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War vets to lead Mnangagwa onslaught
A faction of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has declared its intent to "lead the onslaught" against President Emmerson Mnangagwa, significantly escalating tensions ...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:21hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
Married men drive illegal abortion stats
SOME married men are reportedly forcing their girlfriends to terminate pregnancies to avoid fathering children outside marriages and looking after illegitimate children.Illegal unsafe abortion...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Spotlight on slay queens, sex trafficking in Diaspora
Romanticised dreams of greener pastures have for a long-time drawn locals to the diaspora, at times, young married individuals leaving their spouses and children in hope for a better future.In...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 16 | by Kundai Marunya
Sex workers' paradise at Cross Dete
"Life around here starts exciting from 9pm," a middle-aged truck driver, whom I later got to know as "JR", said as he sipped his not-so-cold beer as we sat in one of the sports bars at Cross Dete in H...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The changing landscape of Makokoba suburb
MAKOKOBA, the oldest township and the first black African suburb in the City of Queens and Kings was named after the actions of one Mr Fallon, the native commissioner at the time, who used to walk aro...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe debt assumption promotes corruption
ZIMBABWEAN taxpayers continue to be burdened by debt from parastatals which are riddled with mismanagement and corruption, with the latest being the assumption of Air Zimbabwe's huge debt, as governme...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown infidelity on the rise
CHEATING in the times of a crisis like the current Covid-19 pandemic is not simple.As a consequence, everything is now online-work, entertainment and believe it or not even adultery.A ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ministers are polygamists, they love women
Former Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed that most Zanu-PF ministers love women so much that they are polygamists and have numerous small houses.An...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 21:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Failed Zimbabwe govt economic policy met with excuses
I AM not an economist or financial fundi neither was I good nor enjoyed such subjects as economics and accounting, in high school but, to use a cliche, it does not take a rocket scientist to lose conf...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Prophet declares war on small house
Spiritual lock key master, Prophet Black Elisha has declared war on "small houses" as he believes they are the major cause of marital problems.He code named the operation - Operation expose sm...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 13:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
King Mambo weds second wife
The skies were overcast the whole day yesterday as if to give people a break from the scorching sun witnessed the previous day. It was the day of King Mambo's royal wedding at his homestead in Mawaben...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's most famous quotes
A quick look at President Mugabe's colourful language throughout his 37-year reign as leader of Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe has died aged 95.His death was an...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scrapping of 'small house' clause a plus in Aids fight
"Ko small house yako inani izvozvi?" (Who is with your small house right now?) was a screaming signature message on a number of billboards erected around the country by the Ministry of Health and Chil...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Forward Nyanyiwa
A political career built on jecha
To be or not to be, is the question Nelson? Well, they say, trying to talk sense to Nelson Chamisa is as good as winking at a blind person. It is a horrible waste of time. He sees nothing. Now it's a ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabinet orders minister to remove the offending section 40 from Marriage Bill
There has been pandemonium regarding the import of the Marriages Bill, (hereinafter referred to as "the Bill") which was approved by the Cabinet in 2017. After spirited efforts by every person in Zimb...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 18:44hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The profanity of the Marriage Bill
There has been total confusion surprise and total disgust over the Draft Marriages Bill, 2017 which is now called the Marriage Bill,which was recently thrown out by the parliament when the honourable ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The Marriage Bill of 2017 - A personal reflection on why it will not fly!
I am sure most people have read the proposed Marriages Bill of 2017, which seeks to repeal and replace the existing Marriage Act (Chapter 5:11) & the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:01). ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 12:06hrs | 3 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
Jittery over small house saga
SECTIONS of the Draft Marriages Bill 2017, which seeks to provide for civil partnerships - better known as cohabitation - will legitimise 'small houses' if passed into law, a legal expert has said....Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:33hrs | 2 | by Fatima Bulla
Cohabiting now legally protected
SECTION 40 of the proposed Marriage Bill recognises and protects the rights of unmarried people in cohabiting relationships, known in Shona as kubika mapoto and colloquially as small houses.Fo...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | 4 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mawarire; Wadyajena clash over Auxilia Mnangagwa
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire and Gokwe-Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor Justice Wadyajena have clashed over the exhibition stand erected by the First Lady Auxilia Mnang...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'80% of Bulawayo men who patronise bars and the red light districts are gay'
CALL it double dipping!Panic has gripped the Bulawayo community after shocking and controversial statistics revealed that 80 percent of Bulawayo men that patronise bars and the red light distr...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Her privates are too big for Chamisa: My reply
Her privates are too big for Chamisa; Herbert Garikai commented on an international world's favourite newspaper: "The Angolan Times." To think that this man is a diplomat representing Zimbabwe...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 15:21hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
More and more wives sue 'homewreckers'
Zimbabwean courts are getting inundated with lawsuits of estranged wives suing what they have termed "scheming seductresses" for stealing their men.More and more wives are demanding hefty fina...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 12:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Beware the long queues doth come
Our rations of overnight snacks packed, our cold-water bottles stashed away, perchance some juice or can of Miranda, warm clothing and a blanket each, here Bible, there a novel in hand and DJ Mjoks on...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:52hrs | 3 | by Zifiso Masiye
Why technocrats succeed or fail in the Zanu government
Apologies for boring you with citing in full Mukoma Muzivazvose Google's definition of technocrats. However, this will help some of us to know a bit about technocrats in view of recently appointed min...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Ndaba Nhuku
When a woman says NO it is a No! Period!
This is the strong message that President Ramaphosa of South Africa gave to the women of South Africa who demonstrated at the Union buildings on the 2nd of August 2018, commemorating the past event of...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:02hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
No resignation for Chigumba: Zim Men in Public Offices have small houses and several children out of wedlock!
Dear Honourable Justice Chigumba, I should write you this letter urgently: the message is urgent Meme Chigumba. I am sure you will find time despite your busy schedules. I know too that the pr...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Justice Chigumba is attacked once more using Zimbabwe weapon of mass destruction: SEX
Chamisa and his thugs were seen once more storming the office of Justice Chigumba without an appointment. They demanded to see her at once. Their small minds immersed in inferiority complex were talki...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 20:00hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
We know who you are
Interrupting my social media break to say how grateful I am to MDC members and their leaders and fellow travelling analysts for their hideous abuse and hounding of Priscilla Chigumba. You have proved ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Petina Gappah
Wife, girlfriends gang up against promiscuous prison officer
A Masvingo prison officer who is accused of being promiscuous to the extent that he cannot stay with one wife for a while is in the eye of a storm after his legally married wife Lizzia Masikati ganged...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 19:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ministers will be treated in local hospitals
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says if elected into power, his ministers will be compelled to receive treatment locally to ensure that government improves social amenities.Chamisa also dec...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 18:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zoey's sex school a hit
A LOCAL sex school fronted by popular pole dancer and stripper Zoey Sifelani and partners has become a hit with women.Situated in Mabelreign, the school gives sex education to women, teaching ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
'He refuses to use condoms'
A Glen View woman has dragged her husband to court accusing him of refusing to use protection each time they indulge in sex.Gladys Mutore opened up at the Harare Civil court seeking a protecti...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voters mustn't give one party too much power
Just when we thought we had seen the worst of the MDC-T's internecine mayhem, which has even caused collateral damage outside the main opposition party itself, the party – in its wisdom or lack ther...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Conway Nkumbuzo Tutani
Looking forward to my Gukurahundi exoneration, Cdes
MY former Cdes. I hope I find you well. I also hope you saw that Davos interview in which the Junta's poster boy was quizzed about his role in the Gukurahundi genocidal massacres and how his face went...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 10:38hrs | 5 | by CZ
Idle life can be such a yawning bore, Cdes
MY former Comrades, this being my first January - and also first ever year - in which I have nothing to do with myself in my whole life; I have to admit that I am finding life to be rather a yawning b...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by CZ
Mudzuri to Replace Tsvangirai, or Who Else?
The opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDCT), has found itself in an ugly quandary yet again. It is a crisis symptomatic of the post - 2013 general election which splintered the MDC and...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Raphael Gore
Small houses fight over married lover
TWO Bulawayo women baptised each other with boiling water in a fight over their married lover.The two small houses were both critically injured, with one nursing serious burns and the other a ...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:32hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu hands over $58,000 to Tsholotsho accident victims
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has availed an additional $58 400 to the families of the victims of the Tsholotsho road disaster.The Minister of Home Affairs and Culture, Dr Obert Mpofu, yesterda...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 'Having small houses should be made a crime' - Chamisa
Hon. Chamisa: having small houses should be made a crime.Hon. Chamisa: having small houses should be made a crime ...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
You are doomed without me, Cdes
Dear Former ComradesMY former Comrades, as I have always pointed out, I am and will always be, a loyal servant of the people. When the people decided that I had served them enough and it was t...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 10:05hrs | 1 | by CZ
Murder at murder victim's funeral
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo's Mabutweni suburb was allegedly killed during a funeral wake of another man who was allegedly murdered in the same suburb last week.Thulani Ntini was allegedly...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's most famous quotes
During his 37-year rule of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has built up an impressive amount of controversy, mostly by using colourful and often hateful language.The 93-year-old leader - the world's o...Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 13:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Back to sender prophet under fire
BACK to sender self-styled prophet, Madzibaba Clive Masango, is under fire from his victims who accuse him of practicing Satanism, H-Metro reported.Madzibaba Masango of Kubata kwaVapositori se...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 14:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'I'm not violent,' claims Tabitha Khumalo
MDC-T Bulawayo East legislator Tabitha Khumalo claims she is a misunderstood person and does not subscribe to violence.Khumalo is not a stranger to controversy in both speech and eccentric beh...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 19:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Small house' judgment sparks debate
Women have expressed mixed feelings over a recent High Court judgment which awarded damages to a woman who was suing her hubby's "small house" for adultery.High Court judge Judith Mushore awar...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 13:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
No weather for old men, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am unable to address you this week because of the inclement weather. I have no doubt that the British and their evil American cousins are playing ...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 17:51hrs | | by CZ
Mugabe criticise Kasukuwere
President Mugabe yesterday criticised Kasukuwere for haphazardly distributing urban land for residential stands to Zanu-PF youths, saying the process was "highly flawed" as it could be easily abused b...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean men must shape or ship out!
Kindly allow me to say something about this most exiting story I have just read from Bulawayo24 news media: My wife want to make me maid. Firstly I would like to let readers know that I am a feminist ...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Daily Divinity Questions and Answers with Witness Dingani
"Women in Israel oppressed their counterparts" Examine this view. How applicable is this to your society? (25)COMMENT OVERVIEW The above question mi...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Witness Dingani
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