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Major roads in Harare closed for rehabilitation
MAJOR roads in Harare have been closed for massive rehabilitation ahead of the 44th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government Summit scheduled to be held in Harare in...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Nkomo receive statue honours
Two statues are set to be erected for the late former President Robert Gabriel Mugabe and the late Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo at two separate points in Harare in recognition of t...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to build Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo statues
As the rationale and raison d'etre for the November 2017 military coup continues to collapse, with their masks falling irretrievably amid a loss of legitimacy and credibility, Zimbabwean Preside...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
City man attacked by tout, run over by bus
A TRAGIC incident occurred yesterday when a mechanic, Daniel Dandawa, was attacked and run over by a bus after a dispute with a tout identified only as Dread.The incident happened on the route...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Harare family clashes with cops over arrest
A Harare man and his two nephews were over the weekend arrested on allegations of assaulting and apprehending two thieves they had caught stealing at their orchard/nursery in Braeside area, a move whi...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-police chief to perform community service
FORMER officer Commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS) at Southerton Police Station in Harare, Chief Superintendent Kirispen Mutsengi, has been ordered to perform 315 hours of community service after...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
2 bogus cops arrested
TWO bogus policemen allegedly driving around Harare in their getaway car and stealing thousands of US dollars after accusing motorists of having violated traffic rules, have now been arrested, while p...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial armed robber arrested
One of the country's most wanted serial armed robbers who survived a shoot-out with police along Glenara Avenue South in Harare, in which five of his accomplices were killed in March last year has bee...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed over CDF General Sibanda accident
A Harare man, Desmond Sinoia (51), who admitted to recklessly ramming into Commander Defence Forces General Phillip Valerio Sibanda's car at the intersection of Glenara and Samora Machel in Harare, ha...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 17:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
General Sibanda escapes death in an accident
THE Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Phillip Valerio Sibanda was nearly killed in an accident when a motorist rammed into his motorcade on Monday, a magistrate court heard yesterday....Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
General Valerio Sibanda's car in accident
NATIONAL Social Security Authority (NSSA) employee, Desmond Sinoia (51), yesterday admitted to reckless driving and ramming into a vehicle belonging to Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Philip...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop arrested for abusing exhibit vehicle
A TOP cop has appeared in court after he was allegedly involved in an accident while driving an exhibit vehicle.Chief Superintendent Kirisipen Mutsengi (55), who is officer commanding Vehicle ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt reviews geo-fencing transit trucks route
GOVERNMENT has with immediate effect reviewed the geo-fenced routes used by commercial trucks transiting through Zimbabwe to countries north of the Zambezi River.It is understood that the move...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers force children out of stolen vehicle
A 31-year-old Glen View man lost his gold Toyota Corolla Bubble and US$200 cash to armed robbers who forced out his two children sitting in the car at their home on Tuesday night. The man had ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
A tale of Zimbabwe's oxymoronic justice system
THE justice system in Zimbabwe is an oxymoron. It's difficult to understand how the law operates, but one is tempted to conclude that incarceration in Zimbabwe is just designed for the poor and those ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:35hrs | | by Muchemwa Silence Mugadzaweta
'Army vehicle killed Jackie Madondo'
Professor Jonathan Moyo has denied being involved in the death of the gospel Jackie Vivian Madondo, but has fingered an army vehicle as being involved in the killing. Prof Moyo was respo...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 09:09hrs | 307 | by Mandla Ndlovu
White farmer bounces back
OVER 22 families spent the night out in the cold, having been evicted from a subdivision of Glenara Estates along the old Mazowe Road on Thursday, following a High Court order.The farm was all...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Van Hoogstraten shakes CFI
Business tycoon Nicholas Van Hoogstraten through one of his investment vehicles, has moved to increase shareholding in Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) suspended agro-industrial group CFI Holdings under ...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Motorist crashes into Chiwenga's motorcade
A HARARE motorist was yesterday summoned to appear in court after he allegedly crashed into Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's motorcade along Glenara Avenue and Samora Machel Avenue in November la...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council struggles to repair traffic lights
THE Harare City Council has not been repairing faulty traffic lights on most roads on time causing a nightmare for motorists at intersections. Traffic jams are now the order of the day at intersection...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare traffic lights dysfunctional
MOST traffic lights in Harare are malfunctioning, exposing motorists and other road users to accidents and unnecessary traffic jams.A snap survey by The Herald recently showed some of the traf...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Kombis banned from CBD
Harare City Council has banned commuter omnibuses from the central business district (CBD) and is ordering them to operate from new ranks with effect from Wednesday.In a statement yesterday, H...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's skeletons tumble out of the closet
FORMER president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace are leasing out land they controversially seized from Interfresh Holdings Ltd's Mazoe citrus estate a few years ago to local businessman Hamish Rudlan...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa comes out guns blazing at Jonathan Moyo
EMBATTLED Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, battling for survival on politically shifting sands, has come out guns blazing in his response to Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo's video-documenta...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 54 families evicted, left homeless during rain season
54 families have been served with eviction notices at Glenara Estate in Mashonaland Central province. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=henYe5rdMhwWhen Bulawayo24.com visited the Estate,...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 19:04hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grace Mugabe overhauls security
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has overhauled her entire security team amid growing suspicion and insecurity caused by Zanu PF factional tensions and endless intra-party squabbling emanating from President R...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman squanders lobola with lover
A CHEATING woman is at odds with her husband amid revelations that she squandered money meant for her lobola with her married lover.Shupikai Patience Mutembo, 35, separated with her husband, N...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 10:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect claims torture
THE murder trial of a man who is accused of killing his business partner took a new twist last week after the High Court rejected a statement made to the police by the accused saying it was made under...Published: 29 Mar 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
Newly resurfaced roads melt due to the hot conditions
Poor workmanship on the newly constructed roads has been exposed by the current hot conditions, which have seen some tarmacs melting.A number of newly constructed roads in Harare are now in a ...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
City Council disappoints vendors
A week after the 26th of June deadline that was set for vendors to move to designated sites, the Harare City Council has not yet done anything to get the proposed sites ready.The proposed vend...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Suspect jumps from moving police car
A SUSPECTED fraudster who had been arrested on allegations of swindling a home seeker jumped from a moving police vehicle and escaped while being taken to Rhodesville Police Station.Macdonald ...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 09:45hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mugabe's govt splashes on police, military equipment
ZIMBABWE may be reeling from acute food shortages and a severe liquidity crunch as well as company closures and loss of thousands of jobs, but that is not deterring government from splashing on expen...Published: 13 Dec 2013 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman cheats 'in attempt to have a baby'
A MARRIED woman who allegedly engaged in an adulterous relationship in search of a child last week brought her boyfriend to court for insulting her as their relationship turned sour. Judith Mutunhairi...Published: 30 Jun 2013 at 22:26hrs | | by Court Reporter
Armed robber who pounced on Kirsty Coventry, jailed
ONE of the armed robbers, who pounced on swimming icon Kirsty Coventry and her family on their way from the airport robbing them of goods worth more than US$5 000 was yesterday jailed for an effective...Published: 09 May 2013 at 23:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Highway armed robbers nabbed
FOUR suspected armed robbers who have been terrorising travellers along the country's major highways have been arrested leading to the recovery of various items, including the vehicles they were usin...Published: 08 May 2013 at 21:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man accused of killing Banks denied bail
A Harare man who is accused of killing businessman Allan Laurence Banks before stashing his body in his car's boot and making off with US$20 000 was yesterday denied bail at the High Court. George Fra...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 22:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman and 1-year-old daughter burnt to death
A Glenara woman and her one-year-old daughter were burnt to death when a veld fire engulfed their grass-thatched hut on Tuesday. One person sustained...Published: 06 Sep 2012 at 04:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family bars church from building close to its residency
President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace are in a messy land row with the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Borrowdale Brooke as the couple has barred the religious institution to build a church near...Published: 20 Jul 2012 at 08:44hrs | | by Monica Dlamini
Government lists Glenara Estates for its land redistribution programme
Government has listed Glenara Estates, a productive farm owned by listed agricultural concern CFI, for its land redistribution programme. The prime 2 200 hectare farm, just 20km on the o...Published: 24 Feb 2012 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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