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6 traditional questions stalling Mugabe's burial
Traditional chiefs in Zimbabwe are demanding that the body of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have been part of a dispute ove...Published: 41 mins ago | 207 | by AFP
Mugabe was a complex man, said Bona
There were few dry eyes by the time Bona Mugabe ended her speech.Former president Robert Mugabe's eldest child spoke from the heart to an audience that held her father in messianic reverence, ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1864 | by ZimLive
Janet Manyowa arrives ahead of Friends in Christ gospel extravaganza
Award-winning gospel artist, Janet Manyowa has arrived in the United Kingdom ahead of the annual concert hosted by Sharon Manatsa and Friends in Christ (FIC), taking place this Saturday in Bedford....Published: 7 hrs ago | 551 | by Tidi Kwidini
In-laws beat man to death
A Zhombe woman, her mother, brother and sister have been arrested for allegedly teaming up to fatally assault her husband following a domestic dispute. Acting Midlands provincial spokesperson,...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Man kills son over paternity row
A 24-year-old Zaka man allegedly strangled his son at the height of an argument over paternity with the mother, police said yesterday. Edison Jere of Machele Village under Chief Nhema took adv...Published: 12 hrs ago | 842 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 16:33hrs | 984 | by Daniel Itai
Mugabe's funeral fuels tensions due to traditional beliefs, rituals
As public wakes for late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have drawn to a close, traditional chiefs are demanding the body be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have been p...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:20hrs | 3863 | by AFP
Guvamombe, 'small house' clash at court
There was a near fistfight at the Harare magistrates' Court yesterday when suspended Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe's alleged mistress demanded US$10 000 she claimed to have paid to lawyers to fac...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1283 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF fights over another corpse
RELATIVES of the late Dominic Martin Mavhunga husband to minister of state for Provincial Affairs in Mashonaland Central, Monica Mavhunga are breathing fire after Zanu-PF and their in-laws allegedly h...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda ordered to pay $6,750 debt
THE High Court in Bulawayo has ordered the MP for Vungu in the Midlands Province, Omega Sibanda to pay back a personal loan of US$6 750 which he got from a local freelance photographer eight years ago...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Politburo meets today
Zanu-PF will convene an ordinary session of the Politburo today at the party headquarters in Harare, the party's secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo confirmed in a statement yest...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni assaults ex-wife over money
A MAN from Inyathi has been fined $100 for beating his ex-wife over US$700 he gave her five years ago when they were still married. Macloud Ndiweni (38) struck Ms Sifiso Sibanda (33) with a st...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Woman dies from abortion
A married woman from Hwange died in hospital from excessive bleeding after she allegedly aborted a 10-week old pregnancy at her matrimonial home, police confirmed. Police were told that Beauty...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:29hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa arm-twisted Mugabe family to force Heroes Acre burial
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government used strong-arm tactics to force Robert Mugabe's family to lift their objections to his burial at the National Heroes Acre burial, it was reported on Sunday....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:08hrs | 4833 | by ZimLive
Zvimba chiefs felt betrayed over Mugabe controversy
The late former President Robert Mugabe, who passed on 10 days ago, has courted controversy even in death with speculation over his burial, place of burial and his place in the history of Zimbabwe....Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:50hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family feuds over body
HUNDREDS of people yesterday waited in vain at the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural home in Zvimba where his body was scheduled to lie in state after the programme was cancelled at the last...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:48hrs | 2254 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: Rule by the whip
Books he trusted. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe's leader. He would be home at State House by 5:30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would k...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2275 | by The Economist
Mnangagwa offers no apology for the coup on Mugabe
Robert Mugabe died a "sad man", his nephew told a state funeral service attended by two dozen current and retired foreign leaders in Harare on Saturday.Walter Chidakwa fought back tears as he ...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | 8898 | by ZimLive
Jealous hubby kills neighbour
A 42-year-old man from Silobela has been arrested for killing his neighbour after he found him seated with his wife.Shine Sibanda is expected to appear in court tomorrow to face murder charges...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2326 | by Staff reporter
The installation of the Lozwi King at Emawabeni
FROM a high up vantage point along the highway leading from Bulawayo to Beitbridge one's attention is drawn to an expansive area down below that is covered by white tents. From here you see lots of pr...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1001 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Concern over sharp increase in armed robbery cases
POLICE in Midlands have expressed concern over a sharp increase in cases of armed robbery in the province.In an interview, Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Joel Goko said the cases of p...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 312 | by Staff reportetr
G40's ahistorical narrative
It was a comic spectacle to watch some G40 elements coming out of hibernation, mouth-frothing like demented confused fools gushing vitriol that former President Mugabe was forced to die in exile. Noth...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 306 | by Ranga Mataire
Is grieving Grace behind Mugabe funeral plans drama?
The controversy swirling around the burial of Zimbabwe's founding leader, Robert Mugabe, centers on his widow, Grace, who has remained dramatically cloaked behind a heavy black veil as she succeeded i...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 22:56hrs | 5711 | by AP
Former ambassador in divorce storm
Former ambassador in divorce stormFormer Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Russia, Boniface Guwa Chidyausiku's ex-wife, Evelyn Chidyausiku (nee Gurupira) has approached the High Court seeking an order to rever...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:00hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Ex-fighter sheds light on Mugabe's escape to Mozambique
Robert Gabriel Mugabe's life epitomises a journey well travelled, with cumulative substance offering new horizons where outspokenness made and indeed earned him the coveted place of being the darling ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Cop brings wife, boss infidelity pictures to court
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo, who brought pictures to court to prove that his superior was having an affair with his wife, got the shock of his life when his boss said it was mistaken identity as th...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 2569 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for attempting to kill ex-wife
AN estranged Lupane man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after he attempted to kill his ex-wife and two minors by burning them in a hut. Silandulo Tshuma (38) of Sibangani 1 Village proc...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's pictures
AS the country continues to celebrate the life of the late former President Robert Mugabe, The Chronicle went to its archives to get some pictures taken by its photojournalists over the years....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 23:23hrs | 9410 | by Staff reporter
Grace asked to rest, not attend second day of Mugabe public funeral
Former President Robert Mugabe's family asked his wife to rest and not be beside his body as it lies in state for a second day.They had always earlier said the late stateman's wishes had inclu...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:13hrs | 1691 | by Staff reporter
Zhuwao won't attend uncle's funeral
A nephew to the late former President Robert Mugabe, Robert Zhuwawo will not be able to attend his uncle's funeral as he is wheelchair-bound.Zhuwawo left Zimbabwe for Zambia in 2017, the year ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:12hrs | 1919 | by Staff reporter
We need to exorcise the spirit of retention
As Africans we need to exorcise the spirit of retention, a type of spirit tormenting most of my people to this day. Some of our customs and traditions are no more in anyone's interest except our detra...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:00hrs | 204 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa to hold mock Heroes Acre burial for Mugabe on Sunday?
A mock burial will be conducted for former President Robert Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre in Harare on Sunday – but his actual burial will not be held for several days after, his nephew and fam...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:48hrs | 10985 | by ZimLive
Obiang Nguema jets in for Mugabe funeral
The President of the Equatorial Guinea, His Excellency Theodore Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has arrived in the country for the funeral of the late former President Robert Mugabe.Accompanied by his w...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:47hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mugabes bury the hatchet, settles row to give Mugabe hero's burial
Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe will be buried in the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare, his family says, following a row with the government over his final resting site.Family...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:07hrs | 4159 | by BBC
Drama over the burial of Robert Mugabe
LIKE the rest of Zimbabweans, we are watching the unfolding drama over the burial of Zimbabwe's founding father, Robert Mugabe.This appears to be a game of brinksmanship between the family of ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 3463 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer in court over children's shares
A HARARE-BASED lawyer, Rueben Mataka, has been dragged to the High Court by his ex-wife, Fidelity Tswatswa, who is seeking an order to compel him to cede his shares to the couple's Monavale property i...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:00hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Superstition hits Mugabe family
Former President Robert Mugabe's chaotic funeral arrangements have been further blighted by a seemingly excessive adherence to supernatural beliefs with his family refusing to let his casket out of th...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | 4821 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe offered Chiwenga presidency
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore last Friday, offered Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to take over from him at the height of the coup, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 7205 | by Staff reporter
The emptiness of an ending
A DAY dawned with an early call.Mugabe was dead. And then, nothing. Nothing at all in my heart and mind.Just a gaping, blank canvas, waiting for a clear script to form out of the moras...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 782 | by Amanda Hammar
Mugabe Zimbabwe's hero and tyrant
The "icon of liberation" who led Zimbabwe to independence also drove the nation into poverty.Obituaries of Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe who died in Singapore on Friday at the a...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:42hrs | 107 | by The New York Times
Mugabe, Tsvangirai died miles away from Zimbabwe's dilapidated death traps
THE death of former president Robert Mugabe - some 8 260 kilometres away from home in far-flung Singapore - is a terrible indictment on his legacy and the state of the country's healthcare institution...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans have never been as confused as they are today: Mugabe: Hero or villain?
ZIMBABWEANS have never been as confused as they are today, following the death of Robert Mugabe, who was labelled a dictator. They are of two minds: is Mugabe a hero or a villain or is he both? They n...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 230 | by Zanda Shumba
Mugabe leaves a bitter legacy
ROBERT MUGABE'S career can be divided into three main parts.First, as an extraordinarily skilful leader who managed to dominate a fractious nationalist movement opposed to the white-supremacis...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | 196 | by The Economist
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 331 | by Enock Muchinjo
Ndebele nation panic over Mambo King installation
The recent installation of a new leader of the Mambo dynasty has riled some Ndebele traditional leaders who have viewed the event as an attempt to cause divisions among the Ndebele nation.This...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:55hrs | 3601 | by Staff reporter
ZACC starts cleansing councils of corrupt officials
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has set sights on cleansing local authorities of corrupt officials, with Chitungwiza, Harare and Victoria Falls topping the investigations list, an offic...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:54hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family decision to strain Grace, Mnangagwa relationship
Robert Mugabe's family has prevailed and Zimbabwe's former president will be buried in his rural home.This is a final snub to his former comrades. It is not unprecedented: other national heroe...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:18hrs | 3125 | by BBC Africa
Grace will never leave Mugabe's casket until his remains have been interred
A row over Robert Mugabe's final burial site escalated on Thursday, a day after the former president's body was returned to Zimbabwe from Singapore where he died on September 6.A statement by ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:12hrs | 1588 | by ZimLive
Mugabe: A peerless, malevolent fearmonger
AS a young lad, my late grandmother would occasionally ship me to her rural home in Nkayi, where, for the first time, I came face to face with the late former President Robert Mugabe's handiwork....Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:01hrs | 202 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Information Ministry mourns Mugabe, Mugoba
The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has consoled the Mugabe and Mugoba families following the deaths of national heroes, former President Robert Mugabe and Major General T...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:58hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
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