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$600 million for vendors, elderly during lockdown
MORE than $600 million will be extended to small businesses, vendors and the elderly by Government in the next fortnight as part of elaborate interventions to compensate for loss of income during the ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 132 | by Staff reporter
Most Barbourfields upgrades complete
MOST of the renovation work at Barbourfields Stadium has been completed, with the City of Bulawayo having worked tirelessly to get the facility up to standard.Responding to questions from this...Published: 4 hrs ago | 116 | by Staff reporter
Prayer or science in the face of COVID-19
"If churches are being shut down for the purpose of saving lives. Was there a need for them in the first place? Even church pastors are waiting for the coronavirus to clear so they can continue healin...Published: 21 hrs ago | 848 | by Miriam Tose Majome
So much noise about the Supreme Court judgement
Dear MDC-Alliance, Please note I'm not a legal fundi but I strongly believe we have learned and respected judges so I won't dispute the judgement but pause a few layman pointing questions whic...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 09:21hrs | 1915 | by Munya Shumba
Downsizing of farms begins in Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT is inspecting underutilised farms and those exceeding maximum sizes as it prepares to downsize them, The Manica Post has established.This follows recommendations by the Ministry of ...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Family feuds over tombstones
A family feud has spilled into the courts following the alleged mistreatment of tenants, The Weekender reports.House Number 39 Tenderere is at the centre of the dispute between Patience Jimu and her e...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Sports betting catches a cold
GLOBAL suspension of sporting activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic has left multitudes of sports punters miserable and some in the red. Sports betting has over the years grown into a lucrative indu...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields Stadium and National Sports Stadium ban stands
BARBOURFIELDS Stadium in Bulawayo and the National Sports Stadium in Harare remain banned from playing host to Caf-sanctioned international senior men's matches for failing to meet required minimum st...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Unfolding challenges of Muteswa's domestic abuse: Trials & tribulations of single women in Zimbabwe and the law of Karma!
What Chantelle Muteswa is currently going through and the amount of emotional challenges and humiliations she must cope with is just unimaginable by common sense. In her case, common sense is no longe...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 20:50hrs | 1508 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe stadia fails March inspection, gets June ultimatum
Warriors still risk playing their matches outside the country if Covid-19 recedes after communication from CAF that local stadiums failed to meet the required minimum standards after an inspection in ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:26hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
'MDC leader raped a woman in South Africa...Tsvangirai negotiated his release'
United Kingdom-based Human Rights activist Pedzisayi Ruhanya has alleged that a senior MDC official was arrested in 2011 after raping a cleaner at a hotel in South Africa. In a Twitter thread ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:49hrs | 7050 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nango hails govt on lockdown decision
The National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO) has hailed the position that taken by the Government of Zimbabwe of instituting a 21-day lockdown with effect from Monday 30 March 20...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:21hrs | 95 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegitimate Mnangagwa, illegitimate Chamisa: Country legit?
BY now, the entire nation is aware of the folly of appointing a retired club DJ to be the man in charge of a whole country's healthcare system.It should have been obvious to any self-respecting leader...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 3566 | by Muckraker
BCC clinics overwhelmed as hospitals' OPDs close
BULAWAYO City Council clinics are overwhelmed with patients after the city's central hospitals closed their Out Patients Departments (OPDs) and started attending to emergency cases only. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Mbira musician Nandi dies at 38
Maejury Tairima ( Nandi ) mbira musician passed on yersterday, she was succumbed to a heart problem.She was 38.She will be buried tomorrow at Westband cemetery in Norton, Harare....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:08hrs | 1066 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
1 680 inmates released
More than 1 600 prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential amnesty gazetted last week were released from various prisons this morning.Only 53 women benefited from the amnesty a...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:50hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
Relief for the vulnerable, elderly
Real Open Opportunities for Transformation Support (ROOTS) in conjunction with the department of Social Services has come to the rescue of vulnerable community members for the duration of the 21-day l...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:33hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
The cost of coronavirus in Africa: What measures can leaders take?
With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 having reached the African continent, countries are getting ready to manage the spread of the virus and ensure that their fragile health systems can cope. Images fr...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:33hrs | 319 | by Dorothy Tembo
Re-imagining the post-COVID-19 political scene in Zimbabwe
There is no denying that the global pandemic figuratively known as COVID-19 has disrupted our everyday lives. Even our economies have ground to a halt. Our educational institutions have been for...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 212 | by Admire Mare
Residents defy Mnangagwa's lockdown order
THERE was widespread defiance yesterday of the Government directive for people to stay home during the 21-day lockdown period that came into effect on Monday. Government has come up with a num...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:31hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal fights break out in Bulawayo
POLICE in Bulawayo were yesterday called to restore order at mealie meal queues in the city centre and Nketa Suburb as residents fought over the commodity. Anti-riot police were called to disp...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans still in bondage in 'Egypt' - we're still awaiting our Moses to deliver us
It is always common knowledge that whenever political leaders - with the help of their sidekicks, mouthpieces, and praise singers - resort to misinterpreting biblical scriptures to justify and defend ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:17hrs | 809 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MLF launches Mthwakazi sovereign fund
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has launched a Mthwakazi sovereign fund for the liberation struggle to establish a federal republic.In a statement MLF President Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza said ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 560 | by Stephen Jakes
President Mnangagwa, why is Frank Buyanga not arrested by ZR Police?
Dear Mr President,I hope I find you well Mr. President. I am putting on ice serious differences I have with you for the sake of the young life: the son to Ms Chantelle Muteswa and Mr. Frank Bu...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 12:34hrs | 4351 | by Nomazulu Thata
5 Common eating disorders in women everyone should know about
Eating disorders are a group of psychological conditions that are associated with an unhealthy relationship with food. Most of these eating disorders are associated with poor self-esteem and distorted...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1309 | by Staff Writer
Calls to implement devolution grow louder
THE distribution of resources to fight the COVID-19 outbreak has exposed the need for government to fully implement devolution of power to allow provinces to map their own action plans to handle such ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:27hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi harvester killed by elephant
A woman (58) from Lukange community in Beitbridge East was trampled to death by an elephant while two other villagers watched helplessly on Saturday morning. Elisa Chivalaula died while harves...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:14hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rallies Zimbabweans
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has urged Zimbabweans to unite and fight the Coronavirus pandemic as the nation enters 21 Days of Lockdown. Said Chamisa, "In the coming days, I encourage you to be m...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:14hrs | 2536 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Shebeens boom after bars closure
People huddled in groups, chatting and drinking without loud music are scenes that characterised shebeens in the high-density areas of Bulawayo last weekend. Following the ban on public gather...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:09hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
What 21 days of Lockdown will likely Mean for the Zimbabwean Populace
To curb the spread of the coronavirus President Emmerson Mnangagwa imposed a 21 days lockdown of Zimbabwe which is to come into effect on Monday 30, March.The measure has been applauded by man...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 23:21hrs | 3621 | by Prince Njagu
Calls for General Chiwenga to be quarantined made
Opposition leaders have called upon the government to encourage Vice President Constantino Nyikadzino Dominic Guvheya Chiwenga to enter into a period of self-quarantine for 14 days after he landed in ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:13hrs | 5759 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo braces for Covid 19
I love walking the streets of my hometown, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Every street, edifice and alley way holds many memories for me. Memories of happier times, when our now old and frail parents...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 436 | by Terence Msuku
Of life in the COVID-19 era
A little over a week ago England wicketkeeper Jos Butler nearly broke the internet when a video of the 29-year-old and wife Louise doing pilates, surfaced.The Englishman was in full Test gear ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:24hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
We let her down: we should hang our heads in shame!
Its high time we put our act together and we assist our daughter Chantelle Muteswa dear Zimbabwean women. We can't let the girl fight such a brutal war on her own without assistance from Zimbabwe wome...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 19:23hrs | 4025 | by Nomazulu Thata
Sex workers scramble for operating space
STANDING at a dimly lit street corner opposite a once-popular nightclub in Bulawayo, five skimpily dressed sex workers flag down passing vehicles and individuals on foot soliciting for clients....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 13:49hrs | 2288 | by Staff reporter
National Foods directors in a legal racism fight with former employee
FORMER employee of National Foods Limited (NHL) who was a food analyst and director of worker’s trust fired for representing workers has claimed the com...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:05hrs | 733 | by Stephen Jakes
Travelling Zimbabweans in Corona horror
As the country struggles to deal with the deadly coronavirus at home, the government has now also been forced to rescue 107 Zimbabweans who are being detained by Tanzanian authorities in Dar es S...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4268 | by Staff reporter
Law firms shut down, JSC streamlines
SEVERAL Bulawayo laws firms have shut down their offices while the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has also streamlined operations at the courts as part of measures taken to mitigate against the spr...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:29hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
False pregnancy claims backfire
A woman from Mberengwa who trapped her boyfriend into marrying her claiming that she was pregnant saw her plan backfiring after a pregnancy test exposed her.Pikirai Mpofu of Mataga Village und...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:28hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Women fight over neighbour's husband
NEIGHBOUR from hell!Samkeliso Dube from Sotshangane Flats in Bulawayo's Mzilikazi suburb said they were now sworn enemies with her neighbour Rreid Marsha because she was sleeping with her husb...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Abortion mystery at thigh vendors' den
Two residents of a thigh vendors' haven in Mutare's city centre were at each other's throats on Friday as they fought over a suspected abortion case.When The Weekender arrived at No. 143 Third...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:24hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
I don't regret sex lessons, says Zoey
Zoey says she doesn't regret complementing her earnings by teaching women sex lessons.The 31-year-old, who is now a hit with both married and single ladies itching to impress their partners, r...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:23hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post closes tonight
Zimbabwe and South Africa will at midnight jointly close Beitbridge Border Post to non-residents with only Zimbabwean residents allowed to travel north and South African residents to move south. ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:18hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Patrick Zhuwao's letter to Chinese President
Your Excellency President Xi Jinping, I am writing this open letter to plead with you for the People's Republic of China to assist the people of Zimbabwe to attack COVID19 with aggressive and targeted...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 08:29hrs | 4158 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Police to enforce Covid-19 regulations
POLICE in Bulawayo have said they will arrest any persons who violate new regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19. Government has come up with a number of measures, including the gazettin...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Warriors coach Loga's salary revealed
WARRIORS coach, Zdravko "Loga'' Logarusic, earns a salary of US$7 000 a month and is likely to have pocketed, at least, US$70 000 by the time he leads his team into a competitive football match for th...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:43hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Prophet Passion Java turns to mazigaro
Controversial Preacher Passion Java has taken things to another level after sponsoring Zimdancehall Uncle Epatan's obscene song titled Mazigaro loosely translated to Big buttocks.The Zimdanceh...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 11:53hrs | 6329 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Defence minister Muchinguri explains the war veterans bill
THE Minister of Defence and War Veterans Oppah Muchinguri has said the drafting of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Bill is in line with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's legislative agenda to ali...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 08:56hrs | 2374 | by Stephen Jakes
Ramaphosa was 'exposed' to coronavirus
President Cyril Ramaphosa is not likely to get coronavirus after a recent meeting with South Africa's political leadership, his office have stated on Sunday evening.How Cyril Ramaphosa *might* hav...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3264 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shuts borders
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday declared the country's borders closed for both inbound and outbound traffic except cargo and returning residents in an unprecedented step to halt the ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 10786 | by Staff reporter
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