrugging off the last of their infection almost every day, but medical experts warn that this is no reason to ...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:09hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and the pornography of violence
A female chief superintended Philips accompanied by Dr Nyamukure were assigned to take pictures of MDC parliamentarian Joana Mamombe, Chinembiri and Marova for investigation purposes. They were made t...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:22hrs | 2486 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa running out of time
PRESSURE is mounting on the country's political leadership to put their differences aside and hold much-needed dialogue to help end the country's deepening economic crisis.This comes as life f...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:03hrs | 11015 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot 'naked' getaway driver dead
A man who was possibly being intimate with his girlfriend in a "suspiciously" parked car, was on Saturday night shot dead during a high-speed chase after failing to comply with orders to stop his vehi...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
In Africa we have our ways of doing things
"What good can come out of Africa", they would say but God has got plans for everyone and every place. Tiny Madagascar has come up with a herbal concoction that is giving 'killer blows' to Coronavirus...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:02hrs | 627 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Zimbabweans trapped between a Rock and a Hard surface
In the absence of any clear exit strategy out of the government sanctioned covid-19 lockdown, Zimbabweans find themselves in limbo.The masses are still unable to access state benefits, food or...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:57hrs | 313 | by Prince Njagu
The fear of lightening is called astraphobia
Folklore and hearsay has it that some people from Manicaland could and still can 'even it out' with home made lightening. The fear of lightening is called astraphobia which is very prevalent i...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:57hrs | 110 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Kariba women under siege from baboons
Baboons are causing havoc to Kariba residents where women are major causalities in the resort town here.This has been part of challenges faced during Covid 19 lockdown that kicked off late Mar...Published: 24 May 2020 at 21:56hrs | 1516 | by Naume Muza
Zimdollar crashes
LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend - on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar.At...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:50hrs | 10698 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1794 | by Brezh Malaba
Lodges closure fuels bush, car sex
THE Covid-19 pandemic which has forced the temporary closure of lodges to stop the spread of the coronavirus has also pushed some randy lovebirds to brazenly use cars and bushy areas close to their su...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:52hrs | 6302 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 returnees panic as one of them tests positive
The first Covid-19 case in Masvingo, a Rujeko woman travelled from Botswana in the company of her daughter who had two children and the four were staying in the same room at Masvingo Teachers' College...Published: 23 May 2020 at 14:44hrs | 2286 | by Staff reporter
Brinkmanship failed Mutodi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa finally wielded the axe on Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday.The junior minister had become a danger to the country's international image, spe...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3771 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe runs out of Coronavirus test kits
Zimbabwe is running out of test kits that are used to test the deadly Coronavirus, a Zimbabwe weekly daily has reported. Zimbabwe Independent reported on Friday that government is fast running...Published: 22 May 2020 at 13:13hrs | 2294 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutodi's firing was long overdue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to fire his long-blundering Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday did not come as a surprise because that decision was long overdue given the m...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2084 | by Staff reporter
Whither MDC after Supreme Court judgment?
THE MDC is at the crossroads, probably of a never-seen-before nature since its formation in 1999. On May 5 2020, Parliament recalled four of the MDC Alliance's MPs. This was a major step by ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 675 | by Moses Tofa
800 kombis impounded
HARARE City Council has impounded more than 800 commuter omnibuses in the past two weeks for flouting several by-laws since opening the Coventry Road holding bay. The commuter omnibuses are be...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:25hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Covid-19 positive cases rise to 51
THE number of confirmed Covid-19 infected people in the country has risen to 51 after three new cases were reported yesterday. According to an update issued by the Ministry of Health and Child...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Abductions, social media and the new dispensation
On May 13th three MDC-Alliance members, Cecilia Chimbiri, Netsai Marowa and legislator for Harare West constituency Joanna Mamombe were allegedly abducted after staging a flash demonstration in Harare...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:27hrs | 857 | by Godard Thabani Bvungidzire
Embarrassed Mnangagwa's regime must stop illegal arrests of youth leaders!
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has noted with great concern an ongoing blitzkrieg by some notorious law enforcement agents as a veneer to cover up for their g...Published: 21 May 2020 at 12:00hrs | 2079 | by Stephen Jakes
Polytechnic lecturer found dead
A KWEKWE Polytechnic Mechanical Engineering Lecturer was found dead in his apartment in Msasa Park in Kwekwe on Monday.Fellow tenants discovered Paul Charadza's body after he had been missing ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:24hrs | 2171 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Social distance burial for Absalom Sikhosana
National hero Absalom Sikhosana was laid to rest at the revered national shrine in Harare on Wednesday at a colourful event president upon by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The burial was done ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4937 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mtetwa, I'm done flattering tyrants: if ED 'committed no crime' then who is 'the monster of depravity'
My dear sister Beatrice Mtetwa, I am done with appeasing tyrants! We have allowed tyrants like Mugabe and Mnangagwa ride roughshod over us, denying us our freedoms and rights for the l...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 3883 | by Wilbert Mukori
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