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First cries of newborn babies are sweet music to them
There I was under the "Mundoza tree", our 'poshto' at the watering hole, known by the trade name Mavende Bar and bottle store. Where partakers of the illicit drink talk about going-for-one-one, they m...Published: 26 Jan 2025 at 12:16hrs | 500 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Victoria Falls to get two new upmarket hotels
Zimbabwe's premier tourist destination, Victoria Falls, is set to see the construction of two luxury hotels, valued at a combined US$114.3 million, which will significantly boost the city's hospitalit...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
Zimbabwean cuisine is very diverse and varied just like its cultures and languages. The staple food is sadza, pap, that can also be called differently by minority tribes. Sadza features in most ...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:13hrs | 1 | by Tondo Chinehasha
His haircuts are turning heads
Toddlers, juveniles, teens, adults and octogenarians, they all flock to Alexio's Barbershop. Sometimes we even see stampedes during school recess as each learner hurries to be in front of the queue to...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:17hrs | 136 | by Tondo Chinehasha
Hunting benefits truths can collapse Anti-hunting Animal Rights Groups
The recent 'flooding' of the media and British House Lords with the truths about international hunting benefits not only caused a rethink on the UK trophy hunting imports ban Bill but can also eventua...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Emmanuel Koro
Let's support our school children by paying their school fees
Here I was walking lackadaisically towards our forlorn and miserable Chinehasha Shopping Centre on Friday. The much-remembered and never to be forgotten 2023. Ahh isn't it the same year of the g...Published: 18 May 2023 at 21:05hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Education the only investment with no risk
Here I was walking lackadaisically towards our forlorn and miserable Chinehasha Shopping Centre on New Year's day. The much-remembered and never to be forgotten 2023. Ahh isn't it the same year ...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 14:45hrs | 5 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
The Mundoza tree has become an oracle
The two trees stand side by side as if nature's siblings, one a Casternabar and the other a 'Mutohwe'. One is domesticated and the other wild but they are both fruit trees. Their combined cano...Published: 08 May 2022 at 15:35hrs | 13 | by Mutanda Wachingama
Zanla fighter's daughter now top medical officer in US
While a good number of gallant veterans of Zimbabwe's war of liberation brawled this week in Harare with the police, who charged them with seeking to incite public violence, a city in a distant land t...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 17 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
A smoking pipe hung precariously from his blackened lips
We stood crowded in this rural watering hole at Nzvimbo Growth Point in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. It was pretty cold outside and everyone who entered the bottle store for a beer did not go out. B...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:12hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Beer prices have reduced cases of domestic violence
'Wine that gladdens the heart of man'. Beer prices are ever climbing up far away from the hands of many would be imbibers let alone mouths of merry-makers and pub crawlers. Paying tribute to Bacchus t...Published: 05 May 2019 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Velaphi: Daring by bringing first batch of weapons into Rhodesia
IN the past few weeks we have been focusing the spotlight on what may be considered the pioneers of Zimbabwe's armed liberation struggle. This was done as part of a build up towards independen...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:24hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
iSoftBet online casino software launches rich African wildlife-themed slot
iSoftBet is returning to their old stomping group with a brand new African wildlife-themed slot this month. Making its way to watering holes across the internet is a slot with a theme well-explored by...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why Dan Tshanda became Bulawayo's darling
WHILE he was never shy to talk about his roots, few knew that Dan Tshanda, the music legend and founder of the music movement known as Splash, was actually of Shona extraction from Zimbabwe.Th...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Man torches family homestead
A 23-year-old old Lower Gweru man torched his family homestead in a fit of rage over an undisclosed issue on Christmas Day leaving the family homeless and all property destroyed.The man Mandum...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
A little alcohol may be good for you
Drinking and drunkard are two similar words that are not identical neither do they mean the same. Churches and the clergy give varying explanations on whether worshippers should be allowed to drink al...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Tondorindo Murisa.
Andy Muridzo to release Ndebele songs
Contemporary musician, Andy Muridzo Ngwenya who fell out with Jah Prayzah's Military Touch Movement (MTM) after their record deal went sour earlier this year says he now finds himself stuck with a mil...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
10 Dangerous places to eat in Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls is such an awesome place to visit for a number of reasons. One of the biggest features of this town happens to be the choices of food and drink you have. Ironically all these places com...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | 30 | by Carl Joshua Ncube
Bangwato in Zimbabwe seek repatriation
A short walk from Matsiloje village in north-eastern Botswana across the Ramokgwebana River into Zimbabwe leads to Mphoeng's Reserve. Though administratively in Zimbabwe the residents of the reserve a...Published: 06 May 2018 at 12:44hrs | 6 | by Mmegi
Chamisa rose to MDC presidency on a tribal card
May I join in the debate around Joshua Nkomo, Khupe, Chamisa, Welshman, Mtambara etc etc. Apparently I happen to have worked under JN and with the rest in my political career. Without taking a neutral...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:57hrs | 5 | by Mzila Ndlovu
Bars cash in on Mugabe resignation
FOLLOWING the resignation of President Mugabe as Head of State on Tuesday, nightspots and supermarkets in Bulawayo cashed in on the euphoria on the streets which were teeming with people celebrating w...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'PSL has vendetta against Highlanders'
Ndumiso Gumede might be enjoying his retirement but he is still in touch with events in local football, neither has he lost interest in the sport that gave him fame.The former Highlanders chie...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 14:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare potholes now watering holes for pigeons
Potholes have become watering holes for pigeons along Princess Road in Harare.Pictures have surfaced in social media platforms of birds circling around the potholes....Published: 01 May 2017 at 10:26hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Kenyans invade 44,000 acre farm
There's a standoff at Suyian Ranch.For the past week traditional herdsmen have invaded the land, burned down the tourist lodge and brought in thousands of cattle to steal pasture.Now p...Published: 04 Feb 2017 at 16:03hrs | 2 | by BBC
The Comedian's Roadtrip
Our journey begins in Kadoma as Intercape Pathfinder takes us to Bulawayo to meet Beks Ndlovu who was going to take us on a road trip of a lifetime to SOMALISA Camp. Every fibre in me is excited about...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Bosso ke mang?
JUST when Dynamos thought they were on course to exert revenge on Highlanders, the Bulawayo giants pulled a stunner in the dying stages of yesterday's Castle Lager Premiership game at Barbourfields St...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 11:28hrs | | by Ricky Zililo
Missing rangers found
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers who were reported missing on Tuesday in the Mana Pools National Park were found alive yesterday after a search and rescue mission.H...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 07:56hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
4 game rangers missing
Search and rescue efforts to account for four suspected game rangers reported missing since Tuesday are underway in the Mana Pools National Park wildlife area amid conflicting reports of what could ha...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Detoxing Zimbabwe's political atmosphere
Our political differences should be differences of ideas, vision and ideology. There is nothing personal about it. Leave children out of it. The translation of verbal violence into physical violence i...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
#ZimShutDown forces nightspot closures
SOME Bulawayo nightspots yesterday shut down their businesses in fear of violence being unleashed by thugs affiliated to the organisers of the stayaway.Observations by Chronicle Showbiz reveal...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Bongani Ndlovu/Walter Mswazie/Leonard Ncube
Cricket club, a haven for criminals in Bulawayo
A watering hole at eMakhandeni Cricket Club in Bulawayo has become notorious for a string of muggings of patrons by criminals.The criminals waylay patrons from the club. Residents are al...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 10:43hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Ghost town status stalks Hwange
The sun appears to be setting for Hwange Town, an urban settlement whose origins and growth are anchored on coal mining activities in Hwange District. Hwange Colliery Company Limited, for decades the ...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Kamangeni Phiri
Macheso album launch a success
Alick Macheso, fresh from a successful launch of his Tsoka Dzerwendo album in Harare will be taking the latest offering to Mudamburi Beer Gardens in Chivi tonight.Smarting from posting a 100,0...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:42hrs | 4 | by Walter Mswazie
Top Zimbabwe cop fingered in poaching saga
A syndicate comprising police officers, Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers and Asians is behind the latest spate of elephant killings in Hwange National Park, it has emerged.One o...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Brian Chitemba and Tinashe Farawo
Cecil was much-loved by Yankees, just like Morgan Tsvangirai
The tale of a perverted Yankee with an obsession to inflict pain and misery, who hunted down a Zimbabwean lion for over two days with a bow and arrow, is strikingly symbolic of the manner in which the...Published: 02 Aug 2015 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Sunday Mail contributor
Hippo provokes 9 lions - Video
Rare footage has emerged from Hwange National Park showing a daring young hippo confronting a pride of lions at a watering hole.The hippo emerges repeatedly from a pan tries to confront ni...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Will continue doing my work, Cdes
CABINET FILES AND CZ's NOTEBOOKDear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES, as you are all aware, I am away on a State visit to the brotherly republic of Algeria… after which I will be...Published: 26 Mar 2015 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by CZ
Robert Mugabe no hero of Africa
Cape Town - Perhaps I'm a despicable, counter-revolutionary, neo-colonialist settler after all.During my entire adult life, I have called myself an African. I have visited most countries on th...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 12:48hrs | | by Max du Preez
Shona songs, man to pay for battering imbiber
A VICTORIA FALLS man accused of knocking out the teeth of a beer drinking mate in a row over the playing of Shona songs at a local watering hole was last Thursday ordered to compensate the victim ...Published: 25 Aug 2014 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold scramble
THOUSANDS of panners have descended on Doves Area in Inyathi, Bubi District, following the discovery of gold deposits in the area almost a month ago. A Chronicle news crew visited the area, a...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 07:27hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Cyanide now killing Tsholotsho cattle
TWO CATTLE have reportedly died in Tsholotsho after they drank from a watering hole inside Hwange National Park amid fears the water was poisoned with cyanide.There are reports that at least ...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso v Dembare: Let Fair Play be the guiding principle
FOOTBALL rivalries manifest themselves in many ways. Fierce conflicts between supporters, large media coverage, and high television viewing figures and, in some cases, bitter controversies can be both...Published: 27 Oct 2013 at 06:31hrs | | by Phineas Mukwazo
Why Zimbabweans should follow the American Debt Crisis: Next Time
"Of all the constraints on new government, it is the market that proves most confining-and this in a way is the genius of unfettered capitalism: it is self-enforcing....Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 08:08hrs | | by Tsungai Chipato
Govt investigates impact of cyanide at Hwange National Park
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has dispatched a team of inspectors to Hwange National Park to evaluate the impact of cyanide poisoning on water sources.The move is meant to preserve hum...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 17:52hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Miner implicates VP Mujuru in gold externalization
Zimbabwe Miners Federation ZMF) president, Trynos Nkomo (47) has implicated Vice President Joice Mujuru in his alleged offense of externalising gold.Nkomo has been arrested for allegedly ...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 17:51hrs | 5 | by Mafu Sithabile
Zoey arrested for loitering at Nite Club, fined $140
Popular pole dancer Zoey Sifelani had a brush with plain clothes cops in the wee hours of Wednesday after she was picked up for loitering outside City Sports Bar.The 26-year-old adult entertai...Published: 29 Jun 2013 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former cop arrested for robbing motorist who was urinating
Two robbers, one of them a former policeman who allegedly ambushed a motorist while he had stopped at a lay-bye to urinate and got away with US$3,000 and a cellphone, have been arrested.This c...Published: 16 Apr 2013 at 03:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Macheso billed to perform in Esigodini
ZIMBABWEAN sungura maestro Alick Macheso is on Sunday billed to descend on Matabeleland South's Jabula Inn in Esigodini for an all night gig.This will be the firs...Published: 12 Apr 2013 at 03:36hrs | 1 | by Entertainment Reporters
Policeman stabs fellow cop with a beer bottle
A Police constable based at Morris Depot has appeared in court accused of thumping a fellow police officer after an altercation in a bottle store.Zvikomborero Chipondo (32), who is also a memb...Published: 29 Nov 2012 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for killing friend over a ' beer scud'
A MAN has been jailed for the 2007 murder of a drinking partner for ending their booze session.Pilani Mutsetse, 29, of Shurugwi, was incensed after Wonder Dube left their watering hole called...Published: 22 May 2012 at 04:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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