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Army told to compensate evicted families
CHIEFS in Shurugwi are demanding that the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) compensates over 200 families they evicted from Lazy Nine Farm under Chief Banga two years ago.The army gave a short noti...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:53hrs | 1226 | by Staff reporter
'Thief' spears man (65) to death
A 65-year-old man from Inyathi died after being stabbed three times with a spear by a suspected thief who had broken into his son's homestead and stolen four bags of cement. Acting Matabelelan...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Nepotism and tribalism
Early this week Zimbabweans woke up to some very disturbing news – the nepotism which is rife at Town House as some MDC members of the Harare City Council are using their positions as councillors to...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 14:06hrs | 974 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Whirlwind damages Cyrene High hostels
OVER 100 pupils at the Anglican-run Cyrene High School in Plumtree were left without a roof over their heads a fortnight ago after heavy winds blew off the roofs of two hostels at the school.T...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
8 new magistrates sworn-in
The Judicial Service Commission yesterday swore-in eight new magistrates, seven of them female, in a move that acting Chief Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi said would ease the backlog of cases before th...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:14hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Exhumation in the context of Gukurahundi and Ndebele thought
AS efforts continue to find closure to the Gukurahundi conundrum, hopes are being raised that there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. While people may be speaking freely on the subject, cl...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:01hrs | 195 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Ntabazinduna villagers get reprieve
TWENTY-TWO Ntabazinduna villagers that were convicted alongside Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni for destroying a fellow villager's property got a temporary reprieve last week after their sentence...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:34hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Villagers to make way for power line
TWENTY NINE households in Mazwi village on the outskirts of Bulawayo will be relocated to pave way for the erection of a 335km long overhead power line from a proposed Hwange Substation to Insukamini ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 07:10hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Even pastors consult sangomas?
WHAT is this that we hear about a popular ‘Man of God' who was recently given a VIP treatment at a traditional healer's surgery in a neighbouring country?I mean that other well known pastor ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Duo rape corpse, get death sentence
TWO Zvishavane villagers, who gang-raped a 51-year-old woman who had her nine-month-old grandchild strapped on her back and brutally murdered her before taking turns to engage in sex with the corpse, ...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo could be exhumed from Heroes Acre
The family of liberation icon Joshua Nkomo says it is not ruling out exhuming his body from the National Heroes Acre in Harare for reburial at his homestead in Kezi, Matabeleland South.Nkomo's...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 21:59hrs | 3271 | by ZimLive
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 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife's boyfriend
A 34-YEAR-OLD Bindura man has been arrested on charges of killing his wife's alleged boyfriend with a hoe.Paradzai Parafini of Showground Compound was not asked to plead when he appeared befor...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
What Mugabe feared most
Former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has finally been buried at his rural Zvimba home, bringing to an end the dramatic and bitter disputes between his surviving spouse Grace and President Emmerson Mna...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 17:54hrs | 2392 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's bizarre burial revelations
The body of former president Robert Mugabe was buried yesterday at his rural home in Zvimba in a low-key event.Mugabe's family gathered at Kutama village where they witnessed his burial under ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 17:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe looked after his own
THE drums reverberated at the home of the late former President Robert Mugabe as boys from the Roman Catholic-run Kutama Boys High Mission sang in smooth innocent majestic voices to bid farewell to a ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo clan chiefs snubbed Mugabe burial
Chiefs from the late national hero Robert Mugabe's Gushungo clan of Zvimba were conspicuous by their absence during his burial yesterday, amid indications that they failed to agree with the family on ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3105 | by Staff reporter
Grace's insecurities & scheming derailed plans to bury Mugabe at the Heroes Acre
THE founding father of Zimbabwe and former President Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore three weeks ago, was laid to rest at his Zvimba rural homestead on Saturday, putting to an end squabbles among...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Editorial - chronicle
Grace wanted to exhume the body of Mugabe's mother from Zvimba
EVENTS leading up to the burial of the country's founding President, Robert Mugabe, at his rural home in Zvimba yesterday - 22 days after his death in Singapore - betrayed former First Lady Grace Mug...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 23:55hrs | 8070 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions - when poor citizens become collateral damage
MS Nosizo Ncube is a 74-year-old widow who lives in a village tucked in the remote Nkayi district, a little far from modern civilisation. She has been in and out of hospital with asthma and swollen le...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:37hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Man jailed 20yrs for poisoning father
A 23-YEAR old Zimunya man who poisoned his father during a cleansing ceremony along Mpudzi River has been slapped with a 20-year jail sentence by a Mutare High Court judge.Dereck Chitakatira r...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cheating man beaten to death
A NYANGA man was on Tuesday evening assaulted to death after he was caught having sex with a married woman.James Nyakapanga (36) was having the time of his life with Chipo Guta nee Boterere, w...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:30hrs | 1840 | by Staff reporter
The recruits who challenged the Zipra leadership
SEVENTY-THREE-year-old Tapson Ncube passes for just another villager in the Inyankuni area in Umzingwane District, but when one goes down memory lane, the man whose pseudo name was Makhula Thebe durin...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:25hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Shocking details surrounding Mugabe burial
Events leading up to the burial of the country's founding President, Robert Mugabe, at his rural home in Zvimba yesterday – 22 days after his death in Singapore – betrayed former First Lady Grace ...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:14hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe made choice to be buried in Zvimba'
LATE former State President Robert Mugabe is the one who expressed a wish not to be buried at the National Heroes Acre, confiding in close family members that he had been humiliated by the 2017 coup t...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:12hrs | 274 | by newzimbabwe
Shocking details on Mugabe burial, Grace tries to exhume Bona's remains
EVENTS leading up to the burial of the country's founding President, Robert Mugabe, at his rural home in Zvimba yesterday - 22 days after his death in Singapore - betrayed former First Lady Grace Muga...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:28hrs | 9032 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa snub Mugabe burial?
Zimbabwe's founding leader Robert Mugabe was buried on Saturday in his home village of Kutama, ending a dispute between his family and the government of his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa over...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 20:04hrs | 1193 | by Reuters/AP
Mugabe to be burial today next to Bona not Sally
THE remains of former President Robert Mugabe are set to be interred at his Kutama Mission homestead in Zvimba today, where he will lie alongside his late mother, Bona and brothers, Albert and Donato....Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Grace blocks media, villagers from Mugabe's funeral
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly barred the media and villagers from the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's funeral ahead of his burial at his Zvimba rural home in Mashonala...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 12:21hrs | 14526 | by Ndou Paul
Family kills son-in-law in domestic brawl
FOUR members of the same family in Zhombe have been nabbed by police after they allegedly fatally assaulted their son-in law after a domestic dispute with his wife.Midlands provincial police s...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'strikes' employer with a hammer for 'cheating' him
A DOMESTIC worker from Ntabazinduna has been arrested for allegedly striking his employer with a hammer on the head accusing her of "cheating" on him. Africa Bhehane (57) allegedly struck Ms F...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold panners invade mine
ABOUT 3 000 illegal gold panners have reportedly invaded a mining claim at Lonely Gold Mine in Inyathi, Bubi district, in Matabeleland North province after news spread that 3kgs of the mineral worth a...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters jailed for killing Mnangagwa supporter
THREE MDC Alliance hooligans who killed a Zanu-PF supporter who was celebrating the revolutionary party's victory in the 2008 Presidential elections have been sentenced to a combined 10 years in jail ...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for assaulting wife over bush hare
A CHIPINGE man was yesterday sentenced to 24 months in prison for assaulting his wife after she refused to add more firewood into the fire for him to dress his bush hare.Gilbert Simango (24), ...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gangster' killed in police shootout
A SUSPECTED gangster died in a shootout with police who had laid an ambush for his gun-totting friend at a homestead in Bulilima District. Police are trying to use fingerprints to identify the...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Malema hails Grace for shielding Mugabe
South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party Julius Malema yesterday hailed former first lady Grace Mugabe for protecting the late ex-president Robert Mugabe's legacy from "individua...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Malema visit Robert Mugabe's coffin
Guess who's coming to dinner? EFF leader Julius Malema and his fellow executive staff – including Treasurer General Leigh Mathys – showed up the Blue Roof mansion in Harare to pay their respects t...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 09:24hrs | 3368 | by Staff reporter
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 16:00hrs | 438 | by Reginald Nyathi
Mugabe in low-key village send-off
IT was billed to be his historical final homecoming trip, complete with ecstatic crowds lining up the highway, which he travelled on so frequently during his long life.Yet, whether as a result...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 9339 | by Staff reporter
Man poisons father to inherit Mazda 323
A 23-year-old Zimunya man who killed his father after making him drink water laced with poison during a cleansing ceremony along Mpudzi River committed the gruesome crime. His motive - he wanted to in...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
The rise of online traditional healers
Stories have been told about how people from various parts of the region used to frequent popular late traditional healer Sekuru Ndunge's homestead in Chipinge for various consultations. It is said th...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial saga
The ongoing controversy as to whether former president Robert Mugabe should be buried at the National Heroes Acre or at his homestead in Zvimba is a non-event. In fact, it hides the true story...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 20:49hrs | 4458 | by Richard Munyama
Chiefs demand Mugabe be buried according to traditions
As public wakes for late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have drawn to a close, traditional chiefs are demanding the body be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have ...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 15:07hrs | | by AFP
Mugabe's roots mystery unravelled
AFTER what seemed an eternity for villagers who gathered at his rural homestead in Zvimba since his demise on September 6, Robert Mugabe's body was on Monday brought back to where his life's journey b...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2449 | by Staff reporter
6 traditional questions stalling Mugabe's burial
Traditional chiefs in Zimbabwe are demanding that the body of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have been part of a dispute ove...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 18:42hrs | | by AFP
In-laws beat man to death
A Zhombe woman, her mother, brother and sister have been arrested for allegedly teaming up to fatally assault her husband following a domestic dispute. Acting Midlands provincial spokesperson,...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills son over paternity row
A 24-year-old Zaka man allegedly strangled his son at the height of an argument over paternity with the mother, police said yesterday. Edison Jere of Machele Village under Chief Nhema took adv...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 946 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's funeral fuels tensions due to traditional beliefs, rituals
As public wakes for late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have drawn to a close, traditional chiefs are demanding the body be buried according to spiritual traditions.Those requests have been p...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:20hrs | 4226 | by AFP
Mugabe coup leaders forgiven
TRADITIONAL leaders in Zvimba yesterday said they had pardoned those who removed former President Robert Mugabe from power through a military coup in November 2017 to foster national healing.S...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Anger over Mnangagwa regalia as Mugabe's body goes to Kutama
The body of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who died on September 6, arrived in his home village on Monday for a subdued farewell at a dusty sports field after a weekend state funeral with Af...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:03hrs | 3883 | by AFP
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