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Police arrest onlookers for filming CBD clampdown
In an unexpected development, dozens of bystanders found themselves detained this morning during a police operation targeting illegal taxis and kombis in the Central Business District (CBD). The arres...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 10:02hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Headman loses betting, nearly kills subject
Headman Jimson Manyumbu of Chivi recently became involved in a violent altercation at a local shopping center, where he allegedly smashed a beer bottle into the face of Fredreck Mudhe, a fellow patron...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 13:22hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank reopens Parkade branch after $4 million heist
Ecobank Zimbabwe has reopened its Parkade branch in Bulawayo's Central Business District (CBD) after a two-month closure following a shocking armed robbery. The October 3 heist, described as Zimbabwe'...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:40hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi, CCC MP in ugly funeral bust-up
A funeral in Beitbridge turned tense on Monday when two lawmakers, Senator Tambudzani Mohadi (Zanu-PF) and Sithabisiwe Mulowa (Citizens Coalition for Change, CCC), engaged in a heated exchange at the ...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:27hrs | 1607 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Belarus fire engine malfunction, Gwanda Fire Brigade struggles
A Toyota Runx was completely gutted by fire this afternoon outside Gwanda city centre, near the NSSA complex along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road, after the Gwanda Fire Brigade faced challenges in extin...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:45hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Mutumbuka's landmark case exposes the deep roots of property fraud in Zimbabwe
The problem of title deed fraud is not new to Zimbabwe, but recent cases have brought this pervasive issue into sharp focus. One of the most troubling and high-profile incidents has been the c...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 19:44hrs | 4429 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
2 killed after truck loses control in Bulawayo
Tragedy struck today at the bustling intersection of Robert Mugabe and 1st Avenue, as two touts lost their lives in a devastating accident involving a Pepsi truck. According to witnesses, the incident...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 16:24hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Minister calls for end to police chases of pirate taxis
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development Minister Anxious Masuka has urged police officers to stop pursuing unregistered "mushikashika" taxis, attributing these chases to an increas...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:14hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
5 in court for armed robbery
Five individuals have appeared before a Harare magistrate, facing multiple counts of armed robbery involving firearms and axes to intimidate victims and steal valuables.The accused - Talkmore ...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:42hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Richard Tsvangirayi injured in car accident near new Parliament building
Norton Member of Parliament Richard Tsvangirayi was involved in a car accident on Monday evening while returning from the New Parliament Building. The incident occurred in the Goodhope area, resulting...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1878 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police question insiders over US$4m Ecobank heist
Armed robbers who stole US$4 million from an Ecobank branch in Bulawayo last Thursday are believed to have had inside information, according to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), which has intensifie...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:23hrs | 2023 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike EcoBank branch in daylight heist
In a daring daylight robbery, six masked men armed with pistols stormed the EcoBank branch at the Parkade Centre, located at the corner of 9th Avenue and Fife Street in Bulawayo, making off with sever...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 16:07hrs | 4055 | by Staff reporter
Swiss Express bus kills 1 in Beitbridge border post incident
A tragic incident occurred at the Beitbridge border post on Wednesday night, resulting in the death of a woman who was struck by a Swiss Express bus. The bus, traveling from Bulawayo to Johann...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 13:20hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Man jumps off car over US$30,000 botched gold deal
A local businessman, Tawanda Makoni (28) from Domboshava, faces fraud charges after allegedly deceiving a client into purchasing fake gold. Makoni appeared before Harare magistrate Mr. Simon Kandiyero...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 11:11hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF comments on Trump attempted assassination
Zanu-PF Information and Publicity Department Director Farai Marapira commenting on the attempted assassination of former United States president Donald Trump two days ago, saying there must not be any...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 07:31hrs | 1084 | by Staff reporter
Africans concerned with the high level of Political violence in America
African commentators are making fun of violence that has emerged in the race for the American presidency. The US Embassies which are too quick to issue advisories and statements have not issued any at...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 11:05hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's brother bashes ex-lover
Former Mbare Constituency legislator Starman Chamisa, brother of Nelson Chamisa, is seen in a viral video assaulting his former girlfriend, CCC MP for Southerton, Ms. Bridget Nyandoro, with whom he sh...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's longest electoral season
IN exactly two weeks, Zimbabweans are going to the polling booth again, as the silly season that began last May stubbornly refuses to end for various reasons — single-minded pursuit of power by oppo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Probity warrants reinstatement of unduly recalled MPs
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, throughout history, true greatness of presidents has always been measured by the probity with which they stand up for the common good during tr...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 12 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Woman Accused of Violent Altercation with Sister-in-Law Over Alleged Affair
Madabe, September 12, 2023 - In a small community in the Madabe area in Plumtree, a family feud turned violent when a woman allegedly attacked her sister-in-law...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:45hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CID boss 'attackers' remanded in custody
FOUR individuals accused of assaulting Alexander Jachi, the head of the Criminal Investigations Department's Harare Homicide section, and robbing him of US$140 and a pistol, were remanded in custody p...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why SADC is happy with the Mumba Report
Franz Kafka's worldFranz Kafka's art rests and runs on the bizarre and overawing grotesquery. Yet it is that de-familiarised, out-of-size world which he so ably colours which becomes the vehic...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:36hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Zanu-PF supporters invade CCC gathering
Zanu-PF supporters at the weekend sort to disturb a rally which was being addressed by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba in Bulawayo.This prompted th...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Releasing Chihambakwe report key to honouring Joshua Nkomo
TWENTY-FOUR years ago, politicians who caused Joshua Nkomo tremendous grief during his lifetime shed crocodile tears and speechified at his funeral.Their supporters joined in. Two weeks ago, Z...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Trevor Ncube
Fight stopper's head axed three times
SIDALUBUHLE Moyo (31) from Nkulumane suburb had good intentions to break up a fight but it nearly turned fatal when he was axed thrice on the head and fell unconscious.A bystander who witnesse...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to test Mnangagwa's democratic credentials
LATE afternoon on Tuesday, Zimbabwe's Twitter was all about Passenger 34. He was trending all night and into Wednesday, the day the Nomination Court was sitting. Passenger 34 did not arrive as...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:23hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Stray brick kills man watching fight
AN innocent bystander was struck and killed by a stray brick that was thrown during a fight between two brothers that he was watching. Police posted on their Twitter page that Edward Chiyanike...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over maize plants, onions and sugarcane
A 79-year-old man was killed in Mvurwi on Friday after he was accused of uprooting some maize plants, onions and sugarcane from the assailant's garden.Police have since arrested Francisca Muto...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 20:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen girl accidentally kills man with brick
An 18-year-old girl accidentally killed a man with a brick on Thursday in Harare while fighting with her 'boyfriends'.According to the police statement, Leanda Mupfumira picked a brick and int...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe trains police officers to deal with election riots
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is training its officers to deal with anticipated election related violence and has further set up an internal committee to investigate poll based crimes.Thi...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mubobobo man rubs manhood against woman in bank queue
A WOMAN who was queuing at a bank in the city centre nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt something hard and slimy sliding up and down her back.To her horror, when she turned to check, ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
4 Zimbabweans die in Joburg tanker explosion
Four Zimbabweans have been confirmed to be among the 18 people killed when a tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) exploded in Boksburg, in South Africa's Gauteng province on Saturday morning....Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Johannesburg gas tanker explosion kills 8
A gas tanker apparently stuck under a bridge exploded in Johannesburg on Saturday, killing eight people, injuring scores more and damaging nearby buildings, emergency services said.The blast b...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man axed over woman
A man from Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo was rushed to hospital after he was severely axed for making sexual advances to a married woman.Ephraim Moyo (45) got attracted to Rachel ...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son-in-law captures Trevor Ncube's media group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son in-law Gerald Mlotshwa - a prominent lawyer married to the ruling Zanu-PF leader's daughter Farai - has now formally bought a significant equity stake at the private...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invited to be the guest of honour at the wedding ex-army general's wedding
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been invited to be the guest of honour at the wedding of Former Presidential Guard commander, retired Brigadier-General Anselem Sanyatwe tomorrow in Nyanga, NewsDay re...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has lived through decades of lies
THE so-called revolutionary Zanu-PF party has survived through lies since its formation.This country has been brought to its knees by the perpetuation of lies and it seems lies are part of its...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3 | by Bee
ZACC probes LSU
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) descended at Lupane State University (LSU) last week to investigate cases of nepotism, misappropriation of funds and corruption.Zacc investigator...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean commuters bear brunt of police, motorists' war
ARMED with batons, police officers disembark from a tinted vehicle running at full speed to block a honking pirate taxi in the heart of the city in a dramatic and dangerous move.The targeted v...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Economic attitudes, poverty of mind
THE psychological cost of economic insecurity in Africa today is a damning indictment of poverty and how it warps the way we see our challenges and how to resolve them.It seems when poverty hi...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 9 | by Anotida Chikumbu
Bones of Bhalagwe, arise!
The voice speaks to the bones that are scattered all over Matabeleland and Midlands. Arise! Bones that are in the stomach of Bhalagwe, stand up and refuse to be silenced. Arise and be counted! All the...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 20:10hrs | 9 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Cops shoot girl, intimidate her
POLICE in Bulawayo have been accused of shooting a 16-year-old girl and refusing to assist the family take her to hospital.The alleged incident happened on October 4 in Mzilikazi high-density ...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schoolgirl shot after police officer discharges gun to break up fight
A 16-year-old Bulawayo girl was shot on the cheek after a police officer discharged his firearm to stop a fight, her family alleges.The bullet went through one cheek and exited on the other....Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change A...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | 2 | by The Conversatio - David B. Moore
Zanu-PF still don't believe they can win free and fair elections after 41 years of state-controlled propaganda, vote-rigging
In my entire 48 years of existence, I have come across those who have tried every trick in the book to win popular opinion and favour - from lying, deviousness, and all manner of image polishing - but...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:17hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Honouring Mbuya Nehanda was a coup for Mnangagwa
We, from the Zipra side of the Zimbabwe nationalist movement, do not agree with President Ammerson Mnangagwa on many issues, but on the issue of honouring Mbuya Nehanda, reclaiming our history and rew...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Murder at 6th Avenue
A Hairdresser in Bulawayo allegedly stabbed a rival to death in a fight over a client.Ayanda Moyo (29) allegedly stabbed Claitos Muzorori (38) of Old Magwegwe with a knife on the left shoulder...Published: 27 May 2021 at 18:28hrs | 8 | by Staa reporter
Mechanic plunges client's car into Mazai River
A MECHANIC in Bulawayo, who allegedly took a Mazda Axela vehicle he was repairing for a spin, plunged into the effluent filled Mazai River after misjudging a bend near Amakhosi Cultural Centre in Mako...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim ruling elite more afraid of us, than we're afraid of them - citizens should use constitutional rights before they're also ta
Last night, when I was leaving my mother's house, and going to my place, I encountered a metre or so long snake, waiting near my door, and in a panicked way, I picked up a huge stone and crushed it....Published: 13 May 2021 at 12:12hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police 'harass' mourners to block Chamisa from attending funeral
THERE was drama Saturday night in Chitungwiza when anti-riot police details besieged the funeral of the late popular Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) cleric Tabeth Chiweshe and ordered mourners disperse....Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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