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Bubi Rural District Council targets road rehabilitation
Bubi Rural District Council in Matabeleland North is targeting to use part of the devolution funds to rehabilitate all roads in the district next year...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 17:51hrs | 496 | by Staff Reporter
Man beats 1-yr-old stepson to death, secretly bury body in anthill
A LUPANE man allegedly whipped his 18-month-old stepson to death and connived with the boy's mother to conceal the death by secretly burying the body ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | 688 | by Staff Reporter
Esigodini mine incident: Stakeholders urged to resume efforts to retrieve bodies
Stakeholders have been challenged to work together and retrieve the bodies of six Esigodini gold panners who are feared dead after a mine shaft collap...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 17:15hrs | 764 | by Staff Reporter
John Tallach school Covid-19 cases reach 100
THE number of pupils who have so far tested Covid-19 positive at John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province has risen ...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 14:24hrs | 3069 | by Staff Reporter
Man finds wife having lunchtime sex romp with lover at a lodge
THESE days you seldom find a man who has been cheated on or finds his wife in bed with another man not to forget the basic rules of humanity by brutal...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 19:41hrs | 2423 | by Staff Reporter
Two workers arrested for stealing 100kg gold ore
TWO general workers at a mine in Gwanda have been arrested for allegedly stealing 100 kilograms of gold ore from their workplace. Qhubekan...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 23:17hrs | 1327 | by Staff Reporter
Senior cop 'eats' junior's wife
A police officer's photographs kissing his junior officer's wife leaked and are circulating on social media.Inspector Meza Malunga's romantic ...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 5249 | by Staff reporter
'Organ enlargement herbs a myth'
A local traditional herbalist has dismissed claims of the existence of organs enlargement herbs.In an interview Dr Gilbert Chahwanda has rathe...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 2567 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'fires' Masvingo chair
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who in March this year suspended the entire Masvingo provincial executive for fanning factionalism, has relieved p...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:28hrs | 6894 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi is just a place holder
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi is hardly known by all and sundry because he represents nobody. Nobody voted for him. He is in the Executive by default, t...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:49hrs | 4371 | by Deconstruction
Teen boy sentenced to 18 years for murder
A TEENAGE boy from Nyamandlovu who strangled his 13-year-old cousin to death and set the body alight using paraffin before burying it in a shallow gra...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 13:30hrs | 2897 | by Staff Reporter
King Mambo marries second wife
RECENTLY installed Lozwi King, Mike Mambo Moyo married a second wife at a lavish ceremony held at the royal homestead in Mawabeni of Umzingwane distri...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 16:03hrs | 6503 | by ZBC
Chamisa's youths in court for forcibly occupying MDC-T offices
Eight MDC-Alliance activists on Saturday appeared in court charged with public violence after they tried to forcibly occupy the MDC-T's provincial off...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
No Covid deaths in Zimbabwe for a week
ZIMBABWE has gone for seven consecutive days without recording any Covid-19 deaths amid reports that 35 new cases were recorded on Thursday. S...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls councillors punished for pushing for mayor Dlamini ouster
VICTORIA FALLS Ward 1 and 6 councillors Marguerite Varley and Ephias Mambume who have been recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe could have bee...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha falsifying papers, claims Zimra
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says clients using the Beitbridge Border Post are deliberately falsifying declaration submissions under its pre...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda youths petition Parliament
GWANDA youths have petitioned Parliament to push through a clause guaranteeing a 30% quota representation in the legislature to ensure full representa...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Zimra tightens screws at Beitbridge
Trucks, mainly those carrying goods known as consolidated cargo, where a single load has multiple owners, have been piling up at Beitbridge Border Pos...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 8878 | by Staff reporter
'Bomb' explodes kills Nyamandlovu children
TWO siblings from Majindane Village Three in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North died when a suspected "bomb" exploded at their homestead on Friday....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1023 | by Staff Reporter
Gwanda councillors and Mayor fully behind Chamisa
In an extraordinary joint sitting of the MDC Alliance Mat south provincial management committee and the Gwanda Central CCC with the councillors from t...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 828 | by Ntando Ndlela MDC Alliance - Mat south spokesperson
Goblins run riot
A worried man in Gokwe reported his mother to Chief Mkoka accusing her of owning goblins that caused his wife to produce milk for four years after she...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 6179 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells court he is too stout to hide in ceiling
BAIL hearing for jailed MDC Alliance vice chair, Job Sikhala continued Tuesday with the firebrand politician taking to the witness's stand before a Ha...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2964 | by Staff reporter
'Chin'ono not a risk to inmates'
POLITICAL activist Hopewell Chin'ono has no symptoms of Covid-19 and is not a risk to other inmates, the court heard yesterday. Chin'ono, who ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Police brutality victim breaks down in court
A COWDRAY Park woman, who was severely assaulted alongside her sister by police on allegations of violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations, broke down ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:35hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister petitions UN agency over Gukurahundi genocide
THE United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must step in to stop a culture of State-sponsored human rights violations as the "price of silence is ...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
MP converts bar into a clinic
GWERU residents have received a major healthcare boost after a local legislator used Constituency Development Funds (CDF) to convert a council-owned c...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Informal traders dump Matabeleland Collective
BULAWAYO'S informal traders representative organisation has cut ties with the Matabeleland Collective (MC), a grouping of civic groups and the clergy ...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:50hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Siwela demands US$100bn Gukurahundi genocide compensation
MATABELELAND Liberation Organisation (MLO) led by the self-exiled Paul Siwela has petitioned government to pay a total of US$100 billion to the victim...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:26hrs | 3213 | by Douglas Mwonzora
Hunger stalks Plumtree villagers
BULILIMA traditional leader Chief Masendu has called on the government and non-governmental organisations to strengthen social protection systems to c...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:22hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
Police boss sucked into bloody mine wrangle
Police in Mvuma have been accused of illegally grabbing a lucrative gold mine at the centre of a dispute between two miners with some officers alleged...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Cop force marches boss at gunpoint
A BEITBRIDGE-BASED police officer allegedly force-marched at gunpoint his boss from his home to the charge office in protest at being served with pape...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
200 Air Zimbabwe passengers stranded in Wuhan
MORE than 200 Air Zimbabwe passengers are stranded in Wuhan, China, several weeks after paying airfares to be flown home, while the flag carrier repla...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:14hrs | 2613 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Bulawayo face total Covid-19 lockdown
GOVERNMENT is set to impose a stricter, total Covid-19 lockdown in Harare and Bulawayo in view of a sharp increase in infections amid concerns by cabi...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2685 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, top party executives 'exposed' to COVID-19
MDC-T acting leader Thokozani Khupe and several party leaders including acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora and acting national chairperson Morg...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2920 | by Staff reporter
'Calling for Zanu-PF ouster not criminal'
LAWYERS representing incarcerated journalist Hopewell Chin'ono yesterday said there was nothing criminal about calling for change of government outsid...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:12hrs | 4666 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa ignoring silent genocide at public hospitals'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been accused of ignoring the plight of striking nurses and other health workers leading to a "silent gen...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:11hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Fired MDC MP vows undying Chamisa loyalty
EXPELLED MDC Alliance Bulawayo Senator, Helen Zivira says she would rather lose her luxury car than be forced to join the Thokozani Khupe led MDC....Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5297 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF militia evicts 100 Chiredzi families
OVER 100 families in Gutsaruzhinji C, ward 23 in Chiredzi North have been sleeping in the open since July 10 after a Zanu-PF militia razed down their ...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative breaks suspected maize thief's arm
A BINDURA Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative allegedly broke a suspected maize thief's arm before forcing her to eat 10 raw maize cobs....Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
'I'm not Benjani, but Mpenjani'
BENJANI Mwaruwari is one of the finest football exports to emerge from the local scene. And yet interestingly, Benjani is not even his original name....Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 4949 | by Staff reporter
BCC warns against smuggling of corpses
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned residents against smuggling groceries into the country following reports that omalayitsha (cross-border transpo...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths fight over pigs
ZANU-PF youth league officials in Bulawayo are fighting over a piggery project, which was recently launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with some...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 4330 | by Staff reporter
Govt blames Gukurahundi victims documentation delays on Covid-19
The documentation of victims of Gukurahundi has been affected by the current lockdown measures implemented to stop the spread of Covid-19, home Affair...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 19:01hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Man hospitalised after being stabbed over girlfriend
A Matopo man is in hospital after he was attacked in a dispute over a girlfriend.Washington Sibanda (28) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate T...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:55hrs | 750 | by Stephen Jakes
Police visibility in rural communities increased during lockdown
Police visibility has increased in the rural areas than before due to Covid 19 lock down operations....Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 07:36hrs | 419 | by Stephen Jakes
Zuze sinks Chamisa's lawyer?
ADVOCATE Thabani Mpofu, the lawyer who rep-resented the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa when he challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory i...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:32hrs | 10805 | by Staff reporter
US, Zimbabwe diplomatic row escalates
ZIMBABWE has torched a diplomatic storm with the United States following remarks by key government officials, including Zanu-PF national political com...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:32hrs | 4689 | by Staff reporter
Govt must investigate spike in COVID-19 cases
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) wants the government to investigate a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in quarantine cen...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:31hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Returnees riot over poor conditions
POLICE were yesterday called in to stop dozens of returnees quarantined at Belvedere Teachers College from protesting over poor living conditions....Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:30hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
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