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Zimbabwe grapples with surge of dangerous fake and illicit alcohol
Zimbabwe is facing a major public health crisis as dangerous and illicit alcohol floods cities like Bulawayo. Among the most notorious is "njengu," a highly potent brew produced in makeshift backyard ...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:53hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
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 | 26 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 3 | 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 | 9 | 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 | | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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
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
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
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 | | 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
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 | | 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 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
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 | 6 | by Staff writer
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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 | 6 | by Nathaniel Manheru
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 | | 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
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 | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo is the City of boozers
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Province has once again emerged as the place with the highest figures of heavy drinkers of alcoholic beverages, with a consumption rate of 38.3 percent compared to the national a...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
Peter Tatchell was a 'journalist' too, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I know many of you were not at all taken aback with what happened in Abuja at the weekend when I was in Nigeria for the inauguration of that country...Published: 11 Jun 2015 at 09:00hrs | | by CZ
Of undressed MPs, vanished activists, SWC 2018
Who am I? To be honest I have done some good somewhere. Let us admit that much before I go any further. I grew the medical aid society that caters for most civil servants into a conglomerate that offe...Published: 14 Mar 2015 at 15:53hrs | | by brageesbar
Cash strapped Zimbabwean drinkers switch to Chibuku
Delta Corporation, the country's biggest company by market value, said first-half profit fell 6 percent as cash-strapped drinkers switched to more affordable sorghum beer, Chibuku, amid an economic sl...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 20:27hrs | | by Bloomberg
Woman assaults landlady, causes miscarriage
A 23-YEAR-OLD Plumtree woman has appeared in court for beating up her landlady until she had a miscarriage, as payback for unfair eviction. Lydia Ndlovu (23) appeared in court facing charges of as...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 09:29hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Liquidity crunch: more people turn to opaque beer
A group of neatly dressed men in designer suits are playing pool at an open joint in Glen Norah High Density Surburb, Harare.This being a Friday, the group is killing time after a long working...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Russian woman resorts to prostitution in Zimbabwe, hubby takes kids away
Residents of Gwanda in particular the night club goers are complaining of a foreign white woman "umlungu" who is reported to be a nuisance in the town's drinking places.The woman (name sup...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 11:52hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Who the hell is Sir Wicknell?
He has money and loves flaunting it, irking many in the process. Who exactly is this obnoxious young millionaire?EVERYONE in Harare who has ac...Published: 31 May 2014 at 14:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T official assaulted by patron at her bottle store over change
MDC-T acting Bulawayo chairperson, Dorcas Sibanda, was reportedly assaulted by a patron at her bottle store in Ntabazinduna on Monday.Witnesses said Sibanda held on to the unidentified pat...Published: 26 May 2014 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zim women among heaviest drinkers in Africa
ZIMBABWEAN women are among hardest drinkers on the continent making it into the top six of African women binge boozers, according to data complied by the World Health Organisation (WHO).The da...Published: 30 Apr 2014 at 17:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rusty Castle lager pints recalled
There is a notable absence of the favorite Castle lager pints in most drinking outlets in Gwanda following an exposé by Bulawayo24.com that imbibers were being subjected to drinking beers whose tops ...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Castle lager drinkers complain of running tummies
Imbibers of Castle lager in Gwanda town say they are having running stomachs after drinking their favorite brew because of rust on the bottle tops.Most bars have resorted to warning their cust...Published: 31 Mar 2014 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
DJ Ganyani dates Bulawayo fans
BULAWAYO party lovers will crossover into the New Year in style with South Africa's man of the moment DJ Ganyani on the turntables at the Woza 2014 gig later this month. Ganyani, famed for the...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 01:43hrs | | by Leisure Correspondent
Wife teams with lodgers to beat up cheating husband
AN adulterous man was thoroughly assaulted by his wife and two female lodgers who had accompanied her after they caught him pants down with his girlfriend, who was also beaten and undressed in B...Published: 01 Dec 2013 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
D'banj invited to perform at Beer Festival
NIGERIAN music icon D'banj known as The Kokomaster (real name Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo) and Ugandan ragga musician Bebe Cool (real name Moses Ssali) will be the two international acts billed to perform at...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unique coffee mug designed by Zimbabweans takes UK by storm
A NEW mug design inspired by nature promises to rid world of table coffee rings and the dreadful doily forever.The 'floating mug' designed by Zimbabwean friends Dumi Ndlovu and Tigere Chiriga,...Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 19:36hrs | | by Agencies
Magistrate tells man to improve sex life or risk losing his wife
A BULAWAYO man, Andrew Dube, was on Tuesday advised to improve on his bedroom game or risk losing his wife as he escaped with a warning and after being convicted for malicious damage to property follo...Published: 29 May 2013 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rogue lions killed by Zimbabwe rangers in Kariba
Wildlife rangers said Friday three lions that killed two people near a suburb in Kariba have been caught and put down.The wildlife department said a lioness and two "sub-adult" cubs between t...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 20:17hrs | | by AP
The day Charamba fell pregnant
Putting your ideas in the public domain always has its pains. You are called names, given jabbing identities, misread...you name it. And you have to bear it all, meekly as behoves a humble columnist. ...Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 04:27hrs | 4 | by Nathaniel Manheru The Other Side
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