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Touts pounce on drug addicts, peddlers
In an effort driven by the need to tame drugs and substance abuse scourge, Mvurwi touts have declared war on addicts and peddlers who are wrecking havoc in town.The touts have been raiding bas...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 22:28hrs | 888 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
'Greedy in-laws disinherit children'
Improper handling of inheritance matters by greedy in-laws continues to haunt children, resulting in many turning destitute and becoming drug addicts, right's groups have said.They said the ri...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Why Dudula hates foreigners
South African vigilante group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members o...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls them 'daydreaming political toddlers'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has told off infantile opposition leaders who have threatened to trigger chaos if they lose elections in direct contradiction to democratic practices.The President also lau...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:50hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Psychiatric Hospitals in Zimbabwe Oversubscribed with Drug Addicts
Psychiatric hospitals in Zimbabwe are oversubscribed with drug addicts. Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital in Bulawayo is receiving as many as 10 new patients per day, despite various government interven...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | 23 | 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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now a failed state
The economic mismanagement and corruption under Mugabe's administration has spilled into this new dispensation of Emmerson Mnangagwa. Every sector of economic, political and social stratus is ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:05hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Harare youths get drunk on sanitary pads powder
Zimbabwean youths grasping to survive the prevailing harsh economic conditions have turned to drinking sodium polyacrylate to get high and forget their problems. sodium polyacrylate is found in di...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 11:50hrs | 13 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo's drug problem spirals out of control
ABOUT 250 drug addicts are attended to at Ingutsheni Central Hospital monthly amid worries that the number of youths abusing drugs keeps rising in Bulawayo.Statistics from Active Youth Zimbabw...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:16hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabweans to give opposition knock-out punch
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday rounded up the Zanu-PF campaign ahead of Saturday by-elections, calling on the electorate to bury the thieving Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) that has reduced towns ...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The heartbeat of a lost nation!
The first time I visited freedom park in 2009, I had mixed emotions about the past, the present and the future. The selfless sacrifices of the fallen heroes left me speechless. At that point I knew th...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 11:59hrs | 11 | by Eric Shikobela
Good Samaritan brings home 15 stranded Zimbabweans
A ZIMBABWEAN woman based in South Africa has assisted 15 locals who had become destitute in the neighbouring country by facilitating their return home.Nobuhle Virginia Ajiti from Sizinda, Bula...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ingutsheni dedicates ward for drug addicts rehab
INGUTSHENI Hospital has announced plans to establish a drug addict rehabilitation centre at the psychiatric institution after the government raised alarm over rampant drug abuse in the country....Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 22:21hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Drama as cops fight in uniform at funeral
There was drama in Kanyemba on Tuesday when two police officers who are boyfriend and girlfriend fought in uniform and tore their uniforms in an infidelit...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is Dr Masimba Mavaza a bag of contradictions?
It is not easy to describe Dr. Masimba Mavaza with a single sentence. He is not complex; he makes it abundantly clear where his political allegiance lies. It is easy to throw him in a Zanu PF bag and ...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 17:48hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
The Wayward Child
After an uneasy pregnancy and long hours of labour pains, there was a great celebration when baby Lerato was finally born. Lerato was born into a broken family of school dropouts. Her elder siblings n...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:05hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo
Mohadi warns drug dealers
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has warned drug dealers and organisers of Vuzu parties, saying those doing so will face the full wrath of the law. VP Mohadi was speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony of...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 120 Bulawayo children
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested about 120 teenagers who had gathered at various points in the city centre allegedly to go to Vuzu Parties or cause general nuisance.The sting operation ne...Published: 05 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | 10 | by Methusi Ncube
40 million Americans live in poverty
America is known for flash. But all that glisters is not gold, according to the latest United Nations report on President Trump's country. From the outside, America is heaven, "God's own country" they...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs new heroes
LAST week was a tragic week, tragic in that we interred to the bowels of mother earth a hero in the mould of Oliver Mtukudzi. There is no doubt that Tuku, as he was popularly known, was a different ki...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:46hrs | 2 | by Pupurayi Togarepi
Zimra tightens noose on smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says seizure of contraband has risen significantly over the past few days after it tightened screws on cross-border traders involved in smuggling of goods across...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimra intercepts $10m drugs
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it intercepted dangerous drugs worth $10 million last year, after increasing its footprint at ports of entry. This comes as the tax collector, toget...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Investigation: Cocaine, Meth, and other banned drugs flood Zimbabwe
"Cocaine, crack cocaine, meth, codeine, diazepam… it just depends on the kind of high a person is looking for"This is Crispen. No. That's not his rea...Published: 21 May 2018 at 20:10hrs | 2 | by Maynard Manyowa and Prince Butawo (Khuluma Afrika)
A disgrace to the Black race
As Black History Month closes, and African Americans in the United States (US) have celebrated and reflected on their role in that nation's shaping, it would be everyone's hope that they also took a g...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 07:55hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dr Stamps' hero status to be decided
ZANU-PF has said it will be guided by recommendations coming from the Office of the President and Cabinet on the hero status of the late Health Advisor to the President and Cabinet Dr Timothy Stamps....Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's health advisor dies
Health Advisor to the President and Cabinet Dr Timothy Stamps has died.He was 81.Dr Stamps, who is the former Minister of Health and Child Care, died yesterday afternoon at Borrowdale ...Published: 27 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two drunk teens cheat death
Two overzealous 17-year-old boys are battling for life at Chitungwiza general hospital after a vehicle they were travelling in ploughed into a durawall at a house in Zengeza.The accident repor...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 12:45hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
New dangerous and addictive drug hits Bulawayo streets
A DANGEROUS and addictive drug called diazepam - popularly known as "dypapa" or "amangemba" in street lingo - has hit the streets of Bulawayo, with anti-drugs campaigners raising the red flag....Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe on Succession: Is this the beginning to an end?
Just about a month ago, War Veterans Minister Cde Tshinga Dube was rebuked for suggesting that President Mugabe must consider naming his successor to avoid confusion surrounding the ongoing succesion ...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 21:10hrs | | by James Katso
Drug dealers turn to embalming powder
DRUG peddlers in the country have reportedly formed a syndicate with employees at local morgues in the illicit sale of embalming compound which in turn is used by addicts as an intoxicating substance,...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 13:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Drug dealer nabbed
A 24-year-old drug peddler in Mvurwi Mashonaland Central province was arrested for selling cannabis (mbanje) in a night club yesterday. Sources familiar with the incident allege Bradwell Kamon...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 11:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
The voices of former farm workers
The growth of a nation must be measured by the degree at which it enlarge the capabilities and enrich the lives of all peoples. Consumption must be shared; it must strengthen social growth and facilit...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 14:37hrs | | by Kudakwashe Chakabva
The State of the Dream: The voices of former farm workers
The growth of a nation must be measured by the degree at which it enlarge the capabilities and enrich the lives of all peoples. Consumption must be shared; it must strengthen social growth and facilit...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 16:22hrs | 5 | by Kudakwashe Chakabva - Director, Zimbabwe Dream Project
Teachers caught smoking weed
Four drug addicts, two of which are high school teachers were caught smoking the cannabis (mbanje) at Mudhindo Business Centre yesterday (Monday).It is alleged two teachers at Chifamba High Sc...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 17:34hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The self-destructing 'zombies'
With the sun setting, young girls in their semi-nude outfits are patrolling the grocery shops at Empress Mine township.Some men have parked their cars in the dusty rocky roads, loud ...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 12:47hrs | 1 | by Sharon Kavhu
Prophet delivers alcohol, drug addicts
A local prophet courted controversy last weekend when he delivered popular alcoholics and drugs addicts in Budiriro Harare during his church service.Lazarus Mashavave leader and founder of Lif...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drama as mourners strip at burial of homeless man
MUTARE'S Dangamvura Cemetery was last week turned into a strip tease show venue as hundreds of mourners who thronged the place to pay their last respects to a well-known homeless man from the neighbou...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 08:08hrs | | by Abel Zhakata
'Jonathan Moyo desperately trying to redeem himself'
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo recently made sensational claims implicating former Vice- President Joice Mujuru in the missing 15 Billion USD Diamond Revenue. The reaso...Published: 18 Apr 2016 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira, a Political Scientist
Khama-led SADC rejects gays proposal
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), under the chairmanship of President Ian Khama, has rejected a proposal by the European and Latin American countries to include gays, sex workers and ...Published: 17 Apr 2016 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Youth drug addicts use own faeces to make drugs
During a recent drug and alcohol abuse awareness campaign in Palapye, Captive Eye Organisation CEO, Percy Mothibi said while marijuana and cocaine were the two most popular drugs among youths, addicts...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophet orders congregants to smoke, drink in church for deliverance
A Harare prophet courted controversy in Budiriro 1 last week when he asked alcoholics and drug addicts to indulge in alcohol and cigarretes in church while he lay hands on them as a way of deliv...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Sacked GMB workers baffled by Made's silence - plead to President
HARARE - Grain Marketing Board (GMB) workers who were sacked by the parastatal late last year, without receiving any terminal benefits and their outstanding salaries, have lambasted the Minister of Ag...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Masvingo prostitutes in SA on exchange programme
A group of commercial sex workers from Ngundu Business Center in Chivi, Masvingo reportedly left the country to South Africa recently where they spent a week on an exchange programme with their counte...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Pastor chains drugs addicts before praying for them
A Pastor Raphael Mchunu who is known for saving nyaope sufferers from their addiction hell reportedly chains the drug addicts before praying to free them from their bad habits through prayers....Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Drugs abuse rampant among youths - MP
UZUMBA MP Simbaneuta Mudarikwa has lamented the rampant drug abuse among youths in Zimbabwe."Our youths now are victims of some drugs which are being manufactured in South Africa, moved to Bot...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Yoruba groups rejoice with T.B. Joshua over award
The Alliance of Pan-Yoruba Groups (APAYO) have lauded the recent announcement declaring Pastor T.B. Joshua as the 'Yoruba Man Of The Year'. In a statement titled 'The Goldfish Has No Hid...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 12:35hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
'Senile Mugabe not voice of Zimbabwe'
The Vigil has delivered a letter to the Ghanaian High Commission in London apologising for the insulting remarks about Ghana made by Mugabe at the Zanu-PF Congress. W...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Zim Vigil
Nyaope hits Bulawayo streets
A HIGHLY addictive concoction of anti-retroviral drugs, mandrax and rat poison - Nyaope - has reportedly hit the streets of Bulawayo, with users reportedly parting with large sums of money just to...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 09:13hrs | 4 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Zim-Escorts recruits first male hookers
ZIMESCORTS agency, the foreign based company that has set up a prostitution website that advertises sex workers in Zimbabwe, has recruited its first male prostitutes to cater for female clients, Sunda...Published: 08 Sep 2013 at 06:43hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter
Peru drug rehab centre burns killing 14 people
Lima - Fire swept through a drug rehabilitation centre early on Saturday, killing 14 people who were unable to escape the inferno because windows were barred and doors were locked, firefighters said....Published: 06 May 2012 at 05:52hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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