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Panic at Holiday Inn Bulawayo over 'bomb scare' - turns out to be mock drill
Guests at the Holiday Inn hotel in Bulawayo were briefly evacuated from their rooms on Tuesday morning following what was initially described as a "bomb scare," prompting swift emergency response from...Published: 07 May 2025 at 10:47hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga power struggle
The recent helicopter crash at Masvingo Airport, which occurred as a presidential chopper was set to fetch President Emmerson Mnangagwa back to Harare, has ignited serious clashes and heightened mutua...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 08:31hrs | 8948 | by Staff reporter
Speculation swells over Mnangagwa aborted trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's sudden decision to cancel his scheduled trip to the United Nations General Assembly has ignited speculation about growing tensions within the country's leadership. The a...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:38hrs | 2693 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders reopening of White City bomb probe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered a consolidated investigation into criminal incidents targeting his family, including re-opening the stalled investigation into a grenade attack that almost kil...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:28hrs | 3170 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures widen over Mnangagwa term
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is battling to prop up waning support in his ruling Zanu-PF party and disloyal party cadres are facing the axe as power battles take centre stage while the economy i...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean airports shut over bomb scare
ZIMBABWEAN airports were yesterday forced to shut down following a "possible bomb threat" at Victoria Falls International Airport, which resulted in President Emmerson Mnangagwa cancelling his trip to...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in bomb scare
A BOMB scare at Victoria Falls International Airport has forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Falcon 7X aircraft to be turned back to Harare.Mnangagwa was expected to attend the closing cerem...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bomb scare at Parliament building
The entrance to Parliament building along Kwame Nkrumah in Harare was briefly cordoned off this afternoon after an unattended metal container caused a bomb scare at the legislative assembly.Se...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bomb scare at Chamisa's 'HQ'
There was an attempt to bomb the MDC-T head office, Harvest House Thursday morning as the battle to take control of the building among warring factions rages on, party sources have claimed.New...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bomb scare: Army called in
The Zimbabwe National Army bomb disposal squad and police were on Monday called to Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb after residents stumbled on a hand grenade believed to have been left in the area during ...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Bomb scare in Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe National Army Bomb disposal Squad and police were on Monday called to Bulawayo's Emganwini Island suburb after residents stumbled on a bomb. Police had to clear the mob as residen...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bomb scare at Bulawayo night club sparks panic
There was panic at a nightclub in Bulawayo last Tuesday when a security guard found what looked like a bomb in a male toilet. The authorities at Skittle Inn Nite Club immediately contacted the police ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens up on bomb scare
President Mnangagwa has for the first time opened up on circumstances surrounding his 1964 arrest after bombing the Rhodesian steam locomotive in Fort Victoria (now Masvingo), revealing how he was for...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dembare abandoned match latest
DYNAMOS have indicated the Premier Soccer League might have to chip in to foot their bills if they are to replay their match against Chapungu which was abandoned on Sunday after a goal collapsed at As...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi slams media over bomb hoax
Government has urged the media to promote tourism and desist from writing derogatory stories that impact negatively on the nation's international image.This comes after Holiday Inn Harare evac...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bomb scare at Holiday Inn
HOLIDAY INN Harare evacuated all its guests yesterday after a receptionist received an anonymous call claiming a bomb had been planted in one of the hotel rooms. A team from the police bomb di...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bomb scare at Joshua Mqabuko Airport
Airport authorities at Joshua Mqabuko Airport called in bomb squads from the police and army on Wednesday morning after a threatening note was left on the seat of a Harare-bound Air Zimbabwe plane wh...Published: 02 Jul 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Auditors ordered into Mpilo after bomb scare
THE Minister of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa has ordered auditors to immediately move in at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo following a bomb scare last week linked to an unravelling ...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 06:56hrs | | by Temba Dube
Bomb scare sends Mpilo board scurrying for cover
There was drama as the Mpilo Central Hospital board was forced to abort a meeting on Wednesday after police said there was a bomb in the institution's boardroom.The meeting was called to ...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
US dismisses Mugabe Victoria Falls bomb scare claims as false
The United States yesterday dismissed claims by President Mugabe that it had issued a travel warning to its citizens intending to visit Zimbabwe. Mugabe told delegates during the UNWTO closin...Published: 30 Aug 2013 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NUST campus hit by bomb scare
A bomb disposal unit in Bulawayo rushed to National University of Science and Technology after a bomb like object was spotted at the premises. Students and university staff are said to have pa...Published: 06 Apr 2012 at 12:06hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Bomb scare at SA shopping centre
Police evacuated the Westgate shopping centre in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, following a bomb threat on Thursday afternoonLieutenant Colonel Tshisikhawe Ndou said a shop in the centre re...Published: 29 Dec 2011 at 14:45hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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