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Illegal immigrant fined and deported
A 39-year-old woman from Eswatini, Precious Luphoko, has been convicted by the Gwanda Magistrates' Court for unlawfully entering and remaining in Zi...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 20:08hrs | 1022 | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda unveils investment incentives
The Municipality of Gwanda has launched a comprehensive set of strategic economic incentives aimed at unlocking investment and accelerating growth in key sectors such as agro-processing, mineral proce...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:26hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Chinese boss guns down gold miner in Zimbabwe
A Chinese mining supervisor, Yang Zhian, 36, has been remanded in custody following the fatal shooting of 31-year-old Pardon Gumbo at Long Fortune Mine in Collen Bawn on March 5, 2025. Zhian is facing...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 15:29hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter
Miners wreak havoc on roads
GOVERNMENT has expressed shock after illegal gold miners dug a four-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as vandalism of national infrastructure persists.Road and railway...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda - Beitbridge road faces collapse as illegal miner tunnel under it
ILLEGAL gold miners have dug a 4-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as their vandalism of national infrastructure continues unabated with several roads and railway infrastructu...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:47hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Collen Bawn mine
SIX unknown armed robbers reportedly attacked two security guards at a mine in Colleen Bawn, Matebeleland South province and got away with Gold Carbon.The incident occurred on July 24, 2023....Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold mine fined $500 000 for flouting environmental laws
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has fined Jannarch 17 gold mining and milling plant $500 000 for operating a gold mine without an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) licence.The mi...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA registered car caught trying to ferry stolen cattle in Zimbabwe
A South African registered car has been caught trying to transport stolen cattle from Mberengwa. According to a message circulating on social media, it is believed the cattle were stolen in th...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police name Colleen Bawn mine collapse victims
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has named the seven miners who lost their lives Saturday after hoisting ropes to a cage bringing them up the shaft snapped at Bucks Mine in Collen Bawn, Gwanda, Mata...Published: 19 May 2022 at 19:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Murder at Sun Yet Sen
A man from Sun Yet Sen in Matabeleland South Province was on Monday killed for touching another's belongings.Police revealed on Twitter that they are looking for information which may lead to ...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after drinking spree
A GWANDA mine worker died on Sunday after getting home from a drinking spree.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector, Thabani Mkhwananzi confirmed the inc...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt reviews geo-fencing transit trucks route
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect reviewed the geo-fenced routes used by commercial trucks transiting through Zimbabwe to countries north of the Zambezi River.It is understood that the move...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Ncube for Vice Presidency
Gone are the days when leadership was based on qualities, qualifications and to some extent anointing. Leadership came with a responsibility of protecting the interests of those being led. The recent ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:06hrs | 5 | by Mthabisi Mathuthu
Matabeleland converted into Mberengwa
The people of Matabeleland are up in arms with a ploy that is at an advanced stage to make part of Gwanda South be merged with Mberengwa. The person behind this gambit is a senior Zanu PF official who...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Sibangilizwe Moyo
Gwanda fisherman runs into dead body instead of good catch
A 19-year-old fisherman from Gwanda literally became a fisher of man when he cast his rod into Sengezane river hoping to reel in a good catch only to discover a dead body floating in the water....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda man swept away by river
THE body of a 30-year-old man from Garanyemba village in Gwanda who drowned in a river about a week ago has been found more than 10 kilometres downstream.Matabeleland South provincial police s...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
75 year old thief arrested
A 75-YEAR-OLD Colleen Bawn man has been fined $1 500 for stealing two bicycles from his neighbour and barbed wire from a nearby farm.Hassan Phiri was convicted on his own plea of guilty to the...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PPC to dispose Colleen Bawn, Bulawayo houses
LOCAL cement producer, PPC Zimbabwe has said the disposal of houses at its Colleen Bawn and Bulawayo factories will be finalised during the 2020 financial year because government was still processing ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
I am not a cash baron, says Sandra Ndebele
Musician Sandra Ndebele, who was reportedly defrauded of her money by a Bulawayo woman, has dismissed claims that she is a cash baron and a runner for someone in Bulawayo.Sandy, as she is affe...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele defrauded of US$8 000
SINGER and actress Sandra "Sandy" Ndebele has threatened a civil suit against a Bulawayo woman she accuses of defrauding her of US$8 330 and $80 000 bond notes in a recent deal that went sour....Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:47hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF senator in mining claim wrangle
Zanu-PF Matabeleland South senator, Alma Mkhwebu has sued miner, Ntaten Amon Ndou seeking an order compelling him to vacate a mining claim that she says legally belongs to her.Mkhwebu filed an...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man critical after mob attack
A GWANDA man is battling for life at the United Bulawayo Hospitals after he and his three accomplices were attacked by an angry mob of miners for assaulting their workmates.Dumisani Ngulube (3...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring MDC legislator arrested for stock theft
AN aspiring MDC National Assembly for Insiza South has been arrested for stealing nine cattle with the assistance of two accomplices who are still at large.Honest Mafu (34) of Mthabisi Village...Published: 29 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
PPC threatens to shut Collen Bawn plant
The country's largest cement producer, PPC Zimbabwe has hinted on a possibility to shut down its Collen Bawn plant in Gwanda citing pressure from cheap imported clinker by other producers and smuggled...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda killer has pending attempted murder case
A 22-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man who was allegedly found with a human head and male private parts last week has a pending case of attempted murder, investigations have revealed.In the latest case said...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Amacimbi invaders warned in Kezi
Amacimbi harvesters from other regions who have descended at Matopo district have been banned and ordered to leave with immediate effect by area leader, Chief Nyangazonke of Maphisa in...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 03:55hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe to officiate at Gwanda Family Day commemorations
THE First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, will on Thursday officiate at the International Rural Women and Family Day commemorations at Pelandaba Stadium in Gwanda.The commemorations will be held un...Published: 01 Nov 2016 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Collen Bawn High School scoops Secretary's Merit Award
The government has reiterated the need for teachers to be conversant with the local languages of areas they operate from in order to communicate with learners more effectively, particularly those ...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 16:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
PPC threatened to shutdown Collen Bawn mine in Zimbabwe
LOCAL cement producers have warned of possible scaling down of operations and closures owing to an influx of cheap imported products from the region, saying protectionist measures could save the indus...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 14:42hrs | | by Business reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway dualisation project takes off
THE dualisation of the $2 billion Beitbridge-Harare and Harare-Chirundu highways has reached take-off stage with a Government inter-ministerial committee expected to meet financiers of the project thi...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 09:30hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Bhadilah to release new thriller album
The youth full musician Bhadilah real name Gift Lehlohonolo Ndlovu has revealed that he will soon release his new album that is set to thrill his fans this year.He said through his manager tha...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The link between Zezuru and Zulus
Adopted from the book titled ...Published: 26 Mar 2016 at 08:46hrs | 261 | by Staff writer
Zimplats wins top national safety awards
Zimplats has taken the top two places in the Safety and Health at Work (SHAW) national awards. Zimplats Processing Division came first. Ngwarati Mine, which is owned by Zimplats, came second, while Mu...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by NHPR
New tollgates for major highways
Over the coming weeks, 10 new tollgates will be erected on the country's major highways as Government moves in to augment funds for road infrastructure maintenance. Statutory Instrument 39...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PPC Holdings cashier allegedly steals $349 366
A CASHIER with the Pretoria Portland Cement has been dragged to court for allegedly stealing petty cash amounting to $349 366 before raising a fictitious petty cash expenses which he allegedly pos...Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 10:13hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman assaults hubby, escape jail term
A 35-year-old Gwanda woman, who struck her husband on the head with an iron bar after seeing him coming from his lover's hut at midnight, is lucky to escape prison life, after she was ordered to ...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The British engineered Gukurahundi Massacres
I understand how people hate Robert Mugabe but, to publish this report as a factual report is a horrible crime against the people of Zimbabwe. I can only assume you were neither witnesses to the t...Published: 26 Apr 2014 at 06:52hrs | 9 | by Brian Sherif
Undressed man sneaks into couple's tent
A 53-YEAR-OLD man allegedly took a couple out on a drinking spree before later sneaking into their tent undressed.The stunning revelations were made when Peter Ndlovu of Collen Bawn appeared b...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 14:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PPC finalises Zimbabwe plant feasibility study
South Africa-based Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) says it is finalising a feasibility study on the construction of a $200 million clinker production plant in Zimbabwe.The group, which owns lo...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 10:59hrs | | by Business reporter
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