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NRZ security guard shoots dead scrap metal thief
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guard was on Wednesday arrested for murder after he allegedly shot dead a man who was stealing scrap metal from a workshop in Mpopoma.The inciden...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 14:29hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe respects rights of citizens, claims Shava
Covid19 containment measures are not an attempt by the Government to curtail the rights of its citizens, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Ambassador Frederick Shava has said. He was sp...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:09hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Woman collapses and dies in Bulawayo CBD
A Bulawayo woman, Wednesday, collapsed and died at the corner of 10th Avenue and Fort Street in the Bulawayo city centre.She was said to have been coming from seeing a doctor at a local facili...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 15:46hrs | 1869 | by Staff reporter
Deadly unrest rages in South Africa
The death toll in South Africa has risen to 72 as violence continues across the country following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma.Crowds looting and setting alight shopping centres ...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 10:29hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
Contractor, BCC give conflicting figures on Egodini project
THE Egodini construction project cost was overstated at US$60 million with council and the constructor now giving different figures, raising questions if the city will eventually get value for money f...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:24hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reaps rewards from 2nd Republic initiatives
The country has already started reaping rewards from the progressive initiatives by the Second Republic to move the country forward. Last year, Government moved closer to achieving its optimal agricul...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 12:50hrs | 977 | by Derick Tsimba
Fire guts Tregers plant
Timely response by the Bulawayo Fire and Ambulance Services department averted a potential explosion after an inferno engulfed a Monarch Plastics recycling plant which also houses a 35 000 litre diese...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:20hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Living between a rock & hard surface - Brenda Manyoni Narrates her Story!
The quagmire that Brenda Manyoni (25) is living through is terribly deplorable. Brenda says she does not 'understand' how, her nylon skirt caught fire when she was just five. The girl reports that she...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 13:46hrs | 1050 | by Dumisani Mawere
Binga chefs divert donated ambulance
VILLAGERS in Tyuunga, Matabeleland North province, have accused top officials at the Binga Rural District Council of diverting donations, including an ambulance, to carry out administrative errands at...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead in Makokoba
A Bulawayo man was found dead in Makokoba Suburb on Saturday.Neighbours said the man, whose name is being withheld until his next of kin have been notified, was found lying lifeless along 8th ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:34hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Govt buys 100 ambulances
GOVERNMENT has procured a fleet of 100 new fully equipped ambulances that are set to be deployed to healthcare facilities throughout the country.The first batch of the specialised vehicles is ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:50hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
5 die in ambulance crash
A KAROI District Hospital ambulance driver, nurse and two patients died on the spot while another passenger died later after an ambulance they were travelling in collided with a truck along the Harare...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2428 | by Staff reporter
Driver, nurse, patients die in ambulance accident
A Karoi District Hospital ambulance driver, an escort nurse and two patients died after the ambulance they were travelling in collided with a two-tonne truck that was travelling to Kariba at the 196-k...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:06hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
4 die in head-on collision
FOUR people were killed yesterday evening at Buffalo Downs near Karoi following a head-on collision involving an ambulance that was coming from Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital.National police spo...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:58hrs | 719 | by Staff reporter
Govt avails $287m for Mpilo reconstruction
Government has pledged $287 million towards the reconstruction of three doctors' quarters that were burnt down at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, leaving healthcare workers with no accommodation a...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:03hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Govt pledges to renovate razed Mpilo Central building
Government has pledged to renovate Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence quarters that burned down on Wednesday and to help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
'Lack of maintenance caused Mpilo fire'
THE Government has resolved to renovate the Mpilo Central Hospital doctors' residence that burned down on Wednesday and help affected workers replace destroyed personal belongings and certificates....Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:08hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Another fire at Mpilo Hospital
BULAWAYO Fire and Ambulance Services has been called to Mpilo Central Hospital to put out another fire whose cause remains unknown.This comes barely 48 hours after another one which left 39 he...Published: 28 May 2021 at 18:29hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
Murder at 6th Avenue
A Hairdresser in Bulawayo allegedly stabbed a rival to death in a fight over a client.Ayanda Moyo (29) allegedly stabbed Claitos Muzorori (38) of Old Magwegwe with a knife on the left shoulder...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | 1720 | by Staa reporter
Doctor injured in Mpilo Hospital Fire
ONE doctor suffered a fractured leg at Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday after a staff residence was gutted by fire around midnight.Property with an estimated US$500 000 was destroyed in the fi...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:27hrs | 706 | by Staa reporter
India, AfDB donate ambulances, medical equipment to Zimbabwe
Government has received a fleet of 20 ambulances, and ancillary medical equipment from the Government of India as well as the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help improve the country's public healt...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:24hrs | 115 | by Staa reporter
Zimfirst is founded on the philosophy of Pan Africanism.
Pan Africanism is the philosophy which dictate that people of African descend should have common interest and are unified. Judging by the political records of the leading ZANU PF regime, Zimbabwe is y...Published: 27 May 2021 at 05:57hrs | 165 | by The President of Zimbabwe People First
Mnangagwa's former top aide loses freedom bid
FORMER principal director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, has lost a High Court appeal to quash both conviction and a four-year imprisonment term imposed on him for criminal abuse of office. ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
'Housebreaker' beaten to death, five arrested
FIVE men from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly beating a man to death after accusing him of breaking into a house in the suburb.Melusi Ncube (31), Luckson Munsaka ...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1498 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Thorngrove, Ekusileni opening
OVER a year after Government declared the start of rehabilitation works to turn Bulawayo's Ekusileni and Thorngrove hospitals into Covid-19 isolation centres, the two institutions have failed to offic...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:28hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates ambulance to Gwanda
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has donated an ambulance to Gwanda Provincial Hospital as part of efforts to improve the country's health care services.Speaking during a handover ceremony held at the hosp...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:01hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns Chiredzi North MP for abusing power
CHIREDZI Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial political commissar Jevas Masosota has criticised the conduct of Chiredzi North Member of Parliament (MP) Roy Bhila and director for the district Central Intellige...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:35hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Ward 17 Councillor maintains roads in his Ward
MDC Alliance Councillor for ward 17, Chikanga Dangamvura Constituency and other Party members maintain roads in their ward yesterday.Unlike Zanu pf members who are highjacking government proje...Published: 19 May 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1746 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Couple savagely attacked, husband dies
A COUPLE from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo was attacked by robbers, leading to the death of the husband in a case that brings to the fore an alarming rise in crime and the collapse of the city's emerg...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 3081 | by Staff reporter
Indian COVID-19 strain - Businessman dies in Kwekwe
A KWEKWE man who died from Covid-19 after contact with a niece who had just returned from India where thousands have succumbed to a deadly variant has brought panic among health authorities in the cit...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:38hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Sakunda steps up on fight against Covid-19
Sakunda holdings has registered another milestone in the health sector after it adopted and fully equipped a Covid-19 centre at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) which was officially opened by President...Published: 14 May 2021 at 15:17hrs | 1083 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
UK sanctions scuttle ambulances export to Zimbabwe
CONTRARY to Western propaganda that sanctions do not affect ordinary Zimbabweans, a United Kingdom-based businessman was barred from purchasing medical equipment at an auction because of the punitive ...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3114 | by Staff reporter
2 die in horrific city centre accident
TWO people died on the spot in a horrific accident that occurred in Bulawayo's city centre after their car veered off the road, hit and uprooted a tree that crushed the vehicle, causing extensive dama...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 2181 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, CIO order Cottco to withdraw MDC member's tender
Chiredzi North Member of Parliament (MP) Roy Bhila has unwittingly exposed Zanu-PF's capture of state enterprises through a leaked conversation with the local Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) busin...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:25hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South to get 3 new COVID-19 centres
GOVERNMENT is in the process of constructing COVID-19 treatment centres in three districts of Matabeleland South province that have remained a transit zone for cross-border travellers, often accused o...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | 160 | by Staff writer
Man 'stabs' neighbour in beer brawl
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 30-year-old man from Cowdray Park suburb who allegedly stabbed his neighbour with an okapi knife following a beer brawl. The incident occurred yesterday when...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:01hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs neighbour in beer brawl
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 30-year-old man from Cowdray Park suburb who allegedly stabbed his neighbour with an okapi knife following a beer brawl.The incident occurred yesterday when ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 577 | by Staff Reporter
Emganwini suburb man murdered
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the murder of a 34-year-old Emganwini suburb man in a brawl over a woman at a shebeen on Monday. The now deceased Nkosana Chipepera was stabbed by a man on...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | 931 | by Staff reporter
Peeping Tom terror for pregnant landlady
A man from Sizinda suburb who beat up his pregnant landlady after she caught him peeping through the bathroom window while she was bathing has been arrested.A family insider who spoke to B-Met...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:20hrs | 2876 | by Staff reporter
Parliament warns of aviation disaster in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S airports could cause an aviation disaster due to poor weather-detecting instruments, outdated radar, few emergency vehicles, inadequate fire-fighting capacity and deplorable runways....Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:34hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Son of a Zimbabwean nurse is bookies' new favourite for James Bond
He is the dashing Netflix duke who could be about to swap regency era London for the secretive world of MI6. Regé-Jean Page left women swooning as the suave star of smash-hit British series Bridgerto...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:40hrs | 2961 | by Staff reporter
Police stall investigation into 2018 crash involving Chief Justice Malaba's vehicle
Police have been accused of a cover-up over a December 2018 road traffic accident in which a cyclist was badly injured after being run-over by Chief Justice Luke Malaba's vehicle in Matopo, Matabelela...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:30hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Pumula man killed by neighbours
TWO Bulawayo men from Pumula South suburb have been arrested for fatally assaulting their neighbour whom they were accusing of stealing clothes from their washing line. Blessing Zikhali died a...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Funeral at 'killer's' house
THE family of a murdered Bulawayo man held his burial service at their neighbour's home in Pumula South suburb yesterday accusing them of fatally beating him. Blessing Zikhali (30) died on Wed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:53hrs | 3541 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe airports need refurbishment'
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development has revealed that the country's airports needed urgent refurbishment as they are in a bad state.Zimbabwe has e...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:04hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
US supermarket shooter kills 10, including cop
BOULDER, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday, killing 10 people, including the first police officer to arrive on the scene, before the bloodied susp...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1988 | by Reuters
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance fight over Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Victoria Falls
THE MDC Alliance and Zanu-PF are fighting over glory in the roll-out of vaccination in the country's prime tourism city.The government rolled-out vaccination exercise for all willing residents...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Why does Zimbabwe have such a high road death toll?
Road safety in Zimbabwe is such a major issue that it has attracted the attention of the United Nations. According to Zimbabwe's own nu...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 19:46hrs | 1266 | by Staff writer
20 cheat death in house petrol explosion
TWENTY people cheated death when a house in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb caught fire following a petrol explosion. One of the victims, Lenxious Sibanda (27) of New Lobengula, sustained life-threa...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Family dumps corpse at police station
CHAOS reigned supreme at Gweru's Mtapa high density suburb yesterday when aggrieved residents and family members dumped the body of Tatenda Kasinyore, known as "Nyale", near Monomutapa Police Station ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:46hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
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