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Murdered artisanal miner's body 'demanding' its missing body parts at mortuary
FROM spending nine days dumped outside a house at the Muchechetere homestead in Zhombe East, the remains of Munyaradzi Dube (31) who was allegedly murdered for ritual purposes, are now reportedly "mak...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:10hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
14 family members involved in a serious road accident
TWO family members died on the spot while 12 others were injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in was involved in an accident along the Harare-Bulawayo Road on Sunday afternoon....Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:42hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Even elephants are running away from Zimbabwe
Large numbers of elephants from Zimbabwe's biggest national park are moving to neighbouring Botswana in a search for water, a spokesman said Monday."Many animals have and are moving from Hwang...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 20:59hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for end to unjust global financial architecture
President Mnangagwa has told the Group of 77 (G77) and China summit in Havana, Cuba, of the urgent need to reform the current unjust financial architecture which favours countries of...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
New 60-bed hospital takes shape in Bulawayo's Parklands
A BULAWAYO entrepreneur, Mr Victor Moyo is building a 60-bed hospital in Parklands suburb, a development that will complement Government efforts to improve access to healthcare services in the city....Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
5 die in head-on collision
On September 15th, a tragic incident occurred at the 96-kilometer mark along the Harare-Masvingo Road, resulting in the loss of five lives and one individual sustaining injuries. The accident...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:22hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
2 killed as bus collides with truck's tailboard
A tragic incident occurred as a CAG bus collided with the rear of a truck, resulting in the loss of two lives and injuries to thirty others.In an official statement, the police confirmed the f...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:22hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!
I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crèche days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two thin...Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | 888 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chinamasa has no plans to kill Hichilema
Patrick Chinamasa, Zanu-PF's Secretary for Legal Affairs, has firmly refuted allegations made by Elisha Matamba, a Zambian Provincial Minister for the Copperbelt. Matamba claimed that Chinamasa confes...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:06hrs | 2897 | by Staff reporter
Motsoaledi's ministry targeting Zimbabwean/ African professionals for deportation
The Pretoria High Court issued an urgent interim interdict this week against the minister and Department of Home Affairs prohibiting them from deporting an investment banker working in South Africa. H...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 21:37hrs | 5450 | by Ciaran Ryan
An account of Zimbabwe's elections of August 2023
I HAVE been present at Zimbabwean elections since 1980. The independence elections of that year followed intense negotiations first in Lusaka, Zambia, and then in London over the latter part of ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 16:24hrs | 611 | by Stephen Chan
Woman killed after 'politely' exchanging greetings with the murderer
Villagers in Mphoengs, Mangwe District were left shell shocked after a woman was brutally murdered before having exchanged polite greetings with the murderer.It is reported that the now deceas...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 14:14hrs | 1116 | by Desmond Nleya
Man (20) kills father, burns the corpse
POLICE in Mashonaland Central have arrested a 20-year-old Mvurwi man who allegedly killed his father in cold blood and burnt him beyond recognition.Mind Chinyemba of plot number 6 Omeath Farm ...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 14:12hrs | 1107 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rival suitor killed over girl (15)
In Zhombe, a recent tragic incident unfolded as a man lost his life in a fatal stabbing during a dispute over a 15-year-old girl. The police have initiated a manhunt for the alleged perpetrator, Themb...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 06:36hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
3 killed in kombi accident
THREE passengers died and seven others were injured when a Nissan Caravan burst a front tyre before overturning several times at the 42km peg along the Masvingo-Mbalabala Road on Friday.Nation...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF loses grip in Matebeleland
Zanu-PF's support in Matebeleland has shrunk as seen in the recent elections where the ruling party surrendered a number of seats to the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Th...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:59hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for killing Plumtree couple
A man, who was allegedly part of a gang that killed a Plumtree couple before fleeing to neighbouring Botswana, has appeared in court facing murder charges.Tafireyi Ndlovu (37) was remanded in ...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:58hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
How hope dies with every election in Zimbabwe
"People died. The fear of being asked whether you wanted a short or long sleeve cut (cutting your hand or your arm) by soldiers made people vote in fear, not with their heads. We were voting with our ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 13:10hrs | 595 | by Beauty Dhlamini
Zanu-PF and CCC must read this article
NOW that the elections are over, there is need for us to make a critical analysis of our country's political leadership. Zimbabwe has its fair share of problems.My wish is that the two leading...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 08:05hrs | 464 | by Jonah Nyoni
MDC: End of an era
SEPTEMBER remains significant in the MDC as the party was conceived in this ninth month of the year before making an instant impact on the Zimbabwean political landscape.Then led by firebrand ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:51hrs | 407 | by Harriet Chikandiwa
Winning teams are never changed
SPEAKING after his inauguration for a second successive five-year term in office on Monday, President Mnangagwa said his new administration will continue on its development trajectory of the past five...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:42hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Man Arrested for gruesome murder of a couple
A Plumtree man was on Wednesday arraigned before Plumtree magistrate's court Mr Joshua Nembaware facing two charges of killing a couple in Madabe area, under Chief Wasi.The court heard that on...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 16:05hrs | 1140 | by Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe's Beitbridge border post project a flagship PPP
South African infrastructure development and construction materials supply group Raubex CEO Felicia Msiza enthuses that the project Raubex completed for the Zimbabwean government's road authority Zimb...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 20:24hrs | 359 | by Cameron Mackay
5 Zimbabweans killed in Limpopo cash-in-transit shoot-out
Hawks have identified 16 of the 19 people killed in the recent Limpopo cash-in-transit (CIT) gang shoot-out. Guns were blazing at a luxury home in Makhado on Friday when the Hawks raided the p...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 20:13hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targeting Zimdollar return in 5 years
Zimbabwe will continue to put in place measures to entrench the use of the domestic currency because having its own currency forms the basis for sustainable economic growth and development, President ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 19:09hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of white farmers return to Zimbabwe in boost for agriculture
Family after family fled along this dirt road towards Harare as they were evicted from their farms by Zimbabwean war veterans.The road through the country's prime, red-soiled land was a front ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2761 | by Ben Farmer
Ramaphosa slammed for attending Mnangagwa's inauguration
SOUTH African opposition parties continue to blast Cyril Ramphosa after he attended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration saying he is endorsing a stolen government.Ramaphosa was one of ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:25hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Zapu demands Gukurahundi resolution
OPPOSITION PF Zapu has appealed to all former members to rejoin the party to collectively demand a lasting solution to the emotive Gukurahundi issue.Following the December 1987 Unity Accord th...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:03hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in SA shootout
TWO Zimbabweans are believed to be among 19 people killed in a shootout with police in Makhado, South Africa over the weekend.Although South African police have not released details of the inc...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:03hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assures delivery on promises
CONSOLIDATION of gains made in the first term and advancement of the Zimbabwe dream to become an upper middle class economy will characterise the second term of President Mnangagwa who was sworn in ye...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers voted against Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa lost at a polling station set up for soldiers from Pondoroza Barracks in Redcliff, Midlands province, during last week's elections, in a development that has laid ba...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party elections observer report for 2023 elections
OBSERVATIONS ON THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONGeneralFirstly, as Communists, we do not confuse democracy with voting.The word ‘democracy' is derived from Greek and means ‘rule by the pe...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:34hrs | 944 | by Central Committee of the Zimbabwe Communist Party
Zimbabwean owned house where 19 cash-in-transit robbers were killed
A 19th body has been found inside the lavish house in Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) were alleged cash-in-transit robbers were killed during a shootout with different police units on Friday....Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:28hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors want closure
A former PF Zapu official, Felix Ndebele, was in tears last week as he narrated how he almost lost his life under the colonial regime and during Gukurahundi in the 1980s.Ndebele, from Silobela...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:19hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Croco Motors saga deepens
The vehicle service giant, Croco Motors, has further sunk to a new low moral point after it was accused of presenting wrongful information and evidence before the courts in a case involving a motorist...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 19:11hrs | 289 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Faz, military tension is likely to rise
TENSION between Zanu-PF's restive group Forever Associate Zimbabwe (Faz) and the military is likely to rise after if Zanu-PF and President Emmerson Mnangagwa forms the next government after Wednesday'...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 2145 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono scolds Chamisa for untruthful pledges
Hopewell Chin'ono, a former ally of CCC leader Nelson Chamisa, argues that Zimbabwe's democratic status is a sham, making any hope for fair elections delusional. Mocking his rhetorical flair, ...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 07:50hrs | 7954 | by Staff reporter
Driver killed over kombi fare
A 24-year-old artisanal miner allegedly stabbed a kombi driver to death after refusing to pay a kombi fare from city to Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo.Police said the suspect, Liberty Ncube w...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
The odds were stacked against Chamisa on August 23
Zimbabwe went to the polls last week, weighed down by a cost-of-living crisis and rural food shortages, but the ruling party's 40-year grip on the electoral process suggested it was unlikely to lose p...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:51hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Granny killed over polls
A 74 year-old man stabbed his wife with a kitchen knife after accusing her of neglecting household chores to go and vote during the Wednesday election.The matter came to light at the Plumtree ...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:47hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spokesman kicked out of Twitter
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman has been banned by Twitter for a second time for allegedly issuing threats against the head of the SADC election observer mission.George Charamba raged...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 09:27hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean up for murder in Botswana
A 20-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean, Methulesi Moyo, has been arraigned before Extension 2 Magistrate Court accused of killing his friend, Fortune Sibanda in Modipane, Botswana, last week.According to me...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suffers brain drain due to fragile political environment, faltering economy
ZIMBABWE has gone through severe economic fluctuations and deadly political violence that brought the entire economy to a standstill.Of particular mention is the 2007/8 record hyperinflation f...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 149 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Develpment
Chamisa faces a mountain to climb in his bid to remove Mnangagwa from power
Mufaro Boroma became eligible to vote under Zimbabwean law two years ago, but she will not be voting in her country's general elections on Wednesday."I didn't register to vote because I didn't...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 08:08hrs | 2935 | by Chris Muronzi
Girlfriend killer spends night with corpse in Nketa
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a golf club before spending the night with the body in his bedroom.The spine-chilling incid...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Zipra urges war vets not to be used for violence
VETERANS of Zimbabwe's war of liberation should not be used by political parties to engage in violence during this year's electoral season, the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) has said....Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:35hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Karangas crush Zezuru-Korekore Alliance again
To Zezurus, politics of tribalism has become the Frankenstein's monster that destroys its own creator. Unless Zezurus find allies outside their small Zezuru- Korekore clan, it may take many years if n...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 17:17hrs | 66 | by Israel Dube
Brothers 'kill' sibling for abusing his wife
Two brothers reportedly ganged up to beat up and kill their sibling after they accused him of physically abusing his wife. The victim, Jonathan Mugari was reportedly beaten to death by his two...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 19:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
12 killed during Heroes and Defense Holiday accidents
TWELVE people died in road traffic accidents during the just-ended Heroes and Defence Forces Holidays compared to four last year, according to the police.The Heroes and Defence Forces Holidays...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nigeria's Bola Tinubu warned against attacking Niger
Usman Yusuf, a vocal Nigerian professor of Haematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, has warned President Bola Tinubu not to get entangled in a messy proxy geopolitical war between Nato an...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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