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Mnangagwa takes swipe at opposition
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday took a swipe at the country's detractors and their local lackeys who thrive on the suffering of the people but said despite their machinations, Zimbabwe will be great aga...Published: 11 hrs ago | 546 | by Staff reporter
Sibangilizwe Nkomo loses Zapu Harare nominations
THE late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's son, Sibangilizwe, has lost in nominations for Zapu presidency in Harare province after initially being announced as winner in nominations that were later...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 3226 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife, hides body on mountain top
A 60-year-old Macheke man has been arrested on allegations of beating his wife to death with a belt following a domestic dispute before hiding the body on top of a mountain near a farm in the area to ...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Rebellious youths must heed wise counsel
In the news, both print and electronic media, cases of bizarre happenings are now common. Maybe telltale signs of a world coming to an end. Call it end times. A Form One student hung himself b...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 19:05hrs | 669 | by Thomas Murisa
Isifo kasihlekwa
It is mind-boggling to see ZANU PF information secretary Tafadzwa Mugwadi making fun and laughing at the death of former Secretary of State in the United States of America retired general Colin Powell...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:36hrs | 822 | by Victor Bhoroma
No Covid-19 death recorded
THERE were no deaths from Covid-19 in the country yesterday while 32 new cases were recorded.All the new cases are local transmissions.The seven-day rolling average for new cases fell ...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 18:24hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
New dispensation a replica of the old
DEAR President.Your Excellency, your ascendance to the Presidency was a political upstage which kindled hyped deliberations in the court of public opinion. Discussions on the probable directio...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:37hrs | 278 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Level 2 lockdown extended
The Level Two national Covid-19 lockdown has been extended by a further two-weeks with no further relaxations and citizens are being urged to follow all required safeguards as complacency continues to...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Colonel Dennis Pahla dies
The Commander Zimbabwe National Army, General David Sigauke has mourned Colonel Dennis Pahla who died on Monday. Col Pahla, whose Chimurenga name was Kid Nyikandeyedu, died at Parirenyatwa Gro...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Prophet dives to death in search of missing child
A self-proclaimed apostolic prophet Enock Mushinye drowned after he claimed that the holy spirit instructed him to dive into a dam in Mvurwi in search of a missing child on Sunday.Mushinye who...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 19:28hrs | 1541 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man killed over missing goat
POLICE in Chiweshe have launched a manhunt for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death on Saturday.Denmore Taruvinga, Henry Chaparadza and Aluwis Chigure are ...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Death sentence for murderer
A HIGH Court judge yesterday sentenced a Hwedza man to death for the constructive murder of his employer in 2015 and throwing the body into Rhodesville Dam.Tapiwa Murombo was yesterday found g...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1760 | by Staff reporter
Suspected goat thief bashed to death
POLICE in Chiweshe are hunting for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspcted goat thief to death on Saturday Denm...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 00:49hrs | 1209 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Duo arrested for murder
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men who are alleged to be part of a gang fight of five men in Nkulumane which resulted in the death of one of their victims.Sydney Siyamwi (23) from Nkulum...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo weeks away from achieving herd immunity
BULAWAYO is a few weeks away from attaining Covid-19 herd immunity with officials however, revealing that their daily average had slightly gone down as compared to figures from the past two months....Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Why Zanu-PF is under siege
If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happi...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 272 | by Bishop Lazi
Chamisa needs our support now
I am not a member of MDC-Alliance. However, I will defend Chamisa with all my might. I consider Chamisa as my son and therefore he needs my support now.Chamisa is savagely attached on his way ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 22:26hrs | 1589 | by Nomazulu Thata
Blow for Magaya as rape charges resurface
The Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry founder Walter Magaya is facing a fresh headache as rape charges takes new twist. T...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 09:29hrs | 4492 | by Desmond Nleya and Tarisai Mudahondo
Gift Mabhaudhi dies
FOR years, Gift "The Praying Mantis" Mabhaudhi's voice captivated radio audiences, especially Christians who followed former Radio 2, now Radio Zimbabwe's gospel programmes until 2004 when an unfortun...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2257 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 3505 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar plunges into death spiral
ZIMBABWE's currency is in a death spiral and headed for a tragic end, two years after it was re-introduced into circulation, stoking fears of the 2008 hyperinflationary era where the government was fo...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:22hrs | 2943 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ignorance on economics: Mthuli Ncube his best Boss ever
Even Mnangagwa's law degree is questioned by many. If Mnangagwa had a slender idea how the economy works, they would never launder money to Chinese banks in billions of dollars. He would know that kis...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 18:45hrs | 1357 | by Nomazulu Thata
Death threats as daughter accuses mum of witchcraft
Bessie Ndlovu of Pumula South suburb is facing tough times at the hands of her daughter Monalisa Mabeza who labels her a witch and accuses her of having bewitched her.Her wayward and furious d...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2178 | by Staff reporter
Wife brings lovers home, bashes hubby for objecting
A man from Cowdray Park suburb is reportedly living in fear of being poisoned and killed by his wife who assaults him when he asks her why she brings her lovers home.Masala Zikhali is a troubl...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 3869 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa corrupt and totally ignorant, says Steve Hanke
UNITED States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of corruption and being "totally ignorant" as the Zimbabwean dollar keeps losing value.The para...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife attends Third Eurasian Women's Forum in Russia
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is here to attend the Third Eurasian Women's Forum, on Wednesday had a heart-to-heart discussion with the Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly o...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:19hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Econet answers church's prayers
Econet Life, a subsidiary of EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited (formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe), has partnered the Zimbabwe Christian Ministers Association (ZCMA) to provide an assortment of insur...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | 2721 | by Staff reporter
Mental exam for ritual murder suspect
ONE of the ritual murder suspects who allegedly sawed his victim in half, stole US$400 from her handbag and used some of the money to buy a drum and hydrochloric acid to dispose of the body has been o...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces Zanu-PF onslaught
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa's ill-fated visit to Masvingo province this week has heightened fears the watershed 2023 harmonised elections could be bloody as Zanu-PF goes for the broke to maint...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 20:37hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC legislator survives car crash
FORMER MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe cheated death on Sunday evening when he was involved in a car accident that saw his vehicle fell off a cliff along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3134 | by Staff reporter
Russia rubbishes UK vaccine theft claims
Claims in the British press that Russian spies stole the blueprint for the British-made Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are unfounded, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.An October 10 arti...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff killings death toll rises
ONE more person has died from wounds sustained when a man went berserk in Redcliff on Saturday morning killing six people on the spot and leaving several others critically injured.Six people d...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Anti-brain drain committee set up
GOVERNMENT has set up a committee to arrest the brain drain in the health sector as the Second Republic continues to pursue bilateral agreements with other countries for health professionals within th...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo weeds out negligent staff members
MPILO Central Hospital has taken drastic measures to weed out negligence by staff members, a development that has seen over 20 workers redeployed from the maternity ward and disciplinary hearings bein...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Farmer kills self in an inferno
A 59-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe based female farmer died yesterday after she was overwhelmed by a veld fire she had started in land clearing.The woman who was identified by the police as Borna died on ...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 18:52hrs | 1949 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Cheating 'Clever' man kills self over leaked messages
A Rushinga man Clever Mashange (39) allegedly committed suicide by drinking a pesticide after his cheating texts messages with another married woman leaked to his wife.According to Mashonaland...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 17:50hrs | 3635 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Death penalty a remnant of colonial legacy'
GLOBAL human rights watchdog Amnesty International has urged Zimbabwe to take steps towards abolishing the death penalty in line with international standards.In a statement to commemorate the ...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba who massacred 6 family members arrested
Police have arrested Thubelithle Khoshow (26) in connection with cases of Murder and Rape which occurred on October 9 at around 0300 hours at ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 07:27hrs | 3157 | by Shelton Muchena
Bigwig defends lavish party
UNDERFIRE Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has struck a defiant tone after fierce criticism over his 50th birthday bash in Harare where he invited top performers from South Afri...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:53hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
6 people stabbed to death during all-night prayer, man, 26, arrested
A worshipper has stabbed six people to death and seriously wounded four others, police said on Saturday.The incident happened at around 3AM on Stone Claire Road in the Midlands town of Redclif...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 20:05hrs | 1992 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo grave diggers overwhelmed
GRAVE diggers at Bulawayo cemeteries are overwhelmed and the council has proposed that mourners do the back-filling of the graves while it recruits more staff.According to the latest council m...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:32hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Belarus elites' golden deals with Mnangagwa
IN MARCH 2018, Belarus' autocratic President Alexander Lukashenko dispatched his right-hand man Viktor Sheiman to Zimbabwe to negotiate trade and business deals on the government's behalf.Shei...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Villagers celebrate deaths of 6 Chinese at Zimbabwe mine
VILLAGERS from around SAS Mine in Mazowe where two gas explosions claimed eight lives have expressed joy following the death of six Chinese nationals who were managers at the site.SAS Mine is ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Viktor Sheiman's son secretly mines gold in Zimbabwe
IN March 2018, Viktor Sheiman, the then head of the Property Management Directorate of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, paid an official visit to Zimbabwe where he and Mines minister Winston...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:23hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Female suspect succumbs to police torture
POLICE in Chivhu, Mashonaland East province, allegedly tortured and killed a woman whom they accused of concealing money stolen by her sister, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has claimed.In i...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 2052 | by Staff reporter
7 Bulawayo church buildings face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned that it will demolish seven church structures built without council approval.Council by-laws stipulate that no construction should take place without...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Man bricked to death
Two drunk men have been arrested for killing a man with a brick.The incident happened in Nkulumane suburb when Recent Mukatawa (26) and his alleged partner-in-crime Sydney Siyamwi (23) pounced...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Mosquitoes give Bulawayo residents sleepless nights
HOVERING seamlessly at ear level with a persistent and incommodious whine, mosquitoes leave you with bites that subsequently lead to itchy and puffy welts.With their slender segmented body, a ...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1642 | by Staff reporter
Resounding send-off for Amen Mpofu
FAMILY, friends and former colleagues of the late former Bulawayo deputy Mayor, Alderman Amen Mpofu on Tuesday thronged the city council chambers to bid him farewell during an emotion-filled special c...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
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