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Zimbabwe's traditional healers take to TikTok
WEARING a stylish black leather jacket and a red blouse, a denim sun hat covering her dreadlocked head, Gogo Mafirakureva goes live on TikTok.In just the first few minutes of her livestream, a...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:01hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Former Zanu-PF official vows to take Mnangagwa head-on
RECENTLY-EXPELLED Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central official Goodman Tamuona Musariri says he is going to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy in the courts of law. He allegedly denounced Mna...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 23:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who is Advocate Thabani Mpofu?
Thabani Mpofu is a Zimbabwean lawyer and a constitutional law expect. Thabani is currently representing MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, in challenging the presidential results as announced by the...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 17:42hrs | | by Agencies
Jonathan Moyo is right about Kasukuwere after all!
Can someone tell me kuti zvinombofambiswa seiko munyika muno – how can two border jumpers be treated differently like that? I mean Saviour Kasukuwere and our President ED. We all know that the...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 17:54hrs | | by Mapombi
Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever
Although Democracy is discredited as "the last refuge to cheap misgovernment," by some writers and other scholars- the people of Zimbabwe seem to have seen it as a sanctuary for more forward-thinking ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 17:39hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
We played your game for too long
As present day events unfold in front of me, I enviously look back at my past, and characters that were around me when I grew up. The picture of my late grandmother, (Mbuya Chikaka) flashes vividly in...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 17:34hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Mutare student takes poetry to another level
Mutare Teachers College (MTC) student Irvine Muzondo has become a beacon of hope on the local poetry scene by storm after several poems he penned were picked for publication in an anthropology titled ...Published: 29 May 2018 at 18:05hrs | | by Stanley Chirimbani and Virginia Zifesho
Is Trevor Ncube captured by Mnangagwa?
South African-based Zimbabwean publisher Trevor Ncube torched a storm with this tweet about the visit he paid First Lady Mrs Auxillia Mnangagwa at her offices in Harare this afternoon. A...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe: The mother, wife, leader
Like most today's mothers juggling the act of bringing up children in a maze of dizzying modernity, whirlwind technological advancements, illegal substances and intoxicating influences both global and...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Maggie Mzumara
Hope Jonathan Moyo now knows 'chine vene vacho chinhu ichi?'
WHEREVER he is, Professor Jonathan Moyo should know vakarumwa nechekuchera. As he reflects and takes stock with his G40 cabal, he should always remember James 1 vs 19 which says: "Know this, my belove...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Bishop
You are doomed without me, Cdes
Dear Former ComradesMY former Comrades, as I have always pointed out, I am and will always be, a loyal servant of the people. When the people decided that I had served them enough and it was t...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 10:05hrs | | by CZ
Mayor under fire over Mnangagwa
ZANU PF youths stormed Kwekwe City Council offices last Thursday, demanding the expulsion of mayor Matenda Madzoke and town clerk Emanuel Musara, on allegations of being sympathetic to underfire forme...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's greatest opposition is not Tsvangirai's Alliance
AS THE Zanu-PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to respected political analyst and civil s...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe must not run for VP'
First Lady Grace Mugabe must not stand as vice president at Zanu-PF's extraordinary congress in December, a move veteran political analyst and civil society leader Brian Kagoro described as a potentia...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 13:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF now an old snake eating itself
Dear Zimbabwe, My fellow countrymen i salute you in the name of peace despite the simmering October heat and the harsh economic condition being made worse by the greedy politicians who are aft...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 11:20hrs | | by Patriot Matigari Muchaneta
'You have run out of ideas, retire,' Mafirakureva Mugabe tells ED - great, tell RG too
Whatever anyone else says about the dramatic events happening before our own eyes in Zanu PF, the drama has given us some good laughs, double Dutch, you name it; it is all there. "It is furthe...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 19:16hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chiyangwa arrested over money transfer scam
MIKE Harris Chiyangwa, son of the late Harare businessman Jimmy "Jimalo" Chiyangwa, appeared in court yesterday facing fraud allegations involving $33 000 after a botched money transfer scam.A...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Driving public transport vehicles at night faces ban
DRIVING public transport vehicles at night may soon be a thing of the past if Government approves recommendations made by the Civil Protection Unit.The decision to lobby Government against nig...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff Report
Crash victims' relatives still to account for cash, belongings
Relatives of some of the victims of the Nyamakate bus disaster have said they are yet to account for cash and personal belongings of their deceased relatives, four days after the accident.Most...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
ICTA statement on Nyamakate King Lion Bus Accident
As the organisation, We have been saddened by the death of 43 passengers in the King Lion's Nyamakate accident today. It is with deep pain to acknowledge that 40 of the deceased were Cross-Border Trad...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 18:22hrs | | by Denis Juru
Zanu PF fight for Chiredzi West constituency heats up
CHIREDZI - Zanu PF fights for what can be described as the hottest seat in the country's south eastern sugar farming town of Chiredzi, has reached high levels, with accusations and counter accus...Published: 15 May 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Proof of residence or proof of rigging?
Although it is not scientifically proven as many critics would want to argue, truth remains resolutely firm and an unwavering fact, that people who hate you for being different and not living by...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 16:51hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Aah looters continue !!!
At Havard School of Law there is a very interesting Latin inscription which reads: "sub homine sed sub deo et lege, which when translated into English simply mean, "It is not by men but by God and the...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 15:46hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Masvingo men sacrificing life for love matters
MASVINGO - Despite the fact that no official Police confirmation on the actual suicide figures for comparison could be obtained, Masvingo seems to top all provinces on violent suicides after failed af...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Top 100 schools at O'Level raise eyebrows
Often times, when we try to act as intelligent as we think we are, we usually portray the highest level of our stupidity. We usually strech our imaginations and start majoring the minor.One th...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Zanu PF sells another dummy to MDC part 3
If the opposition thinks Zanu PF is going to lie down and play dead, then it will be up to a big surprise. In fact, the opposite is true. They (opposition) are already falling in Zanu PF's contrivance...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 19:12hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
For every bad move that Johanna makes, they have a very good explanation
Education and common sense are more often than not compatible, but one is extremely compromised by the deficiency of the other. The similarity in temperament of the two is barely discerned in the mode...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 11:42hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
G40 faction has lost and Mugabe is throwing Moyo and Kasukuwere to the croc
Corruption has become rampant in Zimbabwe, in February 2016 President Mugabe admitted that $15 billion in diamond revenue was "swindled" and no one has ever been arrested; because, as a rule, the ...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Disjointed protests useless and only hurt innocent citizens
Some 20 000 years ago, there lived the oldest tribe in the Southern Africa, referred to as the San. The most intriguing thing about the San was their hunting methods. They used bow and arrow...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 01:09hrs | | by Garikai Mafirakureva
After phony factional war Zanu PF gets rude welcome to reality with bond notes fiasco!
Let me say from the onset, I am really pleased that Zanu PF's phony factional wars are now over and the regime can finally focus its attention on the nation's BIG ISSUE - the worsening economic meltdo...Published: 07 May 2016 at 18:38hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Grace Mugabe mauls Mnangagwa
HARARE - Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political career in Zanu-PF is hanging in the balance, after First Lady Grace Mugabe launched a thinly-veiled frontal attack on President Robert Mugabe's e...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 11:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mai Stop It is back, better Stop It!
STUDENTS of political science, social studies and linguistics must be having a torrid time trying to unpack what exactly happened at Kanyemba Secondary School in Chiweshe last Friday. It's back to bas...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:30hrs | 1 | by Lazaraus
In-laws pull man's privates
A 40-YEAR-OLD Burnside man, Garikai Mushambavanhu, recently saw red when his sisters and brothers-in-law pounced on him and pulled his privates accusing him of not giving his wife enough money and fai...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace has shaken Zanu PF
First Lady Grace Mugabe has shaken Zanu PF politics and been described a "game changer in Zimbabwean politics".Last week at Mushayavanhu High School in Masvingo, Grace said vicee-Preside...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:30hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Grace Mugabe blasts Zanu-PF bigwigs
First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe yesterday roundly criticised Politburo and Central Committee members who back-stab other party officials and pay journalists to cause confusion in the party. She warned th...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Felex Share
'No one can silence me,' says Grace Mugabe
With the post-congress Zanu-PF's factional and succession wars showing no signs of abetting anytime soon, First Lady Grace Mugabe has taken another dig at a section of war veterans that she says is op...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace's 'Mafirakureva' Dr Jekyll mask is off, the desperate to be president Mr Hyde is on
Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace have Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of (the benevolent national liberation hero and the caring mother to the nation) Dr Jekyll (by day roles) and (the corrupt, ...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 19:23hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Only a gun can stop me, says Grace Mugabe
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday warned hawks in the faction-ridden Zanu-PF party she would only be silenced by a gun and would stop at nothing in admonishing divisive behaviour by party members tho...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe rally - Live update
13:25 She has donated rice and maize to residents. First Lady's first born son, Russel also bought 3000 KGs of salt, sugar and bathing soap as well as cooking oil for Ambuya Hwiza.13:20 Mb...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 14:34hrs | | by Simiso Mlevu and Felex Share
Notorious goblin exorcised
THERE was a spectacle in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb when a team of tsikamtandas exorcised a notorious "goblin" - Ernest - that was terrorising residents by stoning their homes and sleeping with wo...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 21:23hrs | | by Senzeni Ncube
Woman axes neighbour over R5 cigarette debt
A 45-year-old Plumtree woman from Madlambuzi village allegedly fatally axed her neighbour for failing to settle a R5 cigarette debt, the court heard. The woman, Sikhumbuzo Mugure Ndlovu ap...Published: 04 Nov 2014 at 23:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Free lessons for Zimbabwe journalists
THE Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) is working on a deal with the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) that would see journalists and other media workers across the country getting free drivi...Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway to death
The road carnage in this country has gone to unprecedented heights while we continue paying lip service to measures of curbing it. According to statistics revealed recently by the Minister of Tran...Published: 04 Aug 2014 at 10:03hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Chronicle editor Mafirakureva buried
The Chronicle business editor, Menart Mafirakureva, has been buried at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare. Mafirakureva died in a road traffic accident on Wednesday night when his car co...Published: 26 Jul 2014 at 21:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newly appointed Zimpapers editor dies
Newly appointed Zimpapers and Chronicle business editor Mernart Mafirakureva has died.Mafirakureva was reportedly involved in an accident near Beatrice when driving to Harare on work related issue...Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsikamutanda kills menacing python using his magical powers
A SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunter, commonly known as tsikamutanda, got himself in trouble with the law after he allegedly used his magical powers to kill a menacing python, by pointing at it with his stu...Published: 06 Jul 2014 at 11:33hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
MATTER OF FACT - ZCC Bishop article
In our report two weeks ago by Garikai Mafirakureva titled 'ZCC Bishop arrested on rape c...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 15:58hrs | | by Editor
Unemployed communications wizard by-passes Econet system, makes free calls
A COMMUNICATIONS wizard from Bulawayo set up a fully-equipped mobile phone "call centre" with 164 sim-cards in his house where he would make international calls free of charge, a magistrate heard. ...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 07:50hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
AMH Newspaper Group struggling to pay its workers
struggling to pay its workersALPHA Media Holdings (AMH), owned by media entrepreneur Trevor Ncube, is allegedly struggling to pay its workers with staff claiming they only got half their salaries for ...Published: 14 May 2014 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Music fan feared dead after assault at Zim music awards
A music fan who threw a can at Zimbabwe Dance Hall music multi award winner Winky D on Wednesday night is reported to have died at a Harare early Thursday morning after being assaulted by securit...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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