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Fisherman drowns
A 28-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe fish monger allegedly slipped into a dam while trying to pull his fishing nets in Chiweshe.Solomon Ditiko of Maponga village drowned last week.Mashonaland Centra...Published: 03 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 816 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Corpse with no private parts found floating in Mazowe dam
Mazowe-based fisherman allegedly discovered an unidentified male dead body floating in Mazowe dam with the private parts removed totally from the corpse.Jaison Mukurunyova discovered the body ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:04hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani
Naked fish poacher arrested
THERE was drama at Matebeleland south's Figtree area where a fisherman fled while naked after he was caught casting his nets in a prohibited dam.Fearing to be prosecuted, the fisherman unity T...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fisherman flees naked
There was drama at Mzansi farm, Figtree where a fisherman fled naked after casting his nets in a prohibited dam.Fearing to be prosecuted the fisherman Unity Tshuma (35) took to his heels naked...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 10:43hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fisherman slips into the dam, drowns
A Glendale fisherman Ronald Jaji (34) slipped and drowned at Galiver dam, Glandale recently.Jaji's friend Pharoah Mukwavaya (28) tried to help the now-deceased Jaji to no avail.Mashona...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 11:59hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tragic Incident: Nine-Year-Old Boy Fatally Attacked by Crocodile in Zambezi River
In a tragic incident, a nine-year-old boy named Option Aurther Muzamba lost his life in a crocodile attack at the mighty Zambezi River on Saturday. The incident occurred while the boy's mother, Juliet...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 08:31hrs | 5 | by Peter Matuka/ Simbarashe Sithole
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 9 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Guruve fisherman drowns
A 55-YEAR-OLD Guruve fisherman drowned on Thursday after an inflated vehicle tyre he was using burst.Dinhidza Murombo drowned while his uncle Daniel Makina managed to swim to safety at Karoi f...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 15:31hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
4 feared dead in Kariba boat accident
FOUR people are feared dead after the boat they were travelling in capsized between Nyaodza and Wafawafa camp in Lake Kariba on Saturday afternoon.A Nyaodza fishing camp resident Memory Sambur...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Zambia in border impasse
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have directed the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) to mediate in negotiations which would lead to a clear demarcation of the two countries' border line on Lake Kariba's waters, the Zi...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima is caught up in a US$400 000 corrupt upmarket house deal in Quinnington, Borrowdale, Harare, involving the National Social Security Autho...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:41hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Fisherman falls into 15-metre gorge in Zambezi river
Victoria Falls city council and fisherman Alvin Mlilo (52) slipped down into 15 metres gorges on the Zambezi river while fishing on Friday and he was rescued on Saturday.Rescue team leader Ski...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 19:33hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man killed in 'mysterious' crocodile attack
A YOUTHFUL Kariba fisherman was on Sunday killed by a crocodile, which mysteriously pulled him out of a dingy boat before dragging him underwater.The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Pro...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man on the run after murdering lover
A PLUMTREE man last Friday stabbed his girlfriend to death over a yet to be established misunderstanding before fleeing the scene.The two were travelling in a Toyota Quantum towards Zimnyama a...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jumbo, croc attack victim seeks help
A BINGA man who miraculously survived an elephant and crocodile attack that left him clinging onto the straws of life is appealing for financial assistance to enable him to undergo further treatment o...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana jails Zimbabwe pensioner for shooting fisherman
A 72-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean pensioner, Ian Douglas Carlisle, has been jailed one year in Botswana for shooting a fisherman whom he found fishing in a river at his farm.The shooting incident occur...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why others will land man on Mars whilst we still 'struggle to cross the street!'
"And we (in Africa) are still struggling to cross the street!" was the spontaneous respond of "Mwalimu" (Teacher) Julius Kambarage Nyerere, then President of Tanzania, when he learnt the American had ...Published: 11 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF aspiring MP arrested
POLICE have arrested Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Binga North National Assembly constituency, Kuda Mavula Munsaka after he led a 25-man gang which stormed a fishing camp in Binga demanding release o...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 feared dead at Lake Kariba as boat capsizes
TWO members of the same family are feared dead after a boat capsized at Kariba Dam last Friday.The boat was carrying six people, and was heading to Ndomo fishing camp. The boat capsized near C...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 18:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hand-picking fisherman drowns
Mushumbi based fisherman Leonard Kapanga (31) drowned at Mushonga vende pool,Mushumbi while hand-picking fish on Wednesday.Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Na...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 11:44hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cut the crap, Cde Kazembe Kazembe
HOME Affairs minister, Kazembe Kazembe, must be watching quite a load of blurred James Bond comic strips under this partial lockdown.This dude drew out a limping stunt last week. In the wee ho...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 12 | by Tawanda Majoni
Gwanda fisherman runs into dead body instead of good catch
A 19-year-old fisherman from Gwanda literally became a fisher of man when he cast his rod into Sengezane river hoping to reel in a good catch only to discover a dead body floating in the water....Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Mugwadi parades his net fishing catch
Zanu-PF Director of Information Tafadzwa Mugwadi paraded his net fishing adventures at Nyazvidzi River, which borders around being illegal.In Zimbabwe fishing by rod or line fishing, except in...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 20:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Swimming fisherman drowns
A Bindura fisherman who tried to swim across Chinhenga farm, dam in Bindura drowned on Tuesday. The now deceased John Makaza (16) was in the company of his friend Progress Kano (23).Ma...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
By-elections TKO and below the belt politics
If the Matabeleland North by-elections held recently were a boxing match, the MDC-Alliance would have been dealt a technical knock-out (TKO).After jabs and uppercuts, then a flurry of combinat...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge records 4 sudden deaths
BEITBRIDGE has in the last seven days recorded four sudden deaths, with two-suspected suicides.An 84-year-old man from Nuli, who cannot be named, allegedly took his life in an apparent case of...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fisherman drowns in Chiweshe
A 22-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe fisherman drowned at Negomo dam in Chiweshe on Tuesday after an inflated tractor tube he was using capsized due to excessive wind that blew it away.Mashonaland Central d...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 16:26hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
DJ Tira brings Durban feel to Bulawayo
SOUTH Africa's most sought-after wheel spinner, musician and producer DJ Tira brought a feel of Durban fun at the oversubscribed show in Bulawayo's Cosmopolitan nightclub on Friday night.The s...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villager eaten by crocodiles
A 40-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane man died over the weekend after he was devoured by crocodiles while on a fishing expedition in the Runde River.Tawanda Ranganai's body parts were discovered the follow...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers kill gun totting robber
A man believed to be part of a gang terrorising border jumpers and smugglers along the Limpopo River was last week fatally assaulted by a group of illegal immigrants he had attempted to rob at gunpoin...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fisherman drowns after hippo attack
A FISHERMAN drowned in a dam in Filabusi during a fishing expedition with colleagues when their boat capsized after a hippopotamus attack. The body of Vengai Gumbunje (52) of Dungwa village un...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe must be laughing as military junta fails & falls apart
When they violently seized political power through a military coup, it was as if they were saying to former President Robert Mugabe, we want you to live and see how things are done as far as running&n...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Israel Dube
Mliswa claims 10 000 new voters
NORTON MP-elect Temba Mliswa has claimed to have secured more than 10 000 new voters during the just-ended elections, beating Zanu-PF and the MDC Alliance, whose focus was on presidential rallies inst...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hippo attack, drown women in Zambezi river
TWO women from Binga drowned in the Zambezi River after their boat capsized during a hippopotamus attack while they were fishing.Gladys Munkombwe (43) of Kadika Village and Mufutuli Mudenda (2...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man's remains pulled out of croc's belly
A fisherman's remains were recovered from a crocodile's belly following an attack in Binga on Monday.His upper body was retrieved from the river and the lower part was found inside the reptile...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing man's remains found inside crocodile
A fisherman's remains were recovered in a crocodile's belly following an attack in Binga on Monday.His upper body was retrieved from the river and the lower body was found inside the reptile....Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elephant tramples woman to death
A Lake Harvest employee in Kariba was trampled to death by an elephant on Wednesday last week while returning home from work with her colleagues.Police in Kariba confirmed the death of 43-year...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk man survives swimming with crocs
A 21-YEAR-OLD Zambian lost an arm and sustained multiple fractures after he was allegedly attacked by three domesticated crocodiles when he jumped into their pool in Victoria Falls.Mr Collin P...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk man survives swimming with crocodiles
A 21-YEAR-OLD Zambian lost an arm and sustained multiple fractures after he was allegedly attacked by three domesticated crocodiles when he jumped into their pool in Victoria Falls.Mr Collin P...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fisherman's flesh found in croc's belly
A-52-YEAR-Old fisherman from Binga was devoured by crocodiles while fishing in Lake Kariba, police have confirmed.Sources said the ZimParks team with the assistance of the police sub-aqua team...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victims want their voices heard
THE multitudes at Maphisa Shopping Centre in Kezi, Matabeleland South, have a life of their own. The people at this shopping centre move like a shoal of fish: so many in one space, lively, but bound t...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 16:40hrs | | by Nqobani Ndlovu in Maphisa
Fisherman drowns while using homemade canoe
An 18-year-old Mvurwi fish monger allegedly drowned at Forester E dam in Mvurwi on Tuesday afternoon (yesterday).Sources close to investigations allege the fish monger was using an unsafe home...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 10:10hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
The Nyaminyami legend and the Nyaminyami walking stick are two different things
This story has been itching to be told, but ripe opportunities were not availing themselves. That was until I decided to sharpen my media skills. And the opportunity presented itself unexpectedly and ...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 20:22hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire, a Patsaka Coresspondent
WATCH: Sea lion snatches a young girl from a pier
A sea lion was captured on video dragging a young girl into the water at Richmond's Steveston Fisherman Wharf in British Columbia, Canada.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMDtibc13fcThe...Published: 21 May 2017 at 22:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fish monger drowns, body found under water two days later
A 32 year old Mvurwi fish monger drowned whilst fishing in a reservoir and was under water for 2 days Bulawayo24.com has heard.Allegations are that Jadwell Ranjisi from Kamusha farm Mvurwi dro...Published: 19 May 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman drowns son to please boyfriend
A WOMAN drowned her three-year-old son in a river just to please her new boyfriend.Joyce Madzimure (25) of Gwatinyanya Village under Chief Mapanzure was on separation with her husband last yea...Published: 12 May 2017 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman drowns baby to please lover
A LOVE-struck Masvingo woman allegedly drowned her three-year-old son in Mutirikwi River to please her boyfriend.Joyce Madzimure (25) of Gwatinyanya Village under Chief Mapanzure was allegedly...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (3) killed for disturbing mother's affair
A Masvingo woman Joyce Madzimure (25) allegedly drowned her three-year-old son in Mutirikwi River to please her boyfriend identified as Amos Chipare (39).The two allegedly connived...Published: 01 May 2017 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Crocodile found with human intestines in stomach
Remains of a missing fisherman have been recovered from a crocodile killed by Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife officials at a dam in Beatrice.Medison Malasha (40) of Killet Farm in Bea...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prosperity gospel blasted
CHARISMATIC Pentecostal church leaders have gone astray by concentrating on "prosperity gospel" instead of saving lost souls, some church leaders have said.Christian Alive Zimbabwe leader Past...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Desire Ncube
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