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US$40,000 fraud trial continues
The trial of Harare businessman Michael Smith, accused of defrauding MA Auto Suppliers (trading as Mr Cruiser) of over US$38,000 and R124,000, continued with the State presenting three more witnesses....Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:11hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Popular football matches for all-time
Football, known as soccer in some regions, has a rich history filled with unforgettable matches that have captivated audiences worldwide. These matches have left an indelible mark on the sport and its...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 15:29hrs | 20 | by Staff Reporter
Bus route war turns bloody
GOODLUCK Nyakabau lies on his back in Harare's Stoneridge area pondering his next move.Around this time, he should be more than 300km away from the capital city on a bus heading to the northea...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 Zimbabwe Power Company employees up for cables theft
SIX Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) employees stationed in Hwange were arrested for stealing electricity transmission cables worth thousands at the company premises in the coal mining town.Tawand...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members in fist fight over parking spoils
TWO Zanu-PF members appeared yesterday before Harare Magistrate Sharon Mashavira after fighting at Mbare Msika bus terminus over money they received for a parking bay allegedly belonging to the ruling...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Stafff reporter
From Moondog Max to Arnold Zikhali, the storied lineage of Zimbabwe's 'strong men'
ON what had been a pretty ordinary and innocuous Tuesday afternoon, there was suddenly a flurry of activity around the corner of George Silundika and Sam Nujoma in Harare.Like bees attracted t...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born star teams up with Morgan Freeman on new Muhammad Ali TV series
A scripted eight-part series about boxing icon Muhammad Ali, titled Excellence: 8 Fights is currently in the works, reported Deadline. English-Zimbabwean actor Regé-Jean Page and American artist Morg...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vumbachikwe Gold Mine hit by mass exodus of workers
A TOTAL of 23 senior and junior managers plus 140 general workers have quit Vumbachikwe Gold Mine in Gwanda, Matabeleland South, within the past two months.According to an internal memo seen b...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Farmer in court for stealing stray cattle
A MWENEZI farmer has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly stealing stray cattle belonging to his neighbour.Freeman Dube appeared before Mwenezi magistrate Honest Musiiwa facing stock...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trending cheating couple and bhawu are Zimbabweans
SENZO MALINGA is calmness personified - few men would react like a sheep about to be slaughtered if they walk into their own bedroom to find their wife in the throes of pleasure with a man mountain wh...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farm workers jobless as Mpofu defies High Court
DOZENS of workers at Esidakeni Farm, located about 67km from Bulawayo, are said to have lost their jobs after Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu defied a court order to vacate the farm....Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government takes action on quelea birds
THE Government is battling to contain quelea birds which have invaded Kwekwe district in huge flocks destroying wheat with the chemicals procured to deal with the menacing agricultural pests only expe...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Aeneas Chigwedere dies of Covid-19-related complications
Former education minister, Mashonaland East governor and historian Aeneas Chigwedere has died at the age of 81. His son Casper said his father died following "Covid-19 related complications"...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig up for armed robbery
A Zanu-PF central committee member was on Friday arrested in Mudzi for allegedly being part of a gang that stole gold ore at a local mine at gunpoint.Tonderai Bosha (37), who is also the rulin...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni expected to steal the show at Dabengwa's burial
CHIEF Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni is expected to steal the show at Zimbabwe liberation war hero and intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa's burial.Dabengwa, who died in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Chief Ndiweni steals show at MDC congress
CHIEF Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni stole the limelight at the ongoing MDC congress when he launched an attack against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, saying it had failed.The Ntabazindu...Published: 26 May 2019 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ndiweni endorses Chamisa
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says MDC leader Nelson Chamisa was real head of the nation while President Emmerson Mnangagwa was only just a "constitutional" leader.Chie...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's dialogue is nonsense' says Chief Ndiweni
Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says the President Emmerson Mnangagwa led National Dialogue is nonsense and must never be taken serious.Chief Ndiweni was speaking at the 5th electi...Published: 25 May 2019 at 13:21hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC ordered to stop mining activities
THE Government has ordered Bulawayo City Council to immediately cease mining activities at its Aisleby and Good Hope Farms as individuals and companies carrying out mining activities at the two farms ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Komichi believes he was born to fight oppression
MDC-T's newly-appointed deputy president Morgen Komichi believes he was born to fight oppression, misrule and other forms of dictatorship that go against democratic values.Komichi stole the li...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man gets 17 years behind bars for murder over 20c
A mine worker in Inyathi who struck a patron with a stone at a bar in a dispute over 20 cents has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for murder.Foreman Mangena (42) of Badala Village 3 in Inya...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 07:37hrs | | by Srtaff Reporter
Foreman 'pushes co-worker onto conveyor belt'
A foreman at a Redcliff-based steel company, Steelmakers escaped jail after he appeared in court accused of shoving a colleague onto a rolling conveyor belt.Kwekwe magistrate Mr Storey Rushamb...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake goblins in bus
A BINGA man has appeared in court for duping and frightening passengers into believing the bus they were travelling in was carrying goblins which would cause a fatal accident.Isaac Nkalakatha,...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 14:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
White farmers see opportunity in Mugabe exit
Standing outside the gates of the farmhouse from which he was evicted in 2008, white Zimbabwean Deon Theron knows he will never get his land back.But he does believe that Robert Mugabe's fall ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 08:49hrs | | by AFP
Our chiefs can now campaign for us, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am glad that as we prepare for the upcoming elections which we have no excuse not to win by the 98 percent margin now standardised by peer d...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:18hrs | | by CZ
Man nearly killed over 25c
A MAN man from Inyathi in Bubi District is battling for life in the Intensive Care Unit at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo following an assault by four patrons at a local bar in a dispute over 25 c...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally's foreman risks jail over contempt of court
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Mayor Justice Wadyajena's foreman is on the verge of being charged for contempt of court after allegedly refusing to comply with a provisional High Court order barring Mayor Logist...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorbrike crashes into tractor, two seriously injured
Two people were seriously injured when a motorbike they were riding collided with a tractor at Forester D Estate in Mvurwi Mashonaland Central yesterday.Sources privy to the development allege...Published: 20 May 2017 at 19:26hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's white farmers once helped feed Africa
Martin Fletcher is former foreign editor of The Times and a foreign correspondent. Follow him at @mfletchertimes. His assignment in Zimbabwe was financed by the Pulit...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 12:52hrs | | by Martin Fletcher
Cathula Sandals pioneer dies
THE founder of the first black-owned footwear manufacturing and retailing company in Zimbabwe - Cathula Sandals - Mr Donald Taisekwa Mandirahwe has died.He was 74.Mr Mandirahwe, wh...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Underpaid' Zimbabwean farm workers lose R1,6 million SA case
A South African magistrate has thrown out a bid by 300 Zimbabwean farm workers who sought to recover R1,6 million from a Limpopo farmer who has been underpaying them for the last 10 years....Published: 09 Jan 2017 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two traffic cops nabbed at roadblock
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mutare traffic police officers were arrested together with a 32-year-old Dangamvura man by an anti-corruption team at Fashu roadblock site along Mutare - Chimanimani...Published: 07 Jan 2017 at 08:42hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
VP Mnangagwa interview makes troubling reading- Moyo
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has said the piece that features an interview with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was making a troubling reading on many fronts and was terri...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Memories of farm life before Independence
Sunday afternoon, in the blistering heat, I was driving on a dusty winding road, along the Hwedza mountains going to the village. Then I saw an elderly lady flagging me to stop, obviously wanting a li...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Dr Sekai Nzenza
South African farmer sued for underpaying Zimbabwean workers
A South African farmer from Limpopo province has been taken to court for allegedly abusing and underpaying 300 Zimbabwean farm workers whom he owes over R1,6 million in salary arrears. The money accru...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Goblins hit clinic re-opens
VULINDLELA Clinic in Bulilima District re-opened yesterday after its closure on Monday following reports of goblins that were terrorising nurses.Ministry of Health and Child Care officials shu...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 07:19hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi 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
Council foreman in court for criminal abuse of duty
A CITY OF Mutare electrical foreman was arrested for allegedly demanding bribe from a contractor and received trap money.Stephen Tsanga (48) is being charged with criminal abuse of duty as def...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 13:16hrs | | by Tendai Gukutikwa
SA kidnap farmer owes Zimbabwe employees R1,6 million
A South African farmer from Limpopo province who is charged with assaulting and kidnapping Zimbabwean workers and firing 300 others in August last year for demanding overtime wages, allegedly owes the...Published: 10 May 2016 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
SA farmer assaults and kidnaps several Zimbabwean workers
The case in which a South African farmer from Limpopo province is charged for assaulting and kidnapping several Zimbabwean workers and firing 300 others for demanding pay for overtime, has been moved ...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council drag defaulters to court
BULAWAYO City Council has issued summons worth over $130 000 to defaulting businesses, some of which have not paid a single cent to the local authority since dollarization.BCC is owed over $90...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Warrant of arrest for cop-bashing bus foreman
An Inter Africa buses foreman, who is facing allegations of assaulting a police officer with an iron bar at Mbare Musika for trying to arrest a tout on assault charges, is on the run.Shingirai...Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 07:18hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
Man slaps cousin dead
A FAMILY getaway turned tragic when a man fatally slapped his cousin on the face following a dispute over their failure to get transport home after a night of partying.Lovemore Makombe (34) of...Published: 17 May 2015 at 10:13hrs | | by Thulani Ndlovu
Riot police beat up worshippers
ANTI-RIOT police yesterday descended at Maleme Ranch in Matopo and severely beat up villagers who had gathered for a prayer meeting on the farm.The villagers were against the acquisition of th...Published: 10 Feb 2015 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Tsvangirai celebrates the 'Spirit' of Nelson Mandela
The MDC T South Africa Province and President Tsvangirai join South Africa and the rest of the...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze
Mine collapse claims one, three seriously injured
MATABELELAND NORTH- ONE person died and three others are battling for their lives at Inyathi Mission Hospital after a shaft collapsed at Turk Mine trapping miners underground for more than three hours...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sibanda bedroom coup jab at Mugabe was more potent than Ali's left hook that floored Foreman
Jabulani Sibanda's "bedroom coup" jab at Mugabe has hit home and true than Muhammad Ali's left hook that flooded George Foreman in the rumble in the jungle!The Shona have a saying; "Chidya ma...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 16:00hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ngidinga abantwana bomfowethu obesebenza koWankie Express Buses WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. ...Published: 22 Oct 2014 at 06:16hrs | | by Concerned Uncle
Chinese businessman locks Zim workers in company premises
A CHINESE who runs a company producing snack pellets in Bulawayo has reportedly turned his Belmont premises into a prison where he locks his workers inside a single room whenever he leaves, even when ...Published: 05 Oct 2014 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Garden boy scalds tenant with porridge
A BULAWAYO woman suffered serious burns after her landlord's garden boy scalded her with porridge following a misunderstanding over the use of a fireplace, a magistrate heard.Magistrate Chari...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 07:16hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
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