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Man steals cash from hair saloon
A Plumtree man was on Monday arraigned before Plumtree magistrate's court Mr Joshua Nembaware facing charges of stealing money from a local hair saloo...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 18:34hrs | 397 | by Desmond Nleya/ Simbarashe Sithole
Two in court over stealing groundnuts
Two men from Plumtree were on Monday charged with stealing groundnuts from their grandmother.Kabelo Sibanda (29) and Fanuel Khupe (31) all fro...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 18:30hrs | 272 | by Desmond Nleya
Sex-starved man strikes ex-girlfriend with brick
Failure to control temper and sexual feelings has landed a Plumtree man in trouble after he was arrested for physical abuse.Norah Ncube appear...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 2611 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman bashed for not answering calls from boyfriend
Not picking up calls from a boyfriend landed a woman in trouble as the latter could not stomach the idea of being ignored by his lover.I...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 17:40hrs | 708 | by Desmond Nleya/Simbarashe Sithole
Cop tips notorious criminal to flee
Plumtree based cop Kudzai Hativagone is in trouble after allegedly telling an armed robber and attempted murder suspect to flee as police is looking f...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 14:04hrs | 3089 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kills friend for impregnating his wife
A 42-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is assisting police with investigations after he allegedly stabbed his friend to death in a woman dispute.The matte...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 13:25hrs | 2717 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Daring thief steals police bicycle
A daring thief from Plumtree stole a police bicycle parked at a supermarket and varnished with it.Brilliant Ndlovu (31) appeared before magist...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 07:20hrs | 574 | by imbarashe Sithole
Sex-starved man breaks into schoolyard to see girlfriend
A 30-year-old sex-starved Plumtree man was sent to jail for breaking into a school in a bid to see his girlfriend.Kudakwashe Munatsi was sente...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 23:53hrs | 1108 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Father-in-law cheats death over debt
Failure to control temper turned dangerous for a Plumtree man who went haywire with a kitchen knife and a scotch cart rim at a local house demanding h...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:32hrs | 308 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man caught skinning stolen goat in bedroom
A 37-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he was caught skinning his grandfather's goat in his bedroom hut.The matter came to light at Pl...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 20:06hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Two children drown in mining pit, Chinese miner gives US$100 compensation
TWO children recently drowned at a disused mine pit at Mbalabala in Matabeleland South amid complaints by the family that the Chinese mining company M...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 07:36hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
CCC Door-to-door campaigns intensifying in Gwanda
Door-to-door campaigns intensifying in Gwanda North as CCC candidate Desire Nkala seek to be elected as constituency house of assembly member....Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 17:43hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
WATCH: Villagers arrest notorious Silobela thief
Notorious suspected Silobela thief Thulani Siwela was arrested by villagers in paka village 2, Silobela yesterday.Villagers effected citizen a...Published: 15 May 2023 at 11:04hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa orders Langa to withdraw from ZANU PF primary elections
Insiza North Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister, Andrew Langa has withdrawn his candidature from the ZANU PF primary elections rerun sch...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 23:59hrs | 7 | by Desmond Nleya
WATCH: Mnangagwa installs Chief Maduna
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said traditional leaders are key to the development of the country and should be honoured for their role in driving d...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Beitbridge quarantine centre opens
The Beitbridge Border Post plant and animal quarantine centre is now operational. The facility is part of the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post mo...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 00:01hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Influx of Shona candidates of Zanu PF in Bulawayo worrying
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has expressed concerns over the influx of Shona candidates being fielded by the ruling Zanu PF ...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 13:25hrs | 49 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF Matabeleland North starts campaigns for Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North province has officially launched campaigns for President Mnangagwa as the sole party's candidate in this year's Preside...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:54hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Hundreds turn up for national documentation blitz in Bulilima
HUNDREDS of villagers drawn from around Bulilima district went home all smiles after having acquired national documentation at a one-day blitz at Ndol...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 22:48hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Jonathan Moyo praises Mnangagwa government
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo praised the Emmmerson Mnangagwa's government's rural solar project under the Rural Electrification A...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 00:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Couple kills employer, steals his property
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a couple who allegedly axed their employer, Dr Geneva Sibanda (62) to death before stealing his property in Inyathi....Published: 02 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bar attendant kills imbiber over whisky
The love of beer has caused the death of Mduduzi Moyo (21) who was stabbed in the chest with an okapi knife by a bar attendant in Kezi.Accordi...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
School head nabbed for stealing porridge
The headmistress for Nkanyiso Primary School i...Published: 24 Dec 2022 at 01:35hrs | 1 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Four die in bus accident
Four people died in a road accident that occurred today at the 40km peg along Bulawayo-Beitbridge from Gwanda when the bus was travelling in collided ...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 17:29hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man attempts to burn ex-lover alive
A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Mavava line under Chief Gampu in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province who couldn't accept that his ex-lover had moved on has...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Victoria Falls to be decommissioned: UNESCO
The United Nations has warned that plans by the governments of Zimbabwe and Zambia for the development of a golf course, lodges and a hydroelectr...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:32hrs | 5 | by Shelton Muchena
ZANU PF weakens, CCC flexes muscles
With the ruling party seemingly weakening in Plumtree ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections, Citizens for Coalition Change is flexing its muscles to ...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:49hrs | 4 | by Paul Ndou
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and firs...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Hwange gets passport office
Government is committed to ensure citizens access national documents with ease hence the decentralisation of services so that there are as close as po...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Most stateless people are in Matabeleland due to Gukurahundi
MATABELELAND REGION is the one that is currently having the largest population who are stateless d...Published: 01 May 2022 at 12:01hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Villager excited over gains from goat meat project
For 60-year-old Soni Nkomalama of Sihlengeni Village in Ward 5 of Nkayi district, the direct goat meat marketing approach has been a game changer....Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers worried over post by-election violence
BINGA villagers have expressed worries over the escalation of the post by election violence as they are reportedly accused by the ruling Zanu PF activ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 10:37hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Grudge man up for killing drinking mate
A PLUMTREE man who picked a grudge with a drinking mate he accused of assaulting his young brother has b...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Matopo women, youth make expectations for 2023 elections
Women and youth in Matobo, Matabeleland South called for the elected leaders to diversify sustainable pr...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Census must produce correct data, says Minister
MATABELELAND North Minister of State Richard Moyo has called for the supervisors of the 2022 Population ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Vic Falls council to push for temporary passes for traders
The Victoria Falls City council is set to engage the Home Affairs to issue temporary passes on informal sector traders amid an outcry that the foreign...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 13:12hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Man (32) impregnates daughter
A MAN from Plumtree in Matabeleland South province has been arrested after he sneaked into his brother's daughter's bedroom and raped her before dozin...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:25hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Storm-damaged Manama hospital gets facelift
RENOVATIONS at Manama Mission Hospital where infrastructure and buildings were extensively damaged by a violent storm late last year are nearing compl...Published: 13 Jan 2022 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Injiva catches wife panties down with lover in their bedroom
A married woman from Tsholotsho's area of Mapengula was on 21 November busted by her husband having sex with another man after the husband came home u...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:52hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland projects get priority in 2022 budget
GOVERNMENT continues to drive the development of Matabeleland with the 2022 National Budget Statement presented yesterday in Parliament by Finance and...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:43hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
2022 budget should up Matabeleland momentum
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2022 National Budget Statement today amid high expectations th...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa outsmarts security forces
As the "Ngapinde Hake Mukomana" slogan continues to grow, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has also continued to outsmart the security forces by meeti...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 08:09hrs | 4 | by Desmond Nleya
Granny (92) killed by nephew over dog's bowl
In a bizarre incident that left villagers of Gotshopo under Headman Mangubo, Hingwe in Plumtree shell shocked, a 92-year-old woman lost her life on Tu...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:25hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
Mnangagwa abandons plane ...takes the road
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday showed that he is a listening leader in touch with the people when he travelled by road from Bulawayo to Lupane and also...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Nkayi community Parliament lobby for independent and non partisan chiefs
Nkayi Community Parliament has crafted resolutions on Duties and Roles of Chiefs with the aim of advocat...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man dies in head on collision along Byo-Kezi road
A 24 YEAR OLD MAN recently died in a head on collision accident at the 102 km peg along Bulawayo ...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Cop' flees, abondons rifle in failed robbery escapade
A Gwanda man is lucky to be alive after being shot once by a suspected police officer in Gwanda at Cobra West Mine on Friday morning.Vumani Mo...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Shelton Muchena
LSU, director of physical planning clash over unfair dismissal
Former director of physical planning Howard Bekezela Ndlovu is fighting with his former employers the Lupane State University following his dismissal ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 17:30hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
LSU in emotional abuse of female acting Senior Assistant Registrar scandal
Lupane State University has been caught in yet another emotional harassment scandal of a female employee who is allegedly crying foul that the univers...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 08:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Umzingwane villagers cry foul over donors suspending food relief after crops failure due to water logging
In what might be described as donor syndrome, villagers in parts of Umzingwane district have cried foul ...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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