By Paidashe Mandivengerei OUTSPOKEN legislator, Temba Mliswa has advised Dendera maestro, Sulumani Chimbetu not to involve himself in politics, but to stick to his music. The counsel comes after Chimbetu, popularly known as ‘Sulu’ ruffled feathers with some ruling Zanu PF members after he appeared in Zimdancehall musician, Hwindi President’s 2020 song, ‘Chirwere’. In the
TimesLIVE THE mother of SA’s alleged “Thembisa 10″ decuplets, Gosiame Sithole, has accused the family of the children’s dad of wanting to benefit financially from public donations after the birth. Though she doesn’t directly confirm that she gave birth to 10 children in videos shared by Pretoria News editor Piet Rampedi on Tuesday, Sithole regularly
Agencies A 44-YEAR-OLD man has been found guilty of 11 sexual offences against children after a 10-day trial at Northampton Crown Court. Simba Masvaure, from Kingsfold, Bradville, Milton Keynes, was found guilty of sexual assault by penetration, attempted rape, and sexual activity with a child. The offences took place over a twelve-year period, in Northampton.
By Stephen Tsamba ADULT entertainment dancer Beverly ‘Bev’ Sibanda broke down this week over her husband Mufudzi Chambuka’s infidelity. Bev was being interviewed on Facebook by socialite Mai Titi. Last week, Bev posted pictures of her husband who is based in the UK with another woman and screenshots of WhatsApp chats he had with the
By Costa Nkomo THE government has dismissed claims it forcefully evicted Siphosami Malunga from a Nyamandlovu farm, but said the state acquired the 500ha estate from a white farmer during the controversial land reform programme in 2004. On Monday, Siphosami Malunga, the director of OSISA; Zephaniah Dhlamini, a director at National University of Science and
TimesLive One eye lost, destruction of his nose and the loss of an entire lip. These are some of the harrowing injuries suffered by a nine-year-old boy in Zimbabwe after he was mauled by a hyena last month. Rodwell Nkomazana was attacked and mauled by the hyena while sleeping at an all-night church gathering outside
Agencies Zambia President Edgar Lungu collapsed on Sunday, June 13, 2021, during a Defence Force Day event over “dizziness”, the government has said. The President was forced to cut short his presence and return to the State House, with the secretary to the cabinet Dr Simon Miti announcing that he is well. “The President of
By Anna Chibamu SPEAKER Jacob Mudenda says the continued failure by ministers and their deputies to come to parliament has greatly affected proceedings in the august house as MPs have been denied the opportunity to raise issues of national interest with the government officials. Mudenda said in parliament this week that ministers have developed a
By Paidashe Mandivengerei AMERICAN singer and actress, Paris Hilton is in Victoria Falls on what appears to be a leisure tour in Zimbabwe. The New York It Girl was spotted in the resort city this week enjoying the sublime view of the majestic falls. Hilton shared a video with her 14.8million Instagram followers from her
Mary Taruvinga THE High Court has overturned an urgent chamber application by top human rights lawyer, Musa Kika who was calling for imprisonment of the embattled Chief Justice Luke Malaba for allegedly breaching a court order which outlawed his continued stay in office. Malaba did not stop reporting for duty despite the Justice Happias Zhou
By Thandiwe Garusa SELF-STYLED prophet Daniel Madungwe, better known as Prophet Madungwe, is back to his verbal theatrics, this time making claims late popular Nigerian preacher TB Joshua was a clean candidate for the kingdom of heaven. TB Joshua died of unknown causes in his home country in the early hours of Sunday and is
By Tonderai Saharo A POLICE officer stationed at Mwenezi police station has been slapped with a US$30 000 lawsuit for dating and sending his nude pictures to a local businessman’s wife. An aggrieved Zivengwa Marichini filed the lawsuit against Thomas Mudekunye at Chivi Civil court. Magistrate Rutendo Jakati adjourned the matter to 23 June, the
By Leopold Munhende FREED MDC activist Tungamirai Madzokere carried a broken figure as he narrated how he only got to know his wife had abandoned their matrimonial home eight months ago. Dejected and seemingly out of sorts, Madzokere who alongside colleague Last Maengahama spent eight years in prison, showed journalists pictures of happier moments with
BBC NORTH KOREA has recently introduced a sweeping new law which seeks to stamp out any kind of foreign influence – harshly punishing anyone caught with foreign films, clothing or even using slang. But why? Yoon Mi-so says she was 11 when she first saw a man executed for being caught with a South Korean
MailOnline The Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a daughter on Friday who she and Prince Harry have named Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana Mountbatten-Windsor after the monarch and the duke’s mother, who died in 1997. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s second child, sister to two-year-old Archie, was born at 11:40am at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
TimesLIVE POVERTY, unemployment, peer pressure and gender inequality are some of the major aspects that drive many young women to go into “blesser and blessee” relationships, while social media is an enabler of such transactional partnerships, a local (South African) study has revealed. Blesser/blessee relationships are a social phenomenon which sees wealthy men and poorer
By Robert Tapfumaneyi CHARLES Kwaramba, a lawyer representing two MDC activists who were released from prison Friday after spending eight years in jail for a murder they did not commit, has described their freedom as a “mixed bag of feelings”. Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere, walked as free citizens for the first time in eight
By Anna Chibamu recently in Mhangura RESETTLED farmers not fully utilising their land have been told to surrender their properties or risk losing the farms to other deserving and productive citizens. The latest threats were issued by Mashonaland West provincial minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka Thursday while touring Mucherengi and Summerhill farms in Mhangura. The minister said
By Costa Nkomo MDC activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere, who were serving 20 year jail terms for murdering a Harare police office in 2011, have been freed by the Supreme Court after languishing in prison for an effective five years. Maengahama, Madzokere and Yvonne Musarurwa, who is now MDC-T MP, were all convicted and
By Alois Vinga A ZIMBABWE Banks and Allied Workers Union (ZIBAWU) Bulawayo employee, Ian Makoshori, was Thursday allegedly abducted, and immediately released by suspected state security agents after he raised alarm. According to a statement by ZIBAWU, Makoshori, who was in the company of colleagues in Bulawayo’s central business district, made comments exclaiming how long
