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British investor bid to seize 450 cattle flops
British investor Boustead Beef has lost its High Court bid to claim 420 head of cattle or the equivalent of US$193,660 from Triangle Limited as compensation for leasing properties belonging to the Col...Published: 11 hrs ago | 733 | by Staff reporter
4 smugglers marooned at the Limpopo rive
The Beitbridge Civil Protection Unit (CPU) successfully rescued four suspected smugglers who had been stranded for over 10 hours on an island in the Limpopo River after a sudden rise in water levels. ...Published: 20 Dec 2024 at 11:10hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Chido brings varied rains to Zimbabwe
Tropical Depression Chido brought widespread rainfall to Zimbabwe yesterday, with some areas experiencing heavy downpours exceeding 60mm. The system, which originated as a tropical cyclone, had alread...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 16:40hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Neighbours drag 'intoxicated teen' from burning house in Bulawayo
Residents of New Lobengula in Bulawayo were startled late yesterday by a raging fire that engulfed a house in the neighborhood, illuminating the night sky with bright flames.A teenager identif...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:38hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Teen miner dies in tragic shaft collapse at Sunace mine
A 17-year-old illegal miner lost his life following a shaft collapse at Sunace Mine on the outskirts of Bulawayo. The tragic incident, which occurred on December 12, has left efforts to retrieve the t...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 14:55hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe partners IOM to rescue stranded citizens in Sierra Leone
The Government of Zimbabwe has enlisted the help of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to repatriate more than 20 Zimbabweans believed to be stranded in Sierra Leone, victims of a huma...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 06:27hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube was outsmarted by Sengezo Tshabangu
Politics is an interesting game with a lot of surprises. Professor Welshman Ncube who leads a faction of the CCC has dragged Sengenzo Tshabangu to the High Court of Zimbabwe after he wrote to the Spea...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 18:32hrs | 503 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Zimbabwean truck driver dies in horrific crash in South Africa
A tragic accident occurred on Friday at the Marrianhill Toll Plaza on the N3 Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, when a Zimbabwean truck driver lost his life after crashing into six trucks and five...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:04hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Illegal gold panners sneak into Vumbachikwe mine
PLUS or minus 100 Illegal gold panners reportedly sneaked into Vumbachikwe mine this week where about 38 of them have reportedly been arrested with cases pending in the courts.A local source r...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 13:02hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa: A spot-on definition of Gender-Based Violence
The physical pain that Merry is going through is not possible to share. However emotional torture is possible and empathize genuinely with Merry Chiwenga. She is going through a physical and mental to...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 13:45hrs | 386 | by Nomazulu Thata
Police warn looting at accident scenes
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has issued a stern warning to the public against looting goods from accident scenes, describing it as a serious criminal offence.National police spokesperson...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 12:54hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
Man beats up mother, strips her naked for hating his wife
A 23-year-old man from Lower Gweru, Midlands Province, has been arrested for domestic violence after allegedly assaulting his mother with an iron rod in a drunken fit of rage.The incident occu...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 16:35hrs | 808 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo rescues ailing gukurahundi cover-up editor
BUSINESSMAN Mr Wicknell Chivayo has donated US$15 000 to help assist in the medical needs of veteran journalist and former Chronicle Editor, Geoff Nyarota.Nyarota is arguably known for exposin...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:56hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults fines officer at court
A 42-year-old man from Harare, Eliah Mhiyangwa, has appeared in court facing charges of assault after allegedly attacking a court official at the Mbare Magistrates Court in August this year.Mh...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Environmental crisis looms at Vumbachikwe... amid concern over management's non compliance
ENVIRONMENTAL crisis is reportedly looming at Vumbachikwe mine in Gwanda after the management set up an allegedly substandard elution processing facilities wrapped around by a sail above ground surfac...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:58hrs | 438 | by Stephen Jakes
Man whips stepson with bicycle chain, attempts to kill him
A shocking case of child abuse has emerged from Juta village in Beitbridge, where a 53-year-old man and his 32-year-old wife were arrested for torturing and attempting to kill the man's 12-year-old st...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:57hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Top private school put under corporate rescue
Top private school, Knowstics Academy, has been placed under corporate rescue as part of efforts to revive its operations and restore its reputation in Zimbabwe's competitive education sector....Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:16hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Chaos at Mazowe mine
The situation at Mazowe Jumbo Mine is complex and marred by corruption, violence, and illegal activities. At the center of the controversy is a man named Knowledge Rutavi, who claims to be a represent...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:22hrs | 1165 | by Jumbo resident
Private sector efficiency: South Africa's Murray & Roberts enters business rescue
Murray & Roberts (M&R) Limited has entered business rescue due to a severe cash crunch in its South African operations. The company, whose shares have fallen 64% recently, is also look...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 15:40hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zupco workers plan court action over outstanding pay
Former workers of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) have raised serious concerns over the company's failure to pay outstanding salaries, some of which date back to July last year. The disg...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes
In a controversial move, Environment Minister Dion George has allowed the City of Cape Town to pump an unlimited volume of untreated sewage into the sea, following a suspension of discharge limits und...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Chrome miner trapped to death
A Honde Valley man was trapped to death while digging out some chrome ore in Mvurwi recently.Remember Muranganwa (29) died on the...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 06:45hrs | 366 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Betty Nhambu-Kaseke, Tavengwa and Tzu Chi rescue Kuwadzana
There were early Christmas donations and distribution this Friday in Harare's Kuwadzana and Highfields suburbs when Betty Nhambu-Kaseke (Founder President...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 22:27hrs | 904 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Roman Catholic youth drowns at church party
Roman Catholic church has been plunged into mourning after one of its youth Nigel Chibekeswa drowned at Zanadu Resort in Concession.The 19-year-old man drowned and his friends tried to rescue ...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 21:02hrs | 2097 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Concession
Gweru city council plumbers die in manhole
Two Gweru City Council plumbers tragically lost their lives this afternoon while working in a manhole in the Athlone suburb. The victims, a man and a woman, were attending to a severe sewer blockage w...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 06:54hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
The cancel culture is misogynistic. Mokoena must be silenced by Zanu PF!
The political culture of South Africa is not interchangeable with that of Zimbabwean political landscape. These two countries are different even in the processes of gaining their political independenc...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:51hrs | 882 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF has endured such attacks for the longest time
OFTENTIMES, there are those who have a proclivity for spreading malice in an attempt to mislead people. There are those who are inclined towards creating idealistic and unrealistic situations to serve...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:08hrs | 107 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
DNA testing nailed Madzibaba Ishmael
The leader of Johane Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika Sect, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of raping and impregnating three 14-year-old girls who are all his c...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 17:05hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Ishmael in court over minors' rape
AN apostolic sect leader allegedly raped three minors from his church and impregnated two of them.Johanne Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika sect leader Ishmael Chokurongerwa appeared befo...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Bulawayo road bus accidents leave 15 injured
Fifteen people were injured on Monday morning when a bus veered off the road and overturned along the Harare-Bulawayo Road. The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reported that the Govasburg bus, which wa...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 11:34hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
'I'll be back!' Chamisa is back to con you to participate in 2028 and perpetuate all our suffering
"I'll be back!" Nelson Chamisa might as well have said, Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger style, when he resigned as president of CCC in a huff complaining Zanu PF had infiltrated his party. Chamisa is...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 23:11hrs | 1055 | by Wilbert Mukori
Inter Africa bus crash kills 2
Two people lost their lives, and several others sustained injuries when an Inter Africa bus overturned at Umguza Bridge along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Highway on Saturday. The accident occurred as the bus,...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 06:56hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe miners get State-assisted burial
The government has granted state-assisted burials to the six artisanal miners who tragically lost their lives in a mine dump landslide in Kwekwe last week. A funeral service for the victims - Simon Ch...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 07:59hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa speaks on ZANU-PF petrol-bombs; begs food from Canada
ZANU-PF spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa warns perceived criminals who are allegedly launching petrol-bombs amongst party leadership, amid succession tensions and factionalism which have threatene...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:28hrs | 2376 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
US buys more CSOs in Zimbabwe
The United States has awarded grants worth US$475,000 to seven Zimbabwean Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) through the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund (SSH). The funding aims to support communit...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Setback for Ramaphosa as another major retailer in South Africa closes its doors
Jumia Technologies, the Africa-focused e-commerce retailer that operates popular online retailer Zando, says it will be exiting the South African business by the end of the year to sharpen its focus o...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:31hrs | 9611 | by Staff reporter
6 bodies recovered after Kwekwe mine collapses
Six bodies were recovered yesterday at Homesteak Mine (Globe and Phoenix) in Kwekwe after a tragic collapse of mine dumps while the miners were digging underground.Fortune Mupungu, chairperson...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 10:42hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rescues only 34 exam candidates
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stepped in to rescue 34 learners from Findale School in Eastview, Harare, after they missed their first O'Level examination paper due to the school's alleged misapprop...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:53hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Drunk wife kills hubby
People of Muzarabani were saddened by a suspected mentally ill wife who fatally struck her sick husband in a beer dispute.Martha Mushawemhuka (44) of Madoka village in Muzarabani allegedly mur...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 12:34hrs | 1482 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZIM condemns Mnangagwa's US$3 billion white farmers compensation plan
The Zimbabwe Independent Movement (ZIM) has condemned Mnangagwa's US$3 billion compensation package for white farmers, describing the act as reversal for the liberation struggle gains.In a sta...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 11:28hrs | 908 | by Staff Reporters
Man rapes lover's 80-year-old mother
A 39-year-old man smashed his 80-year-old girlfriend's mother's head against the wall before raping her, a Rusape court head recently.He was sentenced to an effective 20 years imprisonment aft...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 12:16hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Sand poacher trapped to death
A Sombre mood has engulfed Concession area in Mashonaland Central following the death of Blessmore Gwatidzo (23) who was trapped to death while extr...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 21:43hrs | 840 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Concession
Man dies in mine shaft collapse while illegally mining
A 30-year-old man from Fort Rixon, under Chief Jahani's jurisdiction in Filabusi, tragically died yesterday in a mining accident while illegally extracting minerals near Mazari Mine. Confidence Cheban...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 18:45hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Man who raped 5-year-old girl gets 20 years behind bars
Mazowe-based Denis Marodza (33) was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Bindura magistrate after he raped a five-year-old girl in the bush.Marodza pleaded guilty to the charge.Prosecuto...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 13:26hrs | 706 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rapist drags minor in the bush gives her $1
Residents of Mazowe Valley were shell-shocked after Denis Marodza (33) dragged a five-year-old girl into the bush and allegedly raped her.The matter came to light at Bindura regional magistrat...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 11:52hrs | 727 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sounds of Soweto : A tale no of Highlanders anthems
Founded in 1926 Highlanders FC is the oldest and most supported Football club in Zimbabwe. To the Highlanders faithful the team is a way of life, a social movement and a source of pride and Joy. Today...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 12:02hrs | 765 | by Van Vodloza
Zimbabwe air ambulance service saves 67 lives since launch
Since its launch in August 2024, the Government's new air ambulance service, operated by Russian company HeliDrive, has saved the lives of 67 patients, including 21 children aged 17 and under. The ser...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 07:54hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Kudenga, Masunda bid to grab Oliver Chidawu's estate flops
Attempts by chartered accountant Ngoni Kudenga and former Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda to grab late former Harare Metropolitan Affairs and Devolution minister Oliver Chidawu's estate have been stopp...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:09hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Israeli soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in combat with Hezbollah in south Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement on Wednesday. Three of those killed are commanders, and seven other soldiers...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
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