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Zimbabwe military officer found hanging was murdered
A somber atmosphere engulfed the Senate as Senator Lwazi Sibanda delivered an emotional address mourning the tragic and mysterious death of her cousin, Hillary Nleya, a military intelligence officer w...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 20:16hrs | 4458 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers lose cattle due to damaged border fence
Villagers in Ward 16, Dombodema and Dombolefu areas of Bulilima District, Plumtree, are losing cattle due to a damaged fence on the Zimbabwe-Botswana border.The fence is believed to be comprom...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 17:29hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing 6 bovines
A 24-YEAR-OLD Gweru man, who stole six bovines, was sentenced to the mandatory 10 years for stocktheft by a Gweru magistrate.Courage Mabheka will however serve nine years after magistrate Nixo...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 18:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Donkeys thieves nabbed
Two Plumtree men who allegedly stole eight donkeys from the grazing land have been arrested.Akim Moyo (36) and Dumisani Ngwenya(46) appeared before Magistrate Joshua Nembaware yesterday....Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 12:45hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man bashes girlfriend over funeral
A jealous man threatened to stab his girlfriend with an okapi before assaulting her with open hands over a funeral program.The boyfrien...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 12:47hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Inadequate toilets leave Plumtree stinking
PLUMTREE residents have bemoaned inadequate ablution and sanitation facilities in the town centre especially at the vendors trading points, amid fears of possible outbreaks of waterborne diseases....Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 13:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man nabbed for car smuggling
A Plumtree man was last week arrested for smuggling a car into Zimbabwe from Botswana using an illegal entry point.Munyaradzi Munjenje (35) from Plumtree township was nabbed by members of CID ...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 14:00hrs | 7 | by Desmond Nleya
Of patriotism, Mahere and Zanu-PF's duplicity
NOW that the hubbub and furore over Fadzayi Mahere's submission at a recent UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland, has substantially died down, it is time for a sober, frank and honest reflection on whethe...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Headmaster loses teeth in robbery
POLICE in Matebeleland South have launched a manhunt for three-armed robbery suspects who pounced on Matambo Primary School in Bulilima District where they attacked teachers leaving some seriously inj...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers demand deployment of local teachers
Villagers in Dombodema, Plumtree are demanding the government to deploy local teachers at their schools, in order improve their children's pass rate...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 18:23hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
116-year old Inyathi Mission still exudes medieval charm
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country’s oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
116-year Inyathi Mission still looks charming
WITH walls of red-coloured rustic clay face bricks, the medieval 116-year-old Inyathi Mission, the country's oldest Christian mission station and first to offer education to blacks in Zimbabwe still l...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Family 'hurt' by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu hero snub as late journalist buried
The family of the late journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu said it was disappointed he was not accorded national hero status as he was laid to rest on Thursday.Gwakuba died aged 87 ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Journalist Gwakuba Ndlovu burial set for today before Zanu-PF hero status
VETERAN journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu will be buried today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo, his family has said. Gwakuba Ndlovu died last Friday at the United Bulawayo Ho...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$100 000 cash goes missing from businessman's estate
The US$100 000 and R250 000 in cash recovered on late Plumtree businessman Ondrej Gombar's deathbed was recorded in an inventory filed with the Master of High Court, but has reportedly disappeared und...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shaft collapse kills gold panner
AN illegal gold panner died after a shaft he was working in collapsed along Umzingwane River in West Nicholson. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Nde...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another Gatsheni bus crashes
THREE people were injured while 18 others escaped unhurt when a wheel came off a Plumtree-bound bus while it was in motion, police confirmed. The second accident involving a Gatsheni Express bus withi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 injured in freak bus accident in Plumtree
A PLUMTREE-BOUND Gatsheni Express bus veered off the road on Tuesday and plunged into a dry riverbed after missing a narrow bridge in Bulilima district, Matabeleland North province.Three of th...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plumtree business people 'devils' - Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has described Plumtree business people as devils who refuse to sell their goods in bond notes but buy villagers cattle using the same money they refuse to collect at...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
An open letter to Bulilima MP Dingimuzi Phuthi
"DO NOT DISAPPOINT US" I would like to congratulate you on winning The Bulilima Constituency as our MP. Remember this "including all other people who are in the opposition when they ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 18:46hrs | 3 | by Taboka
Chiwenga slams Chamisa's street antics
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has hit out at MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, for tarnishing the reputation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission by making unsubstantiated claims of improp...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 13:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tells Chamisa that 'Laws made in Parliament'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has hit out at MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for tarnishing the reputation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by making unsubstantiated claims of im...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obituary : Rest in peace our eminent revolutionaries
Zimbabwe lost two prominent women in September alone, their deaths occurring hard on the heels of that of Mrs Maud Muzenda, another eminent Zimbabwean revolutionary mother.Mrs Angeline Kamba's...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 01:56hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Mugabe warns people against following the bandwagon of new churches
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday warned people against following the bandwagon of new churches whose leaders he described as sweet talking thieves who use the Bible as a front to swindle innocent followers ...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We will sweep away MDC-T in 2018'
THE following is a transcript of President Mugabe's address at the Sixth Presidential Youth Interface in Gwanda yesterday.***Nhasi Mai havapo.Pavakatsikwa nemota, chironda chavo ha...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:11hrs | 2 | by Robert Mugabe
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Joshua Nkomo: selfless patriot in the truest sense of the word
The following is a lecture delivered by veteran journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu at the Joshua Nkomo Memorial Lecture at Wits University in South Africa yesterday on the occasion of cele...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:35hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Dad ties son to tree, sjamboks him
A MAN from Bulilima who tied his five-year-old stepson to a tree and severely assaulted him using a stick until he sustained injuries all over the body has been sentenced to 36 months in prison....Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree introduces CBD parking fees
PLUMTREE Town Council is set to introduce parking fees in the border town's Central Business District (CBD) starting in February 1.In an interview acting Town Secretary, Mr Elvis Maphosa s...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Reporter pours cold water on Girls' performance at Grade 7
From a woman's point of view, it was one of the best headings in the Saturday 3rd December edition of the "Chronicle ": (Girls outshine boys at Grade 7). What an achievement. It is clear the girls had...Published: 05 Dec 2016 at 13:52hrs | | by Mildred Mkandla - ZAPU National Secretary for Education
SA, Botswana artists to attend Luswingo Kalanga cultural festival
THE Kalanga Language and Cultural Development Association (KLCDA) will tomorrow host the 2016 edition of the Luswingo Kalanga Cultural Festival at Luswingo Heritage Site in Tokwana Village, Bulili...Published: 28 Oct 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is a dictator, says Mavhaire
Former Zanu-PF politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire has slammed President Robert Mugabe labelling him a "dictator who listens to no one".Mavhaire - famed for openly telling Mugabe nearly two...Published: 08 Oct 2016 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti ally defects to Mujuru
THE Tendai Biti-led People's Democratic Party (PDP) suffered a major setback on Sunday after its national deputy chairperson and 10 party members defected to former Vice-President Joice Mujuru's Z...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (4) beaten to death for failing to close goat pen
A plumtree girl, 4, was flogged to death by her father as punishment for failing to close a goat pen at their homestead.According to the Chronicle, Ngoni Tshuma (25) of Dombodema area assa...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man axes wife, volunteer cop after domestic dispute
A MAN from Bulilima allegedly brutally axed his wife and a neighbourhood watch committee member who was five months pregnant to death before hanging himself following a domestic dispute.His ei...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu
65 passengers in narrow escape as bus ploughs into trees
ABOUT 65 passengers escaped death after a Gatsheni Express Bus they were travelling on veered of the road and rammed into trees on Sunday.The bus was travelling from Bulawayo and was bound...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Sukoluhle Dube
Clinic closed as goblins terrorise nurses, patients
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has shut down Vulindlela Clinic in Bulilima District following reports of goblins that are terrorising nursing staff and patients at the clinic.The goblin...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Renaming the streets and surbubs is honoring our heritage
There has been much media debate on the spelling of some Zimbabwean street and suburbs' names going on, with some people strongly criticising former colonial administrators for deliberately distorting...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Man drags son in-law to court over maintenance
A MAN from Bulilima has dragged his son-in-law to court over maintenance of his 11-year-old grandson.Daniel Nyoni of Dombodema area told the court that he was forced to assume custody of the b...Published: 31 Mar 2016 at 00:43hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Councillor heavily fined for bedding neighbour's wife
A BULILIMA District councillor has been ordered to pay two beasts, two goats and $1,156 in damages for having an extra marital affair with his neighbour's wife.Benjamin Nleya, 55, a Dombodema ...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
How JZ Moyo got the name 'Ziyapapa'
JASON Ziyapapa Moyo, son of Tamuhla, hailed from Matobo District's Donkwe-Donkwe area. His mother was a MaNyathi of the Babirwa people. Both Mdongo and Tafi Zibuya were Tamuhla's brothers, all...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:03hrs | 9 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Dad-rape teen gets permission to abort
A BULILIMA girl who was allegedly raped by her father has been granted permission to abort the pregnancy by a Plumtree magistrate for her not to interrupt her studies. The 16-year-old girl was...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:27hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Man lubricates daughters (11 months) privates, rapes her
A Dombodema man in Plumtree was in habit of smearing camphor cream and petroleum jelly on her 11 month old daughter and niece private parts before raping them.He said it by smearing the cr...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm leaves trail of destruction
A HAILSTORM which claimed the lives of three children from Bulilima District has caused widespread damage estimated at tens of thousands of dollars.A picture of utter despair is unfolding in t...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 05:30hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Father of 11 steals to pay school fees
A 56-YEAR-OLD man who is a father of 11 children stole 22 poles valued at $110 from his 91-year-old neighbour in a bid to raise money to pay school fees for his children.Nhlanhla Siwela of Dom...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 09:27hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Zesa announces a 10 hour power supply interruption schedule - list of affected areas
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company has announced a 10 hour power supply interruption for areas serviced by the Plumtree 33Kv feeder.ZEDTC released an advert a...Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 15:47hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Welshman Ncube on Friday: Why are we Zimbabweans, so poor?
A few weeks ago, we woke up to a 'research' whose results showed a list of fifty wealthiest Zimbabweans. I do not know what benchmark the researchers used, but the message was simple: those...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 11:44hrs | | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Man 'rapes' two daughters
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Dombodema area in Bulilima allegedly raped his two daughters aged seven months and eight years on several occasions, a court heard.The abuse on the eight-year-old girl, ...Published: 20 May 2015 at 09:07hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Man stabbed over nickname
A 54-YEAR-OLD man suffered severe wounds after his younger brother stabbed him three times with a knife as punishment for teasing him.Hlanganani Ndlovu (30) of Dombodema area in Bultlima Distr...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 13:01hrs | | by Sukulwenkoei Dube
Man survives leopard attack
A TWENTY-FOUR-year-old Bulilima man escaped with severe injuries after a leopard attacked him while he was searching for donkeys in a bushy area.Gift Moyo of Male Village in Dombodema area sai...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 06:51hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Zimbabwean men nicked in Botswana for child trafficking
TWO Zimbabweans have been arrested after they were caught illegally ferrying 13 children to South Africa with two of the kids alleging that they were kidnapped at night from their home in Bulilima....Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 06:43hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
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