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Mnangagwa calls for repatriation of Zimbabwe skulls from British museums
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has renewed calls for the repatriation of the remains of Chimurenga war heroes from Britain, emphasizing the need for their interment in "a dignified manner." This stateme...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:27hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Fawcett cash-in-transit guards lose $20k after giving lift to strangers
Police have launched an investigation after US$20,000 was stolen from a cash-in-transit van which was transporting the money from Beitbridge to Mutare on October 16.Four guards from Fawcett Se...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 12:21hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike again in Bulawayo
In a brazen act of armed robbery, seven suspects stormed a steel company in Bulawayo on 15 October 2024, making off with $32,500 and ZAR300 in cash. The heist comes just days after a $4 million robber...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:38hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
Police investigates theft and robbery cases in Masvingo and Bulawayo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is investigating two separate cases of theft and robbery that occurred on October 16, 2024, in Masvingo and October 15, 2024, in Bulawayo, respectively.In th...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 18:11hrs | 695 | by Staff reporter
8 dead as car smashes into bridge pillar
Eight people were confirmed dead Sunday while two others were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a bridge pillar and flung passengers outside in a tragic road accident that h...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 20:54hrs | 2219 | by Staff reporter
A tale of illegal night trading in Bulawayo
In the heart of Bulawayo's central business district, a bustling underground market emerges as night falls, contrasting sharply with the daytime vibrancy of legal vendors. While daytime sees legitimat...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 08:14hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwean man to marry niece
A UK based Zimbabwean, who reportedly fell in love with his niece after seeing pictures of her attending a funeral, reportedly now plans to marry her, with the girl's parents also giving the union the...Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:21hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Chaos and disarray in Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife
The Ministry of Environment, Climate, and Wildlife is embroiled in a web of chaos and disorder, with allegations of conflict of interest and unethical behavior swirling around one of its key figures, ...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 14:38hrs | 213 | by Walter Tsungirwa
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 679 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
Police shoot dead suspected armed robber
POLICE at Ngundu on Wednesday shot dead a suspected armed robber and arrested two others while one is believed to have bolted.The deceased , believed to have tried to resist arrest while attem...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC presses for CCC's removal from party offices
The Douglas Mwonzora-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has approached the courts seeking an order to evict the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) from the party offices in Bulawayo....Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
City of Harare warns of flooding
THE City of Harare yesterday advised residents residing in low-lying areas to vacate their homes to avoid being swept away by torrential rains.Rains have been pounding the city and other areas...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
3 students in court for selling leaked exam paper
Three students from TelOne Centre of Learning who allegedly sold a leaked HEXCO Engineering and Mathematics paper that was written last week to some first year counterparts have appeared in court toda...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 15:14hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
ZESA for something at Ngundu BC
Dear Editor Ngundu residents have seen it all in the hands of ZESA Rutenga. The residents have suffered enough and have now nowhere to run to. They came and cut off electric power cables that ...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 22:59hrs | 4 | by Ngundu Resident
Zimbabwe road construction workers stumble on 'huge' lithium deposits
Construction workers on the Harare-Beitbridge highway near Ngundu have stumbled upon significant lithium deposits, according to sources. While widening the road near a mountainous area, the workers in...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 20:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa says 'Victory is the only option'
Zanu-PF Women's League national secretary for administration, Monica Mutsvangwa's campaign trail last week saw her addressing three oversubscribed rallies in Manicaland where she urged the electorate ...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 08:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
11,4 megalitre Beitbridge reservoir complete
THE massive 11,4-megalitre reservoir, which is part of the US$300 million Beitbridge Border Post modernisation project, is now complete and expected to boost the border town's water supply and improve...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 die in head-on collision
THREE people died while one was injured after a Toyota Wish and an Isuzu vehicle were involved in a head-on collision.The accident occurred along Ngundu-Tanganda RoadBodies of the dece...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:17hrs | 7 | 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
Part of Harare-Beitbridge highway to be closed for upgrade
A portion of the Harare-Beitbridge highway will be temporarily closed tomorrow for almost an hour at the Ngundu section to allow for blasting to pave way for its widening and reconstruction, contracto...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyers support Mnangagwa's call for death penalty
In 2015, PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said he knows the tribulations faced by those on death row as he survived the hangman's noose when the Ian Smith regime sought capital punishment to stop him from fighting...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo hit by water crisis
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo have been hit by a serious water crisis with most suburbs going for weeks without running water amid fears of a disease outbreak.The city is enduring a prolonged water-sh...Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Smuggler, police in 250km high speed chase
A truck driver fleeing Beitbridge Border Post with a load of smuggled groceries in his 30-tonne rig was cornered after a 250km high-speed chase and although he managed to run off into the fields, his ...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police crackdown on Chamisa's CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) organising secretary Amos Chibaya and Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta were arrested in Harare yesterday alongside 23 other party members while attending an in...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed anti-riot officers beat up MP's wife and children, arrest party leaders
ARMED anti-riot officers Saturday besieged the Budiriro home of Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta and violently cut short a private, internal meeting that had...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Infant dies as mother gets beaten over alleged adultery
POLICE say a four month old baby died last Saturday whilst strapped on its mother's back after she was assaulted in Shamva over adultery accusations.In a statement yesterday, police said the i...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
354km of Harare-Beitbridge road opened to traffic
SIGNIFICANT progress has been made in the ongoing rehabilitation of the Harare-Beitbridge Road that was once a death trap but is now turning into a modern road under the watch of the Second Republic....Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF scoops 20 awards
Zanu-PF recently scooped 20 awards in the Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa Cadres Workshop essay competition organised by the Communist Party of China (CPC).Thirty-five political...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target highway criminals
Criminal syndicates operating around Ngundu Growth Point in southern Masvingo have been targeting accident victims along the Harare-Beitbridge highway, prompting police to launch an operation to bring...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Operation no to accident victims theft'
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) blitz at Lundi Business Centre in Mwenezi led to the recovery of 7 000 litres of diesel and other goods including 550 kg of fertilizers, grocery items like...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must stop abusing traditional leaders
WITH a few days to go before the by-elections, Heal Zimbabwe has witnessed an increase in cases of human rights violations.The traditional leadership institution continues to be at the centre ...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Heal Zimbabwe
Matutu promises to tear CCC in Masvingo
Former Masvingo urban Member of Parliament Tongai Matutu who defected to Zanu-PF after a fall out with then MDC Alliance party after he was disqualified from contesting the provincial chairmanship pos...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 17:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-mayor opts to buy contested council vehicle
FORMER Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe, who was recalled from council last year, has offered to buy the local authority's luxurious Toyota Prado pool vehicle.Makombe refused to surrender the car cl...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu's rebound: is Chiwenga gaining more ground?
NGUNDU-Controversial businessperson and former Chivi South Zanu-PF legislator, Killer Zivhu who was shown an exit door by the party's highest disciplinary body, the National Disciplinary Committee (ND...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
No bonding, no clearance for nurses
Nurses who intend leaving the country to pursue their careers elsewhere should satisfy all statutory requirements, including bonding, the Nurses and Midwives' Council of Zimbabwe has said.The ...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed bus robberies worry police
POLICE have said bus crews must ensure that they compile a passengers list amid concern of increasing robberies targeting passengers, the recent ones being two bus robberies in a space of a week....Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers killed in truck collision
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers died Tuesday in a horrific crash after the vehicle in which they were travelling in collided with a haulage truck in Chiredzi.The two soldiers, who we...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 10:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects copies of stolen artefacts
Africa should insist that archives and museum objects of its heroes should be originals, not digital copies, with Zimbabwe one of the countries with the facilities ready to receive and protect this he...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 09:34hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
16-year-old kills three
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over a spate of murder cases involving minors after a 16-year-old boy from Beitbridge ran amok and killed his relative and her two children....Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims to have exposed Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his tour of Masvingo that invited a backlash from Zanu-PF mobs exposed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an unpopular leader.Chamisa's visits to many part...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Violence in Masvingo makes Chamisa a hero
The recent events in the Masvingo province against MDC-Alliance President Advocate Nelson Chamisa raised his bar graph very high. The MDC-A leader is in a meet the people whirlwind tour, meeting commu...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 17:41hrs | 1 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Bullet proof car for Chamisa
MDC Alliance supporters have launched a fundraising campaign to buy a top-of-the-range bulletproof vehicle for the party leader Nelson Chamisa.The pledge follows this week's attack on Chamisa'...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF alliance exposed
THE opposition MDC Alliance and civic society organisations (CSOs) yesterday accused the police of working with Zanu-PF to block opposition leader Nelson Chamisa from meeting villagers in Masvingo pro...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
1 169 prison officers promoted
A TOTAL of 1 169 commissioned officers in the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), including seven assistant commissioners have been promoted by President Mnangagwa.In a statemen...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
African education in Zimbabwe is credited to Christian missionaries
The history of Christianity and African education in Zimbabwe is the history of Christian missionary work and achievements. Dr David Livingstone, a member of the London Missionary Society, travelled e...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 17:07hrs | 31 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
ZAA UK celebrates in 10th Anniversary in style
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) commemorated their 10th Anniversary in a colorful celebration of Zimbabwean excellence at a fully packed Mayfair Hotel in London on Saturday night.The ZororoPhu...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 12:47hrs | | by Agencies
Completion of Beitbridge-Harare road way behind schedule
Progress on rehabilitation work of Beitbridge-Harare highway is lagging behind schedule as the much-hyped project initially meant to be done by 2022 is still far from completion.Speaking to jo...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accords wife national honour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded his wife, First Lady Auxillia a gold medal for her "outstanding performance in her philanthropic activities among 99 other outstanding institutions, civilians ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe team leaves for UK
THE National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) is preparing to dispatch a team of experts to the United Kingdom to assess a catalogue of human remains believed to be of First Chimurenga war her...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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