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FC Platimun crash out of Confed Cup
ASC Jaraaf 1 0 FC Platinum (ASC Jaraaf won 2-0 on aggregate to progress to the Caf Confederations Cup group stages)FC PLATINUM'S run in the CAF club competitions ended last night after the...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:41hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Shock as prophet declares bulging tummy not pregnancy
A woman from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo, who thought she was pregnant because of her stomach which started swelling five months ago, was shocked when it was revealed to her by a pro...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 08:24hrs | 2608 | by Staff reporter
Somewhere, along the line, we lost the magicians
WHEN we mourn the dearth of quality players, standards and coaching methods, we are perennially accused of being too obsessed with the past. The ''Know-it-all" brigade of nostalgic, and disgruntled fo...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 98 | by Phillip Zulu
Where have all the dribbling wizards gone?
WHERE have all the magicians who used to specialise in the fine art of dribbling gone? This was something, which kept haunting me, as I watched the CAF Confederation Cup play-off's first leg tie betwe...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 489 | by Charles Mabika
CAF investigate juju accusations
THE Confederation of African Football are launching an investigation into allegations of witchcraft made against African Nations Championship hosts Cameroon by Zimbabwe national team coach Zdravko Log...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile causes stir at Chiredzi Hospital
There was pandemonium at Chiredzi District Hospital today after a huge crocodile was spotted in a storm drain at the biggest health referral health institution in the Lowveld.The reptile...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:44hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Loga in pre-match juju drama
WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic rekindled the debate about the use of "juju" in African football after a picture of him with a dead bat found at centre circle of the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in YaoundÃ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:50hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
SHOCKER: Kid seen with live snake in pillowcase
Residents of Bindura were shell shocked on Sunday morning when they saw a minor throwing a pillowcase containing a live snake at the Progress shopping centre.The minor threw the pillowcase wit...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4406 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Can black arts (Kuromba) be sole source of wealth in Zimbabwe?
According to Colin Powell, the first African-American Secretary of State, diplomat and retired general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001-2005, a dream does not become r...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:40hrs | 2529 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo (PhD)
Ginimbi secrets revealed
The late Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure was naughty, cunning and a shrewd businessman who thrived on unconventional means to achieve what he wanted, his relatives and friends have revealed.Ginimbi...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:26hrs | 13435 | by Staff reporter
Julius Malema is of Jewish ancestry!
THIS week's piece was supposed to scrutinise the symbiotic relationship between the Ndebele and Tonga tribes, which is believed to be backdated to more than 100 years ago.According to tradition, t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | 1458 | by Burzil Dube
Genius' 'snake' was always hungry and he fed it well
JUST like most Zimbabweans, I am also convinced that the late businessman, socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure had a "snake". And this "snake" was not for the fainthearted because it was alwa...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:26hrs | 3832 | by Staff reporter
'No snake in Ginimbi's house'
Genius Kadungure's friends have rubbished claims that there was a juju snake in the late socialite's house.The friends who include Chief Albert Ndabambi, Chief Jose Tazvi Mhaka, Brian Nyanyiwa...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 20:30hrs | 7173 | by Staff reporter
Man loses car to machete-wielding robbers
A MUTARE man lost his vehicle and some belongings to two machete-wielding robbers who pounced on him last Friday.Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa yesterday confirme...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Man killed by own sons over magic sex with their wives
A man from Mhou village under Chief Ndanga was yesterday, October 28, fatally assaulted by his four sons who accused him of using magic to sexually-abuse their wives who are the now deceased man's dau...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:30hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players seek shrine power
WHILE many footballers in Africa do turn to sorcery and fetishism for a competitive edge, lathering magical-power oilments on their skin and squirrel fat (for speed) on their feet, Bulawayo giants Hig...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:45hrs | 1732 | by Staff reporter
Prophets in spiritual showdown
AN epic spiritual showdown is looming between two of Bulawayo's famous prophets - Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa and Mduduzi Dube popularly known as Black Elisha with the former challenging the latter to ...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 21:32hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Muthi ritual scare hits suburbs
FEAR gripped residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs in Bulawayo after muthi (charms) suspected to have been used in performing a ritual was found tied to a tree near a bridge connecting the two s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1184 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Sex panners invade mines
After finding the going tough in the city, sex workers have devised a new way of survival as they have invaded mining areas in a bid to eke out a living as some of them were now failing to pay rent an...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:43hrs | 3699 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bulawayo Prophet Jay Israel charged US$3 000 to buy juju power
Bulawayo born Spirit Life leader Jaycob Dube (also known as Jay Israel) was charged US$3 000 to buy spiritual power from a Limpopo based Prophet Seer 1. Seer 1 came out on the internet and sai...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 11:53hrs | 11091 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Locked man's shrunk manhood fixed
THE misery of a Bulawayo man who forced-marched his wife to the house of a local prophet she had allegedly consulted to make him fail to sustain an erection each time he tried to have sex with his mis...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 18:25hrs | 7462 | by Staff reporter
Single, childless and black
THERE is a generally held assumption that every adult person is married or should be married and have children.Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adul...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 3790 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Thief sleeps on his loot at Madzibaba's house
There was drama in Centenary at the prominent Apostolic prophet Biggie Musanzika populary known as Madzibaba Jonah's house on Saturday morning where a suspected maize thief fell asleep on his loot....Published: 24 May 2020 at 14:58hrs | 7754 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mahlalela puts drama launch on hold
South Africa-based Zimbabwean producer Mthulisi "Mahlalela" Moyo says his new drama, where he has roped in Tshawe of Emzini Wezinsizwa, which was supposed to be shot on April 16, has been postponed du...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:02hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Reuben Tendai Mbofana
Dear Tendai, I have just finished reading your article that stood out from many other articles I have just read today in Bulawayo 24. Although your contribution was more of a religious Good Fr...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1598 | by Nomazulu Thata
I don't regret sex lessons, says Zoey
Zoey says she doesn't regret complementing her earnings by teaching women sex lessons.The 31-year-old, who is now a hit with both married and single ladies itching to impress their partners, r...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1431 | by Nomazulu Thata
Advocate Miriam Tose Majome: noch etwas, noch etwas!!
I read your articles with great interest because I know there is a message always for me to take home with. Your last two articles; "Public Drinking and Educated Fools" and "Black Business and Superst...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1365 | by Nomazulu Thata
Julius Malema's identity stolen
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters have issued a statement claiming that there is an individual who is using a fake identity of their leader Julius Sello Malema and is soliciting for money from ...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:03hrs | 2362 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Runyoka used on cheater, man has erection for a month
AN Eastview man has been having continuous erections for the past four weeks in a case of suspected runyoka.Michael Phiri (37) is reported to have been having sex with Regy Jaji, 41, before he...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 19:47hrs | 4540 | by Staff reporter
Mucherahowa blasts Dembare
United Kingdom-based former Dynamos captain Memory Mucherahowa has made a scathing attack on the club for its current player-buying spree which he says is a consequence of the death of the club's juni...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
Witchcraft, power in Zimbabwe politics
CHIPINGE is some small district in the south east of Zimbabwe, on the edge of the Mozambican border, well known not for its scenic environment, cooler temperatures or the tropical rainforests of Mt Se...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:24hrs | 369 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Let's watch closely how the Zimbabwe military and the judiciary playout in the case of Chiwengas
As believers we now know that if we are grateful for the small things that the universe gives us, it will send its abundant energy to even usher us more gifts than we could ever imagine. Our gratitude...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1812 | by Nomazulu Thata​​​​​​​
Marry's juju traumatised the children, says Chiwenga
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has accused his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa of engaging in witchcraft and using juju, a development which traumatized their kids.In court papers filed at t...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:47hrs | 4540 | by theanchor
Man beds step mom
A Gokwe man was fined three cows after he bedded his stepmother before confessing that he had bedded half the married women in his area due to his insatiable sexual appetite.Albert Musokeri (2...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 14:32hrs | 2584 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans caught in witchcraft practices in the UK
Zimbabweans in the UK have totally refused to abandon their beliefs in Witchcraft lucky charms and in superstitions. They have carried their beliefs in the United Kingdom and created a world of supers...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:32hrs | 9643 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Grace feared Mugabe used juju
FIRST LADY Grace Mugabe once said the first thing she searched for in President Robert Mugabe's bedroom was evidence of juju after wide speculation that the long-serving ruler depended on powers from ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 13:56hrs | 41178 | by Staff reporter
Even pastors consult sangomas?
WHAT is this that we hear about a popular ‘Man of God' who was recently given a VIP treatment at a traditional healer's surgery in a neighbouring country?I mean that other well known pas...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:02hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe missing from his fortified grave?
Even in death comrade Mugabe was heavily protected. His body came as the most valuable dead body on earth. All this because of the fear of Juju. Juju "magic" may seem strange, mythical and oth...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 14:29hrs | 59838 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mutodi is educated, but is neither wise nor clever
SOMETIME in September last year, I was part of a group of journalists from across the media divide that were invited to a welcome dinner for Kenneth Wetzel, who had just arrived to assume the post of ...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 16:24hrs | 1390 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Malema walks in the shadow of Uncle Bob
Julius Malema's entourage is a political spectacle anywhere, at least for those gifted with a political eye.So when the boyish-looking 'Juju' jetted into Harare's Robert Gabriel Mugabe Interna...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2021 | by Josiah Mucharowana
WATCH: Malema fires shots at Mnangagwa after viewing Mugabe's corpse
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters Leader Julius Sello Malema has thrown a veiled attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa for seeking to take over the funeral of the late Zimbabwe's strongman Rob...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 17:28hrs | 13570 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe body saga reveals Zanu-PF witchcraft beliefs
The decision by the Mugabe family to cling on to the body of the late former President Robert Mugabe has revealed deep beliefs in and heavy re...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 10:02hrs | 11883 | by Staff Reporter
Even slaves refused to sell their souls
As the world marks 400 years since 1619, when Africans were first abducted and sold into slavery in America, this extract below from the book To Be A Slave by African-American author Julius Lester, pu...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 261 | by Conway Tutani
Inside the 'secret' world of Gule Wamkulu
THE Nyau or Gule, popularly known in Zimbabwe as zvigure, are an enigma. Mystic, misunderstood and feared — their secrets have been hidden for centuries behind gory masks, cryptic dances and bizarre...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Woman stays with two lovers in same house
A Maphisa woman has shocked villagers in the area after her two male lovers settled to stay with her in the same house for two months since neither of them could let her go.At first Pretty Man...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 18:00hrs | 6487 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama as woman undresses in church
There was drama at Domboremhikidzano Apostolic Church in Gweru after a woman who is suspected to be tormented by a spirit of witchcraft undressed before storming out of the church.The woman, w...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:46hrs | 7077 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa copies Chamisa's dressing
Photos of President Emmerson Mnangagwa dressed in shirts that are similar to those possessed by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa have appeared online.What is strange is that President Mnangagwa d...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 08:58hrs | 12792 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man divorces wife after stumbling upon juju
A MAN from Whande Village under Chief Maziofa in Zvishavane is divorcing his wife after he stumbled on what he suspected to be juju in their bedroom hut.Philemon Muzunye allegedly came across ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
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