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Slender-built female cop stuns judges
A slender-built female cop stunned judges at the High Court in Masvingo last week when she brought down a convicted fraudster who bolted out of the dock, tried to run out of the courtroom knocking dow...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 18:37hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
Love rat' bricked for proposing married women
A MAN accused of proposing love to several married women was left unconscious in a pool of blood after being allegedly struck several times in the head with a brick.When the near tragic incide...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:33hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
'Use lithium to negotiate Zimbabwe out of sanctions'
ZIMBABWE should apply economic diplomacy by leveraging on lithium resources to negotiate itself out of sanctions, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country representative Ayodele Odusola has...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe carbon credit deal raises stink
THE deal in which the Zimbabwean government is selling large tracts of forests in a carbon credits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company, Blue Carbon, lacks fairness and transparency, a glob...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth readmission a must for Zimbabwe
WE reported yesterday that Britain is pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the Commonwealth.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been pushing for Zimbabwe's readmission to the club of nations und...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:20hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Chinese mines to be compelled to plough back to their communities
HWANGE Rural District Council chairperson Pasca Mpofu says his team's immediate task is to engage mining companies and compel them to plough back resources to their communities in order to foster deve...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 19:29hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
SA, Namibian presidents roasted over Zimbabwe Mnangagwa inauguration
CONTROVERSY over Zimbabwe's disputed elections continues to hog the global limelight as foreign Parliaments debate the polls which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa being declared winner last month....Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
CCC vows diplomatic remedies to reverse poll ban on 12 party candidates
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has vowed to exhaust both legal and regional diplomatic remedies to reverse the shock ouster of 12 party candidates from contesting for Bulawayo parliamentary seats...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:07hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube abandons TNF
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, who is currently seized with political campaigns for the Cowdray Park parliamentary seat, has left workers seething with anger after he snubbed the crucial latest round ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Rough campaign for opposition as election nears
AS Zimbabwe gears for the polls, opposition members have been arrested, dozens of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) events blocked and the party complains of being given little airtime on national t...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by AFP
Zimbabwe rugby star McNab joins English side Cornish Pirates
ZIMBABWE rugby international Matthew McNab has made a big step in his professional career after sealing a move to English second-tier side Cornish Pirates on a one-year contract.The Bulawayo-b...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:39hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid churches
FOUR armed robbers yesterday night pounced on two churches in Cowdray Park suburb, getting away with a vehicle, cash and other valuables.The gang raided Holy Trinity Catholic Church and House ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 15:45hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Peeping Tom turns rapist on cousin's wife
A 40-YEAR-OLD man from Esigodini who used to masturbate while peeping through the bathroom window when his cousin's wife was bathing has appeared in court facing rape charges.This was after he...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:43hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Maswanhise set for Leicester City breakthrough
ENGLAND-BORN Warriors' prospect Tawanda Maswanhise is expected to graduate into the first team of relegated premier league side Leicester City after he scooped the developmental side player of the yea...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Poisoned meal lands family of 12 in hospital
A family of 12 from Village Two in Umguza District, Matebeleland North province, is lucky to be alive after eating poisoned isitshwala/sadza on Tuesday evening.The family members who were rush...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies at girlfriend's house
A BULAWAYO man reportedly suffocated at his girlfriend's home in Nketa 6 suburb after a fire engulfed the house on Tuesday night amid suspicions of foul play.Trust Mandeya was found dead in th...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'2023 elections likely to be unfair'
A LOCAL think-tank, the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), says the upcoming elections are unlikely to be different from previous ones held under the Robert Mugabe era, which were underlined by violenc...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Marvelous ending for Nakamba
AFTER a gruelling 10-month race, the English Championship is now set for a frenzied ending tomorrow, with Zimbabwean football fans keeping a close eye on proceedings.While champions Burnley an...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
What I learnt from Liverpool vs Man U
By public demand, I have decided to write the above article. 1. Ruthlessly grab your opportunities! One of the major keys to Liver...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 07:03hrs | 17 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Teen girl electrocuted after stepping on water
A 15-year-old girl was electrocuted while attempting to retrieve her slides lost in flowing water in Harare's Warren Park suburb, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place at around 7PM...Published: 12 Jan 2023 at 07:16hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabweans are serial plan B people!' Where is plan B if millions are in the dark and starving
"Zimbabwe did not become a failed state overnight. The collapse of the country happened over a period of decades, starting as early as the 1980s," wrote Malaika Mahlatsi in an article circulating in m...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 10:01hrs | 17 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's politics of salving troubled consciences
Politics and poetryWilliam Butler Yeats, I think it was he who said out of our arguments with others we make politics, but out of arguments with ourselves we make poetry!We can forgive...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:10hrs | 19 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwean man takes own life in Botswana, sick at tired at 'being broke and hungry'
Sick and tired of being broke and hungry, a 30-year-old man last week hanged himself from the ceiling of his rented accommodation in Ditladi village.The Zimbabwean native, believed to have bee...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth team says taking Zimbabwe's application seriously
COMMONWEALTH assistant secretary general Louis Franceschi has said Zimbabwe deserves a chance to re-join the organisation as long as Harare follows the fundamental values and principles of the 54-nati...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Beatrice police accused of obstructing course of justice
Four murder suspects are walking free in Beatrice after police reportedly dragged their feet in investigations and released the suspects from custody claiming there was no case against them....Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 17:18hrs | 26 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZEC's delimitation: An analysis of which provinces may gain or lose seats in the next parliament
The new census numbers were released in July, and they show a Zimbabwe continuing its modest population shift from the rural and to urban, a trend that will shape parliament for the next decade. The o...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:32hrs | 3 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Sikhala, lawyers confront magistrate over 'bias'
Lawyers representing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Job Sikhala Wednesday told a Harare magistrate it was now futile pursuing any justice for the jailed lawmaker as the courts have sho...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's lawyers 'giving up'
LAWYERS representing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole yesterday appeared to throw in the towel after the magistrates court turned down yet another applic...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'I earned more as a farmworker in South Africa than as a maths teacher in Zimbabwe'
A teacher living in Zimbabwe says he made more money working as a citrus farm labourer in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape than he does teaching mathematics in his hometown.Nhamburo (not his real name) ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The changing landscape of Makokoba suburb
MAKOKOBA, the oldest township and the first black African suburb in the City of Queens and Kings was named after the actions of one Mr Fallon, the native commissioner at the time, who used to walk aro...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Interest rate hike haunts black market kingpins
Interventions by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to stem prolonged currency battering have sent black market rates tumbling by over 50 percentage points within a month, Inter Horizon Securities (IH...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Monalisa Sibanda retains WIBA title
FINALLY, boxer Monalisa "Queen of the Jungle" Sibanda had her day in the ring.She had waited for what appeared to be like eternity to have a chance of defending her WIBA intercontinental light...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Teacher dies after bees attack
IN a shocking incident, a teacher in Gokwe died on Wednesday last week after she was allegedly stung by a swarm of bees while coming from local shops where she had gone to buy groceries after knocking...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Moyo to contest Mnangagwa, Chamisa for presidency
FORMER speaker of parliament, Lovemore Moyo, will be contesting for presidency against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former ally, Nelson Chamisa, at next year's elections.Moyo announced thi...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Pedestrian dies in a hit and run accident
A 53 YEAR-OLD Bindura man was hit and run by an unkwnon motor vehicle on Wednesday night and died upon admission at Bindura hospital.De...Published: 28 May 2022 at 19:07hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Population census ends today
Counting for the 2022 population and housing census ends today, with those that were not found at home by enumerators being counted in a mop-up exercise which started yesterday.The count is to...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
2022 population census kicks off
THE 2022 population and housing census, which is conducted after every 10 years by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), begins today.Yesterday marches were held in all major citi...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Operation dudula a terrorist organisation
The South African Operation Dudula led by Lux Nhlanhla is an ideologically bankrupt vigilante group which is behaving like a terrorist group causing alarm...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 14:08hrs | 8 | by Leonard Koni
Slain Zimbabwean was a father of 4
BLOODSTAINS litter the bright pink entrance gate to the small grouping of shacks where Elvis Nyathi, a 43-year-old Zimbabwean, was killed in a mob attack in Diepsloot on Wednesday night after a day of...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man says he was saved from SA mob by speaking Sepedi
"Go diragalang? [what's happening?]" are the two words that saved a Zimbabwean man from being killed by a mob raiding homes of suspected illegal immigrants in Diepsloot on Wednesday night. The...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 12:12hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland youths urged come up with bankable ideas
THE Business Economic Empowerment Forum has encouraged youths from the Matebeleland region to be patient and go through protocols and procedures required to establish bankable businesses.Speak...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Companies must use banking services, period
EXPERTS say although banks do many things, their primary role is to take in funds—called deposits—from those with money, pool them, and lend them to those who need funds.In essence, banks ...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will bridge gap between Epworth, Harare'
Zanu-PF snatched two parliamentary seats, Epworth and Mutasa South, from the opposition in the by-elections held on Saturday last week and also got a foothold in urban local authorities. Our Senior Re...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CAPS United, Bosso share spoils in thriller
Caps United 1 – 1 HighlandersHARARE fading giants Caps United gave away an opportunity to stretch their winning streak following a disappointing second-half performance against traditional footb...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt steps up efforts to lure Diaspora
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has directed the Government to urgently set up an inter-Ministerial committee to work on strategies to engage Zimbabweans in the Diaspora so they can contribute to the country's de...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF provoking citizens
The murder of CCC members in Kwekwe has incensed Inhlokomo YeSizwe. How can political parties and civic bodies let Zanu get away with such lawlessness. An attack on one is an attack on all of us. We m...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 16:58hrs | 13 | by Inhlokomo YeSizwe
Teachers turn to parents in fight for better salaries
TEACHER unions have challenged parents burdened by private lesson charges to support their demand for United States dollar salaries.Teachers have been forced to conduct extra lessons to make e...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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