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Zimbabwean musicians gear up for 2024 Education Africa International Marimba & Steelpan Festival
Nine Marimba bands from Zimbabwe are set to participate in the 2024 Education Africa International Marimba & Steelpan Festival which is taking place at St Dominic's Catholic School for Girls in Bo...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 18:04hrs | 171 | by Agencies
Men murdered over boots
A 33-YEAR-OLD Guruve man was on Tuesday this week murdered following an altercation over a defaulted payment for some garden boots.Police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi disclo...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Woman found dead with multiple injuries
Police are investigating a case in which a woman was found dead in bushy area this week with multiple injuries in Bulawayo, as more murder cases have also been reported countrywide.The woman f...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
3 boys in miraculous escape from abductors in Zimbabwe
THREE boys from Chinhoyi narrowly escaped danger and managed to survive an abduction ordeal. The minors, aged between 11 and 13, were seized in a bush on the outskirts of Rusununguko suburb while coll...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Redwing: a tale of plunder, impunity, chaos and death
Redwing Gold Mine, once touted as a giant gold mining venture capable of transforming the quality of life in the Penhalonga area of Manicaland province and a cash cow for the national economy, has bec...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 12:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner escapes from jail
A 20-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man currently serving a jail term at Mazowe escaped from prison after observing that prison officers were not viglant....Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's Black Umfolosi continues Canada tour with two new members
Zimbabwean group Black Umfolosi will this weekend continue their tour of western Canada with a show in Errington, their second visit to the Vancouver Island community.The group, which speciali...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consoles Esigodini veld fire victims' families deniess them state assistance
President Mnangagwa has consoled the families of 10 people who died while trying to put out a veld fire in a farm in Matabeleland South Province.The tragedy occurred at lot 43 farm belonging t...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 19:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi to make a stop in East Yorkshire
World-famous music group Black Umfolosi will be making a stop at a village church in East Yorkshire as part of a new UK tour.The a cappella and dance group, who have combined performances with...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean music and gumboot dancing comes to Margate
Thanet residents are collaborating in a show that brings together Zimbabwean instruments, storytelling and gumboot dancing, in a world where music is forbidden.Thanet performance company Loopi...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs ordered to stop wearing yellow ties in Parliament
New CCC Members of Parliament have been ordered to stop wearing yellow neckties as they are a colour of their political party. The drama started on Tuesday when ZANU PF MPs protested against o...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 10:04hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Every Zimbabwean can be very rich without political inclination
I was going through my WhatsApp messages and my eyes were blinded by this message below. I felt it will be helpful to all of us if we are to read. I stole some of the advices.Many times I am c...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Decomposing body found floating
An unidentified decomposing male body was found floating in an open shaft in Mt Darwin last week.The body was found by Raymond Zongoror...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 18:03hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Gweru women turn grass into money
WOMEN from the Midlands capital are earning a living from selling grass to thatchers while conserving the environment through minimising the spread of veld fires.The women sell a bundle of tha...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mines ministry petitioned over Chinese mine
THE National Union of Mines Quarrying, Iron and Steel Workers of Zimbabwe (NUMQISWZ) has petitioned the Matabeleland South offices of the ministry of Mines over claims that a Hope Fountain-based Chine...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drowning cases mushrooming in Mash Central
Three people drowned in Mashonaland Central this week, with two of them being minors, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Mashonaland Central Police Acting Spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison Dhliwa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:46hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Be responsible or face the law
AUTHORITIES have warned that they will take tough measures, including conducting door-to-door raids, if people continue to disregard coronavirus regulations meant to curb the spread of the killer viru...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 18:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds husband with cooking oil
A Redcliff man is lucky to be alive after his wife scalded him with cooking oil following a misunderstanding over gumboots. Mr Benny Chamunorwa (30) of Simbi Park in Redcliff was attacked by h...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Probe nails Gweru council
GWERU City Council has blamed its department of engineering services for a typhoid outbreak which left eight residents dead and over 2 000 requiring medical assistance in August last year. Acc...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls tour operators dispatch helicopters, rafters to Chimanimani
SHEARWATER Adventures and Chikopokopo Tour Operators in Victoria Falls have dispatched two six-seater long-range helicopters and water rafters to cyclone-ravaged Chimanimani to help in rescue operatio...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serious secrets exposed by Cyclone Idai
Zimbabwe' "has" heard many stories of tragedy, heroism and community spirit which come from the floods of recent weeks and of course the cyclones in Manicaland and some parts of Mashonaland East and C...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Dr. Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa still in a state of denial
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa lost the 2018 Presidential race to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and it has become a tall order for him to accept that his bid for the State House has gone down the electoral...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe cholera cases breach the 5 000 mark
The number of cholera cases has breached the 5 000 mark, but the government insists it is on course to bring the outbreak under control.At least 28 people have died mostly in Harare, where the...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
May Day loses significance
Noah Bikita (42) is a former Detroop Mine workers committee chairman. He worked at the mine as a driver and is now paying the price for standing for workers' rights in 2016, as he is out of employment...Published: 02 May 2018 at 08:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt ill-equipped to contain cholera
Government's efforts to contain the cholera outbreak are being hampered by lack of resources, Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has said.The outbreak has so far claimed four li...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 14:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bata invests $500 000 in gumboot plant
GWERU-based shoe manufacturer, Bata Shoe Company, has invested over $500 000 in machinery and equipment for the setting up of a gumboot manufacturing plant.The shoe manufacturer discontinued p...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hero-worshipping at Mugabe's bash
President Robert Mugabe yesterday basked in reverence as his wife, Grace, heaped praises on the nonagenarian while he was feted with giant cakes at a colourful feast to mark his 93rd birthday....Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Implications of the floods disaster in Tsholotsho village
UPDATE ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE FLOODS DISASTER IN WARD 6 OF TSHOLOTSHO NORTH CONSTITUENCY: BY HONOURABLE PROF. JONATHAN MOYO, MP 1. BackgroundOn ...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 12:17hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
Man, 3 donkeys killed by lightning
A MAN and three donkeys died after they were struck by lightning in two incidents in Matabeleland North.A bolt of lightning fatally struck Charles Maponda (32) of Nyamandlovu in Umguza Distric...Published: 28 Oct 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumboot factory for Bulawayo
A SOUTH Africa-based manufacturing company has put in place plans to set up a gumboot factory in Bulawayo with an initial investment of R150 million ($10,7 million), an official said.Shosh...Published: 18 Sep 2016 at 14:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner escapes
An inmate at Chinhoyi Prison attached to the car wash section has escaped from custody with only 22 days to go before his release. Never Jonga allegedly took advantage of the car wash duties to pu...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Man in gumboots sneaks into woman's bed sodomises, rapes her
A 33-year-old Mvuma man has appeared in court for allegedly sodomising and raping a 69-year-old woman.The man, Francis Kapumhura apparently "sneaked into the complainant's blankets and held he...Published: 19 Jun 2015 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi takes 'gumboot dance' to Canada
This year the Bella Coola Music Festival is so proud to present acclaimed international performing arts group Black Umolofsi.Black Umfolosi is a self taught Acappella (Imbube) singing and trad...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 19:23hrs | | by coastmountainnews
Who gives a damn if they quit, Cdes?
CABINET FILES AND CZ's NOTEBOOKDear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I laughed this week when I got the news that Morgan - who has never won any election in his whole political l...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 08:16hrs | | by CZ
Eziko Theatre Laboratory - WhatsApp update
24/10/2014 12:07:16: +263 7* *** ****: Eziko Theatre Laboratory is an arts platform hosted by Bulawayo-based Victory Siyanqoba Trust aimed at given artistes a platform to discuss arts developm...Published: 24 Oct 2014 at 13:51hrs | | by Byo Residents
'I'm a modest queen,' says Grace Mugabe
First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday described herself as a modest "queen" who has been reluctantly sucked into the ruling party's vicious politics.As she addressed hundreds of chiefs who visited...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 15:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
EFF's Malema shrugs off court problems
Johannesburg - Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has dismissed the notion that a court battle over unpaid taxes could see him lose his seat in Parliament, the Sunday Times reported....Published: 25 May 2014 at 13:50hrs | | by Sapa
Black Umfolosi set to tour Canada
Internationally renowned Bulawayo -based imbube outfit, Black Umfolosi, is scheduled for a tour abroad late October this year.Black Umfolosi, which has hogged the limelight with post-independe...Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 11:32hrs | | by Cristabel Kaonza
Black Umfolosi re-compiles their hits from yesteryear
INTERNATIONALLY recognised Bulawayo-based imbube outfit, Black Umfolosi, has recompiled some of their yesteryear albums and is now working on securing a local distribution dealer.The group...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 05:43hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Umkhathi to perform in US
MULTI-Award winning arts ensemble, Umkhathi Theatre Works, is set to write its own piece of history as it makes a debut appearance at the New York Dance Africa Festival in the United States.Th...Published: 18 Apr 2013 at 04:37hrs | 4 | by Arts reporter
Bulawayo performing arts Group prepares for overseas tour
ZIYAWA, a Bulawayo-based performing arts group, has started polishing up its theatrical productions and dance routines in preparation for the overseas tour in May.The 19-youth member group, wh...Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 05:35hrs | | by Entertainment Correspondent
Man commits suicide after losing his job
AN Odzi man who could not stomach his employer's unexpected decision to terminate his contract committed suicide by throwing himself in a mine shaft.Police confirmed the death of Chenjerai Ngw...Published: 16 Feb 2013 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man sentenced to death for axing his 82 year old neighbour to death
A MAN from Tsholotsho, who in 2011 axed his 82-year-old neighbour to death before burying the body in a shallow grave, has been sentenced to death.Nkanyezi Moyo (47), of Mlalangenyama Village ...Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 05:16hrs | | by Court Reporter
Imvimbi Traditional Dance Group embarks on national tour
IMVIMBI Traditional Dance Group have embarked on a one-month national tour which is expected to end in Harare sometime next month.Imvimbi were crowned the Bulawayo champ...Published: 14 Aug 2012 at 03:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Los Angeles-based dance company to perform at ZITF today
A Los Angeles-based dance company, Jazz Tap Ensemble is set to perform at the opening ceremony of Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) this afternoon in Bulawayo. The Ensemble landed in B...Published: 27 Apr 2012 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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