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Chemist Siziba dies
Zimbabwean local businessman Chemist Siziba who was one of the pioneers in the mobile telecommunications industry has died.He was 77.Siziba died of kidney failure at Parirenyatwa Hospi...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 07:05hrs | 4749 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tops in beer drinkers' survey
ZIMBABWE has been ranked one of the countries with a high alcohol consumption rate per capita, according to the latest survey.According to a survey by Wise Voter, an individual Zimbabwean cons...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
From Moondog Max to Arnold Zikhali, the storied lineage of Zimbabwe's 'strong men'
ON what had been a pretty ordinary and innocuous Tuesday afternoon, there was suddenly a flurry of activity around the corner of George Silundika and Sam Nujoma in Harare.Like bees attracted t...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:35hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's underworld of teen sex, drugs
TEENAGERS of schoolgoing age take turns to go into a secret hide-out located in Hatfield, Harare, on a Saturday.The girls are dressed in all sorts of skimpy tight fitting clothes, while their ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tips on rearing broilers
When you intend to start a poultry project, sometimes budget constraints may be very discouraging . That is not an excuse to shelve the project though. To cut on production costs, you can substitute a...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by @Jamwanda2
Beer drinkers church: when the love of God and booze meet
THE inviting, melodious echoes flow downhill as we make the final ascend.In the absence of musical instruments to enhance output, they use their palms to issue out some rhythmic claps which bl...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
HIV positive former DeMbare star regrets not zipping up
THERE is no doubt that throughout the years there are plenty of footballers and sports personalities in general who in addition to giving their all on the pitch, also give their all off the pitch, esp...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Beer drinker loses car to bogus cops
THREE bogus police officers stole a Honda Fit in Harare after confronting the owner who was drinking beer outside the vehicle at a city flat on Tuesday and accused him of violating Covid-19 regulation...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers army, police
ZIMBABWE plans to splurge millions of United States dollars to procure about 1 000 brand new vehicles for the security services sector next year, to bolster their operations in a move that is likely t...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
He who acknowledges his failings has started his journey to success
Have Zimbabweans ever wondered why they appear 'cursed' - in a country seemingly entrapped in a never-ending vicious cycle of economic malaise and poverty, whereby each minute is expended on how to ju...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 14:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Reckless drinking is destroying the youths
Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of having an empty glass of beer, so the seasoned drinker or connoisseur is always topping up the glass with more beer after every swig. Not so with 'Musombo' or 'Kambwa'...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 07:43hrs | 21 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Beer shortages hit Bulawayo, surrounding areas
SOLE clear beer manufacturer, Delta Corporation Limited is now coercing its customers to buy unpopular beer brands as clear beer shortages have hit the southern region.A survey carried by New ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
27 drinkers arrested, 1 shot for attacking cops
Police last Friday shot and injured a patron before arresting 27 imbibers at a bar in Mutare on allegations of attacking police officers who were enforcing lockdown regulations.The incident oc...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The centre is not holding in ED's government
It seems the centre is not holding in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new republic. What he promised people as soon as he got elected is somewhat different from the people's expectations.Presid...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 20:36hrs | 5 | by Leonard Koni
Mob holds police officers hostage
POLICE in Chiwundura, Midlands province, are investigating a case in which a group of beer drinkers mobbed and held hostage three police officers while demanding the immediate release of a colleague a...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora a puppet of Zanu-PF
As we draw near 2023 elections, there are going to be many surprises and the one surprise would be the walloping of Mr Douglas Mwonzora and signing off his political carreer.You can't be calle...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 09:18hrs | 8 | by Leonard Koni
Old habits that will kill Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWEANS are masking, and that's good! But a look at the masks will reveal the futility of the effort. The surgical masks which are generally made of a thin paperlike material are supposed ...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 16:56hrs | | by Muckrakers
Zanu-PF official killed at a 'shebeen'
A LOSING Zanu-PF council candidate in the 2018 elections in Mbizo, Kwekwe, was recently killed at a 'shebeen' in the suburb following an altercation over vehicle parking space.Allison Stambuli...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's 'fantasy' budget: Here's how it will affect you
THE 2021 budget presented by the finance minister Mthuli Ncube to Parliament shows that the minister was living in a ‘fantasy world,' according to academic, Professor Austin Chakaodza."Some ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors push for legalisation of shebeens
SOME Bulawayo city councillors have said it is better to license shebeens, rather than bottle stores calling for policies to make them legal. According to the latest council report, councillor...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi tragedy: Right class, Wrong lessons
For the past few days, social media has been awash with several theories of how and why Ginimbi and his friends died. There are several conspiracy theories and speculations being put across and it has...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 12:23hrs | 15 | by Garikai Mananje
Robert Mugabe: A leader loved and hated in equal measure by Zimbabweans
Longtime Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has died. He was 95.Loved and hated in almost equal measure by Zimbabweans, the former teacher was best known for leading Zimbabwe to independence, ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | | by Compiled by Alet Janse van Rensburg
Booze binge kills Gwanda teacher
A 52-YEAR-OLD teacher from Gwanda died allegedly after a beer binge with friends. Mr Edmond Mchilo Ncube, who had been teaching at Gungwe High School for more than 10 years, allegedly went dri...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer prices have reduced cases of domestic violence
'Wine that gladdens the heart of man'. Beer prices are ever climbing up far away from the hands of many would be imbibers let alone mouths of merry-makers and pub crawlers. Paying tribute to Bacchus t...Published: 05 May 2019 at 11:55hrs | 478 | by Thomas Murisa
ZCLDN holds drug masterplan roundtable
Today, the Zimbabwe Civil Liberties and Drug Network held a breakfast roundtable meeting in Harare with government officials, police and officials from several non-governmental organisations on the Na...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | | by ZCLDN
Kachasu drinker drowns in river
The love for an illicit brew called kachasu cost a 38-year old Chiweshe man his life after he drowned on Saturday night while trying to cross the flooded Mazamba River.The body of Brian Muchem...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer drinkers must think long and hard
Following the announcement by Delta Corporation Limited — the Zimbabwean company part owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev — to only accept hard currency for its beverages, it appears the future of beer ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer prices up +100%
Beer drinkers may now need to think twice before downing the so-called wise waters.This follows the steep increase in the price of clear beer – by more than 100 percent – hours after Delta...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why do people now prefer to drink in bottle stores?
THE prevailing economic situation in the country that now requires people to dig deep into their pockets for anything has not spared alcohol drinkers as they are now avoiding classy bars that cost an ...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | 2143 | by Nigel Siziba
Beer price back to normal
Beer price which had more than doubled over the past weeks has normalised, while charges for other beverages have also significantly come down.A pint of beer had shot up to $5 owing to panic b...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 18:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe empty shelves scare
Austin Mushanguri shakes his head in dejection and walks away from the fridges in an affluent supermarket in the capital after reading a sign saying he can only buy one bottle of beer instead of the d...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces worst economic crisis in a decade
As Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, gas lines are snaking for hours, prices are spiking and residents goggle as the new government insists that the country - somehow - has ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 14:36hrs | | by AP
'Chain smoker’ dies in slum fire
A MAN from Bulawayo was burnt to death after a room he was sleeping in caught fire in a slum in Trenance suburb. Siphosiso Moyo (46), an alleged drunkard and a chain smoker, died following a fire that...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba man drinks himself to death
A MAN from Makokoba in Bulawayo died last week due to alleged health complications related to his excessive alcohol consumption.Msilisi Mlotshwa (48) of 1824 Third Street in Makokoba suburb in...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsholotsho boy opens craft brewery in Cape Town
I was born and bred in Tsholotsho, a village in Zimbabwe. As a child, I enjoyed watching my grandparents brewing traditional beer - umqombothi.The process was fascinating. But because my paren...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 18:33hrs | 4738 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe politicians plot post-Mugabe reforms
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I‘M THE...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:44hrs | | by Joe Brock, Ed Cropley
60-year-old dies dancing to Ngamnank'SamaMo
THE Zimbabwe Boxing Federation (ZBF) National Championship Tournament prematurely ended on Sunday at Sizinda South Beer Garden in Bulawayo after a patron collapsed and died on the spot.Mangang...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
Fake whiskey, vodka flood Zimbabwe
Thinking of ending your weekend with a whiskey, brandy, rum or vodka? Think twice!Illegal distribution of liquor in Zimbabwe has seen a lot of knock-off brands enter the market. Most bottles a...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:23hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
It is not a bedroom affair, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, the situation on the ground has forced me to make changes to my Cabinet as a matter of urgency. I could not wait to make these changes when I assume...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 16:21hrs | | by CZ
Mnangagwa and a plan to rebuild Zimbabwe after Mugabe
In January, a photograph appeared in Zimbabwe's media showing Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoying drinks with a friend. In his hand was a large novelty mug emblazoned with the words: "I'M THE B...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 15:12hrs | | by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley
Prostitution, drugs, violence in Zimbabwe music
A lot has been said about the vices of the local music industry yet, to those that are not directly involved in this entertainment circle, black spots that litter the underworld of musicians remain a ...Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Godwin Muzari
In Zimbabwe, boys are offered boxing instead of despair
Zimbabwean boys as young as 10 hurry every weekend to a boxing ring whose nickname, Wafa Wafa, in the local Shona language suggests that whoever enters will be lucky to come out alive....Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 20:52hrs | | by AFP
PDP condemns MSU students assault by soldiers
The People's Democratic Party has said it learnt with deep shock and sadness of the callous attack by rogue soldiers on defenseless MSU students.In a statement Harare Provincial Spokesperson N...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mujuru's impending trip to Chatham House where she hopes to impress her British benefactors
THE Tongas have a good saying: Hearts are not far from concord when noses have already fraternised. Let me open my gonamombe, pull out the lid of the cow-horn canister, so you the reader and me, c...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 12:29hrs | 807 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Woman fed up with kachasu drinking hubby
An alleged Harare kachasu drinker was sued by his wife on allegations of abuse.Miriam Chiwaya told Harare Civil court magistrate Gamuchirai Siwardi that her husband was a problem when he w...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 14:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alcohol sales fall for first time in nearly 20 years
GLOBAL sales of alcohol fell in 2015 for the first time since market research firm Euromonitor International started keeping records in 2001.In fact, you probably have to go back to the Asian ...Published: 15 May 2016 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Houses up for grabs for Harare 'Whisky' drinkers
AFRICAN Distillers Limited (AFDIS), Zimbabwe's largest spirits, ciders and wine manufacturing company has launched a nationwide promotion in which consumers will win three houses in Harare as a way of...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Business Reporter
Serial rapist convicted
An unemployed 20-year-old man has been found guilty of four separate counts of rape involving four different women.The Voice reported that repeat offender, Serenyatseng Bikina Garetshele, of L...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans resolve to quit drinking beer, upgrade education
Millions of people make new year resolutions every year and some of them struggle to meet set targets.Zimbabweans are fond of making resolutions that include quitting drinking beer, getting be...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 13:35hrs | | by Loirdham Moyo
No panties parties rocks Tshwane
Daily Sun reported that its called 'The Panties and Bongas Production Stokvel . . .' but the members of the stokvel don't wear panties and they know how to party!They have their meetings, ...Published: 09 Jul 2015 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
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