Search / Bester
Mnangagwa caps 2,996 graduands at Nust
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 996 graduands at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), among them, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswer...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimborders fires cashiers over fraud
ABOUT 10 cashiers have either been fired or suspended from Zimborders Consortium offices in Beitbridge on allegations of fraud after they reportedly collected cash in foreign exchange using local bank...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thabo Bester's Zimbabwean accomplice appears in court
A 31-year-old suspect appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court for allegedly helping convicted serial rapist Thabo Bester escape prison.Zanda Moyo, 31, faces four charges - aiding and a...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man arrested in South Africa over Thabo Bester escape
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been arrested in South Africa in connection with the escape of Thabo Bester from a South African prison.According to the South African media, the man's identity was not re...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thabo Bester's R3,5m Mercedes still stuck in Beitbridge
THE Mercedes Benz worth at least R3,5 million that is understood to have been used by captured South African murder convict and escapee Thabo Bester is still stuck at Beitbridge Border Post after it w...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Dr Nandipha and father's picture go viral
A picture collage of murder accused Dr Nandipha Magudumana's and her father and a former G4S employee who allegedly helped Facebook rapist Thabo Bester escape from the Mangaung Correctional Cent...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 13:24hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana arrested in Tanzania
Fugitive also known as 'Facebook rapist' Thabo Bester, was arrested in Tanzania late on Friday night, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has confirmed.Lamola said the convicted murderer was arrest...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Nandipha left Merc at Zimbabwe border, returned on foot
As South African law enforcement continues the search for fugitive murderer-rapist Thabo Bester - known as the "Facebook rapist" - and his accomplice girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana, more informatio...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wanted SA rapist Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe?
Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe to lay low after escaping from the Mangaung maximum security prison where he allegedly paid R5 million to at least nine prison warders who helped him escap...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Energy Mutodi turns to law
Maverick and controversial ZANU PF Goromonzi West Member of Parliament Dr Energy Mutodi was last week Wednesday sworn in as Legal Practitioner, Conveyancer and Notary Public at the High Court of Zimba...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 10:32hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF Central Committe member Nhamburo dies
ZANU PF Central Committee member John Nhamburo has died.Senior party officials confirmed his death without giving more details....Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nhamburo speaks on the killing of CCC member
ZANU PF Central Committee member John Nhamburo rubbished claims by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party that he ran over their member Shelton Zangaro with his car there by killing him on the spot...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 12:20hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Village heads steal Mnangagwa's fertilisers
VILLAGE HEADS in Mazowe were warned against stealing Presidential inputs by Mazowe District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) Tafadzwa Musarara after 10 bags of Amonium Nitrate fertilizers were stol...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 15:56hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Village heads stealing presidential inputs
Zanu-PF Mazowe district co-ordinating committee (DCC) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara has accused local village heads of stealing agricultural inputs sourced under the presidential inputs scheme, depriv...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold dealer up for car theft
A Man from Nketa 9 Suburb, Bulawayo has appeared in court charged with car theft after he allegedly hired a vehicle to take him to New Parklands where he was purportedly to meet his gold clients and l...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Boy (6) strangled to death over sweet reeds
A 71-year-old man has been arrested in Chivi on allegations of strangling to death a boy for stealing sweet reeds in his field as murder cases continue to rise countrywide.The six-year-old boy...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing juvenile found dead
A 12-year old girl from Shamva who went missing on July 28 was found dead on a mountain last Thursday. The body of Alana Topo was ...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 17:30hrs | 5 | by Lloyd Rabaya/ Simbarashe Sithole
New vetting exercise for war vets, Zipra
A NEW national vetting exercise for former freedom fighters in Zimbabwe is expected soon, and the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) has urged its members to prepare and take part in the scr...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guard shoots two women
A BEITBRIDGE security guard is in trouble after shooting two women at a shop at Makado business centre.Ganeth Moyo (52) pleaded not guilty to two counts of attempted murder and one of assault ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Zanu-PF officials boycott Mnangagwa visit
FIVE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) members are in trouble after boycotting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Marondera last week, as factionalism in the party...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
200 Zanu-PF youths fight eviction from farm
ABOUT 200 Zanu-PF youths in Wedza have approached both the party leadership and government seeking intervention following an eviction order compelling them to vacate a farm in the area.The you...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to apologise for role in gukurahundi genocide
VETERANS of the liberation struggle who served under the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra), Zapu's military wing, have urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apology first bef...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by newzimbabwe
3 die in kombi, truck collision
THREE people died when a kombi and a truck collided as they tried to avoid a broken down truck and stray donkeys about 40 kilometres from Gokwe centre along the Kwekwe–Gokwe road. Four donke...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joburg concert shooter jailed 30 years
A ZIMBABWEAN national who killed his fellow countryman at Gift Amuli and Allan Ndoda's show at Hillbrow Theatre in Johannesburg two years ago, was on Tuesday sentenced to an effective 30 years in jail...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Army warned us not to reveal attacks'
A MILITARY crackdown against civilians that followed recent protests was laid bare at the Bulawayo Magistrates Court during the trial of three residents who suffered severe beatings and torture at the...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine worker caught pants down with colleague's wife
There was drama in Mazowe mine where a clerk was reportedly caught pants down with his colleague's wife in a Blair toilet on Sunday night.Eye witness allege the clerk responsible for engineeri...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 Zanu-PF candidates fight over Chikomba seat
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Mashonaland East has moved in to resolve the simmering fights over the Chikomba Central seat, amid reports that aspiring candidates had escalated smear campaigns against each...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
$20k Norton Mortuary Commissioned
January 18, 2018 saw the commissioning of the new and upgraded Norton Hospital Mortuary after it had been abruptly shut down in 2011 due to bad state of the premise. In her opening and welcome...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 22:12hrs | 6 | by By Maxwell Teedzai/Local Government News
Norton Mayor Thumbs-Up AusAid
Norton Zimbabwe - Her Worship the sitting Mayor of Norton Town, Clr Precious Mufahore, has commended the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAid) for bringing to an end over two decade...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Journalist Dombo facing Defamation charges
Today Kariba will witness the beginning of the full trial at the Kariba magistrate courts a case between Bester Maguranyanga and Admore Mbonda aka Dombo. Maguranyanga is accusing Mbonda of hav...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Patsaka Correspondent
Elephant falls on vehicle, one person killed
ONE person died and the other was injured when their vehicle hit an elephant in Victoria Falls, police confirmed.The vehicle hit the jumbo which then fell onto the roof of the vehicle trapping...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to reshuffle cabinet by end of winter - Mutodi
Zanu PF controversial youth member Energy Mutodi has claimed that President Robert Mugabe is expected to reshuffle his cabinet by end of winter as the country faces serious economic crisis and civil u...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 04:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Hawks raid genitals collector's gun shop
Bloemfontein - More than 1,600 firearms were seized by the Hawks at a gun shop in Bloemfontein, owned by Danish national Peter Frederiksen who is accused of collecting women's genitals and storing...Published: 28 May 2016 at 08:53hrs | | by Agencies
Fake roadblock police officer appears in court
A police officer from the Police Protection Unit (PPU) who was arrested for mounting a fake roadblock and extorting $142 from an unsuspecting motorist, has appeared in court facing charges of crimin...Published: 27 Feb 2016 at 07:46hrs | | by Fungai Lupande and Nqobile Tshili
7 appear in court for illegal gold dealings
At least seven gold mill operators and their managers from Pickstone Mine area in Chegutu are before the courts on charges of illegally trading in the precious mineral. Reports of artisanal mi...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 05:06hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
'Continued US$ use threat to Zimbabwe economic growth'
Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said there was need to craft strategies to address challenges posed by the appreciation of the US dollar against the currencies of...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shun banking sector
MORE than 80 percent of local transactions happen in cash as Zimbabweans continue to shun the formal banking process while more than 25 percent of bank accounts are dormant. According to a new...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 05:00hrs | | by Conrad Mwanawashe
Gumbura's youngest and 11th wife pregnant, 2 years after Gumbura's incarceration
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura's youngest and 11th wife on Wednesday appeared to be pregnant as she attended her husband's trial at the Harare Magistrates' Court....Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 07:05hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Gumbura's 11 wives not giving up on jailed hubby
They winked and nodded at their husband Robert Martin Gumbura as he walked into the courtroom. Six of his 11 wives occupied the front row to have a good look at their husband.The rest were s...Published: 12 May 2015 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Fungai Lupande
Adrenalin wins top media, marketing and advertising awards
Adrenalin Advertising and Design has received both the Media Company of the Year Award and the Marketing and Advertising Company of the Year Award from the Zimbabwe Business Awards Council.Ea...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Business Reporter
Midlands State University 2015 Admission List
Full List FACULTY OF COMMERCE Chikwira Maxwell T Mapu...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 12:07hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Makandiwa donates to former school
Prominent preacher Emmanuel Makandiwa on Thursday handed over three classroom blocks, books and a borehole to his former school in Muzarabani.Muringazuva Primary School received donations wor...Published: 31 Jan 2015 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Adrenalin named most outstanding advertising agency
Adrenalin Advertising and Design was named the most outstanding advertising agency in Zimbabwe at the recent Megafest Business Awards ceremony, where it was presented with the Megafest Award of Ex...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 13:23hrs | | by Business Reporter
Zimbabwean woman turned into sex slave in Angola
A 23 - YEAR - OLD Bindura woman, who was allegedly taken to Angola in September last year after she had been promised a maid's job, yesterday gave a harrowing account of how she was eventually tur...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Veld fire destroys Bulawayo house
FIRE fighter yesterday could not stop a mysterious Veld fire from destroying a thatched double storey house in Bulawayo's Riverside suburb due to the windy conditions and long grass surrounding th...Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman films ex-hubby 'bedding' his own sister
A woman from Bulawayo reportedly came up with possibly the world's most bizarre proof to disgrace her ex-husband who is a police officer when she reportedly filmed him while allegedly romping wit...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 23:21hrs | | by Gibson Mhaka
Residents call on Minister to probe Gwanda Zintec Corruption
Residents of Gwanda are calling on the Matabeleland South Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Mr Abednico Ncube to urgently prope corruption allegations raised against the Gwanda Zintec Colle...Published: 30 May 2014 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bester Zambuko joins media enquiry
Adrenalin Advertising chief executive Bester Zambuko has been added to the members of the Information Media Panel of Inquiry, which has been established by government to investigate and assess the...Published: 25 Apr 2014 at 18:15hrs | | by MHPR
How Mine sails through
St Michel 3 - 1 How Mine(How Mine won 6-4 on aggregate)AN appalling piece of defensive work in the first half nearly cost Zimbabwe's representatives in the Orange Caf Confederation Cup a cha...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 06:53hrs | | by Lovemore Dube
Another MDC-T chairman fired over Mangoma saga
THE MDC-T Matabeleland North provincial executive led by chairperson Sengezo Tshabangu has been disbanded over alleged links to the group calling for party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to step down....Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories