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Zimbabwe govt workers moonlight as street vendors
Every morning, Dumisani Ngara* gets up at dawn to catch a 6:30am bus to work at Zimbabwe's Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities. The government-provided bus is free for civil servants in ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 12:41hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's structured currency: Here's the abracadabra
Against the backdrop of the inception of the supposedly gold-backed currency called the ZiG this week, there has been considerable confusion as to whether or not the Zig is a gold currency.For...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 12:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is corrupt because he is still in liberation war mode.' True still shaming him will not end kleptocracy
There is an audio of "Retired Army officer speaks" complaining about Zanu PF's corrupt leaders and how their insatiable greed is the root cause of Zimbabwe's economic melt down. Corruption started soo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Woman 'tormented' for snatching man
A MABVUKU woman has approached the Harare Civil Court seeking a peace order against her lover's wife and son, accusing them of attempting to bewitch her, insulting her and assaulting her in public....Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Hustler nation: among the fragments, a new Zimbabwe takes shape
The world has forgotten about Zimbabwe. Few outsiders know, or would care, that the country is due to hold elections this month. And that's among those who could point to it on a map. For decades, Zim...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 13 | by The Strategist
Masiyiwa named among only 17 black billionaires in the world
ACCORDING to Forbes, there are currently 2,640 billionaires in the world. They are collectively worth $12.2 trillion. The United States is the number one home of billionaires with 735 of them, followe...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:59hrs | 5 | 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 | 2 | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Christmas: a time to be with family
Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas Day today and as we celebrate it is important to remind each other of some of the traditions that were practiced by our grandmothers not so ...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:22hrs | 13 | by Yvonne Ncube
Mr President, even a husband who makes excuses for failing his family soon finds himself with divorce papers!
Excuses, excuses, excuses! Thats is what the people of Zimbabwe have come to expect from their government, ever since coming to power in 1980 - after the country attained political independenc...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 18:40hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe film on Showmax
ACCIDENTAL Small House, a romantic comedy film by Zimbabwean production company, Invision Studios, is now available on Showmax, an online streaming platform owned by Africa's largest pay-TV group, Mul...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | 34 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is trapped and demanding negotiations at gun point' - how naive, it's povo that's trapped and dying like flies
There are some very confused people out there who are calling for political dialogue as the way forward but have no idea who should be demanding change much less what that change should be. All the ar...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:21hrs | 4 | by Nomusa Garikai
Woman stones hubby's 'small house'
A WOMAN from Odzi, Marange has been jailed three months after she attacked and injured her husband's girlfriend.Nomatter Kurehwatira (32) of Mazikana village, Chief Marange pleaded guilty to a...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:52hrs | 3 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Doctor stabs his 3 children to death
Tragedy hit the small sugar farming town of Mkwasine in Chiredzi last night when William Phiri, a medical doctor allegedly stabbed three of his children to death following a domestic dispute with his ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Woman bashes hubby's side chick
Lucia Marichata (33) of Laxaflow farm, Concession is in hot soup for assaulting her husband's lover with a log.Marichata pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody to tomorrow for sentencing b...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Egyptian diplomat sues hubby's small house in Zimbabwe
A SENIOR Egyptian diplomat seconded to Harare, one Ms Raina, has been taken to court by a local woman Bilkis Banu Ismail, who is seeking $1,5 million compensation in adultery damages after the former ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 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
The Outlawed section of Marriage Bill demystified
'Clause 40 provides for relationships which, to make a clear distinction between them and proper marriages, have been termed "civil partnerships". Civil partnerships are the equivalent of what would b...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 3 | by Lloyd Msipa
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
Mnangagwa rejects small house clause
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet on Tuesday has recommended to Parliament that Section 40 of the Marriages Amendment Bill, which refers to "civil partnerships" be removed, after noting that it g...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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
Couple 'kills' small house
A woman from Mberengwa allegedly teamed up with her husband and killed the husband's girlfriend whom she accused of wrecking their marriage. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector J...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Pastor Tomson Dube
God made no concubine for Adam
A story published by some local news media recently and now so hot on the lips of gossips that no fly dares alight on them, has triggered consternation in the realm of holy matrimony with some worried...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Stephen Mpofu
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 | 2 | by Miriam Tose Majome
WATCH: Small house viciously beaten and hair cut by main wife
A sensitive video of a small house being thoroughly bashed by the main wife and her friends has resurfaced online.The video shows the main wife and her friends being up the girl and accusing h...Published: 21 May 2019 at 16:44hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
VP's divorcee demand $13k a month 'to sustain accustomed lifestyle' - unsustainable addiction
"A divorce wrangle pitting Mohadi and his former wife Tambudzani has helped to lift the lid on the VPs' benefits with a payslip attached to a court application revealing the veteran politician from Be...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:55hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
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 | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiyangwa dishes out new luxurious Mazda to Monalisa
Renowned businessman and politician Philip Chiyangwa has gifted one Monalisa Charity Mutindivari with a new Mazda car after she took him out for lunch. Posting on Facebook Chiyangwa said, "It'...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:20hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Guvamombe's small-house in $100 000 adultery storm
The former officer commanding the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Support Unit (informally called the Black Boots) Angeline Guvamombe has sued her husband's "small house" demanding $100 000 in adultery...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Small house challenges $50k adultery damages
LORRAINE Chitereka, who has been ordered to pay Harare businesswoman Rudo Boka US$50 000 for having an extra-marital affair with her husband, has approached the court seeking to overturn the judgment....Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 4 | 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 | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bev's pregnancy claim revisited
Singer Andy Muridzo says pole dancer Beverly Sibanda aka Bev's claim that she was pregnant with his child actually boosted his ratings contrary to what many people thought.Andy grabbed hea...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Tobin tax regime helpful?
Against the backdrop of the ongoing debate and rhetoric about the recently proposed 2% transaction tax which was announced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, ostensibly to widen Zimbabwe's tax base....Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Colls Ndlovu
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
Court drama as woman bashes small house over maintenance
There was drama at Masvingo Magistrate's Court when a married woman clobbered a small house that had come to claim maintenance from her husband.The drama happened at the exit gates to the cour...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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