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Bishop Mika Mutungamidzwa dies at 102
Bishop Mika Mutungamidzwa, a prominent religious leader of the Faith Apostolic Church in Zimbabwe 1912, has passed away at the age of 102. He died peacefully at his home in Maponga, Chief Nyamweda, le...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 09:28hrs | 1870 | by Staff reporter
Fisherman drowns
A 28-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe fish monger allegedly slipped into a dam while trying to pull his fishing nets in Chiweshe.Solomon Ditiko of Maponga village drowned last week.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 03 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 815 | by Simbarashe Sithole
African children are wood, and water collectors for the whites: nothing has changed!
I wish I lived in another planet and certainly not planet Earth because this one has painful contradictions. Africa, especially, a continent that was ravaged by slavery for centuries. The white popula...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:48hrs | 646 | by Nomazulu Thata
Macheso donates to orphanage
The King of Sungura Alick Macheso on Wednesday donated groceries and a 5000 litre water tank to an orphanage in Bindura.Macheso has always shown his generosity to the people of Mashonaland Cen...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:03hrs | 21 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lobengula denigrating presenter tried to kill herself 3 times
The King Lobengula insulting ZBC presenter tried to kill herself three times in her lifetime, one hopes that she will try for the fourth time and become successful. During last week's broadcas...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will cause political instability in Southern Africa
Without modicum of doubt, failure to run the economy and political affairs of the Zimbabwe government due to over four decades of unfettered large scale looting, corruption, economic mismanagement, Ma...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:12hrs | | by Israel Dube
Scorned man stalks ex-wife
A Harare man was dragged to court by his ex-wife for cyberbullying after she dumped him.Judith Maponga told Harare magistrate Sharon Mashavira that her ex-husband Munashe Mafunga was tormentin...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rural women drive Zimbabwe's green transition
As a rural woman from Wedza, about 140 kilometers from Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, 53-year-old Adefi Mtambo never remotely imagined herself in the driver's seat."I could only operate an o...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel tanker fatal accident victim identified
A FUEL tanker driver who died on the spot yesterday in Bulawayo opposite Mzilikazi Barracks along the Bulawayo-Harare highway has been identified as, Blessing Nhira aged 39 from Uplands Waterfalls, Ha...Published: 27 May 2023 at 19:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Fuel tanker overturns, kills driver
A FUEL tanker driver died on the spot when his vehicle overturned outside the Mzilikazi Barracks in Bulawayo, spilling over 20 000 litres of petrol resulting in the closure of the Bulawayo-Harare high...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
APPN Zimbabwe Caucus champions the creation of Parliamentary Press Committees
The African Parliamentary Press Network (APPN) Zimbabwe Caucus has moved a step further in establishing Parliamentary Press Committees aimed at strengthening the operations enshrined in the APPN Regul...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Deputy minister testifies in fraud case
FORMER Alouvine Investments Private Limited company director, Rudo Sarudzayi Mapfumo, allegedly defrauded Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Dr John Mangwiro of over US$100 000 after reselling a...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed while trying to sell stolen cattle
A 42-YEAR -OLD Chinhoyi man who allegedly stole 16 cattle from two Zvimba farmers was arrested on Thursday.Sources close to investigati...Published: 05 Nov 2022 at 12:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Military man weak in bed
A couple has been told to go separate ways as a result of their failure to coexist peacefully.Evidence Mandaza has dragged Onismas Nyazenga before Chief Chinamhora's traditional court yesterda...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 14:48hrs | 1 | by Alice Mangwanda
3 die in Gokwe accident
THREE people died on the spot, while six others were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in, an Isuzu truck burst a front tyre and overturned along the Gokwe-Kwekwe Road on Sunday morning....Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt moves to control private hospitals
GOVERNMENT has moved in to control the operations of private hospitals, including setting service charges after gazetting the Medical Services Amendment Bill.The Bill gives the Health and Chil...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Maponga reacts to social media
Bishop Joshua Maponga has reacted to the social media frenzy which occurred after a picture of him in a wheelchair emerged on social media.The picture which was taken at an airport has been circul...Published: 10 May 2022 at 22:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Bishop Maponga's wheelchair picture causes a stir
A picture of Bishop Joshua Maponga in a wheelchair has confused Zimbabweans.The picture which was taken at an airport has been circulating on social media.In the picture Maponga's litt...Published: 10 May 2022 at 22:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists on the rampage
HUMAN rights groups have implored the government to provide security during on-going public hearings on the Private and Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill after the meetings were violently disrupted b...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists rampage over contentious NGO Bill
HUMAN rights groups have implored the government to provide security during on-going public hearings on the Private and Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill after the meetings were violently disrupted b...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Maponga apologises to Ndebeles over Gukurahundi rant
Former Seventh Day Adventist Bishop Joshua Maponga has issued an apology to the people of Zimbabwe after he posted an article saying the people of Matabeleland should forgive the Shona people of the G...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 10:23hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Interpol lists sixteen Zimbabweans as missing
SIXTEEN Zimbabweans, three from Bulawayo are on the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) missing persons list after they disappeared on different dates.Interpol is an internat...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions-mongers must be brought to book'
All political parties and individuals calling for sanctions against Zimbabwe must be arrested and face economic terrorism charges, a renowned human resources expert and philosopher, Mr Joshua Maponga ...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
12 Bulawayo churches face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to demolish 12 church structures that are either dilapidated and an eyesore or have been illegally constructed as it ups its fight to rid the city of illegal and...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Check if Desmond Tutu landed in heaven please Prophet Madungwe?
Issues of spirituality were deliberately designed to be ambiguous by God himself. For human purpose on Earth to be meaningful, fundamental ambiguity in the very existence of God must be in pla...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 10:24hrs | 9 | by Ryton Dzimiri
WATCH: Joshua Maponga 'deported' from South Africa
Outspoken Zimbabwean preacher Joshua Maponga who has been challenging African governments while residing in neighbouring South Africa has confirmed relocating to his home country.Watch the vid...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 16:35hrs | 80 | by Staff Reporter
Retired colonel found dead
Retired Colonel Patrick Tawona Maponga was found dead at his home in Magunje on Tuesday morning.He was 60. The late Maponga lost his wife early this year.A former freedom fighter, join...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
War vets dump Madiro
WAR veterans and their affiliates have dumped Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairman Mike Madiro ahead of the upcoming elections, accusing him of ineptitude and failing to unite the party.Madi...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bishop Maponga in infidelity storm?
HE gives people hope with his motivational words.But he's been accused of being a hypocrite.This is because the married Bishop Joshua Maponga has allegedly been having an affair....Published: 31 May 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mourner is killed in beer row
FOUR Chitungwiza men appeared in court yesterday for allegedly assaulting to death a mourner over beer, before dumping his body at the town's sewer plant. Never Zhuwawo (32), Edaldan Maponga (...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZAA SA Nominees announces as Dates are set for SA and Botswana dates
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced the nominee and voting dates for the ZAA SA and Botswana editions which are set to be held on 5 and 11 December 2020, respectively.ZAA SA will...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 18:33hrs | 2 | by Agencies
'Chiwenga decree on by-elections unconstitutional'
LEGAL think-tank, Veritas, has described Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's move to suspend by-elections, citing COVID-19 fears, as unconstitutional.Chiwenga, who is also the Health ministe...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops raid, steal US$41,000 from realtor
TWO serving members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court on Friday facing theft charges after they allegedly raided a project manager of an infrastructure developm...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
British Council sucked into Riverton Academy exam scam
MASVINGO-BASED Riverton Academy has been rocked by an "A" Level Cambridge examinations cheating scam that has sucked in the British Council Exam Board.Since Riverton became a Cambridge examina...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Faith is for low level Christians, to know God is the Apex
No one has ever seen oxygen, and yet, every second, we all breathe in oxygen. A very basic learner, needs to have Faith, as transition to know that oxygen exists. A lower than basic person, does not e...Published: 04 May 2019 at 23:44hrs | 2 | by Ryton Dzimiri
SDA pastor in court over gay speech
A Seventh Day Adventist preacher Bishop Joshua Maponga has come under fire after revering to homosexual people as people with animalistic behaviour. A fellow church member only identified as Sim...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 17:26hrs | 15 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Truck runs over and drags cyclist
A CYCLIST was killed on the spot after he was hit by a truck that was being driven by a suspected unlicensed driver along 12th Avenue extension in Suburbs, Bulawayo yesterday.The deceased, who...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean comedian discloses her HIV status online
FACEBOOK comedy sensation Mai TT is trending after hogging the limelight on Monday when she openly stated that her ex-husband Tapiwa Mutikani infected her with HIV years back and was spreading the dis...Published: 30 May 2018 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
All set for urban infrastructure summit
ALL is set for the Zimbabwe Urban Infrastructure Investment summit which is set to be held at the Zimbabwe International Exhibition Centre in Bulawayo tomorrow.The summit which will be hosted ...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF starts vetting of CVs
Zanu-PF provinces are today expected to submit to the party headquarters in Harare curriculum vitaes (CVs) of aspiring candidates for the party's May 5 primary elections with the list of successful ca...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patients in agony across Zimbabwe
THOUSANDS of patients in Government medical institutions continue waiting in agony for doctors, as the strike by medical professionals enters its 25th day today.Yesterday, scores of patients -...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ubuntu or hypocrisy? - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa is a smooth operator. How he was content to be Mugabe's flunkey for 40 years is a puzzle. But whatever you think of him, he is galvanising things.This is in sharp contrast ...Published: 07 Jan 2018 at 17:49hrs | 2 | by ZimVigil
Driven to desperation - Who's boss now?
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson - brimming with all the enthusiasm of a 10 year old stamp collector suddenly coming across a triangular from Tanganyika - was ready to usher Zimbabwe back into ...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 20:50hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil
USA delivers another success ZimAchievers Event
ZAA Founder Conrad Mwanza expressed delight after yet another successful Zimachievers event, this time in Dallas, Texas on Saturday 11th November 2017 at the Prestigious Intercontinental Hotel."Pu...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 12:36hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Dallas Cowboys sign Zimbabwean star Stansly Maponga
TRAILBLAZING Zimbabwean sports star Stansly Maponga looks set to prolong his career in the highly lucrative American National Football League (NFL) after being signed by the five-time Super Bowl winne...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier stabs pregnant cop wife
A 36-year-old soldier reportedly stabbed his pregnant wife, who is a police officer, more than five times, leaving her seriously wounded before breaking both her hands after she had asked for a divorc...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T in last-minute bid to stop auctioning of seized property
THE MDC-T has approached the High Court seeking rescission of a default judgment granted in favour of the party's former employee, Sally Dura, which led to the attachment of party furniture and comput...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Killer soldier jailed for life
A 24-YEAR-OLD Airforce of Zimbabwe member, Blessmore Shatei, who shot and killed his female workmate at Manyame Airbase after a foiled rape attempt, was on Wednesday slapped with life imprisonment aft...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
+100 indigenous companies collapse in Bulawayo
MORE than 100 indigenously-owned companies in Bulawayo are on the brink of collapse after loans and rentals that they have accrued since dollarisation in 2009 have come back to haunt them with banks a...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 10:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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