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Why have Smith's prophetic words about Zimbabwe come to pass?
If ever there were any painful words spoken about an independent Zimbabwe - none, arguably, can surpass those supposedly uttered by Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith.He is alleged to h...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 08:48hrs | 3565 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
6 die of diarrhoea in Harare
The diarrhoea cases come after typhoid wreaked havoc in Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded early this week.SIX people died while over 6 000 diarrhoeal cases were recorded...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
BCC confiscates 2 232kg of condemned meat
THE Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) department of health services has raided various grocery shops in the city, confiscating and destroying condemned meat weighing over 2 200kg.Council minutes s...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:13hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
CCC leader distributes 45 letters to 45 Luveve Pastors on Chamisa birthday
Discent Collins Bajila who is one of the CCC champions in Luveve has written a letter to 45 church leaders in Luveve and Gwabalanda urging them to encourage their members to register to vote in the 20...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 08:45hrs | 1437 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Health experts concern over govt's lazy approach to new COVID-19 wave
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over the government's lackadaisical approach to the new COVID-19 wave which has seen a spike in infections and deaths.On Monday, World Health Organi...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:05hrs | 316 | by Staff Reporter
USAid warns of Zimbabwe funding threat
THE Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which has been criticised by opposition parties and civic groups for muzzling government critics and narrowing democratic space, has gone a s...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:53hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official dies
Zanu PF Guruve Central Committee Member Rtd Brigadier General Epmarcus Kanhanga has died. His death has been announced this afternoon by Guruve North Member of Parliament Grover Dzepasi saying...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 14:46hrs | 1866 | by Staf Reporter
Typhoid wreaking havoc in Harare
TYPHOID is wreaking havoc in the capital, Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded this week.This comes after 63 suspected cases were recently recorded in Glen Norah high-densi...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Police spokesperson subpoenaed to testify in Mahere police 'baby murder' tweet
Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi has been subpoenaed to court February 17 to give his testimony in a case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Maher...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 19:43hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Mental health patient kills own father
Police in Zaka have arrested a suspected mental health patient who allegedly murdered his father with an iron bar and a wooden log.Arifas Chingwe (23) is assisting police with investigations f...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 08:55hrs | 878 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa hints at July general election
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that the much anticipated harmonised elections will be held in July adding he is confident of his party's victory.He was speaking during the signing cer...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1486 | by Staff reporter
Gold thief killed at girlfriend's house
A group of illegal miners allegedly bashed a suspected gold thief to death in Mazowe before setting the cabin of his girlfriend ablaze on Sunday.The now deceased Llyod Ncube (32) was fatally a...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:33hrs | 695 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
No to lip service, says Zanu PF
ZANU PF has warned its members against lip service support, saying the true meaning of a party supporter is one who is a registered voter and who will vote for President Mnangagwa in the forthcoming e...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 23:51hrs | 376 | by Staff Reporter
President Lukashenko, be warned, Zimbabwe will never be a colony again!
Amongst all the hullabaloo, with the pomp and fanfare, surrounding the so-called 'historic' state visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to Zimbabwe - some of us are more wary of a leader ...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 08:51hrs | 1492 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
It's tragic how 'Pan-Africanism' has become a refuge for those who ruined fellow Zimbabweans' lives!
I genuinely believe that I am actually more Pan-Africanist that most of those who claim to be Pan-Africanists. I, as so many others, have chosen to place my own safety and life in danger ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | 563 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man commits suicide after severely bashing wife
The fear of getting arrested has cost the life of a Bindura man Wilbert Chikwana (42) who had severely assaulted his wife on Friday night during a domestic dispute.Chikwana was found hanging f...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 2619 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's CCC worried over Job Sikhala's continued detention
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) national spokesperson Fadzai Mahere, Friday expressed discontent over the continued detention of the party's legislator Job Sikhala who has been in jail since June ...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 08:05hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, police boss escape jail term
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga have escaped imprisonment for failing to pay over US$60,000 dues to a police officer who was irregularly fire...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:28hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Missing ECD teacher found dead
Budiriro 4 Primary School ECD teacher, Josephine Magdalene Mandivei, who went missing nearly a week ago, was Saturday found dead in a maize field by a hill in Mufakose high density suburb, Harare....Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans danced when Mugabe fell, now life is worse than ever
For Jasmine Toffa, the hardest moment of her life was not being beaten black and blue by regime thugs. It came when the Zimbabwean MP appeared in parliament after surgery, broken hands in plaster, and...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1715 | by Christina Lamb for The Sunday Times (UK)
God has done more in my life in a few years praying alone, than going to 'church' for decades!
After penning my article entitled, 'Support ED all you want, but please don't blaspheme our God', I received so many messages of agreement, encouragement and endorsement of my sentiments.Indee...Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 08:27hrs | 1784 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Glendale man cheats death
A 35-YEAR-OLD Glendale man is lucky to be alive after he escaped from two gunshots fired on his car by five suspected robbers.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson Sergeant Major Samu...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 19:03hrs | 1627 | by Simbarashe Sithole
9 die of COVID-19 in one week as cases rise in Zimbabwe
COVID-19 cases are gradually increasing in the country with statistics indicating that nine people succumbed to the disease during the past week. This comes amid calls for the media to revive ...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 2547 | by Staff Reporter
Spear rampage killer not guilty
A BUSINESSMAN who killed seven people in a knife and spear rampage in Redcliff in 2021 was acquitted of murder charges after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the br...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:33hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri's rise and fall
FROM a shining opposition political star, Engineer Elias Mudzuri - Harare's former first resident — has seen his lustre fade into oblivion over the years.The ex-mayor's recent suspension fro...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:44hrs | 3004 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready for polls
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says the relentless arrest of its legislators and supporters will not scare or deter the party from participating in general elections to be held lat...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:37hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes 'wife's lover' to death
Mekeleni Gumbi, a forty-year-old man from Fort Rixon Leachdale Farm was found dead earlier this week following a suspected marital affair with Phumulani Nyathi's wife. Nyathi (25) has since turned int...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 09:51hrs | 1272 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo.
Zimbabweans not ready for a better life as long as we treat our livelihoods as football matches!
We all know that Zimbabwe is a sports-crazy nation! We love our sporting activities with passion and reverence - the most popular being football, or soccer - with overwhelming support, borderi...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:57hrs | 564 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gold mine fined $500 000 for flouting environmental laws
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has fined Jannarch 17 gold mining and milling plant $500 000 for operating a gold mine without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licence.The mi...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:32hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mourns assassinated human rights lawyer
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has described Africa as a breeding ground for murders and violence following the killing of Swaziland human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko....Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 3203 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally haunted by mine deaths
Zanu-PF benefactor and prominent gold dealer Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's gold operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland province, have been closed by the Environmental Management Agency (Em...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 2385 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits 3 boarding schools
A FRESH wave of COVID-19 has hit three boarding schools in Mashonaland East province, with 80 students and teachers testing positive last week, NewsDay has learnt.The development comes a fortn...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirayi says no opposition party can unseat Zanu-PF
LATE MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's son, Mr Vincent Tsvangirai, says there is no single opposition party in Zimbabwe with the capacity to defeat the ruling party, Zanu-PF, in the forthcoming electi...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Car crash ends 10-day marriage
PAINFUL wails and heart-wrenching sobs filled a local mortuary hall in Bulawayo yesterday as two families that were brought together through marriage 10 days ago said their goodbyes to the couple that...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:44hrs | 1389 | by Staff reporter
Slain Madzibaba 'foretold' own death
The Hwedza apostolic church leader who was allegedly killed by former police detective Jaison Muvevi met his death while conducting rituals at his shrine to forestall the tragic events of January 13, ...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:09hrs | 2414 | by Staff reporter
Fort Rixon cattle carnage: Ward records 262 deaths in 1 month
A 65-year-old Fort Rixon widow has so far lost more than 50 cattle as the dreaded theileriosis, commonly known as January disease, has ravaged through the area leaving peasants and small scale farmers...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 08:12hrs | 1319 | by Staff Reporter
Jah Lemmy mourns Stella Chiweshe
Traditional musician Ginatsia "Jah Lemmy" Nyanhete of Guruve Arts marimba ensemble has mourned the late renowned Mbira artiste Stella Chiweshe who passed ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 15:33hrs | 374 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teachers4ED is a trade union, claims Ministry of Education
Teachers4ED, an association of teachers widely known to be supporting President Mnangagwa's bid for re-election in 2023 is a trade union organisation and teachers are free to attend its meetings durin...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:25hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Muvevi was a feared man in the police service sector
JAISON Muvevi, the ex-cop who gunned down three people in Wedza last week was a feared man in the police service sector, former colleagues have reportedly told one of his victims' nephew.Muvev...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:29hrs | 6140 | by Staff reporter
4 murders, jammed guns and fleeing cops
POICE Hove, the mother of the late office in charge of Hwedza, Inspector Maxwell Hove who was allegedly shot dead last week by Jaison Muvevi, has urged police to improve its vehicle fleet after it eme...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:25hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 998 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Gun crime rattles Zimbabwe's security sector
THE sudden spike in gun crimes across the country has pushed the security sector into panic with indications that police have since flooded the streets with detectives expected to sniff out menacing c...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:28hrs | 1253 | by Staff reporter
Suspended bus operators fire reckless drivers
Suspended bus companies Zebra Kiss and Rimbi Tours have apologised and further revealed they were firing drivers who got involved in a fierce road race along the Harare-Nyamapanda road earlier in the ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:25hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Stella Chiweshe dies at 76
Award-winning mbira music icon Mbuya Stella Chiweshe has died today at her home in Kuwadzana.She was 76.Her relative Rector Kandemiviri confirmed the death, he said," She was not feeli...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 15:58hrs | 1495 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Vote ED to live peacefully, Zanu-PF warns mourners at slain prophet's funeral
A Zanu-PF official in Wedza has threatened villagers that they risk living in political turmoil if they do not vote for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the up-coming elections.The Zanu-PF orga...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo dam levels still critically low
BULAWAYO's major supply dams have received insignificant inflows of water since the onset of the rainy season, raising fears of more water woes in the city.According to the latest update by th...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa calls ex-finance minister 'bipolar, lunatic and a criminal'
THE suspension of Zanu-PF Mashonaland West Youth League chairman, Tapiwa Masenda, for allegedly beating up a Chinese miner has reportedly ignited fresh turmoil amid vein intervention by Vice President...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:13hrs | 4378 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Speeding Rimbi Travel and Tours bus crash caught on camera
A video of a speeding Rimbi Travel and Tours bus has surfaced on the socials. Watch the video below to the endhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u-iQvH41PoA source familiar with the situ...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 10:29hrs | 22991 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teenager glassed to death over sex worker
A 19-YEAR-OLD Glendale man was glassed to death in a dispute over a commercial sex worker.Cephas Matingaidze (19) died after he was stabbed with a broken bottle by Edison Shava (19) at Tsungub...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 10:17hrs | 3675 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Baron Leong expects UK to hold free elections but it's 'too much and unfair' to ask same of Zimbabwe - how patronising
There are four tenets to rule of law: 1) The law must be simple, concise, relevant, and easily enforceable2) No one is above the law, especially those in positions of power and authori...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:25hrs | 859 | by Wilbert Mukori
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