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Murder suspect smears himself with faeces to avoid court
Tsepo Dlamini, a 24-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his father, attempted to avoid appearing in court by smearing himself with feces. Dlamini was scheduled to appear before the Nkomazi magist...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:05hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leads 'world's youngest State'
A DECLARATION of a new State thousands of kilometres from Zimbabwe's outlying rural area of Hurungwe into the Pacific Ocean may sound fictitious and strange.But, alas, reveals the existence of...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:13hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'fake abduction' activist says still living in terror
A Zimbabwean human rights activist who alleges she was subjected to harrowing torture after she was abducted by suspected state security services said she still lives in terror des...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
America releases damning report on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The United States of America has released a damning report on Human Rights abuses in Zimbabwe in its 2021 edition. The HumanRights Report is used by journalists, lawyers, academics, and ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 13:57hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
London government of BoJo says no opposition party in Zimbabwe
It is with great shock and despair to hear about President Mnangagwa's trip to meet BoJo in London the coming days or weeks! Indeed, there are no permanent friends in politics but only permanent inter...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Sewer bursts, flows torment Bulawayo residents
SUPPER is the one meal that is supposed to bring families together. It is that meal eaten when, in most cases, most families are now gathered together after a long day at work or school.It is ...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dream to end international isolation up in smoke
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's dream to end Zimbabwe's over two-decade-long international isolation suffered yet another blow after the United states gave a damning assessment of his government's huma...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sydney man unexpectedly rich
It is not every day that a man, in this case, a Sydney man that shall remain unnamed, can wake up with about 90 million more dollars than he went to sleep with. But, on this day, it is the rare occurr...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:22hrs | 2 | by Methusi Ncube
Chicken project thrives on human waste
Kenyan farmer Victor Kyalo's chickens have doubled the number of eggs they are laying. The reason: Human excrement.He is feeding them food from a Nairobi-based organics recycling company. Sane...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reportrer
Flying toilets at Harare flats
Residents of Matererini flats in Mbare have resorted to using "flying toilets" in the absence of a proper sewage system, The Standard can reveal.For years, the inhabitants of this flat, just l...Published: 05 Nov 2017 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's babies are warning us about state capture
Last week the Mugabes made headlines again. It was reported that President Robert Mugabe took 72 people with him to New York and while he was falling asleep at the UN, they spent a staggering $1500 pe...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 09:31hrs | | by Melanie Verwoerd
Escaping Zimbabwe's nonsense
"Where have you been!?" The question had an accusatory odour to it.I had been away for a week. But she put it like I had impregnated her and made off with her purse and vanished for the en...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Jerà
Man throws faeces at, beats up landlord
A BULAWAYO man allegedly relieved himself at a gate of another man's house before spattering the owner of the property with faeces for ordering him to remove his excrement, a court heard....Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea hits Zimbabwean refugees in SA
Musina - Giggles echo in the dusty, fenced enclosure which has housed tens of thousands of homeless people, mainly Zimbabwean migrants, seeking greener pastures on the lucrative side of the mighty Lim...Published: 10 Jan 2016 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Health crisis looms at Barbourfields Stadium
A health crisis looms at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo each time there is load shedding in the suburb leaving thousands of soccer fans at risk unless generators lying idle at the venue are connect...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Mugabe's 'I don't want to see a white face' comment gets mixed reaction
President Robert Mugabe's apparent disgust at seeing a "white face" has elicited mixed reactions from people on social networking site Twitter, ...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 12:30hrs | | by news24
'Rhodes Must Fall' campaign gains momentum
University of Cape Town students are demanding that management make public its stance on their calls to have the statue of Cecil John Rhodes destroyed.They are also demanding that Vice-Chancel...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 16:42hrs | | by City Press
Varsity students throw poo on Cecil John Rhodes' statue
Cape Town - Students threw human excrement on a statue of Cecil John Rhodes on University of Cape Town (UCT) campus grounds during a protest on Monday.Two members of the dozen protesters t...Published: 10 Mar 2015 at 12:28hrs | | by Sapa
Woman locks up hubby in a one roomed house
A 38-YEAR-OLD Victoria Falls man spent four days locked up in a one-roomed house without food or water by his alleged abusive wife about a fortnight ago.Hwange Rural District Council deputy ch...Published: 23 May 2014 at 12:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Our feaces didn't commit any crime,' says SA woman - Video
Watch this video of a group of people in Cape Town, South Africa, complaining to SABC News that the police had confiscated their human excrement.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcOYzKI...Published: 19 Aug 2013 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Protesters dump faeces in Cape Town Airport departure terminal
Five people have been arrested for dumping human waste in the departure terminal at Cape Town International Airport, Western Cape police say."Police are still on the scene to monitor the situa...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 20:05hrs | | by Sapa
Raw sewage flowing into houses
Residents of Mupurwa and Gaudya streets in Harare's Mufakose high density suburbs are sitting on a health time bomb as a serious sewer blockage at the intersection of the two roads has resulted in raw...Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Women vomit evil eggs and dog poop as prophet performs miracles
Bulawayo has produced its own version of Elegant prophets. This is young Prophet Sisonke Ndlovu of Living God Ministries from Sizinda suburb in Bulawayo.On Monday last week, the 24-year-old ma...Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (14) smear classmates' houses with human excrement
A mother has been accused of helping her 14-year-old daughter smear human excrement, swastikas and slurs in maple syrup on the houses of her classmates. Catharine Whelpley (43) has been charged with n...Published: 15 Jun 2012 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Jonathan Moyo, T.B. Joshua and Conspiracy Theories
This is an article we wrote in response to Professor Moyo's piece on: Maybe T.B. Joshua had medical records of Mutharika.In a widely circulated write-...Published: 13 Apr 2012 at 11:38hrs | | by Ezekiel Fajenyo and Sunday Patrick
24 modern day slaves rescued in UK
British police have raided a caravan park to rescue twenty-four modern day slaves they say have been forced to live in squalor, some for up to 15 years.More than 200 officers from Bedfordshire...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 22:57hrs | | by Moyo Roy
BCC sewer system rehabilitation begins
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will, starting this week, rehabilitate its sewer system.Adverts were flighted in newspapers last week advising residents that repairs would be undertaken at th...Published: 05 Jul 2011 at 09:09hrs | | by Moyo Roy
In the Diaspora: The Truth and the Lies
Ever wondered what it was REALLY like going to the UK to look for the proverbial pot of gold? A friend of mine called Vusi Moyo gave me this piece which is a no holds barred, blow by bl...Published: 13 Apr 2011 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Lenox Mhlanga
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