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Change will not come from participating in more rigged elections, protests, etc. We have been down all these rabbit holes
"Winds of change don't blow automatically: Zimbabweans need to fearlessly stand up against oppression," argued Tendai Ruben Mbofana in his blog, mbofanatendairuben.news.blog. "In recent y...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 20:28hrs | 1073 | by Wilbert Mukori
Man killed in brutal attack over beer in Zimbabwe
Mazowe, Zimbabwe - A tragic incident unfolded in Eskbank, Mazowe, on November 13, 2023, when a man was brutally murdered during a dispute over beer.According to Acting Mashonaland Central poli...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:43hrs | 696 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Student murdered for identifying robber
A 23-year-old Bulawayo Polytechnic student, Inobubele Mhlanga, tragically lost her life on Monday evening after being brutally stabbed by two robbers in Cowdray Park, following a mugging incident in w...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:58hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Mental exam for 'prophet' who had a message for Grace Mugabe
A man claiming to have the power of prophecy was arrested after demanding to see former first lady Grace Mugabe at her Blue Roof residence in Borrowdale Brooke in Harare, a court heard on Thursday....Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 12:03hrs | 2023 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered, suspects on the run
Police in Matabeleland South are investigating two men in connection with a murder that took place in Gwanda.Matabeleland South police spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena stated that they ...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 21:35hrs | 709 | by Stephen Jakes
Gukurahundi perpetrators are exposed and cited to clarify the 2017 coup!
That the General Chiwenga was cited in the genocide atrocities that took place especially in Matabeleland South is not a coincidence but well calculated. The Zanu PF conference was in Bulawayo, curiou...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 20:22hrs | 1281 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sangoma brutally killed by ex-boyfriend
Tragedy struck Schoonplaas near Modder East in Springs, South Africa, when 35-year-old sangoma Mahlatse Makgwane was found murdered in her shack on Monday, October 14. The gruesome killing, allegedly ...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:50hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teen sentenced for murder in South Africa
A Zimbabwean national has been sentenced in the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo to 22 years imprisonment for murder.Brian Mugwira, 19, is one of the men who murdered and dismembered the body o...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:13hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Drunk wife kills hubby
People of Muzarabani were saddened by a suspected mentally ill wife who fatally struck her sick husband in a beer dispute.Martha Mushawemhuka (44) of Madoka village in Muzarabani allegedly mur...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:34hrs | 1478 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Artisanal miner killed in cold blood
Artisanal miner Moses Chatikita (39) was allegedly murdered in a gold rush at Watakai farm in Concession recently.The now-deceased Chatikita was assaulted with a shovel on the head and died on...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 09:24hrs | 1021 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Missing head found in Rushinga
The missing head of the late Grace Murenza (28) who was allegedly beheaded by her husband was found in a blair toilet recently.Barnabas Murenza (42) who was on the run after the gruesome murde...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 18:51hrs | 2289 | by Simbarashe Sithole
78-year-old woman sexually abused and murdered in Zimbabwe
Police have appealed for information that could assist in the arrest of suspects after a 78-year-old woman was found dead in Chegutu with signs of sexual abuse on her body.In a statement, poli...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 13:57hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted for murder on 2 lovers and stealing their cars
A Shurugwi man has been convicted following trial on two murder incidents in 2021 in which he fatally attacked his girlfriends and stole their vehicles.Emmanuel Mahembe, aged 37 at the time of...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 10:13hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi massacre survivors cry foul
For more than 40 years, Bongani Ncube and Patricia Baleni have carried the pain of losing their fathers in the Matabeleland massacres in which thousands of Zimbabweans were murdered in the 1980s....Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:23hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe content creator found murdered following a hijacking in Delft
A digital content creator and pastor who graduated just days ago has been found murdered following a hijacking in Delft.Marshall Ganyau, 30, was pictured smiling in his graduation gear after c...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 08:05hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
Missing Chegutu women found dead
Residents of Stockdale farm in Chegutu are finding it hard to believe that two women who were reported missing two days ago were murdered.A...Published: 12 Sep 2024 at 00:01hrs | 1210 | by Simbarashe Sithole
The abuse of power in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's government has been increasingly accused of using its legal machinery to silence dissenting voices and suppress freedom of speech.Activists and civil society organisations have been...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 10:02hrs | 264 | by Gary Gerald Mtombeni
2 miners murdered in Esigodini
Two illegal miners were murdered on a farm in Esigodini while searching for gold at a panning site. One of the victims has been identified as 50-year-old Bulisani Ncube, while the other remains uniden...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Toddlers gruesomely murdered
Farai Nyamurenje from Mutoko has been ordered for a third psychiatric evaluation to determine his mental state following the murder of his two-year-old son, Tatenda, in 2012. After the inciden...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 07:54hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter
Murdered granny's corpse burnt
A 38-year-old man from Chipinge has been arrested for the alleged murder of an elderly woman and a young child, and for burning the woman's body.Trust Sithole of Manyara Village under Chief Mu...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:21hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Death of girl at church creates ugly fights
The death of a 17-year-old girl at the RCZ Church at Nerupiri in Gutu has created ugly fights in the parish with some villagers demanding the removal of the pastor and full investigation of the case....Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:58hrs | 1652 | by Staff reporter
Jealous man murders ex-girlfriend's baby (2)
Chitungwiza was struck by tragedy on Wednesday morning when a 32-year-old man allegedly murdered his ex-girlfriend’s two-year-old son after discovering that the child's mother was at a sleepover....Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:00hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should know that independence never guarantees freedom
This is a truth that has seemingly been lost on many people. For some strange reason, we appear to believe that the attainment of political independence by a country automatically translates i...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 16:19hrs | 602 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 358 | by Silas Nkala
British Govt shows the world how to deal with rioters
It's, unfortunately, depressingly familiar. Violence has broken out in the United Kingdom led by loosely organised thugs driven by fake news and hate speech on social media that was made acceptable by...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1842 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe armed robber loses appeal against death sentence
A Supreme Court bench has rejected an appeal against a death sentence filed by Doubt Mathe, who was convicted of murdering a security guard during a 2008 robbery at a cotton buying point in Gokwe....Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:52hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
Mashonisa kills three family members
On Sunday evening in Ivory Park near Midrand, a well-known loan shark, or mashonisa, allegedly entered a family's home, shot them dead, and fled. The victims were 16-year-old Tshepang Mong...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:33hrs | 2274 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills husband over salary
Police in Mashonaland East have arrested Memory Choga (41) from Jeche Primary School in Sadza, following the death of her husband, Douglas Choga (45), a teacher at the same school. The arrest came aft...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 12:03hrs | 3147 | by Staff reporter
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
Duo kills sister's ex-hubby
Two Seke brothers are in trouble after they allegedly murdered their sister's husband in a property-sharing dispute.John Mukono (31) and Shadreck Mukono (24) were arraigned before Bindura Magi...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 22:11hrs | 1247 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Edson Mapani
Villagers engage witch hunters in search of missing baby
Villagers in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have enlisted witch hunters to help locate four-year-old Milton Tshuma, who went missing on March 15. The boy was under the care of neighbors while hi...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stop abusing Matabele genocide victims and pay US$ 100 billion compansation
It is very unfortunate that Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa pretends as if he did not see the Notice of Demand For The Restoration Of Matabeleland State delivered to the President's office by MLO President Cde ...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1213 | by Israel Dube
Portion of buttocks cut off from dead man in Church shrine
Madzibaba Ekedi Mawodzwa, a religious leader based in Kuwadzana, Harare, is accused of involvement in the killing of eleven relatives at his shrine, allegedly in pursuit of spiritual powers. T...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:34hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Drawing parallels between Kenya and Zimbabwe's social, economic, and political disturbances
We want to believe that the demonstrations in Kenya just happened overnight. The Gene Zs went on a rampage assisted by criminals. To framing them so thin, is to trivialize a genuine revolution that wa...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 23:08hrs | 34 | by Nomazulu Thata
Eureka mine worker murdered
POLICE in Guruve are hunting for three murder suspects who allegedly bashed a Eureka mine worker to death after demanding cash from him.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:16hrs | 27 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Soldier in mysterious death
A Bulawayo family is questioning the circumstances surrounding the death of their family member, Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) warrant officer class 2 Louice Dube, amid suspicions that he may have been...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 07:23hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Teacher kills ex-wife
A primary school teacher at Nyamatikiti allegedly bashed his estranged wife to death in a domestic dispute on Friday.The teacher 47-year-old Nyasha Muchembere was allegedly caught hiding in th...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 20:47hrs | 27 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kills girlfriend in sex dispute
The love of sex led to the death of a Guruve woman who refused to go to her place demanding sex from her boyfriend who was done with her waiting for another woman.Durai Chimujiri (40) of Bopot...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 20:38hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Vaaz not a Replica of MDC VAA nor a Mwonzora Baby: Veteran Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ)
We've seen unscrupulous career politicians attempting to mislead the nation into believing the Veteran Activists for Democracy kowtow to Mwonzora. NADA, we all hate him and his entourage with a passio...Published: 23 May 2024 at 23:11hrs | 19 | by Mandava Blessing VAAZ Spokesperson
Sikhala delivers emotional testimony at UN summit
Opposition politician Job Sikhala addressed a United Nations Human Rights and Democracy Summit in Geneva, stating that his arrest exemplified the closure of democratic space in Zimbabwe.Sikhal...Published: 18 May 2024 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Job Sikhala speech at the UN Geneva Summit
Iwant to greet you, honorable guests of this important summit for Human Rights and Democracy, from all the four corners of the world. I am Job Sikala, the surviving political prisoner from Zimbabwe. I...Published: 17 May 2024 at 16:38hrs | 33 | by Jo Sikhala
Zimbabwe businessman found dead in SA
THE body of a Zimbabwean businessman, Evans Katumba, who was abducted in Durban last month with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of R2,5 million, has been found by police in KwaZulu Natal, South Afri...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No one will starve!' Zanu PF has never accounted for 40 000 + political murders much less indirect deaths
"As I stated in my recent declaration of a nationwide state of disaster due to the drought last week, our Zanu-PF government will not let anyone starve," Mnangagwa said."Our government is capa...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:47hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
African countries assisted South African independence; payback is Xenophobic actions: blacks on blacks' violence
I quote from Byo24: Former ANC MP and Abantu Batho Congress Councilor in eThekwini, Makhosi Khoza, says South African natives have been shortchanged. Close quote. This is a statement that could cause ...Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | 17 | by Nomazulu Thata
Peace maker 'murdered' in Pumula bar
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case where a man was murdered in cold blood after he was stabbed in the back and thigh on Saturday at a bar in Pumula South while breaking a fight. In th...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 19:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The rise of General Chiwenga: My reply to this article
My article today is to reply an article written by Samkeliso Ncube on Bulawayo 24: it was written in large; The rise of General Chiwenga, Zimbabwe's vanguard to a prosperous future. This article is no...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:30hrs | 13 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's stunt at Pupu akin to Hitler officiating at a Jewish synagogue?
It was quite a disturbing and unsettling sight watching President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa officiating at the unveiling of the Pupu Battlefield Memorial Site in Lupani. This was in ho...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:15hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's zealots disrupts funeral
Moreblessing Ali's family was left fuming when the slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist's funeral in Chitungwiza Saturday was disrupted by political zealots who claimed loyalty to former...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 21:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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