Zimbabwe: Woman Buries Newborn Alive, Says 'Couldn't Afford to Feed Another...
A Zimbabwe woman who buried her newborn alive has told a court in the east of the country that it was because she already had a 14-month old child and couldn't afford to keep both, a newspaper is...
View Article'Zuma's palace in Dubai' story is a fabrication
The presidency on Sunday denied media reports that President Jacob Zuma "owns a palace" in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates . "The story in the Sunday Times newspaper today, 4 June 2017, that...
View ArticleMugabe in New York for Summit On Oceans
[New Zimbabwe] President Robert Mugabe has arrived in New York for a summit on oceans, the state media reports. ......
View ArticleMugabe, Minister Moyo in Command Agriculture Clash
[New Zimbabwe] President Robert Mugabe and cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo have differed on government's command agriculture programme which the outspoken government official returned to Thursday to...
View Article'Mugabe's Fresh Land Grab Threats Racist, Nonsensical'
[News24Wire] Zimbabwe's main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party led by Morgan Tsvangirai has castigated President Robert Mugabe over his recent threats to embark on fresh land...
View ArticleNation 'Disappointed' Over U.S. Double Standards
[The Herald] Donald Trump has made good on his election promise, and pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement. But Zimbabwe isn't excited about it, neither is it surprised by the US' double standards....
View ArticleJailed Cop Killers Demand Right to Vote
[New Zimbabwe] Three prisoners and MDC-T officials who, last year, were convicted of murder have approached the High Court seeking an order compelling the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to allow...
View ArticleIf I Was an African President, I Wouldn't Quit Power Either
[Observer] I am writing this article between breaks at an international conference on 'Relearning to be human for global times' organised by Makerere University's department of philosophy in...
View ArticleGirls As Young As 12 Forced Into Sex Work by Poverty
[New Zimbabwe] Girls as young as 12 in the country's HIV hot spots are selling sex for empty beer bottles, a research done by a local children's rights lobby organization has revealed. ......
View ArticleZimbabwe's Catholic Bishops on the Elections of 2018
Well ahead of Zimbabwe's 2018 general elections, the country's Catholic Bishops have issued a Pentecost Sunday pastoral letter titled, "Elections, Peace and Development.""Reject all forms of violence...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Girls As Young As 12 Forced Into Sex Work by Poverty
Girls as young as 12 in the country's HIV hot spots are selling sex for empty beer bottles, a research done by a local children's rights lobby organization has revealed. Most of these girls have been...
View ArticleZimbabwe: ZBC Workers Fume As Union Leaders 'Bribed' By Management
ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation workers are up in arms with their union leaders after they were allegedly rewarded with thousands of dollars for pressing management over back-pay. In January this...
View ArticleIf I Was an African President, I Wouldn’t Quit Power Either
AfricaMetro.Com The Best News website in Africa Some African leaders with 20 years in power, from top left to bottom right: Omar al-Bashir, Sudan; Idress Deby Itno, Chad; Yoweri Museveni, Uganda; King...
View ArticleZimbabwe Army officials urged to be disciplined, loyal
AfricaMetro.Com The Best News website in Africa A COMBINED 578 army officers graduated at the Zimbabwe School of Infantry in Mbalabala and at Five Infantry Brigade Headquarters at Battlefields last...
View ArticleMugabe Off to New York for Oceans Summit… but Zimbabwe Is Landlocked
AfricaMetro.Com The Best News website in Africa Zimbabwe is landlocked – but that hasn’t stopped President Robert Mugabe flying off to attend a UN summit on oceans in New York. In news that’s been...
View ArticleIs Mugabe About to Kick Out Remaining White Farmers?
AfricaMetro.Com The Best News website in Africa Zimbabwe’s main opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party led by Morgan Tsvangirai has castigated President Robert Mugabe over his...
View ArticleJailed 'Self-Defence' Maid Freed On Bail
[The Herald] A Harare housemaid jailed for stabbing a gardener in the heart after he tried to rape her at a house in Chisipite, has been granted bail pending determination of her appeal against...
View ArticleHarare City Council Mulls Schools Levy
[The Herald] Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Harare City Council is set to charge residents a community aided schools infrastructural development levy to be channelled towards the construction of...
View ArticleIdi Amin, Trump - Strong Men With Unlikely Parallels
[The Herald] US president Donald Trump's norm-breaking campaign and early reign has been compared to several other divisive historical figures, especially previous American presidents. ......
View ArticleMugabe Chides His Bed-Hopping Lieutenants
[New Zimbabwe] President Robert Mugabe has scolded his lieutenants for alleged loose morals he said were destroying families, causing suffering among children and often leading to HIV related deaths....
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