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Teacher hangs self, leaves phone numbers as note
A quiet morning at Kwite Primary School in Mangwe turned into a scene of shock and sorrow after Shelton Kasere Lubimbi, a Grade 5 teacher aged 34, was found hanging inside his quarters on Thursday, 3 ...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 15:32hrs | 1456 | by Staff reporter
Grade 5 learner allegedly abused by Guardians taken to Zimbabwe
A Grade 5 learner from Skeen Primary School, who is allegedly a victim of abuse by her guardians, has been secretly taken to Zimbabwe, causing a significant delay in the investigation as critical evid...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Man burns in-law's vehicle
A DISPUTE between a man and his former sister-in-law did not end well after the man allegedly burnt her motor vehicle that was parked at her house in revenge.Emmanuel Muzeza (40) appeared befo...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Econet in massive base station upgrade
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, has announced plans to upgrade 500 of its base stations and deploy equipment to 300 additional sites by the end of the year, a move aimed at expandi...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:22hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Econet to upgrade 500 base stations, extend coverage to 300 new sites
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile network operator, has announced plans to upgrade 500 of its base stations and deploy an additional 300 new base stations across the country over ...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop insults Mnangagwa, threatens to arrest Zanu-PF members
A police officer stationed at Tongwe base in rural Beitbridge is in trouble with the law for allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatening to arrest Zanu-PF members who were drinkin...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi contesting in Zanu-PF primary elections
14 pupils injured after sinkhole opens up in classroomFourteen pupils at a Kwekwe school were treated for injuries on Thursday after a sinkhole opened up in the middle of their classroom – the c...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster accused of concocting exchange rates for fees
SOME parents with children attending Mangwara Primary School in Kariba have accused the school headmaster of allegedly threatening them whenever they question the exchange rate the school uses to char...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 17:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is being led by the Devil himself - please, dear God, intervene!
I have seen evil in this country before. In fact, I believe that my childhood experiences of watching those in my neighborhood of Redcliff being gruesomely beaten up, and their homes burnt to ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:53hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Robotics, software laboratory for Bulawayo pupils
PUPILS aged 11 and above can now start learning robotics and software engineering in Bulawayo following the launch of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) start-up laboratory in t...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Oliver Chidawu burial set for today
The memorial service for the Minister of State for Harare Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Engineer Oliver Chidawu, who died last Tuesday, was held yesterday at the family home in Harare ahead of bu...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Exemption Permits holders' choice: Restart in a broken country or live undocumented in SA
THREE Zimbabweans who held Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs), which the South African government has now scrapped, share their anxiety and anguish as they face deportation, uprooting their lives and...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maj-Gen Bhebe burial today
A MEMORIAL service for national hero Major-General (Retired) Sydney Bhebe was held in Harare yesterday ahead of his burial at the National Heroes Acre today.Speaking at the church service held...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Council director 'fakes' age to defer retirement
FORMER Harare City Council (HCC) workers want authorities to investigate suspended council's human capital director Cainos Chingombe on allegations of misrepresenting his date of birth to postpone his...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge road upgrade 50% uncomplete
Five Zimbabwean contractors widening, rehabilitating and upgrading the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway have completed nearly half of the project with 168 km now open to traffic while final touches ...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
From Njube to Surrey-Kwangwa's story
GROWING up in Bulawayo's Njube suburb, Zimbabwe netball team captain Felisitus Kwangwa never really liked sport.If anything, she was forced to play netball by the teachers while she was in Gra...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rewards amazing triplet
HARARE young triplets have been awarded a scholarship by President Emmerson Mnangagwa after they charmed him with their poem on the Consumer Protection Act.This comes as the government officia...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teacher charged with raping grade 5 pupil
A teacher from Mudzi has been arrested on allegations of raping a Grade 5 pupil. Maxwell Homwe (48), who resides in Nyamusenda village, is a widower with three children and alleges he has been...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girl (10) hospitalised after rape
A 10-year-old girl from Gweru spent one week in hospital and was left limping after she was raped several times in nine hours by her assailant who had threatened to burn down her mother's kitc...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean boy comes tops in international contest
NINE_YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean boy Jayden Wang, based in Bulawayo has come out tops in an international competition known as the IXL Study in the Sun.The contest, which ran for three months from Jun...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wrong to blame Zimbabwe crisis on war veterans
I have always been a fan of Zimbabwe Independent. It has an excellent record of providing the nation with sound and truthful analyses of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.The last edition of ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman kills son, self over 'economic hardships' in Zimbabwe
A 31-YEAR-OLD Mutare woman killed herself and her son by lacing their food with rat poison citing economic hardships.Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
7 Zimbabwean teens living under a tree in SA
THEY say they have been living off food scraps in a nearby municipal bin, and it's actually been sustaining them.Seven Zimbabwean teenagers have been living under a big tree near Shoprite in L...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by GroundUp
Man (65) rapes granddaughter (12)
A CHIMANIMANI man allegedly sprayed an unknown substance on his Grade 5 granddaughter in order to drowse and rape her in the middle of the night.This was revealed during the initial appearance...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 07:59hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Matebeleland North education still a pipe-dream
SIFISO Ndebele, a Grade 5 pupil at Samukele Primary School in Matebeleland North, dreams of becoming a scientist.But sadly, her dream is not in tandem with the learning conditions at her schoo...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (11) dies while panning for gold
An 11-year-old Guruve primary schoolgirl died on Sunday after being trapped in a disused mine shaft while looking for gold. Her colleague escaped with minor injuries, authorities said yesterday....Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moonlighting council drivers suspended
Harare City Council has suspended 26 refuse compactor drivers who were moonlighting while on council duty and using the city's vehicles, compromising waste collection. This led to garbage pili...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chimanimani teacher rapes pupil (14)
A 54-YEAR-OLD Chimanimani primary school teacher has appeared in court for raping a Grade 5 pupil before giving her sachets of jolly juice powder to buy her silence. The accused, who is repres...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government avails 4 million textbooks
THE Government in partnership with Unicef has availed four million textbooks in the country's primary schools as part of efforts to bridge the educational resource gap in the new curriculum.St...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:25hrs | 11 | by Staf reporter
Surely families of 50,000 Gukurahundi victims should be force to reckon with
I am one of those people who have faithfully and painfully followed the Gukurahundi genocide developments, ever since being a first hand witness to one of history's most gruesome and evil episodes....Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 15:29hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's own Kenneth Kaunda
Founding fathers of Africa attach a unique characteristic on the continent and beyond.They were bound within a common intellectual movement to fight oppression and encourage bonds of solidarit...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 23:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
With Zanu-PF Almighty in power: does God still remember Zimbabwe exists?
I prayed for my mother all night long after she had been involved in an accident but I never saw her alive ever again. She was on the way back from a funeral in Watsomba when the bus she had boarded v...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
I was born in Rhodesia...and very proud of it!
I was reading an interview held with Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith in Holland in 1994 - which a friend of mine sent - and my mind could not help wandering back to those Rhodesia days.Thoug...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 07:53hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman 'kidnaps' 3-year-old over $900 debt
A BULAWAYO woman has been arrested after she allegedly kidnapped a three year-old baby and held her over a $900 debt owed to her by the child's mother.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Pr...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested after holding 3-yr-old as hostage over mum's debt
A BULAWAYO woman has been arrested after she allegedly kidnapped a three year-old baby and held her over a $900 debt owed to her by the child's mother, Chronicle reported.Bulawayo police spoke...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsholotsho's San community takes up education
Members of the marginalised San community in Tsholotsho are slowly coming out of their shell and embracing modern lifestyles, as they are now enrolling their children in schools.According to l...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenager buries mate alive
A GOKWE teenager, who six years ago dug a pit and buried an eight-year-old girl, escaped a prison term last week after High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese handed him a wholly suspended four-year ...Published: 22 May 2017 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council names best, worst performing schools
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named its best and worst performing primary schools in last year's Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Grade Seven examinations.Mahatshula Primary...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Speeding kombi kills Grade 5 pupil at zebra crossing
A GRADE Five pupil died on the spot while a man was critically injured after they were hit by a speeding commuter omnibus while crossing a road in Bulawayo yesterday.The speeding kombi h...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
State of Bulawayo city roads irks councillors
The deplorable state of Bulawayo city roads following the heavy raids which hits the country recently has irked the Councillors who have recommended that the local authority should try to regrade 5km ...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 13:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
4 pupils die in water mishaps
FIVE people, including four school children, drowned in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces in separate incidents between Friday last week and Sunday.In the first incident, five pupils wer...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare Residents Trust fume at revenue collection stance
Harare Residents Trust has expressed concern at council top official pronouncement that the local authority was now focusing on raising money in order to pay off outstanding salaries.The resid...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 11:39hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Grade 5 pupil drowns in Sizinda
BULAWAYO - A Tshabalala boy, Proud Kondowe, drowned on Thursday while swimming with his friends at a nearby dam in the neighbouring Sizinda suburb.The 10-year-old, who was doing Grade 5 at Map...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pupil turns into snake?
IN a bizarre incident, a Makomo Primary School pupil in Epworth is believed to have turned into a snake-like creature after he was provoked by his classmates.The alleged incident happened ...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 16:21hrs | 3 | by Staf reporter
Two pupils who were run over by kombi, laid to rest
CHIWESHE - Two minor siblings from Jaji primary school who were run over by a kombi driver and perished on the spot on Monday the 24th of October were laid to rest yesterday (Wednesday).Circum...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Black 'Sangoma' possessed by white men's spirit
A self-proclaimed healer from Zaka is possessed by the spirit of two white men that take charge of him from 1am to 8am nearly every day. Although he claims to have only gone as far as grade 5, Elias G...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 12:56hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Sodomy and death threats
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested for allegedly sodomising his 12-year-old brother.The teenager from Tshabalala suburb in Bulawayo, whose name cannot be disclosed for ethical reasons, allege...Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:28hrs | | by Melody Baya
Mahatshula comes tops
THE Bulawayo City Council has named the top three and two worst performing municipal primary schools based on last year's Grade Seven results. Mahatshula Primary School has maintained pole pos...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 07:42hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
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