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Chamisa's MP accuses Zanu-PF of fuelling drug scourge
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza East MP Goodrich Chimbaira says Zanu-PF is to blame for the increase in drug and substance abuse in the country.Chimbaira said known drug lords and ...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested in Zimbabwe's anti-drugs fight
Police have intensified their campaign against drug suppliers and peddlers under a special operation which has seen several people, including a policeman, being arrested in the past five days while pr...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 armed robbers nabbed
A gang of five robbers raiding Masvingo, Beitbridge and surrounding areas since July has been rounded up and arrested as the hunt is on for the other three members of the gang.Charles Chekenye...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 19:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police bust Uzumba bronco syndicate
POLICE in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, have arrested three men for illegally distributing a cough mixture, Bron Cleer.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Simon Chazovachii yeste...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
My dream is to meet Chamisa not Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is set to hold its harmonized elections in 2023, but the fallout from the last election in 2018 is still being felt with allegations President Emmerson Mnangagwa rigged his way to victory. Wi...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:39hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
ZANU PF youth leader in age cheating
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central province acting youth leader Esrom Nhete is reportedly battling for his political survival by trying to cheat his way back to the top post in the looming provincial electio...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 22:06hrs | 1 | by Shelton Muchena/Paul Ndou
Aspiring Kariba MP arrested in SA 'smuggling' Broncleer
AN ASPIRING Kariba MP Stanley Kauso was arrested in South Africa recently for attempting to help a Zimbabwean woman smuggle out boxes of cough syrup, Broncleer.The cough remedy, commonly known...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police in $8 million drug bust
POLICE have arrested 93 suspected drug dealers nationwide in a week-long operation dubbed "No to Crystal Meth" leading to the recovery of an assortment of illicit drugs worth more than $8 million....Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:26hrs | | by Staa reporter
143 arrested as cops smash drug dealers' bases
A POLICE crackdown on drug peddlers and syndicates has so far netted 143 drug dealers with their bases being destroyed in raids that are being carried out in Harare and Chitungwiza. This comes...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign capital will never build Zimbabwe
LOVE it or hate it, the success of the Command Agriculture programme should force local banks to revise the long-held view of tying loans to collateral.If they identify bona fide indigenous pe...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:36hrs | | by Terence Mukupe
Private players will open path for counterfeit vaccines
Counterfeit drugs are a menace and a definite threat to global peace and stability. Inert drugs are being peddled on the drug market to an unassuming market with dire consequences. Entire communities ...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 8 | by Sapien Sapien
Comedian mimics Mugabe to mock Mnangagwa's 'failure'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has become the butt of jokes over his alleged neglect of the education sector after award-winning comedian Clive Chigubu chided him in his recent skit, The Pearly Gates wi...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops in US$6,000 bribery storm
Three police officers stationed at the Braeside Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Harare reportedly demanded US$6 000 from a suspect they had arrested for illegally possessing 3 000 bottles o...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alcohol and drugs are ruining the youths
For many a youth today alcohol is their strongest weakness. Some think the wise waters can provide refuge and comfort from the prevailing hardships yet the opposite is the gospel truth. Many p...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Thomas Murisa
Empower the girl child through education
Child prostitution and drug abuse, the rising social ills in towns and cities, border posts and growth points included. Juveniles are going 'commando' at night with all caution thrown to the wind. ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Zanu-PF bronco smuggler arrested
A losing Zanu-PF Harare council candidate is in trouble after he was caught with 400 bottles of broncleer cough syrup stashed in a vehicle he was driving.Tawanda Denford Bondamakara (36), who ...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Churches can help tame Vuzu youths
Vuzu or is it Vhuka parties? The new 'nerve centres' in cities and towns but fine tuned in the City of Kings and Queens. The youths, both girls and boys have taken joy and entertainment to new b...Published: 10 May 2019 at 22:48hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Zimbabweans turn to vinyu to drown sorrows
A locally brewed crude wine (vinyu) has become part of life for most people in Zimbabwe, following a sharp hike in beer prices.It is believed that this type of wine can send someone into a dru...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
What can new league learn from the Australian NRL?
February 2019 opened a new chapter in the history of Zimbabwean Rugby League, with four teams competing against one another for two spots in a planned six-team NRL league. Its purpose is obvious, in t...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 13:33hrs | 20 | by Staff Writer
Stop drug abuse
Broncclear, a cough relief medicine which is called 'Bronco' in street lingo is being abused big time by most wayward youths in Zimbabwe. This medicine-cum-drug has left many young people 'walking dea...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:08hrs | | by Thomas Murisa.
Chamisa is drunk: What kind of bronco does he drink?
Transitional Authority is a fraud and does not work - it is a political solution and Zimbabwe does not need a political solution but a Sovereign solution. Such a solution is only possible through the ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 20:53hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Mbanje, bronco dealer jailed 2 years
TEN bottles of Broncleer (Bronco) and a kilogramme of cannabis earned a prominent Guruve drug dealer two years in prison yesterday.Munyaradzi Muzhona pleaded guilty to possessing the drugs bef...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Guruve drug dealer gets 2 years in prison
Ten bottles of Broncleer (Bronco) and a kilogram of cannabis earned a prominent Guruve drug dealer two years in prison yesterday.Munyaradzi Muzhona pleaded guilty to possessing the drugs befor...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa should stop holding nation to ransom
Local and foreign journalists were treated to a sumptuous feast of political hallucinations by Advocate Nelson Chamisa when he addressed a Press conference in Harare after Mnangagwa had been declared ...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Nelson Chamisa: Your parents taught you better
The so-called experts fail to understand that it is the unshackled youths that can bring change in any country, not the rah-rah lying politicians. In addition, for street protests to work, they must b...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 22:27hrs | 8 | by Sam Wezhira
Cross-border drivers fined for smuggling Bronco
TWO cross-border bus drivers employed by First Class bus company have been fined $300 each for smuggling 45 boxes of BronCleer cough syrup, popularly known as Bronco, through in contravene of the Medi...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Investigation: Cocaine, Meth, and other banned drugs flood Zimbabwe
"Cocaine, crack cocaine, meth, codeine, diazepam… it just depends on the kind of high a person is looking for"This is Crispen. No. That's not his rea...Published: 21 May 2018 at 20:10hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa and Prince Butawo (Khuluma Afrika)
Police bust criminal syndicates
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested more than 20 criminals, including armed robbers and recovered 58 vehicles, most of which were used to commit armed robberies countrywide.The sus...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties. . . reloaded
BULAWAYO was a hive of activity in April. While people thronged different venues the Vuzu parties slowly crept back.At least three parties of such nature were held at Windermere Hotel, situate...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'I suspect he is a gay,' says wife
A HARARE woman suspects that her husband is gay since he was jailed for years and came back having lost interest in sex.Chido Jindu opened up at the Harare Civil Court seeking fora protection ...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Refuse truck used to smuggle 'Bronco'
FIVE municipal employees were arrested at the Victoria Falls Border Post last week after being caught attempting to smuggle a consignment of sweets and a cough mixture popularly known as "Bronco" from...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man beaten to death over lover
A 45-year-old man appeared in court on Thursday accused of punching to death another man at a party on New Year's Day last year after learning that they were sharing a girlfriend.Regis Mun...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants Tsvangirai to discipline Khupe - report
KNIVES are out for one of the MDC-T vice presidents, Ms Thokozani Khupe, with calls for her censure and possible sacking for contradicting party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on forming coalitions w...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet urges Church leaders, Ndebeles to rise up, lead the revolution in Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG - A church leader sent a hard-hitting message Thursday, challenging Zimbabwean Christians and Ndebeles to "wake up" and lead the revolution, as a tidal wave of change sweeps across the co...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Mxolisi Ncube
Zimbabwean granny jailed in Botswana for selling weed
A Zimbabwean granny has been sent to prison for two years in Botswana after being caught selling weed.She has also been ordered to pay a fine P3000 as well. Reginah Sibanda, 57, was convicted ...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 11:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Boozing Dembare players warned
Dynamos president Kenni Mubaiwa yesterday launched a furious tirade at his players at the team's training ground, warning them to refrain from drug and alcohol abuse.The Glamour Boys have not ...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 15:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man charged for smuggled medicine in Botswana
Maun Police are investigating a case in which two men, a Motswana aged 24 from Chadibe and a 35-year old Zimbabwean were found in possession of 2 421 bottles of Broncleer with Codeine cough syrup at M...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Jail parents who offer lots of cash to kids,' says Zanu-MP
Zanu-PF Mpopoma- Pelandaba member of parliament Joe Tshuma has called for a legislation that will punish parents who spoil their children by giving them lots of money.Tshuma said by giving chi...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family appeal for £5000 to repatriate late father's body from UK to Zim
The family of the late Caiphas Kadzutu who passed away on January 3 2016 in the United Kingdom is appealing for funding amounting to £5000 to repatriate his remains to Zimbabwe for burial....Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 15:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Illegal medicine imports flood Zimbabwe
Unscrupulous businesspeople are smuggling over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, some of which are suspected to be counterfeit, while others are expired. Over-the-counter medicines are those drugs that can...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Destitutes grow into families on the streets
MP Anna Rungani has said many street kids which are found in Zimbabwe's major towns have turned into families with children a development which continues to crowd the streets with people without prope...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 08:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Drugs abuse rampant among youths - MP
UZUMBA MP Simbaneuta Mudarikwa has lamented the rampant drug abuse among youths in Zimbabwe."Our youths now are victims of some drugs which are being manufactured in South Africa, moved to Bot...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Kombi conductor dies due to drug abuse
A Kombi conductor in Rimuka Town has reportedly died after extreme abuse of drugs.Berina Community Radio Station reported that reliable sources say that a Rimuka-Town Kombi conductor who died ...Published: 03 Sep 2015 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Anti-Vuzu protests planned in Bulawayo
A shadowy organisation - the MARXIST GROUP is backing planned weekend protests in Bulawayo against sex filled Vuzu parties hosted by scores of school students.Several students have been arrest...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 09:26hrs | 8 | by Thobekile Zhou
SA-registered truck nabbed with illicit drug in Zimbabwe
A truck driver was arrested yesterday at Murefu Service Station along Simon Mazorodze Road after being found in possession of 181 by 50 boxes of the illicit drug Bron Cleer (Bronco) valued at $21 720....Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 09:44hrs | | by Daniel Kachere
Zimbabweans to take part in the 'Don't Punish' campaign
On Friday 26th June 2015, thousands of activists in 100 cities around the world will make their voices heard as part of the global Support 'Don't Punish campaign'. The campaign calls on governments to...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Election participation without reforms fastest route to a Zanu-PF one party state
MDC Director of Elections Ellen Shiriyedenga has claimed that participation in polls without implementation of reforms is the fastest route to a Zanu-PF one party state.She said the outcome o...Published: 15 Jun 2015 at 16:15hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Of snakes, marine spirits and crocodiles
Who am I? Let us play an old game. We tell you about a trending character and you decide who it is. We will name no names and whatever answer you come up with is yours and not ours. I come acr...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 08:38hrs | | by Bra Gee
Facebook, Twitter in statistics battle
Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc released a barrage of data, special "heat" maps and slick animations on Monday to claim the title of most-popular social network for spectators watching the Super Bowl, bu...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:21hrs | 2 | by Tech Reporter
'Hell of a life' - Mbare in pictures
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone Number ....Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 07:57hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
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