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Simon Mann dies
Former British Army officer and mercenary Simon Mann, who was part of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004, has died of a heart attack while exercising, friends confirmed.The 72-year-ol...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:58hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Pathisa Nyathi laid to rest
Zimbabwean historian, author, and cultural icon Phathisa Nyathi was laid to rest yesterday at Bulawayo's Lady Stanley Cemetery. Family, friends, government officials, and admirers gathered in solidari...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:58hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fast growing Zimbabwe diaspora spurs demand for funeral plans
In December 2023, Mavis Clinic Manyonga travelled to the Republic of Ireland from Zimbabwe, looking forward to spending the Christmas holidays with her daughter, Valerie Munashe Makuwe, a nurse in tow...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 18:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Rising sudden death cases among newly arrived diasporans - medical expert speaks
MICHAEL Mawema had barely been in the United Kingdom (UK) for two months when he died suddenly in December last year, explained a GoFundMe appeal launched to raise funds for repatriation of his body t...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Haritatos clash with Coltart
Vangelis Peter Haritatos has hit back at lawyer Doug Coltart for alleging that he had abused his authority by parking his vehicle in a bay reserved for Persons with Disabilities.Posting on X o...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 11:04hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
George Chigova dies
Former Zimbabwe international goalkeeper George Chigova died of a heart ailment at the age of 32 on Wednesday.The former Dynamos, Polokwane City and SuperSport United shot stopper suffered a h...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Rahman Gumbo dies
While details are still sketchy, Gumbo is said to have suffered a heart attack at his home in Botswana in Palapye on Thursday in the presence of his son.He was ferried to hospital but hi...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 23:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Biti fails to file application
Harare Magistrate Mrs Vongai Muchuchuti was today supposed to deliver the ruling in an application for discharge at the close of the State's case in Tendai Biti's assault case but failed following ind...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Doctor testifies in Biti assault case
Deputy Prosecutor General Mr Micheal Reza has closed the State case after leading evidence from his last witness Doctor Ushewokunze who admitted treating Mrs Tatiana Aleshina at Trauma Centre in Borro...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The International Criminal Court a ridiculous organisation
The world has recently been surprised to hear that the ICC has issued a ‘warrant of arrest' for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The central charge against him is that he is responsible for the abd...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Ian Beddowes
Oliver Chidawu burial set for today
The memorial service for the Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Engineer Oliver Chidawu, who died last Tuesday, was held yesterday at the family home in Harare ahead of bu...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chidawu suffers a heart attack hours after attending event with Mnangagwa
Oliver Chidawu, the provincial affairs minister for Harare collapsed and died this morning at his home.He was 68.Chidawu reportedly suffered a heart attack on Monday night, hours after...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF deserves some credit
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said despite ruining the country since taking over power at Independence in 1980, the ruling Zanu-PF party deserves credit on e...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC leaders throng RG Mugabe airport to welcome Alex Magaisa's body
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa, his deputy Tendai Biti and tens of party members Saturday thronged the Robert Gabriel Mugabe international airport to welcome the late law ex...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Bulawayo war vets vetting exercise
CHAOS has rocked the war veterans vetting exercise in Bulawayo and Matabeleland provinces amid claims that some associations were being sidelined in the exercise.On March 14, Defence and War V...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heart attack death woman feared South Africa deportation
The family of a Zimbabwean woman who died of a heart attack in South Africa said she was anxious of being departed.Chipo Mukandi, 45, a domestic worker, died after she was detained in Pretoria...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Journalistic tenets lost to 'hits' and the quest for followers
One of the greatest problems currently confronting journalists on the Zimbabwean media landscape is the emergence of social media, with the attendant proliferation of platforms populated by content pr...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:50hrs | 2 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
UBH pharmacy loses critical drugs
NEARLY 400 doses of sedative drugs - pethidine and morphine - were stolen from the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) last week, a development which has forced patients to source their own. ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mavesere stars in Varsity Cup
RISING Zimbabwe rugby star Tinotenda Mavesere is quickly establishing himself as one of the country's brightest rugby prospects in neighbouring South Africa after his brilliant individual display for ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF opens race for Mwenezi East
Zanu-PF has given the green light to potential candidates who would want to contest in the party's parliamentary primary elections to replace the late national assembly member Joosbi Omar who died in ...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 20:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diego Maradona dies
ARGENTINE football legend Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60, his spokesman announced yesterday.Renowned along with Brazil's Pele as one of the greatest footballers of all time, the Arge...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP dies of heart attack
Zanu-PF Member of the National Assembly for Mwenezi East Jusby Omar has died. He died yesterday after suffering a heart attack. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Makurira Memorial C...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Biti suffer a heart attack at the same time?
Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it, it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it. The pole which carries this flag is watered by the blood of our sons and daughter...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 07:57hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Lest we forget: Women of the struggle
Tomorrow, Zimbabwe celebrates National Heroes Day, an important day on the national calendar to honour the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who made extraordinary sacrifices to liberate the coun...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Gems thrash Northern Ireland
It was yet another thrilling encounter at the Liverpool arena in Liverpool England, where Zimbabwe 's netball team the "Gems" locked horns with Northern Ireland's "Warriors" in their group A third and...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:43hrs | 3 | by Daniel Itai
TinTin suffers mental illness scare
Prominent ZiFM disc jockey TinTin (real name Tinopona Katsande) has revealed that she suffered an anxiety attack last week while she was driving.The former Studio 263 actor said she was afraid...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 09:58hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Oliver Mtukudzi dies
Superstar musician Dr. Oliver Mtukudzi has died. He passed away in Harare on Wednesday afternoon. Writing his condolence message, former minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture David C...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 14:31hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow
ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | | by Gumisai Nyoni
Dan Tshanda dies
Music fans are in mourning on Saturday after news broke that musician and producer Dan Tshanda passed away in Johannesburg after suffering heart failure at age 54.He was reportedly certified d...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Tuku fit to travel, says doctor
LEGENDARY musician, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, who last week reportedly suffered a heart attack which saw him miss the London Jazz Festival, is now recovering at his home in Norton. Speaking to C...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mtukudzi 'suffers heart attack'
ZIMBABWEAN music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi had to miss the London Jazz Festival last week after suffering from what organisers of the renowned international jazz extravaganza said was heart failure. &...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man suffers heart attack after sex with pig
A sixty-year-old man from Worringham on the outskirts of Bulawayo reportedly suffered a heart attack and died last Thursday after he allegedly had sex with a pig.The body of Mr Elias Ndlovu wa...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CNN calls Mnangagwa 'old wine' to his face - after rigging elections again, vinegar turned poison
CNN calls Mnangagwa "old wine in a new bottle" forcing Zanu PF apologists and spin-doctors to burn the midnight oil in a futile attempt to portray the interview in more flattering terms."In an...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 16:59hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
The similarities between Tinomudaishe Chinyoka and Judas Iscariot
The article titled 'the similarities between Grace Mugabe and Nelson Chamisa' written by Tino Chinyoka was in bad taste and below the standard of a grade seven dropout. I failed to grasp the connectio...Published: 20 May 2018 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Don Chigumba
Makandiwa prophecy on Dhlakama death goes viral
A VIDEO clip in which United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa appeared to have prophesied the death of Mozambique's long time opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama has gone vir...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Renamo rebel Afonso Dhlakama dies
Mozambique's veter...Published: 03 May 2018 at 19:28hrs | | by AFP
Mnangagwa poisoning witch-hunt
A senior Zanu-PF official has sensationally claimed that one of the passengers in a helicopter ride to a presidential youth interface rally held in Gwanda last August tried to take the life of then vi...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe had gone mad, says Mnangagwa
HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa believes former first lady Grace Mugabe had become mentally deranged during the last days of her husband's presidency.He made the sensational disclosure i...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe suffers Mubarak Ceausescu shame
THE army has taken President Robert Mugabe and his wife into custody, triggering speculation of a military coup, though the military's supporters called it as a "bloodless correction." It wasn't clear...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 10:47hrs | 2 | by Associated Press
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Themba Mthethwa
Bulilima's longest serving headman collapses, dies
BULILIMA'S longest serving headman, Sikhathini born Mlefu Goliatky Somfula (81), has died.Headman Sikhathini collapsed and died at his homestead on Wednesday last week.Bulilima Distric...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 09:26hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
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
The benighted are envious, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I hope you have noticed how some people are pre-disposed to see scandals where none exist. The reaction to some recent appointments, all above board...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by CZ
Death at church service
Renowned and well-respected educationist, Locadia Mutubuki (67) has died.Mutubuki who retired from Government service in 2014 died after suffering a heart attack at the Roman Catholic Cathedra...Published: 30 May 2017 at 13:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
American Heart Academy accredits Zimbabwean heart academy
The American Heart Association has accredited the CEARS Training Academy in Harare's Milton Park suburb as one of its training providers, enabling the academy to offer internationally recognised basic...Published: 23 May 2017 at 11:13hrs | 2 | by Mike Hamilton
American Heart Academy accredits CEARS Training Academy
The American Heart Association has accredited the CEARS Training Academy in Harare's Milton Park suburb as one of its training providers, enabling the academy to offer internationally recognised basic...Published: 15 May 2017 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Mugabe makes shock retirement announcement
ZIMBABWE president Robert Mugabe has lifted the lid on the future of his iron rule.In a bombshell radio broadcast, the dictator revealed he has no plans to step down ahead of his 93rd birthday...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Joshua Nevett
Good morning Brethren
TODAY'S WORDGen 1:27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.One of best chapters to read in the bible is Genesis chapt...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 07:21hrs | 4 | by Bhekinkosi Nkomo
MDC-T founder member dies
MDC-T founding member and former Gwanda South chairperson, Readus Tlou, who succumbed to a heart attack and was buried in Nhwali last Thursday, has been described as a great unifier and discipline...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
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