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Sex workers turn to illegal mining
Several commercial sex workers in Guruve have turned to illegal mining due to the harsh economic conditions.The sex workers have joined a huge number of illegal miners in Guruve Centre where t...Published: 14 hrs ago | 521 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
ZIFA, PSL shed crocodile tears
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) and the Premier Soccer League (PSL) have expressed their heartfelt condolences to Highlanders Football Club following the sudden passing of the club's chief ex...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 11:33hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Sihlangu Dlodlo predicted his death?
The tragic passing of Sihlangu Dlodlo, the late CEO of Highlanders Football Club, has taken a chilling turn as it has emerged that he seemingly predicted his own demise in a haunting Facebook post jus...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:38hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Chief Marupi burial deferred to Wednesday
Chief Marupi of Gwanda District, who passed away last Sunday, will now be laid to rest on Wednesday at his rural home in Mbuzimbili Village, Selonga area. Originally scheduled for burial today, the ar...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:00hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Gweru makes it expensive to die
Residents of Gweru are expressing their outrage over the Gweru City Council's (GCC) proposed 2025 budget, which includes significant increases in cemetery fees, some rising by more than 100 percent. T...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Church reverend collapses, dies while preaching in Zimbabwe
Norest Nyakudanga, a 66-year-old local evangelist, tragically collapsed and died while delivering a sermon at Chisipiti United Methodist Church in Harare on Tuesday evening.Nyakudanga had just...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 08:03hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland mourns Chief Marupi
A dark cloud has fallen over the Matebeleland region following the death of Chief Marupi, born Oaheng Nare, who passed away on Sunday in Harare after a short illness. The 28-year-old traditional leade...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:49hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Pupil killed in a freak accident
The small community of Godlwayo Village in Umzingwane District has been plunged into mourning following the tragic death of a six-year-old Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupil in a road traffic acc...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 19:37hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Professor Kurasha dies
Zimbabwe's academic community is in mourning following the death of Professor Jameson Kurasha, a respected educationist, who passed away at the age of 72. Professor Kurasha died at Parirenyatwa Group ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 20:54hrs | 2087 | by Staff reporter
Chief dies a week after being robbed his newly allocated Isuzu
Gwanda South has been plunged into mourning following the death of Chief Marupi of Dibilashaba. The 28-year-old traditional leader, born Oaheng Nare, passed away this evening at Health Point hospital ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 20:51hrs | 2719 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe woman shares bedroom with 2 husbands
In a shocking case brought before the Harare Civil Court, two men are living with the same woman as their wife, sharing the same bedroom at a house in the capital city. One of the men, Takemore Kagair...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 17:58hrs | 2633 | by Staff reporter
Bosso mourn Tshinga Dube
Highlanders Football Club has joined the nation in mourning the loss of liberation struggle hero and esteemed club benefactor, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, who passed away on Thursday evening at Bula...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 14:10hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 642 | by Brighton Chiseva
When dark babies are not good enough! Thank you Andile: what an article!
It is a pity such articles never attract attention they deserve. Your article Andile was a good read and spot on. I do not need to seek far, why our African communities do not see the need to read it....Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:28hrs | 1343 | by Nomazulu Thata
Granny burnt alive, child smashed to death
MANYAYA Village under Chief Mutema in Chipinge was last Sunday plunged into deep mourning following a spine-chilling and mind-boggling incident in which a man burnt a defenceless granny beyond recogni...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 1465 | by Staff reporter
Regional leaders back Mnangagwa's SADC chairmanship
Leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have expressed confidence in President Mnangagwa's leadership as he assumes the chairmanship of the regional bloc. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:34hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Slain CCC activist's family denied food relief
The family of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Mboneni Ncube is allegedly being denied government food aid due to their involvement in opposition politics. Ncube was killed by suspec...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:37hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Slain CCC activist tormented in death
On July 30, 2024, the family of slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Mboneni Ncube faced further trauma and distress as police attempted to disrupt his tombstone unveiling ceremony at hi...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 10:56hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira mourns veteran journalist Lucy Yasini
Opposition leader Linda Masarira, President of LEAD Political Party, has expressed her heartfelt condolences following the passing of veteran journalist Lucy Yasini.In a statement, Masarira pr...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:50hrs | 2 | by Paul Ndou
Mnangagwa says Zimbabweans stand with grieving Malawi
Zimbabwe stands in solidarity with Malawi following the tragic death of Vice President Dr. Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others in a plane crash, President Mnangagwa has announced. The crash, which oc...Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Zambia's Chilima
President Mnangagwa expressed profound sadness at the death of Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others in a plane crash this week. In his condolence message, President Mnangagwa p...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Malawi Vice President die in plane crash
MALAWI'S vice president and nine others have been killed after their military jet crashed into a mountainous forest.A huge search operation was launched after the plane carrying Dr Saulos Chil...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Iran's Ebrahim Raisi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has joined the rest of World leaders in mourning the late Iranian leader Dr Ebrahim Seyyed Raisi who died on Sunday following a helicopter crash.The Iranian leader died alo...Published: 21 May 2024 at 20:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart; Councillors mourn Senator Sandi Moyo
The City of Bulawayo is in mourning following the passing of former Senator and Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister, Eunice Sandi Moyo. The news has been met with profound sadness across the city and...Published: 17 May 2024 at 20:52hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt under fire as investors damage graves
THE Zanu-PF government has come under fire for authorising investors to destroy dozens of graves to pave way for mining activities while ignoring the country's social and traditional norms and beliefs...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bulawayo water crisis to increase sewer pipe bursts'
CITY of Bulawayo director of engineering services, Eng Sikhumbuzo Ncube, has said the continuing water supply challenges facing the city could trigger a serious challenge of sewer pipe bursts as the s...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters clash with Sikhala's at funeral
Two years after her tragic death, Moreblessing Ali, a prominent opposition political activist, was finally laid to rest on Saturday amidst chaotic scenes as supporters of former Citizens Coalition for...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tensions as Chamisa and Sikhala fight over Moreblessing Ali arrangements
Factions within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are reportedly locked in a fierce battle for control over the funeral proceedings of Moreblessing Ali, scheduled to take place at Zororo Memoria...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 13:25hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man loses chieftainship war
THE High Court has dismissed an application by a former acting chief from Gokwe who wanted the court to reverse the appointment of a substantive chief for the area.Mika Katyavazungu, who was a...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles promises to restless youths
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged empowerment opportunities to youths, but groups representing the restless young population immediately thumbed their noses at the promises saying the pov...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube denies controlling Tshabangu
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) acting president Professor Welshman Ncube has denied claims that he was Sengezo Tshabangu's handler and responsible for the recalls of party representatives....Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mohadi mourns hero Mabuya
ACTING President Kembo Mohadi has joined President Mnangagwa and the nation at large in mourning Colonel (Retired) Kenny Ridzai Mabuya, who will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Wednesday....Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs friend to death
In a tragic incident in Plumtree, friends' beer-fueled dispute took a deadly turn, leading to Ayibongwe Sibanda appearing before Magistrate Joshua Nembaware on a murder charge. The court ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 23:50hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is today a birthday, a funeral or a resurrection for CCC?
On this 24th day of January in 2022, the then MDC-Alliance unveiled Triple C, which the National Council of the MDC-A had founded two days earlier on 22 January 2022.The unveiling of Triple C ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 20:15hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Graves cave in at Luveve Cemetery
AN elderly woman, accompanied by two young adults walks briskly into a section of Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo, a little bit on the edge and sombre.They continuously scan across the hundreds of...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:56hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'No reason to celebrate Unity Day'
ZIMBABWE today celebrates the signing of the 1987 Unity Accord to end Gukurahundi, but critics are sceptical that traditional leaders are the best foot forward in finding closure to the massacres....Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt plotting to lock me up'
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change candidate for Mabvuku in the forthcoming by-elections, Fabion Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, says he has exposed a plot by Zanu-PF candidate Pedzai Sakupwanya and the state m...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders continue with its ignominious fall from grace
Highlanders lost 2-0 to Manica Diamonds on Sunday to continue with their ignominious fall from grace in a penultimate premiership clash played at Gibbo.Manica Diamonds got their goals through ...Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC faction threatening to kill innocent Matabele children in bad taste
Reports in the media that a CCC faction led by Nelson Chamisa is threatening to murder innocent children of Matabele MPs and councillors that have not been recalled by CCC Interim General Secret...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 17:58hrs | 10 | by Israel Dube
4 die in Chinhoyi-Chegutu road accident
FOUR people died on the spot while two others escaped with injuries after a lorry rammed into the back of another lorry along the Chinhoyi-Chegutu road in Zvimba district, Monday evening.Polic...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZICOSU leader dies in accident.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union (ZICOSU) is in mourning following the tragic passing of its provincial chairperson for Mashonaland Central, Panashe Chatambudza. Chatambudza, who also served as...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 16:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malinga declared national hero
SPECIAL Advisor to the President, Zanu-PF Politburo member and former Executive Mayor of Bulawayo, Joshua Teke Malinga, who died on Friday, has been declared a national hero.He was 79....Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madinda Ndlovu mourns Heath Streak
FORMER Highlanders FC and Zimbabwe tear away winger Madinda Ndlovu today joined the rest of the world in mourning Heath Streak. Streak died at the age of 49 on Sunday morning after a battle wi...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maviri's family pays homage to Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda
The family of the late Insimbi ZeZhwane drummer and provincial hero, Thembinkosi "Maviri" Mpofu has thanked all those who supported them, singling out funeral service company, Kingdom Blue and media p...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ezekiel Guti snubs heroes acre burial
Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA Forward in Faith) founding leader and National Hero Archbishop Ezekiel Guti was yesterday buried at his old church started in 1960 under a eucalyptus tree on a...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Insimbi ZeZhwane's trip was doomed from the beginning!
INSIMBI ZeZhwane's trip was a doomed one from the beginning as they should not have taken to the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road which resulted in the death of the group's core owner Elvis "Ma Eli" Mathe...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 19:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Big send off for Ezekiel Guti
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday described the late Archbishop Ezekiel Guti as a voice of reason and champion of peace during a send-off ceremony held at the National Sports stadium.Guti...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa owes us an apology
EVER since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into power in 2017, one of his rallying calls has been the removal of sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union over human rights...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 22:22hrs | 7 | by Martin Stobart
Mnangagwa to lead Heroes, Defence Forces events
President Mnangagwa is expected to preside over the Heroes Day commemorations and Zimbabwe Defence Forces celebrations in two weeks time where several activities have been lined up as preparations for...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
British obsession with Zimbabwe politics nauseating
It is election time again in Zimbabwe and the British are at it again, pushing a narrative to discredit the August 23, 2023 harmonised elections, because it is clear Zanu-PF is winning.It seem...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 6 | by Isdore Guvamombe
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