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Men urged to break the silence on mental health struggles
Men across Zimbabwe are being urged to open up about their mental and physical well-being amid growing concerns over the silent battles many face and the rise in unhealthy coping mechanisms.At...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:34hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo teen in court for allegedly robbing a corpse
An 18-year-old man from Bulawayo has been charged with tampering with a corpse after he allegedly searched the body of a deceased person and stole a mobile phone and wallet.Brandon Sifenyang, ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 17:42hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Prophetic rituals led to children's deaths and haunting by snake spirit
A 53-year-old woman from Hatcliffe, Harare, originally from Marembera in Uzumba, Murehwa, says two of her children mysteriously died after a prophet poured two buckets of water over her in a ritual me...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:30hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
'Haunted family should take traditional route'
Traditional healers have expressed concern over the plight of the Dzapasi family, whose haunting by goblins was featured on Tilder Live last week. While the story of supernatural disturbances in the f...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 11:35hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Former ZNA captain struggles to reclaim job after wrongful incarceration
A former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) captain whose contract was terminated during his wrongful incarceration has expressed frustration after his efforts to reclaim his job have proven unsuccessful. S...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 12:03hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over missing O' Level results in Matebeleland North
Stakeholders in Matebeleland North have expressed growing concern over missing Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level results at several schools in the province, including those ...Published: 27 Jan 2025 at 09:04hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Woman shares heart-wrenching story behind kidnapping of newborn baby
A 39-year-old woman from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo has opened up about the devastating circumstances that led her to kidnap a two-day-old baby from Mpilo Central Hospital in September 2023, an a...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:39hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after accusing wife of witchcraft and infidelity
A 41-year-old man from Burnside, Bulawayo, was found hanging in his garage on Sunday, following a heated altercation with his wife over allegations of infidelity.David Mujuru was discovered by...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 15:24hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs wife after divorce threat
A 35-year-old man from Mazowe, Lucky Fero, is facing attempted murder charges after allegedly stabbing his wife, Faith Manyasha (26), three times on the head and assaulting her with a burning log foll...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:15hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
2 friends commit suicide over wives' infidelity
The Bulawayo community is reeling from the heartbreaking suicides of two close friends, Khumbulani Dube and Nqobizitha Sibanda, whose untimely deaths have shone a light on the emotional struggles many...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:09hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Man dies by suicide after catching wife pants down
A man from Old Lobengula in Bulawayo tragically took his own life on Tuesday morning after reportedly finding his wife in a compromising situation with another man upon returning home from work....Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:05hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
More Bulawayo men commit suicide
Bulawayo has recorded 21 suicide cases since June this year, with an alarming 20 of them involving men, prompting police to call for increased community and family support to promote mental health. Th...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:31hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Harare man seeking help to locate his 2 young daughters
Tinashe Severa from Harare is urgently seeking help to locate his two young daughters, Margaret and Imara, who went missing from school in Harare on June 10, 2024. Margaret is eight years old, and Ima...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:05hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's traditional healers take to TikTok
WEARING a stylish black leather jacket and a red blouse, a denim sun hat covering her dreadlocked head, Gogo Mafirakureva goes live on TikTok.In just the first few minutes of her livestream, a...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:01hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Understanding suicide among diaspora-born youths
The prevalence of media reports highlighting the suicides of young Zimbabweans born in the Diaspora is a deeply concerning issue. The time has come for us as Zimbabweans to understand the underlying f...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:10hrs | 2 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Limit exposure to cellphones, TVs'
EXPERTS have warned that early and continuous exposure to cellphones and television sets damages eyesight. Optometrist and founder of Spectsworld, Dr Kudzaishe Gugulethu Kubvoruno, said the fa...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sex predator sangoma sexually abuses woman seeking help with marriage
A WOMAN facing difficulties in her marriage and seeking help from a traditional healer had her trust betrayed when she was subjected to repeated sexual assaults by the self-proclaimed healer and one o...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs friend to death
In a tragic incident in Plumtree, friends' beer-fueled dispute took a deadly turn, leading to Ayibongwe Sibanda appearing before Magistrate Joshua Nembaware on a murder charge. The court ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 23:50hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fatal stabbing during fight at self-proclaimed prophet's shrine
A BOY (16) allegedly fatally stabbed a man who was seeking help from a self-proclaimed prophet in the groin with an Okapi knife.In a statement on X, police said the incident occurred during a ...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Breaking the Chains: Liberating African Men from the Shackles of Patriarchy
In many societies such as our own, the weight of patriarchy has burdened men and boys alike with unrealistic expectations of strength, resilience, and emotional detachment. This toxic narrative has cr...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Mberi Prince
Suicide now associated with cyber-bullying
Worldwide cyberbullying has been associated with suicide among school children in several recent cases, a phenomenon that has been newly termed cyberbullicide. With access to modern technology and the...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:23hrs | 18 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Overcoming the fear of public speaking
FOR over 10 years, my life has been centred on training and coaching public speakers and corporate communicators. The question that comes up all the time in these sessions is: How do I conquer the fea...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by Jonah Nyoni
We May Look Sane: We Are Not
I am a Zimbabwean citizen by descent. I was born and raised in this country and have lived through decades of political turmoil (just two actually), economic collapse, and social injustice. For as lon...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:20hrs | 4 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
US revokes visas after Museveni signs tough anti-gay Bill into law
In a swift response, the United States has revoked the visas of Uganda's Speaker of Parliament Anita Among following the stricter anti-gay Bill becoming law in Uganda.On Monday the Speaker rev...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mob urinates on robbers
AN angry mob urinated on three robbers, whose luck ran out when a car they had stolen crashed into a kombi, at Chigovanyika Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza on Wednesday evening.Four suspected robbe...Published: 05 May 2023 at 20:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reportr
The everyday hobbies that can help aid alcohol addiction recovery
A growing number of people are suffering from alcohol addiction at present, with the substance being one of the world's biggest killers, from the USA to UK, India to Zimbabwe, but what is encouraging ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:10hrs | 27 | by Staff Reporter
New Magwegwe family seeks funds to get bone marrow treatment for son in India
A Bulawayo family from New Magwegwe is seeking help to raise funds to take their 13-year-old son to India for bone marrow treatment.The young boy, Brian Sibanda, fell sick last year and was ad...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 16:47hrs | 54 | by Staff Reporter
Esigodini man in court for killing girlfriend
AN Esigodini man appeared in court after he fatally stabbed his girlfriend for receiving US$5 from another man she was suspected to be having an affair with.AN Esigodini man appeared in court ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Infertility: The Cindrella of Reproductive Health
Our hearts melted with joy when we saw a recent article from Healthtimes which stated that Zimbabwe will soon have a low cost public IVF centre that will ...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 14:24hrs | 3 | by Heaven Munyuki
Ex-Miss Princess Zimbabwe model faces fraud charges
FORMER Miss Princess Zimbabwe, Mary Mushaninga is set to spend three more nights languishing in remand prison for swindling models of US$10,000.The ex-model appeared before Harare Magistrate D...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff rporter
Shareholders fight directors over Tetrad Bank control and assets
TETRAD Investment Bank (TIB) shareholders are locked in a heated row with its directors for the control of the defunct financial institution's US$13 million assets. TIB has properties and othe...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 18:49hrs | 6 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa finally offers State assistance
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to families of 10 men who died in a veld fire in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, and directed that assistance, including funeral expenses b...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
How migrants who move between Zimbabwe and SA access healthcare in border towns
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a 225km common border. There is only one official border crossing, at Beitbridge. An estimated 15 000 migrants and refugees from Zimbabwe and other countries cross dail...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Vinayak Bhardwaj
Deportation threatened ex-UK soldier: 'I'm suffering for my service to the country I love'
In early March, Joram Nechironga was put on a bus from Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in west London destined for Heathrow airport.The father of two, who served in the British Army from ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Community fundraise for the school in Nkayi
The Community Podium has partnered with the Citizens Initiative organisation in a fundraising drive that seeks to raise an amount of US$10 000 to help Nkayi villagers in Matabeleland North ...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe under pressure as drug abuse cases spike
GOVERNMENT is under intense pressure to establish rehabilitation centres accessible to ordinary drug users owing to the growing demand of people in need of professional mental health care.An i...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for 'rapist' Madzibaba Tanya
POLICE in Budiriro, Harare, are on a manhunt for an alleged rapist known as Madzibaba Tanya, who sexually abused a 33-year-old woman twice at his shrine in September after she visited him seeking help...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua drops marriage bombshell?
Comedian Carl Joshua Ncube yesterday morning dropped a bombshell on his fans when he posted on Facebook, his decision to separate with his wife of close to 10 years, Nelsy Ncube.This announcem...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC seeks diaspora funding
THE opposition MDC Alliance is seeking help from the diaspora to fund its 2023 electoral campaign, and to help it break into Zanu-PF strongholds, party secretary-general Chalton Hwende said yesterday....Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora is Mnangagwa's trusted tool?
FOR President Emmerson Mnangagwa's power consolidation and 2023 presidential election bid to succeed, he desperately needs MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to be on his side since Zanu-PF no longer comma...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cancer patients face stigma from loved ones
HARARE - Nobody gets nearer to her. She has become a loner, with the television turning into her only friend yet 60-year-old Tendai Makuwana is a cancer survivor.For Makuwana, pounded with can...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by Ropafadzo Mapimhidze and Dr Masimba Mavaza
Indecent assault journalist granted $2,000 bail
JOURNALIST Robert Mukondiwa, who is facing allegations of aggravated indecent assault on an orphaned 19-year-old Upper Sixth pupil, has been granted $2 000 bail by the High Court. He is ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CIO operatives terrorise man over torture expose
A GOKWE man from Nembudziya's Mutora stands is living in fear after he was terrorised by alleged members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for repor...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 patients opt for home-based care'
MEMBERS of the public who have tested positive to COVID-19 are increasingly opting for home-based care management of the disease rather than seeking hospitalisation, a recent survey by the Women's Coa...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Home remedies don't cure COVID-19'
HEALTH experts and stakeholders have warned that home remedies were not a cure for COVID-19, but only relieve symptoms and offer the body a fighting chance against the respiratory virus.This f...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let's end bullying in our schools
THE video of Waddilove High school students bullying another for not wearing a mask was heartrending.This incident shows that bullying is a major problem in our schools and that the problem is...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in its own league
Readers had a lot to chew last week. So much to chew that if one was not perceptive, he or she could have ended up in a maze. Let's dissect events of last week one by one and assess their impa...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown brews teen pregnancies
The prolonged period of inactivity spawned by the Covid-19-induced lockdown, which began on March 30, is brewing cases of juvenile delinquency, with a local organisation reporting a 60 percent rise in...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Tendai Chara and Veronica Gwaze
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister unleashes riot police at Joshua Nkomo Cooperative
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says an unnamed Minister dispatched anti-riot police to evict members of the Joshua Nkomo Cooperative.Posting on Twitter Mliswa said, "I have been invi...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 17:53hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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