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Boy misses cow, fatally hits colleague with stone
A 14-year-old boy from Matobo District, Matabeleland South, is being held at Bulawayo Prison facing a murder charge after accidentally killing a fellow herdboy while attempting to control cattle by th...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:18hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Imbiber burns neighbour's house
The love of beer and failure to control oneself landed a Plumtree herdboy in jail after he set his neighbour's bedroom hut on fire.Ndodana Dube (23)was sentenced to two years in jail by Plumtr...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 13:31hrs | 827 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Herdboy tears, assaults maid for refusing sex
A 44-YEAR-OLD Plumtree herdboy was convicted by a Plumtree magistrate on Thursday for tearing the maid's blouse before assaulting her in a sex dispute.Nkululeko Moyo was sentenced to 18 months...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 15:47hrs | 1439 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jailed for stealing 6 bovines
A 24-YEAR-OLD Gweru man, who stole six bovines, was sentenced to the mandatory 10 years for stocktheft by a Gweru magistrate.Courage Mabheka will however serve nine years after magistrate Nixo...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 18:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gweru man jailed for stealing cattle
A 24-year-old Gweru man who stole six cattle was given a mandatory stock theft sentence of 10 years by a Gweru magistrate.Courage Mabheka was sentenced to 10 years by magistrate Nixon Mangoti ...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 12:44hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man steals 42 beasts
Police in Matabeleland North Province have launched a manhunt for Tatenda Chimombe who is on the run after allegedly stealing 42 beasts valued at US...Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 20:20hrs | 8 | by Peter Matuka
Herdboy rapes goat to death
IN a shocking case of bestiality, a 43-year-old herdboy from Togotsvebo Village in Mphoengs, Matabeleland South province chillingly confessed to his "sadistic sexual interest" in animals when he was c...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Herd boy locked up 12 years for rape
A herdboy from Tsholotsho, Matebeleland North province, has been sentenced to an effective 12 years behind bars for raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl who later suffered a miscarriage....Published: 12 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Herdboy rapes employers daughter
A MAN employed as a herdboy in Lupane has appeared in court charged with rape after sexually abusing his employer's daughter. The accused, allegedly instructed the complainant to implicate her...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lighting strikes, kills 18 cattle
THREE farmers from Chief Chireya village in Gokwe North district were left shell-shocked on Sunday after their 18 beasts worth about USD$7000 in total, succumbed to a bolt of lightning.Gokwe N...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 21:39hrs | | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Herdboy lover kills boss' wife in jealous rage
IN a spine-chilling incident that left villagers in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, in shock, a 28-year-old man who was employed as a herd boy allegedly murdered his employer's 47-year-old w...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC host young leaders conference
Bulawayo City Council is set to host the young leader's conference on Saturday 4th June, where youths will partake with business gurus who will share know...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 13:37hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Man fatally assaults wife over infidelity
A 35-year-old man from Somabula has been arrested for fatally assaulting his wife with a switch while accusing her of having an extramarital affair with a local herdboy.Police said the suspect...Published: 23 May 2022 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Herdboys in narrow escape as lightning strike kills cattle
"We ran for our dear lives when we saw the sun falling down and suddenly our cattle were lying on the ground."These are the words of 13-year-old Thabo Ndlovu after he and his friend Andrew Mpu...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
It is now the abused State security vs Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa's political wave, summarised under his rallying code #NgaapindeHakeMukoma, has left Zanu-PF mesmerised, confused and doing embarrassing things by conscripting th...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 7 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Herd boy on the run after stealing employer's car
A man employed as a herd boy in Empandeni, Plumtree is on the run after reportedly stealing a vehicle belonging to his elderly employer.The vehicle is a red Honda Fit registration number AFH 4...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
How my pistol sold me out: Tshinga Dube
AS we continue to commemorate our Independence Day, we revisit an article published earlier in this section in which our Assistant Editor Mkhululi Sibanda (MS) spoke to one of the pioneer guerillas, R...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sweet smelling Zumbani has stolen the limelight
This wild fruit 'Mbhambhara', it's in seasons as we speak. Looking much like the famed olives, milky like Amarula but with a distant blend of sweet/sour taste. The tree with little shiney leav...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:07hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Herd boy impregnates employer's daughter
An 18-year-old herd boy from Breasts Village in Chief Mazvihwa's area is in court after he slept with his boss' 12-year-old daughter resulting in a pregnancy which was noticed two weeks ago.It...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Nust student kidnapped, murdered
A 23-YEAR-OLD National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student was brutally murdered by three assailants who allegedly hired him on the pretext that they wanted him to ferry their goods to...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man catches wife pants down with herdboy
A MAN from Jotsholo who came home unexpectedly got the shock of his life after he caught his wife indulging in sex with their herdboy on their matrimonial bed.A source close to investigations ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to rape girl over $7 credit
A 40-YEAR-OLD Concession man is in trouble after he attempted to rape a girl who owed her US$7.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates yesterday where Wallace Jere pleaded not guilt...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:02hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police kombi shooting: Fresh details emerge
POLICE have arrested the driver of a fleeing unregistered kombi and two cops following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman which occurred in Gletwyn, Harare, on Wednesday.National police...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 14 948 people in Gweru and Mazowe
Details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 14 948 people in Mazowe, Shamva, Gweru and other sites around the country since the commencement of the operation chikorokoza ngachipere.A...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 12:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Elderly couple murdered in beautiful village home
A PROMINENT elderly couple from Mangwe District in Matabeleland South was gruesomely murdered by suspected robbers who raided their homestead on Tuesday night before burning their bodies in the house ...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rustlers pounce on police farm
Police in Marondera, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two Harare men who allegedly stole a cow from a police farm, skinned it at night, before fleeing with some of the meat.Wilson Madz...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 14:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man finds herdboy sampling wife, collapses
IT'S a scenario that has been played out countless times in films and TV dramas and sometimes even for comic effect.But when it really happens it takes a great deal of bravery to face or deal ...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
How a pistol sold Tshinga Dube out
IN our last edition our Assistant Editor Mkhululi Sibanda (MS) spoke to one of the pioneer guerillas, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube about the first operations. Retired Col Dube whose pseudo name was ca...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison officer smokes out goats thief
A PRISON officer sold out a Chipinge woman who was allegedly preying on other villagers' goats after she sold him two suspected stolen goats.Eliza Sithole (47), of Mwandifira village, is now i...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fired worker kills employer
A TEENAGER who was employed as a herdboy in Lupane allegedly attacked and killed his employer with a shovel after she fired him for indiscipline. Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Chi...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex-drought ravages Matobo women
SEVERE sexual hunger is reportedly stalking women in Matobo District in Matabeleland South amid reports that some married women whose husbands work in South Africa and Botswana are now turning to herd...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VP Mohadi named in mysterious deaths and farm scandals?
Whistleblower Prisca Mutema has sensationally that Vice President Kembo Mohadi is involved in a series of scandals involving multiple farm grabbing and number of deaths.The expose come a...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:28hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mavhaire was a herdboy during liberation struggle'
ZANU-PF Secretary for War Veterans Victor Matemadanda has rubbished MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa for calling former Zanu-PF Politburo member Mr Dzikamai Mavhaire, a war veteran saying the no...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fugitive 'killer' herdboy in court
A PLUMTREE herd boy, who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour with a knife 15 years ago for kicking his dog before he fled to South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. Petros Pamani Ndebel...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | | by Igomombe
Woman reveals cousin's sexcapades to hubby
A Bulawayo woman claimed her cousin dished dirt on her in front of her husband claiming she was a prostitute and that she once bedded a police officer apparently in exchange for favours.Sitshe...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba to give up seat in 2023
BUHERA South legislator Joseph Chinotimba will contest for a senatorial seat in 2023 and leave room for younger cadres to carry on with the work he has started in the constituency. Chinotimba said thi...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
You are responsible for 'Change', or continuation of suffering - This Election
The fall of Robert Mugabe taught us, once more, that Zimbabwe does NOT belong to an individual. We saw how Ian Smith fell, how Muzorewa fell and from those close lessons, we need to keep reminded that...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 20:12hrs | | by Multiverse Dungani
Village head, wife kill baby
A TSHOLOTSHO village head and his wife allegedly helped their daughter to give birth to a child whom they strangled and buried in a shallow grave because it was a disgrace that the woman had been impr...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen electrocuted by fallen Zesa cable
A JURU teenage herdboy died last week after he was electrocuted by a Zesa cable that had fallen to the ground.According to a reliable source, on December 17, Laston Zisengwe (15) of Musangate ...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Its either we hold or we are Dead
I am giving the possible lines of arguments, possible strategies and the possible settlement to the current Zimbabwe situation.I think the issues are as follows: Using the military optio...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by MuHwisiri Chaiyeiye
11 burn to death in kombi crash - full report
ELEVEN people were burnt beyond recognition while 14 others were seriously injured when a Honda CRV vehicle collided with a Nissan Caravan at the 60km peg along the Centenary-Mvurwi Road yesterday aft...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwanda killer has pending attempted murder case
A 22-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man who was allegedly found with a human head and male private parts last week has a pending case of attempted murder, investigations have revealed.In the latest case said...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newborn dumped in hole
In an incident of suspected child dumping, a newly born baby has been discovered by a herdboy near Musiningira Primary School in Mberengwa, Midlands.It is so disheartening and pathetic how som...Published: 18 May 2017 at 12:13hrs | | by Mberengwa Resident
'Rapist' herdboy silences victim
A Mberengwa man from Munyamani village employed as a herdboy would have sex with his employer's under-aged daughter and pay her $1.The issue came to light when the two were spotted by the comp...Published: 05 May 2017 at 11:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Boer, donkeys and Zimbabweans
Over the Easter holiday, while most good Christians were looking up in the sky, I went home in Mberengwa.That journey would take me as far as Bulawayo, along the Beitbridge Highway, from the s...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Man catch wife in sex act, commits suicide
A Shurungwi man-Gift Kazembe committed suicide after he his wife red-handed having sex with a herdboy.Chipo Maura is said to have been cheating with the herdboy identified a Tadiwa for two yea...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two men feared dead in lion attack
TWO men, among them a herdboy from Jotsholo are feared dead, after they went missing close to the boundary of Hwange National Park in two separate incidents.Fisani Moyo a herdboy in Jabats...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T presence in government produced excellent results- Mashakada
MDC-T senior official Tapiwa Mashakada has said his party's presence in government during the inclusive government resulted to excellent service delivery which shows that if it is fully given a ma...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 04:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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