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Armed robbers storm Choppies Supermarket in Bulawayo
A daring armed robbery unfolded on Saturday night at a Choppies Supermarket in Bulawayo's New Luveve suburb, leaving staff traumatised and injured.The robbers, armed with guns, struck just aft...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:34hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sister of UK child abuse victim blames the Church for brother's death
The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death."The Church k...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:32hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Villager, conservation clash overshooting of dogs
Chief Chundu, born Abel Mbasera, has urged constructive dialogue between Nyamakate villagers and Akashinga, a wildlife conservation organisation, following a disturbing incident involving the alleged ...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 14:53hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi hearings: Where from and possible outcomes
IT'S 42 years now since a dark cloud of Gukurahundi engulfed Matabeleland and parts of Midlands provinces, in which the Zanu-PF government, then led by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe, unleashed No...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:19hrs | 360 | by Silas Nkala
Paul Siwela's letter to President Mnangagwa - Buying chiefs not just nor sustainable to resolve Matabele grievances
The President of Zimbabwe Munhumutapa Building Harare Zimbabwe 28th July 2024 Ref: PresZim/07/28/24 Attention: Emmerson D. Mnangagwa Dear Mr Presi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1419 | by Paul Siwela
Birds of a feather flock together
Catch them young. Birds of a feather flock together. In the photo is Anesu Ajana (holding his impressive school report), a second grader and academic starlet of Chinehasha Primary School in Chiweshe, ...Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1437 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Woman jailed 2 years for assaulting stepdaughter
A 29-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman who brutally assaulted her three-year-old stepdaughter resulting in her sustaining a fractured arm and bruises on the neck, was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail....Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:47hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1844 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Pastor Mboro's church set alight after school skirmish
Pastor Paseka Mboro's Incredible Happenings Church burned to the ground on Tuesday afternoon after a group of youths marched to its premises in Katlehong.Scores of schoolchildren bunked school...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:25hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
'US diplomat killed a Zimbabwean dream'
A month after a top United States of America diplomat ran over and killed a primary school girl, the family is still heart-broken and seeking closure."She wanted to be a pilot," said Gogo Beau...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 06:54hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Police officers terrorise villagers; abduct, torture suspect's wife
In their futile effort to apprehend a suspected thief who allegedly stole irrigation sprinklers, armed members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police dispatched from Rusape indiscriminately terrorise communi...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 1301 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Rusape
Zimbabwe to pursue 'fugitive' US diplomat
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has vowed the country will use all available diplomatic channels to pursue a United States embassy official who fled the country last month after he ran over ...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 17:16hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners
"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war vets blame govt as life gets tough
VETERANS of the liberation struggle have decried neglect by the government at a time they are are earning US$120 in monthly pensions despite a deepening socio-economic crisis which has left them vulne...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:46hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Teacher arrested for raping Grade 7 pupil
EVERY child deserves the right to attend school without fear of abuse. However, disturbing stories of inappropriate teacher behaviour towards pupils, particularly teenagers, are becoming incre...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How Mzila's family suffered during Gukurahundi genocide
IN 1982, I was assaulted by five Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniformed young men donning red berets at my Luveve house number 4136 where I lived, while I taught at St Bernards High School in Pumula, ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 120 | by Moses Mzila Nkalange
Matebeleland demands truth on Gukurahundi not this Mnangagwa charade
Matebeleland-BASED churches and civil society organisations are demanding testimonies by perpetrators of Gukurahundi as a critical step towards truth telling, justice and reconciliation in a developme...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hooker and boyfriend rob client
IN a sort of Bonnie and Clyde remake, a sex worker and her boyfriend allegedly connived to rob a client in Sauerstown.Bonnie and Clyde were an American gangster couple that became notorious ou...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Swindlers cash in on UK's certificates of sponsorship
FOR close to two years, Maud Kwembeya (33) - of Zimunya in Mutare - has been harbouring thoughts of one day migrating to the United Kingdom (UK) in search of greener pastures.A vastly experien...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Woman, daughter ordered to stop harassing rival
The Harare Civil Court has ordered a Kambuzuma woman and her mother to observe and maintain peace towards another woman from their neighbourhood who claimed to have been physically, verbally and emoti...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA veterans call for peace during elections
THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) ex-combatants yesterday called for peace in the country during the upcoming 23 August elections and urged authorities to ensure the safety of women, par...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Justice' eludes 2018 shooting victims
FAMILIES of the six people who were fatally shot by soldiers in the August 1, 2018 post-election violence say they are still waiting for justice five years on, with another round of polls less than a ...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean multimillionaire changing lives in the UK
AS the elections in Zimbabwe approach, I am speaking with one of the millions from that country in greener pastures far from home.Despite the enduring difficulties of her homeland, Guernsey-ba...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to address past human rights violations
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has urged government to address past human rights violations including Gukurahundi to ensure harmony among communities.This came out dur...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hiding behind a finger
IT is puzzling that President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently offered judges and the secretariat in the judicial sector US$400 000 each while the rest of the civil servants are languishing in poverty....Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by MDJ
Student privates parts stabbed with pen in school bullying
IN a suspected case of bullying, a Form Four pupil at St Columba's High School in Bulawayo collapsed after she was pushed against the wall in the toilet before she was allegedly stabbed with a ball po...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec boss warns political players and opinion leaders against fuelling hate
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) Chief Elections Officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana has a made a passionate appeal to political players and opinion leaders not to fuel hate and division among society as...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors petition Chief Charumbira
SURVIVORS of the Gukurahundi atrocities that rocked Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in the early 1980s have expressed reservations over the role of a traditional leaders taskforce constituted by P...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh controversy over Bulawayo city's parking system
BULAWAYO business executives want the city's controversial vehicle parking management system cancelled and renegotiated, saying it is hurting struggling local companies.A Bulawayo resident als...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti left assault victim traumatised
LOCAL businesswoman Tatiana Aleshina yesterday told Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro that she was left traumatised and embarrassed when Citizens for Coalition Change vice-president Tendai ...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Biti delaying assault trial'
Deputy Prosecutor-General Mr Michael Reza last Friday accused Tendai Biti of trying to delay his assault trial, again, after his lawyer Mr Alec Muchadehama said he intended to mount another applicatio...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mahere says she had no intentions to lie about the dead baby
CITIZENS Coalition for Change spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere yesterday told a Harare magistrate that she had no intention to lie in her tweets when she alleged that a police officer had fatally struck a ...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rival amakorokoza groups clash in Nkankezi
GOGO Martha Mlotshwa swears that she has never seen so much blood in her 75 years of existence.At her age, she has seen it all - the good, the bad and the worst of humanity but the level of vi...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to burn ex-lover alive
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Mavava line under Chief Gampu in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province who couldn't accept that his ex-lover had moved on has been arrested for allegedly torching a hut in whi...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
UK's deportations deal with Zimbabwe putting lives at risk
In the four years since she arrived in the UK, 56-year-old Josephine Sipiwe Jenje-Mudimbu's life has shifted from one of hope to one of daily, grinding fear.Josy, as she's better known, is an ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 14 | by Raoul Walawalker for Open Democracy
Maid arrested for kidnapping baby
Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested a maid who had kidnapped her employer's 20-months-old son and drove off in their car.Kimberly Ncube (19) was employed by a family in Paddonhurst suburb an...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tormented Cowdray Park family leaves home
AFTER being attacked by about 10 armed robbers at her house in Cowdray Park in an incident that left her son hospitalized, Mrs Nokuthula Ngwenya (46) and her family are so traumarised that they have m...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family searches for missing 11 year old son
A BULAWAYO family is searching for a 11-year-old boy from Pumula suburb who went missing last week.The boy is in Grade Six at Babambeni Primary School in Pumula.Promise Ncube was last ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Musengezi vows life threats will not force dumping of Mnangagwa challenge
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi has vowed the weekend arson attack that damaged his home and also destroyed property will not deter him from seeking justice in his court challenge against President ...Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 21:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles not Zimbabweans: the sooner Zimbabweans accept this glaring fact the better
Matabeles are not Zimbabweans, they have never been and will never be Zimbabweans. On the same breath, Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. This should sink into the ...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:17hrs | | by Israel Dube
The dangers of a long colonialism
Walking the last mileBY the time you read this piece, Queen Elizabeth II, late sovereign of the United Kingdom and titular head of the pizza-like Commonwealth, will be two days away from her f...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe domestic worker used as sex slave, exploited then fired in Pretoria, South Africa
A ZIMBABWEAN woman employed as a housemaid in Pretoria, South Africa is grappling to recover from the trauma of alleged sex slavery by a family she worked for, before her unceremonious dismissal....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UZ situation, a mere tip of the iceberg
THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) hiked its tuition fees last week, sparking protests from students at the institution of higher learning. The students have since resolved to boycott lectures until the ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Don't muzzle Gukurahundi genocide survivors'
THE United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop restricting Gukurahundi survivors from mourning and holdin...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots reign of terror despite electoral victory
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former State security minister, Owen Ncube, has been fingered in a gory plan to unleash a reign of terror in Gokwe-Kabuyuni and Gokwe-Kana constituencies targeting oppos...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
State closes case in Mamombe, Chimbiri 'fake' abduction
The state has closed its case in a matter in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Joana Mamombe and her party comrade Cecilia Chimbiri are being tried for allegedly lying about their a...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC activists dismiss video evidence against them
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have dismissed video evidence from State witness Detective Chief Inspector Richard Muvhuro as "a story of ghosts" which...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
NoViolet Bulawayo makes prestigious Booker Prize shortlist
ZIMBABWEAN writer NoViolet Bulawayo is among the 13 authors shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Booker Prize for fiction.Bulawayo, was nominated for her second novel ‘Glory' which has been ...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious machete gang caged
POLICE in Bulawayo have tracked down and arrested three armed robbery suspects who have been terrorising residents and have been linked to the robbery and murder of a Lobengula West businessman early ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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