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184 arrested for illegal land allocations
In a significant crackdown on illegal land allocations, Zimbabwean police have arrested more than 184 individuals across the country for allegedly parceling out land unlawfully. The operation comes as...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:40hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe earns US$153m from tobacco
Zimbabwe has earned US$153 million from tobacco exports as the Far East continues to be the major destination of the golden leaf.The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board's latest statistics sh...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trust gets US$5million, collapses in 3 years
THE Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT) has collapsed only three years after the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamonds Corporation (ZCDC) injected US$5 million to prop it, a Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF yesterday threatened to come down hard on the warring party factions after fights disrupted internal district elections at the weekend and yesterday.The ruling party was last week forc...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police, villagers clash
POLICE in Burma Valley have been accused of infringing villagers' right to movement and assaulting them for allegedly smuggling second-hand clothes and other goods from Mozambique through the porous b...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cartels control Mutare
CARTELS smuggling fuel and second-hand clothes into the country have become powerful and daring to an extent of hiring earth-moving equipment to clear and periodically repair gravel roads connecting i...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet in court for poisoning father to inherit his Mazda 323
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet with the International Apostolic Ejuwel Jekenisheni Church has been hauled before the courts on allegations of murdering his father in an obnoxious bid to inherit his Mazda 3...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet tricks another into confessing murder
A 23-year-old self-styled prophet recently appeared in court facing allegations of murdering his own father for a Mazda 323 motor vehicle after he was tricked by another prophet into writing a confess...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Megamunopa the hope for Zim farmers
Agriculture is the mainstay and lucrative business in Zimbabwe. The nature of commercial farming systems have been realigned to the regional and international standards to suit mechanisation models. H...Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:25hrs | 8 | by Peason Zvenyika
Confusion over 'fresh floods'
CONFUSION is reigning supreme in government amid conflicting signals over fresh flooding fears in Burma Valley, Manicaland.Following reports that Manyera Dam wall in Burma Valley had wea...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government allays Burma Valley flooding fears
GOVERNMENT has allayed flooding fears in Burma Valley following social media reports that Manyera Dam wall had weakened and could give in to the high volume of water. The Minister of Local Gov...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Pupil misses exam after teacher's lashing
A CHISHAKWE Primary School Grade 7 pupil failed to write her final exams after sustaining a swollen right arm following strong canning allegedly by her teacher who had been agitated after she failed t...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls 3 more border posts
GOVERNMENT is set to establish three new ports of entry along the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border to facilitate the smooth flow of goods and people between the two countries. The initiative is part...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Women asked to wash clinic linen after delivery
Women who give birth at Mutare District Council clinics wash the linen used during the delivery of their babies.In the event that a mother is unwell or is weak, they are asked to bring along r...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Son kills father over vehicle
VILLAGERS in Chitakatira were left shell shocked last week after the body of a 42 year old man was exhumed a week after his burial following revelations that he had been poisoned by his son over inher...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy dies in croc attack
THE Burma Valley community was plunged into mourning when a 14 year-old boy was viciously attacked and killed by a crocodile during a fishing expedition with friends last week.The brutal attac...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe visit occasions road repairs
Hoteliers in Vumba may have to thank President Robert Mugabe for the repairs done to the road linking the mountainous city of Mutare to this internationally-acclaimed holiday destination.Word ...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Son accuses father of witchcraft, murder
A BURMA VALLEY man, Johanna Chikwere, is up in arms with his son, Fungai Chikwere (40), who is accusing him of being a wizard who wants to kill him. Johanna has since dragged Fungai to Mutare Civil Co...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Am not a multiple farm owner - Mushohwe
Information Minister Christopher Mushohwe has said disgruntled Zanu PF youths who claim that he owns three farms are free to grab other two of the farms. On Monday, Manicaland youth leader Mub...Published: 02 Nov 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zanu PF youths target Mushowe's farm
ZANU PF youths in Manicaland province have accused Information minister Christopher Mushowe of being a multiple farm owner and threatened to seize some of the land and subdivide it into residentia...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Quartet up for smuggling clothes, soft drinks
POLICE in Mutare have arrested four people in connection with the smuggling of 28 bales of secondhand clothes as well as soft drinks from Mozambique as they intensify their border patrols.Mani...Published: 29 May 2016 at 07:24hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Man skinned in suspected ritual killing
THE Mutore family from Vumba is failing to come to terms with the brutal murder of their relative who was allegedly lured into neighbouring Mozambique by a friend before meeting his fate. ...Published: 06 May 2016 at 13:48hrs | 2 | by Ngoni Dapira
Mutasa Border Post construction gathers momentum
PLANS to set up a border post in Mutasa District have intensified following the recent tender by the tea planting and processing company, Eastern Highlands Plantation Limited to construct a bridge and...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 08:40hrs | 5 | by Ngoni Dapira
Renamo recruiting along Zimbabwean border areas
MOZAMBIQUE's opposition movement, Renamo, known for its brutality during the 1990s, is reported to be recruiting youths aged below 35 years along the border areas to join their ranks, The Manica Post ...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Cletus Mushanawani
Hubby snatcher escapes jail term
ATTACKING the wife of her boyfriend with a razor blade earned a Burma Valley woman six months behind bars. Agnes Chigodzore (24) was convicted on her own plea of guilty for contravening Section 157 (1...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Collette Mukome
Eddie Cross uses history to paste human droppings on all of us Zimbabweans
I HAVE always told my fellow Zimbabweans this: history matters. You don't know history, you can't use it to defend or further your interest. You become its butt, a clown by history, not necessarily of...Published: 05 Sep 2015 at 13:15hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Mugabe appoints two ministers
President Mugabe yesterday appointed Clifford Sibanda as Minister in Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office while Tabitha Rudo Kanengoni-Malinga becomes Minister in VP Phelekezela Mphoko's office....Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Zvamaida Murwira
U.S. in support to clear Burma Valley of landmines
The United States of America Embassy in Harare has indicated that it is assisting the the clearing of landmines left during the libertation war in Burma Valley in Manicaland.The area has been...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 12:03hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers store deadly landmines in their homes
Scores of villagers in Burma Valley in Mutare are secretly keeping deadly landmines in their homes saying the explosives contain mercury.An Norwegian NGO had to hold demonstrations in the area...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
$200 fine for raping minor
PROPOSING love and sleeping with a teenager on the same day earned a Burma Valley man $200 fine.Patson Kuwona was convicted on his own guilty plea when he appeared before Mutare magistrate, M...Published: 25 Apr 2015 at 10:08hrs | | by Mercy Ngwebvu
Illegal settlers invade the eastern highlands in search of water
Rural community meetings, such as one held recently in Mpudzi Resettlement scheme, south of Mutare in Manicaland province, are usually placid affairs dealing with mundane matters. Not anymore. ...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 07:50hrs | 15 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Climate change migration in Zimbabwe
A community meeting at a remote business centre south-east of the city of Mutare in September this year was highly charged. Villagers from some parts of Mpudzi Resettlement Scheme in Mutare distri...Published: 06 Nov 2013 at 03:13hrs | 9 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Mozambican kills wife, buries her in shallow grave in Zim
A MOZAMBICAN national (40) allegedly skipped into Zimbabwe in pursuit of his wife whom he reportedly butchered in cold blood before burying her corpse in a shallow grave recently. The heinous...Published: 15 Aug 2013 at 21:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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