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Mugabe blocked son-in-law, daughter and nephew over attempts to take over Telecel
WHILE the late former president Robert Mugabe's regime was corrupt and incompetent it allowed ministers, top civil servants and its business cronies to loot public resources Mugabe himself was very st...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1863 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga is abusing state power, says estranged wife
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's three minor children are now in the care of maids after he shut his estranged wife Marry out of their lives, The NewsHawks reported.Marry revealed in an i...Published: 15 hrs ago | 361 | by Staff reporter
New twist to tycoon's estate
The late John Bredenkamp‘s widow, Jennifer, has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to block her son Gavin from holding on to the family's Thetford Farm in Mazowe. The case...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:43hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu is seen as a front-runner for VP post, but.....
Zanu-PF stalwarts from Matabeleland region are angling to take up the Vice-Presidency left vacant after the disgraceful fall of Kembo Mohadi, who was entangled in an embarrassing sex scandal.P...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | 5255 | by Staff reporter
Michael Banana buried in UK
MICHAEL Banana, son to Zimbabwe's first President Canaan Banana, was buried in the United Kingdom last month after efforts to repatriate the body failed under unclear reasons. He was buried on...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults cheating wife, burns bedroom, kills self
A man from Madziwa district in Mashonaland Central, Max Chauke died after consuming a poisonous substance after accusing his wife of cheating.Mashonaland Central Police Acting spokesperson Ass...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 10:15hrs | 5188 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's MDC woos Sadc on dialogue
AS THE push for Zimbabwe's much-needed national dialogue continues to gather steam, the opposition said yesterday that it was important for Sadc and the African Union to help midwife the mooted talks....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira wades into Chief Nyamukoho estate wrangle
CHIEF'S Council president Fortune Charumbira on Sunday waded into Chief Nyamukoho's family wrangle, urging the late traditional leader's family members to find common ground in the distribution of the...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1961 | by Staff reporter
Top Methodist missionary dies
ONE of the United Methodist Church's leading missionaries in southern Africa, Isaac Mawokomatanda, has died.Mawokomatanda died on Saturday night in Georgia, the United States.His son, ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2030 | by Staff reporter
Cross-border divorce: The legal process
The year was 1995. At that time, Sibonokhuhle Kambarami, (not her real name), was a 26-yearold vivacious single lady. She was employed as a receptionist at a large commercial entity in Harare. Early o...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:51hrs | 890 | by Tichawana Nyahuma
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 2388 | by Kenneth Mufuka
BCC hikes business development fees
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has hiked business development regulation fees from US$381 to US$1 000 to discourage illegal operations in the central business district, a council report has revealed....Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:34hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Meet Khami's longest serving inmate
HE was condemned at birth to a life of hardship after being christened Mhlupheki, which is Ndebele for "the one who struggles". True to his name, Mhlupheki Ngwenya (47) has suffered, living a ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2158 | by Staff reporter
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2171 | by Yvonne Ncube
SA-based Zimbabwean gay couple demand rights back home
SHINGIRAI Musekiwa and Elton Chibhebhe fled Zimbabwe to come to South Africa because they are gay.Now based in Langa, the activist couple is fighting for the human rights of Zimbabwean homosex...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's family questions his will
A ROW has erupted over the estate of the late socialite, Genius Kadungure - who was popularly known as Ginimbi.This comes as his family has approached the High Court seeking the removal of the...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:42hrs | 2899 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF internal battles escalate
The November 2017 Operation Restore Legacy changed the top echelon of political power in the country. Many business persons, politicians and politically exposed persons sponsored and supported the pro...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 14:24hrs | 2095 | by Anonymous Writer
Zimbabwean family seeks Ramaphosa's intervention
A Zimbabwean family has written to the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa asking for his intervention after one of their family members mysteriously disappeared.Billard Taviria went mi...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 17:52hrs | 4127 | by Shelton Muchena/ Simbarashe Sithole
'It is not from the benevolence of corrupt and vote-rigging politicians we expect our dinner' to paraphrase A Smith
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest (profit). We address ourselves not to their humanit...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 13:11hrs | 548 | by Wilbert Mukori
Shut up Kembo says MDC A youth
MDC Alliance youth leader Tererai Obey Sithole has blasted Vice President Kembo Mohadi after his press statement on his alleged illicit multiple sexual re...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 12:27hrs | 1992 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gwanda fisherman runs into dead body instead of good catch
A 19-year-old fisherman from Gwanda literally became a fisher of man when he cast his rod into Sengezane river hoping to reel in a good catch only to discover a dead body floating in the water....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 3305 | by Staff reporter
Gweru ignores poor service delivery, parades new wheels
Gweru City Council has come under fire as residents are demanding that the local authority must sell the new Toyota VX Land Cruiser bought for the office of the town clerk and channel the money toward...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:27hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
I am not going anywhere, says Mohadi
Embattled Vice President Kembo Mohadi says he is not going anywhere following allegations of having different affairs with women inclusive of ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 15:29hrs | 4002 | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole
Graft-accused top health official denied bail
A HARARE magistrate yesterday denied bail to Health and Child Care ministry director of epidemiology and disease control, Portia Manangazira, who allegedly abused her powers and employed 28 close rela...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Drama at Chief's funeral
THERE was drama at Chief Nyamukoho's funeral in Mutoko on Monday after some of his children refused to set foot at their father's homestead due to a feud over the late traditional leader's estate....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 3675 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fires terrorise families
A SERIES of mysterious fires have reportedly razed three homesteads belonging to three related families in Lupane, forcing them to flee and seek refuge in a bush. The bizarre incidents are tak...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Leaders should lead by example
The much-talked scandal of our vice president is less expected of him. While vice president's social life should be separated from his office I personally finds it very disheartening to find someone f...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 21:13hrs | 425 | by Isaac Nkomah
Dr Masimba Mavaza is a tribalist: Inherent hatred for non-Shona people
I want to excuse myself right from the beginning of this article: It is not about protecting VP Mohadi and his scandals of his previous marriage with Senator Tambudzani Mohadi that left us cold about ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 18:02hrs | 2006 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chaos at Soul Jah Love burial
ONCE again, the police had a torrid time in enforcing Covid-19 regulations as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery for the burial of the much-loved Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love.W...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:13hrs | 3072 | by Staff reporter
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods that wow the world during their time in the limeligh...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazarus
'Inflation will drop to 10% by December 2021' - not as long as Zimbabwe remains a Banana Republic
"The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday forecast annual inflation to plummet to less than 10% this year, driven by a good agricultural season, fiscal and financial sector stability," reported Bu...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:43hrs | 258 | by Nomusa Garikai
Kembo Mohadi embarrasses the presidium
The vice president's power to lead comes from a ceremonial reverence Zimbabweans grant their presidents. To deserve the reverence, a vice president must act as a steward of the dignity and stature of ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2618 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
A letter to Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu: Hillside Bulawayo
Dear Ms. Sehlule Ndlovu, I start my letter with the first sentence of the article written today regarding the fight you had with supposedly your husband Trust Moyo. If marriage is war, the bed...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | 2576 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabweans eager to get Covid-19 jab
I now want to get vaccinated because I have seen government's seriousness "I kept doing my own research from reputable sources and also listening to government statements on the vaccines and a...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:45hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love, Dambudzo Marechera: Drawing parallels and their contribution to Zim Culture and Cultural Diplomacy
After an avalanches of tributes have already written on and about Soul Musaka aka Soul Jah Love the Zimdancehall maestro, whose untimely demise on 16 February 2021 gripped the nation with sorrow, ther...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:56hrs | 1512 | by Taurai Mutoti
Bulawayo's main supply dam only 34% full
BULAWAYO'S main supply dam, Umzingwane, remains critically low despite heavy downpours, posing a fresh challenge to city fathers.According to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), the...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
Econet ordered not to send COVID-19 alerts to Sikhumbuzo Moyo
THE High Court has granted a provisional order against Econet Wireless Zimbabwe to stop sending COVID-19 alert messages to Harare lawyer, Sikhumbuzo Moyo after he took the telecommunications giant to ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Drowning cases mushrooming in Mash Central
Three people drowned in Mashonaland Central this week, with two of them being minors, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Mashonaland Central Police Acting Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Dhliwa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:46hrs | 428 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Lawyer sues Econet over COVID-19 pandemic alerts
A HARARE lawyer, who recently lost a father through Covid-19, has taken Econet Wireless to court complaining about what he found as irritating alerts on the pandemic being sent continuously to him and...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Matabele artistes honour Chief Maduna
ARTISTES from Matabeleland South have honoured the late revered Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu through artistic projects. Chief Maduna died last Saturday at his Avoca homestead in Filabusi, Insiza Dis...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Chief Sigola exposes corruption by Umzingwane District Lands Committee
CHIEF Zephania Sigola is accusing the Umzingwane District Lands Committee in Matabeleland South of deliberately sidelining him in the allocation of land at Springvale Estate and "corruptly allocating ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to be barred from using MDC Alliance name?
MDC says it has started a process to stop the Nelson Chamisa-led camp from using the MDC Alliance name.This comes amid serious divisions in the MDC emanating from the nasty battle to succeed t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:58hrs | 7235 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora lashes toxic politics
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday urged the country's political leaders to work in the interest of all Zimbabweans and emulate the spirit of magnanimity that was a hallmark of the late foun...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:19hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
'We are united and peace loving people' said Mnangagwa - tyrant boot on our throat 'Shaisano!'
Zanu PF's ethos is that the party would rather destroy Zimbabwe, burn it down into ruins, than allow anyone else ruling the country! "Shaisano!" as one would say in Shona. 40 years of Zanu PF ...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:25hrs | 2206 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance mourn Chief Maduna
Political parties from both sides of the aisle have paid tribute to Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi, Matabeleland South, following his death on Saturday aged 86.Mafu was in the midst of rec...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Sewerage horror for Nkulumane granny
GOGO Minah Sibanda (74), of 1552 Nkulumane suburb is living on a health time bomb as a sewerage manhole that is located right next to the door behind her house spills regularly and has not been attend...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:44hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Iconic Chief Vezi Maduna mourned
ONE of the longest-serving Chiefs in the country, Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu, who died yesterday has been described as a father figure and exemplary traditional leader who constantly gave guidance to youn...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:42hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF land baron Chivhanga in dramatic 'catch and release'
ZANU-PF Chitungwiza youth leader Taurai Chivhanga was last week involved in a dramatic ‘catch and release', when he was arrested and released with no charge under unclear circumstances on the next d...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 20:13hrs | 2047 | by Staff reporter
Since when did Father Christmas come in February?
Conmen are at it again, reaping where they did not sow. Some Hararians and a sizeable number from 'Blues' are ruing the day they joined a get rich quick pyramid scheme where the investor was promised ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 18:11hrs | 1518 | by Tondo
Zanu-PF Midlands leaders panic as Mliswa goes back to his roots
CONTROVERSIAL Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa has caused a political storm in his Midlands home province by commissioning various development projects in his village amid growing speculation and fe...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:57hrs | 5341 | by Staff reporter
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