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Tobacco production target raised to 300 million kgs
The new tobacco selling season opened yesterday with Government hoping that the industry cannot just survive at present levels but raise production to 300 million kilogrammes annually through the impl...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:38hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
5 000 schoolgirls impregnated in January, February
When schools opened their doors for the new year on March 15 and March 22, a significant number of female learners did not turn up for classes, and there are now disturbing reports explaining why....Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 08:20hrs | 800 | by Staff Reporter
MDC Alliance councillor 'kills' a reveller during a fight over a woman in a nightclub
Harare Magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi has cancelled a warrant of arrest he had issued against MDC Alliance councillor for Bindura Ward 1, Paradzai Mupingiza who stands accused of killing a reveller duri...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 18:54hrs | 1717 | by Staff reporter
One die, 20 injured in horrific kombi crash
One person died on the spot while twenty other passengers were injured in a horrific accident involving a Nissan Caravan, Toyota pick up and Honda Fit yes...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 15:58hrs | 3478 | by Simbarashe Sithole
One person dies in horror accident
One person died after a head-on collision that occurred this afternoon along the Harare-Bindura highway. A Honda Fit encroached in the lane of an oncoming haulage truck resulting in the collis...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:31hrs | 912 | by Staff reporter
Suspended council official refuses to surrender council car
SUSPENDED Mvurwi Town Council (MTC) Secretary Sheri Nyakudya is reportedly refusing to surrender the council vehicle.MTC chairperson co...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 19:25hrs | 1167 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prophet goes insane after 'desecrating' sacred mountain
A SELF-STYLED Bindura Johanne Masowe WeChishanu prophet Madzibaba Rakeni Gumbira of Chiwaridzo has gone insane after leading seven of his congregants on a three day prayer session on top of the sacred...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Farmers do not be a sitting duck to fraudsters
Harvest time is upon us, a time of plenty. Fraudsters are on the prowl looking for who to con, taking your agricultural produce without paying a dime for it. A colleague nearly lost a tonne of...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 13:11hrs | 305 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Prophet goes insane after 3-day prayer on mountain
A self-styled Bindura Johanne Masowe WeChishanu prophet and leader Madzibaba Rakeni Gumbira of Chiwaridzo has gone insane after leading 7 congregants in a three-day prayer session on top of the sacred...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 11:53hrs | 3474 | by Simbarashe Sithole
University students die in road accident
Two Bindura University of Science and Education students were among six people killed in two separate road accidents on Tuesday evening along the Harare-Mukumbura Highway.The students were ide...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:01hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Two Bindura University students die in road accident
TWO Bindura University of Science Education students died on Wednesday after a Mark X vehicle they were travelling in encroached into an oncoming lane and was hit by a Securico Nissan NP 300 at the 62...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 09:30hrs | 2501 | by Simbarashe Sithole
One dies in car crash
One person died on the spot after a Toyota Mark X she was travelling in was hit by a Securico Nissan vehicle today at Vignia farm, Glendale.Mazowe ward 18 councillor Canaan Malingamoyo confirm...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 18:04hrs | 2522 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Parents besiege Chigiji primary school
THERE was mayhem at Chigiji primary school in Bindura on Tuesday after angry parents besieged the school protesting against the authority who allegedly swindled funds meant for drilling of a borehole....Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 16:34hrs | 2163 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF politburo member remembers the needy
ZANU PF politburo member and Bindura North legislator Kenneth Musanhi today remembered the needy in his constituency by giving out maize meal in Bindura.The legislator gave to the needy in Aer...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:14hrs | 607 | by Pau Ndou
Money changers camp outside shops
Illegal money changers in Harare and other parts of the country are now hanging around and even inside supermarkets that might have a reasonable number of shoppers using foreign currency offering to p...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:00hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Power crisis cripples RG's office
THE Registrar-General's Office in Bindura has not been processing passports, birth certificates and identity cards after failing to purchase pre-paid electricity tokens for several months.Prov...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Rural Council CEO nabbed
Bindura Rural District Council Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Savie Munoriarwa has been arraigned before Bindura magistrate Tinashe Ndokera today fac...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 14:35hrs | 1563 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimsec markers down pens over allowances
ZIMBABWE School Examination Council (Zimsec) markers yesterday downed tools demanding transport and subsistence allowances two weeks after commencing duty.The striking markers were marking 202...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:44hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Registrar's office fails to pay electricity bill
BINDURA registrar's office has failed to pay electricity prepaid tokens for several months thereby muzzling the whole system.Sources who spoke to Bulawayo24.com said the office has been runnin...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 15:47hrs | 438 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dembare hunts for assistant coach
DYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya has begun the hunt for an assistant, almost one year after the death of his deputy, Biggie Zuze. The latter succumbed to a respiratory-related illness in June 2020....Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:00hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Soldier defrauds district Command Agriculture scheme
A 31-YEAR-OLD Soldier allegedly hatched a plan to defraud Bindura District Command Agriculture Scheme of inputs valued at US$6 400 in connivance with four other accomplices.The soldier Lawrenc...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1534 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mathema appoints new Zimsec board
A 14-member Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) board was appointed recently by Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to steer the country's public examinations until 2024....Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healer arrested for raping patient
Prominent Mvurwi traditional healer Michael Katunga of Tsatse Mvurwi has been arrested on a rape charge committed 10 years ago.According to police, the victim was 18 years old when she was rap...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 13:32hrs | 1792 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Stands scandal exposes Zanu-PF factional fights
THE arrest of three Mvurwi Town Council officials for swindling home-seekers of more than $18 million, has left Zanu-PF divided after its central committee member, John Nhamburo, reportedly called the...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS expects a bumper harvest
The Zimbabwe Prisons and correctional Service (ZPCS) is expecting a bumper harvest this season after producing 219 hectares of maize. ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 00:29hrs | 686 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Arrest of corrupt council officials exposes ZANU PF's factionalism
THE arrest of three Mvurwi Town Council officials over the weekend on corruption charges has left ZANU PF divided.Mvurwi Town Council chairperson Shereni Mazhambe (ZANU PF) is the complainant ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 20:36hrs | 1260 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Truck sinks trying to cross flooded river killing baby
Police in Mashonaland Central province are looking for a seven months old baby who drowned in a flooded river after a UD truck he was travelling in sunk in a flooded river in Bindura over the weekend....Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 18:02hrs | 6307 | by Simbarashe Sithole
NMB Bank's digital innovation disrupts banking landscape
NMB Bank has launched a Virtual Branch on their digital platforms, enabling customers to carry out all cash transactions online, including paperless multi-currency cash deposits and withdrawals, Dstv ...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 09:45hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Girl (6) shouts for help in pedophile's kitchen
A 22-YEAR-OLD Bindura man who lured a six-year-old girl to his house through a footpath in a bid to rape her has been jailed.Ndangariro Bhurasho was sentenced to 12 months in jail by magistrat...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 07:56hrs | 2708 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's govt urged to lift suspension on by-elections
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has urged government to consider lifting the indefinite suspension on by-elections after COVID-19 lockdown regulations were relaxed last week by President ...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:28hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt council officials denied bail
THREE Mvurwi Town Council officials who allegedly stole 32 stands valued for more than ZWL$18 million which they sold to desperate stand seekers while issuing fake receipt were today denied bail by a ...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 17:21hrs | 839 | by Simbarashe Sithole
13 accident victims identified
THIRTEEN accident victims who died in two separate road accidents which occurred in Manicaland and Mashonaland Provinces on Friday have been identified.Among the seven people who perished in M...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:45hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
$10bn for dam projects
The GOVERNMENT has poured in over $10 billion into the development of 10 major dam projects across the country this year - three of which will be commissioned before year-end - in a programme aimed at...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:45hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
IDBZ student hostel project nears completion
THE Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ)'s US$14.8 million student accommodation project in Bulawayo is now 69% complete and expected to be fully completed in November this year....Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 07:59hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding robbers nabbed at gunpoint
FOUR machete-wielding Harare robbers who allegedly pounced on Crown mine, Kaminza in Guruve were finally nabbed at gunpoint after a chase by the police.Remigio Mabwe (43), Stephen Musanhu (32)...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 11:37hrs | 1625 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Killer T blasted for wishing Mnangagwa a happy birthday
Zimdancehall chanter Killer T has been blasted by his fans on his Facebook page yesterday after he posted his picture with First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa wishing her a happy birthday.The pictur...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 08:15hrs | 4741 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hailstorm ravages tobacco in Bindura
ELEVEN tobacco farmers are counting their losses after approximately 15hectares of tobacco was ripped off by a hailstorm that hit the farming community of Matepatepa in Bindura over the weekend....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 09:19hrs | 1563 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's wife donates hospital beds
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, has donated specialised beds to hospitals in Bulawayo, Midlands, Masvingo, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central provinces as sh...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Musanhi champions water crisis resolution
Residents of Bindura, yesterday received tap water for the first time after spending more than a year without the precious liquid.Bindura North Legislator Kenneth Musanhi who has been pushing ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:55hrs | 1042 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Man bashes colleague with braai stand
A Bindura man was assaulted using a braai stand and a stone when he had gone to collect his debt.The matter came to light when Blessing Chabowoka (41) stood before Bindura Magistrate Morebless...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 13:17hrs | 904 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's govt told to 'Stop weaponising the law'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has demanded an end to persecution of its members and blockade of its activities under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 safety regulations while Zanu-PF activities w...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1492 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes own grandmother
In a bizarre incident, a 26-year-old Guruve man allegedly broke into his grandmother's bedroom, jumped on her and raped her until she became unconscious.The matter came to light at Bindura mag...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | 2662 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Gold ore thief nabbed
A 24-year old Bindura man from Okello 18 Mine in Shamva was arraigned before a Bindura magistrate yesterday after allegedly stealing 100 kilograms of gold ore.Aaron Nyamunda pleaded not guilty...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 15:22hrs | 785 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Watching in horror as the giants fell, one after another - The demise of public entities in Zimbabwe
When preparing this article, I was faced with the task of reviewing numerous press articles, news items and placing them alongside my own vast observations on what happened to the once thriving public...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 19:41hrs | 2749 | by Liverson Mdongo wa Habe
Chamisa, Mliswa ex image sets social media on fire
A SEEMINGLY decent image of MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa with Temba Mliswa's estranged lover Susan Mutami has set social media buzzing with many suggesting the controversial figure could be spec...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 16:35hrs | 7165 | by Staff reporter
Musanhi's pictures with Mliswa's ex-girlfriend leaked online
Social media is awash with ZANU PF politburo member and Bindura Member of Parliament (MP) Kenneth Musanhi's pictures with Temba Mliswa's ex-girlfriend Susan Mutami in compromising positions.Mu...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 14:28hrs | 6758 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Road infrastructure decay needs policy change
The pace of Zimbabwe's road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government. The country's major highways and urban roads have become a living hazard ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 14:34hrs | 747 | by Victor Bhoroma
Car seller robs customer at gunpoint
A car buyer was robbed at gunpoint by a Norton man who purported to be selling his vehicle.The matter came to light yesterday where Vengai Vhare (41) was remanded in custody to April 7 by Bind...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 12:24hrs | 3482 | by Simbarashe Sithole/ Lloyd Rabaya
Unrepentant female fraudster caged
An unrepentant Bindura fraudster Mary Matseka (35) has been sentenced to 7 years in jail by a Bindura magistrate for five counts of fraud....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:56hrs | 2106 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
David Brown to resurrect Zimbabwe gold mines
DAVID Brown's association with Zimbabwe's mining sector dates back to his six years as CEO of Impala Platinum (Implats) which ended in 2012.During that time, he met with the late former Presid...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:57hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
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