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Three children kill soldier
Tapiwa Munekwa(15), Noah Musenyi (12) and Tinashe Munekwa(10) allegedly murdered a member of the Zimbabwe National Army,Aaron Bhasopayi in Zaka on Wednesd...Published: 4 hrs ago | 833 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man demands $1m for wife's death
A HARARE man has claimed $1 million from a motorist who killed his wife in a road accident and never contributed during her funeral.Norman Ziyambe sued Simbarashe Ganha in summons filed before...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko rekindles Choppies fight
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko and his son Siqokoqela have taken the Botswana-headquartered Choppies Enterprises, its distribution centre and Nanavac Investments to court demanding an outsta...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2684 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC debates official's involvement in abduction
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance is today expected to seal the fate of a senior party official, Tendai Masotsha, accused of conniving with State security agents in the abduction of a Bulawayo-based...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1124 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe needs sanctions lifted to develop'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called on the world to rally behind SADC's quest to have illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West removed to enable the country to realise its full potential. ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 79 | by Staff reporter
Bosso players seek shrine power
WHILE many footballers in Africa do turn to sorcery and fetishism for a competitive edge, lathering magical-power oilments on their skin and squirrel fat (for speed) on their feet, Bulawayo giants Hig...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:45hrs | 1533 | by Staff reporter
Sex prophet preys on flock
A self-styled prophet who started a virtual church on WhatsApp has admitted bedding several female congregants who came to him for prayer and confided in him about problems they were having in their r...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 18:44hrs | 2737 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love confirms undying love for ex-wife Bounty Lisa
CONTROVERSIAL dancehall chanter Soul Jah Love has once again confirmed his undying love for ex-wife Bounty Lisa through a yet-to-be released song titled Hatisisiritose if a snippet from the video of t...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1023 | by Staff Reporter
3 Zimbabweans die in horrific car crash in Cyprus
IN a tragic incident, three Zimbabwean students from the European University of Lefke in Cyprus died Tuesday night while returning from an outing.Cyprus is an island country in the Eastern Med...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
US$500 for dead civil servants
GOVERNMENT has extended an equivalent of US$500 as funeral assistance for its underpaid civil servants who would have passed on. The offer, which was confirmed by both Information secretary Ndavaningi...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:58hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's loudest cheerleader dies
FORMER Cabinet minister and diplomat Florence Chitauro (79) has died.Chitauro died on Monday night after she collapsed at her Borrowdale home with relatives suspecting she suffered a severe st...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:57hrs | 2847 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu freed on $10,000 bail
Former Zanu-PF Youth League political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu was granted Z$10,000 bail by the High Court on Wednesday after 10 days in prison.Justice Davison Moses Foroma said magistrate...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:42hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Govt to pay US$500 for dead civil servants
GOVERNMENT has extended an equivalent of US$500 as funeral assistance for its underpaid civil servants who would have passed on.The offer, which was confirmed by both Information secretary Nda...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3774 | by Staff Reporter
Zicorba ushers the majority of Zimbabweans into commercial rabbit production
The Zimbabwe Commercial Rabbit Breeders Association (Zicorba) was mooted in June 2020 by a group of like-minded persons during a WhatsApp discussion, setting a stage for what has become household name...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1222 | by Lloyd Mangoh
Chief drives out tsikamutandas
CHIEF Bango of Matobo District in Matabeleland South has become the latest traditional leaders to drive out self-styled traditional healers, popularly known as tsikamutandas, out of his area.T...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:54hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
2 borders with SA proposed
The Department of Immigration has advised the Government to consider formalising two proposed borders with South Africa to relieve pressure on Beitbridge and curb irregular migration and smuggling alo...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:43hrs | 4073 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in Kuwadzana plane crash
FOUR people were killed and three others seriously injured when a Kariba-bound private plane crashed and extensively damaged two houses in Kuwadzana 5 suburb in Harare yesterday morning.The fo...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:41hrs | 11764 | by Staff reporter
Mkhaya's John Vul'gate challenge goes viral
AUSTRIA-based imbube music exponent Vusa Mkhaya's version of the John Vul'gate challenge went viral over the weekend with the artiste releasing a song Ngiyabongamina to celebrate his birthday....Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 1366 | by Staff reporter
Van Choga's Vhura Gate!
AS anticipated, Zimdancehall artistes have not let the #JohnVuliGateChallenge pass them as Van Choga wekwaMudzviti has come up with his own version, redefining the song's dances and lyrics.The...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:37hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
ZAA SA Nominees announces as Dates are set for SA and Botswana dates
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced the nominee and voting dates for the ZAA SA and Botswana editions which are set to be held on 5 and 11 December 2020, respectively.ZAA SA will...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 18:33hrs | 749 | by Agencies
Obert Mpofu not a sellout
It does not matter that Obert Mpofu hails from and or identifies himself with the Mthwakazi people but he is the other person to be tried for the gruesome massacres of Mthwakazi people during the Guku...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | 4716 | by MLF
US$5,6m COVID-19 tender scandal
THE probe on Health deputy minister John Mangwiro over an alleged US$5,6 million COVID-19 tender scam has become a proxy for the factional fights ravaging the ruling Zanu-PF party, with dog fights ove...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:23hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Gunmen leave Zimbabwe police puzzled
A spike in shooting incidents across the country has left the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) searching for answers amid indications that there has been a proliferation of unregistered guns.A w...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:21hrs | 3440 | by Staff reporter
Oskido's father buried
OPPOSITION stalwart and father of music legend Oscar "Oskido" Mdlongwa, Esaph Mdlongwa was buried in Bulawayo yesterday.MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his MDC-T rival Thokozani Khupe b...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pushed to engage Chamisa
CHURCHES have encouraged Zimbabweans to remain hopeful about the country's future, as they continue to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to help resolve th...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:34hrs | 13086 | by Staff reporter
Man kills aunt over missing luck charms
POLICE in Mutoko, Mashonaland East province have arrested a 23-year-old man who allegedly axed his aunt to death, accusing her of misplacing his talisman.Piniel Tinomuda, of village 43 Hoyuyu,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:31hrs | 1783 | by Staff reporter
Mdlongwa burial today
THE late opposition MDC founding executive Esaph Mdlongwa, who succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday, is set to be buried today at Luveve cemetery in Bulawayo.Former MDC Bulawayo senator Rita Ndl...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:22hrs | 552 | by Staff reporter
The Wayward Child
After an uneasy pregnancy and long hours of labour pains, there was a great celebration when baby Lerato was finally born. Lerato was born into a broken family of school dropouts. Her elder siblings n...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 12:05hrs | 775 | by Salom Shilongo
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1745 | by Nomazulu Thata
Diaspora men held at ransom by their wives
Man sitting on outdoor wooden stairwell, cupped hand wrapped around clenched hand, both hands held to mouth, a pained gaze" This is the everyday posture most men in the UK adopt under pressure from th...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 8728 | by Dr Masimba Mavava
Lobola demands tearing family apart
A Mutare man is being forced to sell his property to raise lobola money.Lovemore Mahowa has since sold half of his property to pay part of the outstanding lobola.He said his in-laws ar...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:29hrs | 3124 | by Staff reporter
Esaph Mdlongwa: Obituary from the General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Communist Party
I have learnt with a heavy heart the passing away of Comrade Esaph Mdlongwa, the founding Organising Secretary of the Movement for Democratic Change, a trade unionist and a former Member of Parliament...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 11:39hrs | 1945 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena.
Restricted funeral wake and burial for Oskido's dad
THE family of the late Esaph Mdlongwa father to legendary music producer Oscar "Oskido" Mdlongwa has said only close family will be allowed to attend the funeral and burial of the late politician. ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Mbembesi villagers push for Chief Ndondo's ouster
Some members of the Fingo community in Mbembesi have petitioned for the removal of Chief Dumisani Ndondo accusing him of incompetence, maladministration and dismal performance in executing his traditi...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:44hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans divided over effects of targeted sanctions, as govt can't prove they're responsible for economic crisis
For me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence - which has been the hallmark of the ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 11:40hrs | 1725 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimdollar demand spikes
THE continued consolidation of the Zimbabwean dollar gains on the official market-driven foreign currency auction platform has created huge demand for the local currency on the back of growing confide...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1957 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Oskido's father and MDC founder dies?
Unconfirmed reports reaching this reporter indicate that Esaph Mdlongwa, the founding member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and the party's first organising secretary and is a ...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 17:01hrs | 14861 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Murder unites MDC Alliance, Zanu-PF
THE gruesome murder of a seven-year-old Murewa boy, Tapiwa Makore last month, has united the otherwise bitterly antagonistic parties ZanuPF and the MDC Alliance despite the father of the deceased bein...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
Missing teen found hanging four days later
A 17-YEAR-OLD Nkulumane suburb boy was found hanging from the roof of his father's bedroom after he had gone missing for four days. Kholo Jamela was reportedly under investigation after allege...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1639 | by Staff reporter
Man axes wife, children in paternity row
IN a spine-chilling incident that left people in Village 4 under Chief Svosve in Hwedza shocked, a man axed his wife and two children to death after she allegedly told him, he was not the biological f...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to withhold striking teachers' wages
LABOUR groups have criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa over plans to withhold salaries of all teachers on strike.Speaking during a briefing in Mutare last week, Mnangagwa vowed to stick to...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 19759 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Living for the moment - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
It's been a problem for at least 20 years. Despite all the efforts of successive presidents, some Zimbabweans are still apparently dissatisfied. They just don't know what's good for them.One h...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:05hrs | 388 | by ZimVigil
Mthuli Ncube; just like Gideon Gono will be unemployable when he absconds
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr Gono told Trevor Ncube that he has a gym in his home hence he has lost so much weight. But it appears he is melting away before our eyes, we still have to stick to h...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:16hrs | 6607 | by Nomazulu Thata
Shootout at army chief home
A HEAVY exchange of gunfire erupted in the usually serene Mt Pleasant suburb in Harare yesterday as security details at the home of former Zanu-PF national political commissar, retired Lieutenant-Gene...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 10638 | by Staff reporter
King Mambo weds second wife
The skies were overcast the whole day yesterday as if to give people a break from the scorching sun witnessed the previous day. It was the day of King Mambo's royal wedding at his homestead in Mawaben...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:09hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa's business partners listed on Covid-19 fund for the poor
FIRST lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's business partners, among them a ruling Zanu-PF senator, are on the list of people meant to benefit from a $600 million (US$25 million) fund to cushion vulnerable popula...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:41hrs | 2606 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Miss Zimbabwe in messy divorce
FORMER Miss Zimbabwe Bongani Dhlakama is embroiled in a messy divorce with her husband Bongani Ndlovu.The couple has thrown all caution to the wind, accusing each other of poor sexual performa...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:32hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over steep medical aid subscriptions
MEDICAL aid companies are in the eye of a storm as policyholders are accusing them of ripping them off through drastic increases in contributions, most of which are wiping out their salaries.D...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:02hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Keep some for the rainy day
Everyone has heard of that proverbial 'rainy day', a piece of advice from time forever. Wise words indeed, putting something aside for the rainy day. In these days of economic uncertainty, if ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:55hrs | 36 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
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