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Gas explosion leaves sink holes in Johannesburg
There has been a massive gas explosion in the Johannesburg CBD, causing substantial damage to nearby roads and sinkholes.Videos seen on social media showed cars toppled along Johannesburg's Br...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 20:36hrs | 17 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabweans won't flee South Africa to return home
"WHEN you see a rat running into a fire, then you know that what it is running away from is hotter than the fire." - African proverb. Zimbabweans, who are in their millions in South Africa - som...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts for Mnangagwa's govt to free jailed New York Times correspondent
THE SA National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has supported a call by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for Zimbabwean authorities to release New York Times freelance journalist Jeffrey Moyo who was...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu condemns politics of hate
Former Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has exhorted the country's political leaders to ditch politics of hate and unite for their own good and that of the nation."We need to change t...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political tension escalates afresh
POLICE had to be called in to disperse agitated MDC Alliance supporters in Harare yesterday, after political activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was sentenced to an effective 14 months in prison for inci...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police slated over Covid super spreader gig
The Zimbabwe government was left scrambling Friday following videos showing a boisterous crowd celebrating the arrival of the New Year in Harare's Mbare township, despite a blanket ban on such gatheri...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents besiege Harare private school
THERE was chaos on Friday at the privately-owned Waterfalls Garden Junior School in Waterfalls, Harare, as angry parents protested against a fee increase. The fees at the school were increased...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
When the undertaker wishes you long life
This time Africans have abjectly disappointed the world.For Pete's sake, why can they not simply die?At least that is what the world expected after the outbreak of the coronavirus....Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe military's humane face
HIS camouflage uniform discharges a heavy stench of sweat, while his dusty face, dirty hands and dry mouth betray what he has been through lately. Yet he continues to toil in the sun, offloading packs...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rescued by Tuku mourners
POLITICAL tempers flared at the burial of the late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi yesterday after State security agents, for the second time inside 24 hours, attempted to block op...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Koffi Olomide's Zimbabwe show in limbo
CONGOLESE artiste Koffi Olomide's concert set for August 3 at the Harare International Conference Centre might be in limbo following indications that he has been banned from entering Zambia for crimin...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commandeer his full motorcade to Chicken Inn
President Mnangagwa yesterday took Chegutu food lovers by surprise when he unexpectedly joined the queue in a fast-food outlet, bought his lunch and even tipped a cashier. Mnangagwa is now fam...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe ouster exhibition for Bulawayo
AN exhibition that gives local artists a platform to reflect on and interrogate, the solidarity march that contributed to the ouster of former President Robert Mugabe on November 21 last year is set t...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe faces Parly censure
Former president Mr Robert Mugabe faces contempt of Parliament charges if he fails to attend a hearing set for today on alleged leakages of diamonds at Chiadzwa during his reign which he is on record ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa visit was no doubt medicine to Tsvangirai
"Fambai zvakanaka, Murambwi (Have a safe journey, Murambwi)," MDC-T vice-president Advocate Nelson Chamisa said as he escorted President Emmerson Mnangagwa to his official vehicle.President Mn...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEP permits all to be issued by the end of September 2018
Speaking at a media briefing on the uptake of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) the Director General of the South African Department of Home Affairs Mkuseli Apleni said he expects all ZEP permits to...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 21:05hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Grace Mugabe nearly stung by bee
Photographs showing the moment First Lady Grace Mugabe's bodyguard fight off a bee which was above to land on her head have gone viral online.The photographs are from a collage of photos by th...Published: 15 May 2017 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: White cop fires at black protesters in SA
Just moments after Magistrate Makgaola Foso granted bail to the two men accused of killing a 16-year-old boy in Coligny, fire-fighters were battling flames at a farmhouse not far from the fields where...Published: 08 May 2017 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
These six women
They came at different stages of my life and all had some impact on my life. Some are long gone from my life but their memories I will carry till I die, if I will die, I am one of those who stil...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 09:08hrs | | by Velempini Veap Thuthani Ndlovu
Prophet Magaya rape charges report
Prophetic, Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya was last Friday arrested in Harare for allegedly raping a congregant.Sources told The Sunday Mail he spent the night ...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:49hrs | | by Lincoln Towindo and Debra Matabvu
Unleashing the power of Africa's civil society
A Liberian women's peace movement led by 31-year-old Leymah Gbowee did something extraordinary in July 2003 to force Liberian warlords to sign a peace agreement that ended 10 years of a bloody civil w...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 09:11hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
ZUJ member launches picture and art exhibition
Photojournalist and ZUJ member, Darius Mutamba on Wednesday launched a picture and art exhibition at the KooVah Gallery in Harare.Mutamba is the son of prominent journalist Shepherd.ZU...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Police arrest photojournalist for busting them
POLICE in Chiredzi arrested freelance photojournalist, Dumisani Zvandasara for allegedly taking pictures of them transacting private business at a roadblock.Zvandasara, who is accredited by th...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tough being a poor black child in South Africa
Above is a photo I took on 08 April 2015 at around 10:00 am. What I observed happening between those two boys, one white and one black broke my heart and made me cry, literally. Let me narrate the...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Velempini Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo defends Mugabe photograph deletion
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo has defended the controversial action by State security agents who forced photojournalists to delete photographs of President Rober...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Alick Macheso summoned to Central Police Station
Sungura musician Alick Macheso was yesterday summoned to Harare Central Police Station where police wanted to question him in connection with allegations that he is inciting his fans to bash photojou...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe breathes fire over hubby's collapse
A worried First Lady, Grace Mugabe, is said to be apoplectic about the alleged poor planning and response by President Robert Mugabe's aides when the nonagenarian fell at the Harare International Airp...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 16:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Social media goes berserk over Mugabe tumble
Social media went berserk yesterday after pictures and video footage of President Robert Mugabe's fall on Wednesday were released on the Internet.Although photojournalists who had managed to...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rivals feast on Mugabe's collapse
A day after President Robert Mugabe fell off a podium at Harare International Airport, in a worrisome incident that elicited loud gasps of concern among gathered senior government officials, service ...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe falls down stairs in front of supporters - Pictures
Zimbabwe's 90-year-old President Robert Mugabe fell down a staircase on Wednesday as he walked off a podium after addressing supporters at Harare international airport, an AFP correspondent s...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 18:36hrs | | by AFP
Macheso's ex in Suluman show rumpus
There was drama at Suluman Chimbetu's show at Dandaro Inn on Friday night when Alick Macheso's ex-wife Tafadzwa Mapako and some bouncers manhandled journalists accusing them of stalking her.Ma...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tafadzwa Macheso causes stir
There was drama at Suluman Chimbetu's show at Dandaro Inn last Friday night when Alick Macheso's ex-wife Tafadzwa Mapako and some bouncers manhandled journalists accusing them of stalking her....Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 06:39hrs | | by Tawanda Marwizi
Beitbridge crossing scandal
AS A photojournalist I see many negative things, but I try not to focus on them all the time. But this story really needs to be told.Africans pride themselves on the concept of ubuntu, a Nguni...Published: 10 Jan 2015 at 13:56hrs | | by Paballo Thekiso I paballo.thekiso@inl.co.za
War of words at miniskirt march
Miniskirts in all styles - mod, flirty, kicky, sporty and even formal - were on full display in Harare's streets yesterday.Members of a pressure group, Katswe Sisterhood, staged a highly contr...Published: 05 Oct 2014 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police crush MDC-T demo, Maridadi arrested
Harare police came out in full force on Wednesday and crushed a planned ‘jobs demonstration and handing over of a petition to parliament' by opposition MDC-T youths on Wednesday.Police in fu...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe denying millions of their rights'
Amnesty International (AI) has accused President Robert Mugabe of denying millions of Zimbabweans their basic human rights, a year after being sworn in.The AI deputy director, Noel Kututwa...Published: 23 Aug 2014 at 17:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim Mail female photographer released with swollen hand
The Zimbabwe Mail photographer arrested and beaten by police while covering an MDC-T youth demonstration in Harare today has been discharged without charge.The publication's editor Constan...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Bosso star grabs and kisses till operator, dragged to court
FORMER Highlanders player Lincoln Siwela was yesterday fined for indecent assault after he grabbed and kissed a till operator in a Bulawayo supermarket.Siwela, 30, of Mzilikazi suburb, appeare...Published: 11 Jun 2014 at 07:09hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Bona Mugabe's 18 hr wedding
HARARE - The wedding of President Robert Mugabe's daughter, Bona, is going to take a breathtaking 18 hours, with security and logistical hurdles likely to throw a damper on the nuptials....Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Security officer who assaulted photojournalist granted bail
Lilongwe, Malawi -The Lilongwe Magistrate Court has granted bail to Youngson Chilinda, the chief security officer at the Parliament of Malawi who is being charged with ‘assault occasioning ...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 14:33hrs | | by MISA
Chief security officer at Parliament arrested, denies assaulting photojournalist
Malawi - Youngson Chilinda, chief security officer at the Parliament of Malawi spent the weekend behind bars following his arrest on Saturday, 1 June 2013 for assaulting female journalist, Thoko Chiko...Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 22:01hrs | | by Aubrey Chikungwa
Three storm chasers killed by Oklahoma tornadoes
Three storm chasers were among 13 people killed by tornadoes that rampaged through central Oklahoma on Friday, underscoring the high risk of tracking tornadoes and forcing the media to rethink h...Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 00:25hrs | | by Reuters
Makandiwa's security personnel confiscates NewsDay's camera
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) leader Emmanuel Makandiwa's security personnel on Thursday night briefly confiscated a NewsDay camera while Makandiwa's visiting spiritual father Ghanaian Vic...Published: 01 Jun 2013 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Photojournalist arrested while covering a demonstration
Photojournalist Aaron Ufumeli was on Tuesday arrested while covering a demonstration organised to protest arbitrary arrests of women after 9pm in some parts of the capital.The peaceful protest...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 other people ruining Zimbabwe includes Tsvangirai
GlobalPost's South Africa correspondent, Erin Conway-Smith, has done a article on 5 people responsible for ruining Zimbabwe. The argument is that while Mugabe continues to get all the international at...Published: 17 Jul 2012 at 07:21hrs | | by Ndou paul
Amid assaults on press, Uganda police promise reforms
Joseph Mutebi, a photojournalist for the popular vernacular state-owned daily Bukedde, spent his afternoon trying to file a complaint with the police in the capital, Kampala. "First they told me the o...Published: 08 Jun 2012 at 20:41hrs | | by CPJ
Freed from Zim prison - Kiwi journo speaks for the first time
A foreign photojournalist Robin Hammond who got arrested in Zimbabwe for working undercover for four months speaks for the first time after being released from prison....Published: 20 May 2012 at 05:20hrs | | by Robin Hammond
Kiwi journalist tells of horror Zim jail
London - A photojournalist from New Zealand who was arrested in Zimbabwe has been released and spoken of the "hell" of spending 25 days in the country's jails, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reporte...Published: 13 May 2012 at 18:29hrs | | by Sapa
Zuma - Khama 'touched on' Zimbabwe's GPA issue
Gaborone. Botswana government's spokesperson, Dr Jeff Ramsay has hinted that President Ian Khama and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma 'touched on' the issue of Botswana supporting Zuma a...Published: 03 Mar 2012 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA camp teaches fear and hatred: VIDEO
Journalist and videographer Elles van Gelder and photojournalist Ilvy Njiokiktjien, spent a week in the veld at a right-wing organization Kommandokorps, situated 230km east of Johannesburg.The...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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