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Mnangagwa should learn from Ramaphosa's mature approach to international recognition
On the global stage, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has long been an emblem of measured leadership and diplomatic tact, in stark contrast to his counterpart in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mn...Published: 24 hrs ago | 453 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans arrested over theft of State vehicle parts in SA
Two Zimbabwean nationals, aged 26 and 37, are set to appear before the Belfast Magistrate's Court following their arrest on Tuesday, November 19, 2024. The pair was apprehended in possession of stripp...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 14:53hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Woman beats up naked would-be-rapist
A 20-year-old man from Chief Nyajena's area in Masvingo has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to rape a 37-year-old woman who was walking to Nyamande Business Centre.Accord...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:44hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Cursed father rapes daughter for 3 years
A 41-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho man has been dragged to court for allegedly repeatedly raping his 13-year-old daughter from the time she turned 10.The man, whose name has been withheld to protect the vic...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:53hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Warriors call ups manipulated to disadvantage some teams
In recent weeks, tensions have flared within Zimbabwe's football circles as several top club coaches voiced frustration over national team call-ups disrupting their squads in key matches. These disput...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:01hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands apology, reparations from Britain for colonial atrocities
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the British government to formally apologize for the historical injustices endured by indigenous Zimbabweans during the colonial era, which spanned from 1890...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:33hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Cops rapes juvenile domestic worker
A 47-YEAR-OLD police officer stationed at Tshabalala Police Station in Bulawayo was recently dragged to court accused of raping his maid.The police officer appeared before Bulawayo regional ma...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:35hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga battle lines drawn
The recently concluded ZANU-PF conference has unveiled deepening rifts within the ruling party, with factions positioning themselves for the succession battle of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Tensions...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:29hrs | 5432 | by Staff reporter
SA constitution serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda
The MK Party has called for the scrapping of South Africa's constitution, claiming it serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda. The party, led by former president Jacob Zuma who was in the A...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for licking niece's private parts
A 30-year-old Chiweshe man was sent to jail by a Bindura regional magistrate on Friday after he fondled his nine-year-old niece's breasts before licking her private parts.Nyasha Munhuweyi will...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 21:22hrs | 1892 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Menstrual cycle saves university student
A Bindura-based university student was lucky to escape being gang raped after the suspects found her on her monthly periods.The matter came to light at Bindura regional magistrates courts on F...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:23hrs | 1861 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
East49 pool club harass Villagers in Guruve
Guruve-based pool teams (clubs) have been shown exit doors by reigning champions, East49, with the Village Legends team being immediate victim of game-plan harassment during a hotly contested title of...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 10:05hrs | 323 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Edson Mapani recently in Guruve
Zimbabwe's government: The biggest threat to its own currency
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) recent decision to devalue the Zimbabwean Gold (ZiG) by 50% has left the nation reeling. Overnight, the currency's value plummeted from 14 to 23.4 against ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 15:25hrs | 3363 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Army deployment causes alarm in Lupane
Tshongogwe villagers in Lupane, Matabeleland North, were gripped by fear after the unexpected deployment of a large contingent of soldiers to their area.Villagers have expressed alarm at the h...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 17:32hrs | 2965 | by Staff reporter
Murder accused Gweru businessman strips in court
The trial of Peter Dube, a Gweru businessman accused of double murder and two attempted murders, was delayed this week after he displayed erratic behavior in court, raising concerns about his mental s...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
'City of Harare now a crime scene'
The ongoing commission of inquiry into Harare City Council has uncovered alarming levels of corruption, with councillors and senior officials allegedly turning the city into a "crime scene."Th...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 08:10hrs | 3697 | by Staff reporter
South Africa GDP growth is an 'illusion' benefiting the few
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have dismissed the recent GDP growth figures released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) as "misleading", accusing the government and financial institutions of c...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 09:17hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
How a drunk American envoy outed a CIA operative undercover in Zimbabwe
It reads like a script from a B-grade spy movie, but a new disclosure sheds light into the world of US intelligence in Africa. According to US documents, an American government official in Harare may ...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 12:49hrs | 2701 | by Staff reporter
'Bosso has no disciplinary problems'
Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu maintains that his squad is not facing disciplinary issues ahead of their Premier Soccer League derby against Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.Def...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:04hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has managed to make Zimbabweans hate SADC!
Hosting international events is usually met with much joy and pride by the local citizenry. I can just imagine the anticipation and excitement that gripped the people of France as they eagerly...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 12:37hrs | 1546 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pepper spray: New weapon of choice for robbers
And everyone became blind. In just a blink of an eye, the world went blank. It was as if everything had become a distant memory, lost in the midst of the chaos.A wave of intense discomfort was...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:10hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Granny raped 'for grand-daughter's sins'
IN a rather bizarre incident, a 72-year-old woman from Mgadla Village, Matobo District in Matabeleland South province was allegedly raped by her granddaughter's 22-year-old ex-lover as repayment for a...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:09hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-owned care agency is stripped of ability to endorse visas in UK
More than a hundred migrants and their families are at risk of being in the UK illegally after Renaissance Personnel, a care agency based in Brighton, had its sponsor licence revoked by the Home Offic...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:23hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
Fire guts Topics building in Bindura
SEVERAL small retailers were left counting losses after a fire ripped through Topics Building in the Bindura Central Business District (CBD) on Saturday night.One person was injured and proper...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 21:34hrs | 310 | by Staff Reporter
CCC MP demands US$150,000 damages from CIO operatives
Opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Takudzwa Ngadziore has filed a lawsuit at the High Court, demanding US$150,000 from state security agents who allegedly abducted and tortured...Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 14:33hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrest 5 'vicious women' in viral assault video
Police have arrested 5 women from Wedza who were seen on a viral video brutally assaulting another woman who had been stripped naked. The group of women who are in a viral video, mercilessly l...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 09:09hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
SA Home Affairs told to unblock Zimbabwean man's ID
A Man who was more than three years ago suddenly stripped of his South African citizenship by Home Affairs, and who had in the meantime lost his job as a result, turned to the court for a final interd...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:58hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Cold Monday morning for DA, FF+, ACDP, BOSA as Dr John Hlophe elected to JSC
Several parties in the new governing coalition firmly supported Hlophe's nomination, while the Inkatha Freedom Party stayed on the fence.The National Assembly on Tuesday designated John Hlophe...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 12:53hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after Mugabe’s family, relatives
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has reportedly repossessed extensive land holdings belonging to former first lady Grace Mugabe, her daughter Bona, and other relatives, in a move believed to ...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 17:34hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 34 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mnangagwa's son in destructive gold mining
THE once-pristine and picturesque Boterekwa escarpment in Shurugwi, Midlands province, now stands as a haunting monument to the ravages of human exploitation and destructive gold mining activities by ...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:51hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
The imbecility of Macron - 'Africa can't manage the world!'
Imbecility of MacronFollowing a wave of anti-French feelings across Francophone Africa, a former Economic Minister for France, one Thierry Breton, took to twitter and posted the following: "It...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:43hrs | 200 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
SADC Summit exposes Mnangagwa regime incompetence
There is usually nothing out of the ordinary when countries hosting major international events spruce up their existing infrastructure or even construct completely new ones.As a matter of fact...Published: 17 May 2024 at 17:17hrs | 22 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Villagers sell their livestock for a song
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland and Midlands are being forced to sell off their livestock for a song to buy a few bags of maize and other basics as the effects of the El Nino-induced drought set in....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Coventry shares NSS progress report
SPORTS minister Kirsty Coventry says the government has made progress in the sprucing up of the National Sports Stadium to meet Caf standards to host international football.The stadium was clo...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set to announce fate of Zimdollar
Zimbabwe's currency plunged to yet another record low as citizens rushed to the safety of the US dollar amid speculation an announcement from the central bank on the fate of the local unit is imminent...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia, Zimbabwe to re-tender $5bn Batoka hydropower plant
Zambia and Zimbabwe are retendering a $5 billion project to build a hydropower plant they previously awarded to General Electric and Power Construction Corp of China, and expect to select new bidders ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
CID officer loses appeal against 30-year sentence
A FORMER Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officer has lost a Supreme Court appeal against his 30-year sentence for unlawful entry and murder.The Supreme Court bench composed of Justice ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Targeted sanctions were inevitable
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, my deduction is that targeted sanctions were inevitable. It does not augur well for Zimbabwe that you are the first sitting President to be des...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zimbabwe says scorching El Niño pattern is withering corn crop
Zimbabwe warned that farmland planted with corn has shrunk by 12% because of scorching El Niño weather patterns, threatening the nation's food staple and potentially triggering surging prices and soc...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Evicted Zimbabwean families brace for winter without shelter
With just a month ahead of the start of the winter season in Zimbabwe, the harsh reality of survival is hitting hard for Gogo Esther and other displaced families in Harare's Retreat and Waterfalls are...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - the Stockholm syndrome capital of the world!
This morning, my heart broke and fell straight into my guts!I watched with utter dismay and sadness as hundreds of rural villagers in Muzarabani converged, in the sweltering sun, to sing, danc...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 21:10hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kaindu speaks on big game
A FEW days before Highlanders and Dynamos rekindle their rivalry, a rare 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) season opener at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday, the big match feeling has undou...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Children terrorised by invisible creatures
THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magw...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent in AK47 abduction, torture of CCC MP Ngadziore seen in public
A gun-toting Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent caught on video abducting a Citizens Coalition for Change MP has been publicly sighted for the first time since the November 1, 2023, inciden...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biden fall: 'Even Jesus' would have tripped twice
US President Joe Biden tripped twice on Tuesday as he boarded Air Force One for a flight to California. Although the White House has insisted he is in excellent health, the 81-year-old Democrat has pe...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Recall law aiding death of democracy'
The constitutional provisions which allow legislators and councillors to be recalled should be revisited as they are aiding the death of democracy in Zimbabwe, The Carter Center has said.The U...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips rural and peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe
Fear has gripped many rural and peri-urban areas in Zimbabwe after the authorities unleashed a new wave of house demolitions leaving countless families homeless. Already, stranded people are counting ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 20:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
GMB contradicts government on grain supplies
Government and its parastatals are known to pull in the same direction and speak with one voice or sing from the same hymn book. The President , the Minister of Agriculture have all said that ...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by John mbizvo
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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