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SADC in a mess
The brutal killing of opposition lawyer Elvino Dias and a party official, Paulo Guambe, on Saturday in Mozambique puts a gloomy picture on the region. Instead of engaging in such horrific activities, ...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 19:27hrs | 435 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe faces groundwater drought, claims World Bank
A recent report from the World Bank Group (WBG) has revealed a concerning outlook for Zimbabwe's critical sectors, including agriculture, water, forestry, and energy, due to the severe impacts of clim...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:52hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Sheep on a high: Flock feasts on cannabis after extreme weather
In a truly bizarre twist of fate, a flock of sheep in Greece found themselves feeling a bit too "ewe-phoric" after munching on a crop of weed!Wildfires, heatwaves, and flooding had left the po...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:05hrs | 860 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa makes another empty promise on Lake Gwayi-Shangani
THE Lake Gwayi-Shangani project is set to be completed by the end of this year with President Mnangagwa yesterday reiterating his Government's commitment to pushing it to the end given its strategic s...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mother of late Bulawayo rapper Cal_Vin fights for justice and legacy
Three years after the tragic and unsolved death of Bulawayo rapper Cal_Vin, his mother, Sinikiwe Luphahla, remains dedicated to seeking justice for her son while actively preserving his musical legacy...Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 10:46hrs | 25 | by Staff Reporter
Violence Is Violence No-matter The Gender
Last week, tragedy struck in Nyameni Suburb, Marondera, when a young girl named Sharon lost her life at the hands of her boyfriend. The news of this horrific incident has spread like wildfire across t...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 21:42hrs | 12 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo Violence Is Violence No-matter The Gender
Mnangagwa leaves for AfDB forum in Egypt
President Mnangagwa is expected here today to join over 3 000 delegates who include Heads of State and Government, central bank governors and members of the development community, at the 58th annual m...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bulawayo streets erupt as cheating hubby faces wife's wrath in public confrontation
In a jaw-dropping scene that has set tongues wagging throughout the streets of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's vibrant second largest city, an unsuspecting man found himself at the mercy of his enraged wife, whi...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Quailed-off Vumbachikwe Mine Spouse demo brews possible spontaneous strike
Tuesday the 8th of November 2022 saw more than five hundred disgruntled Vumbachikwe (known as Forbes and Thompson Duration Gold Mine) spouses of mine work...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 13:30hrs | 4 | by Maxwell Teedzai
At times I feel Zimbabweans deserve ED!
Whenever I observe the ordinary people of Iran, I am always filled with awe and admiration. Here is a nation with one of the most ruthless oppressive theocratic regimes on the planet.H...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SADC tackles xenophobia in SA
SADC has engaged the South African government to ensure the protection of African citizens domiciled in that country against xenophobic attacks.After paying a courtesy call on President Mnanga...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Djokovic deserves respect'
ZIMBABWEAN tennis player Benjamin Lock has waged into the Navac Djokovic and Australian authorities' saga expressing no kind words for the latter.Djokovic could not provide evidence of double ...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 kills 133 in one week
A TOTAL of 133 Covid-19 deaths and more than 10 000 Covid-19 infections were recorded in the seven days between Christmas Day and New Year's Eve in Zimbabwe, a situation that has prompted a revision o...Published: 02 Jan 2022 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Do we need more diseases that freak out our leaders for them to finally attend to crumbling health care system?
It is really strange, in fact, creepy, how people appear freaked out and terrified by the thought of death and dying.Honestly, as much as most of us are not suicidal, and not actively seeking ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 17:37hrs | 5 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Coronavirus update 2021 spring: What is the Delta variant?
It is 2021 and we have not fully recovered from Covid-19 and what the pandemic did to the world. So, what's new in 2021? Although we have good news with the vaccine for the virus discovered, distribut...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vaccine shortage hits Zimbabwe's COVID-19 programme
ZIMBABWE'S on-going COVID-19 vaccination programme has been hit by shortage of vaccines after several people who turned up at inoculation centres for the first dose in some parts of the country were t...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls drying up: Where is the alarmist journalist hiding now?
It happens often during the dry season. Someone snaps a picture of the dry rock wall, on the Zambian side of Victoria Falls, and claims with shock that the mighty Falls are drying up and there is almo...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 07:33hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents demand refuse fee removed from their rates
side from the Covid-19-induced lockdown restrictions where many of us had to adjust to working from home among many other things, 2020 was a burdensome year because of the Bulawayo City Council's fail...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Chamisa leads people astray new covid rules are not political
In the past 24 hours United Kingdom has lost 53.000 fifty three thousand people to COVID 19. The number is growing. In twenty four hours six Zimbabwean nurses in the UK have lost their lives to COVID ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 16:43hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Thank God for ingenious coronavirus vaccine - we must now deal with political challenge
It was just over a year ago, November 2019, that the world learned of the coronavirus outbreak in China. By March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a world pandemic. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 17:57hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Bushiri case takes weird turn
The Shepherd Bushiri court case took a turn for the weird this week, after a clerk was accused of stealing important files in full-view of TV cameras. A bizarre conspiracy theory has forced th...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni to appear in court in 2020
Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni's High Court appeal will be only be held after mid-year 2020 his lawyer Professor Welshman Ncube has said. Speaking in an interview with Wildfire D...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Welshman Ncube speaks on Chief Ndiweni case
Professor Welshman Ncube has opened up on what transpired during the much hyped bail application of Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni. In an exclusive interview Wildfire Deejay of T...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 21:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prophet fights, subdues 3m python
A CHIPINGE homestead was recently turned topsy-turvy when hundreds of curious villagers trooped to catch a glimpse of a suspected juju python that was captured by a self-proclaimed prophet during a wi...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa speaks on ZANUPF association
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has denied reports that he has re-joined ZANU PF. The reports came after Temba Mliswa was seen wearing ZANU PF regalia at a rally held in Zvimba over the weeke...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 15:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
South African radio DJ takes Mliswa head on
A South African based Radio Disc Jockey Stanley Dube (known as Wildfire Deejay) has accused Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa of being President Mnangagwa's henchman who lynches the presidents ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:55hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Top DJ goes broke?
Top Bulawayo wheel spinner DJ Liz (real name Sharmaine Waldman) has allegedly gone broke and resorted to selling isitshwala as a means of alternative survival.In a video posted by social...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:07hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
TB Joshua prophesy on the military coup in Zimbabwe?
A video showing Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua predicting impending military intervention in the government of a Southern African country has been circulating like wildfire on social media in Zimbabwe....Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Heartbreak: Nigerian returns from Libya to discover his wife had married his friend and his only son had died!!!
A heartbreaking video showcasing a young Nigerian's truly harrowing life experiences has been uploaded to YouTube.In the clip, a Nigerian named Harrison solemnly narrates how he barely escaped...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 19:59hrs | 13 | by Nosa Osazuwa
Police roadblocks bombshell
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs has heard how foreign haulage truck operators are working to isolate Zimbabwe due to too many roadblocks.The Kindness Paradza-led commi...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diaspora in UK demand voting rights
Birmingham: The emergence of Zimbabwe's civil society movements in politics since #thisflag movement has become both fascinating and challenging. Fascinating in that the demonstrations does not seem t...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 14:38hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
Condom use in HIV prevention as safe as drinking diluted poison
As Africa in general, and Zimbabwe in particular, continues to wage a seemingly losing battle with HIV/Aids, is it not time that the we re-evaluated our long-trusted strategies to ascertain where exac...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 10:23hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Big Nuz collapsing?
RUMOURS that Mampintsha is distancing himself from Big Nuz and Afrotainment are spreading like a wildfire."Mampintsha", real name Mandla Mamphumulo, is said to have lost interest in the pl...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
False death rumour distresses Mtukudzi
Zimbabwean music legend, Oliver Mtukudzi - who like President Robert Mugabe has been falsely reported as having died many times - was once again left fuming yesterday after a dubious overseas-base...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
A new era for African media
Enter digital media with tweets, blogs and a plethora of new voices The advent of digital media has turned the media landscape upside down. The news cy...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 17:16hrs | 1 | by Zipporah Musau
'Ama V.I.P' about to turn up the heat in Zim Maskandi circles
Johanbesburg - The heat is just about to go up like flames of a raging wildfire in the Mthwakazi Maskandi scene with the arrival of the new boys who go by the name Ama V.I.P.The Zimbabwean bor...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 13:24hrs | | by Beven Tshuma
Zimbabweans go from 'tweets to streets'
Government critics staged a massive stay-away in Zimbabwe's largest cities on July 6. Streets in the capital Harare were deserted, with central business district shops closed.The international...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 20:48hrs | | by Lauren E. Young
Blessers: Digital age sugar daddies
This week, flamboyant South African businessman and playboy Kenny Kunene ignited debate when he went on a rant on how beneficiaries of the popular "blesser" phenomenon, known as blessers, were nothing...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:53hrs | 18 | by Bruce Ndlovu
'All lawyers should go to jail,' says Beatrice Mtetwa
Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has called for all lawyers to be allowed to go to jail for the purposes of understanding what happens to victims when they are unable to get off. She made these remarks appearin...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 16:16hrs | | by Zororo Makamba
Zimbabwean teacher to be deported after years in SA
Pretoria - While the court has sympathy for a former school teacher who fled to South Africa from Zimbabwe, the man will have to return to his country after spending seven years in South Africa....Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 15:26hrs | | by Pretoria News
Sandra Ndebele receives vehicle at album launch
ON Thursday evening, Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi launched her seventh album - Izenzo to much pomp and fanfare. Complete with a red carpet, the event contained all the elements required to bring an A list c...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Elephants ruin Zimra boss' bush sex
A married senior Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official and his girlfriend fled undressed from a bush in Victoria Falls, where they were allegedly engaging in sex when a herd of elephants invad...Published: 02 Dec 2014 at 06:40hrs | | by Clement Mukwasi
Why T.B. Joshua's church collapse actually convinced me he is a genuine man of God
I know many will be surprised at this opinion but it is an honest and frank progression of thoughts from an open-minded individual, not emboldened by any personal bigotry, political agenda or reli...Published: 22 Oct 2014 at 06:24hrs | | by Johnson Abayomi
Zimbabwes' Tariro NeGitare to perform in Senegal
Tariro NeGitare, Zimbabwe's guitarist, singer and song writer is scheduled to perform in Senegal this week. Her performance in Senegal is facilitated by Hunnar Management Agency, the Embassy of Zi...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Despite climate change, Africa can feed Africa
Climate change comes with never-before-experienced impacts. For example, crop yields and growing seasons will decrease even as changing rain patterns will worsen people's access to water. Yet Afr...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 16:26hrs | | by Dr. Richard Munang and Jesica Andrews
Zindala Zombili back by popular demand
JOHANNESBURG - Waya - Waya hitmaker and Rhumba legend Allen Ndoda Ndlovu's music is blossoming and spreading like wildfire in a dry veld. The reload of the popular Zindala Zombili is living testim...Published: 19 Feb 2014 at 16:34hrs | 4 | by Vusumuzi Ndlovu
Reaching for new heights
Information and communications technology takes agriculture to a new level in Zimbabwe Charles Dhewa loved to write about agriculture, especially soil ...Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 23:17hrs | | by Munyaradzi Makoni
Mudede created four different voters rolls, claims Biti
The MDC-T on Friday claimed that Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has created three to four different voters roll databases, for the purposes of rigging the upcoming elections.Tendai Biti, the...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 12:58hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
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Tariro NeGitare in car crash
Singer Tariro Ruzvidzo best known by her stage name Tariro NeGitare was involved in a car accident on Tuesday night.3-mob reports that "she was quickly discharged from hospital even though h...Published: 02 May 2013 at 06:57hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Child pornography goes viral on Facebook
Facebook has sparked a furious backlash after an adult clip allegedly showing child pornography went viral on the social network.Users vented their anger on rival website Twitter after the vid...Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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