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Man pleads guilty to armed robbery after night attack on Bulawayo couple
A 25-year-old Bulawayo man appeared in court this week facing armed robbery following a night attack on a Nketa couple's home with his accomplices to snatch cash and cell phones from their victims....Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:57hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering set for Harare
The Chamba Chamakholo Gule Wamkulu cultural gathering is set to take place in Mufakose, Harare, on September 29, featuring a vibrant display of Nyau culture from both local and international performer...Published: 10 Sep 2024 at 09:39hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Rwandese businessman shot dead in Harare
A Rwandese national was shot dead after armed robbers broke into his house in Harare on Friday night, police said.Samuel Habimana was shot in the neck at his Mainway Meadows home in Waterfalls...Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:05hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Land barons ride on Zanu-PF campaign
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF-linked land barons have invaded large tracts of land in Harare and Chitungwiza, where they are doling out residential stands to desperate home-seekers as a vote-buying gimmick ahead ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
What a turnout at BF
IF there were any doubts on which local football team has the best supporters, then Highlanders Football Club fans have put that debate to bed.Bosso fans, just like they did when their team dr...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber shot dead, another arrested
A 29-year-old suspected armed robber, who was part of a seven member gang targeting companies in Harare, was shot and killed by police during a shoot out in Ruwa on Tuesday.Alexio Mupamhura (2...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 05:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Govt bars Chinese 'brick plant' deal
PLANS by a Chinese firm Ming Chang Sino-Africa Mining Investments to "ostensibly" set up a multi-million-dollar brick moulding plant in a Harare area known for a lucrative century-old gold treasure tr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member dies as mob burns Mupedzanhamo
A Zanu-PF member died following violent clashes that were triggered by alleged opposition CCC space barons at the popular Mupedzanhamo Market in Harare which was also partly burnt by the rioting mob....Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$18 000 stolen from a church in Zimbabwe
Robbers broke into the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church in Glen Norah B, Harare on Tuesday night and stole more than US$18 000, $12 000 and laptops, among other things.The church is led by...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
37 year old man rapes his 19 year old friend
The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Budiriro has reported that it has arrested a 37 year old man for rape after he sexually assaulted his 19 year old friend.According to the police, the suspect lu...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 17:24hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
3 up for electoral miscellaneous offences
A 35-year-old man has been fined $15 000 or risks spending a month in jail for chewing ballot papers he had been handed to cast his vote during the just-ended by-elections on March 26.Tendai A...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kuwadzana East seat up for grabs
KUDZAISHE Ernest Chagadama of Zanu-PF, Chalton Hwende of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), Urayai Mangwiro of the MDC-Alliance, Selestino Majiri of the Patriotic Zimbabweans, David Chamunorwa ...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane Dam chokes
TWO unregistered dams built in the Umzingwane Dam catchment area and gold panning activities along Umzingwane River have contributed to the Bulawayo supply dam not impounding adequate water since the ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits ex-Harare town clerk Mahachi
FORMER Harare City town clerk Tendai Mahachi has been acquitted by the Supreme Court in a matter where he was accused of criminal abuse of office by corruptly awarding millions of United States dollar...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bogus lawyer in court for fraud
A Harare man, who allegedly masqueraded as a lawyer and was paid US$3 000 for his "services", appeared before a Harare court on Friday charged with fraud.Beven Chipunza (32) of 1206 Crowboroug...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
5 armed robbers nabbed
A gang of five robbers raiding Masvingo, Beitbridge and surrounding areas since July has been rounded up and arrested as the hunt is on for the other three members of the gang.Charles Chekenye...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 19:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance accepts failure, welcomes Govt support
President Mnangagwa's administration has been thanked by the opposition-controlled Harare City Council for assisting in infrastructural development, from renovation of the critical health facilities t...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Thousands face eviction from council farm
Harare City Council has secured a court order to evict thousands of families who were settled illegally on its Crowborough Farm's Lot 2 of Parkridge Estate by land barons.The matter has been w...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Robbers prey on mistrust of financial system
TARIRO remembers hearing a sudden bang on her kitchen door, the kind that produces shivers. She peaked through the window and saw 10 men armed with iron crowbars. They wanted to enter.The 54-y...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial rapist in court
A KNIFE-WIELDING man who raped and robbed several women in Harare was arraigned before the courts yesterday.The rapist, Bessam Mahosi alias Kudzanai Gwaze Ambewe (37) appeared before magistrat...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers from SA injured in police shootout
FOUR habitual armed robbers operating from South Africa and strongly suspected of being behind a spate of robberies in Zimbabwe targeting cash were on Wednesday night seriously injured following a sho...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa petitioned over looming demolitions
AN international housing and land rights movement has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking him to stop the pending house demolitions in the country, particularly at Crowborough Farm, Harare....Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers raid business centre
FIVE armed robbers last week pounced on Lundi Business Centre in Mwenezi, Masvingo province, where they robbed two businesspeople at gunpoint and got away with close to US$20 000, R120 000 a Toyota D4...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 Chinese nationals severely injured fighting artisanal miners
Four Chinese nationals working under the controversial Zhong Jian mining company sustained severe injuries this week after they were attacked by artisanal gold miners over mining rights dispute....Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council targets illegal tuckshops
HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned owners of illegal structures such at tuckshops to pull them down by February 18 before the local authority moves to demolish them.In a notice on Twitter ye...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Anti-graft bodies swoop on city fathers
AT least four Harare City Council officials and 13 councillors are facing arrest over allegations of attempting to siphon millions of dollars in a dubious US$868 million Chinese loan deal.The ...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing boy: Captors demand R50 000
NEARLY two months after a 16-year-old boy went missing from Crowborough, the mother is now receiving text messages demanding a ransom of R50 000 from the boy's cellphone number, confirming the senders...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to reorganise illegal settlements
Zanu-PF has resolved to reorganise, and where possible regularise, illegal settlements to avoid the demolition of houses without providing alternative settlements. This comes as defiant land b...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa led City council in US$1bn tender storm
THE Harare City Council attempted to award water and sewage contracts worth close to US$1 billion to four Chinese firms without going to tender, available information suggests.The council's fi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons
They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything — absolutely everything and anything — has a price, but not this man of scripture and pray...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Probe underway on Gonyeti 'kidnapping'
Government is concerned about allegations of Samantha "Gonyeti" Kureya's kidnapping and assault by unknown masked men which occurred on Wednesday night. Gonyeti is a comedian and an artiste at...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Comedian Gonyeti had her clothes removed and tortured'
Comedian Samantha Gonyeti Kureya of Bustop TV has narrated her ordeal at the hands of suspected state agents who abducted and gruesomely tortured he on Wednesday evening. The skit maker has be...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Old Mutual shareholders cannot keep losing money while Trevor and Peter fight
The mudsling case between Peter Moyo and Old Mutual Plc continues to take centre stage in today's corporate trail. This is a case that has robbed shareholders close to USD$1,5 billion dollars due to s...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 13:15hrs | 1 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe had no friends when the Chinese came to the party
FOLLOWING the collapse of relations with its former Western allies such as the United States and United Kingdom, Zimbabwe turned to China for succour.A notion, usually advanced by the West, th...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
The limits of mass protest in a dictatorship
HONG KONG is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989. First of all, in 1989, the violence in China came almost entirely from the side of the government; the weeks of demonstrations in Beiji...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Ian Buruma
Govt in Murambatsvina 2 drive
THOUSANDS of families risk being left homeless as government is mooting a massive eviction and property destruction programme to clear out illegal settlers occupying Harare wetlands and council land....Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare pumping raw sewerage into dam
RAW and untreated sewerage is being pumped directly into Lake Chivero and other water bodies by Harare City Council, whose absolute sewerage and water treatment plants are battling with rampant illega...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents lose money to fake estate agents
Harare City Council has warned residents against fake land barons who are moving around selling undesignated pieces of land to unsuspecting residents. The culprits are reported to be sel...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare, Chinese firm negotiate $350m deal
The Harare City Council is negotiating a deal with a Chinese firm, China Gezhoba Group International Engineering, to replace or upgrade the city's existing water mains, connections, fittings and other...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Resident reports council for criminal negligence
A HARARE motorist has reported council to the police for criminal negligence after his car plunged into an unmarked ditch left by council workers on the road.The motorist, Tatenda Chagaresango...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stolen cellphone tower items found on Zimbabwe bound bus
Several cellphone tower solar panels and batteries believed to have been stolen from around the Nelson Mandela Bay area were confiscated after police pulled over a bus travelling to Zimbabwe.T...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Actress smashes married lover's car
LOCAL drama Pedyo Kure actress, Elizabeth "Vhoro" Nyandoro allegedly smashed her married lover's car.Elizabeth is reported to have clashed with her long time married lover, Gerald Zimunya in C...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Flyovers, roundabouts for Harare
Government and Harare City Council have moved to ease congestion through the construction of flyovers, roundabouts and widening of problematic roads. Construction of the Mbudzi flyover is set to begin...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple jailed for teenage abuse
A TEENAGE Bulawayo girl has taken her mother and stepfather to court for physically abusing her over a dead parrot.Janette Fenicia Oliveira Fernandes West (38) and her husband Lance Andrew (39...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's $32m tender scam, officials' application dismissed
HIGH Court judge Justice Amie Tsanga, has dismissed an application for discharge by former Harare town clerk, Tendai Mahachi, who is charged alongside other officials on allegations of abuse of office...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare approves e-buses project
HARARE City Council has approved plans to launch e-buses in a bid to ease transport woes bedevilling the capital city.Minutes from the environmental committee chaired by Herbert Gomba which we...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare rejects councillors' demand for $12k each to settle legal fees
HARARE City Council has rejected a request by three councillors who were demanding $12 000 each from the local authority to settle the legal fees they incurred when they were suspended by the Local Go...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to Effectively Cut Costs on Your Bathroom Remodel
When you are initially planning your bathroom remodel, it’s easy to picture certain elements that you think you cannot live without – such as expensive fixtures, expensive marble for the walls and...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Squatter camps turned into Sodom, Gomorrah
From illegal settlements in Crowborough, Churu and Eyestone farms to poky informal shelters built on undesignated sites, there are now a huge number of squatter camps mushrooming across Zimbabwe's cap...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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