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Rights Commission condemns bombing at Sikhala's home

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed grave concern over the recent bombing at the home of veteran opposition activist Job Sikhala in Chitungwiza, describing the attack as a â€œbarbaric act of violenceâ€ that threatens…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 15:51hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter

'Bombing' of Sikhala's home condemned

Human rights defenders have condemned the recent bombing of opposition leader Job Sikhala's Chitungwiza home, warning that it signals a renewed campaign of political persecution targeting government critics and their families.The incident …

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 22:32hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter

8 killed in Mutare-Masvingo road bus crash

Eight people, including the driver, died in the early hours of Saturday when a Dragon bus collided with a haulage truck carrying timber along the Mutareâ€“Masvingo Road.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) national spokesperson Commissioner Paul…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:57hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter

Job Sikhala claims family home bombed

Former Zengeza West legislator and opposition activist Job Sikhala has alleged that his family home in Chitungwiza was bombed in the early hours of Saturday, causing extensive damage but leaving no casualties.Writing on X (formerly Twitter…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:56hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter

Connie Ferguson declares Zimbabwe her home

South African television star and businesswoman Connie Ferguson has expressed deep affection for Zimbabwe, calling the country her home and praising the outpouring of love she receives from Zimbabweans.Ferguson was the guest of honour and …

Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:01hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF official ordered to vacate Borrowdale shebeen

Pardon Chibamu, a senior Zanu-PF official, has been ordered by the Mashonaland E Magistrates Court to immediately vacate a Borrowdale home that he allegedly seized from a widow and turned into a shebeen. Chibamu, who is a provincial member…

Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter

'Stay at home if you have flu-like symptoms'

The Ministry of Health and Child Care in Zimbabwe has assured the public that the recent surge in influenza-like illness cases is not linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Health Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora reported to Cabinet that the count…

Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Robbers pounce on Bulawayo money changers

Two suspected armed robbers pounced on three illegal money changers operating at Bulawayo's Nkulumane Complex Thursday afternoon and got away with an undisclosed amount of money.After the raid on the female money changers, the suspects rep…

Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:59hrs | 1341 | by Staff reporter

5 gunmen raid Beitbridge home, kill occupant

A five-member gang shot and killed a man during a house robbery in Tshitaudze suburb in Beitbridge in the early hours of yesterday.The gang also stole cash and cellphones from the house occupants.National police spokesperson, Assistant Com…

Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Harare businessman loses US$1,5 million home

Prominent Harare businessman, Tendai Mashamhanda has lost his bid to save his US$1,5 million upmarket home after Supreme Court judges ruled he acquired the property fraudulently while under judicial attachment.In December last year, the Hi…

Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 14:01hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Man torches girlfriend's home, commits suicide

A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb committed suicide after he tried to burn his ex-lover's home following a misunderstanding.Thabo Dube was found dead in a bushy area in Upper Rangemore. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednic…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo records 70 home births in 2 months

BULAWAYO recorded more than 70 home births in two months with reports that these may result in the country failing to meet sustainable development goals on reducing maternal and neonatal deaths.Reasons behind the risky decision to deliver …

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 15:15hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Bring back our football home

For the first time in the Zimbabwean football history we have played our home games away from home, thousands of kilometers away just because we have failed to put our house in order through fixing our home NSS.It seems we wait until the s…

Published: 22 Nov 2023 at 19:15hrs | 23 | by Leonard Koni

Businessman torches homes on suspicion he was being bewitched

VILLAGERS in Chivi's Sese area are living in constant fear after the return of a businessman Thomas Chapeta, who in August torched about 25 homes of those he suspected of bewitching him.Chapeta, who fled to South Africa soon after the inci…

Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 15:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Wadyejena threatens to sue Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association

GOKWE Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyejena has threatened to drag the Borrowdale Brooke Homeowners Association (BBHOA) to court for illegally deactivating his vehicle tags and relegating him to use the visitors' lane to enter and …

Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home

"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." -  African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - some estimates say 1.5 million and others …

Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans in South Africa sending their possessions home

FEARING further xenophobic violence and facing an uncertain future with the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP), many Zimbabweans in the Eastern Cape are repatriating their valuables.Recent attacks in South Africa on immigra…

Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 15:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Home remedies for athlete's foot

THERE are a number of over-the-counter (OTC) treatments available for athlete's foot. These can come as powders, sprays, ointments and lotions. Many cases of athlete's foot respond well to OTC treatments and may never require other options…

Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zapu to hold anniversary celebrations at Nkomo's village home

ZAPU will this Friday hold its 60th anniversary celebrations at the late Vice President Joshua Nyongolo Nkomo's homestead in Matobo district, Matebeleland South.Zapu was formed on 17 December 1961 at the Cold Comfort Farm in Harare, ten da…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Sikhosana living his dream

A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.The bible verse rings true regarding Skhosana Buhlungu's musical career.For 14 years, Sikhosana strummed his guitar, entertaining fellow villagers in Gwamba village in Nkayi b…

Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:31hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

27 Covid-19 cases at Kwekwe home

A total of 27 people including children and members of staff at Mary Ward Children's home in Kwekwe have tested positive for Covid-19.The development comes in the wake of a surge in positive cases in the mining town with more cases recorde…

Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:03hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

4 ways to easily improve your home

If you want to improve your living space, you have two options. One, buy a potted plant that brightens your living room for a couple of days and makes a negligible difference in your life. Two, employ some easy, yet drastic solutions to ta…

Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 18:19hrs | 225 | by Staff writer

Thabitha Khumalo attacked at her home

MDC Alliance National Chairperson, Thabitha Khumalo, was, Saturday morning,  attacked by two armed men who brazenly broke into Saurcestown home in Bulawayo, severely beat her knees, head using a knobkerrie and stabbed her right hand.T…

Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 13:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

'Home remedies don't cure COVID-19'

HEALTH experts and stakeholders have warned that home remedies were not a cure for COVID-19, but only relieve symptoms and offer the body a fighting chance against the respiratory virus.This follows a raging debate which, after widely circ…

Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Caught between a hard surface and a rock

This year has been very unfortunate for scholars, it's a year they will never want to remember. Caught between a hard surface and a rock, the students can not answer why it's happening to them. Coronavirus, wherever it came from, caused th…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 33 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Charity begins at home

Charity begins at home. Indeed the First Lady Mai Mnangagwa is a mother to the nation and her Angel of Hope Foundation is a beacon of hope to many disadvantaged families. The schools feeding programme initiative is very noble and came at t…

Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | 19 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Widow's home burnt down after son impregnates neighbour's wife

A village widow from Zengeya under Chief Nyajena was left homeless after her neighbour and relative burnt down her four thatched houses because her son had snatched his wife.Elias Mazonde is said to have burnt down the houses out of anger …

Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:29hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe is our only home

Gogo Chapo moved up and down the whole night checking on her sons Enock and John who were recuperating at their respective homes after a thorough beating by the settler forces. The cat had come out of the bag, freedom fighters camped at Mu…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:18hrs | 14 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

5 easy work from home jobs to boost your income

Are you one of those who are looking for a flexible part time job or are you hunting for a second job which will turn out to be easier compared to your first one? If yes, then you will find many that would boost your income. Before you beg…

Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 13:23hrs | 203 | by Staff Writer

Tsvangirai's home could be sold off over debt

Morgan Tsvangirai's estate faces a US$205,000 claim from a political consultant for work he says he carried out for the late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader in the run-up to the 2013 national elections.Moreprecision Muzadzi cla…

Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 20 | by ZimLive

Boy (13) missing after running away from home

POLICE in Bulawayo are looking for a 13-year-old boy from Nkulumane suburb who is suspected to have run away from home last month leaving his family traumatised.Qiniso Ndiweni, a pupil at Mandwandwe Secondary School, left home with a satch…

Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:06hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter

Touts block road, shut out family from home

A FAMILY from Fourwinds suburb in Bulawayo has been "blocked'' from its own house by touts who have camped at the gate of their house, which they are using as an undesignated pick- up point for transporters plying the Bulawayo-Kezi route.A…

Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:52hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa returns home to commission Kariba South expansion project

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is back home after attending the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.The forum ended last night.President Mnangagwa was met at the Robert Mugabe International Airport this morning by Vice President Kembo…

Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 11:39hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Protest artistes troop home after Mugabe's fall

Former president Robert Mugabe's demise has opened doors to several self-exiled protest artistes who now feel free to come back home.Chimurenga music icon Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo is one of the more vocal singers who will return to Zimbabw…

Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 10:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe: A place I used to call home

Lemme tell you something about where I come from: I come from a place where the river of love and compassion shallows and leaders turn to rulersA place where hearts turn to crazy eight hearts pierced with darts fragmented to parts before t…

Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 10:26hrs | 13 | by Barnet Benjamin Verena

Mugabe returned home last night

He was received at the Harare International Airport by his two deputies Vice Presidents Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko, Cabinet Ministers, services chiefs and senior Government officialsThe TICAD VI Summit was co-organised by th…

Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 06:49hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter

Man's throat slit in revenge

TWO years ago, Joseph Rikhotsoâ€™s jealous wife petrol bombed the family home of his alleged girl friend.And last Tuesday, he had more bad luck when his sonâ€™s throat was slit by an unknown man!Daily Sun reported that the grieving father …

Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 12:46hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter

Tunisian exiled leader to return home

The exiled head of the main Tunisian opposition party says he plans to return home after the departure of the ousted ruler Zine El Abidin Ben Ali.Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia's Ennahda political party, said on Saturday that he woul…

Published: 17 Jan 2011 at 11:32hrs | 13341 | by Byo24NEWS

Zimbabweans flock to apply for documents

Johannesburg - Zimbabweans have come out in large numbers to apply for documentation to make their stay in South Africa legal, the Department of Home Affairs said on Wednesday."When the deadline looms more and more people come out," depart…

Published: 29 Dec 2010 at 19:22hrs | 558 | by Sapa

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