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St George's enrols girls as school celebrates 125th anniversary
One of the country's oldest boys high schools, St George's College this year celebrates its 125thanniversary in the provision of faith-based education that has seen the institution evolve to also ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Albert Nyathi in life-saving projects
ALBERT Nyathi is working wonders at Kafusi Village - his rural home - in Gwanda, Matabeleland South.The renowned poet, musician, writer, actor and philanthropist seldom opens up about his pers...Published: 12 hrs ago | 915 | by Staff reporter
Women politicians discriminating against each other
BEHIND every successful man is a woman, is a tired cliché in reference to the fact that a man's achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.In one o...Published: 20 hrs ago | 186 | by Musa Makina
Gwanda hookers now working from home
BEFORE the new normal, ladies of the night were much sought-after at various drinking spots in the mining town of Gwanda. Calling on sex workers' services was the order of the day for some men after i...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1371 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa reflects on significance of first female, black US Vice President
Billionaire businessman and philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa, a father of five daughters, says the historical swearing in of the first female and black US Vice President Kamala Harris is a great inspira...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 15:23hrs | 2312 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa salutes Malianga, Gwaradzimba
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday described the late founding nationalist and Zanu-PF Central Committee member Moton Dizzy Paul Malianga and Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Dr Ellen ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Bev, MisRed clash over dancer's real name
With just two weeks into the tightened lockdown, locals are already showing signs of fatigue if the clash between media personality MisRed and raunchy dancer, Bev Sibanda today is anything to go by....Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:47hrs | 2171 | by Staff reporter
Even your enemies, learn to love them
"VENGEANCE is mine. Neither hate nor be bitter with your brother, no matter how he has injured you. For when you hate, you must know, it is me and my Father inheaven that you hurt."Both to...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:28hrs | 178 | by Zifiso Masiye
Harare motorists sodomising street boys
A HIGH number of motorists in Harare are reported to be sexually abusing boys living on the streets, a statement issued by the government Monday revealed.Provincial development coordinator Taf...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:36hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Shelters in Limpopo overwhelmed by stranded Zimbabweans
Shelters for displaced foreign nationals in and around Musina, Limpopo, say they are overwhelmed with requests to take in stranded Zimbabweans.The Beitbridge Border Post has experienced heavy ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:46hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Morocco sets the ball rolling for big boom in women's football
Morocco is preparing itself for an imminent boom in women's football, aiming to have 1000 licenced female coaches by 2024.This comes after the recently concluded maiden women's national champi...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:00hrs | 220 | by Mthokozisi Dube
Bulawayo suburbs still face water problems despite rains
SEVERAL Bulawayo houses built on high ground are yet to receive tap water despite council easing its water rationing regime following heavy rains experienced across the country since November, a surve...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:27hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo suburbs still face water problems despite rains
SEVERAL Bulawayo houses built on high ground are yet to receive tap water despite council easing its water rationing regime following heavy rains experienced across the country since November, a surve...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:19hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Will true Zimbabwe liberation heroes always be 'unknown soldiers' whilst ruling elite over-glorified for sitting pretty in Mozam
If ever there was anyone still harboring inexplicable and incomprehensible doubts regarding the grossly opportunistic, selfish, and self-conceited dark cloud hanging over Zimbabwe's ruling elite, one ...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 09:33hrs | 893 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
My heart is in Zimbabwe!
As we pass from the year 2020, let us establish some homegrown truths about ourselves as Zimbabweans.While I will challenge our readers to this debate, on penalty of paying a fine of a goat if...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 929 | by Ken Mufuka
Covid-19 'advisory'
DO not put your suffering or sickness to waste. Your greatest template on just how to conduct yourself both in health and in hardship and adversity is none other than Jesus Christ.Is not our g...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 498 | by Zii Masiye
King Mambo's wife dies
THE first wife of King Mambo, Queen Ndlovukazi Nomalanga Ndiweni-Moyo has died. She was 47. Family spokesperson Chief Bekezela Bhekimpi Nyathi said the Queen Ndlovukazi Ndiweni-Moyo pa...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1822 | by Staff reporter
Fighting HIV and AIDS in times of COVID-19
The World AIDS Day is marked every on 1st December every year to raise awareness about the disease. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is the UN entity tasked with fighting HIV in...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:37hrs | 768 | by Zipporah Musau
More girls raped on Christmas, claims police
SEVERAL girls were raped in separate incidents countrywide while they were celebrating Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays at parties and gatherings. Police expressed concern over such cases...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 513 | by Blessings Chidakwa
ZBC evicts former employees
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) evicted its former employees from company accommodation at flats in the Avenues area of Harare on Christmas Day.At least four families, including tw...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
55 babies born on Christmas Day
FIFTY-FIVE babies were born on Christmas Day at Harare's three main hospitals.Sally Mugabe Central Hospital recorded the highest number births, with 22 deliveries, followed by Parirenyatwa Gro...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Spectre of a donor-funded Christmas
AS MANY across the globe get into the swing of Christmas festivities, millions of people in Zimbabwe living on less than US$1 a day are turning to donor agencies and well-wishers for survival....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:47hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Soldier demands US$15,000 from wife's lover
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army is demanding US$15 000 in damages from a man he is accusing of destroying his marriage to his wife of 21 years. Charles Mawere also wants the High Court ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 18:45hrs | 1756 | by Staff reporter
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies?
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies? Well, Matabeles had no idea until Shona leaders announced it and even went on to declare an unprovoked war against them."Let's all Shonas, Zezurus,...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 07:44hrs | 2134 | by Israel Dube
Money for pregnant schoolgirls out soon
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said it will soon start providing money to enable pregnant girls to continue with their education after Treasury allocated $123 million for the prog...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:23hrs | 981 | by Staff Reporter
Tempers flare as Covid-19 hits Harare school
A Harare school recorded 37 Covid-19 cases days before the end of the third term on Friday, sparking a standoff between parents and Health and Child Care ministry officials over the handling of the ma...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:32hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Free sanitary wear for school girls
Female learners in rural schools will start receiving free sanitary wear next year under a Government programme that is meant to assist children from disadvantaged families who are losing out on valua...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop dies 3 days into retirement
Retired ZRP Commissioner Adolf Moyo who retired on December 8, 2020 died three days into his retirement, Commissioner General Godwin Matanga confirmed the sad news.Matanga said Moyo died at We...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 17:58hrs | 2737 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance moans over lack of political justice
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly has bemoaned the lack of political justice that is being witnessed by some of their remembers.Over the past several months some members of the Youth Assembly have h...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 14:01hrs | 581 | by Daniel Itai
Beitbridge records increase in teenage pregnancies
BEITBRIDGE recorded an increase in teenage pregnancies and early child marriages, particularly in areas closer to illegal exit and entry points to neighbouring South Africa where there is a thriving i...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Fortune Chasi's fight to be held on Boxing Day
Twenty-year-old online comedy sensation Melusi Chiripowako, affectionately known as Ray Vines, is set to take former Minister of Energy and Power Development, Fortune Chasi, in a boxing ring as part o...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:48hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1011 | by Brezhnev Malaba
MPs slate Mthuli Ncube's national budget
PARLIAMENT has poked holes into Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 budget allocation for the Primary and Secondary Education ministry after he allocated $55 billion towards education, 73% of which w...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:14hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Ritual and superstition - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The sight of an opposition MP grovelling on the floor of parliament before the Finance Minister to thank him for women's sanitary pads is about as stupefying as South Africa's Chief Justice Mogeong Mo...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:54hrs | 756 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Fair or Unfair 2023 Election - Opposition is going to Win - Teedzai
Maxwell Teedzai, the leader of Zimbabwe's newest opposition part Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) has advised the opposition camp in Zimbabwe to stop wasting precious time on...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 18:11hrs | 2259 | by Agencies
Man finds wife pants down with neighbour, chops of her head
A 55-YEAR-OLD Filabusi man went berserk and allegedly axed his wife (34) to death before committing suicide by drinking a pesticide. Mr Zama Mafu of Sidingimpilo Village under Chief Maduna had...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 4162 | by Staff reporter
Mental patient kills Grade 7 pupil
Tragedy struck a couple in Mtapa, Gweru, when their daughter, a Grade 7 pupil, died on the spot after she was allegedly struck by a mental patient with a stone on the left ear while on her way from sc...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised over rising teen pregnancies
MANGWE District social welfare officer Sicelo Nyathi has expressed concern over the rise in the number of young girls from Mangwe district in Matabeleland South province that are engaging in wild part...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:20hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga targets sex workers
ZIMBABWE new HIV annual infections have fallen from 47 000 recorded in 2016 to current statistics of 40 000 while AIDS related deaths have declined to 20 000 in 2019 from 54 000 in 2010.This, ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:24hrs | 4203 | by Staff reporter
Zifa, Mamutse take SRC to court
IFA have launched a court bid to try and force the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to rescind its decision to suspend the football body's general-secretary Joseph Mamutse.Last week, SRC...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:05hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant school girl commits suicide by drinking insecticide
A Form 4 pupil at a Bulawayo school committed suicide after discovering that she was pregnant, police said.The 17-year-old Magwegwe Secondary School pupil named only as Nokuzola is believed to...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:52hrs | 2490 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife commissions GBV 'one-stop shop'
A TREATMENT and support centre for survivors of gender based violence (GBV) has been launched in Bindura. First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has called for a multi-sectoral response in the fight ag...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda sculpture torches storm
WHILE sculpture is a celebrated art form in the country, it appears many have not been able to appreciate some of the artefacts, if the trending disapproval of the memorial statue for the country's la...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 22:12hrs | 759 | by Nomazulu Thata
Remembering those who made it possible, our fallen heroes
As the blood of the heroes flows beneath our freedom, reminding us that every expression of joy and every fruit of freedom was watered by the blood of our heroes. It will become history if we do not r...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:31hrs | 868 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
LISTEN: Mnangagwa vul'gate song breaks social media
Mapara A Jazz's 'John Vuli Gate', featuring Ntosh Gazi and Calano, sparked the #JohnVuliGate dance challenge in October - think a robotic, slow-motion twerk followed by elaborate steps. The lyrics tra...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 11:34hrs | 11056 | by Staff reporter
Worry over high pupil pregnancy during lockdown
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education yesterday said Bulawayo has a relatively high number of pupils who fell pregnant during the Covid-19 lockdown and if nothing is...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Biti assaults a white lady at the Magistrate Courts?
POLICE are investigating a case of assault involving MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti who allegedly manhandled a white lady at the Magistrate Courts in Harare during a heated exchange. ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 3522 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes huge strides in combating HIV/AIDS
Zimbabwe has made commendable progress in reversing the course of the AIDS pandemic through prevention of new HIV infections and the provision of treatment to those infected despite economic challenge...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe witchdoctor's daughter declined refugee status in New Zealand
The daughter of a Zimbabwean witchdoctor has been declined refugee status in New Zealand, despite her fears she'll be forced to take his place in the tribe if she returns home.The woman said i...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 08:39hrs | 19383 | by Staff reporter
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