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Father mistakenly gives infant poison
There was a tragic incident in Shamva after a 31-year-old father, Passmore Nicholas, allegedly accidentally fed his one-year-old son cattle dip chemical t...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2511 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's intellectual prostitutes and the national question
My Ghanaian broth er, Dr George Ayiteyi, was the first to connect fraudulent claims to the title of professor to Professor Jonathan Moyo as the quintessential intellectual prostitute. I scolded Ayitey...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:41hrs | 683 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Residents boil sewer water to drink
CLOSE to 15 years since it was established, residents in Mbundane in Umguza District, adjacent to Mganwini (Bulawayo) still have no water connected to their households with residents forced to illegal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
The Ins and Out of UK Horse Racing Events
Horse racing is steeped in tradition and the UK is home to some of the most renowned horse racing events in the world. Dotted throughout the UK and in all 4 home nations the horse racing is accessible...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 13:15hrs | 377 | by Staff Writer
Rushed Zim Dollar introduction cost the economy
The Zimbabwean government recently gazetted the Finance Bill (H.B.4 of 2020) which validates the fiscal changes that were tabled in the Mid-Term budget review in July 2020. The Bill amends the Gains T...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:17hrs | 1240 | by Victor Bhoroma
Sikhala's daily life at Chikurubi
TODAY as you read this article, Job Sikhala would have woken up at 5:30am from the cold concrete floor that he has been sleeping on since his persecution and incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Securit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 3088 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
City fathers under fire over water
SOME former Bulawayo councillors say the current council leadership cannnot escape blame for the grave water shortages in the city amid accusations the local authority is failing to manage the limited...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:45hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's murder accused councillor remanded to November
MDC-Alliance councillor for Bindura's Ward 1, Paradzai Mupingiza, who is facing murder charges, was yesterday further remanded to November 27. Mupingiza (35) was not asked to plead to the char...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Leonard Dembo's music will live on - Tendai Dembo
Born Tendai Dembo on 8 August 1987 in Harare Zimbabwe, Tendai is the second born in a family of three siblings of the late sungura musical icon Kwangwari Gwaendepi popularly known as Leonard Dembo or ...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 15:30hrs | 1397 | by Leonard Koni
Whisky, bootlicking at Mnangagwa's birthday
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials and corporate executives yesterday fell over each other to spoil President Emmerson Mnangagwa with presents that included flowers and expensive whisky brands on his 78th birth...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 7447 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on ANC engagement, 'false' abductions and anarchy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has stood adamant, South Africa's governing African National Congress was only engaging his Zanu-PF party and no-one else, insisting there was no crisis which warranted th...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2227 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono says 'international pressure saved me'
A ZIMBABWEAN journalist who was imprisoned on charges of incitement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has accused the successor to Robert Mugabe of having him jailed because he exposed pand...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | 3375 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council admits pumping bacteria-infected water
BULAWAYO City Council has admitted that residents could be receiving bacteria infected water, but said this was not life-threatening.This came after residents last week complained of receiving...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 958 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honours General Mtshana Khumalo with National hero status
The Second Republic has been commended for honouring revered General Mtshana Khumalo who has been granted National hero status. Gen Khumalo was the commander of King Lobengula's Imbizo Regimen...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 2974 | by Staff reporter
King Mzilikazi's Commemoration 2020
The Covid 19 pandemic protocols made it impossible for formal annual first week of September celebratory gatherings and festivities to take place at the Royal Palace, Emhlahlandlela in the Matop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:10hrs | 759 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
May churches play their part in taming the youths
The 'cheap', but very cheap spirits (alcohol) on sale countrywide, do authorities or those tasked to do quality control aware of their production or importation? The beverages are competing we...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:02hrs | 150 | by Tondo
Joshua Nkomo is remembered in diverse forms fairly and unfairly
In year 1980, Joshua Nkomo was the most hated persona in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland and some parts of Midlands. The first elections were so toxic, a tribal card was key to get most of the people vote for ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 19:54hrs | 990 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC-T has to put voters first
The ongoing destabilisation of opposition-controlled urban councils as part of a battle for power in the MDC ranks is one of the most cynical attacks on Zimbabwe's nascent democracy.Following ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Murder-accused MDC Alliance councillor in the dock
MDC Alliance councillor for Bindura Ward 1, Paradzai Mupingiza, yesterday appeared in court for fatally assaulting another reveller during a fight over a woman at a night club. Mupingiza (35) ...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:31hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Cholera crisis looms in Harare
IMAGINE a crisis of COVID-19 and cholera in Zimbabwe, that is the crisis that the city is staring at. Why is it that Harare City Council cannot provide its residents with clean water?Water pro...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 589 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mnangagwa thinks white people are stupid!
The former Vauxhall Labour MP Hon. Kate Hoey said: Mnangagwa is Mugabe mark two. This week has been spectacular by proving this statement as more or less correct but in reverse. In a feat of rage, Mug...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 13:48hrs | 8457 | by Nomazulu Thata
A look inside Zimbabwe's most glamorous resorts
Zimbabwe is fortunate to have a stunning natural landscape, complete with beautiful flora and fauna. It's no surprise that our ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 19:01hrs | 2237 | by Staff writer
Photo of ZRP officer drinking Chibuku in uniform goes viral
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is investigating the authenticity of a photograph of a man, in ZRP uniform, holding what appears to be a Chibuku scud."We are currently investigating the authentic...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:16hrs | 6635 | by Staff reporter
Dozens arrested over Nehanda artefacts
AT LEAST 65 people have been arrested in Mazowe for destroying artefacts belonging to Mbuya Nehanda, the police have said. Mbuya Nehanda, also known as Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, was one of t...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 17:15hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
No water for all Bulawayo suburbs
FOR the first time in many years, all suburbs in Bulawayo will at the same time go without tapped water until further notice, a situation that will compound water woes among the city's nearly one mill...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Sex panners invade mines
After finding the going tough in the city, sex workers have devised a new way of survival as they have invaded mining areas in a bid to eke out a living as some of them were now failing to pay rent an...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:43hrs | 3677 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala was arrested by 15 armed policemen
POLICE have released riveting details of how they allegedly arrested larger-than-life MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala last week.Among other claims, law enforcement ...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:44hrs | 4420 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 12475 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
'Khami Dam sewage water good for drinking'
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has said tests have certified that Khami Dam water meets acceptable standards for drinking and is also considering a new aquifer which can supply the city with about 40 meg...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 07:26hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis puts residents' health at risk in Bulawayo
"YOU'LL get water when it's available," Bulawayo City Council officials loosely told residents recently after struggling to stick to the six-day water shedding schedule put in place to manage the dwin...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 23:59hrs | 1807 | by Staff Reporter
3 abducted MDC ladies back in court
MDC officials Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Wednesday to answers to charges of communicating falsehoods following their abdu...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 10:38hrs | 2140 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man in court for killing father
A 34-YEAR-OLD Marange man has appeared in court facing murder charges after pulling his father's manhood, accusing him of having extra-marital affairs.Cudwell Ndega was not asked to plead when...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 09:23hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Umguza machete gang members arrested
FOUR of a six-member machete gang which allegedly disarmed and killed a security guard at Arda Balu Estate in Umguza on Thursday last week have been arrested, Southern Eye has learnt.According...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Proud to be catholic
I am the proudest catholic today than any other days of my faith. This may sound untrue and exaggerated, I have been saying openly that my Christian faith does not serve me and my immediately needs an...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 17:58hrs | 1476 | by Nomazulu Thata
Police raise alarm over spike in murder cases
POLICE have raised concern over an increase in murder cases across the country and attributed alcohol abuse and infidelity to the rise in killings, particularly under the COVID-19 national lockdown....Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Misfortunes, fortunes of Fortune Chasi
Zimbabwe has not had power outages for most of the period under the coronavirus lockdown.Even when President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration eased the restrictions on industry and commerce...Published: 20 Aug 2020 at 12:57hrs | 13829 | by Tawanda Karombo
Zimbabwe's indigenous churches preach peace
MEMBERS of the Zimbabwe Indigenous Inter-Denominational Council of Churches (ZIICC) do not share perverse desires for conflict, as is the case with some other religious organisations, but prefer to wo...Published: 19 Aug 2020 at 07:13hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for raping thigh vendor
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed 15 years for raping a sex worker and robbing her of R200 and her cellphone. Thobani Moyo from Ntabenende area in Esigodini pleaded not guilty to rape and robb...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
4 family members die after drinking 'alcohol'
FOUR members of a Binga family have died while three have been hospitalised after they allegedly drank alcohol bought from an illegal alcohol dealer in South Africa.The seven, all male, are fr...Published: 16 Aug 2020 at 08:16hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khuphe - kambe uthembeni mtaka mama?
I am breaching my own covenant I made never to critique Thokozani Khuphe in the public taking into consideration the trauma she had to endure at the funeral of Richard Morgen Tsvangirai funeral in Bhu...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 17:28hrs | 5544 | by Nomazulu Thata
Villagers arrest transformer thieves
VILLAGERS at Dillion farm, Shamva teamed up and effected citizen arrest on three Harare suspected Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), transformer thieves.The ma...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2470 | by Simbarashe Sithole
We must Occupy the Decision making tables @40!
The truth has to be said when there is nothing much left to life to protect. Life is unbearably difficult for many of us and l have personally felt the de...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 21:34hrs | 902 | by Ms Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
'Unboiled borehole water not suitable for drinking'
Bulawayo residents should not drink borehole water without boiling it as it is susceptible to contamination from burst sewers and soil bacteria. Most Bulawayo residents now depend on borehole ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fret over curfew breakers
Curfew breaking is widespread in Harare, with a growing number of cars seen driving around northern suburbs late at night, although shopping centres are abandoned in these suburbs, and with vending an...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:43hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa trashes govt critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lashed out at government critics, describing them as "renegades" bent on derailing the country's economic recovery, the Daily News reports. Addressing the nation...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 21:59hrs | 1506 | by Staff reporter
Police call for attitude change
POLICE have raised concern over the reckless behaviour of some members of the public who continue to violate the Covid-19 lockdown regulations. As at yesterday, 133 407 people had been arreste...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:11hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to immortalise Mtshana Khumalo, Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo, Mgandani Dlodlo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the Government is engaged in a programme of erecting statues of eminent liberation icons from the First and Second Chimurenga/Umvukela to immortalise their supreme s...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Roll call and the destruction of the Salisbury fuel tanks 1978
There has been a lot of confusion on the role ZPRA played during the liberation struggle and a lot of twisting of facts related to certain operations that are perceived to have changed the course of t...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 18:53hrs | 5266 | by Barbatone Irvine Sibhona
'We must unite to fight against detractors'
ZIMBABWEANS must remain united and resolute in the fight against renewed glaring, and unjustified attacks by the country's perennial detractors, both inside and outside our borders, said President Emm...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 17:12hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
The price of tribal politics in Zimbabwe is dangerous and costly: A warning to the people of Mashonaland once more!
Hätte der Hund nicht geschießen, hätte der Haufen nicht gegeben, this is a German adage it means we regret bitterly the decisions we made in previous times. Indeed if the dog had not shot, th...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:22hrs | 4331 | by Nomazulu Thata
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