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Plumtree man dies in donkey cart accident
A 28-year-old man from Tshemahali village in Madlambuzi, Plumtree, has died following an accident involving a donkey-drawn scotch cart that overturned after hitting a tree.Matabeleland South p...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:27hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Friends jailed 27 years for donkey cart murder
Two friends who abducted and brutally murdered a well-known businessman in Lower Gweru using a donkey cart as their getaway vehicle have been sentenced to 27 years in prison, bringing closure to a har...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:26hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults neighbour over donkey cart
A man from Umguza has been fined US$300 after being found guilty of assaulting a neighbor during a dispute over an overloaded donkey cart.Clement Ncube (34) appeared before Bulawayo Magistrate...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 16:11hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Police investigate hit-and-run involving donkey cart in Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident involving a donkey-drawn scotch cart that occurred on Sunday, February 9, in the Mazibulala Line area.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 15:27hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Migrants, army face-off along South Africa-Zimbabwe border
EVERYDAY, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa - sometimes via the official border post but usually by taking the more dangerous informal route.Streams of m...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:25hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter
Seasonal spike in smuggling and illegal crossings along Limpopo river
Communities along the Limpopo River, near Musina on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe, are witnessing a seasonal surge in illegal crossings and smuggling as the riverbed dries. This phenome...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 12:53hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | 5 | by Geoff Nyarota
Mozambican community's promising hunting revenue powered development
Wildlife hunting is increasingly becoming the main 'driver' for not only socio-economic development but also for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation, in southern African communities that co...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 17:03hrs | 10 | by Emmanuel Koro
Mystery of the Mberengwa 'ambula-cart'
AS Zimbabweans wallowed over the weekend in the boredom induced by the second coronavirus lockdown, an unusual but interesting picture went viral on social media.The image featured an ordinary...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 21 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Donkey cart traders invade Bulawayo with cheap goods
DONKEY cart operators from Bulawayo's nearby peri-urban areas have invaded low-income suburbs in the city selling mostly cheap firewood and vegetables to hard-pressed residents.The cart operat...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Donkey cart driver demonstrates pro parking skills
No mirrors and no parking assist cameras - just pure skill. That is what a donkey cart driver demonstrated in a video that has gone viral on social media.The video surfaced online on Thursday ...Published: 19 May 2019 at 18:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA cops intercept truck heading for Zimbabwe border with stolen goods worth millions
Limpopo police on Sunday intercepted a closed truck transporting a stolen luxury vehicle, LED TVs and several other items in Polokwane, believed to be worth millions of rand.A Zimbabwean and t...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Overturning donkey cart kills 12-year-old
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy died on the spot while two other people were injured when a donkey drawn scotch cart they were travelling in overturned in Nkayi District.Nkosikhona Moyo of Khoto Village in ...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crash with donkey cart kills biker
A MOTORCYCLIST from Inyathi, Bubi District died in hospital following a head-on collision with a donkey-drawn scotch cart.Fungai Sibanda (33) died at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Mond...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Donkey cart, bus crash kills 2
Kimberley – Six-year-old twins were killed after a bus crashed into the donkey cart they were travelling in on the N12 near Kimberley on Friday evening, paramedics said on Saturday.According...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 13:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling cops busted
SEVERAL police officers involved in rampant smuggling activities at the Beitbridge border post were last week rounded up in a raid led by senior officers.Last week The Standard exposed how...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 09:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Donkeys ordered to wear nappies in Kenyan town
Donkeys have been banned from entering Kenya's north-eastern town of Wajir unless they wear nappies.Officials say the rule is to protect the town's newly laid tarmac road.A letter ...Published: 27 May 2016 at 21:26hrs | 1 | by BBC
Couple dies in car accident
A couple died on the spot on Friday after a donkey cart they were driving was hit by a car along the Lobatse-Kanye road. The Voice reported that 79-year old man and his 59-year old wife had...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Corrupt MDC-T Harare councillors must resign - PDP
MDC-T Harare councilors should immediately resign as they 'have hands as dirty as those of their ZANU-PF counterparts' Peope's Democratic Party official has said.PDP Harare Provincial Spokespe...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 13:20hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Donkey cart accidents, 2 dead
Two people were killed while two others escaped unhurt in separate scotch-cart accidents that occurred in Bulilima in Matabeleland South and Mwenezi in Masvingo, police have said. A 10-year-ol...Published: 19 Mar 2015 at 07:54hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube and Walter Mswazie
Teenager killed in donkey cart mishap
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Mangwe district in Matabeleland South died on the spot when a donkey- cart he was travelling in overturned and crushed his head.Matabeleland South provincial police spok...Published: 08 May 2013 at 06:32hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
The Diaspora Vote - Is it really deserved or needed?
As the dust settles on the constitutional referendum, and observers go back to the safety of their places in different countries in the world, Zimbabweans are left with the glaring prospect of an ele...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Thamsanqa N. Ncube
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