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John Mangudya's Bonditary policy confirms US$100 salary for a teacher
I am not an economist, I am a subsistence farmer but with a little knowledge of economics that I grasped from my experiences with primary education, John Mangudya's latest Bonditary policy is going to...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 19:11hrs | 5983 | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwean actor lands role in UK series
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Zimbabwean actor, Samantha Ncube Mahlangu is set to feature in a UK series titled Wives, that is scheduled for screening during the first week of May on Africa Magic Channels that...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:30hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Spiritual significance of lobola/ roora
Calls to abolish the payment of lobola/roora are associated with some feminist perspective, which decries it as the major cause of inequalities between the sexes. Arguments against it are well establi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1428 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Americans call for credible political dialogue - leading to credible elections, guaranteed
"The United States calls on all sides to come together immediately in national dialogue. The dialogue process must be credible, inclusive, and mediated by a neutral third party," said US government de...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:03hrs | 1470 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe Army to fire soldier couples
HUNDREDS of soldiers face expulsion from the army after Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Commander General Philip Valerio Sibanda activated a policy that prohibits officers from marrying each other....Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife ropes in chiefs' wives for women initiative
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa will this week meet with wives of traditional leaders to map strategies to end child abuse, girl child marriages, gender-based violence, rape cases and prostitution in ru...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:07hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
'Posa going nowhere soon'
IN the past few months, the Justice ministry has dominated public debate regarding a number of issues pertaining to its operations. These issues range from combating corruption, alignment of laws with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls for peace, unity
Zimbabweans must desist from fighting and embrace peace and unity, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said. Speaking at the burial of the Ambuya Mary Rushwaya, mother to Defence and Wa...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2574 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's ugly family split
Clashes over funeral arrangements for the revered musician have exposed long-standing rifts and a reconciliation.It was on a hot Wednesday afternoon that a beleaguered Zimbabwe began to come t...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 19:34hrs | 16312 | by City Press
Mnangagwa wants Zimbabweans to emulate Tuku
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to take a leaf from the late national hero, Oliver Mtukudzi, who never despised or sought to harm the nation despite his fame. In a speec...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:30hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai 'lover' sued $150 000 for adultery
A Bulawayo woman who once made headlines over a love relationship she allegedly enjoyed with late MDC President, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been slapped with a $150 000 civil suit for adultery.Aqu...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 16:58hrs | 4891 | by newzimbabwe
Former manager speaks about Oliver Mtukudzi
Tributes continue to pour in for the national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi who died on Wednesday aged 66. Many have described the late music icon who contributed immensely to the growth of the music i...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 12:48hrs | 6968 | by Staff Reporter
Tuku a cultural icon, a world changer, a true superstar and legend
ICON. Superstar. Legend. Three words that have been used to describe departed Zimbabwe music icon Oliver Mtukudzi. Mtukudzi thoroughly deserved the accolade. His almost four-decades long music career ...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 911 | by Methuseli Moyo
Married woman has 'sex' with lover in front of son (6)
A MARRIED woman from Bulawayo allegedly engages in extra-marital sex with her boyfriend in the presence of her six-year-old son. An official at Childline Zimbabwe, who declined to be named, ye...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1941 | by Staff reporter
Divorce cases up 42%
OVER 2 600 couples filed for divorce last year at the country's four permanent High Court stations, a 42 percent increase from those recorded in 2017. According to statistics obtained from the...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Prophet to hold back-to-sender service
BULAWAYO Prophet Madzibaba Mutumwa will hold two marathon services dubbed Hokoyechiwororo/ Go back to sender, on 26 and 27 January at the Selbourne Park church shrine in Bulawayo.These two-day...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:41hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Sharp increase in divorces
THE number of couples that filed for divorce at the Bulawayo High Court shot to 820 between January and December 2018, marking a 60 percent increase compared to 512 in the previous year. However, 1 19...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:35hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Musician takes wife to court over infidelity
BUSH Killer Music Productions producer Jassie Kumbulani has taken his wife to court over infidelity after discovering WhatsApp messages to her lovers.Tatenda Nhenje admitted to cheating on her...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:31hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
'Align laws to minimise child abuse'
HWANGE district junior parliamentarians, senators and councillors plan to lobby the government to align marriage laws with the Constitution in a bid to end child marriages.A position paper pre...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:30hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government introduces free education
Government schools will next year begin offering free basic education, while corporal punishment will be abolished in terms of a new law that is set to be introduced.Authorities will amend the...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:45hrs | 6492 | by Staff Reporter
Face to face with child abuse - The sad story of an orphan girl child
Shattered dreams. Shattered ambitions. Shattered life. Poverty, misery and dejection is written all over her face as she bears the burden of a heavy child strapped on her back walking down the road we...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 08:20hrs | 688 | by Zvishavane Resident
Ex-MP 'denied' sex, rights seeks divorce
FORMER Luveve-Cowdray Park Member of Parliament, Ntandoyenkosi Mlilo, has approached the High Court seeking the dissolution of his marriage to his wife of 11 years for allegedly denying him conjugal r...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1548 | by Staff rpeorter
When is the perfect time to ask for her hand in marriage?
Some men might pop the question even if they have dated their partner for only a few months or weeks. They believe that it does not matter how long they have been together, as long as they are in love...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 11:56hrs | 1161 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's Black November
In Zimbabwe, the month of November is revered by most cultures and in traditionally considered as a sacred month.So scared is the month that traditional rituals and rain making ceremonies are ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:49hrs | 1251 | by staff reporter
Prosecutor sued for adultery
A Mutoko prosecutor is being sued for adultery after having a child with a married businessman. Ms Violet Gandashanga, a prosecutor at Mutoko Magistrates' Court, was last week slapped with a $30 000 a...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:28hrs | 813 | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa preaches peace, unity
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the nation to continue maintaining peace and unity for development.He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Senator Josiah Hungwe at the National Sports Sta...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 16:14hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
Fear as 40 000 couples re-marry in the sacred of month of November
Fear has gripped some sections of the Zimbabwean community after reports that Forty thousand couples from over 200 countries will rededicate their marriages in Harare on Wednesday in a huge ceremony t...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 5212 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Goblins terrorise Makokoba residents
Residents of Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo are living in fear amid indications that some invisible objects suspected to be goblins are terrorising them especially at night and are now seeking divine int...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 16:41hrs | 3341 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland Central leads in child marriages
NEARLY half of the children in Mashonaland Central are being married off by their families in violation of laws against child marriages, First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa said yesterday.Auxillia, ...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Woman sleeps with knife in hand to avoid sex
ARMED and dangerous!Lorraine Ngwenya used to sleep fully dressed with a knife and knobkerrie to keep her husband, Melusi Ngwenya, away from sleeping with her.This move by Lorraine kept her...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:26hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Family and Religious Studies Advanced Level Analysis
Explore the lessons that can be drawn from Jesus ethics and demonstrate how they can be applied in a Zimbabwean society faced with problem of HIV and AIDS?...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 17:22hrs | 1081 | by Brian Maregedze
Mnangagwa under fire for endorsing Korean cult
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under from the Christian community over his decision to associate with the Korean cult led by Hak Ja Han Moon which seeks to entrench itself in Zimbabwe through a...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 19:07hrs | 7435 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa launches supplementary feeding programme in Matabeleland North
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday launched a supplementary feeding scheme aimed at curbing malnutrition and stunting in children aged between 6 and 59 months in Matabeleland North province....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:27hrs | 678 | by Staff Reporter
The day I tricked my headmaster
Some years ago at school, we were busy making some noise; and our headmaster, whose office was close to our classroom overhead the noise we were making. I was standing, making some...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 07:30hrs | 2819 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Rudo Boka's husband files for divorce
Prominent businesswoman Rudo Boka-Mutambanengwe, has been served with divorce papers by her husband, Noah Jabulani Mutambanengwe who is seeking dissolution of the couple's marriage citing irreconcilab...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
More and more wives sue 'homewreckers'
Zimbabwean courts are getting inundated with lawsuits of estranged wives suing what they have termed "scheming seductresses" for stealing their men.More and more wives are demanding hefty fina...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:39hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
How a Customary Marriage is dissolved in South Africa
In South Africa, the definition of a customary marriage by the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA) is that it is one that is "negotiated, celebrated or concluded according to any...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:03hrs | 713 | by Velempini Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Struggle, The Delayed Revolution: an Autobiography
The need to account for multiple narratives in the history of the liberation struggle compelled Andrew Ndlovu's autobiography to proffer his narrative from the front. The book serves to demonstrate th...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 552 | by Brian Maregedze
Villagers celebrate wife snatcher's death
A MAN from Lukala village in Inyathi died after his manhood was crashed by a hammer which he had earlier used to knock down a man whose wife he was allegedly caught in bed with.The incident that h...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:06hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's deputy faces $13,000 maintenance claim
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has been dragged to court by his estranged wife, Tambudzani, who is demanding $13 394 per month in spousal maintenance.The two political heavyweights are already em...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:02hrs | 2418 | by Staff reporter
Girl child empowerment: Everyone's duty
ZIMBABWE Women In Politics Alliance commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1,1 billion girls in the world and encouraging them to dream and aspire to be whoever they w...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 111 | by Linda Masarira
Maternal deaths still a headache
Maternal deaths in Zimbabwe are still a major headache, with over 2 400 women dying while giving birth every year and yet 80% of these can be prevented, a reproductive specialist has said.Alth...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Hands off wife's phone, court rules
IS it ok to check your spouse's phone?A Bulawayo magistrate has ruled that the trust in a relationship or marriage should be enough for one to follow the 'hands off' policy on his or her signi...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate International day of the Girl Child
2018 Theme: With Her: A skilled Girl Force Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate the International day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1.1 ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 19:09hrs | 250 | by Linda T. Masarira
Cheating ZIMRA boss' wife demands $50,000 adultery damages
A Harare woman Eunice Nyabadza, who is accused of cheating with fellow ZIMRA official Kennedy Nyatoti, has been summoned to High Court to face a US$50 000 adultery damages claim.According to t...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 19:00hrs | 4044 | by Staff reporter
Patriarchal dominance, misogyny in Zimbabwe's political economy
WOMEN in Zimbabwe constitute about 54% of the population of about 14 million people. In the just-ended 2018 harmonised elections, statistics compiled by Women In Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) indicate...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:30hrs | 477 | by Linda Masarira
Woman drags hubby to court for denying her sex
A Chiweshe man did not show up at Chief Makope’s traditional court on Saturday after his wife reported him for denying her her conjugal rights for two y...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 17:31hrs | 2304 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Senator SK Moyo hails Mnangagwa
Matabeleland South Senator Simon Khaya Moyo has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his State of the Nation address which he said was loaded with a lot of promises."We the Members of Parlia...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 09:21hrs | 1674 | by Staff Reporter
Mohadi divorce takes a twist
Vice President Kembo Mohadi's alleged mistress Juliet Mutavhatsindi has been dragged to the High Court by the politician's estranged wife Tambudzani, who is demanding $1,5 million in adultery damages....Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:03hrs | 3751 | by Staff reporter
Couples urged on condom use
BED-RIDDEN on a single bed at United Bulawayo Hospitals with blood-stained bandages on her legs and arms, 25-year-old Moleen Mpala (not her real name) could not fathom events leading to her being stru...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
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