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Barak Obama is out of touch about Kamala!
Brother Obama, president (2008-2016) is himself the cause for the decline of support among blacks for the Democratic Party.The entry of former president Barak Obama into the fray on behalf of ...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:03hrs | 169 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Teacher exodus threatens the future of Zimbabwe's education system
KUDZAI Chideme, 42, stepped into the teaching profession after completing her diploma in marketing and failing to secure a job in the private sector. It was 2008. At the time, finding work in public e...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in a catch-22 situation
I MUST begin by apologising, dear reader, for not informing you that I will no longer deliver my instalment weekly as had become the tradition.I received a few inquiries and some scolding from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Neighbour scalds mother, baby with cooking oil
A 23-year-old woman, Vanessa Nyakabawu from Epworth appeared in court on Thursday last week after being accused of scolding her neighbour and baby with boiling cooking oil, leaving them with critical ...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 15:31hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Phophi slams Mnangagwa's allies for seeking private hospitals in South Africa
Under fire MEC for Health in Limpopo, Phophi Ramathuba has defended her fierce rants at a Zimbabwean patient and further slammed Zimbabwe government officials for brazen free spending on their own tre...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenager attacks grandmother with wooden stick
An 18 YEAR-OLD Mudzi who assaulted his grandmother with a wooden stick was arraigned before Mutoko magistrate last week....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 02:14hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Susan Mutami saga: 'Mnangagwa must resign, or bring back Mohadi!'
SOCIAL media users have demanded President Emmerson Mnangagwa to either resign from office or bring back his tainted deputy Kembo Mohadi, who quit his job after a dramatic expose' of his sexual shenan...Published: 24 Jul 2022 at 10:06hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Father-in-law in court for demanding money from son-in-law
A man from Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo dragged his father-in-law to court to seek a peace order against him for frequenting his home to demand money for food and rent.Tabson Mathe (43) said his...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
My heart is in Zimbabwe!
As we pass from the year 2020, let us establish some homegrown truths about ourselves as Zimbabweans.While I will challenge our readers to this debate, on penalty of paying a fine of a goat if...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Ken Mufuka
Teacher hounded for door-stepping Mavima
A GOKWE teacher has been hauled before a disciplinary committee to answer to misconduct charges after he allegedly confronted Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima over poor remuneratio...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher facing disciplinary action after 'scolding' Minister Paul Mavima
A Zimbabwe school teacher was on Wednesday due to appear before a disciplinary committee over charges of misconduct for scolding the education minister.The teacher, from a rural school in cent...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 18:38hrs | | by Staff repoter
Teen hides lover in bucket
AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl reportedly hid her lover in big water bucket after she was caught red-handed by her father whilst in the house.Mildred Nyamapanda was then chased away by her father S...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies gun for Mudzuri
DIVISIONS rocking the MDC Alliance played out in the open yesterday when allies of party leader Mr Nelson Chamisa confronted vice president Engineer Elias Mudzuri, scolding him in public for having at...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine worker killed over beer
A 42-year-old Mvuma mine worker was allegedly murdered by three colleagues in cold blood during a beer brawl and his body was dumped in a 20-metre-deep shaft.Jonathan Mpofu (42), of Mawize Vil...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections never reflect will of the people, but that of soldiers and criminals
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said Zimbabweans have always cried that the elections usually do not reflect the will of the people without taking measures to make them do so."If you c...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Delusions of Zimbabwe intellectuals
JUST like the media, intellectualism is often overrated as both a source of truth and of accurate information - more so in the field of socio-political commentary.Blatantly partial academic po...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Reason Wafawarova
Advice to MDC Allians:Know what to oppose and what to support
The opposition politicians must know what to oppose and what to support unless if they want to lose respect in the eyes of the citizens . There are people who just oppose something without reasoning s...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 13:12hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
Chamisa, Khupe talks crumble
Talks to reunite the feuding MDC-T factions have virtually collapsed with the Thokozani Khupe led formation saying it will not go to bed with a political outfit that is full of gangsters and is about ...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti is offside on the British loan to Zim businesses
The opposition politicians must know what to oppose and what to support unless if they want to lose respect in the eyes of the citizens.The Tendai Biti attack on the $100M private sector loan ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 11:00hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chamisa, Khupe agree to resolve differences
THE two warring MDC-T leaders, Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe, who are fighting over use of the opposition party's name and symbols following their acrimonious split last month, have reportedly ag...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa weaker than Mugabe
MDC-T Deputy President Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa was a weaker opponent than his predecessor, President Robert Mugabe and comes as a God given gift to the opposition that had str...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Discussing Tsvangirai's illness and need to resign is 'unAfrica' says Ncube - usual nonsensical appeasement
"I just find it astonishing. Just about my upbringing in every respect tells me that we should not have a conversation like that (Tsvangirai's health and whether he should hand over MDC leadership to ...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 14:52hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
The next suicide threat you come across isn't a joke!
Suicide is fast becoming a quick fix to intolerable depression. While we try to preserve the only life we have; every one hour, some other people are trying to lose theirs - intentionally. Stories of ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
Grace Mugabe always a volatile character
Accused of assaulting a young model in a Johannesburg hotel, the wife of President Robert Mugabe is a fiery character with political ambitions who describes herself as the "mother of the nation" and w...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:40hrs | | by FArai Mutsaka
Grace Mugabe was combative long before assault case
Accused of assaulting a young model in a Johannesburg hotel, the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is a fiery character with political ambitions who describes herself as the "mother of the na...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 19:02hrs | | by AP
Rex Nhongo book a thriller set in Zimbabwe
Title: The Death of Rex NhongoAuthor: C.B. GeorgePublisher: Brown & CompanyI was fascinated by this novel - by its supple, subtle, multi-stranded narrative, certainly, and by its a...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Reviewed by Lee Child
Man on the run after axing father to death
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Masvingo man who allegedly fatally struck his father on the head with an axe after the father attempted to restrain him from assaulting his wife.The man su...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aligned war vets call for Jonathan Moyo to be fired
Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo must be dismissed from Zanu-PF and Government for his unbecoming behaviour, the Zimbabwe National Lib...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Those who oppose Mugabe must be captured and beaten: a rejoinder
In the history of the country the liberation struggle has been personalized to the extent it has lost purpose, meaning and impact. Bearing in mind that the struggle was to liberate Zimbabweans in spee...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 20:57hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Pupil by day, hooker by night
IT is 11PM and she has attended to two men; three more and her work for the night will be done.But she has to make sure that her night shift ends before 2AM, if it doesn't, then she is doo...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff writer
Opposition similar to Satan - Zanu PF claims
Zanu PF Bindura South MP Remigious Matangira on Tuesday infuriated MDC-T legislators when he likened the opposition to Satan.Contributing to President Robert Mugabe's speech an animated Matang...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 08:12hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mugabe reveals how he survived 2008 election defeat
President Robert Mugabe last week revealed how he survived a first round election defeat to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in 2008 and the ridicule he suffered on the international stage because of hi...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 07:10hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Woman, 31, punches, kicks 5-year-old neighbour
A FIVE-year-old girl was rushed to hospital after her 31-year-old neighbour punched and kicked her for fighting with her daughter, a court heard.Caroline Ndiweni of Pumula South told a court s...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Melody Baya
Why the people of Bulawayo should be voting Zapu in June 10 By-elections
The people of Bulawayo find themselves in an interesting position. Out of 14 constituencies that have been voluntarily relinquished by the MDC parties, five of those are in Bulawayo by coinc...Published: 17 May 2015 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Bokani Vundla
Insults make Mugabe look 'petty' and 'vindictive'
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has come under fire for using "un-presidential" language and insulting political foes who cannot respond to his tirades because he is protected by law.Constitutional l...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 04:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe told that 'Leadership is not sexually transmitted'
Two months after launching her political career, Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe may be watching the beginning of its end according to observers.There has been criticism that Zanu-PF is...Published: 18 Oct 2014 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe using Grace to read mood of the nation analyst says
First Lady Grace Mugabe may be watching the beginning of the end of her newly launched political career, analysts warn.There has been criticism that Zanu-PF is behaving like a leaderless herd,...Published: 18 Oct 2014 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to Grace Mugabe
Just as we all thought that Amai was going to do the logical thing and take a neutral political stance in ZANU PF's fractious situation, and shame the divisive elements within the party, she has the...Published: 18 Oct 2014 at 09:47hrs | | by Retired Lt. Colonel Kudzai Mbudzi
Unseen stones pelt boy (12)
IN an unfolding macabre real life drama that reads like a gothic horror movie script, a 12-year-old boy in Mabvengwa Village in Marange area is being pelted by stones and is occasionally being strangl...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 16:08hrs | | by Ray Bande
Man vows to disrupt ex's wedding
A jilted man in Bulawayo has threatened to stall his ex-girlfriend's wedding by storming into the wedding hall to raise his hand during an altar call by the officiating priest if there will be any...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife fumes after hubby interrupts sex session with lover
A CHITUNGWIZA man on Monday told the court that his promiscuous wife lashed out at him for calling her while she was having sex with her boyfriend.Elisha Mandirahwe said this at the Chitungwi...Published: 08 May 2014 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby kisses cellphone first when answering calls from mistress
A HARARE woman yesterday left a court in stitches when she kissed her mobile phone twice while demonstrating how her husband kisses it before answering calls from his girlfriend.Gladys Matiza...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 09:08hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Seretse Khama Ian Khama is Right
The Sunday mail 26 Jan - 1 Feb 2014 edition seemed hurt by the breaking ranks of Botswana with SADC. Khama is speaking on behalf of the Botswana people so the views of the Botswana people should ...Published: 27 Jan 2014 at 16:31hrs | | by Zanda Shumba, Nyazura
Man scalds lover with water over child support
A VICTORIA FALLS woman is nursing serious injuries after being allegedly scalded with hot water by her boyfriend whom she had confronted demanding that he takes care of their minor child.This ...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over beer dispute with father
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Beatrice on Monday committed suicide following a dispute with his father over beer. Acting Mashonaland East Provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nobert Muzondo...Published: 15 Nov 2013 at 02:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Female pilot struggles to get aviation job
GROWING up in the dusty streets of Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb, Elizabeth Vavashe never dreamt of boarding a helicopter, let alone flying one. Despite all the challenges and the stereotypes, V...Published: 02 Nov 2013 at 07:12hrs | | by Leisure Correspondent
Barack Obama to seek opening with Republicans
Washington - US President Barack Obama is hosting top House Republicans on Thursday to seek an opening in an impasse that has shut down much of the government and threatens a catastrophic federal defa...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 03:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe ridicules 'ignorant' Tsvangirai who was a pain to work with
President Mugabe yesterday ridiculed MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai saying he was an ignorant leader who was a pain to work with.Addressing mourners at the burial of Retired Air Commodore Mike ...Published: 26 Aug 2013 at 08:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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