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Sex starved man fondles girl's (12) thighs
A 42-YEAR-OLD sex-starved Bindura man was slapped with a one-year imprisonment after he fondled a 12-year-old girl before attempting to rape her.Billion Madhanzi was jailed by Bindura magistra...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1465 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Obadiah Msindo duped
A-SENIOR staffer at the Destiny for Afrika Network (Danet), led by Obadiah Musindo, was yesterday arraigned before the courts facing allegations of swindling Musindo of his shares in a company they co...Published: 22 hrs ago | 246 | by Staff reporter
Chinese company to invest $300m in Zimbabwe lithium mine
China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt plans to invest $300 million on rapid development of a lithium mine and processing plant at its newly acquired Arcadia project in Zimbabwe, according to company document...Published: 24 May 2022 at 15:18hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
High court orders headmistress to compensate minor illegally expelled from school
HIGH Court Judge Justice Catherine Bachi Mzawazi has ordered the Headmistress at Rugare Government Primary School to compensate a 13-year-old minor for the learning time which she lost for eight days ...Published: 24 May 2022 at 14:08hrs | 1433 | by Stephen Jakes
Joshua Nkomo's son wants father's remains exhumed from National Heroes Acre
ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son to late liberation war hero and former Vice President Joshua Nkomo, is demanding the immediate exhumation of his late father's remains from the National Heroes A...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:28hrs | 3613 | by Staff reporter
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 2756 | by Dumisani Muleya
Kareke heading back to court
CONVICTED child rapist Munyaradzi Kereke is heading back to court to hear his appeal against sentence and conviction at the Supreme Court.The former Bikita West Member of Parliament and advise...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2847 | by Staff reporter
Of headaches and Covid-19!
While some people found headaches cleared up alongside other symptoms, others say they've lingered on.For some people with COVID-19, th...Published: 18 May 2022 at 19:32hrs | 792 | by Shelton Muchena
Harare sex toy vendor denied bail
A suspected sex toy vendor, Ayanda Unity Mponda, who goes by the moniker @Ayiie-Juicy on social media platforms, was Wednesday denied bail by a Mbare magistrate who ruled that she is a flight risk....Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:46hrs | 1220 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi readies for court battle
WARRIORS forward Kudakwashe Mahachi has denied allegations of scalding his four-year-old son with boiling water and has threatened legal action in a bid to be allowed access to the boy.Mahachi...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:21hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi denies allegations of scalded son with boiling water
SOUTH African-based footballer, Kudakwashe Mahachi, who stands accused of having scalded his four-year-old son Diego, with boiling water has denied the allegations.It has also emerged that con...Published: 17 May 2022 at 19:59hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
SuperSport suspends Kuda Mahachi over child abuse allegations
WARRIORS forward Kuda Mahachi has been suspended by his South African club SuperSport over allegations of abusing his four-year-old son.The Pretoria-based outfit confirmed on Friday night they...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:41hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Chiza prays for Mahachi
EAGLE Life Assembly leader Prophet Blessing Chiza has revealed that he is praying for troubled Warriors winger Kudakwashe Mahachi, who is accused of having scalded his four-year-old son with boiling w...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
'PG sitting on 265 graft cases'
ACTING Deputy Prosecutor-General (PG) Michael Reza came under-fire yesterday for failing to prosecute 265 high-profile cases submitted by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) since 2020....Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:05hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda criticises Bretton Woods institutions
The Bretton Woods institutions have been slammed for punishing African countries that seek to control and exploit their natural resources for the benefit of their nationals.Speaker of the Nati...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Septuagenarian challenges traditional leaders' bizarre custom
A 76-year-old Nyanga man has asked a traditional leader to return his livestock and money which he paid as punishment after his 15-year-old grandson was convicted and fined for allegedly violating an ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:23hrs | 779 | by Stephen Jakes
Man loses livestock, US$20 to headman as fine for wearing red clothes during rainy season
A Nyanga man has taken his village head to court seeking to recover cash and livestock he paid to him as punishment for wearing red clothes during the rainy season.The 15-year old boy was conv...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:15hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Govt sued for detaining minors
CIVIC groups have taken government to court for detaining minors in the same prison cells as their convicted parents.The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and the Justice for Children (JCT) yest...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:13hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo: are Matabeles co-owners of Zimbabwe?
It is of utimost importance for Matabeles to comprehend the true meaning of deceptive catchy phrases coined by the dubious Shona supremacist government of Zimbabwe and ZANUPF since the days of the Zim...Published: 08 May 2022 at 12:33hrs | 1478 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa welcomes Khupe
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday welcomed Thokozani Khupe saying the opposition party wanted to work with everyone to unseat Zanu-PF.Chamisa told cheering pa...Published: 07 May 2022 at 20:00hrs | 8094 | by Staff reporter
Time to protect people from their churches
VERY little is known about one of the worst religion-related mass murders and tragedies that occurred in Uganda in 2000 in which 700 Ugandans died. More is known about the 1978 Jonestown massacre in G...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 384 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mliswa too rich to send kids to government school
THE High Court has ordered Norton legislator Temba Mliswa to pay fees for his two minor children at a private school saying he is rich enough to afford it.Mliswa had challenged a magistrate's ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
High Court judges corner Mliswa
THE High Court has barred Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) from sending his two children to cheap government schools, saying he could afford fees at private institutions.Mliswa had challen...Published: 06 May 2022 at 06:55hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Peter Ndlovu fails to pay maintenance...children drop out of school
Celebrated Zimbabwean soccer star and Mamelodi Sundowns team manager Peter Ndlovu has been dragged to court by one of his baby mamas who is pleading with the courts to grant her an order barring Ndlov...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:55hrs | 8032 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Maid caught on CCTV abusing a minor
A Bulawayo woman who was employed as a maid has been arrested for sexually abusing her employer's three-year-old son.The incident came to the fore when the toddler told his father that he was ...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:11hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Minor dies in scotchcart accident
A six year old from Mbire district died in a donkey drawn scotch cart accident on Thursday.According to police the now deceased Lucia Z...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 19:28hrs | 453 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man cuts 8-year-old girl's throat
A 31-year-old man from Section A in Mamelodi East in South Afrivca made his first appearance at the Mamelodi Magistrates' Court, facing a charge of attempted murder of an 8-year-old girl. The ...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 20:27hrs | 1994 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Johane Marange rape victim refuses medical examination
A Johane Marange minor congregant who was allegedly raped by her uncle refused to go for a medical examination as it is against her church doctrine.The matter came to light at Mutoko magistrat...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 12:25hrs | 1491 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mutoko
Junior parliamentarians and police must be included in child Justice consultation
The participants at a recently held consultation conducted by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the Child Justice bill submitted that junior parliame...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 62 | by Stephen Jakes
Teen electrocuted while stealing Zesa cables
A MARONDERA teenager (15) was electrocuted on April 17 while attempting to steal Zesa copper cables from a 200kV transformer.A police memorandum dated April 17 seen by NewsDay stated that the ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreak havoc in Manicaland
SELF-STYLED witch-hunters commonly known as Tsikamutandas are wreaking havoc in Manicaland province where they are ripping off unsuspecting villagers of their livestock in the guise of "cleaning their...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Investor sues PG, deputy
A LOCAL investor is suing the Prosecutor General Nelson Mutsonziwa and his deputy Michael Reza for causing his prosecution over what he believes is an unsubstantiated allegation.Joseph Richard...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:21hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises massive health infrastructure upgrade
More than 47 clinics and hospitals have been built since 2018 under the Second Republic with many more upgraded and repaired, as the Second Republic goes overdrive to improve the health sector....Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross mobilises resources for Chipinge accident victims
THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) has mobilised medical personnel, volunteers and medical consumables to support victims of the Chipinge bus accident which claimed 37 lives, and left 71 others inj...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:28hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says it's 'time for Zimbabwe to rise and shine'
ZIMBABWEANS must be united by a common vision to build a prosperous and empowered nation as the country's economy is likely to grow regardless of the numerous challenges it faces, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:10hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
41 die in Zimbabwe's Easter accidents
ZIMBABWEANS must be united by a common vision to build a prosperous and empowered nation as the country's economy is likely to grow regardless of the numerous challenges it faces, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:09hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles not interested in Zimbabwe independence celebrations in Bulawayo
From on set, let us set the record straight. Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. Zimbabwe/ Mashonaland, which voluntarily gave away its independence to the BSA Co on 13 Sept...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 662 | by Israel Dube
Who is really behind the R2bn Tongaat Hulett bid?
WHO sits behind Magister Investments, the prospective new owner of the sugar giant? This mystery is now front and centre in a last-ditch battle by minority shareholders to block the controversial R2 b...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 696 | by Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
World Bank and the IMF have remained largely colonial in character to this day
Most people assume that inequality between the global South and the global North (the United States, Western Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia) has been declining over the past few decades. After al...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 07:43hrs | 357 | by Professor Jason Hickel
'US$24 000 stand sold for US$65'
A MAN who allegedly conspired with the chief estates officer in the Ministry of Lands and bought a residential stand worth US$24 384 for just US$65 in the name of his eight-year-old daughter, yesterda...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Colleen Bawn segregation: Spacious and crammed villages
VICTORIAN style houses surrounded by beautiful greenery on cosmic pieces of land characterised Village 1, a gated community for the white minority living in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South before the...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 420 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Auditor-General redflags Bulawayo, Gweru councils
THE Auditor-General has red-flagged the Bulawayo and Gweru city councils for a host of misconduct, among them evading paying taxes, failure to account for millions of donations and selling stands to m...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:14hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's child marriage shocker
NEARLY 34 percent of girls under the age of 18 are married countrywide, a statistic that has shocked the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC).The commission said it was concerned about the surge i...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:16hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF looks down on Tonga people'
BINGA North MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda (Citizens Coalition for Change) has claimed that Tonga people have consistently rejected Zanu-PF after realising that the ruling party was not keen on developing t...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 13:00hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga: When chickens come home to roost
MARRY Mubaiwa most definitely has the right to be flown to her own preferred destination, China or anywhere else, as her estranged husband has.She, of a truth, has the right to be treated and ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:50hrs | 3100 | by Staff reporter
Nothing wrong with Mpofu's declaration that Zanu-PF will rule forever
It is not surprising that political parties and pressure groups who are funded by the West have angrily reacted to Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu's declaration that the ruling party ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | 130 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Shock as negligence by hospital staff leads to baby's leg amputation
AUTHORITIES at the state-run Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals have landed themselves in trouble after a newly born baby had her leg amputated less than one month after being born.Zimbabwe Lawye...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 08:43hrs | 1536 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zimbabwe won't apologise for land reforms'
THE successful agrarian reform that corrected land ownership imbalances remains irreversible as evidenced by the Second Republic's bankrolling beneficiaries' activities to help Zimbabwe regain its bre...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Mayor calls for unity as 8 CCC cllrs sworn in
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni yesterday called for unity among city fathers as eight Citizens Coalition for Change councillors took oath of office following their victory in the March 26 by-elections....Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:48hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
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