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Impoverished soldiers threat to Zimbabwe peace and security
THE opposition United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) has warned that the poverty soldiers are currently being subjected to by government is a security and peace threat for the country.In a Defence Fo...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 20:07hrs | 3119 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares amnesty on illegal gun holders to surrender weapons
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a near two-month long amnesty on all illegal firearm holders to voluntarily surrender the lethal weapons to their nearest police stations with no questions as...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 10:54hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere takes aim at Mnangagwa regime
EXILED former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday took a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime for using the Judiciary and police to persecute political opponents.In ...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:26hrs | 4430 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to play fair in 2023
THE leader of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), bishop Nehemia Mutendi yesterday pulled a shocker by calling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to promote peace and play a "clean game" in the general elec...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:50hrs | 1649 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu sucked into mine dispute
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has been implicated in a mining dispute at Doyana, Umzingwane in Matabeleland South province where locals allege that his sons-in-law were mining again...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:49hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Botswana jails Zimbabwe pensioner for shooting fisherman
A 72-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean pensioner, Ian Douglas Carlisle, has been jailed one year in Botswana for shooting a fisherman whom he found fishing in a river at his farm.The shooting incident occur...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget our heroes
This is the month which we remember and celebrate the illustrious fallen sons and daughters of Zimbabwe who sacrificed their fresh blood to liberate the country.Traditionally August is a month...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:31hrs | 384 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF Matobo MP in eye of storm
HUMAN rights activists have blasted Matobo South legislator Soul Ncube (Zanu-PF) for perpetrating human rights violations after pictures of him stepping on a woman's chest while holding a pistol went ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2293 | by Staff reporter
Police sweat over smuggled firearms
POLICE have expressed concern over the proliferation of illegal firearms, some smuggled into the country, as the law enforcement agency sweats over a spate of armed robberies and violent crimes of pas...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
2018 shootings still haunt victims
VICTIMS of the August 1, 2018 post-election shootings are still struggling to come to terms with the loss of their loved ones, four years on.None of them have received any form of government s...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents up in arms with councillors
BULAWAYO residents have come out guns blazing accusing local councillors of "rubber stamping" any decision made by the council management while ignoring genuine grievances from the people they represe...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Ximex dealer guns down lover
A dealer at the former Ximex Mall in Harare, Tafadzwa Murengwa alias Boss Pangolin, yesterday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend near Bathroom Boutique along Simon Mazorodze Road in Waterfalls after ac...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Western countries trying all tricks to remove Zanu-PF from power
AS the clock ticks towards the 2023 harmonised elections, which some have described as "crunch" (interestingly all polls since 2008 have been dubbed as such!), Zimbabweans should brace for more shocks...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:49hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Africanise the law and land
In Mzansi, most citizens can only own real estate when they are dead - their graves and tombstones if they can afford one. From the living majority, they become the silent majority.Throughout ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:29hrs | 378 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Baron Dube sent back to prison
ESIGODINI gold dealer Baron Dube is back in prison after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against conviction and sentence for lack of merit.Dube (46) of Habane Extension Township was in ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guns for NGOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), accusing them of being appendages of foreign powers and diplomats seeking to effect regime change.In his...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:14hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police persecutes Chamisa's CCC, shields Zanu-PF rogue elements
POLICE are once again on the spotlight over allegations of selective application of the law where they stand accused of moving at lightning speed to arrest and lock up opposition members suspected of ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
CCC not taking threats against Chamisa lightly
Zanu-PF has been described as a "criminal gang" after a ruling party member threatened opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his family with death.The police were evasive yesterday when contact...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Police shoot dead 4 robbers
Police yesterday killed four armed robbers in Gwanda during a shootout after the robbers resisted arrest, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said yesterday.Asst Com Ny...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 07:55hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police 'ban' displaying of guns in public
POLICE have warned licensed firearm holders against displaying their weapons in public.In a statement national police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner, Paul Nyathi also urged firearm holde...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:04hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Hunter killed in robbery case
A renowned professional hunter from Bulawayo was shot and killed by two intruders who broke into his home in Fortune's Gate last Wednesday.Although Bulawayo provincial deputy spokesperson Assi...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:26hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man shot dead in front of wife and son
A Dambuza family is struggling to pick up the pieces after witnessing the murder of their breadwinner.It is alleged that four unknown men, two of whom had their faces covered, stormed into Mat...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:25hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
New details emerge on police shooting
EYEWITNESSES to a recent Chitungwiza shooting incident that left two residents seriously injured have accused police of misleading members of the public by claiming that the shooting incident happened...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Biti shocked
The assault case of Tendai Biti continued yesterday with him shifting his attacks from The Herald to deputy prosecutor, Mr Michael Reza, saying he was not objective and likes to prosecute opposition p...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:18hrs | 2297 | by Staff reporter
Mafume sticks to his guns on Pomona
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday said the Harare City Council (HCC) had no capacity to pay in United States dollars the council committee set up to investigate the Pomona waste management deal....Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
116-year old Inyathi Mission still exudes medieval charm
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country’s oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 1548 | by Staff reporter
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still l...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 952 | by Staff Reporter
Top ZANU PF official says Mnangagwa is a foreigner from Zambia
A top ZANU PF official is in hot soup for reportedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa on social media and further claiming that he is a foreigner from Zambia.The Deputy Speaker of ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 13:48hrs | 15499 | by Shelton Muchena / Simbarashe Sithole
We must prepare for the coming 'war'
From tomorrow until Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be mourning Patrice Lumumba - the country's first democratically elected prime minister - who was slain 61 years ago in the g...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | 329 | by Bishop Lazi
Shots fired in Entumbane as guards foil robbery
WARNING-SHOTS were fired early Sunday morning in Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo when security guards reacted to an attempted robbery and arrested two suspects at Nhliziyo Shopping Centre.Bulaway...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF shadow MP guns for Binga DDC
DAGGERS are out for Binga district development co-ordinator (DDC) Siansolo Kabome, who is being accused by Zanu-PF Binga shadow MP Kudakwashe Mavula Munsaka of sabotaging government programmes....Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Godolude returns from SA
RHUMBA dancer-cum-musician Mandlenkosi "Godolude" Mpofu has returned home from South Africa.Godolude, who leads The Friendly Brothers band also known as Eze Energy, said he decided to come bac...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Machete now a weapon of choice for armed robbers
THE emergence of machete gangs in Zimbabwe's mining towns has given birth to a new breed of armed robbers who use machetes as a weapon of choice since the broad blade, which is traditionally used as a...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:22hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Conflicted Ramaphosa stands by his decision to suspend Mkhwebane
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he stands by the decision to suspend Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, pending an inquiry into her fitness to hold office.The embattled Public Protector on Tu...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 08:07hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Pro whites group launch project to help secure South Africa's Beitbridge border
Afrikaner rights organisation, AfriForum has launched a new project to help secure South Africa's borders, this comes after South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa allowed vigilante groups to oper...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 09:16hrs | 3522 | by Staff reporter
AUDIO: Shock as Temba Mliswa attacks Mnangagwa
In a shocking audio Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has come out guns blazing attacking President Emmerson Mnangagwa and blaming him for failing to lead Zimbabwe. Mliswa who claims to be relate...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 8164 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo records 15 armed robberies in two weeks
Although the cases are being recorded citywide, the majority of them are reported in Western suburbs.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said the robber...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Shona judge jails Mthwakazi activists for carrying knobkerries
NINE activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were sentenced to varying jail terms when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Mr Tawengwa Sangster.The nine who had pleaded not gui...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Pomona Project: All thunder, lightning flashes, no strike!
Pomona stink in newsroomsIlliterate newspapers are being pummelled back and forth by buffeted Mafume and his clueless Triple C councillors. It is all thunder, blinding flashes but no strike. A...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:52hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Manuel is 'hypersensitive and entitled'
Television host and businessman JJ Tabane has told the Johannesburg high court that Trevor Manuel's urgent defamation lawsuit against him smacks of a "hypersensitive and entitled" individual.T...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:53hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sounds death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sounded the death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers, calling on law enforcement agents to decisively deal with the violent criminals.Speaking at the bur...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Colonialism belongs to old time Britain
ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 516 | by Christopher Mahove
George Charamba blasts Mudenda over diaspora vote
ZANU PF technocrats have come out guns blazing against speaker of parliament Jacob Mudenda for going against the party and promoting a diaspora vote. Mudenda urged MPs to consider electoral re...Published: 31 May 2022 at 10:08hrs | 7139 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Davos trip of shame
ZIMBABWE'S pariah state tag haunted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent visit to the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland with political analysts equating the journey to a trip of shame....Published: 28 May 2022 at 20:04hrs | 4510 | by Staff Reporter
Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora - Water and Oil Don't mix
Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora like water and oil do not mix. Not surprising then that the sly attempts to foist Mwonzora on the masses, are failing.As we head to 2023 elections,...Published: 27 May 2022 at 07:42hrs | 5390 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Unity Accord dead, says ex-chief Ndiweni
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration effectively dumped the 1987 Unity Accord by not appointing a Zapu side Vice-President....Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's Indonesia visit sends shivers
REVELATIONS Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, currently in Indonesia, will hold talks with an arms manufacturing company to buy military hardware for Zimbabwe have sent shivers down the spine of th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:28hrs | 2212 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers have guns, teachers and nurses have empty threats, so government will always favor the military!
It is common knowledge that rights and freedoms are seldom given or awarded - but, always need to be demanded and taken.That is why it is virtually unheard of to come across a country that was...Published: 19 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 1860 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
So tragic that Zimbabwe regime respects animals more than its own citizens!
This morning I watched, in profound amazement, a news report on the Zimbabwe government's impassioned pleading with the EU (European Union) to support the country's cause at this year's CITES Conferen...Published: 17 May 2022 at 11:01hrs | 1583 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's govt jittery
GOVERNMENT is in panic mode and fears an uprising hence resorting to using the police, military and other security organs as a section of Zimbabweans push for economic order, with analysts predicting ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 17:56hrs | 3121 | by Staff reporter
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