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ANC becomes first liberation movement to hand power back to white minority
On the eve of Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration as South Africa's president for an uncertain second term he's unlikely to complete; a term certain to be remembered as the lowest moment for the ANC since ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo
Western Diplomats blast Chamisa...call him incompetent or ZANU PF front
Senior journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has teared into Nelson Chamisa accusing his of a self-centered leadership style which has caused the Citizens Coalition for Change to suffer a still birth. ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 12 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Dembare switch off Kariba
In a hard-fought Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Nyamhunga, Shadreck Nyahwa netted the decisive goal as Dynamos narrowly defeated ZPC Kariba 1-0.Nyahwa's crucial strike occurred in...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drug syndicate cops jailed two years
Two Chiweshe-based cops who conspired to destroy evidence in a case where a schoolboy bought mbanje from a female drug dealer were today jailed for two years by Concession Magistrate Joshua Nembaware....Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Anything called the Zimbabwean GEIST?
Zimbabwe's GEIST?NATIONS have what Antonio Gramsci terms "particularity of their mind", GEIST in German language, or ESPRIT in French.Here in Africa, thinkers called the same variously...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Drug syndicate cops convicted
Two Chiweshe-based cops who connived with a drug dealer in destroying evidence of cannabis sold to a schoolboy were convicted yesterday by Concession magistrate Joshua Nembaware.The trio Rober...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:05hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teen stabbed to death in Harare school bullying incident
A 17-year-old schoolboy died Monday after being stabbed with a piece of glass by another 17-year-old following an ill-fated school bullying incident in Harare's Churu Farm.Police confirmed the...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 17:27hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Drug syndicate cops languish in prison
A Chiweshe-based cop who allegedly sold cannabis to a schoolboy together with her two investigating officers are still languishing in prison after being denied bail by Concession magistrate Joshua Nem...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Drug syndicate Cops denied bail
A Chiweshe-based cop who allegedly sold cannabis to a schoolboy together with her two investigating officers were denied bail by a Concession magistrate yesterdayPolice officers from Chombira ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Schoolboy knifed to death after confronting neighbouring school bully
A 16-year-old schoolboy from Founders High School in Bulawayo was knifed to death after confronting two other pupils from a neighbouring school for bullying his friend, police said.Wayne Ndlov...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Cop sells weed to schoolboy
A Chiweshe based cop who sold cannabis to a school boy together with her two investigating officers are in soup after they were dragged to Concession magi...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 19:58hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mthuli Ncube skating on thin ice
THE $4,5 trillion 2023 national budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday has set tongues wagging.Firstly, $4,5 trillion is way above the $3,9 trillion projected revenue fo...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (10) brutally attacked over father's love 'affair'
A 34-year-old Zvishavane man allegedly waylaid his neighbour's 10-year-old boy on his way to school and attacked him with a machete to spite the schoolboy's father whom he suspected to be cheating wit...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 8 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
The effects of bogus Zifa actions on Zimbabwe youth
As Zimbabwe remains suspended from international football, players in the country – from a very promising rookie who made his national team debut as a schoolboy to the established professionals plyi...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets 5th dan karate black belt
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was yesterday honoured with a 5th dan karate black belt as part of a recognition of his contribution to the country's sport.His footprint in sport has seen more resource al...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's Independence Cup boost
HIGHLANDERS' Independence Cup preparations against perennial rivals Dynamos received a boost yesterday when midfielder Nqobizitha Masuku returned to full training after recovering from an ankle injury...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Castle Lager Premiership takes Easter break
THE Castle Lager Premiership football will take a break this weekend for the Easter Holidays.The league resumes on April 23 with a full Week 12 programme.The intermission will also aff...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy (17) in court for raping his sister (8)
A 17-year-old Howmine Secondary School pupil has appeared in court, facing two counts of rape.He is alleged to have raped his 8-year-old sister.The pupil pleaded guilty to count one bu...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's oligarchs: The heirs of Cecil Rhodes
As Zimbabwe's economy has spiralled down, with one million economic refugees in South Africa alone and ordinary people facing shortages of food, fuel, medicine and shelter, there is a class of people ...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Phillip van Niekerk and a Zim-based Research Team
Boy found dead in school toilet
An unidentified boy was on Monday found dead in a girl's toilet at Ntutha Primary school, Bulawayo.Details on circumstances leading to his death are yet to be established as the police are inv...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Police bust sexual perverts syndicate
POLICE in Harare have busted a social media criminal syndicate which has been targeting and luring schoolboys for sodomy.Addressing journalists in the capital yesterday, national police spokes...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gay syndicate targets schoolboys
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has unearthed a syndicate of gay male child molestors targeting school boys and assaulting them.Investigations have revealed that the syndicate, which involves bus...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Warriors out of World Cup qualifiers
Zimbabwe 0 – 1 GhanaWARRIORS' goalkeeper Talbert Shumba's shocking howler drove the final nail in Zimbabwe's quest for the 2022 World Cup, following the defeat to Ghana, at the Natio...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
When the judiciary abuses the liberators; Revolution under attack (The Zuma debacle)
When I was a prosecutor in the 1990's in Zimbabwe we had some prosecutors and lawyers who would come into court and make submissions which will be aimed at the people sitting in the gallery. They were...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ugandan former child soldier turned rebel commander jailed for 25 years for war crimes
A former Ugandan child soldier who became a rebel commander has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, said Domini...Published: 06 May 2021 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man robs schoolboy of $5, pays for sex services
A Dotito man, Joseph Mafios (23) allegedly pounced on a 15-year-old who was coming from studies around 9pm on Thursday and robbed him of cash.The minor told Mafios that he had no money but Maf...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:15hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Dotito
Bulilima teenager survives hippo attack
A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy from ward 22, Bulilima in Matabeleland South province survived a hippopotamus attack that left him severely wounded while on his way to school on Wednesday.Villagers sa...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
SK Moyo too junior to be Vice president
In November 2017 Zapu Harare provincial secretary-general Elphacy Dube said the province was throwing its weight behind Khaya Moyo. Zapu Harare province jumped the gun and suggested SK Moyo without co...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Colin Khumalo
When Zimbabwean leaders are so fearful of their own citizens, it's not the nation's fault, but the leaders themselves
One thing that most of us in Zimbabwe grew up being bewildered with, was always watching on the daily main news bulletin, the president moving around completely surrounded by bodyguards - actually, he...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
School under probe for brutal assault on pupils
Some pupils at Chemhanza High School in Hwedza are nursing visible back injuries after allegedly being assaulted by the deputy head, with no details of the possible misconduct yet available. B...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions maintaining discipline on Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must listen to what the people are saying. We have had election disputes in Zimbabwe since time immemorial. They became more pronounced in 2000 when the late MDC founding ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | | by Worried
David Pocock set for return to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE-BORN David Pocock, one of the finest rugby union players to represent Australia, has announced his retirement from the sport to pursue his interests in grassroots rugby and conservation in hi...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy (17) 'commits suicide'
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Nkayi in Matabeleland North allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Mafela Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb. Mpilo Khumalo's body was ...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cowdray Park girl forced to walk home undressed
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to an effective six months in prison for assaulting and ordering her son's girlfriend to walk undressed on the street after she found the two lovers in the sch...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Chamisa hitting the right strings?
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa appears to be taking his supporters for a ride through his claims that his party would ensure that President Emmerson Mnangagwa would not see through his term, which official...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
Pupil (15) suspended for 'drug abuse' approaches High Court
A FORM Four pupil at Falcon College in Esigodini, who was suspended from attending school for alleged drug abuse, has approached the High Court challenging his expulsion. The 15-year-old schoo...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
High school boys 'beef' turns Bulawayo CBD into warzone
IN A split second, a usually uneventful street corner adjacent to the Chronicle building is suddenly turned into a war zone by a handful of boys from Milton and Gifford high schools. The boys ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Answers still needed for Warriors horror show
THE horror show in Egypt as we succumbed to a 4-0 thumping to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at AFCON on Sunday night sums up the mediocrity in the ranks of Zimbabwean football. We wer...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 17:11hrs | | by Phillip Zulu
Chipezeze crashes Warriors out of 2019 Afcon finals
Zimbabwe 0-4 DRC A NIGHTMARISH performance by stand-in goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze dominated a horror night for the Warriors as they crashed out of the 2019 Afcon finals, under a cloud of humiliati...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop acquitted of brutally assaulting teen suspect
A POLICE officer, together with his two accomplices, who were facing charges of brutally assaulting a Msitheli High School student (16) in April, have been acquitted by a Bulawayo magistrate due to la...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop 'abducting, brutally assaulting' schoolboy over cellphone
A BULAWAYO police officer and a city council security officer are accused of abducting and brutally assaulting a schoolboy (16), leaving him for dead after pulling his private parts.The two ac...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Customs and traditions where are we?
Since time immemorial customs and traditions have guided humanity in how things are done and why. The hand me down 'guide book' has never been real yet no one seem to stray big time from the set norms...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:35hrs | | by Thomas Murisa.
Schoolboy 'rapes' two minors
A FORM Three pupil from Esigodini has been issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to turn up in court for allegedly raping two school girls on separate occasions while they were on their way ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy was murdered
A SCHOOLBOY from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo who was certified by a post-mortem last month to have died due to excessive alcohol consumption was actually killed, a second post-mortem has revealed. ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death robs Zimbabwe sport
This year has not been so kind to the Zimbabwean sporting fraternity after three of the country's arguably biggest luminaries took their last breaths.Former Tennis Zimbabwe (TZ) president Paul...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman fined for failure to secure firearm
A BULAWAYO businesswoman, whose 15- year-old son ganged up with an accomplice and allegedly robbed a United States-based student of $35 on Christmas Eve at gunpoint, was yesterday fined $100 or 30 day...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pupil barred from school over beard
St John'S College has been accused of discriminating against students on racial and religious grounds after a Muslim pupil was barred from attending lessons for refusing to shave his beard. Th...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Desperate Mnangagwa exposed after premature oil announcement
Invictus' rebuttal of oil discovery claims is not only an embarrassment on the person of Mnangagwa but exposes the insatiable appetite to score cheap political points by the current regime.The...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 13:54hrs | | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
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