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Robbers reign of terror ends
TWO men who are believed to be part of a syndicate that unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo have been arrested.The suspects are linked to a hijacking incident that occurred in Shurugwi and...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide brigade was deployed on this day 41 years ago
Today in history: On this day 41 years ago and three years after Zimbabwe gained independence from Britain, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)'s Fifth Brigade was deployed in Matabeleland North on 2...Published: 20 Jan 2024 at 16:40hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Child's coffin exhumed from grave, corpse unaccounted for
A Chigodora family is in hot soup after it discreetly reburied its six-year-old child's empty coffin following the vandalisation of the grave, coffin and body.Three years down the line, the wh...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 12:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Junior Sables go down fighting against Scotland
ZIMBABWE'S Under-20 rugby team put on a thrilling second half performance but their efforts were in vain as they began their World Rugby Under 20 Trophy campaign against Scotland with a 64-33 de...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zapu top officials seek to overturn new leadership
The Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) members have revived their bid to overturn the results of a congress which ushered in the party's new leadership.The members include Matthew Sibanda,...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 15:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi experiment backfires?
IT was always coming and it has proven to be an expensive experiment for Ngezi Platinum Stars.The Castle Lager Premier Soccer League side yesterday went separate ways with their coach Benjani ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police capture 8 machete gangsters
BULAWAYO police have arrested eight members of a 13-member machete gang that has been terrorising residents and committing robberies in the city.Confirming the arrest yesterday, Bulawayo polic...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$100k property recovered as cops raid Bulawayo machete gang
BULAWAYO residents say they are now afraid to sleep at night because of machete-brandishing robbers who have injured and killed people in the city.Last week, Langelihle Dube (53) from Bulawayo...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Student nurse acquitted of stealing drugs
A STUDENT nurse at Mpilo Central Hospital has been acquitted on a charge of stealing drugs worth $5 600 from the public health institution.Sandra Maramba (21) of Babourfields in Bulawayo, repr...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Touts resurface at passport office
CORRUPT syndicates that wake up early morning to join the queue at the passport office in Harare have resurfaced and are targeting impatient applicants whom they are charging between US$10 and US$20 t...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZIFA councillors vow to fight on
THE ZIFA councillors have vowed they will go ahead with the proposed special Extraordinary General Meeting despite the spirited attempts by some members of the association's suspended board to block t...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zifa councillors unfazed by 'suspensions'
THE Zifa congress members, who are pushing for an emergency general meeting (EGM) which could culminate in the dismissal of some board members yesterday said they were unfazed by the suspension of the...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes neighbour's daughter (5)
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour's a five-year-old daughter.Derrick Dube failed to control his appetite for...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 19:44hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean-born boxer's career off to a flying start
ZIMBABWE-BORN boxer, Musa Moyo, got his career off to a flying start after winning his debut professional fight against the experienced Lewis Van Poetsch. He won their light-heavyweight contest at Vil...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop acquitted of attempted murder
A BULAWAYO police officer has been acquitted of attempted murder charges after he shot and injured a suspected cattle rustler at a farm on the outskirts of the city.Enerst Dzinzi (35) from the...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fans bail out broke Bosso
HIGHLANDERS supporters in Ha-rare are targeting to raise US$2 000 every month towards the sustenance of the club until a solution to its financial woes is found. The club recently extended a b...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-Tagwirei links getting clearer
THE other day I was talking to a respected colleague who said something that got me thinking hard and long.The colleague — who, sure, has access to President Emmerson Mnangagwa now and then ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
'Why Mhlophe lost Bosso chairmanship'
LAST Sunday saw Highlanders Football Club finally hold elections for three executive committee posts whose much talked about result was for the chairmanship where Johnfat Sibanda edged Kenneth Mhlophe...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zuckerberg bans Trump from his Facebook
Facebook on Thursday said it will block President Trump on its platforms at least until the end of his term on Jan. 20, as the mainstream online world moved forcefully to limit the president after yea...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum completes a double over Costa do Sol of Mozambique
FC Platinum 2 0 Costa do SolZIMBABWE soccer kings FC Platinum took another step towards a fourth consecutive appearance in the CAF Champions League group stage when they completed a double over Co...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2008 election violence victims walk away empty handed
Two MDC Alliance activists who lost livestock to Zanu-PF supporters in the violent run-up to the 2008 presidential election re-run were recently left disappointed after the court dismissed their case ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'fires' Masvingo chair
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who in March this year suspended the entire Masvingo provincial executive for fanning factionalism, has relieved provincial chairperson James Gumbi of his duties re...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cellphone gives away Beitbridge murderers
MOBILE phone which was stolen from two lovebirds assisted the police to nab three suspects believed to be responsible for the September murder of a Beitbridge shipping clerk.Andy Masuka was wi...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader acquitted
MDC Alliance national youth organiser Godfrey Kurauone has been acquitted after spending 42 days behind bars over his alleged involvement in the July 31 protests.He was accused of blocking smo...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance's R27 000 vanishes
MDC-Alliance's preparations for a demonstration next Tuesday reportedly in disarray after the disappearance of 27 000 Rand which was earmarked to cater for logistics for the day. The missing f...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi activists fined for public hearing violence
THREE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists were yesterday fined $200 for engaging in public violence during a public hearing conducted in Bulawayo by the commission of inquiry led by ex-South Afri...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi members jailed for public violence
Three members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) have been jailed for 30 months in prison for engaging in public violence during the Kgalema Montlante Commission of Inquiry outreach meeting which w...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet in court for poisoning father to inherit his Mazda 323
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet with the International Apostolic Ejuwel Jekenisheni Church has been hauled before the courts on allegations of murdering his father in an obnoxious bid to inherit his Mazda 3...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet tricks another into confessing murder
A 23-year-old self-styled prophet recently appeared in court facing allegations of murdering his own father for a Mazda 323 motor vehicle after he was tricked by another prophet into writing a confess...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Masvingo elections aborted amid violence
Apparently terrified by the rowdy behavior of party members who quarrelled over how the party should run the selection of five people who will represent Masvingo in the party's national executive, MDC...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora attacks Masvingo executive
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has all but created deep fissures of divisions within his party supporters in Masvingo province after superintending over a chaotic provincial congress which saw the James...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zifa still to confirm lifting of bans
FOURTEEN individuals that had been thrown into the football dustbin for various offences over the last two years are still to receive letters from Zifa lifting their bans, B-Metro Sport has establishe...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staf reporter
Court punches holes in MRP activist case
The state says it is not ready to proceed to trial in a case in which a Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Wisdom Mkhwananzi, accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of murdering his parents during...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Abigirl khupe - cite.org.zw
MSU seeks order to execute judgment
MIDLANDS State University (MSU) has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to attach and sell property belonging to a local furniture manufacturing firm which was paid $242 900, but failed to deli...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet Zimbabwe's young innovators
This year's Harare Agricultural Show has been a mixed bag, which proved the extent to which Zimbabwe is open for business and innovation. From being officially opened for the first time by Pre...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bludgeoned to death over soya chunks
A MAN armed with an iron bar allegedly bludgeoned a Lupane businessman to death for refusing to sell him some soya chunks last year.Ndumiso Mlilo allegedly killed Mr Fanet Ndlovu (41), who ope...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe still a factor in Zimbabwe's election
Former leader Robert Mugabe has been forced out but he's hardly faded away. Ahead of this month's historic election, dozens of people in T-shirts with his image danced to anti-government songs while v...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 09:06hrs | | by AFP
Zimbabwean play shortlisted for BBC international playwriting competition
A play by a Zimbabwean writer has been shortlisted for the 2018 edition of the BBC Radio International Playwriting Contest. The play, 'Fields of Glittering Things' is one of the few selected from a re...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Exist Digital PR
The Bulawayo Bomber's game plan
ELVIS "Bomber" Moyo has already started planning for life after boxing, and the plan is very simple. Help mould the next generation champion fighter and what better way to do this than one in his own ...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders salute travelling supporters
HIGHLANDERS have saluted supporters that travelled to Baobab Stadium on Saturday to cheer on the boys in a Castle Lager Premiership match, which they lost 0-1 to Ngezi Platinum Stars.Terrence ...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa avoiding the real corruption
Once upon a time, the new administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa mounted what it called an anti-corruption blitz. That was immediately after wresting power from Robert Mugabe through a soft co...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:34hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Race for Zanu-PF ticket hots up
Zanu-PF members interested in contesting in the May 5 primary elections have begun submitting their curricula vitae (CVS) across the country ahead of today's deadline. By last night, some members were...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman goes on drinking spree after hubby's death
IT'S party time!When Lydia Murawa's husband Calisto Moyo passed away the funeral presented a party atmosphere for her.Mourners at Muwandiri Village in Chivi got the shock of their life...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Bomber untouchable in Africa
HEAVYWEIGHT champion Elvis 'Bulawayo Bomber' Moyo believes he is now untouchable in Africa.He said this soon after defending his World Boxing Federation All-Africa heavyweight title against Kn...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Staf reporter
Majaivana for SA debut show
Derrick Sipho Majaivana, son to legendary musician, Lovemore, is set to stage his debut performance with the Super Legends Mlambos Express Band at Boksburg Hotel, Hillbrow Theatre in Johannesburg, Sou...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Majaivana unlikely to visit Zimbabwe anytime soon
Veteran musician, Lovemore Majaivana, who is based in the United States, is not likely to visit Zimbabwe anytime soon, his family has said.Lately, there have been rumours circulating that Mage...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What South Africans love about Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans are one of the few nations that can take to the street in mass protest and there not be a single injury or incident of destruction of property at the end of it.This is one of the m...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 20:17hrs | 2 | by Naledi Shange
Majaivana's mother vomiting blood, lost contact with son
THE last time that Lovemore Majaivana's mother heard from her son was when he called from the United States when she was seriously sick. MaNyathi, as Magee's mother is commonly known, had been vomitin...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Maybe one should move to Harare to make it!
Albert Nyathi, Jah Prayzah and Derrick Mpofu are all based in Harare and going great musically. When I was in Harare last week on arts business, I somehow managed to cross their paths.Jah Pray...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkala
Derrick struggling to fill Majaivana's boots
OVER the past decade, Zimbabwe has witnessed an influx of young musicians taking over their families' musical reigns. The list is endless. In the spirit of continuity young musicians overwhelmed by mu...Published: 06 Aug 2017 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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