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Mnangagwa gifts Warriors US$6,500 bonus each for AFCON qualification
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hailed the Zimbabwe national football team's qualification for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as a historic achievement, describing it as a "milestone sporting...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:40hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Innocent Mpoki
UB40 promises fireworks
POPULAR British singer Ali Campbell yesterday brought in a 16-member UB40 outfit for what looks like another memorable gig to be held this evening at Old Hararians Sports Club.Campbell, born A...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Big surprises in Zanu-PF primaries
SOME ministers and veteran parliamentarians fell by the wayside in the Zanu-PF primary elections that were held over the weekend as the ruling party entrenches democracy and reenergises its base ahead...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Creative sector mourns Chigubu
The creative sector has joined the family of the late Zimbabwean comedian, Clive Chigubu to organise his burial.Chigubu died yesterday morning at his home in Barbourfields suburb in Bulawayo a...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Shingi Kawondera spends 2 'glorious hours' with ex-wife Marry Chiwenga
Ex-footballer Shingayi Kaondera met his ailing ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa bedside in hospital for the first time in 10 years on Wednesday.Mubaiwa left Kaondera, with whom she has a child, and marri...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:06hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Nyarota launches book tonight
VETERAN journalist Geoffrey Nyarota will this evening launch his latest book titled The Honourable Minister, An Anatomy of Endemic Corruption at Royal Harare Golf Club.Nyarota's book is presen...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo: Selfless freedom fighter
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has mourned nationalist and liberation struggle stalwart Simon Khaya Moyo, who has been declared a national hero, as a true patriot, courageous and selfless freedom fighter....Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pay day in 1973, indlovu iwile
THIS week the writer reels back to 1973 to give you an in-depth picture of the setup Ekasi on a pay day when all employees had received their monthly pay. This would be around the 25th day of the mont...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 12 | by Clifford Kalibo
Every generation has its heroes
Today I felt encouraged as well as hopeful as I watched our comrades being escorted like criminals from Khami prison. Seeing Zimbabwe prison services officers in their unusual anti riot gear carrying ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:42hrs | 6 | by MRP Vice-president Ms Presia Ngulube
MSU student kills self in protest
A 24-YEAR-OLD Midlands State University (MSU) student from Gutu allegedly committed suicide by drinking a poisonous substance in protest after being reprimanded by his father for continuously coming h...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Welcoming new president of Zimbabwe
Just before the sun had started its journey across the African cold sky, I jumped, tumbled and scrambled into my rambled clothes, cat licked my face and legs and soon I was in the kitchen preparing fo...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Tanatswa Chikuku
Dembare bounces back
It was a Russian roulette game at Mandava stadium in Zvishavane as Dynamos "Dembare" faced off with second placed F.C Platinum in a battle for maximum points.After having won away at Yadah las...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 21:14hrs | 2 | by Daniel Itai
Zanu-PF eyes Kadoma council seat
THE ZANU-PF Mashonaland West provincial leadership has set its sights on retaining the City of Kadoma Ward 2 council seat ahead of a by-election scheduled for next month. The seat fell vacant ...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies after hearing girlfriend eloped with another lover
VIILAGERS in Binga were left shell shocked after a man collapsed and died soon after hearing that his girlfriend had eloped to South Africa with another lover.Trydon Mkuli, 25, of Siachilaba V...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa swarmed in Kwekwe shop
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was yesterday forced to abort his shopping at OK supermarket in Kwekwe after an enthusiastic crowd instantaneously swarmed the shop jostling for 'handshakes, selfies and a...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reveals childhood dreams
Imagine, aboard a plane and before take-off you hear a voice saying, "This is Captain Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speaking. We are ready for take-off. Our flight is going take approximately three hour...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:08hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Nehemiah Mutendi offers no miracles, preaches hardwork
THE brass band, with musicians clad in immaculate khaki apparels, abruptly cuts its otherwise captivating tune.In unison, band members place their trumpets by the right side of their legs and ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2019: The coming of a dry season
Throughout historical annals, January and December occupy a unique and famous status in the hearts of global citizens. Being first and last in a year, the months are well known for their joy, hope and...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:55hrs | 6 | by Sympae Mutimbanyoka-Masikinye
Mukanya will retire when he dies
IN a tiny changing room at the back of the Large City Hall stage in Bulawayo, timeless Chimurenga music icon, Thomas Mapfumo,was a calm and collected fellow before stunning all and sundry with a non-s...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Stop spreading fake news, Sekeramayi urges nation
Marondera-Hwedza senator Dr Sydney Sekeramayi has urged the nation to stop spreading and listening to fake news. He made the call on Sunday in his closing remarks after a solidarity prayer meeting at ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trudy Stevenson's body arriving tomorrow
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade say the remains of the late diplomat and Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Senegal, Ambassador Trudy Stevenson, who died in Senegal on 24 August, wil...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
No one ordered fatal shootings, claims Mnangagwa
PPRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed that none of his lieutenants gave orders for the fatal shooting of seven civilians, where soldiers opened fired into groups of protesters ...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to meet opposition leaders
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said he will meet with opposition leaders soon, now that the nomination process is over and together they will commit to holding free, fair, credible and peaceful electio...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa showcases his lighter side
President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week was in one of his most jovial moods, dedicating the bulk of his speech at the St Noah College Stadium and Sports Centre ground-breaking ceremony to jokes that le...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Olinda, Tytan hunt for house in SA
Lovebirds Tytan Skhokho, real name Njabulo Nkomo and Olinda Chapel have revealed plans to establish a home in the affluent area of Sandton, in South Africa.The couple who have been living a hi...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 16:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Harare East Youth assembly in jovial mood
Harare East Youth assembly went into ecstatic frenzy following the the submission by National Youth Commander, Happymore "Cde Leader Bvondo" Bvondo, to effect that ward 9, one of the three wards in Ha...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 19:53hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga visit Tsvangirai at his home
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today visited former Prime Minister and leader of the MDC-T Mr Morgan Tsvangirai at his Highlands home to check how he is recuperating.The President was accompanie...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
I fear to be Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's son-in-law because of his crimes
Mr President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa may I put it to you that you are a very brave man, you were once sentenced to death by the Smith regime, you survived but you didn't quite politics, several yea...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Cash situation improves in Zimbabwe, banks dispense cash from ATMs
The cash situation has improved with some banks in Harare dispensing a combination of United States dollars and bond notes to depositors for the festive season.The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gov...Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Makarau's resignation opens a can of worms
The shock resignation by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau - a mere eight months before the country holds its make-or-break national elections next year - has cast a huge sh...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 14:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Suspicions as Makarau quits
The shock resignation by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau - a mere eight months before the country holds its make-or-break national elections next year - has cast a huge sh...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chihuri out'
War veterans in Mashonaland West have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri saying he has no place in the new political dispensation.At ...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga still treating Mugabe as his commander-in-chief
As Zimbabweans poured on to the streets of Harare to celebrate the expected departure of the man who has ruled over them for nearly 40 years, Robert Mugabe sat with a friend, munching corn and reminis...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi party mourns Zapu member's death
Mthwakazi Republic Party leader Mqondisi Moyo has mourned the death of a Zapu member Sikhumbuzo Moyo who died in South Africa on Monday."On my behalf and on behalf of the party I would like to...Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Akbay was pissed off
BOSSO coach Erol Akbay says his outburst that Dynamos were better organised than the Bulawayo giants were made in the heat of the moment after losing to Chapungu last Sunday.The Dutchman made ...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Injiva stabs peacemaker in love triangle
A SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Masvingo man has been arrested after he allegedly fatally stabbed a fellow villager with an Okapi knife for playing peacemaker in a love triangle.Witness Mapurisa (24)...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Warriors issue apology
WARRIORS team manager Sharif Mussa yesterday issued a public apology on behalf of the players for the debacle that characterised the failed send off dinner on Friday night. Mussa saw off t...Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Msipa's death depletes the thinning band of political veterans
For a period of over 50 years, Cephas George Msipa took an active interest in the affairs of Zimbabwe. This period covered popular ferment against minority rule, armed struggle for national libera...Published: 23 Oct 2016 at 11:34hrs | | by Dumiso Dabengwa
Iron fist in a velvet glove: Dr. Cephas Msipa leaves unique record - Dabengwa
Gweru, 21 October 2016 For a period of over fifty years Dr. Cephas Msipa took an active interest in the affairs of Zimbabwe. This period covered popular ferment against minority rule, armed st...Published: 22 Oct 2016 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President
Women too sensitive to compliments, says Zuma
Nkandla - President Jacob Zuma on Saturday said modern women were too quick to say they were being harassed when men were innocently complimenting them. Zuma, who was in a jovial mood, made th...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Agencies
Highlanders bids Sibanda farewell
In true poetic justice Highlanders gave veteran Gwanda football legend Mathemba Sibanda who died of heart failure in Gwanda early Monday morning the best farewell he deserved.Sibanda was part ...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 14:47hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Grisly murder, as Mutare man's privates are found pierced and in pieces
Liberty Dube— A 36-year-old man was on Sunday brutally killed and his body was discovered wi...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 10:56hrs | | by Liberty Dube
The last vestiges of our cruel culture, IsiNdebele culture: Polygamy
Polygamy will be wiped off by growing globalization My mother was the fourth wife to my father, he had six wives in his homestead. She was no...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from the eBook 'Sweetmother'
Lungu pays courtesy call on Mugabe
Zambian President Edgar Lungu yesterday paid a courtesy call on President Mugabe where he promised that there will be greater things to be discussed in today's Extraordinary SADC summit drawing se...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean stabbed in South Africa
Cape Town - A 30-year-old Zimbabwean man was allegedly attacked by a South African at a shelter in Somerset West, sustaining stab wounds in the head and hand, confirmed police on Saturday."We ...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 11:03hrs | 2 | by ANA
Teacher hangs self at Ingutsheni Hospital
A breast-feeding teacher at Emakhandeni Primary School in Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide on Friday by hanging herself at Ingutsheni Central Hospital after nurses reportedly refused to discharge...Published: 23 Feb 2015 at 06:36hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
4th student suicide in week
A fourth student killed himself this week in Zimbabwe, it was reported Wednesday.Simba Makumbe, 18, was found hanging from a tree by his father in Magwegwe North, Bulawayo, on Tuesday, the...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 13:34hrs | | by Sapa
Teen hangs self at parents' house
A FORMER Form Four pupil committed suicide allegedly by hanging at his parents' home in Magwegwe North over yet to be disclosed reasons. Simba Makumbe, 18, a former Form Four pupil at Sikhuli...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 04:15hrs | | by Oswell Moyo
Outrage over First Family holiday
HARARE - Ordinary Zimbabweans and major opposition parties have roundly condemned the First Family's reported penchant for glitz and extravagant 'state-funded' jaunts in faraway countries, at a time ...Published: 30 Dec 2014 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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