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Man stoned over gold mine
A 37-year-old man from Zhombe is nursing wounds sustained when he was severely assaulted with stones and stabbed by Columbian knives until he fell unconscious in a dispute involving a gold mine....Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 22:16hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed in gold dispute
A 37-year-old resident of Zhombe in the Midlands province is currently battling for his life after being attacked by a group of four individuals wielding Columbia knives in a dispute over gold....Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Britain should be in Zimbabwe genocide dialogue'
WAR veterans from the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) have expressed concern over the exclusion of Britain in the Gukurahundi hearings arguing that the former coloniser had a hand in the ...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Teacher killed, face skinned, eyes and ears cut off
A RIO Tinto Zhombe High School teacher was allegedly killed and defaced in a development that left the Zhombe community shell shocked.The body of the history teacher only identified as Mr Mwal...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Burial impasse drags on for 4 months
IT is now four months since the murder of a Gokwe artisanal miner at Zhombe Business Centre, popularly known as Kwa-Juwero under Chief Gwesela, with affected families failing to agree on terms and con...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Midlands murder cases rile traditional leaders
TRADITIONAL leaders in the Midlands province have expressed concern over rising cases of murder involving artisanal miners and villagers.Chief Gwesela from Gokwe recently told the Southe...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Community joins police in search of paedophile teacher
Gokwe and Zhombe community declared not to rest in assisting the police in search of a teacher only identified as Mr Mugonesi from a primary school in Gokwe South following allegations of sexual assau...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 16:09hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Touts terrorise passengers
TRAVELLERS in the Midlands province have complained over harassment by touts at bus termini, where they are forced to board buses against their will.The commuters also protested over pushcart ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goat gives birth to kid with 'human private parts'
A bizarre incident that left people of Zhombe shell-shocked occurred yesterday when a goat gave birth to a humanlike kid.Chief Gwesela confirmed the incident saying the goat belong to a Mr Khu...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 09:57hrs | 12 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Five in court over Kwekwe rally murder
Five of 16 people who were arrested for the murder of 35-year-old Mbongeni Ncube during a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party campaign rally in Kwekwe appeared in court o...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man offers daughter (15) to appease avenging spirits
A man from Zhombe area in Kwekwe district allegedly married off his minor daughter to appease an avenging spirit while another one from the same area is reportedly forcing his under-age daughter to en...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:40hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Family needs help for son's surgery
A MAN from Zhombe in the Midlands is appealing for assistance from well-wishers to raise US$1 500 to take his 18-year-old son for emergency surgery in South Africa. Mr Takesure Khumalo from Ch...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zhombe gold turf war ends in tragedy
Police have launched a manhunt for eight Zhombe gold panners who stabbed two fellow miners leaving one dead and another battling for his life following a fight over a gold claim.Midlands provi...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family demands 30 cattle for slain son
A family of a 33-year-old man who was stabbed to death following a misunderstanding at a drinking spot in Zhombe last week, has demanded 30 head of cattle before burying their son.Muchwell Ncu...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foul smell saves assault charged duo
STINK and be set free!Two Zhombe men were saved from jail because the magistrate felt their stench would affect other prisoners.Tafadzwa Mutumairi and Fanuel Moyo of Zhombe area under ...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief dragged to court
A chief in Zhombe has been dragged to court after he allegedly took a beast from one of his subjects without his consent, before slaughtering it and calling for a village braai after he had found the ...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 11:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villager takes chief to ConCourt over traditional rituals
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) last week filed an application at the Kwekwe Magistrates' Court seeking the authority to approach the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenging Chief Gwe...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunkard urinates on grave in front of mourners
A 33-year-old man from Zhombe shocked mourners who were gathered at a burial after he publicly urinated on the grave.Methuseli Zikhona of Ntshangase Village in Zhombe under Chief Gwesela...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 19:45hrs | | by Stff reporter
Horrific accident victims named
POLICE have released the names of the seven people who were killed in Tuesday's horrific head-on collision which occurred about 20km from Kwekwe along the Kwekwe-Gweru highway. A Honda Fit whi...Published: 23 Jul 2015 at 09:18hrs | | by Faith Mabuto
Is Zimbabwe's most wanted 'dissident' Gwesela dead or alive?
The summer heat has engulfed the whole of Zimbabwe's landscape but not as hot as it feels when you get to Zhombe in Kwekwe District of the Midlands province. In this sweltering heat, the people in the...Published: 30 May 2015 at 09:15hrs | 33 | by Sydney Kawadza
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