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Fort Rixon man murders toddler in paternity dispute
A two-year-old child was brutally murdered by his father in a shocking act of domestic violence that has sent shockwaves through the Fort Rixon community.The accused, Israel Chisongo, allegedl...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:18hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Woman pours acid on love rival
A 29-year-old woman from Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South, has admitted to assaulting her friend by pouring acid on her, after accusing her of having an affair with her husband, a court heard on Tuesday...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Police officer remanded in cattle rustling scandal
A 37-year-old Zvishavane police officer, Kudakwashe Chigwa, has been remanded in custody until December 3 over allegations of involvement in a cattle rustling operation in Fort Rixon. Chigwa face...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:41hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Pair jailed for chopping off man's leg
TWO men who made several trips to the court for brutally attacking a fellow villager and chopping off his leg over US$6 have each been sentenced to serve 10 years in jail.Sibanengi Ncube (21) ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Special goat breeding masterclass in Fort Rixon set to transform Matebeleland and Bulawayo's economy
Bulembe Farm and its partners are set to host a groundbreaking initiative, a special Goat Breeding Masterclass which is scheduled to take place at Bulembe Farm in Fort Rixon, offering a unique opportu...Published: 28 May 2024 at 20:20hrs | 43 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to commission Kamativi Mine
As Zimbabwe showcases strength in lithium reserves, the largest in Africa, attention is drawn to Kamativi in Hwange District, Matebeleland North Province, where President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expecte...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
19 cattle recovered as two suspects are arrested
TWO men have been arrested while 19 cattle where recovered in Bulawayo on Wednesday morning.While the police is yet to furnish with the details, sources close to the investigations say the two...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed, intestines exposed in fight over woman
A MAN from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province is battling for his life at a local hospital after he was stabbed with an Okapi knife which left him writhing in agony and clutching his protruding...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:46hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Insiza: The land of gold and glory
INSIZA is a district in Matabeleland South Province and its capital, Filabusi, is 100km south of Bulawayo, along the Mbalabala/Zvishavane Road. The district boasts of a diverse landscape, with gentle ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Man assaulted for demanding his money back
A 37-year-old man from Pleasant View farm Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South is in trouble after assaulting a man who demanded the money he owed him.Njabulo Mabhena was not asked to plead when h...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 09:44hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Axe rampage fugitive nabbed after 2 years
THE long arm of the law finally caught up with a 23-year-old man from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province who has been on the run for about two years after he allegedly axed another man on the h...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy, 15, knifes age-mate to death over girlfriend
In a shock incident, a 15-year-old Mwenezi male juvenile stabbed and killed a rival, also 15, over a girlfriend.Police said Wednesday they were investing a case of murder involving the unnamed...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:59hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally stabbed in fight over girlfriend
Mthokozisi Sibanda lost his life at Wessels village 1 in Fort Rixon, while attempting to stop a scuffle between Gift Moyo (20) and an unnamed suspect.Police in Matabeleland South province are ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 17:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Juvenile kills drinking mate
A 17-YEAR-OLD juvenile from Fort Rixon has been arrested for murdering a drinking mate while police have launched a manhunt for three suspects who are on the run.Matebeleland South police spok...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman stones 2 daughters to death
A mother in Masvingo teamed up with her brother to stone her daughters aged two and five to death.This was after Modina Mavhunga (28) and Clever Mavhunga (35) had assaulted their father accusi...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zulu lithium production might start this week
MULTI-COMMODITY mining and natural resource development company, Premier African Minerals, on Tuesday completed the plant assembly, construction and final instrumentation connections at the mine plant...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected to attend Zulu Lithium plant official opening
DIVERSIFIED mining group, Premier African Minerals Chief executive officer, Mr George Roach says Government is delighted with rapid progress at the Zulu Lithium plant in Fort Rixon coupled with height...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man slaps rival to death over beer
A 24-year-old man from Gwanda in Matabeleland South has been arrested for fatally slapping an older man following an altercation during beer drinking.Culture Nare slapped Thandazani Moyo (49) ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister orders auction of all stray cattle
DEPUTY Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Davis Marapira has directed local authorities to impound and auction all stray cattle as part of efforts to curb the sprea...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes 'wife's lover' to death
Mekeleni Gumbi, a forty-year-old man from Fort Rixon Leachdale Farm was found dead earlier this week following a suspected marital affair with Phumulani Nyathi's wife. Nyathi (25) has since turned int...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo.
Fort Rixon cattle carnage: Ward records 262 deaths in 1 month
A 65-year-old Fort Rixon widow has so far lost more than 50 cattle as the dreaded theileriosis, commonly known as January disease, has ravaged through the area leaving peasants and small scale farmers...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 08:12hrs | 33 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese billionaire's time in Zimbabwe
WHILE the world of the ultra-rich may be brimming with private jets, rarely do billionaires find time to fly just to check on their massive global investments dotted around several parts of the planet...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for attempted murder suspects
POLICE are hunting for two suspects accused of attempting to kill two villagers using dangerous weapons.Matabeleland South police spokesperson, Loveness Mangena said police were looking for Ma...Published: 29 Apr 2022 at 14:13hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Man killed for lying
A MAN from Fort Rixon has been arrested after he allegedly fatally assaulted a neighbour for spreading lies about him.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mang...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 15:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soldier shoots villager, jailed 3 years
A SOLDIER based in Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South province, has been sentenced to an effective three-year jail term for shooting a villager on the leg with an AK47 rifle during a beer brawl in 2020....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest suspected car jacker
POLICE have arrested a suspect who is part of a three man gang which stole a vehicle at an intersection in Bulawayo.Police on their twitter page said Cain Nkala (30) and his two accomplices wh...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Till operators kill shoplifter
TWO till operators have been arrested after they fatally assaulted a man for shoplifting.Police on their twitter page confirmed the inc...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 10:46hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Government that brags about paying its pensioners $45 per month needs to go!
I know that when one is a good for nothing loser - whose life is characterized by roguish and disgraceful behavior - finding anything positive to boast about becomes ever more impossible, and, is forc...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 20:48hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
5 perish in Fort Rixon accident
FIVE people, among them two police officers and a soldier, died in a head-on collision which occurred along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway yesterday morning.In a statement, police said the fatal ...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills 3-year-old for wetting her pants
A MAN from Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North province, has been arrested a year later after he allegedly whipped his three-year-old daughter to death for wetting herself, before digging a grave inside ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers face eviction in Ntabazinduna
A NUMBER of villagers in Ntabazinduna, Umguza district, Matabeleland North province, face eviction to pave way for the installation of power lines by the country's power utility.The project is...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chief embroiled in gold mineral claims
A CHIEF of the Mambo dynasty, Bekezela Nyathi is embroiled in a bitter wrangle over mineral claims for gold in Fort Rixon with a miner Blessed Ndiweni.The claims in question are at Car Rhom No...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chief Jahana confronts Mnangagwa
Chief Jahana of Insiza has written a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa 'strongly' objecting to the mining exploration of lithium in Fort Rixon without following due processes.The Governme...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lithium exploration in Fort Rixon excites Govt
LITHIUM exploration underway at Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South is set to heighten Government's measures of using the mining sector as leverage to reach its target of a US$12 billion economy in the ext...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Igcokama likaMthwakazi tops SA radio chart
MASKANDI musician, Brian Mlamuli Moyo who hails from Fort Rixon is making his presence felt in South Africa.Using the stage name, IGcokama likaMthwakazi, the artiste this past weekend, took th...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zapu celebrates Lesabe
ZAPU is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the death of firebrand politician Thenjiwe Lesabe, whom it described a leading light in Zimbabwe's fight for independence.Lesabe, who died aged 79 i...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu: A splendid traditional leader, cultural activist, nationalist
UGODLWAYO! Yithi! This is a familiar slogan in the Godlwayo Communal Land whenever people are gathered. Yesterday at around 01.00 hrs their Chief, Vezi Maduna Mafu passed away.Chief Maduna was...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:45hrs | 3 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Communities narrate challenges in getting IDs
PUBLIC hearings on the national inquiry on access to documentation in the country are underway in Matabeleland South Province with witnesses giving accounts on challenges faced in accessing the vital ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop on life jail freed
THE Supreme Court has acquitted an ex-top police detective who was serving life imprisonment for fatally shooting a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a gold mine in Fort Rixon in Matabelela...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 cops in 160kg gold ore heist
Three police officers based at Fort Rixon Police Station have been implicated in a 160kg gold ore theft at Sheep Skin A mine, a police report shows.According to a leaked police document dated ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court officials aid stock thieves
ZANU-PF Politburo member Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube has slammed court officials for allegedly being involved in shady deals in stock theft cases resulting in repeat offenders constantly being releas...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers target taxi drivers
TWO taxi drivers were attacked and one of them lost his vehicle to robbers who boarded their vehicles under the pretext that they were passengers in separate incidences which occurred in Matabeleland ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man axes workmate in radio row
A MAN has appeared in court for allegedly axing a workmate over a radio. Mthokozisi Mhlanga (27) of Zulu 8 Mine in Fort Rixon allegedly assaulted Mr Mthokozisi Mwembe (19) after he failed to r...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills estranged wife, hangs self
A MAN from Fort Rixon in Insiza District of Matabeleland South allegedly killed his estranged wife by stabbing her 10 times with a homemade knife before hanging himself in his fields.Matabelel...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
24 year old installed as Chief Dakamela of Nkayi
TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Mbusi Bekithemba Dakamela was on Friday installed as Chief Dakamela of Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province at a colourful ceremony amid calls for chiefs to safeguard tra...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:06hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
1 killed, 21 injured in kombi head-on collision
ONE person died while 21 others were seriously injured when two kombis were involved in a head-on collision in Mbembesi at the Fort Rixon turn-off along the Bulawayo- Harare Road. The injured ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man 'stabbed several times' over $3 debt
TWO men have been arrested while two others are still at large after they allegedly fatally stabbed their neighbour over a $3 debt. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Insp...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 killed in Bulawayo-Harare highway crash
Four people died on the spot when a vehicle they were travelling in collided head on with a haulage truck that was travelling in the opposite direction.The accident occurred on the 393 kilomet...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers arrested after mine heist
POLICE have arrested a group of four armed robbers who attacked a mine manager with stones and knobkerries before fleeing with his gun and $850, police confirmed.Matabeleland South provincial ...Published: 16 Dec 2018 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for Fort Rixon murder suspects
POLICE have launched a manhunt for four men who attacked a 42-year-old man from Fort Rixon with knobkerries, knives and axes, leading to his death.Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Assi...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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