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Headmen in soup for inviting tsikamutandas
Murewa's Chief Mangwende has descended on his headmen after they invited witch-hunters who allegedly ripped off villagers, taking their cattle and other valuables on the pretext of cleansing their hom...Published: 23 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3570 | by PUMA
Chief Charumbira loses more land as Nemamwa chieftainship is restored
Chief Charumbira is set to lose more land to the Nemamwa clan following government's decision to upgrade the Nemamwa headmanship to a chieftainship, a move which will leave the former with only one wa...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:29hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths disrupt clinic project
Political fighting in Bikita East has seen Zanu PF youths barring MDC Alliance ward 15 councillor Samson Dzinodya from constructing a clinic in Manjovha village under Headman Nerumedzo.The rul...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's deployment of State security criticised
LOCALS in Marange and Chimanimani are up in arms with government over its deployment of State agents manning diamond fields as reports of abuses continue.Headman Ngorima recently told a Stakeh...Published: 05 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 4792 | by Staff reporter
I'm HIV+ at 85 but
EIGHTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Sekuru Samba has revealed his HIV positive status and described it as a blessing in disguise.The Maruta Kraal Headman heir apparent, real name Robert Ticharwa Maruta, said...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:54hrs | 2160 | by Staff reporter
Minister evicts 350 families in Mutasa district
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba has been accused of using her political muscle to facilitate the eviction of over 350 families at Zengeni Farm in Mutasa district where she rep...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:56hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe demands trial at High Court
SUSPENDED Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe yesterday refused to be tried by a serving or retired magistrate in Zimbabwe or from the Sadc region.Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of off...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Shangaans seek names reversal to restore identity
Traditional leaders and scholars from the VaTsonga tribe in Zimbabwe (also known as Shangaan) are demanding the reinstatement of names of local landmarks whose identities were controversially changed ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:11hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
An Arab Prince's gift to Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe has not paid a single cent for President Mnangagwa's recent visit to the United Arab Emirates as the trip was fully-funded by the President's host, it has emerged.Further, Zimbabwe wi...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:16hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after raping neighbour's wife
A 22-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho man tried to rape his neighbour's wife (62) in a suspected muthi ritual and ran off to commit suicide after the woman overpowered him.Melusi Ndebele of Kapanyana...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:14hrs | 1717 | by Methusi Ncube
Donkey meat hits Bulawayo market
SUSPECTED livestock rustlers have invaded Umguza district, stealing cattle and donkeys from their pens and slaughtering them, with the meat allegedly sold in Bulawayo.The rustlers are targetin...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:07hrs | 2106 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grabs cyclone aid
THERE are fears that relief aid meant for cyclone victims is being "looted" after eight branded Zanu-PF vehicles yesterday drove off with foodstuffs from Silver Stream distribution centre in Chimanima...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:17hrs | 2566 | by Staff reporter
Gonarezhou to reintroduce rhinos
Gonarezhou National Park is set to reintroduce over 20 rhinoceros into the vast wildlife conservancy next year, after the last of the 200 rhinos that were kept in the park were gunned down by poachers...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:28hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
'Cyclone death toll could spike'
THE number of people killed by Cyclone Idai-induced floods in the eastern part of the country could spike following revelations that current official statistics could be excluding figures from Dzingir...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Headman leaves behind 35 children
BEITBRIDGE headman Judah Kohomela, who died last week, was laid to rest at his homestead 90 kilometres west of Beitbridge town.Kohomela (81), died after a short illness during which he was adm...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1729 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephew in fierce tug-of-war for land with church group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew, Charles Mpofu is still involved in a fierce tussle for farmland with an apostolic sect group in Kwekwe's Mbembeswane area with the white robbed church members fi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1883 | by newzimbabwe
Congregants go berserk, jailed
Ten men from a Shurugwi church were last week jailed for an effective 40 months each for assaulting villagers whom they accused of beating a fellow congregant.Bright Chiviviti (28), Charles Nd...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda's, witches go toe-to-toe over missing toddler
A BRUISING showdown is looming at Vukuzenzele 2 Village in Esikhoveni area of Esigodini District between witch-hunters popularly known as tsikamutandas and suspected witches. The alleged witch...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | 2089 | by Staff reporter
Mermaids, crocodiles unleash terror on Zimbabwe villagers
VILLAGERS of Masiyandumbi Village in Gokwe are living in fear of crocodiles and mermaids that seem to have moulded a formidable combination to give villagers in the area torrid times.Nyawaya D...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:25hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to crush Chamisa protests, hails army crackdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted Saturday that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw sev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 942 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa issues chilling warning, ready to deploy the soldiers again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw several ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4281 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious deaths rock Mkwabeni schools in Filabusi
THE Vokola community in Filabusi, Insiza district, Matabeleland South has expressed concern over the "mysterious deaths" of pupils in their local schools in the past month. Two pupils have die...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Sibling killed in farm dispute
A Mutasa man has been arrested for killing his brother in a dispute over their father's farm. Richard Zongoro (41) of Hamudikuwanda Village B under Chief Mutasa allegedly murdered his brother ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:16hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Lupane man dies in armed villagers' raging war
A 19-year-old man died on the spot in a nasty fight between two armed gangs from neighbouring villages in Lupaka, Lupane, police have confirmed, the Chronicle reported. The Chronicle was told ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2011 | by Staff Reporter
Baboon feasts on family meal
A baboon left villagers in Gokwe astonished after it was found in a family kitchen hut seated on a bench eating sadza with beef stew.It was interrupted by a 13-year-old boy who had just return...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt evicts 1 000 resettled villagers
About 1 000 families from Sikato resettlement in Masvingo West constituency are facing an uncertain future after being served with seven-day eviction notices to vacate the land which they occupied at ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Suspected rapist freed after police bungle
The trial of a suspected Chikombedzi serial rapist failed to take off at Chiredzi Provincial Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after bungling by the investigating officers led to the accused walking free....Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:49hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stalwart sues top bank $91 000
Zanu PF stalwart and safari operator, Headman Sibanda is seeking $91 036 compensation from NMB Bank Limited for damages incurred when his property was attached and sold by the bank over a debt he had ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa ouster plot latest
THE internal power struggle rocking the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), pitting national chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa and secretary general Victor Matemadanda, is...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:34hrs | 2595 | by Staff reporter
Mourners fight over deceased loan sharks' loot
THE FUNERAL gathering for a Gwanda couple suspected to have been among the 30 people that perished at the West Nicholson bus accident has been turned into a war zone as two families fight over a trunk...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 14:26hrs | 1505 | by Staf reporter
The untold horror stories of the July 30 Zimbabwe elections
Forty-three-year-old Givemore Madziva Kanyurira looked dejected when he recalled his "worst experiences" ahead of the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections that exposed Zanu-PF's coercion and intimidatio...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 12:58hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
'No to continued plunder of our resources' - Marange: The Imprisoned Community
The discovery of diamonds in Marange in 2006 located in the Eastern part of Zimbabwe did not translate into the much anticipated benefits to the local inhabitants. The yearning for positive developmen...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 08:12hrs | 749 | by Brian Maregedze
Pupils force headmaster off school premises
THERE was pandemonium at Chakohwa High School last Wednesday after the headmaster's attempt to administer corporal punishment on a pupil backfired when the pupil, with the help of aggrieved teachers, ...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda gunning for Mutsvangwa's position?
ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans' Association secretary-general Victor Matemadanda says the association's chairman, Chris Mutsvangwa, should stop dragging his name into his fights to do with ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | 2414 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mutsvangwa
WAR veterans in Mashonaland West have recommended the recall of Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association leader Christopher Mutsvangwa, accusing him of being selfish and disrespectful to...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 2312 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba saga: A 3rd ZANU PF faction emerges
Factional politics in ZANU PF have taken an ugly twist with reports that a new faction led by embattled War Veterans Leader Chris Mutsvangwa has emerged. Mutsvangwa wants to push General Constan...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 14:25hrs | 15334 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chigwedere plots to dethrone Chief Svosve
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has filed an affidavit in support of a High Court application filed on October 7 by one Aaron Maruta, who is seeking to dethrone Chief Svosve, real name Wes...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Provincial councils must be responsible for social-economic development of their provinces
MDC Alliance senator Lillian Timveos has said the provincial councils must be fully made responsible for the econpomic development of their provinces according to the clauses in the constitution....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 73 | by Stephen Jakes
EU poll observer report: Public camaraderie with Chamisa
While Zimbabweans had largely moved on with life after the July 30 harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) has sought to drag the country back into election mode through the release of its...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:51hrs | 945 | by Bevan Musoko
Individuals don't live to be a hundred years old; tribes do.
In Mhandambabwe, Chivi area, the community is paramount. I drive my perspective from the community, not from me to the community; that to me is a western culture. Tribal survival and prosperity are al...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 19:50hrs | 968 | by Sam Wezhira
Matemadanda reacts angrily to Chamisa attack
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa drew fierce reaction from an angry Defence and War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda after the youthful politician accused him of enjoying State feather...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 5995 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is a son of a Rhodesian African Rifles soldier'
Zanu-PF secretary for War Veterans and Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans, Victor Matemadanda has rubbished claims by MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa that he is "enjoying alone" while f...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:38hrs | 6558 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa coming to Chivi for cultural rituals'
President Emmerson Munangagwa is expected to visit the district at the end of this month for cultural rituals as well as for celebrations of his recent electoral victory, TellZim News reported....Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:05hrs | 2262 | by Staff reporter
Boy (9) slips into gully, drowns
A 9-year-old boy from Inyathi drowned after slipping into a gully at Poland dam in Maqaqeni this Sunday, an incident which has traumatised residents of the area.According to a police report, S...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 16:15hrs | 1695 | by Staff Reporter
Woman shamed over affair with headman
AN "untouchable" and "bragging" woman from Lochard Farm under Chief Jahana in Matabeleland South Province got more than what she had bargained for when she was shamed by her neighbour who revealed her...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
'Time to move out of political mood'
Zanu-PF Makoni South MP-elect Misheck Mataranyika has challenged the nation to quickly move out of the phase of political contestation and focus on development if the country's economy is to be lifted...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 13:40hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe - Marufu homestead Photo
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe homestead in Ndwere Village, Headman Madamombe under Chief Chivese where her mother Mbuya Ida Marufu is expected to be buried.The late Mbuya Marufu was popularly...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:41hrs | 20276 | by Staff reporter
Post-election violence reports false: ZRP
REPORTS of post-election violence being played up in the privately-owned media are fictitious and peace is prevailing across the country, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said yesterday. The...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Jumbos harass villagers
Newly-installed headman Azviyambiwi Ndou, also known as Chikwelengwe, says he hopes the incoming government will rescue his community from a host of problems, among them lack of educational facilities...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
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