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Chief Mposi extorts subjects, returns loot after uproar
The baLemba (Varemba) Mberengwa Chief, Mposi Mupangeri was forced to indefinitely withdraw charges and return four beasts which have been charged as traditional court fine by his marshalls after the v...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 12:53hrs | 1429 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Mberengwa
Chiefs 'extort' desperate villagers
Traditional leaders in Masvingo are allegedly exploiting villagers by imposing high fees for permission to hold social gatherings, including funerals. Reports indicate that some chiefs are cha...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:22hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
'Heroes' widows struggling'
Thousands of people from Masvingo province gathered at Masvingo Provincial Acre on August 12, 2024 to pay tribute to the heroes who passed away and celebrate the legacy of those who are still alive....Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:49hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Maintaining graves is not Bulawayo City Council's job
THE Bulawayo City Council has urged residents with relatives buried at different cemeteries in the city to constantly check and maintain the graves as it is not the duty of the local authority to do t...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Graves cave in at Luveve Cemetery
AN elderly woman, accompanied by two young adults walks briskly into a section of Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo, a little bit on the edge and sombre.They continuously scan across the hundreds of...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fire burns part of Luveve Cemetery
A portion of Luveve cemetery was burnt by a veld fire which destroyed grave markers and some of the tombstones.The cause of the fire is unknown but some residents blamed the Bulawayo City Coun...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 17:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, longevity is a treasure beyond measure
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, congratulations on your 80th birthday. Given that for many people, 40 years is a lifetime, you rank among the fortunate remnant who have live...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africanise the law and land
In Mzansi, most citizens can only own real estate when they are dead - their graves and tombstones if they can afford one. From the living majority, they become the silent majority.Throughout ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Lindiwe Sisulu
Lupane villagers complain over extraction of granite stones
VILLAGERS in Ndengwende, which is popularly known as koMlalazi village in Lupane, are complaining about mass extraction of granite stones in their area, saying it is posing an environmental hazard....Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF neglecting cadres, says Clive Malunga
JENAGURU Arts Centre founder and musician Clive Malunga has accused Zanu-PF of neglecting war veterans, adding that he was seeking an audience with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air out areas of "gr...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
BCC plans smart city housing programme
BULAWAYO City Council says it is pursuing an ambitious plan to develop low-cost houses for low-income earners through a smart city housing programme.The city's economic development officer Kho...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victim documents horror story
A Bulawayo-based Gukurahundi survivor is engaging writers to document what he went through during the mass killings and says he wants to ensure the country's history is not distorted.Charles T...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to tap energy from graveyards
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will soon be embarking on an ambitious project to turn its cemeteries into solar farms as the local authority pushes the concept of multi-use of land. According...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi plaques destroyed
UNKNOWN people last week destroyed memorial plaques that were erected on February 21 at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, in memory of the thousands that were killed in Midlands and Matabelelan...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
A black diamond curse for Mutoko
The paradox of resource abundance typically explains the case of black granite mining in Mutoko, Mashonaland East Province of Zimbabwe. The area is home to the best black granite rock highly demanded ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Clive Malunga sets eyes on politics
Musician Clive Malunga has expressed ambitions of getting into politics, eyeing the Norton parliamentary seat in the next election that is due in 2023.Malunga, who has taken a back seat in the...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Undertaker scares the hell out of would-be robbers
The CEO of Thabelo Funerals and Tombstones company, Humbulani Aubrey Bvumbi, put the fear of death into would-be hijackers who he sent fleeing for their lives as they pounced in his driveway in Johann...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:47hrs | | by TimeLive
'Be principled' says Khaya-Moyo
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development Simon Khaya-Moyo has urged people to be principled and do the right thing for the development of the nation.Khaya-Moyo made the call in his address...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-dominated councils: manifest of self-enrichment
The MDC Alliance, which represents a grouping of the main opposition set to participate in the July 30 elections, presented its manifesto to the electorate early last month in a bid to market itself....Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Youthful Nomboka in bid to up-lift Mhondoro-Ngezi
MDC-T MHONDORO-NGEZI - Youthful Kurebwa Javangwe Nomboka (35), the current Secretary for Mines in the Chitungwiza Province Youth Wing of the MDC-T Party, which consists sections of the national delimi...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt to upgrade Heroes Acre
Chinhoyi Provincial Heroes Acre is set to get a facelift ahead of a ceremony to recognise seven heroes of the Second Chimurenga who died in the first battle which announced the war to the world, and h...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamond looters plotted to assassinate Minister Chidhakwa
MINES minister Walter Chidhakwa yesterday claimed that a group of suspected diamond looters once plotted to assassinate him when he stopped all diamond mining operations in Chiadzwa last year....Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man exhumes over 2 000 graves from Mugabe's diamond fields
UPFUMI Hwepasi Kuvatema leader Mathew Mundondo, the man involved in the exhumation of human remains from diamond mining sites in Chiadzwa and Marange since 2009, has aptly described his job as "not or...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Under the weather, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, due to circumstances beyond my own control, I am unable to address you this week.As most of you who care would be aware of, I had to travel ...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 19:18hrs | | by CZ
Mugabe to rebury victims of 1980s massacre
Zimbabwe's vice president says the government will rebury victims of a 1980s military crackdown in the west of the country and help descendants to obtain identity documents, reports said Wednesday....Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:48hrs | | by Staf reporter
Mphoko in fresh Gukurahundi storm
MATABELELAND-BASED opposition parties and civic society groups have rapped Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko for erecting tombstones at Gukurahundi victims' graves without the involvement of affected ...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt launches national IDs registration programme
The government has launched the registration programme for national identity documents to benefit people who have been disadvantaged through the loss of their parents due to past political disturbance...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC veterans reach out to Gukurahundi victims
THE MDC Veterans Activists' Association says it will tomorrow donate various goodies to victims of Gukurahundi and political violent cases recorded since the formation of the MDC in 1999.The a...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Private cemetery grave prices set
BULAWAYO's first private cemetery with a capacity of 50 000 graves has been opened in a move that is set to ease shortage of burial space in the city.Each grave costs $120 at the new facility,...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
S'dumo's tombstone removed!
The tombstone has been temporarily removed and will be put back in a few days time. Mafela who had glued many South Africans to their television screens watching the legendary in action has his ow...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heroe's Acre turned into marijuana fields
Three Rusape men planted hundreds of mbanje plants on top of fallen gallant fighters' graves at Makoni District Heroes' Acre.Abdulla Zacharia (38), Tafirenyika Dollar Marima (42) and Taurai Ny...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe son's grave desecrated
President Robert Mugabe late son's grave in Kansaworado Public Cemetery in Sekondi in Ghana has reportedly been destroyed.According to a Ghanaian publication - The C...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bayethe poet wins in Mpumalanga
Johannesburg - The Bayethe Music Production and Promotion company (A division of Bayethe Media), has finally secured a space in the December trending arts news through its award winning poet Gugulethu...Published: 12 Dec 2016 at 16:07hrs | 2 | by Future Moyo aka Jamelah
MDC-T builds house for driver shot in the spine by CIO agent
MDC-T Vice President Hon Elias Mudzuri on Friday handed over house keys to Wellington Chinyanga, a former Harare province driver, who was shot in the spine by a CIO agent at Harvest House in 2003. ...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
These six women
They came at different stages of my life and all had some impact on my life. Some are long gone from my life but their memories I will carry till I die, if I will die, I am one of those who stil...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 09:08hrs | | by Velempini Veap Thuthani Ndlovu
Tsvangirai has no legal basis to claim a pension for his time in government
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has no legal basis on which to claim a pension for his time in government, analysts said this week.Tsvangirai claims that ...Published: 24 Nov 2016 at 06:06hrs | | by Cyril Zenda
Thousands celebrate nation's heroes
There was an overwhelming turnout from Mashonaland Central Province's eight districts as people came to commemorate this year's Heroes' Day at Bindura Provincial Heroes' Acre.Minister of State...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff Reporters
RBZ governor turns to faith
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya yesterday said there is need to "walk by faith", not by sight in this economy, as economists shot down plans to introduce bond notes as part of me...Published: 14 May 2016 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nothing Christian about Easter Holiday
THE Easter holiday is a major highlight on every year's calendar, with millions of Christians all over the world observing it.Over the years many churches have been seen to plan their major co...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:15hrs | | by Pastor Faith Mabhaudi Nyarambi
Highlanders' pilgrimage to founding skipper's grave
HIGHLANDERS last week took a long overdue step in trying to recognise men who risked limbs to grow the Bosso brand as part of its 90th Anniversary Celebrations.A delegation of six led by Luke ...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 17:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's Heroes Acre too exclusive
The hilltop has a commanding view of Harare, features a huge bronze statue of three guerilla fighters and boasts black marble and granite flourishes. It is quiet and is Zimbabwe's most exclusive neigh...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 19:46hrs | | by AP
Criminals vandalizes graves
Criminals at Rembrandt Park in Johannesburg have reportedly resorting to vandalizing some tomb stones soon after the burial of the deceased persons.Daily Sun reported that Jane Thomas (5...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dr Amai Grace Mugabe is right
It is quite perplexing and surprising that some private and hostile media applauds South Africa's Women's Affairs Minister, Susan Shabangu, for her reported remarks against the First Lady, Dr Amai Gra...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 16:02hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
Dr Amai Grace Mugabe right on wiping corruption
Zimbabwe's current economic problems can be tackled by brave personalities in the likes of the first lady Dr Amai grace Mugabe who has proved to be frank when it comes of saying out the truth. The fir...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 13:56hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
Warren Hills Cemetery tuned into love nest
Warren Hills Cemetery has been turned into a love nest by daring hookers at Pfukwa shops in Warren Park D.The place is used for 'quickies'.Hooker's charge as little as $5 'for either l...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sanity should prevail in the housing cooperatives
An attentive examination of the existing state of affairs seems to suggest that sanity should prevail in the housing cooperatives in Harare. The city has been overwhelmed by a plethora of housing ...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 20:41hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
MDC Renewal mourns Matamisa, Matimba deaths
The MDC Renewal has joined all democratic Zimbabweans in mourning the death of comrades Silas Matamisa and Brighton Matimba who are members of the MDC from its formation in 1999.MDC ...Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 14:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
BCC reserves burial space for national heroes
BULAWAYO City council has resolved to set aside up to 15 graves at Lady Stanley Cemetery burial for national heroes who might fail to be buried at the National Heroes Arce in Harare.This...Published: 06 May 2015 at 12:45hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
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