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Edgar Lungu did not hold a Zimbabwean diplomatic passport
Zimbabwe's Permanent Secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana, has denied widespread claims that the late former Zambian president Edgar Chagwa Lungu was in possession of a Zimbabwean diplomatic passp...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 21:45hrs | 1770 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo gets Russian helicopter ambulance
The Matabeleland region saw a major advancement in its emergency medical services yesterday with the arrival of the first of two dedicated air ambulances from Helidrive Zimbabwe. The state-of-the-art ...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:41hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe air ambulance service saves 67 lives since launch
Since its launch in August 2024, the Government's new air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has saved the lives of 67 patients, including 21 children aged 17 and under. The ser...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:54hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Air ambulances airlift 19 patients so far
In less than a month since its launch, the government's air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has already airlifted 19 patients. These patients include victims of road accident...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's air ambulance services take off
The government-sponsored air ambulance service in Zimbabwe, using Russian helicopters, successfully completed its first mission by transporting a cardiac arrest patient from Chegutu to Harare free of ...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:03hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Gospel musician Terry G dies
Renowned gospel musician and actor Terry G has passed away at Arundel Hospital due to a cardiac arrest. Terry, who battled cerebral palsy along with heart and lung disease, was confirmed decea...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 15:12hrs | 53 | by Staff Reporter
Chigova faces bleak future due to health issues
SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwe international goalkeeper George Chigova's career is hanging in the balance after being reportedly diagnosed with a heart ailment, which could force him to prematurely hang ...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner dies at Zimbabwe court
A serving prison inmate has died this morning at the Harare Magistrate Courts' canteen area where he was working. It is believed that he might have been electrocuted while others suspect that ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 16:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that opposition councillors are corrupt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday accused opposition-led local government councils of being "corrupt opportunists".He made the remarks at the burial of the late national hero, Oliver Chid...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chidawu leaves bitter-sweet legacy
THE untimely death Tuesday of Harare Metropolitan Provincial Affairs minister, Oliver Chidawu (68), due to suspected cardiac arrest, ignited social media amid revelations the top engineer-cum-politici...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 08:19hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Alex Magaisa buried at rural Njanja home
LATE law expert and former advisor to the Prime Minister, Alex Magaisa, who died earlier this month was Tuesday laid to rest at his rural home in Njanja.Magaisa, an ardent but respected critic...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 18:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sought Magaisa's support after coup?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is said to have sought the services of vocal critics to sanitise the November 2017 military coup and while he could have succeeded in luring some, several including the la...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Magaisa spurned Zanu-PF co-option,' claims Hopewell Chin'ono
LATE constitutional law guru Alex Magaisa reportedly spurned Zanu-PF attempts to lure him to support the ruling party following the 2017 coup.Magaisa died from a cardiac arrest in the United K...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa critic Magaisa dies
Former special advisor to the late Morgan Tsvangirai, Dr Alex Magaisa has reportedly died.SAPES Trust Director Ibbo Mandaza shared the sad news on Twitter on Sunday morning....Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Video shows man directly hit by thunderbolt
CCTV footage in Jakarta, Indonesia has captured a security guard who luckily survived a direct hit by lightning, according to local media.The 35-year-old, working as a guard for a company deal...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
2 die in lightning strike
TWO people died when they were struck by lightning during a storm that hit parts of Masvingo last week.Masvingo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Kudakwashe Dhewa confirmed the incident...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Rapper DMX dies at 50
Rapper DMX has died one week after suffering a "catastrophic cardiac arrest", his family has said.The 50-year-old, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been admitted to intensive care in New ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:43hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
The Prophet who foretold Magufuli's death
International Preacher and Prophet Dr Isaiah Brian Sovi gave a chilling prophecy on the 12th of March 2019, this prophecy was posted on his Facebook page.The Prophecy read "Prophecy Alert Let'...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 07:34hrs | 15 | by Nicholas Ncube
Woman dies at brother's wife's funeral
TRAGEDY hit a family in Chisuma area outside Victoria Falls town on Monday when an elderly woman collapsed and died soon after the burial of her brother's wife.The family has said it was still...Published: 03 May 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZIPP leader accused of poisoning his wife
A UK based woman is not on talking terms with her daughter who is married to leader of the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP) party accusing the pair of poisoning her young daughter.Au...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
US based Zimbabwe immigration lawyer dies
UNITED STATES-BASED Zimbabwean immigration lawyer, Linda Kadzombe, who died last week soon after landing in Atlanta on her way to Dallas, will be buried at Glen Forest Cemetery in Harare on March 27, ...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Worshipper dies from panic attack after hearing gunshots
A JOHANE MASOWE worshipper suffered a panic attack and died at her church after hearing gunshots from Zimbabwe National Parks and Authority Management (Zimparks) shot an elephant that had been terrori...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Family shocked to find body of relative rotting in Mortuary
The Sibindi family of Lion Hill Farm (along Patchway road) got the shock of their life when they found the body of their relative in a decomposing state at one of the funeral parlours in Kadoma....Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa poisoning witch-hunt
A senior Zanu-PF official has sensationally claimed that one of the passengers in a helicopter ride to a presidential youth interface rally held in Gwanda last August tried to take the life of then vi...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe had gone mad, says Mnangagwa
HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa believes former first lady Grace Mugabe had become mentally deranged during the last days of her husband's presidency.He made the sensational disclosure i...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Wife of deceased thanks Zimbabwean community
The wife of late Shadreck Rukweza, who passed away on Boxing day in Birmingham, UK, has thanked the Zimbabwean community for their support.According to Sibongumusa Moyo-Rukweza, her husband su...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 00:12hrs | 6 | by Moyo Roy
Latest on 'Mutharika suffered cardiac arrest' story
The government of Malawi had denied social media rumours claiming that President Peter Mutharika had suffered a cardiac arrest.According to a Nyasa Times report, Mutharika had been reporte...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland: the case of a bitter people
Just less than 72 hours ago social media was and is still awash with an article where I allegedly arrogantly said "I will take Mujuru to Bhalagwe".I want to personally apologise to anyone whom...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 10:12hrs | | by Apostle Anglistone T Sibanda
Bulawayo businessman dies
A Bulawayo businessman, Charles Katso, had died. He was 80. Katso who owned shops in Luveve suburb, died on Wednesday after succumbing to cardiac arrest following years of battling with diabetes. ...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
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 | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Cultural icon' Chief Masuku buried
ZIMBABWE Council of Chiefs president Fortune Charumbira has described the late Chief Masuku, who was buried yesterday, as a cultural icon. Chief Masuku, 81, died on May 25 due to cardiac arrest. He wa...Published: 30 May 2016 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Chief Masuku dies after 23 years in power
CHIEF Malaki Masuku of Matobo District died on Wednesday after ruling for 23 years.He was 81.Matobo District Administrator Robert Muzezewa said the Chief died yesterday morning due to ...Published: 26 May 2016 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tupac's mother, Afeni Shakur Davis, dies at 69
Afeni Shakur Davis, the mother of one of hip-hop's most seminal and iconic figures, has died at age 69, the Marin County, California, sheriff's office said Tuesday.Though she is best known as...Published: 04 May 2016 at 00:56hrs | 36 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet fakes resurrection miracle
As the Christian community is being rocked by scandals and strange practices ranging from a claim of being raptured to heaven during Easter by Jesus to miracle pens for students to pass.An inv...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
War hero status for senior ZNA officer
Lieutenant-Colonel Ronald Munyanduki, who died on Wednesday last week, has been declared a liberation hero.He was 59.Lt-Colonel Munyanduki was yesterday laid to rest at Glen Forest Cem...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Fungai Lupande
Mzilikazi centenarian dies at 103
SELF discipline and a healthy diet is what probably saw a Mzilikazi centenarian reach the age of 103.Eva Mnkandla, who suffered a cardiac arrest a fortnight ago and was laid to rest last Wedne...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 08:39hrs | 2 | by Ntombiyolwandle Ndlovu
Prof Jonathan Moyo mourns Willard Khumalo
Scores of football supporters have expressed shock at the death of one of Highlanders FC gifted midfielder, Willard Khumalo. Khumalo died at the United Bulawayo Hospitals due to a cardiac...Published: 23 Aug 2015 at 12:54hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mnangagwa escapes poisoning
There has been an attempt on the life of the newly appointed Zanu-PF Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, with unknown assailants sprinkling the deadly cyanide poison in Mnangagwa's office at the new g...Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
3-year-old girl dies after undergoing a dental procedure
Finley Boyle, a 3-year-old Hawaii girl who suffered massive brain damage after undergoing a dental procedure last month, died Friday night, a hospice said Saturday.The girl died with her famil...Published: 04 Jan 2014 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by CNN
Cyanide now killing Tsholotsho cattle
TWO CATTLE have reportedly died in Tsholotsho after they drank from a watering hole inside Hwange National Park amid fears the water was poisoned with cyanide.There are reports that at least ...Published: 28 Oct 2013 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mandela's condition has become critical
Nelson Mandela's condition deteriorated to "critical" after more than two weeks in a hospital in the South African capital, Pretoria, President Jacob Zuma said.Mandela, 94, was admitted to the...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Bloomberg
Family questions death of CIO boss
The family of the late Central Intelligence Organisation deputy director (internal), Elias Kanengoni, who was buried at the National Heroes Acre on Monday, has instructed doctors to conduct further ...Published: 30 May 2013 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'The Green Mile' actor Michael Clarke Duncan dies at 54
Michael Clarke Duncan, star of such movies as "The Green Mile" and "The Whole Nine Yards," has died at the age of 54.According sources, his passing came very suddenly. We're told his fiancee, ...Published: 04 Sep 2012 at 10:16hrs | 2 | by Entertainment Reporter
Malawi reverts to old flag
Blantyre - Malawi's parliament has approved a bill to revert to the old independence flag, two years after the late president Bingu wa Mutharika altered it, state radio reported on Tuesday.Par...Published: 29 May 2012 at 13:32hrs | 3 | by Sapa
Malawi demands 5 year old $23 million debt from Zimbabwe
The new Malawian government has reportedly dispatched a delegation to Zimbabwe to demand a five year-old $23 million debt, in what could mark a shift in relations between the two countries.Imp...Published: 18 May 2012 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court Judge dies
High Court Judge, Justice Tadius Bernard Karwi, has died. He was 57.Justice Karwi passed away at West End Hospital in Harare at around 10.30pm on Saturday the 5th of May 2012. He had reportedl...Published: 07 May 2012 at 00:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after his testicles got squeezed while fighting for a parking space
A man is reported to have died in China after having his testicles squeezed during a fight over a parking space.According to the Australian Telegraph, an argument arose between the shopkeeper ...Published: 30 Apr 2012 at 22:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe jets into Malawi for wa Mutharika's burial
LILONGWE, Malawi - President Robert Mugabe arrived in Malawi on Sunday to attend burial of his comrade late President Bingu wa Mutharika.President Mugabe, who is accompanied by the First Lady...Published: 22 Apr 2012 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Nare Msupatsila
TB Joshua, Malawi's Banda and the Nigerian Connection
The manner in which some readers of political situations in Africa, and elsewhere, respond to critically potential political events has often left much to be desired. Of a fact, some interpreters and...Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 12:34hrs | | by Ezekiel Fajenyo and Sunday Patrick
Did Bingu wa Mutharika's fight with foreign donors cost him his life
LILONGWE - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika's fight with foreign donors may have cost him his life.When the 78-year-old collapsed from cardiac arrest a week ago - and subsequently died - simple...Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 05:32hrs | | by Reuters
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