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New Zealand crushes Zimbabwe

Match summary: New Zealand 601 for 3 (Ravindra 165*, Conway 153, Nicholls 150*, Muzarabani 1-101) lead Zimbabwe 125 by 476 runsNew Zealand took a stranglehold of the second Test against Zimbabwe with a commanding batting performance on day…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 13:14hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter

New Zealand crushes Zimbabwe

New Zealand continued their dominant run in the T20 tri-series with a comprehensive 60-run victory over hosts Zimbabwe on Thursday, securing their fourth consecutive win in the league stage. Tim Seifert starred again, smashing his second s…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 12:17hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter

South Africa crushes Zimbabwe

South Africa powered to its ninth consecutive Test victory on Tuesday, crushing Zimbabwe by a staggering 328 runs at Queens Sports Club to equal the country's longest winning streak in men's Test cricket.The emphatic win matches the Protea…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:40hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's liberation was the greatest farce of all time

The truth can be a bitter pill to swallow, but it needs to be taken if we are to heal our nation.Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, celebrated as a triumph over colonial oppression when independence was won in 1980, has long been held up as a…

Published: 25 Feb 2025 at 21:11hrs | 1162 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Kombi crushes into haulage truck

At least three people were seriously injured at Southley Park turn-off along Masvingo road when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in failed to give way and crushed into an oncoming haulage truck which was on its way to Tete, Mozambiq…

Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:22hrs | 524 | by Gideon Madzikatidze

Conveyor belt crushes teenager to death

A mine worker at Canterbury Milling Centre in Shamva was crushed to death between a conveyor belt and a roller crusher on Sunday.The nineteen-year-old Khumbulani Mdlongwa Vuyelwa was crushed while working at the crushing plant where he was…

Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 16:00hrs | 953 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Shamva

Son crushes father's skull

A man has been apprehended for reportedly murdering his father and inflicting fatal injuries on his skull.According to police reports, this gruesome incident took place in Guruve on October 22. The victim, Davison Patera, aged 75, had an e…

Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 15:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Truck crushes owner

A 27-year-old man from Mt Darwin tragically lost his life in an accident when he was run over by his own truck. The incident occurred because he had parked the truck on a downhill slope without engaging the handbrake.Inspector Milton Munde…

Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Goods train crushes Beitbridge lovebirds after turning railway line into a love nest

A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga.The man employed by Bitumen World was off…

Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Girl who crawls to school seeks artificial leg

A 16-YEAR-OLD girl from Nkayi district in Matabeleland North Province who had her leg amputated after being bitten by a snake is appealing for help to get US$1 500 for an artificial leg so that she continues with her education.Nomabutho Nc…

Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ramaphosa crushes EFF shut down with military hand?

The movement of travellers at the Beitbridge border post continued uninterrupted at yesterday, even though South Africa's opposition party EFF had threatened to shut down the economy in that country. Border officials from both Zimbabw…

Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Contractors race to meet Lake Gwayi-Shangani deadline

A SYMPHONY of massive flood lights illuminates the sky at night at the construction site of the gigantic Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District in Matabeleland North province.The clangour of the heavy construction equipment fills the night…

Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Kill Chamisa, his children and supporters,' Zanu-PF leader urges party members

Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika has blatantly urged ruling party supporters to kill Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa, his children and supporters.Mashayanyika, who was recorded while addressing supporters at Rampop…

Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Ramaphosa's R62m farmgate scandal puts spotlight on David Mabuza

The $4 million (about R62m) farmgate scandal, which threatens to cut short President Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency, has thrust his deputy David Mabuza into the spotlight as a possible replacement.But who is Mabuza? His first stint as a top …

Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 20:25hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Teenager crushes juvenile to death with vehicle

A Bulawayo teenager is in trouble after he stole car keys belonging to a visitor at his residence and drove the vehicle before running over a juvenile while trying to reverse.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed …

Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's options for by-elections

ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa â€” who is hugely popular and got over two million votes in the 2018 presidential election â€” is caught between a rock and a hard place ahead of crucial by-elections on 26 Marc…

Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa caught in between a rock and a hard place

ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is caught between a rock and a hard place ahead of crucial by-elections on 26 March.Nomination is on 26 January.Chamisa faces three difficult options: To contest as MDC-Alliance…

Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Parked car crushes toddler to death

A one-year- four month-old toddler was crushed to death by a parked vehicle after it rolled back and ran over her while playing behind it with her sister.Mashonaland Central acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Ndhliwayo c…

Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 19:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bus crushes conductor

A BUS belonging to Rimbi on Monday last week crushed its conductor near the corner of Samuel Parirenyatwa Street and First Avenue, Bulawayo with four passengers on board.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube con…

Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Current economic chaos to define future'

As Zimbabwe hurtles towards into the New Year, the majority of the country's population is bruised economically, socially and politically. The "Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda spoke to several analysts to hear their…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda

President ED Mnangagwa to resign soon signals now with us

Two month ago I wrote a piece warning president ED Mnangagwa that he may not last for six months if an inclusive government is not formed. The country is no longer having economic energy to progress. What we are now witnessing are the last…

Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 15:58hrs | 1 | by Don Chigumba

PHOTOS: SA registered kombi crushes at Khami road flyover

A South Africa registered vehicle overturned at Khami road flyover in Bulawayo on Saturday.More to follow...

Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 19:40hrs | 6 | by Concerned Citizen

Wife crushes prophet's jewels

A PROPHET from Bulawayo is likely to undergo surgery after his enraged wife; upset that he was allegedly cheating on her, grabbed his testicles and squashed them hard in her grip for sometime.Lovemore Malunga claimed he nearly died in the …

Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man crushed to death by sugarcane harvester

A Chipinge man from Macdom Green-Fuel Company in Chisumbanje was reportedly crushed to death by a cane harvester last Friday night after sleeping on duty.According to a leaked police memorandum Lovemore Mthombeni (38) went missing on Frida…

Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Dare to dream- of 'bullet' trains the MDC Alliance way

There's a reason the "bullet train" train is a predictable pre-election teaser: it's an irresistible idea.With an expansion of rail networks, especially inter-city rail, we could expect the following benefits:1.    Fewer peo…

Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:37hrs | 7 | by Dr Gus Manatsa

Zimbabwean innovator the first to be represented in Africa Prize finals

An innovation which uses a cheap and sustainable recycling method to recover precious metals has made it into the finals of the prestigious 2018 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Zimbabwean chemical engineer Collins Saguru live…

Published: 29 May 2018 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by Agencies

Dynamos vs Harare City - LIVE

Dynamos *1 - 2 Harare CityGoal Alert*Fulltime scoresDynamos 1-2 Harare CityHighlanders 1-2 ZPC KaribaShabanie Mine 1-1 CAPS UnitedMutare City Rovers 1-1 Black RhinosTriangle United 2-0 Bulawayo Chiefs90+2' Last Dynamos corner, wasted91' Go…

Published: 06 May 2018 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Petals of bloody betrayal: Deal with Mugabe

In Petals of Blood, the 1977 novel published by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, three central themes - corruption, capitalism and land, weave a web of unbearably harsh betrayal and stifling neediness upon a small group of villagers in the small, pastor…

Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka

Perimeter wall collapses, crushes eight-year-old boy to death

AN eight-year-old boy from Bulawayo died after a perimeter wall collapsed and buried him while he was playing at his home, police confirmed yesterday.Nkosiphile Ncube, who was a Grade Two pupil at Indlovu Iyanyathela Primary School, died u…

Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Man crushes mistress's head

A HWANGE security guard who murdered his mistress after she dumped him has been jailed for 25 years.Tapiwa Mahoma (53) of Hillcrest was sentenced on Friday by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese in circuit court after several…

Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Our country now a playground where factionalism forms national policy, dialogue

You know, on a playground, those that play there care nothing for how it came to be. They care nothing for how the sand in the sand pit came to be. Nor how often, if, it should be disinfected or changed. They care nothing for relieving the…

Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Bridgette Malenga

WHO crushes Mugabe's ego

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rescinded an honour it had bestowed on President Robert Mugabe last Thursday in the wake of a deafening global outcry from affiliate organisations and stakeholders in the health services sector, the …

Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Train crushes, drags woman for 40 metres

A GWERU woman died on Friday after she was crushed by a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train while attempting to cross the rail track.The remains of the woman believed to be around 25 years old were scattered along the railway l…

Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Patrick Lumumba: How to become a Colonial Constable

Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba does not only speak on African solutions for African problems, he raises hell and does not let any sleeping dogs lie. The Kenyan Pan-Africanist lawyer and judge does not take prisoners when it comes to calling a…

Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:54hrs | 7 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena

Bus crushes vendor to death

A BULAWAYO vendor was crushed to death yesterday, as he attempted to jump out of a moving Pelandaba bus at Egodini bus terminus.Bulawayo police spokesperson, Inspector Precious Simango confirmed the accident, but could not disclose the ide…

Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Grace Mugabe crushes Mnangagwa

First lady Grace Mugabe yesterday launched a scathing attack against a Zanu-PF faction aligned to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing it of plotting against her ageing husband and persecuting some ministers through false corruption…

Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Kombi crushes baby to death

BINDURA - A baby has died after being crushed to death by a kombi this morning in Chiwaridzo phase 2 after the child's mother, a vendor, disembarked and reportedly left her unattended whilst offloading her stuff.Eye witnesses allege the ve…

Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 13:19hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Row over eggs, man crushes son's head with battery

A MAN from Nkayi, who punched his stepson twice on the cheek before crushing his head with a 12 volt battery after the boy cooked some eggs without his approval has been jailed for 35 years.Gift Ngwenya (44), of Mhlabathi Village in Ngwala…

Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu PF created a system difficult to remove- Musewe

A political commentator Vince Museweâ€Ž has said the ruling Zanu PF in its more than 36 years of its dictatorship rule has created a system which will be difficult for any one to remove or change.He quoted Edwards Deming's remarks who said…

Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

No country with a McDonald's can remain a democracy

A wave of revulsion rolls around the world. Approval ratings for incumbent leaders are everywhere collapsing. Symbols, slogans and sensation trump facts and nuanced argument. One in six Americans now believe that military rule would be a g…

Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by George Monbiot

Shona speaking teacher locked up in a Ndebele lessons classroom: A linguistic genocide

The politics, language, ethnic and culture problems began soon after the independence of Zimbabwe leading to the Gukurahundi atrocities in the 1980s in Matabeleland precipitated mainly by the ideologies of a one party state by ZANU PF part…

Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 20:48hrs | 3 | by Themba Mthethwa

Greyhound bus crushes driver to death

A driver for a Bulawayo-bound Greyhound bus was yesterday crushed to death in a freak accident that happened at Beitbridge Border Post as he attended to a tyre puncture.It is understood that the tyre deflated at around 1PM when customs off…

Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 08:34hrs | 2 | by Thupeyo Muleya

Soldier crushes wife's lovers testicles with a hammer

A Nkayi man who messed up with  a soldier's wife had his testicles crushed at a bottle store.Felix Mkandla aged 28 fell in love with 23 year old Thando Moyo.Moyo is married to Nyasha Sibanda (32).The two love birds did not hide their …

Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 07:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

'My girlfriend's mother is flirting with me'

Hi Sis NoeMY boyfriend is after sex only. We don't go out and he does not buy me stuff. All he wants is to engage in sex with me. If I refuse he leaves or does not come to see me. We never go out, everytime we are together we will be in th…

Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:13hrs | 40 | by Sis Noe

SA man sees mbanje dealing as something legal

Loyiso Maqela* doesnâ€™t see himself as a drug dealer or a criminal.The 31-year-old dagga grower from a village near Mpande, south of Port St Johns on the Wild Coast, sees himself as more of a cross between a farmer and a herbalist.Maqela,…

Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 12:12hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter

Quals breeding training project opened

Victor Chickens which is based in Ruwa near Harare has opened a quals breeding and training project in.Masvingo MIrror reported that the ground breaking ceremony was held at the Gweru Show Grounds with quite a number of people already enro…

Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Train crushes woman to death

AN apparently drunk Mwenezi woman allegedly slept on the railway line and was crushed to death by a goods train on Monday.Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the death of Fadzai Shereni, 43, of Makotore Village …

Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:35hrs | | by Walter Mswazie

WhatsApp crushes

If you are experiencing any problems with the messaging service WhatsApp on New Year's Eve, you are not alone.Users across the globe have been complaining that their WhatsApp messages arenâ€™t going through. Some of them thought that is wa…

Published: 01 Jan 2016 at 10:32hrs | 2 | by Online

Teen crushes granny's head to pulp

AN 18-year-old Mwenezi teenager crushed a 97-year-old woman's head to a pulp with stones with the intention of robbing her only to find church garments after searching her bag.The heart wrenching incident occurred last week in Village Kofi…

Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Man 'crushes' rival suitor's skull

A KEZI man allegedly killed his love rival in a fight over a woman by slamming his head against a wall before stomping on him resulting in him suffering a fractured skull, a court heard.This emerged during the trial of Themba Hadebe, 25, w…

Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara

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