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Biti's new political outfit: Another desperate stunt from a failed politician
Tendai Biti is back again, but instead of bringing something new or worthwhile to Zimbabwe's political landscape, he returns with yet another recycled and empty formation, now parading the once-insign...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 15:29hrs | 3027 | by Staff reporter
Connie Ferguson declares Zimbabwe her home
South African television star and businesswoman Connie Ferguson has expressed deep affection for Zimbabwe, calling the country her home and praising the outpouring of love she receives from Zimbabwean...Published: 20 May 2025 at 10:01hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Legendary 'Laqhasha' has died
Don Mlangeni Nawa has died.A statement shared by the Nawa family on his social pages revealed the veteran actor died on Wednesday but did not disclose the cause of his death. "He was t...Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:38hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Sophie Ndaba opens up about Zimbabwean roots
Popular South African actress Sophie Ndaba was in Bulawayo this past weekend where she graced the Esteemed Business Women conference held at Lavinia Gardens. The event, which attracted top off...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:50hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Chihoro, Murape back at Dembare
LONG-serving team manager Richard Chihoro and assistant coach Murape Murape are expected to bounce at Dynamos today following a flurry of diplomatic manoeuvres at the volatile Premier Soccer League gi...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sello Maake kaNcube, Sonia Mbele and Pearl Thusi illuminate True Zimbabwe Tour
RENOWNED South African TV icons, including Sello Maake ka Ncube, Sonia Mbele and Pearl Thusi, embarked on the "True Zimbabwe Tour," aiming to dissolve the vestiges of colonialism and forge a united Af...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZTN Prime goes live on DStv
There was joy, whistling, ululation and clapping of hands by staffers in Herald House's second floor that houses Zimpapers Television Network (ZTN) yesterday, when ZTN Prime channel went live with the...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'There is more behind the firing of Justice Mabhikwa by Mnangagwa'
Top Zimbabwe doctor Thabisa Sibanda has suggested that the removal of Justice Thompson Mabhikwa from office by President Emmerson Mnangagwa may have been driven by a more sinister agenda than a mere s...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 07:54hrs | 10 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's graft cusade falls flat
The collapse of two high profile corruption cases has raised fresh questions about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade with some legal experts, saying it is turning into a red herri...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe child bride reported dead is alive
IN a soap opera-style development, police investigations have revealed that Memory Machaya, for long thought to be the girl who died while giving birth at the Johane Marange shrine in Bocha, is alive ...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 17:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Shona Ferguson dies from Covid-19 related complications
South African actor, producer and co-founder of Ferguson Films, Shona Ferguson, has died. He was 47.Conrad Mwanza, a representative from the Ferguson Foundation confirmed the news to News24 on...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 16:40hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
It's good introducing anti-corruption curricular at ECD, why don't we start by uprooting graft right from top echelons of power?
Have you ever come across an unrepentant serial rapist, and wife beater, who is in the strange habit of loudly proclaiming to be an ardent gender rights, and anti-sexual abuse, activist - whilst, also...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 20:18hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
If ED truly listened to the citizenry's cries, complaints, and criticisms, he would have been the people's hero
At times I look back, in amazement, at the events of November 2017 - when thousands upon thousands of Zimbabweans flooded the streets of the capital Harare, in overwhelming jubilant support of the mil...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 19:58hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
TV drama characters wanted
Thekwane Television Soap Opera Series: written by Noreen MoyoAn Eye In the Sky production for KeYona Television.Series Main cast WantedDo you think you have w...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 20:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Businessman 'divorces' wife over witchcraft
A Bulawayo businessman is embroiled in a bitter marital battle which has all elements of a soap opera after his wife sensationally claimed her marriage had been turbulent and fraught with fights, quar...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 13:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
10 South African Celebrities Who Are Actually Zimbabwean
The South African entertainment industry has been conquered by highly talented men and women, who have held their own in all the niches of the industry - from sports to the movie industry, to comedy a...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:39hrs | 14 | by Staff Writer
Which era had the best dramas?
So brilliant were their exploits such that long after the closing credits, their action on the small screen lingered, never to be forgotten.Their delivery was so sublime. Decades later, snippe...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:23hrs | 14 | by Prince Mushawevato
Prophet Magaya's world crumbling?
The world around Prophet Walter Magaya is crumbling as more allegations of sexual abuse and harassment continue to surface.A week after the Maenzanise family went on social media alleging that...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:00hrs | 1 | by Garikai Mazara
Dabengwa burial snub cannot erase his legacy
Twitter: @MuckrakerZimTHE presidium was last week conspicuously absent at the burial of Zimbabwe's liberation war stalwart, the late Zipra intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa, at his Ntabazin...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by MUCKRAKER
Government appoints Auxilia Mnangagwa
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa has been appointed health ambassador for Zimbabwe the Ministry of health has revealed.The appointment came after Mnangagwa visited Natpharm and c...Published: 06 May 2019 at 18:21hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lumumba linked to 'untidy' Zanu-PF hatchet job
ZIMBABWEANS have reacted strongly to government's apparent failure to both detect and act upon a massive foreign currency scandal involving some top central bank managers and a handful connected indiv...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 08:10hrs | 4 | by newzimbabwe
'Studying for the Grave'
Morris Mtisi's pen is unrelenting as the didactic nature of his first novel leaves the reader with more questions than answers as to why seemingly very bright female students at university are oblivio...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why Chamisa and Grace won't kiss and tell
It seems like the greatest soap opera in Zimbabwe these days is the seemingly on and off romance between MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa and Grace and Robert Mugabe.We have heard both si...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Jealousy Dutiro
Cont Mhlanga scouts for partnership
Renowned playwright and filmmaker Cont Mhlanga of the Amakorokoza fame says the story of Otsheketsha (small scale miners) is a soap opera yet to be fully explored and resources permitting he is ready ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 18:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Christian dumps Dembare
THE relationship between Dynamos and Christian Ntouba has reached an irreconcilable point, and the Cameroonian now wants to terminate his contract with the Harare giants and return home.Ahead ...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
A week is a long time in politics, just ask Nelson Chamisa
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson used to famously say that ‘a week is a long time in politics'. And few weeks have proven this statement more than the one we have just had.This ti...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:16hrs | 3 | by Mike Tawanda
Retracing Mnangagwa's Zambian connection
President Mnangagwa is an interesting character with a fascinating history. His story reads like a Hollywood script where the main actor should not die for the continuity of the film.As the ma...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:08hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Youth vote used to be insignificant in Zim polls
Today though, we know about 60 percent of those who registered to vote in this year's election largely fall under the youth category — never mind the constitutional definition of the term, 'youth' e...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by Sharon Hofisi
Woman, lover engage in sex in view of teenage children
IN an incident that sounds more like a far-fetched soap opera plot than real life, a married woman from Nkankezi in Insiza district, Matabeleland South is facing arrest following revelations that she ...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Politicians prostituting with Zimbabweans' lives - need for alternative formula to governance
The recent shenanigans by politicians, who have been prostituting with the lives of poor desperate Zimbabweans, is a clear, but disturbing, sign that it is about time that the masses seriously conside...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 13:49hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mugabe reviving Mnangagwa, Mujuru rivalry
TOP publisher and academic Ibbo Mandaza says ousted President Robert Mugabe's surprise meeting with his ex-deputy Joice Mujuru Tuesday is set to rekindle the intense rivalry she had with then co-Vice ...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
The end of a long Zimbabwe soap opera
Robert Gabriel Mugabe has resigned from the position of President of the Republic of Zimbabwe. Not a single person can convincingly state that they saw this coming. The events of the past week enthral...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | 3 | by Christopher Farai Charamba
MDC Alliance sticks with 'sick' Tsvangirai
THE MDC Alliance yesterday vowed to stick with its presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and take advantage of the nasty fights within the ruling Zanu PF party to wrest power from President Robert ...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa dismissal: End of Zanu-PF era'
Following President Robert Mugabe's decision to fire his long-time aide and deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, political analysts yesterday had their say on the unexpected development."This has taken...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 13:00hrs | 1 | by Stephen Chan Professor of World Politics
How President Mugabe reduces adults to bootlickers
THROUGHOUT his political career, President Robert Mugabe has established himself as one person who can never forgive, let alone forget.Many skeletons lie in the political cemetery for crossing...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zapu has confidence in the ordinary citizens of Zimbabwe
"Together We Can Make Zimbabwe Work for Everybody", says, the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) in their Manifesto soon to be launched. In relation to the recent Mugabe's cabinet reshuffle,...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Sakhile Sibanda, Zapu Secretary for Policy & Strategy
Mnangagwa to count losses after Cabinet reshuffle
President Robert Mugabe is seen prising Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of the Justice ministry but let him retain the vice presidency in his mooted Cabinet reshuffle, analysts said yesterday....Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Zanu-PF fights overshadow economic ruin
Dust was still settling from Grace Mugabe and Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko's grenade attack on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, when a neat trio of grim economic indicators slipped out....Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 15:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicide alert at Townsend Girls' High
THE story of a 14-year-old Bulawayo pupil who allegedly committed suicide on Thursday, has taken a new turn following the discovery of a suicide note, supposedly written by a troubled 'close' friend, ...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe looks for Mugabe's successor after a surreal month
Before she landed herself in hot diplomatic water by allegedly attacking a South African model with a power cord, Zimbabwe’s notoriously ill-tempered first lady, Grace Mugabe, joined the clamour for...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 10:36hrs | 1 | by Stephen Chan, SOAS, University of London
'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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZimPF demise weakens opposition
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been vindicated. Having foretold the disintegration of former vice president Joice Mujuru's Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) during celebrations to mark his 92nd birthday at the...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Tendai Makaripe and Problem Masau
Trevor Noah: 'Any leader tweeting policy is ridiculous'
The Daily Show host Trevor Noah joined Talk To Al Jazeera on Saturday, one day after his autobiography, Born a Crime, won the Debut Author and Outstanding Biography/Autobiography prizes at the NAACP I...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 13:59hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Woman dumped after 'MONTHS of sipping lover's organ', sues
IN what sounds more like a far-fetched soap opera plot than real life, a heartbroken Bulawayo woman sued her ex-lover for $10 000 as compensation for reneging on a promise to marry her and&n...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean born actor blocked from roles because of his accent
Veteran actor Luthuli Dlamini has one of the most unique accents on SA TV screens, but the star reveals that he has been denied several acting opportunities because of it, TMG Entertainment reported....Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 16:16hrs | 9 | by TMG Entertainment
Barbourfields Stadium violence politically motivated?
A GROWING trend of political extremism and violence seems to be taking root in our domestic football, with generally non-football fans attending matches to fulfil their agenda of disturbing the pe...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff writer
Zimbabwean faces execution in Indonesia
An unnamed Zimbabwean man is in line for execution in Indonesia for drug trafficking.The Zimbabwean, reports say, is among nine foreigners facing death in that country and these include four C...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 00:40hrs | | by Reason Razao
Zimbabwe - a socio-political soap opera!
Every African or Zimbabwean citizen is quickly reminded of a vivid satire by George Orwell the Animal Farm, Things Fall Apart by the Great Chinua Achebe, In the Dust by one South African Author Malope...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:15hrs | | by Mbizo Chirasha
Zimbabwean Criminal To Be Executed By Firing Squad In Indonesia
An unnamed Zimbabwean is among the fifteen inmates who will soon face the firing squad in Indonesia’s next round of executions for various crimes, reports said this week.According to the Tim...Published: 17 May 2016 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean to be executed by firing squad in Indonesia
Jakarta – An unnamed Zimbabwean is among the fifteen inmates who will soon face the firing squad in Indonesia's next round of executions for various crimes, reports said this week.Accord...Published: 16 May 2016 at 21:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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