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University of Zimbabwe challenges govt to support post-harvest programmes
THE University of Zimbabwe's Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering has urged government to support its ongoing Nutritional Post-Harvest estimation (Nutri-P-Loss) programmes, which ar...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 306 | by Staff Reporter
Warrant of arrest for Zanu-PF councillor
Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro last week issued an arrest warrant for Mazowe Rural District ward 27 councillor Collin Sarakunze (35) for defying a chief's order on deforestation.S...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:54hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Fake traditional healers up for fraud
Two self-styled Glendale traditional healers have been arrested on charges of duping a Mazowe woman of ZWL$3 200 on the pretext of casting out a bad spell.Obsolom Chimwai (38) and Millicent Ka...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala must stop behaving like a teaser bull
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala, who has been arraigned before the courts on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government, is indeed, not new to controversy. It...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:28hrs | 931 | by Isdore Guvamombe
I downed a quart of beer without paying
What a great sigh of relief, my favourite Lion Lager beer is now retailing at 6 RTGS a quart from OK outlets. I could not help it but smile as I walked with a spring in my step towards the Liquor Corn...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3567 | by Thomas Murisa
CICs turn communities into global village
John Mupangara (19) from Zaranyika village in Murewa is a delighted man.The establishment of a community information centre (CIC) at Murewa Centre is a blessing as he no longer travels to Hara...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:28hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean attitude, self hate
Is it not a shame that over the years, a lot of us have been taught by the West to define everything from democracy to good governance and accountability in the eyes of foreigners as if we are still a...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 352 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Man bashes wife over sex
A sex-starved Mvurwi man escaped jail when he was sentenced to a wholly suspended sentence by a Guruve magistrate for assaulting his wife who had denied him his conjugal rights.Zvidzai Chikash...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:17hrs | 1710 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner's property attached over 'slave' wages
CHINESE mining firm, San He Zimbabwe, had its property attached by the sheriff after it failed to settle over US$218 970 in salary arrears and non-payment of overtime.The mine, based in Guruve...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1472 | by Staff reporter
VACANCIES - Apply Now
MBIRE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL VACANCIES Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to fill the posts of Assistan...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 16:41hrs | 3169 | by Staff Reporter
Man jailed for stealing donkeys
A 34-YEAR-OLD Bindura thief was jailed for 4 years by a Bindura magistrate yesterday after stealing two donkeys valued at RTGS$ 600.Wilson Tavengwa of Chada village under Chief Musana in Bindu...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 06:50hrs | 852 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Extraordinary measure for extraordinary: A case of Zimbabwe's austerity measures
In the Bible when Jacob was faced with a situation he was supposed to meet Esau his brother he was so afraid knowing that he had subtly stolen the latter's blessing. During the night, Jacob wrestled a...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 15:34hrs | 833 | by Elijah Chihota
Guruve rural district council in need of US20k for road rehabilitation
GURUVE Rural District Council is in need of US$20 000 to rehabilitate its roads as most of the roads are now in bad shape an official has said.Speaking to this reporter the local authority chi...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 06:43hrs | 133 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fugitive pastor arrested 2 years later
A Life Embassy Ministries pastor from Mvurwi, who has been on the run for the past two years, was finally arrested and arraigned before a Guruve magistrate last week on charges of defrauding a church ...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmer falls off moving truck, dies
A MVURWI farmer, who had been perched atop bales of tobacco in a moving truck, fell off the bales and died instantly in Concession on Friday morning .Tonderai Madamombe (35) of Galloway Farm i...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
Army boss up for rations theft
The commander of One Commando regiment in Harare was arrested last week for allegedly stealing army rations valued at more than $500 000.Zimbabwe National Army spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel ...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Visit Mashonaland Central for that unique experience
The Korekore traditional dances, songs and cuisine are a complete tourists attraction on their own, they can hold fort when it comes to countryside entertainment in Mash. Central Province. Eve...Published: 28 May 2019 at 18:24hrs | 156 | by Thomas Murisa
Zanu-PF officials threatened Chief with death
Chief Chipuriro of Guruve (real name Clever Mashiki (74) has accused Zanu-PF officials of interfering with his judiciary work after they allegedly threatened him with death if he presides over environ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:37hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
'Release regime change suspects!' Zimbabwe Communist Party demands
The arrest of four people; Tatenda Mombeyarara, George Makoni, Gamuchirai Mukura, and Frank Mphalo upon arrival at the Harare International Airport on Monday 20th April 2019 is clearly an attack on th...Published: 22 May 2019 at 11:15hrs | 2391 | by ZCP
CIO agent bounces back in court
A 41-YEAR-OLD Marondera Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent is back again at Guruve magistrates' courts for contempt of court after being convicted of the same charge last year.Willi...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:50hrs | 3400 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Do they come from where windows are used more often than doors?
Reports of armed robberies and rape in Mash. Central province are very disturbing as much as they are alarming. Knife and gun-totting gangs are said to be driving around ravaging women and helping the...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 123 | by Tondorindo
Zimbabwean motorbike thieves arrested in Mozambque
Two Harare men who stole a motorbike and crossed to the neighbouring Mozambique were finally nabbed while selling the stolen property valued at $5000.Kudzai Nyamakava (46) and Makusha Kure (32...Published: 15 May 2019 at 06:25hrs | 2009 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rapists, armed robbers terrorise Mashonaland
POLICE in Mashonaland Central are investigating four cases of armed robbery, which occurred in Bindura, Glendale and Guruve.In a statement last night, national police spokesperson Assistant Co...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:55hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
GMB ex-employees turn on their lawyer
Former Grain Marketing Board (GMB) workers are at loggerheads with the lawyer who represented them after they were sacked on three months' notice in 2015 following the landmark Supreme Court ruling....Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:57hrs | 998 | 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 | 1195 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father with hammer
A 25-YEAR-OLD Mushumbi Pools man was arraigned before a Guruve magistrate yesterday facing charges of killing his father with a hammer over a ritual.Clive Jimmy of Bandayi village under Chief ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:10hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
Slomo has no beef with Macheso
EXTRA Kwazvose frontman Francis "Franco Slomo" Dhaka (pictured) has refuted claims that he did not see eye to eye with his former boss Alick Macheso after many of his songs have been interpreted as ji...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 5717 | by Staff reporter
2 failed marriages, a broken past define Mukanya
Two broken marriages, transition from village life to the ghetto, a miscalculated sojourn into the diaspora, failed investments, a broken youth life, all carved the character of this man. This...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:46hrs | 5751 | by STaff reporter
Mash Central MDC youth leader out on bail
Jailed MDC Mashonaland Central youth chairperson Tonderai Samhu, together with four accomplices, were finally granted $100 bail each to challenge their six-year jail sentence.High Court judge ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Gulewankulu leader jailed
A 29-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi Gulewankulu leader was slapped with three months jail term by a Guruve magistrate yesterday for setting ablaze his colleague's hut after he revealed their secrets and positively i...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 13:44hrs | 2403 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rogue police, soldiers turn to crime
More and more members of the security services are being arraigned before the courts for playing a major role in perpetrating blue-collar and violent crime.Analysts attribute the breakdown of ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:25hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for assaulting a sodomist
A 29-year old Mvurwi man was arraigned before a Guruve magistrate yesterday for allegedly assaulting the mother of his son's friend after busting him sodomising his son.The man from Blanco far...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 09:21hrs | 2536 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Jealous man sets ex-wife's kitchen ablaze
A 44-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man has been jailed for two years after razing a kitchen belonging to his former wife and destroying valuables worth $370.Gilbert Chiwawa's sentence was wholly suspended b...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:58hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo gives scholarship to a Guruve pupil
Exiled former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has availed a full bursary for one L. Munodawafa to study Science subject at St. Francis and St Claire High School in Guruve....Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 07:01hrs | 6189 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man gouges neighbour's eye
A 43-YEAR-OLD Guruve man was last week slapped with a four-year jail term for attacking and popping out his neighbour's eye in a fight over a stolen chicken valued at $5.Maduka Makozhombwe (43...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:11hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
High Court blow for Mnangagwa's PG
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has no power to employ, deploy, assign or transfer National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) staff because that is the sole preserve of the NPA board, a judge ruled on Fri...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:24hrs | 6006 | by ZimLive
Hodzi initiates process for Mutangadura sacking after lawyer fights transfer
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has initiated a process that could get Chief Law Officer Chris Mutangadura sacked after the lawyer challenged his transfer to Guruve, a rural outpost in Mashonaland C...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 880 | by ZimLive
High Court quashes Hodzi move
THE High Court has quashed an attempt by Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi to prevent it from hearing a case in which chief law officer Chris Mutangadura is challenging his decision to unilateral...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
NPA chief contests transfer
FORMER director of economic crimes in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), chief law officer Chris Mutangadura, is suing Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi at the High Court over his decision t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash fraudster jailed 6 years
A 28-YEAR-OLD EcoCash serial fraudster was slapped with a six-year jail term by Guruve magistrate, Artwell Sanyatwe, on Friday last week for defrauding a retail outlet of groceries worth $12 000....Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:55hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Hodzi transfers chief law officer
THE director of economic crimes in the National Prosecuting Authority, Chief Law Officer Chris Mutangadura, has been transferred from Harare to Guruve with immediate effect, as part of an ongoing rest...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:51hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe linked Top NPA lawyer ousted
Days after being confirmed as Prosecutor General, Kumbirai Hodzi has moved to purge top National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) lawyer Chris Mutangadura, apparently targeted for links with the fallen gov...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:12hrs | 4456 | by ZimLive
Man jailed 18 years over animal trophies
A 60-YEAR-OLD Mushumbi man, who was facing five counts of illegal possession of lion claws, pangolin scales, a hippopotamus tooth, ivory and a small spotted genet's tail, all valued at $31 025, was la...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army abductions, torture raise political temperatures
After spending two weeks in hiding, MDC activist Julius Chogodora believed he had escaped a deadly clampdown by security forces that followed protests that rocked Zimbabwe a fortnight ago.One ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2192 | by Staff reporter
'Thomas Mapfumo's long stay in Zim justified'
Chimurenga musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo is yet to return to the United States having flown into the country at the beginning of December last year for countrywide gigs running under the banner Mu...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:00hrs | 3595 | by Staff reporter
Maid, lover steal US$23 200 from employer
A 32-year-old maid from Waterfalls, Harare, has appeared in court on allegations of conniving with her boyfriend to steal US$23 200 from her employer's bedroom. They reportedly used the money to buy t...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:54hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pushes for increased Internet usage
ICT minister Kazembe Kazembe says government is forging ahead with its plans push to bring high-speed Internet to rural areas around the country in an effort to accelerate economic development....Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:13hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mukanya in no show
SCORES of Chimurenga fans in Guruve were left seething with anger after the United States-based music legend Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo failed to turn up for what had been touted as his final farewell g...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4308 | by Staff reporter
3 IPPs line up power projects
Three independent power producers - Mopower Solar Limited, Zororo Energy Company Limited and Guruve Solar Park Limited - have submitted applications for licensing to set up power projects with a combi...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:30hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
ICTs key to economic development, says Kazembe
INFORMATION Communication Technology Postal and Courier Services minister Kazembe Kazembe said Information and communications technology (ICTs) are animportant economic development catalyst that s...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:27hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
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