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Fire guts Shearwater Adventures flat in Victoria Falls
A Fire burnt a flat at Bongoland in Victoria Falls on Friday evening.The flat is one of the block of apartments owned by Shearwater Adventures where the tour operating company's workers reside...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 19:32hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in South Africa to witness 'the return of apartheid'?
President Mnangagwa has arrived in South Africa for the inauguration of his South African counterpart, President Cyril Ramaphosa.South Africa's African National Congress and the Democratic All...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 08:59hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Top 10 political Mamparas and Screw-ups in 2023
The political landscape in Zimbabwe has witnessed its fair share of controversies and questionable decisions over the years. In 2023, several political figures made headlines for their actions and dec...Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 10:58hrs | 20 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cyril Ramaphosa may have to consider the prospects of donning orange overalls
AS EMBATTLED President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for his political life in the build-up to the ANC national conference at the end of this year, he might also have to consider his fashion sense with the p...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Sizwe Dlamini
King Lobengula's most trusted chieftaincy seeks reinstatement
EARLY on Sunday morning last week, Mr Minus Mabhena made his way to the back of the Maphungo homestead in Nkayi's Sikopo area, in Matabeleland North province and stood on what looked like an anthill....Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa may have to consider the prospects of donning orange overalls
AS EMBATTLED President Cyril Ramaphosa fights for his political life in the build-up to the ANC national conference at the end of this year, he might also have to consider his fashion sense with the p...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 14:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs ordered to stop wearing yellow ties in Parliament
New CCC Members of Parliament have been ordered to stop wearing yellow neckties as they are a colour of their political party. The drama started on Tuesday when ZANU PF MPs protested against o...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 10:04hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mushrooming parties a diversionary tactic
ZIMBABWE'S political scene is fast changing, several parties have been launched in the past couple of weeks. However, the political discourse has not moved an inch.The Constitution has a secti...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF should embrace change, or be left behind
IT appears Zimbabwe's political leaders are in a time warp of the deranged, declaring themselves impervious to change and getting miffed at suggestions that the future of this country could be better ...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa won't leave office after losing election?
THE war-of-words, pitting Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance sympathisers following the win by an opposition leader in Zambia's presidential elections, rages, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson in...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 16:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Thinking that the military are just wearing overalls (military gear) for Chamisa to just rule, fear God'
MDC had the golden opportunity to implement the democratic reforms including reforms of the military, Police, CIO and Prison Services; sadly, the golden opportunity was wasted because not even one ref...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe military won't hand over power'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday said it would not surrender power to the opposition, citing the Zanu-PF leadership's war credentials.Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamb...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean can be very rich without political inclination
I was going through my WhatsApp messages and my eyes were blinded by this message below. I felt it will be helpful to all of us if we are to read. I stole some of the advices.Many times I am c...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Covid-19 procurement scandal revealed
ZIMBABWE was prejudiced of millions of united States dollars as a result of irregular procurement transactions around Covid-19 materials, with sharp scrutiny centred on tenders awarded to Young Health...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
When clowns sup at State House, it's trouble, serious trouble!
Pretoria mornings are now cold. It is a geographical axiom winter is for chills.Increasingly here, the weather is biting and unrelenting like a witch's tit as assumed.Early morning jog...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:40hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Zanu-PF youth leader on terror campaign
Zanu-PF youth league secretary for indigenisation Mike Chimombe is under fire for allegedly fanning factionalism and sponsoring violent gangs that are reportedly decampaigning President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa needs to rethink himself and his approach'
A RENOWNED academic and political analyst has advised punch drunk MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to urgently rebrand and re-think his strategies if he is to salvage his waning local and internatio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 3 | by Samantha Power
David Chapfika and the Jatropha years, a memoir
David Chapfika came along as a snappy dresser- shiny suits and foreign cologne were the hallmark.As a rookie reporter with New Ziana then, I had the opportunity to mix and mingle with the elit...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:25hrs | 8 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Harare pulls out all stops to halt Zimra garnish
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango, who recently dramatically bounced back at Town House despite serving a suspension, is desperately seeking a relief order from Treasury to stop the Zimbabwe Revenue A...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa controlled HCC hit by fresh corruption scandal
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has been hit by a fresh corruption scandal after a tender to supply 10 000 Tyvek Covid-19 protective overalls worth ZW$51 520 000 was awarded without going to tender to a...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ANC MP slams De Lille over Beitbridge border fiasco
Calls for decisive action against Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille are growing louder as lawmakers adopted a damning report on her involvement in the Beitbridge border fiasco...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's integrity 'dented', says Snuki Zikalala
As former Bosasa chief Gavin Watson's family closes the chapter on his life, the ANC Veterans' League head Snuki Zikalala says President Cyril Ramaphosa "has to grow up" after his integrity was "dente...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Power crisis turns night into day for Zimbabweans
Around 9 p.m., a siren pierces the pitch-black night at the Willowvale industrial park in Zimbabwe, signalling that power has been restored after a day-long outage.Moments later, eight men in ...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 16:38hrs | | by Reuters
Probe nails Gweru council
GWERU City Council has blamed its department of engineering services for a typhoid outbreak which left eight residents dead and over 2 000 requiring medical assistance in August last year. Acc...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Envoy's daughter duped in tender scam
A WOMAN believed to be the daughter of Zimbabwe ambassador to Belgium, Tadeous Tarirenyika Chifamba, was allegedly duped of US$2 000 after being promised a contract to supply uniforms to the Zimbabwe ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC worker fined for illegal power connections
A Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) worker has been fined $600 for illegally connecting electricity to 11 households in Chitungwiza while pretending to be on official ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another gold attack at Chief Sigola area
Three families under chief Zephania Ntantanana Sigola have been left homeless after the owners of a local mine demolished their homes on the 18th of October 2018. Mthwakazi Republic Party Pres...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa storms ZEC offices
MDC Alliance presidential candidate on Wednesday stormed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) offices demanding to meet chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba after it emerged she was not available...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa never takes off his scarf
ACTIVISTS' use of #ThisFlag and the president's use of #ThisScarf look the same, but they could not be more different.African ArgumentsZimbabwe's national flag has come back into polit...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Rumbidzai Dube
Big Charlie needs your help
WHEN strangers first stare at Charles Nyoni - as they often do - they immediately ask themselves: "How much does he weigh?""I weigh 288kg and still counting," he will tell you with a rueful ch...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife grabs Arda farm
IN a move which flies in the face of government's claims of a new dispensation, Vice-President and former army commander retired General Constantino Chiwenga's wife Mary recently grabbed the 300-hecta...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time Mnangagwa shuts up Mugabe
Amid the deepening rift between deposed past President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF, an intraparty onslaught is inevitable. Given his dictatorial inclination, as I see it, all hell is bound to break loos...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Tsvangirai left an incomplete legacy
IN Morgan Tsvangirai's final journeys and last orders, there's something quintessentially Zimbabwean.He went to Johannesburg, the city with the largest concentration of Zimbabweans living abro...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Percy Zvomuya
The inside story of Zimbabwe coup that toppled Mugabe
Inside State House in Harare, Robert Mugabe was in the tightest spot of his 37-year rule. Tanks were on the streets and troops had occupied the state broadcaster, from where the army had announced it ...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 16:48hrs | 12 | by MacDonald Dzirutwe, Joe Brock, Ed Cropley
Zimbabwean exiles: Life in the dark valley between starvation and desperate poverty
A fresh wave of reluctant economic exiles from across the Limpopo River now calls South Africa home. And burrowed deep within a five-kilometre radius of one nondescript shopping mall situated in the h...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 10:50hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
LIVE: Castle Lager Premiership games
*Goal Alert** Red cardWe call it a day.Hopefully, sanity will prevail at Ascot and the referee abandons the match. It has been way more than an hour now.Welding of the goal...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 14:42hrs | | by Sports reporter
Fake mourner sentenced to 18 months, 4 strokes on his bare bum
A bogus mourner who has been terrorising grieving families across the country this week pleaded guilty to a single count of obtaining by false pretences. Olebile Mothofela alias Kabel...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 11:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sangoma making a fortune in South Africa
He calls himself Sekuru Ziso - in Shona, "the grandfather who sees". He is 55, a fortune teller and a traditional doctor, ...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 12:47hrs | 3 | by Ray Mwareya and Tichaona Jongwe
Implications of the floods disaster in Tsholotsho village
UPDATE ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FLOODS DISASTER IN WARD 6 OF TSHOLOTSHO NORTH CONSTITUENCY: BY HONOURABLE PROF. JONATHAN MOYO, MP 1. BackgroundOn ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 12:17hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
Reality show excites Penny Penny
SHANGAAN disco king Penny Penny is excited to be on television again.His reality show, Papa Penny Ahee, will start airing today at 8pm on Mzansi Magic.Mzansi will get to witness hi...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zipra: The Sipolilo battles
The Wankie battles, which subsequently became known as the Western Front, lasted from 13 August to mid-September 1967. MK headquarters in Lusaka were able to follow events in Wankie, and when they hea...Published: 16 May 2016 at 14:16hrs | 10 | by facebook
Malema vows to seize white-owned land
The leader of South Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party has launched his party's campaign for the upcoming local elections, promising to rescue citizens from poverty, unemplo...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:49hrs | 5 | by Sapa
Mr Ugly pageant turns ugly
A 42-year-old unemployed man was crowned Zimbabwe's ugliest man at a pub pageant in Harare -- but the contest turned ugly when the runner-up accused judges of bias.Maison Sere, who was missing...Published: 21 Nov 2015 at 16:34hrs | | by AFP
Bev fails to raise her game
THE much-hyped Bev and Sexy Angels show at Hustlers Night Club was much ado about nothing as the dancer failed to raise her game with an all male group Snipers stealing the show.Fail is a word...Published: 02 May 2015 at 13:35hrs | | by Showbiz
Black Umfolosi takes 'gumboot dance' to Canada
This year the Bella Coola Music Festival is so proud to present acclaimed international performing arts group Black Umolofsi.Black Umfolosi is a self taught Acappella (Imbube) singing and trad...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 19:23hrs | | by coastmountainnews
Man caught pants down with pig
A 22-year old Marondera man who was caught pants down having a sexual act with a pig was yesterday slapped with a six month jail term by Marondera magistrate, Jabulani Mzinyathi who found him guilty o...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 19:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who gives a damn if they quit, Cdes?
CABINET FILES AND CZ's NOTEBOOKDear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I laughed this week when I got the news that Morgan - who has never won any election in his whole political l...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 08:16hrs | | by CZ
Maleme Issue: Open letter to Hon. VP Phelekezela Mphoko
Honourable Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, firstly allow me to congratulate you on your election and elevation to the position of Vice President of Zimbabwe and also to be in charge of one of t...Published: 27 Feb 2015 at 20:55hrs | 2 | by Khumbulani Maphosa
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