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Police seek public help to track armed robbery gang in Bulawayo
Police in Bulawayo are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying and apprehending a gang of 10 armed robbers who carried out a daring heist at United Refineries in the Kelvin Industrial Ar...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:46hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Robbers strike at United Refineries
Armed robbers executed a daring break-in at United Refineries, located in the Kelvin Industrial Area of Bulawayo, early on Friday morning, making off with over US$10,000 and more than 20,000 South Afr...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:54hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
TTI fires 200 employees
TENDY Three Investments (TTI), Bulawayo's traffic management company, has sacked over 200 employees for clamping motorists indiscriminately and violating company policies. The company has faced compla...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's clamping and tow-away by-laws approved
THE Minister of Local Government and Public Works, in terms of section 229 of the Urban Councils Act [Chapter 29:15], has approved the City of Bulawayo (Clamping and Tow-away) By-laws, 2023 which allo...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 09:29hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Army fights back Mnangagwa
WHEN Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa immobilised the military from running elections as they illegally had done mainly since 2000 at the height of militarisation of politics in fear of bhora m...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Goblins immobilise pupils
VILLAGERS of Tsholotsho are still trying to come to terms with a mysterious ‘ailment' that has left about a dozen school children unable to walk after attacks from mysterious creatures.The b...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Biti to submit his defence today
The trial on the assault charge of Tendai Biti will continue today with him being put to his defence.The politician is facing charges of verbally assaulting and threatening businesswoman and i...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe violence signals bloody 2023 poll
THE storming of an opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change Press conference at the Media Centre in Harare by suspected Zanu-PF youths is yet ominous sign that the 2023 general elections could be vio...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZANLA combatant awarded war-vets compensation dating back to 1997
A former combatant of the ZANLA guerrilla army, Marshall Rex Sibanda, has won a case in which he demanded to be registered as a war veteran and awarded compensation.Sibanda, a war veteran and ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
The fog has cleared in Zimbabwe, writes Nelson Chamisa
AT the beginning of last year, I wrote an article in which I promised that "the fog will soon clear".The article was at a time when the movement was facing adverse circumstances. It was a mess...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa
MDC-T bigwigs gun for deflated Mwonzora
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's days at the helm of the opposition outfit could be numbered as hawks within the party are baying for his blood, attributing the political outfit's dismal performance in...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers resurface
A syndicate of robbers has resurfaced on major highways leading from Beitbridge to Bulawayo and Harare, where they are using spikes and also pouncing on motorists who would have had breakdowns....Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Phosphorus grenade used in deadly Munatsi attack
AN incendiary phosphorus grenade which ignites and explodes when hurled, emitting fire and intense heat that burns fiercely, was used to destroy banker Doug Munatsi's home after his immobilisation, ra...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi legacy: To die in service
AMID the sombre atmosphere of Doug Munatsi's memorial service last week, the light-hearted eulogies delivered by his wife and first-born son were undoubtedly embedded in moral values that the late pro...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:16hrs | 12 | by Enock Muchinjo
'Munatsi was killed'
IF he was not immobilised or held against his will, prominent banker and Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency CEO Douglas Munatsi could have escaped the fire that engulfed his luxurious 9th floor pe...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man arrested in SA over highway robberies
A Zimbabwean robber has been arrested along with three South Africans for unleashing a reign of terror on motorists using the N1 Highway. The N1 is a major commercial road that links South Africa with...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awards passport production contract to Belgian firm
A Belgian company linked to bribes-for-tenders in over half-a-dozen countries has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to produce biometric passports for Zimbabwe, ZimLive reported.Zim...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 12:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa trying to coup-proof himself'
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "coup-based government" was not yet ready to surrender power to civilians....Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths defiant
MDC Alliance youths say they will respond to a clampdown by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by mobilising supporters to vote in large numbers in forthcoming elections.Lately, there h...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
It is NOT illegal for City of Harare to clamp and tow away vehicles
ON November 21, 2020, The Herald newspaper published an article titled Vehicle clamping, towing illegal - Supreme Court. That article portrays, and has been understood by a wide section of the...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Jeremiah Bamu
Mabvuku old lady relieved
IT is almost lunch hour and several people are sitting outside their houses along Toronto Street, Old Tafara Mabvuku to escape from the sweltering summer heat.Among them is an 80-year-old woma...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:32hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
'The enemy is within the ANC,' says former intelligence chief
A group calling themselves "ANC cadres", led by a former chief of military intelligence, claims that the party faces a leadership crisis because the members of its higher echelons have credentials "no...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | | by TimesLIVE
Mnangagwa's Security Minister left exposed by State Agents, claims Jonathan Moyo, Zhuwao
FORMER cabinet ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao have made sensational claims against National Security Minister Owen Ncube alleging Special Forces (SAS) recently, and on two occasions, broke...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Botswana proposes hunting and trade as elephant population declines.
The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants, a further decline from 131,600 reporte...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by Dr Louise de Waal
Moment of truth for Phillip Chiyangwa
He would have preferred to be unopposed this time around as he seeks re-election as the Zifa president.Flamboyant businessman and National Assembly member for Zvimba South Phillip Chiyangwa di...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai may have been poisoned, same way as Mnangagwa was
A political activist Elliot Pfebve has claimed that late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai may have been poisoned, in the same way President Emmerson Mnangagwa was poisoned during a rally in Gwanda....Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 07:46hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
How to spot a coup!
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been detained by the country's military, who have seized control of the national broadcaster, ZBC.Soldiers and army vehicles are on the streets of the ca...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by BBC
Zanu-PF's greatest opposition is not Tsvangirai's Alliance
AS THE Zanu-PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to respected political analyst and civil s...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe reshuffle, implications for the Army
It is now clear that the recent Mugabe reshuffle has nothing to do with the economy, but more to do with keeping Emmerson Mnangagwa away from assuming the presidency of Zimbabwe. The changes made in t...Published: 10 Oct 2017 at 13:36hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Arrest monsters on the run
Monsters on the loose are rampaging through Zimbabwean society, trampling underfoot the confidence in Government by both the gullible and rational-minded citizens of our country all the while defaming...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why is the Zimbabwean Diaspora protesting outside the country?
Relations and nature of interaction among the ruling oligarchy, opposition elements, the general citizenry, and civil society groups in Zimbabwe have been dominated by the long and pervasive Zanu PF r...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 08:12hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
MDC-T broke, struggles to buy motorbikes
Opposition MDC-T is reportedly financially crippled to the extent that some provinces do not have 'a party vehicle, even a motorbike to move around the area for mobilisation and administrative purpose...Published: 22 May 2017 at 11:32hrs | | by Alice Dube
BCC to auction impounded vehicles
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will next month auction 80 impounded vehicles whose owners have not claimed them for over 30 days, with motorists saying the municipality was using its skewed towing po...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tough times ahead for women politicians
FOR years, Zimbabwe's women in politics offered much hope for their kind, but their voices have since died down.At such a defining moment, when the nation is preparing for watershed elections ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Zebb Chakawa
Minister in bizarre police spikes denial
Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has made a bizarre denial that traffic police officers do not throw spikes under vehicles.Police officers routinely throw spikes at commuter omnibu...Published: 16 Feb 2017 at 05:36hrs | | by Mary Charamba
6 cops sjambok kombi owner, dragged to court for assault
SIX cops from Bulawayo allegedly gagged a commuter omnibus owner, sjamboked him and stomped on his private parts while he was handcuffed after accusing him of touting at Egodini bus terminus....Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe police set dogs on protestors'
The Zimbabwe Republic police has been accused of setting their dogs on protestors they had arrested after conducting door-to-door raids in the Harare suburbs of Mabvuku, Zimre Park and Epworth in the ...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
10 city cops jailed, council under fire
HARARE City Council is being accused of instructing its traffic officers to impound vehicles for offences before issuing out tickets in violation of city by-laws, a development that has resulted in 10...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mr Casper Sibanda a liberation hero and a hero of our time
On the 2nd June 1957, Mr Casper Sibanda the son of Mr Isaac Diliza Sibanda, was born in Bulawayo at Mpilo Hospital. His roots are in Kezi, where he started his Sub A at Matankeni Pry School. Mr Si...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 19:02hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Bulawayo City Council clamping and tow away by-law
STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 63 OF 2015 [BULAWAYO CITY COUNCIL CLAMPING AND TOW AWAY] BY-LAWS, 2015The City of Bulawayo would like to advise members of the ...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 15:38hrs | | by M Nyoni
Bulawayo tightens screws on traffic offenders
Bulawayo City Council has tightened screws on traffic offenders following the approval of its new by-laws by the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Ignatius Chombo....Published: 29 May 2015 at 07:21hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Mugabe collapse, 27 guards suspended
Heads have started rolling as the fallout over President Robert Mugabe's embarrasing fall at Harare International Airport on Wednesday begins.Sources said up to 27 members of the presidential ...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 18:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Drama as kombi driver removes wheels from clamped vehicle
A DARING motorist in Gweru who had his vehicle clamped by the city council's clamping team shocked onlookers when he removed the two wheels from the left side of his passenger carrying vehicle to prev...Published: 17 May 2014 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cops' continued use of spikes angers kombi operator
A BULAWAYO commuter omnibus operator Sikhathazile Dhlodhlo has castigated the police for their continued use of the tyre-shredding spikes at the expense of human lives and property.At a tim...Published: 14 Apr 2014 at 06:40hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
ZUNDE calls on all pro-democracy Zim activists to unite and stand up
Calling on all pro-democracy activists to unite and stand up - Zimbabweans United for Democracy (ZUNDE)Good day my fellow countrymen and countrywomen. Z...Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 23:57hrs | | by Farai Mbira
HIV+ pastor condemned to a jailed 20 years for sodomising church member
HOUSE of Manna Global Ministries leader Tizora Kaitano was yesterday slapped with an effective 20 - year prison sentence following his conviction on two counts of aggravated indecent assault on a male...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman cuts off hubby's manhood
A woman has reportedly sawn off her husband's penis with a bread knife after catching him cheating on her with another man.The Brazilian man and his penis were rushed to hospital but the orga...Published: 17 Aug 2013 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman (68) found naked at neighbour's house after midnight, speaking in 'tongues'
A granny from Mutare's Chikanga suburb left neighbours awestruck after she was found naked and speaking in 'tongues' at a neighbour's house in the wee hours of last Saturday.The whole of Chika...Published: 30 Jul 2012 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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