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Mabhikwa family names 9-year-old as heir, appoints aunt as Regent Chief
In a moving tradition of succession, the Mabhikwa family has named nine-year-old Wayne Makhosemvelo Khumalo as the rightful heir to the late Chief Mabhikwa's throne, following the tragic passing of hi...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:45hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Dembare signs Evans Gwekwerere's son
Dynamos Football Club has bolstered their squad with the signing of 18-year-old forward Ephraim Gwekwerere, the son of their former star striker Evans Gwekwerere. The young attacker joins the Glamour ...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 19:26hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Daisy's Fortuner in misfortune
The new Toyota Fortuner gifted to Daisy Mtukudzi, widow of the late music icon Oliver Mtukudzi, by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has been extensively damaged in an accident at the Warren ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 13:42hrs | 5465 | by Staff reporter
Tuku 'son' cannot use family name
THE late music superstar and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi's alleged son, Aaron Chaka, has suffered a blow after the High Court struck off the roll his application seeking an order compelling t...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:18hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 56 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 123 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Meet the real Finance Deputy Minister David Kuda Mnangagwa
The appointment of David Kuda Mnangagwa to the position of Deputy Minister of Finance stirred up a considerable amount of controversy, giving rise to various accusations and theories about his selecti...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 19:17hrs | 5 | by Nicholas Ncube
Fans cost Bosso
AT a time Bosso is receiving praise for attracting the biggest numbers at football matches, the same adored crowd is also costing the club heavily by accumulating heavy fines for missile throwing....Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally strikes lover with iron bar
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman from Old Pumula, Bulawayo died after her boyfriend allegedly brutally assaulted her with an iron bar and pushed her head through a door.Nobuhle Mlambo spent about a month i...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
220 minors raped inside 9 months
AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women's Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse c...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephews in court on robbery, gun charges
Two nephews of President Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared in court on Saturday charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery and possession of illegal firearms.Tawanda Munangagwa, 36, a squadron ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Council officials in birth records scam
Officials at Harare City Council clinics are allegedly demanding kickbacks ranging between US$5 and US$10 to issue out birth records for newly born children, preventing from accessing the critical doc...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini residents fret over illegal miners
Illegal mining activities in Matabeleland South's Esigodini area have led to an increase in gender-based violence cases and a child pregnancy, a local non-governmental organisation says.The Bu...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa purges SA Health minister Zweli Mkhize
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Health minister Zweli Mkhize on special leave."This period of special leave will enable the minister to attend to allegations and investigat...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gugulethu Moyo is accuses Jewish museum of racism and sexism
Zimbabwean lawyer Gugulethu Moyo has abruptly resigned from her job as executive director of the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States, citing racism ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mwanjale regrets not winning any league title
FORMER Zimbabwe senior national team captain, Method Mwanjale, who announced his retirement from playing football last week, has only one regret throughout his career, that is not winning the league t...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Father's snakes feast on daughters
THERE are many relatives today who do not talk to each other anymore as they blame witchcraft for all their problems, with the "witches" being their relatives. There are those who believe in witchcraf...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 16:03hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should come clean on name dropping
WHILE it is common knowledge that criminals tend to name-drop each time they are cornered with the hope of evading arrest, the frequency at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's family name has been th...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bad friends
In its short years as the Zimbabwean first family, the Mnangagwas have fared quite sorely in one area: Choosing good friends.You will naturally remember Draxgate, the scandal that rocked the r...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Bulawayo registry office reopens
THE Government has okayed the re-opening of the Registrar-General's Office which will see more than 6 199 children born during the Covid-19 lockdown access birth certificates in Bulawayo.Despi...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Christian attack against the native family and The Native Religion Beyond Jerusalem! Rome and London
"I have travelled across the length and breath of africa and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief such wealth I have seen in this country such high moral values, people of ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:36hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Article on Chief Ndiweni's 'recall' was disappointing - Felix Ndiweni not a chief
EDITOR,Response to article entitled, "Chiefs' leader disowns bid to recall Ndiweni", published on March 6, 2019. I refer to the above article which was published on March 6, 2019, (also availa...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Joram Kaisa Thambo Ndiweni
Smart Express owner speaks on juju use
STRONG talk doing rounds in the public sphere via social media claim that the recent spate of accidents involving Smart Express buses was a result of black magic or juju, which has now turned sour....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga set CIOs on his cousin?
Controversial preacher Talent Chiwenga - known for his uncanny prophecies about the country's political situation - now fears for his life after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga issued a stern warn...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 14:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, legendary political activist and would-be hero (1940-2018)
This piece is being sent out on 14 August 2018, the last day of the long Heroes Day weekend of the year in Zimbabwe. This is barely two weeks after the country's critical presidential, parliamen...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 23:04hrs | 29 | by Dr Strike Mkandla
'I didn't endorse Chamisa'
SON to national hero and former Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo, Sibangilizwe, says his attendance of an MDC-Alliance rally in Bulawayo recently was not an endorsement of the opposition outfit and its ...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
White City bombing: Deceased security officer identified in photo
This is one of the victims of White City bombing, the Zimbabwean online community claims. According to some people who claim to have known the victim on a personal level, his family name is Dube....Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Let's have two surnames for married women
The proposal for married women to also have their maiden surnames included as second names has my vote. Most countries are already doing it, the practice gives a more detailed identity of the new brid...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 19:33hrs | 2 | by Thomas Murisa, Harare
Mohadi disowns malicious twitter account
BEITBRIDGE Senator Tambudzani Mohadi has disowned a fake Twitter account created in her name that is being used to malign the character and person of Vice President Kembo Mohadi.In an intervie...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa never temper with capital punishment, we need it only for paed0philes!
Third letter to Women of Zimbabwe: International Day of Women 2018Paed0philes who abuse babies, toddlers, little girls and boys should never be spared from hanging. We ask the government to up...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa taking us where we are coming from
IN his own words, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said "the voice of the people is the voice of God". We now hold him to his word. He must start listening to the sacred voice of God and move our nation f...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Disappointing Cabinet - where Mnangagwa is leading us is where we are coming from
In his own words, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said "The voice of the people is the voice of God". We now hold him to his word. He must start listening to the sacred voice of God and move our nation f...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Tsvangirai's greed has turned into madness and now it threatens us all
When I was a boy I visited my Aunt, my father's step sister, and her family in Bulawayo. Her husband worked at Ingutsheni Mental Hospital. The one image that has stayed with me all life is of this pat...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 20:43hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mudede dismisses politics in birth certificate registration
THE Government says it is committed to providing citizens with birth certificates and national identity particulars contrary to political sentiments that it is reluctant to give such documentation to ...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chanakira laid to rest
Government has condoled with the Chanakira family following last week's death of former civil servant, diplomat and academic Dr Elijah John Chanakira, who was buried with State support at his rural ho...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man invades home, claims married woman from hubby
A man from Matshobane high density suburb in Bulawayo got the shock of his life after a man pounced at his home and demanded his wife and child.Happiness Mpofu and Reason Goto have been marrie...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Naison Ndlovu was not a 'hero by declaration'
Yesterday, one of the most memorable figures in the history of the freedom and independence struggle, Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu was laid to rest after enduring slow decline and ill-health for a few ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:23hrs | 14 | by Strike Mkandla
One on one with a Mutare based sculptor
Chimuka Art and Crafts Foundation Trust in Mutare is an institution that has groomed many successful artists who has recognized artifacts but for the past decade their operations had been in a precar...Published: 22 May 2017 at 21:57hrs | 15 | by Farai Shawn Matiashe
King Mzilikazi II offers his profile and Khumalo roots
PROFILE KING MZILIKAZI llMy registered name is Stanley Raphael Khumalo. I was born on 27 September 1958 in Nyamandlovu Hospital under the family name “Tshuma" but my birth date ...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 17:35hrs | 16 | by Stanley R. Khumalo
Why Women's Rights May Never Be Guaranteed In Africa And The Middle East!
The large craving for gender equality and a continuous upgrade in affirmative action for women, may yield a generous amount of progress in the liberal world, but will continue quite sadly, to suffer r...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 01:11hrs | 2 | by Nimi Princewill
SA girl disowns Lumumba
CONTROVERSIAL political activist Acie Lumumba's claim to be in a relationship with Lerato Hlongwani, daughter to South African business tycoon, Fana Hlongwane, has been met with heated denial by t...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Discussing Arts in Diaspora With Future Moyo Aka Jamelah - (pt 02)
Today's topic: Towards making a better music video Have you ever wondered why after falling in love with an audio single so much that you quickly go for...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 10:25hrs | | by Future Moyo Aka Jamelah
Unpacking double- barelled surnames
GETTING married in an African context is usually celebrated and having a white wedding is icing on the cake hence the joy associated with it. Marriage confirms oneness and that unity is made more ...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:18hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Court bars woman from registering child in late father's name
The High Court has blocked a Harare woman from registering her minor child born out of wedlock in the late father's name without the relatives' consent and instead allowed her to register the child in...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Fidelis Munyoro
Mugabes a refuge for dodgy dealers
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his family have become a refuge for controversial characters and dodgy dealers trying to hide their criminal activities and get protection by associating themselves with th...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 17:14hrs | 1 | by Wongai Zhangazha
'Good leadership is about people' - Festus Mogae
Festus Mogae served as president of the southern African country of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He is the recipient of several international awards, including the 200...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 21:04hrs | 6 | by Tefo Pheage
Chief Negomo jailed 3 months over $147,000 debt
The High Court has sentenced Chief Negomo Luscious Chibvongodze to three months in prison after he failed to repay a loan of $147 000 to CBZ Bank Limited. Chief Negomo is popularly known as Lu...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 05:25hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Family 'excommunicates' panties-to-priest man
FAMILY conflicts do not get any weirder. Hardly do families come as organised either.A Bulawayo family has "excommunicated" one of its members, passing a no-confidence vote on him as the chair...Published: 25 Oct 2015 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Churches gravitate towards human worship
WALKING in Harare's busy streets, one cannot help but notice colourful banners on high rise buildings of smartly dressed men and women with the caption, "Come and witness miracles, deliverance and rec...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 11:17hrs | | by Learnmore Chizuzu
Man dumped for short penis gets lobola back
A jilted lover who recently demanded a lobola refund from his former fiancé left Matsiloje customary court a delighted man after the court ruled in his favour.About a month ago, Monei Leseted...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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