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Street kid-turned-vendor convicted of fraud, theft
A former street kid who rose to prominence as a popular airtime vendor in Masvingo town has been convicted of fraud and theft after swindling two victims out of more than US$1,600. However, sentencing...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 15:58hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Woman gets rewarded for being lost at Trabablas Interchange
Patience Guni, the Harare woman who recently went viral after sharing her confusing experience navigating the newly constructed Trabablas Interchange, has been generously rewarded by the contractor re...Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 11:19hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question
I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the deve...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2187 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Zimbabwe woman in UK groundbreaking surgery
Ruvimbo Kaviya, aged 40, became the first person in the UK to have a tumour removed using a flexible tube and camera called an endoscope through her eye socket.Ruvimbo, who received her diagno...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 18:08hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Namibia to vote in toughest election yet for ruling party
Namibians will vote on Wednesday in what is expected to be the most competitive election yet for the ruling SWAPO party, which has governed the southern African nation for 34 years.If SWAPO ca...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
There is neither second republic nor new dispensation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, from where I stand, there is neither a new dispensation nor a second republic to talk about. As I see it, the late former President Robert Muga...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Barotseland wants out of Zambia
Many countries in the world have independentist movements within their borders and the African continent is no exception. Due to its colonial past and the distribution of its regions between the Europ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 20:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Doctor extorts US$350 from accident victim
A Chitungwiza Central Hospital medical doctor is facing disciplinary charges on allegations of attempting to extort US$350 from a parent of a girl who was one of the learners injured in a road traffic...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's failure centres around you, Your Excellency
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, a sage stated that a carpenter whose only tool is a hammer is an unproductive craftsman. He cannot produce a basic stool, given that his only...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:06hrs | 13 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwe's growing elephant problem
ONE late April evening, Christina Mudzongachiso and her husband were about to head home after a day in their cotton fields in Mbire, a rural community in northern Zimbabwe.That's when a lone e...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former gove...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:10hrs | 3 | by AP
COVID-19 generates numerous scams
COVID-19 scams have included supposed cures, fake testing sites and counterfeit personal protective equipment (PPE), Dr Katlego Mothudi, managing director of the Board of Healthcare Funders, a regiona...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Agencies
John Nkomo Museum stalls due to funding challenges
FUNDING challenges have stalled the completion of the John Landa Nkomo Museum located in Bulawayo City Centre despite work having started in earnest in 2016.The museum, which is situated along...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How does dental care differ in Zimbabwe to the UK?
In the UK, we often take dental care for granted. It isn’t until you compare dental care in the UK to other countries, like Zimbabwe, that you realise just how different dental systems and standards...Published: 30 May 2019 at 19:17hrs | 30 | by Staff Writer
Council health facilities now accept medical aid
Gweru City Council has started accepting medical aid cards from various scheme in a move that is expected to ''improve residents'' access to health care. Addressing a full council meeting rece...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Vacancy Notice - Dentist with proven internet skills
Vacancy Notice - Dentist with proven internet skills...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:30hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe, US in extradition pact
Zimbabwe has taken a huge step towards greater co-operation with the United States after Harare agreed to a pact for extradition of criminals between the two countries.The development comes as...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU observer witness Zanu PF bus in fraudulent voters - we need a clean start
"Kutaurirwa hunyimwa mbare dzokumusana!" (There are somethings in life one only fully appreciate by seeing them with their own eyes!) so goes the Shona saying. One of the most significant chan...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa legitimising neo-colonialism
Because Mother Africa's children residing at home and abroad are paying extremely close attention to Zimbabwe's upcoming harmonised elections, the individual profiles of the candidates will automatica...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
'Zacc officer' granted bail on extortion charges
A 42-YEAR-OLD Harare man yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court facing extortion allegations after he misrepresented to the complainant that he was a member of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruptio...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'ZACC officers' extort $10,000
Four men allegedly masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission officials and kidnapped Mutoko Rural District Council's chief executive Peter Sigauke accusing him of engaging in corrupt activiti...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zacc cops' kidnap RDC boss, demand ransom
FOUR former police officers posed as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigators and allegedly kidnapped Mutoko Rural District Council chief executive officer, Peter Sigauke, accusing him...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
THE inhumane side of #CHIMURENGA .....memories of Kenneth Nyoka
Pasi with this. Pasi with that.. Some young people may not know the grave consequences that usually accompanied this slogan during the second Chimurenga. I do. Barely into my teens one night we were r...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
Churches: A conduit of assistance to the less privileged
Corporate and individual donors have always banked on the church's selfless mission of charity to disburse resources to the less privileged members of the community.Recently, Word of Life Inte...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 13:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dentist wins $20 000 lawsuit
A specialist dental surgeon has been awarded more than $21 000 for services he rendered to his patient after a three-year bruising legal battle at the High Court.Dr Gerhard Peter Lung approach...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop arrested after demanding $150 bribe
A Zvishavane traffic cop was arrested on Wednesday by anti-corruption officers after demanding a bribe from a motorist.Sources familiar with the development allege that constable Mafuta demand...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 20:33hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Trump's Zimbabwe connection
Donald Trump will be sworn in as United States president this week. So far, according to ...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by Ian Scoones
Zimbabwe drops charges against Cecil the lion hunter
A Zimbabwe court has dropped charges against a professional hunter alleged to have helped an American dentist to kill a famous lion named Cecil.It ruled that the charges against Theo Bronk...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 14:37hrs | 2 | by BBC
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Slippery slope for Zimbabwe and its leader
Forget Cecil the Lion: for Zimbabweans, 2015 was mostly about President Robert Mugabe, lack of money, and how long both would last.While Cecil and his death at the hands of an American dentist...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 13:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai visits foreign hospital like Mugabe
Welcome Tsvangson to private hospitals club While we are on the subject of private hospitals, I would like to welcome Moregirls Tsvangson for the very wise decision he made to be admitted...Published: 23 May 2016 at 09:05hrs | | by Dr Amai
Peta launches Cecil-inspired 'condoms for hunters' campaign
PETA Distributes 'Huntsman' Condoms as a Way to Nip Future Generations of Animal-Slayers in the Bud Harare -...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dentist saves rapist from prison
A RAPIST from Binga who could not give his correct age in court has a dentist to thank for a lighter sentence after the specialist determined that he could be a minor. Artwell Munsaka had clai...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Mug Abe Robbery short changes Zimbabwe: #ZanuPf&MugabeMustFall
As tee-total and abstemious human beings, the manner we perceive is dependent on the perspective used whilst observing. Whether it is Robert Mugabe the Dreamer, or Robert Mugabe the prayerful one, or ...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Ntate Moruti Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Cecil the Lion's killer will not be facing any charges
The American dentist who sparked public outrage after it was revealed he had killed Zimbabwe's Cecil the Lion on a hunting trip will not be charged as he 'had his papers in order', it has been re...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cecil cubs feared dead in Hwange National Park
SLAIN world famous Cecil the lion's cubs and their mothers have disappeared from Hwange National Park, sparking fears they may have been killed by males out to start a new pride. American...Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
Five people arrested over cyanide poisoning scam
Zimbabwe Parks and Wild Life Management has said they have picked five suspects in connection with the cyanide poisoning which killed the elephants at Hwange National Parks.Suspected poachers ...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe police arrest Cecil hunter over sable smuggling
Police in Zimbabwe have arrested Theo Bronkhorst, the professional hunter behind the killing of Cecil the lion, following the discovery of 29 sable antelope allegedly being smuggled to South Afric...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fails to punish Cecil's killers
Zimbabwe has all but let Cecil's killers off the hook as Mugabe's wife says hunter did nothing wrong."I say the dentist who killed the lion must be left alone," said Mrs Mugabe, adding that th...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 13:05hrs | 2 | by Adam Cruise
Mermaids wreak havoc in Zimbabwe township
A NUMBER of residents in Chikanga Phase One in Mutare claim to have had nasty encounters with two mermaids - male and female - that are residing in a small river near the high-density suburb and many ...Published: 05 Sep 2015 at 18:58hrs | 10 | by Ray Bande
I welcome constructive criticism says Grace Mugabe
The First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe says she is not without fault and welcomes constructive criticism as long as it is genuine.She was speaking at a rally at Murombedzi Growth Point in Mashonaland...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Lion kills tour guide in Victoria Falls
A 40-year-old tour guide was on Monday morning attacked and killed by a lioness while leading tourists in Victoria Falls.Qin Terrence Swales, who was employed by Zambezi Heritage, was attacked...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Freeman Razemba
Half a million pounds (£500,000) donated following Cecil the Lion's death
Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit has received more than half a million pounds in donations, following the death of Cecil the Lion, BBC reported.Cecil was a well-known to...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe castigates Britain, US hypocrisy on skulls, Cecil the lion
THE First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday castigated Britain and the United States' hypocritical behaviour, saying the two Western countries are taking the killing of Cecil the Lion to be more important t...Published: 14 Aug 2015 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Felex Share/Leonard Ncube
Fastjet to name its first aircraft in Zim after Cecil the Lion
African discount airliner Fastjet Plc will open a base in Zimbabwe this month, after adding an Airbus A319 to its fleet, and another in Zambia by October, Chief Executive Officer Ed Winter said....Published: 12 Aug 2015 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe accuse Zimbabweans of failing to protect Cecil the lion
President Robert Mugabe has accused his own people of 'failing to protect' Cecil the lion.In his first public comments about the lion, Mugabe said on Monday that Zimbabweans should protect ...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 17:39hrs | | by Ndou Paul
WATCH: Cecil the lion advert a hit
The popular Lion Lager brew is using Cecil to market its beer.The brand placed adverts in the Zimbabwean press on Thursday saying, "Our pride lives on - A tribute to Cecil the Lion"."...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 14:51hrs | | by News24
The truth behind Cecil the lion
Zimbabwe's most famous big cat, Cecil the lion, was shot and killed by an American trophy hunter early in July. The man who stalked and killed the 13 year old lion is Walter Palmer, a dentist from Min...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 06:15hrs | 4 | by Waza Online Blogger Jera
Cecil the lion's killer to be extradited to Zimbabwe?
The Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana has started processing papers for the extradition of the American dentist Walter Palmer who killed Cecil the lion in Hwange.Environment, Water a...Published: 07 Aug 2015 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Life-sized bronze statue of Cecil the lion
Cecil the lion, whose death at the hands of hunters in Zimbabwe prompted worldwide outrage, may be commemorated by a bronze statue at the entrance to the park where he lived.A conservation...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 19:07hrs | | by BBC
Mugabe urged to focus on serious issues, not Cecil the lion
Cecil the Lion has in the past week hogged international news headlines as millions expressed outrage about the killing of one of the country's favourite big cats.Now after his office asked t...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 20:36hrs | 12 | by Thomas Chiripasi
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