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Mbire men arrested for killing lion
TWO Mbire men are in serious trouble after they snared and killed a lion and a warthog worth US$22 000 in Mushumbi PoolsClement Hwata (22) and Lameck Kataura (20) both from Chiwapura village, ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
They live in harmony with nature
Customs and traditions are still held dear, regarded with great reverence and deep respect in most parts of Mash. Central especially Mbire, Lower Guruve and Chiweshe. Curtseying by women when greeting...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 20:27hrs | 929 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
MaShurugwi menace poses danger to Zimbabwe
OUTSPOKEN Member of Parliament for Norton Temba Mliswa once called for decisive action against marauding criminals going by the moniker MaShurugwi who are unleashing untold violence in mining communit...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 1724 | by By Toby Sithole
Woman scalds friend over gossip
A MVURWI woman was yesterday convicted of scalding her friend with boiling water after a misunderstanding over gossiping at a party.Alice Bongomwe (18) of Petra Farm, pleaded guilty to assault...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner bashes journalist in charge office
A 21-YEAR-OLD artisanal miner flew in rage and assaulted a freelance journalist in charge office at Mvurwi police station after being surrendered to the station by an angry mob who effected citizen ar...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:34hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF behind machete-wielding panners'
The opposition MDC has alleged that warring machete-wielding artisanal miners in Mashonaland Central province are under Zanu-PF control.MDC's provincial chairperson George Gwarada challenged a...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults Chinese employer with a catapult
A DISGRUNTLED Mvurwi employee used a catapult, bolt and nuts to attack his Chinese employer over non-payment of wages amounting to $2 000.Tinei Chilembwe (21), of Impinge 2 Mine, Mvurwi, was f...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 981 | by Staff reporter
War vets up for abusing party vehicle
A looming rift is tearing Guruve District following a serious misunderstanding between the war veterans and other Zanu-PF cadres over the party vehicle which is allegedly now under the seizure of the ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1203 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Village Chairman fondles woman buttocks, threatens her
A 56-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man is in trouble for fondling a villager's buttocks and threatening to use his position to intimidate the complaint and her father if she reveals the incident assault to anyone....Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 1733 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Farmer fatally shoots trespasser
A 40-YEAR-OLD Guruve farmer appeared in court yesterday facing charges of fatally shooting a trespasser.Emmanuel Gwaze of Marirambada Farm, was not asked to plead to a murder charge when he ap...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 19:10hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Brothers in court over veld fire
Two Bindura men were arraigned before a Bindura magistrate yesterday after they allegedly failed to control a veld fire which they had started that eventually destroyed irrigation pipes and a sugarcan...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:42hrs | 727 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man breaks into neighbour's house
A 23-YEAR-OLD Guruve burglar was slapped with a 2 year jail term by a Guruve magistrate yesterday after he broke into a neighbour's house and stole goods worth $2177.Richie Karasa (23) of Kand...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:38hrs | 990 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kanyemba villagers call for a GMB deport
Villagers in Kanyemba have called on the government to give them a Grain Marketing Board deport in their constituency following their failure to raise transport fees.A survey by this publicati...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:35hrs | 291 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cry our beloved 'Sunshine City'
In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss and flamboyance. My uncle Obedience Masakara, who was streetwise aat the time, took me around the city centre...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 95 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Drama at prison officer's funeral
There was drama at a Harare based prison officer's foiled burial in Guruve last week where relatives' of the deceased's wife stopped burial proceedings alleging that the deceased was murdered rather t...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:45hrs | 6457 | by Simba Sithole
Nurse in charge rapes maid
A 37-YEAR-OLD nurse in charge at Ruyamuro clinic in Guruve has been arrested for allegedly raping his workmate's maid.Sources familiar with the incident told this publication that the suspect ...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 10:04hrs | 1911 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man bites cops
A 20-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man was sentenced to 3 years in jail yesterday by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro for assaulting four police officers who tried to arrest him for a spate of crimes....Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 20:49hrs | 1878 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hubby killer arrested
A 32-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi woman is in serious trouble after she allegedly struck her husband to death with a cup in the occiput last Thursday.Vaida Wemba of Montenzi Farm, Mvurwi, is currently assi...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
The discovery of mines in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in Lomagundi district
The ex-members of the Pioneer Column during their exploration in the Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, discovered mining prospects in this country. During their tenure of exploration they eventua...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 21:12hrs | 2421 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Zanu PF supporters feel robbed
DISGUNTLED Zanu PF supporters in Guruve feel robbed of their votes after receiving empty promises by the president Emmerson Mnangagwa who allegedly officially opened Eureka mine on June 20 last year a...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:06hrs | 7508 | by Simbarashe Sithole
No quick solutions to electricity, fuel shortages: Coltart
In our previous edition we carried a Q&A with former Education minister David Coltart where he spoke about the culture of political violence in Zimbabwe and how it has also influenced the MDC....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:50hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Cops hunt for murder suspect
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province have launched a manhunt for an elderly man from Shayabvudzi village, who allegedly killed his wife following a domestic dispute and went into hiding since last w...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
6 die in Nkayi Road kombi crash
SIX people died while 20 others were injured yesterday when a kombi they were travelling in veered off the road before overturning at the 24km peg along Bulawayo-Nkayi Road in Bubi District. T...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
7 perish, 40 injured in Heroes accidents
Seven people were killed, while 40 were injured in separate accidents that occurred in Beitbridge and Guruve yesterday.In Beitbridge, seven people died on the spot, and nine were injured when ...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:23hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
20 injured in lorry accident
AT least 30 people were seriously injured when the loading box of a lorry they were travelling in opened resulting in passengers being thrown out onto the tarmac on their way to Heroes' Day celebratio...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:09hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Security guard kills artisanal miner
AN artisanal miner from Kaminza, in Guruve was reportedly fatally shot by a security guard from a private security company in a gold claim dispute on Friday.Sources close to the incident told ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Heroes Month message to the people of Zimbabwe
It is exactly twelve months since disputed and stolen election of 2018. The majority of Zimbabweans are still in shock at the brazen manner inwhich their vote was stolen. Disputed ele...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:24hrs | 1711 | by Nelson Chamisa
Man in trouble for impersonating Perrance Shiri's son
A 31-YEAR-OLD Harare man is in trouble after allegedly impersonating Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri's son to ostensibly defraud and extort gold from a miner in the Manzou area, Mazowe.The...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
'Pay back Command Agriculture loans'
Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs Monica Mavhunga has urged farmers who got money from the Command Agriculture Programme to repay the loans to facilitate rotation of the fun...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Teacher up for sexual abuse
A 62-YEAR-OLD teacher at a primary school in Concession was on Thursday arraigned before a Guruve Magistrates Courts on charges of indecently assaulting four girls on different occasions.Hilto...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:29hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
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 | 389 | 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 | 551 | 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 | 282 | 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 | 970 | 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 | 3613 | 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 | | 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 | 1739 | 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$218 970 in salary arrears and non-payment of overtime.The mine, based in Guruve...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
VACANCIES - Apply Now
MBIRE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL VACANCIES Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced candidates to fill the posts of Assistan...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 16:41hrs | 3221 | by Staff Reporter
Man jailed for stealing donkeys
A 34-YEAR-OLD Bindura thief was jailed for 4 years by a Bindura magistrate yesterday after stealing two donkeys valued at RTGS$ 600.Wilson Tavengwa of Chada village under Chief Musana in Bindu...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 06:50hrs | 860 | 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 | 851 | 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 | | 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 | 1434 | 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 | 2049 | 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 | 1692 | 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 | 160 | 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 | 1812 | 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 | 2413 | 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 | 3420 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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