Search / Chief nhema
Tagwirei, the military and power politics in Zimbabwe!
DEAR READER, it was on the 13th of May 2018 that Phineas Tagwirei, "father" to Kudakwashe Tagwirei a Zimbabwean tycoon with an avalanche of ''business'' interests quietly breathed his last at the trau...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:41hrs | 1984 | by Dr P. Zamchiya
Tsikamutandas tearing communities apart
A disturbing trend has emerged in Chief Bota's area of Zaka and Nyajena in Masvingo district, where self-styled traditional healers known as Tsikamutandas, allegedly in collusion with some traditional...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:39hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Love triangle leaves woman battling for life
A woman is in critical condition in hospital after being attacked with a machete by her husband's ex-wife on August 31, 2024. The incident occurred around 2:00 PM at Kobodo village under Chief Nhema i...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 14:45hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Woman hires thugs to kidnap ex-hubby's wife
Four men appeared before the Shurugwi Magistrates' Court facing kidnapping charges. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ), on June 16, the accused - Kaliwe Phiri (...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in destructive gold mining
THE once-pristine and picturesque Boterekwa escarpment in Shurugwi, Midlands province, now stands as a haunting monument to the ravages of human exploitation and destructive gold mining activities by ...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:51hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Man throws 5-year-old into blazing hut
A MENTALLY ill man from Zaka in Masvingo went berserk and torched a grass-thatched hut before throwing a juvenile in the raging inferno resulting in the boy succumbing to the burns, police said yester...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen stabbed to death
A teenage boy from Shurugwi was fatally stabbed by unknown assailants while coming from watching television at a local bar.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko sai...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 12:16hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 11 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu-PF bigwigs' spouses appointed to council positions via women's quota
In a surprising and controversial turn of events, some influential members of the Zanu-PF party in Masvingo province have been accused of securing council positions for their wives under the women's q...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:13hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo gives Mnangagwa 148 cows
Masvingo province has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a herd of 148 cows as a thank you gift for the Zaka star rally held at Chinorumba Primary School on July 16, 2023.Politiburo members an...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Fresh cases of Zanu-PF terror emerge
A FRESH report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has unearthed cases of brutal political violence perpetrated by Zanu-PF on opposition supporters in rural areas as the country counts down to the 23 ...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 16:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in bar skirmish
A 22-YEAR-OLD Shurugwi man was fatally stabbed by a fellow patron after violence erupted in a drinking spot over a missing mobile phone.The incident occurred on 2 April 2023 around 7PM at Vill...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders milking Zanu-PF candidates
Traditional leaders in Masvingo province mainly in Zaka district are making a killing from Zanu-PF candidates who are campaigning ahead of party primary elections set for Saturday March 25.Can...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dog eat dog in Zanu-PF primaries
It will be a dog eat dog scenario in Zanu-PF primary elections initially set for Saturday (March 18) but have been postponed to a later date, with big wigs and some completely new faces set to clash i...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 08:32hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Miner in bid to appease Zanu-PF
CHINESE company Chenjxi (Private) Limited, which was in partnership with a local miner exposed by The NewsHawks last year in April after conducting illegal mining activities on part of the picturesque...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man murders ex-wife for rejecting him
A Shurugwi man is suspected of having murdered his ex-wife in cold blood after she refused to reconcile with him.Lubitsi Mubita (31) of Mutamba village under Chief Nhema in Shurugwi, was found...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:20hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chief bans Mnangagwa's minister from his area
ZAKA–Chief Nhema born Rangarirai Bwawanda of Zaka who recently made headlines after promising Zanu-PF more than five million votes in 2023 has given Zaka East MP who is the ruling party District Coo...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 18:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreaking havoc in communities
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area", reported Chronicle in Septemb...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for COVID-19 positive quarantine escapees
POLICE are still searching for 12 COVID-19 positive inmates who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province last Friday.The inmates were put on mandatory quaran...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Shurugwi serial armed robber, killer
POLICE in Shurugwi have launched a manhunt for a serial armed robber who is wanted for a spate of robberies and a murder case committed in and around the area.Midlands provincial police spokes...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Villagers complain over Tsikamutanda
Villagers under Chief Nhema in Zaka have launched a complaint over a self-proclaimed traditional healer commonly known as Tsikamutanda, who is allegedly abusing little girls and demanding livestock fr...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How committed is Mnangagwa to eradication of corruption?
PreSIdenT emmerson dambudzo Mnangagwa addressed the nation on the auspicious occasion of the fifth edition of the African Anti-Corruption day on July 12, 2021.I listened to the president with ...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Man axes friend for dating his daughter
A Zaka man will spend the next five years in jail for attempted murder after he attacked his friend with an axe for having an affair with his daughter.Maxon Mungozi (31) from Manyemba Village ...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba caught pants down, privates sliced
NO good has ever come out of bedding a married woman and even if you are a man of God, the Lord will not protect you from a raging jilted husband.We are reminded of these words by a horrendous...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Children's home to be named after Mnangagwa's wife
Chambuta Children's home in Chiredzi district part of Masvingo province is going to be named under First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa in recognition of her philanthropic work in uplifting livelihoods of the...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death for stealing phone during beer drink
A 25 year-old Zaka man paid a heavy price for violating lockdown regulations and joining two friends on a drinking binge late into the night after the friends turned on him and allegedly killed him fo...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Huge crocodile crawls into home
Villagers from Zananda area under Chief Nhema are now living in fear after a huge crocodile was found stashed in the bedroom hut at one of the villager's homestead.The huge reptile was discove...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 15:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers left in fear after huge crocodile crawls into home
Villagers from Zananda area under Chief Nhema are now living in fear after a huge crocodile was found stashed in the bedroom hut at one of the villagers homestead.The huge reptile was discover...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier trades gun for the mic
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer and rising sungura musician, Masharl Farirepi, who fronts Orchestra Zaka Kings, has made his intentions clear with two promising singles whose quality demonstrat...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man beaten to death over mubobobo
A man from Zaka District in Masvingo Province was last week beaten to death by his relatives on suspicions that he possessed mubobobo, a magical way of having sexual intercourse with women without the...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF Councillor under fire for stealing from his people
Shurugwi South Ward 7 Zanu pf Councillor Jabulani Muzvezve under Chief Nhema is accused of misusing his office and stealing from the villagers.It is alleged that Councillor Muzvezve of ward 7,...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 09:22hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
REA targets to electrify 60% of rural areas
Government is forging ahead with its thrust to modernise rural areas, with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) pledging to bring access to electricity to 60 percent of the rural populace in line wi...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man tries to cook baby
An 18-year-old man from Chibuku village under Chief Nhema took his three-weeks-old baby and tried to shove him into a boiling three-legged pot but failed because the pot was full of pumpkins and meali...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shangaans seek names reversal to restore identity
Traditional leaders and scholars from the VaTsonga tribe in Zimbabwe (also known as Shangaan) are demanding the reinstatement of names of local landmarks whose identities were controversially changed ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Hubby kills wife over spanner
SIXTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Eliphas Toziva from Shurugwi recently fatally stabbed his wife, Engeline Marecha (age unknown), for lending their neighbour a spanner without his consent.Midlands provincia...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone hits Masvingo
Tropical Cyclone Idai is also wreaking havoc in Masvingo Province, with at least 15 houses having already been destroyed in Zaka under Chief Nhema. Zaka District Administrator,Ndeya Nyeda...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills village head
A 20-year-old Zaka man allegedly fatally struck his village head and uncle with an axe for summoning him to his traditional court to censure him for attempting to rape his brother's wife. The brother ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF celebrates terror leader return
ZANU-PF last week threw a lavish party to welcome back its official after he was released from jail, having spent 14 years behind bars for killing an MDC activist in the run-up to the 2002 general ele...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reorter
Chief Nhema embroiled in chieftainship row
A fierce wrangle has erupted over the Mkanganwi chieftainship, with retired Major-General Gibson Mashingaidze accusing Rangarirai Bwawanda, the current Chief Nhema, of receiving kickbacks to influence...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed in beer brawl
A 28-year-old gold miner from Shurugwi has been jailed five years for stabbing a villager with an okapi knife in a misunderstanding over the sharing of traditional beer during a communal work project....Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court pardons granny for destroying Chamisa poster
A 59-year-old woman from Kungisai village under Chief Nhema, Zaka district, appeared before magistrate Peter Madiba on Wednesday, July 11, and was given a warning after being convicted of pulling down...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs in near blows, as Charumbira survives axe
Chiefs Council president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, yesterday survived a planned ouster after he was voted by Masvingo traditional leaders to contest at national level for another term.Charumb...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists in court over MDC Alliance posters
TWO Zanu-PF youths from Gutu yesterday appeared in court for allegedly pulling down and tearing some MDC Alliance posters, while an elderly Zaka woman was arrested for allegedly committing a similar o...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man poisoned for marrying second wife
SHARING is caring!These words had no meaning for a woman from Shurugwi, in the Midlands Province who allegedly poisoned her husband as punishment for marrying a second wife claiming she was no...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Child (11) 'kills' classmate
AN 11-year-old pupil from Shurugwi has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally punching his classmate who was five years older.The Grade Six pupil who was in a special class at Wida...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
11-year-old pupil punches classmate to death
AN 11-year-old pupil from Shurugwi has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally punching his classmate who was five years older.The Grade Six pupil who was in a special class at Wida Pri...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fatal assault gangster in court
A 26-YEAR OLD man from Shurugwi who together with seven accomplices attacked a man with machetes, a catapult and knives leading to his death, has appeared in court.Fainos Gombe of Chironde...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man brutally murdered over married 'lover'
A 26-year-old Shurugwi man was fatally stabbed on the back of his head with a bar stool leg which went through his head in a fight over a married woman.Police have since arrested two suspe...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman (62) killed for 'gossiping'
A 69-year-old Shurugwi woman, Julian Mandevo, from Mushayavanhu Village under Chief Nhema was allegedly killed by a neighbour following an altercation over 'gossip'.Mandevo was allegedly kille...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cheating woman caught red-handed by hubby
A Shurugwi man who had dismissed widespread reports that his wife was sleeping around with another villager finally caught her right in the act.Tapiwa Kanengoni set a trap for his wife Eli...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Load More Stories
