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Gweru to set up modern crematorium
The Gweru City Council has announced plans to establish a modern crematorium at one of its cemeteries as part of efforts to improve burial services in the city.Mayor Martin Chivhoko confirmed ...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:19hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo seeks more land to bury its dead
Bulawayo City Council has revealed plans to designate a portion of Good Hope Farm for burial services, as the city's cemeteries have run out of burial space, according to the latest council minutes....Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:29hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Gweru suspends workers for booing managers
Four employees of the Gweru City Council were summoned to a disciplinary hearing on Friday after being accused of booing management and making false statements during the burial of two colleagues who ...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:58hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Remains of 21 people exhumed in city
Remains of 21 people were exhumed from a housing development project site in Bulawayo's Killarney suburb before they were reburied at the city's Luveve cemetery.This was revealed in the latest...Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maviri's family pays homage to Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda
The family of the late Insimbi ZeZhwane drummer and provincial hero, Thembinkosi "Maviri" Mpofu has thanked all those who supported them, singling out funeral service company, Kingdom Blue and media p...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Families urged to discipline children
A multi-sectoral approach is needed in effectively dealing with gang-related violence in schools, amid calls for families and communities to play a leading role in instilling discipline in children....Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cyril Ramaphosa accepts David Mabuza resignation letter
South Africa Vice President David Dabede Mabuza has for the first time told South Africans that he has tendered his resignation to President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa in a bid to pave way for ANC Deput...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 17:50hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Video leaks of 'Mapostori' breaking up coffin during funeral
Zimbabwe has been hit by a shocking incident after the Zim Celebs group shared on Instagram a post of "Mapostori" religious group in their white garments wrecking up a coffin during a burial service....Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 22:30hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Man loses car at cemetery
A BULAWAYO man lost his vehicle after it was stolen from a local cemetery during a burial service.Police on their twitter page confirmed the incident which occurred on February 26 at Umvutshwa...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dr Fallala declared liberation heroine
PROMINENT Bulawayo doctor, Dr Muriel Selma Fallala who died last week in a car accident has been declared a liberation heroine in recognition of her contributions in the country's medical sector for n...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Funeral parlours mix up bodies families fear identifying relatives because of Covid-19
The third wave of coronavirus has been unforgiving. There has been an explosion in infections and deaths since mid-June.In the 54 days from June 19 — when fatalities rose to double digits ...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Bishop L
Zimbabwe funeral parlours warn of mass graves
FUNERAL service providers have indicated that they are overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths and warned that the country could be forced to bury deceased citizens in mass graves if the upward trend of new in...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa abhors cultural erosion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday lamented the effects of globalisation on Zimbabwe, saying they were overwhelming local cultures and threatening the lives of youths who were now resorting to dru...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Funerals without mourners the new normal
IT WAS one cold winter evening and the streets of Corby were deserted because of the snow. As John was sleeping, a sharp ring interrupted him. He jumped out of his bed and answered with his hands trem...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:39hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Covid-19 spreads in rural areas
CHURCHES in rural areas must team up with the government to raise Covid-19 awareness as the novel virus is now claiming lives in the countryside.Brethren in Christ Church leader Sindah Ngulube...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor dies
Former Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Alderman Elliot Madanke Dube, has died after a long illness.He was 79.Alderman Dube who was one of the longest serving members of the Council passed on Fr...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
11 buses for Dabengwa memorial service
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to give national hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa a befitting send-off by turning up in their numbers for a memorial service to be held in his honour at White City Stadium to...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Goodbye Rose of Matabeleland! You now belong to heaven and the stars spell out your name!
Goodbye rose of Matabeleland! Today is your burial I was blessed with your life on this earth. I was blessed with the friendship we shared together as young growing up girls, young women, moth...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 18:47hrs | 12 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ex evicts dead hubby
MOURNERS were forced to conduct a burial service in a field after the deceased's former wife forced them out of her house.The incident took place at Mangwena village under chief Svosve in Wedz...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 17:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Rhodesia Parliament Deputy Speaker dies
THE former Deputy Speaker of the Zimbabwe Rhodesia Parliament (1979/1980), Mr Walter Nqabeni Mthimkhulu, has died. He was 78.Mr Mthimkhulu died in the United Kingdom on July 7 and will be buri...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 12:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
PPC's general manager dies in car crash
PRETORIA Portland Cement (PPC) Colleen Bawn general manager Allan Tshabangu has died after being involved in a car crash near Inyathi in Bubi District Matabeleland North.The accident is said t...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt slams MDC-T violence
THE Government yesterday condemned the violence that characterised the burial of the late MDC-T president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday saying the police will decisively deal with perpetrators....Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crash victims' relatives still to account for cash, belongings
Relatives of some of the victims of the Nyamakate bus disaster have said they are yet to account for cash and personal belongings of their deceased relatives, four days after the accident.Most...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Micah Matshiya Ndlovu dies
A Bulawayo man who taught together with President Mugabe at Hope Fountain Mission, has died.He was 96.Mr Micah Matshiya Ndlovu died on Wednesday at his Queens Park home due to old ...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
I could not serve under a sellout - Dr Dabengwa
ZAPU President Dumiso Dabengwa has finally explained why he did not serve in the Zimbabwe National army, dispelling the popular rumour that he sold out the national army and certain individuals he wor...Published: 03 Jan 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Iphithule Thembani KaMaphosa
Mugabe's rob drops at Brethren in Christ Church
ZAPU President Dr Dumiso Dabengwa undressed ZANU PF and Mugabe at Adv Senda burial service when he came out guns blazing telling them point blank that they were not sincere mourning Advocate Lot Senda...Published: 01 Jan 2017 at 11:18hrs | 3 | by Iphithule Thembani KaMaphosa
Families in fist fight at graveyard
POLICE were called to restore order at a community cemetery in Bulilima District when the family of a woman who was allegedly killed by a man who later hanged himself clashed with the alleged murderer...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu
Teacher axes wife, butchers two children turns axe on himself
A COLD-HEARTED teacher based at Madume Secondary School in Matangombe Village in Gwanda District allegedly went berserk, axed his wife and callously butchered two children under his guardianship befor...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 10:33hrs | 5 | by Dumisani Nsingo and Lynnia Ndlovu
‘Cross fire’ man stoned to death
A GWANDA man was last Monday brutally killed in a “cross fire” revenge mission after being mistaken to be the brother of a man who killed his rival suitor in a dispute over a woman early this year...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:37hrs | 2 | by Lynnia Ndlovu
Wrong man stoned, stabbed to death
A GWANDA man was last Monday brutally killed in a "cross fire" revenge mission after being mistaken to be the brother of a man who killed his rival suitor in a dispute over a woman early this year. ...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:19hrs | 2 | by Lynnia Ndlovu
Missing granny’s skull found
The scant remains of a 91-year-old grandmother who went missing from Mmathethe village almost three years ago were finally laid to rest last weekend.On a day bursting with emotion, the people ...Published: 04 Jun 2016 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Big send-off for Manica Junior PA
BIG funeral send-offs have become a custom in Mutare and many still remember long convoys that characterised the funerals of the late Blessing “Yogo-Yogo” Makunike in 2004 and diamond kingpin, Bot...Published: 13 May 2016 at 12:24hrs | | by Ngoni Dapira
Wife murderer 'hangs self' at in-laws'
A BULILIMA man who bludgeoned his wife to death before axing his six-year-old daughter leaving her for dead was yesterday found hanging from a tree outside his in-laws' homestead in a suspected case o...Published: 28 Oct 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Nyoni to be buried on Friday
Bulawayo Mayor Martin Moyo has announced that the late Town Clerk of Bulawayo Middleton Nyoni will be buried on Friday at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo."Residents of Bulawayo, stakeholders...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 13:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Suspected thieves arrested at cemetery
A GANG with a penchant for stealing at Warren Hills Cemetery and along the Harare - Bulawayo road was nabbed on Sunday.The suspected thieves Kassim Duncan, 37, and Reuben Mutizirwa, 30, believ...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 11:51hrs | 2 | by Arron Nyamayaro
Parirenyatwa barred from marrying a Nguni woman
Late PF Zapu founding vice president Samuel Parirenyatwa was blocked from marrying the mother of his son (Health and Childcare minister) David, Emily Mkhwananzi.This was revealed by ...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 20:27hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP sets up $5 funeral scheme for constituency
GWANDA North MP Madodana Sibanda (Zanu-PF) has set a record after he clinched a deal with a local funeral company that will see all members of his constituency getting funeral cover at a nominal fee o...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor collapses & dies while controversially conducting sangoma's funeral
A pastor in Nigeria has dropped dead while conducting the burial service of a renowned herbalist, Pa Oji Okoko.Pa Oji Okoko, who was not only a notable herbalist but a...Published: 14 Apr 2014 at 21:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Angry Zanu-PF officials abandon burial due to 'stubborn villagers'
Zanu-PF politburo member and former president of the Senate, Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu, abandoned the burial service of four villagers who died in a road accident on Saturday, in anger because t...Published: 11 Mar 2014 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZAPU hailed for prompt response to mine disaster
Families of the 25 Zimbabweans who were retrieved dead from a disused Roodepoort mine west of Johannesburg last week have hailed the Dumiso Dabengwa led Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) Sou...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 18:50hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Scores of Zimbabweans attend miners' memorial service
Scores of Zimbabweans resident in South Africa on Wednesday braved a very chilli Johannesburg weather coupled with a heavy downpour to attend a memorial service for 25 Zimbabweans who were retrieved d...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 22:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Headman squanders burial society funds
A FAMILY from Inyathi in Bubi District almost failed to bury a relative after a headman allegedly squandered burial society funds amounting to about $4 000. It is reported that villagers front...Published: 02 Mar 2014 at 18:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zipra hero snub triggers war of words
ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa yesterday accused Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi and army commander General Constantine Chiwenga of blocking efforts to have former Zipra commissar retired Colonel Rich...Published: 21 Oct 2013 at 03:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The case against the prosperity gospel
A story is told of a dog that died. The owner loved his dog so dearly that he went to his pastor and said, "Pastor, my dog has died this morning. I have one request which, if you grant, I would be gra...Published: 01 Jul 2013 at 13:08hrs | 2 | by Learnmore Zuze
ZIPRA, MK veterans must join hands to rebury their fallen comrades
Speaking at a moving ceremony of the reburial of four Umkhonto Wesizwe fallen heroes, ZAPU elder Richard "Gedi" Dube called on MK and ZIPRA veterans associations to embark on joint programmes to find...Published: 10 Oct 2011 at 12:16hrs | 1 | by Luke Sayi
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