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Man kills sister over six boyfriends
A 27-year-old Gweru man, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for fatally assaulting his sister whom he accused of being promiscuous after finding WhatsApp messages in her phone showing that she ...Published: 49 mins ago | 46 | by Staff reporter
Rambo's tombstone unveiling tomorrow
A tombstone unveiling for the late national team and Highlanders legend Mercedes "Rambo" Sibanda will be held at West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo tomorrow.A granite tombstone, with a picture of ...Published: 50 mins ago | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mourns Zvirikuzhe
THE late Cleto Zvirikuzhe has been described as a humble and dedicated cadre whose death will be felt in the ruling party Zanu-PF and the nation at large.He was 60.At the time of his d...Published: 53 mins ago | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs question Mnangagwa's legitimacy
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, struggling to consolidate and maintain power at the volatile helm amid renewed internal Zanu-PF infighting and disintegration of the coalition which drove his ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 4201 | by Staff reporter
US pressures Zimbabwe to lift ban on by-elections
THE United States government has ratcheted up pressure on Zimbabwe to hold by-elections, after nearly 30 constituencies were left with no representation following dramatic recalls of MDC Alliance legi...Published: 12 hrs ago | 368 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland marginalisation
THE marginalisation of the Matabeleland region is viewed as a deliberate extension of the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres by the Zanu pF government, to punish the people in the southern parts of the count...Published: 21 hrs ago | 904 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's resting place and the making of national monuments
THE story, life and even death of late former President Robert Mugabe is a subject that continues to rekindle memories — good, bad and somewhat bizarre. His exhumation debacle exposes the certainty ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 430 | by Brighton Taruberekera
Zapu to hold elective congress next month
ZAPU is expected to hold its elective congress next month with six candidates jostling for the party's top post. The elective congress, which seeks to elect a new leadership following the death of the...Published: 22 hrs ago | 93 | by Staff reporter
3 held over murder of Bulawayo businessman
POLICE yesterday said they had intensified investigations into the case in which they have arrested three suspects who were part of a gang that murdered a Bulawayo businessman before ransacking his ho...Published: 22 hrs ago | 490 | by Staff reporter
Christ Ministries wrangle spills into court
A boardroom wrangle between the two sons of the late Christ Ministries Church founder, Bishop Cuthbert Makoni' and some members of the board of trustees has spilled into the High Court. Makoni...Published: 22 hrs ago | 136 | by Staff reporter
Who is causing parallel market rates to spike?
For the past 18 months, the country's economy has been on a rebound, assisted by the stronger performance in the agricultural and mining sectors, an improved balance of payments and external sector po...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 19:35hrs | 3210 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
Time to ratify AU Charter on Democracy
AS we reflect on the just passed International Day on Democracy, we find it worrying that Zimbabwe has not ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance. It is a long time since...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:30hrs | 113 | by Veritas
Nzuwah declared national hero
The former Public Service Commission chairman, Dr Mariyawanda Nzuwah, who died after a short illness on Tuesday, has been declared a national hero. Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister ...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe exhumation: Grace loses court case
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe suffered another blow as a Chinhoyi magistrate threw out her bid for judicial review of Chief Zvimba's ruling ordering the exhumation of the late former President Robert...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:38hrs | 4803 | by Staff reporter
Mariyawanda Nzuwah dies
Long-time Public Service Commission (PSC) chairman Mariyawanda Nzuwah has died.He was 68.President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he was a "rare crop of leader in the public service" as...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 20:55hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Petrol bombed pastor succumbs to burns
A PASTOR from Enaleni Village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, who was petrol bombed and suffered burns to 97 percent of body has died. Bishop Ephraim Ndlovu (51) of Alive in Christ Pentecostal C...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1668 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa remembers Muzenda
On the 18th anniversary of the death of Vice President Simon Vengesai Muzenda yesterday, President Mnangagwa said the best that the country can do to honour him is to always remember the sacrifices th...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu declared national hero posthumously
THE Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday posthumously declared the late Cdes Rabelani Choeni, Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu, Elliot Ngwabi, Professor George Kahari and Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki as national heroes. Pr...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Man stones mother to death
A MENTALLY challenged man from Matobo fatally struck his mother with stones. In their twitter page, police confirmed the incident which occurred on September 16. In another case a mentally challenged ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 19:00hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Fired MSU lecturer found dead
A MIDLANDS State University philosophy lecturer, Ishmael Jeko, was found dead in his house last Friday.Jeko was vice-president of Midlands State University Lecturers Association (MSULA)....Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | 5906 | by Staff reporter
Govt to correct Battle of Pupu story
GOVERNMENT has taken a bold step to correct a one-sided narrative of the famous Battle of Pupu, which for many years deliberately overlooked the African perspective. Under President Mnangagwa, the Sec...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Marange Church sued for marrying off young girls
The constitutionality of the Johanne Marange Apostolic Church doctrine of marrying off young girls and covering up alleged sexual abuse among congregants is now under the spotlight after gender activi...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:08hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Four perish, one seriously injured
Four people died on the spot while one was seriously injured when a Mercedes Benz they were travelling in veered off the road before uprooting trees this ...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 13:06hrs | 4245 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Simple recipe for Zanu-PF or MDC victory
A good number of those outstanding Zimbabweans who have chosen to serve their country as doctors, accountants, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, politicians, documentary film-mak...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:54hrs | 845 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Violent father charged with murder
A FILABUSI villager, who was in 2017 sentenced to 12 months in jail for assaulting his two children, is back in the dock facing fresh charges of killing one of them with a knobkerrie.Nkazimulo...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:46hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies in tractor accident
A 48-YEAR-OLD woman from Matobo district's Nyongolo area in Kezi died after falling from a moving tractor.Matabeleland South acting police spokesperson Sergeant Thandolwenkosi Moyo said Nothan...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:46hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Why I wrote Mnangagwa book
Former MDC politician Eddie Cross says he could not turn down an opportunity to write President Emmerson Mnangagwa's autobiography because he was impressed with his attitude.Cross (EC), the au...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:34hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
'Dead' 14kg gold smuggler resurfaces, arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested Jefat Chaganda, the chief suspect in the 14 kilogramme gold case that happened in Plumtree in 2018.The case also resulted in the arrest of nine other suspects ...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:16hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
President E D Mnangagwa @ 79 and overcoming the struggle in transition
The surfeit of one's proximity to a hero has a tendency of dissuading them from appreciating their rarely accorded access to greatness — such is the descriptive parable of the privilege I have to se...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:16hrs | 76 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Mentally ill woman commits suicide
A Bindura woman who was suffering from some form of mental illness decided to end her life on Friday by drinking termite poison.Doricah...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:06hrs | 160 | by Simbarashe Sithole
BREAKING: Johannesburg's Zimbabwean mayor dies in car crash
Johannesburg's mayor Jolidee Matongo, a Zimbabwean only elected to the position last month, has died in a car accident.Matongo was involved in a car accident after the ANC program in Soweto wh...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 20:13hrs | 7554 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 639 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Mwonzora's MDC-T elects female deputy mayor
THE Municipality of Chegutu Friday underwent rituals to formalise the nomination and appointment of Ward 6 councillor, Dadirai Guyo as the town's new deputy mayor.Guyo becomes the first female...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:32hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner dies after falling into mine shaft
A GOLD panner died after he fell into a 20-metre-deep mine shaft in Umzingwane while illegally prospecting for gold. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mange...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:25hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctors challenged to be professional, united
Doctors need to be united, ethical and professional at all times in their discharge of critical service, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga said last night du...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Ex-cop took out 16 policies on boyfriend
THE former police officer accused of murdering six of her relatives testified on Thursday that she had taken out 16 policies on her boyfriend amounting to more than R400 000. Nomia Rosemary Nd...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Row over Shiri estate
THE family of late national hero and Cabinet minister Perrance Shiri has questioned the authenticity of documents used by the Master of the High Court Eldard Mutasa to handle his vast empire.A...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2nd Republic of contradictions, inconsistencies
DEVELOPMENTS in the past few days and weeks have shown that those in charge of our so-called Second Republic are nothing more than a clueless bunch given to gross lies, glaring contradictions and emba...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:26hrs | 482 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa dragged into mine dispute
THE names of Zimbabwe's late strongman Robert Mugabe and his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) have been dragged into a blazing dispute over Ran Gold Mine, a Mashonaland Central domic...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Zupco in head-on collision, 1 dead
One person died on the spot while six others were injured when a car collided head on with a Zupco commuter omnibus along the Kwekwe -Redcliff Road. The driver of a Toyota Alex died on the spo...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered for 'showing off' beer
SEVEN men are on the run for the murder of a 30-year-old man, who was stabbed for allegedly 'showing off' at a bar in Kwekwe's area of Munyathi. The now deceased David Tembo (30), was stabbed ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 19:51hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe exhumation fight rages
Lawyers representing the family of the late former President Robert Mugabe have filed an appeal against a ruling by a magistrate that they could not challenge an order issued by a traditional chief to...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | 3414 | by Staff reporter
Dead woman 'haunts family'
A Cowdray Park family in Bulawayo says it is being haunted by its 22-year-old daughter, who died in a car crash nearly three months ago as they constantly "see" her in the house. The family wa...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:57hrs | 1312 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 hits 11 schools
ELEVEN schools across the country were forced to shut down yesterday after a significant number of students tested positive for COVID-19, it has emerged.This comes as teacher unions claimed th...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:54hrs | 3356 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone thief stoned to death
ELEVEN residents of Pumula in Bulawayo are in trouble with the law after they stoned a suspected cellphone thief to death on Saturday.He was identified by one of the residents when they were p...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1747 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF guns for landslide win in 2023 elections
Madinda Ndlovu wept!MADINDA NDLOVU shed tears last night as domestic football celebrated the long-awaited honouring of its legends, with Sakunda Holdings presenting three houses to some of the fin...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:44hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
3 die in kombi, bus collision
Three people including a 21-year-old mother and her child, died on the spot, while several passengers were injured when an illegal commuter omnibus burst its front tyre and collided with a Munhenzva b...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:43hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Korean leader of world's largest church dies
South Korean clergyman who used to have the largest church and congregation in the world, David Yongi Cho, has died at the age of 85. Cho died on Tuesday. His Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assembl...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 13:13hrs | 1745 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Child prostitution rampant in Zimbabwe slums
DONNING mini-skirts, popular for being the dress code for the oldest profession, girls as young as 12, file past the railway tracks towards Harare-Chinhoyi Highway, where one after the other, they are...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
IDs for 'forgotten citizens'
THE Registrar-General (RG's) office yesterday started issuing identity documents to the San community in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, creating a sense of belonging among these almost forgotten citi...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:03hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
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