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Men suffer in silence
Men in Zimbabwe are increasingly facing mental health challenges and emotional strain due to a lack of emotional support and recognition, leading to a worrying rise in stress-related breakdowns and ev...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:32hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
SDA Church offers free food, medical assistance in Bulawayo
The Seventh Day Adventist Church, through its Dorcas Ministries at Beacon of Hope, has begun offering food, free medical assistance, and emotional support to struggling members of the community in a b...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:15hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
State-assisted burial for Beitbridge crash victims
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared the tragic head-on collision in Beitbridge, which claimed 25 lives yesterday, a national disaster. Victims of the accident will be accorded State-assisted bur...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:04hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 49% surge in divorce cases
Zimbabwe has experienced a significant increase in divorce cases, with 3,214 recorded across the country in 2024, up from 2,149 in 2023. Despite this rise, only 1,562 of the cases have been finalised,...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 06:37hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett quits amid boy sex abuse allegations
Zimbabwean-born legal luminary Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett, whose illustrious career spanned South Africa, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom, has retired from the bar following allegations of historic se...Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 18:49hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
Sodomy, sexual abuse allegations rock Catholic school
In a scandal that has shaken Zimbabwe's Catholic community, St Ignatius College in Chishawasha is at the heart of serious allegations of sexual abuse and sodomy involving the late Father Brian Porter,...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:34hrs | 1089 | by Staff reporter
Overcoming stereotypes about sports and achieving success
Sports are always a looking glass that reflects society. Like all mirrors, however, it is flawed. Preconceived notions about sports tend to become the lenses through which we see things, sometimes unf...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 10:26hrs | 75 | by Staff Reporter
16 teachers paraded naked to check who was menstruating!
A SENIOR staffer at Nkayi High School in Nkayi District, Matabeleland North province is accused of demeaning female teachers after forcing them to pose naked for an ancillary staff member to check whi...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Breaking the Chains: Liberating African Men from the Shackles of Patriarchy
In many societies such as our own, the weight of patriarchy has burdened men and boys alike with unrealistic expectations of strength, resilience, and emotional detachment. This toxic narrative has cr...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Mberi Prince
Suicide now associated with cyber-bullying
Worldwide cyberbullying has been associated with suicide among school children in several recent cases, a phenomenon that has been newly termed cyberbullicide. With access to modern technology and the...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:23hrs | 18 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Unhealthy methods that many South Africans use to deal with poverty
South Africa is a country that has been grappling with poverty for many years. According to the World Bank, more than 20% of the population lives below the poverty line, which means that they survive ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:58hrs | 35 | by Staff Reporter
OyOs announces official release of the OyOs Online Stores and the OyOs Chatbot
OyOs hereby announces the official release of two top of the range IT related products onto the Zimbabwean digital space, OyOs Online Store and the OyOsBOt. OyOs standing for Own Your Online Store is ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 22:28hrs | 37 | by Agencies
Divorce cases spike
The High Court in Harare recorded a staggering 47 divorce cases on Thursday last week while statistics show that 1 351 couples filed for divorce last year compared to 1 117 in 2020.Observers b...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Men are emotional beings also; a nature denied
The society can no longer sustain the lie, the fast diminishing energy reserves which have for centuries propelled the patriarchal society can no longer be wasted in pursuing the fallacy that men are ...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Mberi Prince
Battling Anxiety? Here are some expert-approved tips to overcome it
Describing anxiety is extremely difficult as everyone may suffer from it in a different way. It is normal for us to feel anxious from time to time, but when anxiety starts to affect our daily life, th...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 12:39hrs | 33 | by Staff Writer
Chamisa to give MDC a a new name as MDC implodes
Zimbabweans owe Tsvangirai some gratitude for supporting maintaining democracy by holding the MDC together and provide the nation with a solid opposition. Ironically the MDC has transformed to be the ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 09:45hrs | 36 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution
SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anythi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must groom MDC cadres
IT is unfortunate that MDC Alliance officials are attacking Hopewell Chin'ono for using social media platforms to advise the party on matters concerning appointments and incapacitation of councillors....Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:49hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mahachi rescues die-hard Bosso supporter
WARRIORS' winger Kudakwashe Mahachi, through his foundation, Mahachi Foundation, rescued a die-hard Highlanders supporter Melusi Khumalo from eviction after pledging to pay his rental arrears of $9 00...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by staff reporter
'Give children emotional support,' says Mnangagwa
It was a carnival atmosphere at the children's party hosted by President Mnangagwa to mark the 38th anniversary of the country's independence at the City Sports Centre in Harare yesterday. Over 2 500 ...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC implodes - Rumours and gossip destroys the once strong party
Zimbabweans owe Tsvangirai some gratitude for supporting maintaining democracy but It feels as if he was doing it to become a dictator himself. Ironically the constitution of the MDC is the most undem...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
WATCH: A message from the diaspora
A South Africa based Zimbabwean, Rutendo Benson Matinyarare, has taken to social media to remind people in Zimbabwe about the hardship their fellow countrymen in the diaspora go through.In the...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Daily academic Sociology Questions and Answers with Mwiinde Laison - Family serves capitalism. Discuss
Question Family serves capitalism. DiscussComment overviewThe question looks a bit tricky to some studen...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 21:54hrs | 5 | by Mwiinde Laison
Simunye making waves and significant progress in UK
The best way of dealing with the traumatic effects of death is to be physically and psychologically prepared. This is easier said than done, however, a group of like-minded people in the UK have manag...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 16:16hrs | 2 | by Thulani Nkala
Dembare 'dump' George Shaya
TEARS welled up in Agnes Shaya's eyes, wife to Dynamos legend and five-time Soccer Star of the Year George Shaya, struggling to prevent them from trickling down her cheeks, but it was a lost battle....Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls' sex tourism increasingly becoming popular
WHEN some foreign tourists think of the Victoria Falls, the first thing that comes to their minds is the scenic spectacle of the majestic sheet of falling water, the largest in the world. But not ever...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 08:38hrs | 11 | by Stanford Chiwanga
Dying in the Diaspora
Often we hear people proclaiming that we are born to die, and it is indeed the inevitable which give us the challenge to do the utmost and enjoy the years before it happens.Others, however, vi...Published: 28 Feb 2015 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Kangondo
Grieving Zimbabwean relatives shocked by UK visa refusal
The Zimbabwean relatives refused UK visas to attend the funeral of five-year-old Andrea Gada, who died after being hit by a car, have told of their deep pain and shock at the Home Office decision....Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
TB Joshua invites victims' families to Lagos for Christmas
Nigerian preacher TB Joshua is flying the families of the victims of his church's collapse to Lagos to spend Christmas and the new year with him, the Synagogue Church of All Nations said on Monday...Published: 27 Dec 2014 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Farmer hits back at Mzila-Ndlovu over 'kangaroo court'
BUBI farmer, businessman and chairperson of the recently launched Bulawayo-based Nyanda pressure group, Geneva Sibanda, has hit back at former National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration co-minis...Published: 04 May 2014 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU Europe Province to launch its burial society at its AGM
On the 4th May 2013 ZAPU will be holding its Annual General Meeting and in that meeting it is set to launch its unique service aimed at helping its members during the difficult time of bereavement. I...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 03:36hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Let's celebrate Zimbabwe brands, achievers
The forthcoming Buy Zimbabwe Week promotion to be held during the final week of November will be a great national bonanza filled with lots of pomp and fanfare.Designed to celebrate the joys of...Published: 21 Oct 2011 at 05:14hrs | 4 | by Robert Muganda
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