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Baby drowns while mother has sex with boyfriend
A-THREE-YEAR old baby boy fell into a pit and drowned while his mother was allegedly indulging in sex inside her boyfriend's house in Bulawayo.Police on Monday rescued the couple as Cowdray Pa...Published: 2 hrs ago | 2796 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes cheating sugar mummy
A 26-year-old Mberengwa man was sentenced to three months in prison for bashing his 46-year-old cougar for allegedly flirting with another man, the court heard.Freedom Moyo from Chimoko Villag...Published: 3 hrs ago | 911 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Undenge trial fails to kick off
The trial of ex-minister Dr Samuel Undenge failed to kick off at the Harare magistrates court today with the State applying for a postponement because its key witness Mr Noah Gwariro is reportedly sic...Published: 5 hrs ago | 760 | by Staff reporter
Man attacked for 'outstanding sex worker bill'
A KwaZulu-Natal man was allegedly subjected to an assault and robbery after a woman, thought to be a sex worker, accused him of not paying for services rendered.Reaction Unit South Africa (RUS...Published: 6 hrs ago | 701 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker dies at client's house
A SUSPECTED sex worker died yesterday at her client's house in Bulawayo's Barbourfields suburb.Polite Ncube (29) of 4039 Mbuyazwe, Barbourfields suburb said Hazel Sibanda (27) died at around 1...Published: 9 hrs ago | 4255 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fan sustained serious body injuries
A Highlanders Football Club fan is battling for life in the Intensive Care Unit after he fell from the terraces during a match between the Bulawayo giants and Shabanie Mine on Sunday. Police said it i...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sucked into Chivayo's mess
Angry members of Parliament plan to summon President Emmerson Mnangagwa to explain his government's contentious decision to retain controversial "tenderpreneur" Wicknell Chivayo on the $200 million Gw...Published: 11 hrs ago | 4240 | by Staff reporter
Junta, spooks, scribes enter Zanu-PF primaries
THE upcoming Zanu-PF primary elections have set a new record with over 100 former soldiers, State spies, police officers, business executives and journalists from the private and State media on the pa...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Villagers defy riot police
HUNDREDS of Chiadzwa villagers yesterday defied the heavy presence of riot police officers and went ahead with their demonstration against Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC)'s alleged failur...Published: 12 hrs ago | 544 | by Staff reporter
Police had turned partisan, says Charamba
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday admitted that it had turned partisan and failed to professionally execute its duties during former President Robert Mugabe's reign, but had now turned a ne...Published: 12 hrs ago | 898 | by Staff reporter
Chief Musarurwa shoots relative
MASHONALAND East Senator and traditional leader Chief Musarurwa (real name Enos Masakwa) is being probed by police for "accidentally" shooting his nephew in Chivhu last week.The victim, Onias ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 960 | by Staff reporter
Police dark era must remain in the past
YESTERDAY, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) admitted that they have, in the past, been used as a paramilitary force for the Zanu-PF elite.But the law enforcement agents begged Zimbabweans to...Published: 12 hrs ago | 320 | by Staff reporter
Mine collapse victims named
POLICE have released the names of six people who died after a tunnel at disused Old Motapa Mine in Bubi District, Matabeleland North Province, caved-in last Thursday afternoon.National police ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over $40
A 44-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb allegedly hanged himself following a misunderstanding with his brother over $40 last Thursday.Mr Nelson Ndiweni was found hanging from a tree...Published: 12 hrs ago | 484 | by Staff reporter
Mapfumo is a 'coward' he ran away from Mugabe, Chinehasha - how naïve, fighting is NOT done
"Cowards die before death visits them, did he not run away from his shadow or was it a real crime that he absconded from? The guilty are afraid, always afraid. If indeed Mukanya is a human rights ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1196 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Khupe rigged him and he stands
As a parliamentarian, he was an effective prolific debater second to non. Those who worked with him in parliament will attest that he had a way of persuading people without causing conflict. A gentlem...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2017 | by Henery Madiro
Sex worker dies at client's house
A SUSPECTED sex worker died on Monday morning at her client's house in Bulawayo's Babourfields suburb.Bulawayo Metropolitan police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango confirmed receiving a...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 18:27hrs | 5473 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fan battles for life after falling from terraces
A Highlanders Football Club fan is battling for life in the Intensive Care Unit after he fell from the terraces during a match between the Bulawayo giants and Shabanie Mine on Sunday. Police said it i...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 18:23hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Davido, Boity fight at hotel
NIGERIAN superstar Davido and South African celebrity presenter Boity are reported to have had a nasty confrontation at a local hotel after the 30 Billion Concert held at the Harare International Conf...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 16:28hrs | 7000 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa create courts for politically motivated crimes
Zimbabwe has set up special courts to try crimes connected to a presidential election scheduled to be held between July and August this year, police said."The judiciary in liaison with the pol...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Charamba warns Zimbabwe political parties
ZRP 2018 elections Commander Snr Ass Comm Makodza has warned political parties and their members to desist from engaging in political violence as they hold primary elections and harmonised polls. ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 15:13hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
2 bulls in the new dispensation kraal
A potential conflict and possibly a constitutional crisis might emerge if President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not deal with overlapping responsibilities between him and his equally powerful deputy, Vice...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:32hrs | 3437 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs face axe
A number of senior Zanu-PF officials risk losing their parliamentary seats after they failed to avoid primary elections in their constituencies.Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, Information ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 14:13hrs | 3926 | by Staff reporter
WATCH:Marange diamond fields demonstration
Soldiers and police with guns and dogs are at the Marange protest and are blocking peaceful protestors from proceeding. Police have already fired warning shots and tear gas canisters. https://...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 11:05hrs | 2011 | by Staff reporter
The importance of responsible leadership
There is a well-known saying in politics that the "perfect is the enemy of the good". This means that while there are unreasonably high expectations for a certain politician or policy to be perfect, w...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:24hrs | 283 | by Mike, Harare
Big guns enter Zanu PF primaries
Zanu PF primaries in Masvingo to be held on May 5, 2018 have probably attracted bigger names than any other election in the last 13 years, with reputable captains of industry, famed academics and seas...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:32hrs | 3158 | by Masvingo Mirror
Zimbabwean govt abandoned students to die in foreign lands
Letter to the Zimbabwean Government and the Algerian Government from Zimbabwean students on the Bi Lateral Presidential scholarship studying in AlgeriaF...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1449 | by Zimbabwean students in Algeria
'Prophet ordered me to bed 500 women'
A CHIVI serial rapist serving an effective 72 years in jail for eight counts of rape said he hid in a mountain, large sums of money that he found in his house every day after he was initiated in...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1422 | by Staff reporter
10 million rand 'fraudster' faces extradition to SA
PROSECUTORS in Victoria Falls have applied for the extradition of a Zimbabwean man who is wanted in South Africa for allegedly stealing more than R10 million from a company he worked for in the neighb...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Rescued gold panner dies
ONE of the four illegal gold panners rescued from a tunnel that caved in at the disused Old Motapa Mine in Bubi District, Matabeleland North Province, has died.Five bodies were retrieved from ...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:01hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops in court over fake fines book
Two female traffic police officers based at Avondale Police Station in Harare appeared in court after they were found with fake Z69J books which they were using to fine traffic offenders and convertin...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa linked invaders dare Grace Mugabe
Clad in a dirty white T-Shirt emblazoned with the face of a glum Emmerson Mnangagwa, an illegal gold miner sifts through brownish wet sands and points out to a group of journalists, "this is gold"....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri found in Malawi
Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri whose world is collapsing around him, reportedly sought and found refuge at his wife's family home in Malawi where he is said to be nursing an undi...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:33hrs | 16237 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga fast-gaining a reputation as a no-nonsense politician
VICE-president Constantino Chiwenga is fast-gaining a reputation as a no-nonsense politician after summarily dismissing 15 000 striking nurses, but analysts have warned his leadership style is not con...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:32hrs | 2543 | by Staff reporter
Trio steals 28 buckets of amacimbi
THREE Beitbridge men have been arrested for stealing 28 buckets of amacimbi valued at $720 from a harvester.Thokozani Chirukure, Themba Machakari and Sydney Moyo sped off after they loaded Mr ...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:13hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Gold Baron acquitted of attempted murder
AN Esigodini-based gold baron has been acquitted of attempted murder charges after the court failed to find incriminating evidence against him that he shot and injured two men who were drinking in his...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:13hrs | 243 | by Staff reporte
Woman kills father-in-law over egg
A 29-YEAR-OLD woman from Gutu in Masvingo has been arrested after she fatally struck her father-in-law with a log after he mistakenly broke a chicken egg which was due for hatching, police confirmed....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:12hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Man (30) kills drinking mate over puppy
A Chiweshe man allegedly killed his drinking mate accusing him of failing to look after his puppy in Majanga village, Rosa, Chiweshe hence leaving villagers shell shocked.Kudakwashe Chikukwa (...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:49hrs | 234 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Will 'frail' Mugabe agree to appear before parliament?
A Zimbabwe parliament committee has summoned former president Robert Mugabe to give evidence on May 9 over diamond corruption costing billions of dollars, underlining his fall from power after 37 year...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 12:27hrs | 2244 | by AFP
Outrage over Mohadi's SA trip
Vice President Kembo Mohadi's trip to South Africa where he is seeking treatment for an undisclosed ailment sparked outrage yesterday, coming at a time government has aggravated the dire situation in ...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 12:01hrs | 3544 | by Staff reporter
Acid woman to sue police officers
A 31-YEAR-OLD Victoria Falls woman, who was allegedly forced to sit on an acidic substance by 10 police officers, is contemplating suing the officers after the Zimbabwe Republic Police failed to revea...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:56hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
+15 gold panners feared dead after 24hr-trap
At least 15 people are feared dead after a tunnel of a disused Old Motapa Mine in Bubi District, Matabeleland North Province, caved-in on Thursday afternoon.Rescue workers had by yesterday ret...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 11:46hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating Independence Day
How much did the government spend on yesterday's independence celebrations country wide? Clearly the answer is millions of dollars - but was it worth it? For any reasoning person the answer must be a ...Published: 21 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 171 | by Chikuni Gaba
41 senior cops transferred
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has rung another shake-up, with the law enforcement agency transferring 41 senior police officers and 19 juniors.The move is one in many redeployments effected i...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:29hrs | 3575 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cop implicates bosses in fake fines book scam
A theft-accused Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer openly told a court that spot fines that he collected from motorists during highway patrols were pocketed by their bosses instead of going to Sta...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 14:28hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition can win 'if it overwhelms polls'
Former president Robert Mugabe's attempts to stay in the limelight and a new party formed with his blessing could be good for the opposition in Zimbabwe's upcoming elections, #ThisFlag pastor Evan Maw...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:11hrs | 930 | by Carien Du Plessis
Do not take barracks habits to civilian civil service - War vet tells Chiwenga
An Ex Zipra veteran Max Mkandla has warned Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop taking the army barracks habits, where command is an elemen...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:02hrs | 10683 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T activist assaulted, kidnapped by soldiers
A Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) activist Stewart Rupiya was reportedly assaulted by members of the Zimbabwe National Army and subsequently kidnapped on Independence Day in Bindura.Eye...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 10:30hrs | 2034 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chiwenga to finish off 'running coward' Mnangagwa's presidential term?
To be honest there are few Army Generals in the world that would single handedly deploy the army to neutralise all state organs, freeze the sitting president, negotiate political power and then search...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 10:19hrs | 11125 | by Wilson Mahlafuna Sibanda & Khohliso Maqhoba
Masvingo NGOs forge ahead
Masvingo NGOs have said that funding challenges will not break their will power to deliver progress and development in the province.This came out at a membership meeting that was held in Masvi...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:45hrs | 737 | by NANGO
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