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Public feud erupts on X between Penny Lebyane and Ali Naka
Media personality Penny Lebyane has taken to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to vent frustration at political commentator Ali Naka in a series of pointed posts, sparking a public feud that ...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 17:31hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Siya Kolisi Splits with Wife
Springbok captain Siya Kolisi and his wife Rachel have blown the final whistle on their eight-year marriage, a love story that's had South Africa cheering from the stands. On 22 October, the coupl...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:16hrs | 949 | by Staff Reporter
Govt, Bulawayo turn abandoned buildings into drug rehab centres
The government, in collaboration with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC), has embarked on an initiative to identify and renovate abandoned buildings for use as rehabilitation centres for drug abusers. Th...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zim teachers frog-marched to administer iron and folate supplements, Govt evasive
School teachers in Highglen District have raised red flag over alleged compulsory administration of iron and folate supplements amongst learners in schools without the presents of health officials or ...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 08:18hrs | 9 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Bad parenting fuels juvenile delinquency
WHAT happened to good parenting?Many people are curious about this issue in the wake of incidents where young people are found in violation of the law.Recently, minors, some as young a...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 10 | by Veronica Gwaze
Dark underbelly of pickpocketing in Harare CBD
AWARD-WINNING Zimdancehall chanter Killer T aptly captured Harare central business district in his chartbusting song Masuspect whose lyrics partly go: "Vapfanha vacho vanobhosha masuspect. Havan...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over ECD poor funding in Zimbabwe
UNDERFUNDING of early childhood development (ECD) education has riled Members of Parliament amid revelations that Zimbabwe has 17 000 ECD classrooms out of the required 30 000.Parliamentary Po...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girls in self defence training to dodge rapists
GIRLS between the ages 10 and 17 years have been equipped with skills to protect themselves from rapists in Matabeleland South Province.According to police, cases of rape are on the increase i...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Phase out single-sex schools in Bulawayo'
EDUCATION authorities are considering transforming single-sex Government schools in Bulawayo into mixed ones as part of measures to address gang-related violence in learning institutions.Bulaw...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Families urged to discipline children
A multi-sectoral approach is needed in effectively dealing with gang-related violence in schools, amid calls for families and communities to play a leading role in instilling discipline in children....Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Drug cartels turn Zimbabwe into a hub
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a destination of choice for smugglers of dangerous drugs such as heroin, with police saying syndicates involving locals and foreigners were on the loose.The country h...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
When a president is forced to donate food to a starving nation then it proves he has failed as a leader!
When a country reaches a level - whereby, the president donating food to starving school pupils, who had cried out to him in desperation for help, is touted as a sign of good leadership and progress -...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:50hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 12 | 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 | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gold panners blamed for pupils' pregnancies
GOLD panners are wreaking havoc in Ntabazinduna, Umguza District in Matabeleland North, where they have been blamed for impregnating pupils and making them school drop-outs, with one school recording ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staf reporter
Govt to pay school fees for 1,5 million children
School fees for 859 000 children has so far this year been paid through the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) and the Government is targeting 1,5 million for next year. This year the bu...Published: 30 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man kills sister over six boyfriends
A 27-year-old Gweru man, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for fatally assaulting his sister whom he accused of being promiscuous after finding WhatsApp messages in her phone showing that she ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Distant parenting a disaster in Diaspora
Many Zimbabweans have left the country for purported greener pastures. But the greener pastures turn tinder dry on family relationships, volatile and ready to burn. Most parents have been ...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Online services that are in-demand in the UK
The internet has made this world a small place - smaller still as more and more online services are in demand in the UK. These services range from social media management to full-out eCommerce. ...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 22:56hrs | | by Staff writer
Bill Gates divorces Melinda
Bill and Melinda Gates said Monday that they are divorcing but would keep working together at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the world.In i...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by AP
Bulawayo has highest number of never married households heads
BULAWAYO has the highest number of heads of households who have never been married and the lowest percentage of couples living together.The Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee ZimVAC (...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 16:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Parents abroad demand that their children do law and medicine
A career is medicine is stressful enough for the doctors who see it as a calling. For those who do it because their parents forced them, it could be critical and indeed it becomes a punishment. Tradit...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Let's end bullying in our schools
THE video of Waddilove High school students bullying another for not wearing a mask was heartrending.This incident shows that bullying is a major problem in our schools and that the problem is...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 22:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Living together during a divorce - What you should know
Living together during or after a divorce might sound really strange, you might even think that that could be the worst idea ever! You got divorced for a reason, right? But you would be surpri...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 14:40hrs | 6 | by Staff Writer
Police warn youths on vuzu parties
POLICE in Bulawayo have warned pupils who are returning from boarding schools to desist from organising the now infamous vuzu parties as they risk being arrested.Pupils, particularly those wit...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We can fix our country
I AM one of many Zimbabweans who witnessed the birth of an independent Zimbabwe 39 years ago.Apart from my own modest participation in the struggle for our independence, I do have a vivid memo...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Paul Themba Nyathi
Kambarami: A limping goat with one horn on its forehead!
The uncanny and hellish school boy behaviour by one Tinashe Kambarami of unknown origin, who by the devil's design, strangely found himself being the self-proclaimed godfather of Bulawayo, is exceedin...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 00:31hrs | 1 | by Muntukaziwa
Goat-herder's attack on Chief Ndiweni outrageous, uncivil and un-African!
The daringly outrageous, uncivil, abusive and un-African article of the 28th of May 2019 by The Chronicle, viciously attacking Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna smells goaty and belongs t...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Cocospy Review: Best mobile Spy App for parents and employers
Do you want a mobile spy app for your children and employees? You have landed at the right place where you will come to know about one of the best ...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:55hrs | 9 | by Staff Writer
Parents ask for more time to pay fees
It was again a last minute back to school shopping rush at the weekend and yesterday as parents and guardians prepared for the children's return to school for the Second Term. Acting Bulawayo ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 120 Bulawayo children
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested about 120 teenagers who had gathered at various points in the city centre allegedly to go to Vuzu Parties or cause general nuisance.The sting operation ne...Published: 05 May 2019 at 08:06hrs | 2 | by Methusi Ncube
Why should I go to church when it is full of hypocrites?
THIS week, by the grace of God, we will answer a question that I am sure we have all asked ourselves before at some point: Why should I go to church when it is full of hypocrites?A quick Googl...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Ashley Thaba
Zimbabwe won't die, the youth will save it
What really caught Ian Smith unawares was presumptuous complacency and his government's arrogance of incumbency… a deeply entrenched sense, both of class entitlement and invincibility based, not so ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Zifiso Masiye
Man refuses to take in wife's son
THE gallery at the Bulawayo magistrates' court was left in stitches when an elderly man refused to have his stepson released into his custody pending trial for allegedly fondling his 15-year-old daugh...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
'Give children emotional support,' says Mnangagwa
It was a carnival atmosphere at the children's party hosted by President Mnangagwa to mark the 38th anniversary of the country's independence at the City Sports Centre in Harare yesterday. Over 2 500 ...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe: The mother, wife, leader
Like most today's mothers juggling the act of bringing up children in a maze of dizzying modernity, whirlwind technological advancements, illegal substances and intoxicating influences both global and...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:54hrs | | by Maggie Mzumara
Anti-Grace Mugabe war vet leader wears another protest T-shirt
HARARE - War veterans' leader Victor Matemadanda - granted bail on Saturday for charges of undermining the authority of the president and causing disaffection among the defence forces - has worn anoth...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 12:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The first lady Grace Mugabe to admit she has a behaviour problem
Rage does not and should not necessitate physical violence. Violence is not power. Violence is symptomatic to an emotional deficit and a larger personality disorder linked to a sense of loss of contro...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 13:58hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
SA marks women's day
National Women's Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20 000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 22:48hrs | | by Linda Masarira
The lottery of birth of Robert Junior and Chatunga is getting them wasted
Some people will say it is a jack pot to be born of the rich, powerful and famous. Some would say count your blessings to have won the lottery to be of the loins and womb of the rich but other people ...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 11:03hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Mwaruwari opens up on family, parenthood
Former Zimbabwe international footballer Benjani Mwaruwari is committed to making sure his children understand that it's not only about natural talent that helps them succeed, but also working hard to...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:29hrs | | by NICOLA POPPLEWELL
How African parents teach girls to be gender slaves!
African parenting culture, doesn't exactly seem to be bosom friends with the feminine gender.A girl child in Africa, is widely considered a future property of her potential suitor, so the need...Published: 10 May 2017 at 21:16hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
Ex-Zambian VP to launch Chiriseri Foundation
THE Charles Chiriseri Foundation will be officially launched on Easter Friday morning by Apostle Charles' friend and former vice-president of Zambia, Dr Nevers Mumba.This day marks the Har...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corporal punishment must never be viewed as violence
Editor,Children have to be put on a leash. A child who grows without the leash of fear of the stick meanders boundlessly into forbidden seams of the social realm. The element of force is an es...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:25hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Spare the rod and spoil the child
We keep a German shepherd at home. He is quite an intelligent and polite dog. He is very inquisitive and playful with every new person it meets. It is very alert and energetic.The dog weighs a...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 13:56hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Juvenile caned for raping girl (4)
A 12 year old boy from Empumalanga in Hwange has been sentenced to 2 years wholly suspended for five years on condition of good behavior before being slapped with a two cuts with a ratten cane f...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 04:03hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Nkulumane, Magwegwe named Bulawayo's HIV hotspots
MAGWEGWE and Nkulumane suburbs, including the peri-urban Robert Sinyoka Village have been identified as Bulawayo's HIV hotspots, where the highest numbers of infected juveniles are found.N...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
HIV+ boy rapes 7 pupils
A fourteen-year-old HIV positive schoolboy from Makonde District enrolled into Grade 2, sexually abused at least seven girls aged between four and seven years while on their way from school, raisi...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
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