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Man bites off victim's nose in violent assault
A 22-year-old man from Victoria Falls, Kelvin Ndebele, has been remanded in custody after appearing before the courts on Friday over a gruesome assault in which he allegedly attacked a fellow villager...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 15:59hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Granny, 74, survives rape by twisting attacker's privates
A 74-year-old Hwange woman survived a rape ordeal by grabbing and squeezing her 21-year-old attacker's privates, a Hwange court heard recently.The assailant was named as Mbonisi Ncube, a resid...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 13:35hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Chief Mtshane
President Mnangagwa has congratulated Matebeleland North traditional leader Chief Mtshane Khumalo on his election last Thursday as president of the National Chiefs Council, the first time a chief from...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Former security guard helps build schools
THE painful experience of walking barefoot for 30km to and from school daily inspired Mr Kumbulani Tshambo of Victoria Falls to help build schools and reduce distance travelled by learners.Wit...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga calls on youths to lead clean-ups
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday called on all citizens, particularly youths, to participate in the National Environment Clean-Up campaign to help transform environs in urban areas in lin...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Stakeholders tackle poor pass rate in Matabeleland North
POOR pass rates in Matabeleland North schools took centre stage at an ongoing workshop where stakeholders are crafting a Provincial Economic Development Plan, amid concerns that the province's main ch...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide initiative goes cold
TRADITIONAL leaders have lamented that the Covid-19 restrictions on public gatherings have prevented them from spearheading Gukurahundi exhumations and reburials, among other peace-building efforts ai...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gwayi-Shangani dam completion set for 2020
Forget that Matabeleland North province sticks out as the only province out of the 10 that is yet to have a provincial hospital.That the Government composite building is yet to be completed an...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 11:27hrs | 15 | by ViewFromMatopos
Ranger misses elephant, kills villager
A 61-year-old woman from Chenamisa village in Hwange rural has been accidentally killed by a CAMPFIRE ranger who was aiming at a stray elephant which had destroyed crops in nearby homesteads. ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Poison laced beer deaths
CHIEF Shana of Jambezi in Hwange has expelled a villager who the community accuses of killing four people by lacing their beer with crocodile bile and brains.Villagers in Mulonga accused Never...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 9 years for raping minor
A 23-year-old Hwange man who raped an 11-year-old girl in 2014 was last week slapped with a 12-year jail term after being convicted of two counts of rape.Fightwell Zulu of Chenge Village in Ja...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Justice catches up with rapist
A MAN who, in 2014, raped an 11-year-old girl was recently hauled before the courts to answer to two counts of rape and unlawful entry charges after four years on the run.Fightwell Zulu (23) o...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
97 nurses graduate at Hwange Colliery Hospital School of Nursing
97 nurses have graduated from the Hwange Colliery Hospital School of Nursing after successfully completing their training.After a six years of failing to host the graduation owing to var...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 11:09hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Women in Hwange to benefit from reusable sanitary pads
WOMEN in Hwange West constituency's impoverished rural areas are set to benefit from reusable sanitary pads and sewing machines supplied by Love a Child founder, Cindy Schemel.Schemel founded ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Wrong Chief Ndiweni' engages AG over foiled installation?
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Felix Nhlanhayemangwe Ndiweni has approached Attorney-General, Prince Machaya, raising concern over the continuous postponement of his installation as the area's traditional leader....Published: 19 May 2018 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Hwange names streets after local chiefs
HWANGE Local Board has named streets in its suburbs in honour of its local traditional leaders as part of its efforts to preserve heritage and culture in communities.Speaking at the street nam...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 20:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile appears from nowhere, terrorises residents
RESIDENTS in Hwange panicked when a big crocodile appeared from nowhere and blocked the main gate at St Patrick's Hospital on Tuesday.The reptile made the hospital a no go area for almost two ...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 05:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe constitution only provides for chiefs, headmen and village heads
GOVERNMENT officials yesterday met chiefs from Matabeleland and explained that the country's Constitution does not provide for a king.The meeting was attended by chiefs from Matabeleland, Nati...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe constitution does not provide for a king, Mat'land chiefs told
GOVERNMENT officials yesterday met chiefs from Matabeleland and explained that the country's Constitution does not provide for a king.The meeting was attended by chiefs from Matabeleland, Nati...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Family survives arson attack
A SIX-MEMBER Hwange family escaped death by a whisker after a stranger allegedly stormed their homestead at night and locked their hut from outside, before setting ablaze their grass-thatched bedroom....Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rustlers steal 16 cattle at gunpoint
TWO cattle rustlers stole 16 cattle at gunpoint in Jambezi after pointing their guns at herd boys.Nkosilathi Ncube, 21, and Trevor Sibanda, 13, of Jambezi, under Chief Shana were herding cattl...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Whinsley Masara
Teen offers $50 lobola for pregnant 13-yr-old girlfriend
A teenage boy surprised a court when he produced $50 saying he had saved the money to pay lobola for his heavily pregnant 13-year-old sweetheart. The school dropout aged 16 years from Siamele ...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 11:33hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Cyanide poisoning - Eight men arrested
Eight men from Hwange and Tsholotsho districts have been arrested on suspicion of being directly linked to the recent incidents of cyanide poisoning which led to the death of scores of elephants betwe...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 00:47hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Random door to door HIV testing starts
RANDOM door to door HIV and Aids testing started in Binga yesterday as part of the Zimbabwe Population Based HIV Impact Assessment (ZIMPHIA) targeting 15,000 households countrywide.The survey,...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 05:35hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Chiefs want the return of corporal punishment
MATABELELAND North traditional chiefs have said returning corporal punishment in the country's constitution will be a big step towards ending child marriages. A national debate about girls as ...Published: 02 Oct 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Man (32) jailed for raping his 95-yr-old grandmother
A 32-year-old Victoria Falls man who raped his 95-year-old grandmother on three separate occasions has been slapped with a 15-year jail term.The man claimed his granny seduced him.The ...Published: 20 Jul 2015 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Juvenile sentenced to get four strokes for raping mental ill woman
A sixteen year old juvenile from Chief Shana's area in Jambezi has been slapped with a four stroke sentence for raping a 34 year old mentally ill woman while they were in the fields....Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 08:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tsikamuatandas 'kidnap' villagers
A group of suspected witch-hunters (tsikamuatandas) is reportedly mobilising villagers and blocking them from accessing health services at a makeshift healthcare centre in Jambezi, a court heard yeste...Published: 01 May 2015 at 09:30hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Prophet left needle in 'witch's' spinal cord
The story of Jabulani Nyoni (20), a tsikamutanda-cum-self-proclaimed prophet took a new twist with reports that it was likely to suck in six village heads from Matesti and Lubangwe who allegedly took ...Published: 04 Mar 2015 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Fairness Moyana
Soldier loses testicle in fight with woman
A soldier stationed at HQ 1 Brigade in Harare lost a testicle after a female neighbour hit him with a log when he demanded isitshwala at her homestead.The hungry gunner Godknows Mathe, 29, o...Published: 23 Feb 2015 at 06:36hrs | 5 | by Leonard Ncube
Chiefs opposed to teenage condom use
TRADITIONAL leaders from Matabeleland North Province are divided over the use of condoms by youths.The traditional leaders and their spouses who were attending an HIV/Aids sensitisation meetin...Published: 15 Nov 2014 at 17:07hrs | 2 | by Leonard Ncube
Brothers impregnate physically handicapped sister
TWO brothers were yesterday arraigned before the Victoria Falls Magistrates' Court facing allegations of raping and impregnating their physically handicapped sister.The 36-year-old and his 15-...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 11:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Brothers rape, impregnate sister
TWO brothers allegedly took turns to sexually abuse their mentally challenged biological sister until she fell pregnant. Paternity tests will now determine who between the brothers aged 15...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 07:42hrs | 9 | by Leonard Ncube
Church elder kills drunk congregant
A WORSHIPPER died after a Zion Church elder attacked him with a knobkerrie for coming to church drunk.Victoria Falls magistrate Sharon Rosemani was told this yesterday as Manganis...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 06:39hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Two poachers shot dead
TWO poachers were shot dead by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (Zimparks) rangers and the police in Zambezi National Park in Victoria Falls on Monday morning.The police officer comma...Published: 03 Sep 2014 at 04:47hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man axed over stray donkeys
A 41-YEAR-OLD Victoria Falls man has been sentenced to perform 105 hours of community service for striking his neighbour with an axe following a dispute over stray donkeys.Andrew Ncube of BH45...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Poorest' commits suicide
A 46-YEAR-OLD man from Jambezi near Victoria Falls allegedly committed suicide last week because he was tired of taunts by his friends that he was poor.Mubhikwa Mpofu reportedly drank a cockta...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family drags daughter's boyfriend to court over marriage covenant
A VICTORIA Falls couple has dragged its daughter's boyfriend to court seeking to stop him from marrying her.However, the man, Itai Ngonyama, told court that it was impossible for him to leave ...Published: 16 Apr 2014 at 06:50hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Woman pregnant with 'a bag of air'
A Victoria Falls woman has endured a painful nine-month pregnancy only to be told by doctors her bulging tummy is just a bag of air.Twenty-seven-year-old Future Sibanda claims she is now confu...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
Teen caught having sex with uncle's donkey
A TEENAGER from Jambezi has disappeared from home after being caught having sex with his uncle's donkey.Police have since launched a manhunt for Mbongeni Dube, from Chief Shana area, with his...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Man survive death by a whisker after fighting off a lion
A 26-YEAR-OLD Chikandakubi villager from Jambezi under Chief Shana and his father survived death by a whisker after fighting off a lioness that attacked them while heading home with their livestock f...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
50 head of cattle die from mysterious disease in one week
UP to eight families in BH3, Jambezi in Hwange, lost more than 50 head of cattle last week to a yet-to-be identified disease in the latest mass animal deaths in Matabeleland North.Chief Shana ...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 03:09hrs | 23 | by Staff Reporte
Acute food shortages hit Hwange District
ACUTE food shortages have hit Hwange District in Matabeleland North amid indications that 80 percent of the population is in need of urgent food aid. Hwange District Administrator Tapera Mugor...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 19:20hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
NGOs predict violence free elections in Zimbabwe
NATIONAL Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) chairman Effie Ncube yesterday forecast that the forthcoming elections will be very peaceful as Zanu-PF learnt a lesson in 2008 that viol...Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold deposits discovered at a village cemetery
Gold deposits have reportedly been discovered at a village cemetery in Mlonga Village 17, Jambezi area under Chief Shana in Hwange District in Matabeleland North province.The police have sinc...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 21:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gold deposits discovered at a village cemetery
Gold deposits have reportedly been discovered at a village cemetery in Mlonga Village 17, Jambezi area under Chief Shana in Hwange District in Matabeleland North Province.Police have already ...Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (59) trampled to death by an elephant
A ...Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 04:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Honour sons and daughters of the soil - Traditional leaders
Traditional leaders say the Heroes Day celebrations should serve as a reminder to all Zimbabweans of the thousands of sons and daughters of the soil who made supreme sacrifices to free the count...Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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