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MLF does not condone criminal activities
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has said it does not condone acts of criminality in its people following an i...Published: 7 hrs ago | 434 | by Stephen Jakes
Man stabbed by friend in beer brawl
A BULILIMA man is battling for life at the Plumtree District Hospital after he was stabbed with an okapi knife in the head and ribs by his friend in a...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1357 | by Staff Reporter
15 machete wielding gangsters raid gold mine
TWO men who were part of a 15 men gang armed with machetes, axes and logs have been arrested for allegedly raiding and stealing gold ore at a mine in ...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1383 | by Staff Reporter
Train drags woman to death
A Bulawayo woman was recently dragged to death by a moving train after she tried to disembark while it was in motion.Loveness Issa who works a...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 12:46hrs | 3418 | by Stephen Jakes
Gold panner attacks colleague with machete over cigarette
A gold panner in Shangani has been taken to court for attacking a colleague with a machete in a dispute over cigarette.Mkondisi Nyathi (35) ap...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 12:45hrs | 1318 | by Stephen Jakes
Mohadi challenges Zanu PF leaders
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has challenged Zanu PF leaders in Matabeleland South province to come up with strategies for economic empowerment in line ...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 12:09hrs | 6079 | by Staff Reporter
MaShurugwi armed with AK-47 besiege village
THE level of crime in the country especially around mining areas is threatening to get out of control after a gang of nine robbers armed with an AK-47...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 08:48hrs | 5908 | by Staff Reporter
Man (25) struck by lightining near police station
A 25-YEAR-OLD man was struck and killed by lightning in Plumtree Town on Wednesday.Matabeleland South police spokesman Chief Inspector Philisa...Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 19:12hrs | 1883 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu PF shadow councillor says MDC members are not eligible to food aid
Zanu PF shadow councillor for Umzingwane Larvet Dube is alleged to have said that the MDC members are not elligable to get food aid from government....Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 10:49hrs | 1546 | by Stephen Jakes
Audit report exposes corruption in Binga council
FINANCIAL mismanagement and corruption have left Binga council coffers in the red, an internal 2018 confidential audit report has revealed.The...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1135 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa Gvt cursed - Biti
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti has described as cursed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration for attempting to ban Winky D's latest...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 12:14hrs | 4953 | by Staff Reporter
Zapu worry over poor turn out for voter registration in Matabeleland
Opposition Zapu party has expressed worries over the poor turn out for for voter registration that has p...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 11:16hrs | 1186 | by Stephen Jakes
Cattle rustler caught redhanded
A Cattle rustler was reportedly caught redhanded with pieces of cattle body parts by Matobo villagers. ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 13:05hrs | 4909 | by Stephen Jakes
Gold panner attacks colleague with machete over cigarette
A GOLD panner from Shangani in Matabeleland South province has been taken to court for attacking a colleague with a machete in a dispute over a cigare...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 09:03hrs | 806 | by Staff Reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa rolls out donkey project in Matabeleland South
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, this week distributed small grains and rolled out a donkey project in Matabelel...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 07:54hrs | 2103 | by Staff Reporter
Mat South will never be the same again
The people of Matabeleland South have come up with a unique concept for developing their province through water provision. Amanzi Mat South Co-operati...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 13:08hrs | 4076 | by Thulani Nkala
Villagers revert to barter trade as cash crisis escalates
Struck by serious shortage of cash at the time they need to purchase various goods such as food and household property, villagers in Matabeleland Sout...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 10:30hrs | 2050 | by Stephen Jakes
Land dispute gets nasty as man burns villager's home
A man from Magondeni village, Fort Rixon is in trouble after he torched a fellow villager's home following their dispute over land.He also all...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 722 | by Stephen Jakes
Music fan strikes cop with beer bottle
A music fan is in trouble for striking a police officer with a beer bottle during a music gala organised by Makomo resources company in Hwange....Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:16hrs | 513 | by Stephen Jakes
Pressure group prepares for Gukurahundi memorial
Ibhetshu likaZulu has revealed it is vigorously preparing for the Gukurahundi memorial to be held on December 22 to coincide with the Unity Day....Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:09hrs | 453 | by Stephen Jakes
Man stabs elder brothers over beer
A Binga man who stabbed his two elder brothers with an okapi knife accusing them of drinking beer in his absence has been sentenced to six years in ja...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1303 | by Staff Reporter
Man fatally strikes neighbour with brick
A MAN from Filabusi has been arrested after he allegedly fatally struck his neighbour with a brick on the head for assaulting his cousin. Mata...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 870 | by Staff Reoprter
Scores of families stranded after hail storm in Matobo
Scores of families are stranded for shelter after a hailstorm recently hit the area leaving a train of destruction.According to district gover...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:04hrs | 425 | by Stephen Jakes
Matopo Small Scale Miners tributaries beneficiaries at Logger heads With Police and Falcon Gold Proxy
According to the Matopo Small Scale Mining Trust's members, the ZRP officers are making it difficult for them to fully utilize the mining production o...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:29hrs | 789 | by Enos Denhere
Man kicks ailing younger brother to death
A MAN from Fort Rixon in Insiza district allegedly unleashed a deadly kick on his ailing younger brother, ripping open his stomach resulting in intest...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1190 | by Staff Reporter
Nkayi goblins shut down schools, female teachers wake up wearing male counterparts' trousers
Fudu primary and secondary schools in Nkayi, Matabeleland North Province, have been closed for three weeks after teachers fled in terror w...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 20:50hrs | 4408 | by Staff Reporter
Uncle turns niece into sex slave
A MAN from Matobo district in Matabeleland South province, has been arrested and appeared in court on allegations of turning his 13-year-old niece int...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1938 | by Agencies
WATCH: Lupane university campus turns into brothel
A video of drunk male and female students at Lupane university campus, has surfaced. The video which was allegedly shot at about 1:30AM shows the stud...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 04:53hrs | 3809 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Obert Mpofu behind Chief Ndiweni jail sentence, claims Coltart
MDC Alliance treasure general David Coltart has described the case in which Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was jailed for 18 months as a ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 11:42hrs | 5087 | by Staff Reporter
Call for urgent road rehabilitation in Nkayi
NKAYI South Member of Parliament Stars Mathe has said road accidents like the recent one that claimed six lives in the area could be avoided if the ro...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:14hrs | 513 | by Staff Reporter
Chief Ndiweni judgment date set
CHIEF Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni together with his 13 subjects, who are facing charges of allegedly destroying a villager's property in Ntabazindu...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1532 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree road accident kills 1, injures 12
A Plumtree teacher died while 12 people were injured when a car they were travelling in overturned along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road on Sunday afternoo...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 3551 | by Staff Reporter
Poacher gets 9 years behind bars
A POACHER, who was found in illegal possession of 76,7kg of raw ivory, has been convicted and sentenced to nine years in jail.Alois Savanhu (3...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1278 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF tried and tested, says Obert Mpofu
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, has said the MDC Alliance has no capacity to rule and develop the country and the electorate should...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:41hrs | 2225 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: South African Army steps in
The South Africa National Defense Forces on Saturday started arriving in Cape Flats to assist the police force in fighting crime.At the time o...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 16:14hrs | 4317 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teenager tortured to death
Four Tsholotsho men abducted a 16 year old boy and assaulted him with a switch for allegedly stealing a pair of shoes before tying his hands and legs ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:50hrs | 6602 | by Staff Reporter
Kariba Municipality implements controversial supplementary budget
The Municipality of Kariba has with immediate effect implemented a hotly disputed Supplementary Budget. It came into effect on 1 June 2019, according ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 247 | by Laiton Kandawire - A Patsaka-Nyaminyami CR Correspondent
Epileptic toddler falls into fire burns to death
AN epileptic 18-months old boy allegedly died from severe burns he sustained after he fell into a fire in his grandmother's kitchen.The incide...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:32hrs | 391 | by Staff Reporter
Hundreds ill after drinking sewage-contaminated water
MORE than 200 residents including school children in Empumalanga's DRC suburb in Hwange were on Thursday and Friday taken ill following a diarrhoea ou...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | 658 | by Staff Reporter
Mohadi on Gukurahundi
VICE-President Kembo Mohadi has said Gukurahundi should be discussed freely and openly by people in order to find lasting solutions and closure on the...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1265 | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda man dies in mine explosion
A MAN from Gwanda was found dead in a 20-metre deep mine shaft after an explosion at the mine. Matabeleland South acting provincial police spo...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1512 | by Staff Reporter
Malema threatens to impeach Ramaphosa
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Sello Malema has called upon President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa to come clean on his dealings w...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 14:16hrs | 5914 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Botswana Army warns Ian Khama
The Commander of the Botswana Defence Forces Diratsagae Segokgo has warned the former President of Botswana Lt General Dr Seretse Khama Ian Khama to d...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 16:24hrs | 20980 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu-PF will lose'
Zanu PF will lose in the Lupane East by-election in August because of breach of processes done in the selection of its candidate, a frustrated aspiran...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 20:07hrs | 6183 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Zanu PF legislator dies
A Zanu PF legislator from Matabeleland South has reportedly died after falling ill in Parliament on Tuesday. The name of the legislator has be...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 20:03hrs | 10286 | by Staff Reporter
Police deployed to quell bloody gold wars
The government is deploying more police officers to mining areas to deal with the violent clashes between illegal miners popularly referred to as mako...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:31hrs | 499 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF Lupane East candidate bites policeman
Zanu-PF Lupane East by election candidate Mbongeni Dube has a pending criminal case over violence after engaging in a fist fight with a police officer...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 22:41hrs | 3591 | by Staff Reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam completion set for 2020
Forget that Matabeleland North province sticks out as the only province out of the 10 that is yet to have a provincial hospital.That the Gover...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 11:27hrs | 2009 | by ViewFromMatopos
Final South Africa election results announced
South Africa has concluded its 2019 Provincial and National Assembly Elections. As predicted by different analysts the African National Congress dropp...Published: 11 May 2019 at 13:33hrs | 33810 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5 miners die in mine collapse
FIVE illegal miners died when a tunnel at Nugget Gold Mine in Matobo, Matabeleland South province collapsed while about 15 Amakorokoza were undergroun...Published: 08 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1125 | by Staff Reporter
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