“I’m Not Mugabe’s Prostitute. How About You? Can You Count Your Prostitutes?

“I’m Not Mugabe’s Prostitute. How About You? Can You Count Your Prostitutes?

Grace Mugabe was back to her shrill and acerbic best on Friday. “I’m not Mugabe’s prostitute. How about you? Can you count your prostitutes? “Stop talking when you know there’s only filth behind you,” said Grace, wife to the country’s 92-year-old leader. She added: “I’m abused; they say I’m undignified and ill-mannered. “What about you and your 1,000 wives? If you see a men bedding multiple women, they don’t have respect for women.” Grace was…

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‘Karanga Lineage-No Key To Presidency, Simply Rhodesian Mindset!’- VP Phelekezela Mphoko

Tendai Mugabe Harare Bureau— VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday said it is not a given that an individual from the Karanga tribe will succeed President Robert Mugabe, saying people should not lose sleep over statements by some excitable people in Zanu-PF. Cde Mphoko said some people were already insinuating that President Mugabe was a Zezuru and it followed that a Karanga should succeed him. Introducing First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe at a rally where she was assessing…

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Education Ministry Bans The Publication Of Top 100 Schools Ranking

Education Ministry Bans The Publication Of Top 100 Schools Ranking

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has, with immediate effect, stopped publicising the top 100 schools ranked by their performance at Ordinary and A Level national examinations. It had become tradition that each year the ministry announces the best 100 schools. This helped parents in choosing the best schools for placement of their children. Yesterday the ministry said announcement of the best 100 schools was serving no purpose under the new education curriculum framework….

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Zimbabwe People’s Front (ZPF), Leader’s Real Crime Was Being Caught!

Zimbabwe People’s Front (ZPF), Leader’s Real Crime Was Being Caught!

Owen Kuchata, 34, the leader of the Zimbabwe People’s Front (ZPF), made a brave stance of defiance to Mugabe and Zim1 family oppressive authority and monopoly of wealth and power through an attempt to ‘bomb’ President Robert Mugabe’s private business, Alpha Omega Dairy, in Mazowe. He was jointly charged with accomplice, Borman Ngwenya on charges of insurgency, banditry or terrorism. However,  having admitted to the plot, Owen Kuchata, argued in court that  Alpha Omega Dairy, is…

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Vice-President Mnangagwa’s ‘Daughter’ In US$1 Million Scam

Vice-President Mnangagwa’s ‘Daughter’ In US$1 Million Scam

A woman, who claimed to be Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter allegedly tried to extort $1 million from a white Goromonzi farmer, so he would not be evicted from the farm. The farmer, Martin Grobler, claimed Shorai Kudzai Muchemwa, stormed his farm, Lot 1 Buena Vista, last weekend in the company of armed men, accusing him of refusing to vacate the property and later demanded a protection fee to enable him to continue farming. According to…

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Inquest Into Deaths Of 11 At Magaya Meeting Postponed Because Prosecutor Is Sick

THE inquest into the stampede which left 11 people dead at a Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries all-night prayer meeting at Mbizo Stadium in Kwekwe last year failed to resume yesterday after prosecutor Salome Maunganidze fell sick. The matter, which opened on January 28 with police and council blaming PHD Ministries for the stampede, was due to continue yesterday with other police officers due to give evidence before resident magistrate Taurai Manwere. However, area…

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’16, 000 Cattle Lost To Drought In Six Months, With Masvingo Province Most Affected’-VP Mnangagwa

Vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa says at least 16 000 beasts have died due to drought which has affected many parts of the country, with Masvingo the hardest hit province, losing at least 6 000 beasts since October last year.Addressing diplomats at the launch of an international appeal for food aid and drought relief mechanism yesterday, Mnangagwa said the livestock condition was dire and the situation had been compounded by an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in parts…

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After 36 Years, Cont Mhlanga Retires, Leaving Wife Thembi Ngwabi To Run Popular Arts Centre

REVERED arts guru Cont Mhlanga has called time on his illustrious 36-year career in the arts industry. Regarded as the pioneer of arts in Zimbabwe, Mhlanga, who founded the cultural centre in 1982, has ventured into agribusiness in his rural home of Lupane. As a result, he will no longer be active in the centre’s administration but has left his capable wife, Thembi Ngwabi, in charge. Ngwabi will be responsible for all administration at the…

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‘5 Johane Marange Apostolic Sect Dig Forefather’s Grave After Dream Of His Burial With Weath’

‘5 Johane Marange Apostolic Sect Dig  Forefather’s Grave After Dream Of His Burial With Weath’

FIVE Johane Marange Apostolic Sect members who were arrested for digging up a grave in Chivi told police their forefather told them in a dream he was buried with great wealth. Villagers stumbled on the group, from Gweru, at around 6AM on Monday busy at the Madzivire Chieftainship graveyard. The villagers told The Chronicle they had seen human remains and bones in the apostolic sect members’ vehicle. Villagers handed over Tazviona Hove, 35, Edward Siziba…

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Private Schools Likely To Increase Fees After Gvt Recall Of Teachers On Leave

PRIVATE schools could be forced to increase fees after the government recalled thousands of teachers deployed at the institutions, arguing that they are commercial enterprises and as such must meet their own staff costs. Over and above the pay received from the government, private and trust schools – which are also more expensive for pupils – provide a second salary to the teachers. Now, a circular sent to the affected schools and district education offices…

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