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Unilateral sanctions are not illegal!
IT was so laughable listening to Information minister Jenfan Muswere fuming over US targeted sanctions on some Zimbabweans.I could easily tell that he was trying his best to please his boss, P...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 407 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fisherman slips into the dam, drowns
A Glendale fisherman Ronald Jaji (34) slipped and drowned at Galiver dam, Glandale recently.Jaji's friend Pharoah Mukwavaya (28) tried to help the now-deceased Jaji to no avail.Mashona...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 11:59hrs | 580 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boy (3) drowns while father relieves himself in bushes
A Mount Darwin man lost his son after leaving him at a river while he went to relieve himself in the bush.Anenyasha Kamhande (3) drowned at Mupare river yesterday while the father Givemore was...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | 695 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man dies in a crocodile infested river
The love of donkeys took away the life of 22-year-old Mbire man last week.Zivaishe Masarirofa slipped into the crocodile infested, floo...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:54hrs | 2060 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 1698 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Family swept away by flooded Sanyati River
A GOKWE family was this week swept away after a canoe they were using to cross a flooded river capsized.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the tragic...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:42hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Granny allegedly drowns grandson as cleansing ceremony goes wrong
A 66-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane granny has been arrested for allegedly drowning her 10-year-old grandson during a suspected cleansing ceremony in Ngezi River.Midlands provincial police spokesperson I...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:50hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Guruve fisherman drowns
A 55-YEAR-OLD Guruve fisherman drowned on Thursday after an inflated vehicle tyre he was using burst.Dinhidza Murombo drowned while his uncle Daniel Makina managed to swim to safety at Karoi f...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 15:31hrs | 729 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's mines minister orders stop to artisanal mining
Mines Minister Soda Zhemu has called on artisanal miners to "completely stop" mining activities during the current rain season which poses a high risk of mine disasters.In a statement, Zhemu a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Police issue flood warning
POLICE in the Midlands province have urged members of the public to be extra careful when crossing flooded rivers during this rainy season to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.Midlands provincia...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 13:57hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Festive season accidents shoot up
THE number of traffic accidents during the just-ended festive season went up by 461 compared to last year with 170 deaths recorded during the same period. In a statement, national police spoke...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:42hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's New Year Message
CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | 731 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Zimbabwe reveals plans to evict 'illegal' settlers
Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka has unveiled plans to remove individuals residing illegally on state land, including areas designated for agriculture. This decision comes in the wake of severe flo...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:04hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
Harare high density suburb houses submerged in floods
Several residents were marooned in intense flooding while about 15 houses built on wetlands were submerged in water in Harare's Budiriro high density suburb following incessant rains which caused inte...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 10:10hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police out in full force
AS the festive mood grips the nation police officers have been deployed to conduct a traffic blitz, stop and searches as well as motorised, cycle and foot patrols countrywide to curb criminal activiti...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 06:57hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
2 police officers killed driving across flooded river
Two police officers and their four-month-old daughter drowned after their vehicle was swept away as they attempted to cross the flooded Kana River which cuts across the road between Gomoza in Lupane a...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:02hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Secrecy surrounding resource-backed loans in Zimbabwe
IntroductionTO realize the aspirations of Vision 2030, Zimbabwe needs to invest US$2 billion in infrastructure development in five consecutive years to close the infrastructure asset gap, a hu...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:29hrs | 150 | by Mbongeni Nhliziyo
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 157 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | 280 | by @Jamwanda2
FULL TEXT: Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chamisa's 11 September letter
A lot, in fact far too much of a lot, is being said and made about and expected from an unprecedented and manifestly improper and out of order letter that Nelson Chamisa sent on 11 September 2023 to t...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 07:53hrs | 3205 | by Jonathan Moyo
Tobacco smuggling between Zimbabwe - SA now security threat
SOUTH Africa is drowning in illicit cigarette smuggling which has seen the neighbouring country losing at least R50 million (US$2.6 million) daily in potential revenue from well-coordinated syndicates...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Minor (14) drowns while fishing
A 14-year-old boy drowned while fishing at a dam in Bindura on Friday afternoon.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Milton Mundembe said Rauph Nyamunga of Choma village, Chief Musana in Bi...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:06hrs | 147 | by Desmond Nleya
The Tyranny Continues
I find myself once again standing on the aftermath of another election. It is a time after we were supposed to freely exercise our democratic right to choose our leaders, a fleeting moment when our vo...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 14:23hrs | 552 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Drinking spree ends in tragic
A drinking spree ended tragically in Bindura after a 20-year-old man jumped into a swimming pool and drowned at a local bar in Bindura.Tatenda Tembo drowned and his body was retrieved by his d...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 07:17hrs | 671 | by imbarashe Sithole
Two children drown in mining pit, Chinese miner gives US$100 compensation
TWO children recently drowned at a disused mine pit at Mbalabala in Matabeleland South amid complaints by the family that the Chinese mining company Ming Chang mine owner only gave them US$100 compens...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 07:36hrs | 32 | by Stephen Jakes
Kasukuwere appeals bar to contest 2023 rat race - HC judge was compromised - to equally compromise SC judges. It's muddle!
Saviour Ksukuwere was one of the late dictator Robert Mugabe's key players in the creation and retention of the de facto one party state in Zimbabwe. He (Kasukuwere) never imagined even for a minute t...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:17hrs | 9 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa grants Ezekiel Guti national hero status
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred national hero's status on late iconic evangelist and Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA) church founder Archbishop Ezekiel Guti.The once promin...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 19:41hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman arrested in SA
A 27 YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean woman was arrested by South African police for allegedly killing her newborn baby before concealing the body in an empty stand at Ratsaka village in Morebeng area of Limpopo P...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Youth conscientization critical in liberating Zimbabwe!
As youth in Zimbabwe mark the 'Day of the African Child', it is clear that today's generation lacks conscientization on why the country is still not free. A few days ago, I penned an article, ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 13:45hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ED shouldn't indoctrinate our children to idolize tyranny!
Children usually become like their parents. That is why there is the saying, 'an apple doesn't fall far from the tree'.The greatest ability children were given by the Creator, as...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 10:53hrs | 20 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
What happened to the revolutionary spirit in today's Zimbabwe youths?
For a very long time, whenever I see the world-famous picture of the lifeless Hector Pieterson, being carried by a crying fellow schoolmate, my heart bleeds.It reminds me of the fearless revol...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kasukuwere: Red herring, Chamisa's double
Becoming a political clichéGustave Flaubert of the 19th Century licentious novel, Madame Bovary, said this of language: "Language is indeed a machine that continually amplifies emotion."...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 17:46hrs | 12 | by @Jamwanda2 0n Saturday
Ngezi drown DeMbare
Ngezi Platinum Stars 2 - 1 DynamosNgezi Platinum Stars came from behind to inflict a second league defeat on Dynamos and shoot to the top of the log.The engrossing encounter played in fron...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean nightmare and tragic optimism of Mutambara
To mention Zimbabwe and the idea of a "dream" in the same sentence, as Professor Arthur Mutambara has done, is to be provocative and challenging.The provocation and the challenge come from the...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 13 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Man drowns in full pit latrine
A 27-YEAR-OLD Bindura man died on Thursday night after drowning in a makeshift pit latrine behind Bindura municipality swimming bath. He was trying to retrieve a Huawei P30 cellphone.Inspector...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Even if Mnangagwa gave me a house today, I will never vote for him as long as Zimbabweans suffering!
Already in 1980, at the dawn of Zimbabwe's independence, we experienced major transformations in our lives.Our parents managed to purchase houses, including in previously racially segregated a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Two girls drown in disused quarry pit
TWO girls aged 12 and 13 drowned on Sunday while they were swimming in a disused quarry pit near Donnybrook Racecourse.Police have since launched investigations into the case.The bodie...Published: 11 Apr 2023 at 14:20hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
An abortion right is not a right - THE AUTHENTICITY
The fetus should be considered part of the human species, as it shares our genetic code, and, if unimpeded in its development, will grow and mature into an adult human being.The debate over wh...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 13:57hrs | 4 | by Tafara Makusha
How Mine retrieves pastor's body
How Mine finally retrieved an apostolic church pastor Amukela Ncube's body who had drowned during a baptism session in Lumene falls on Saturday....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 21:18hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Missing toddler found dead
Police in Mashonaland Central province have said the two-year-old girl who went missing last week in ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 minors drown while swimming
Three boys from Mpofu family in Fallow Fields Resettlement Plot 40, Gweru drowned at 4 pm on Saturday while swimming in Musango River.They were all pupils at Rowview Primary School and the two...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 22:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe was colonized through a 'mega deal', and happening again with the Chinese and Belarusians
When people talk of colonization, there are those with the misguided notion that this only occurs via military conquest - usually, by a more powerful nation over a far weaker one.Yet, this cou...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 07:32hrs | 85 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
May Mugabe's real friends please stand up!
The day Robert Mugabe Jnr made his walk of shame into the Harare Magistrates' Court on Monday, two things of significance to him personally were taking place hours later.Number one, the countr...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 14 | by Moses Matenga
Zimbabweans will reject political mannequins
FOR over two decades, some Western administrations have sponsored proxy political entities in Zimbabwe with the primary goal of dislodging ZANU-PF from power. Over two decades of moral, financ...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Ranga Mataire
Flooded rivers are death traps
It has been raining heavily and consistently across the country over the past 10 days.Many dams are spilling as a result, guaranteeing enough water supply to the people and animals. Crops are ...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man (63) plus donkeys yoked to cart swept away
A 63-year-old-man drowned in Mabonyane River near Maphisa Growth Point, Matobo District in Matabeleland South province while attempting to cross the river which was flooded.He was in the compa...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
US$15 000 stolen from Catholic Priest's bedroom in Zimbabwe
AN assistant priest of the Roman Catholic Church in Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb has been picked up by the police to assist with investigations following the disappearance of US$15 000 belonging to the ch...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:35hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thrives on chaos
PHEW, what a chaotic start to the year!A dazed Zimbabwe dollar is wobbling precariously into an eventful 2023, as the authorities comically plead with government contractors to desist from tra...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe floods destroy 160ha of crops
FLOODS and strong winds destroyed over 160 hectares of crops, including maize and tobacco valued at thousands of dollars, as well as damaging 48 homes in six provinces countrywide over three days last...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Water dragon drowns 3 men in South Africa
Three men were reportedly drowned by a water dragon (inkanyamba) at a tragic incident that happened at Snake Park, in Soweto.The three drowned during a cleansing ceremony in a stream near the ...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 18:15hrs | 18 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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