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City Bus catches fire
Property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed in an inferno when a cross boarder bus, City Bus, caught fire near the Gweru-Somabula toll gate.The bus was travelling from Botswana to Harare...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1346 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in dispute over music
A MAN from Binga fatally struck his nephew following a row over music, which the now deceased kept on changing.This was heard when Nkululeko Munkombwe (25) appeared before Bulawayo High Court ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:42hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
One dead, several injured as grenade explodes in house
ONE person died on the spot while several others were hospitalised after an object believed to be a grenade exploded in their house in Silobela.The incident happened in Dambridge area Mtshogwe...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:22hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Bosso travel to Zvishavane
HIGHLANDERS FC make the short trip to Zvishavane tomorrow hoping to spoil FC Platinum's title chase in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Mandava Stadium. With Bosso chasing a top-eight fin...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Man 'beats up' wife to death over infidelity
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his wife with an electric cable and a log accusing her of having an extra-marital affair. Mike Nyoni (24) of Pumula South subu...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:36hrs | 3497 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters in fatal crash
Two MDC activists in Mashonaland East died in a road accident on Sunday night when their vehicle collided head-on with another near Ruwa while on their way from Harare, where they had gone for a rally...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1332 | by Staff reporter
Violence rocks University of Zimbabwe
The ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Tendai Chirau has claimed that some MDC members caused violence during an SRC election that took place on Tuesday. Writing on social media Chirau ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 19:30hrs | 6223 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tragedy of the doctors' crippling strike
It is simple: The tragedy of the over two-months doctors' strike is that Zimbabwe has two finely distinct groups; those who feel (the majority) the impact of the strike and those who talk (the minorit...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1736 | by Learnmore Zuze
Child snatched by destitute woman found alive
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl who was snatched away from her home in Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb by a stranger has been reunited with her family after she was found in Tsholotsho. Nosipho Ndlovu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 2438 | by Staff reporter
Bosso banks on army of supporters
HIGHLANDERS players troop into Barbourfields Stadium this afternoon knowing they would be 90 minutes away from making history by taking the club into the Chibuku Super Cup finals for the first time si...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
The Prince is back!
HIGHLANDER'S top striker Prince Dube bounces back on Sunday at Barbourfields Stadium to lead the Bulawayo giants' charge against ZPC Kariba in the semi-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup after missing tw...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
Neighbours in fatal fight over woman
A SPURNED man from Plumtree who allegedly fatally attacked his 51-year-old neighbour in a fight over a woman, yesterday appeared in court. Methuseli Moyo (36) of Mabungwe village in Bulilima d...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Man kicks brother to death
A MAN from Fort Rixon has appeared in court for allegedly assaulting his brother and taking him to clinic only to run away when his sibling succumbed to the injuries. Langa Nyathi (43) of Godl...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:54hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Sexually fired-up donkey bites 'disruptive' man
In a bizarre incident that has sent tongues wagging in Zimuto Village, Chivi district, Masvingo, a 28-year-old man was left nursing injuries after he was bitten by a donkey while trying to restrain th...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 17:54hrs | 3648 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa, Mugabe govts similar in violence against journos'
MEDIA defence lawyer Chris Mhike has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government was similar to that of the late former President Robert Mugabe in terms of committing violence against journalists....Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:08hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Woman slaps driver with $520k lawsuit for fuel queue accident
A BULAWAYO woman who sustained injuries after her car was hit by another vehicle while in a fuel queue is suing the driver of the offending car for $520 000 in damages. Ms Heather Hikwa of Pum...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for robbery gang
POLICE have launched a manhunt for six robbers who attacked five mine workers and robbed them of R6 000, US$180, RTGS$800 and two cell phones in Colleen Bawn. Matabeleland South acting provinc...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:01hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Khami Road crash kills 3
THREE people died, two of them relatives to the late national hero Sikhanyiso Ndlovu when the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned along Khami Road. Brother to th...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans in SA jail break
SOUTH African police are pursuing two Zimbabweans and three South Africans who escaped from a remand prison in Limpopo province on Monday evening. It is understood that the five prisoners aged between...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Dembare coach apologises to the fans
DYNAMOS coach Tonderai Ndiraya has apologised to the fans saying he acknowledges the Glamour Boys are shortchanging their supporters. The fading giants have recorded their highest number of dr...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
3 die in car crash
THREE people died on the spot, while two others were seriously injured when a pirate taxi they were travelling in overturned several times along Khami Road near Delta Beverages in Bulawayo early Sunda...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1054 | by Staff reporter
2 killed, 6 injured in road accident
TWO people died, one of them on the spot, and the other on admission to Kwekwe General Hospital following a fatal road accident involving a Ford Ranger along Kwekwe-Gokwe Road, which left six others i...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:55hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa top ally in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt yet another blow with US President Donald Trump on Friday adding his close ally, State Security minister Owen Ncube, to the sanctions list.Ncube who...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:37hrs | 2587 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions lunacy
The anti-sanctions public holiday on Friday was a new dimension in Zimbabwean lunacy, buoyed by mistaken African solidarity. They accept Zanu PF propaganda without looking into what these sanctions ar...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 20:26hrs | 2080 | by Zimbabwe Vigil
'Mgagao Declaration changed political dynamics'
The bid by nationalist leaders to negotiate with Ian Smith around 1976 did not go well with freedom fighters. As such, these efforts led to the emergence of power dynamics that saw Robert Mugabe posit...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:50hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Gang violence rattles high school
Parents of pupils at Kwekwe High School are mulling transferring their children from the school following reports of gang violence and indiscipline that have reached alarming levels at the school....Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Brave girl (11) jumps into stream, wrestles crocodile to save friend
IN a rare show of bravado, an 11-year-old girl from Hwange Town plunged into a stream and jumped on top of a crocodile before gouging its eyes to rescue a nine-year-old friend who had been gripped by ...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 05:47hrs | 11083 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: 'ZANU PF Youths stone funeral car carrying dead vendor'
The MDC Youth Assembly Secretary General Gift Siziba has alleged that ZANU PF Youths have stoned the funeral car carrying the body of the late Hilton Tafadzwa Tamangani during a funeral in Chitungwiza...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 17:46hrs | 7936 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police pursue Zanu-PF armed robbery gang leader's assassins
The police are yet to arrest assassins who raided a business man's house in Maphisa, Matabeleland South on Tuesday morning before fatally shooting him and making off without taking anything. T...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 17:37hrs | 7290 | by Staff Reporter
MDC mourns political violence victim
The MDC Mashonaland East province has been plunged into mourning following the death of party stalwart Obed Pindu Muchabaiwa who died at Marondera Provincial Hospital on Sunday at the age of 81....Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:08hrs | 1786 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporter dies in custody
Harare magistrate Mrs Learnmore Mapiye yesterday granted $100 bail each to 10 of the 11 suspected MDC-Alliance marshals who allegedly assaulted a police officer at a food court in Harare recently. ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
ZRP slams 'politically inspired' attacks
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over the increase in cases in which its officers continue to be attacked in some areas in and around the CBD by suspected MDC-Alliance youths. ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths bash thief to death
THREE Zanu PF youths were arraigned before Bindura Magistrates Courts yesterday facing charges of beating a suspected thief to death.Zivanai Nyazvigodi (38), Alexio Kurai Gondo (26) and Naison...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:29hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Lobby group angry over child abuser's lenient sentence
Women's Comfort Corner Foundation (WCCF) director Rita Marque-Mbatha has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa, seeking his intervention in a matter in which a Chitungwiza woman, who scalded a six-y...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Old habits die hard for Zimbabwe police
The death of a Harare vendor in remand prison after he was allegedly tortured during interrogation is yet another indication that old habits in the police force have not been banished.Hilton T...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:52hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Riot police assault journo
RIOT police yesterday assaulted an Alpha Media Holdings journalist during running battles between the cops and vendors in central Harare.Ruvimbo Muchenje, who sustained injuries, said she was ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:46hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Police link helmet to slain cop
ONE of the 210 anti-riot police helmets recovered from the basement of Robinson House in Harare last week belonged to a police sergeant who was killed in political violence that erupted near Harvest H...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Boy (14) fatally assaulted over stolen hen
FIVE Rusape villagers allegedly ganged up and fatally assaulted a 14-year-old boy accused of stealing a hen from one of their colleague, last week.Three of them – Jonathan Elias (43), Michae...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Woman escapes jail after bashing hubby over beer
A WOMAN from Bulawayo escaped jail for bashing her husband with an iron rod in a fight over five litres of alcohol that she had consumed. Rosemary Ndlovu (20) from Pumula suburb struck Mr Bukh...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:04hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 282 | by Cyril Zenda
Woman bashes hubby with iron rod over beer
A WOMAN from Bulawayo escaped jail for bashing her husband with an iron rod in a fight over five litres of alcohol that she had consumed.Rosemary Ndlovu (20) from Pumula suburb struck Mr Bukho...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:24hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
RBZ wins accident lawsuit
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court ruling ordering the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to pay accident damages amounting to US$33 552 to a local company.The judgment, nullifying the ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Army chief's wife to stand trial for murder
The wife of a brigadier general who was a suspect in the 2012 murder of her nephew is only being prosecuted seven years later – coincidentally as her husband has filed for divorce.Cleop...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | 15 | by ZimLive
Woman goes scot free for scalding hubby with boiling water
A WOMAN from Bulawayo who was accused of scalding her husband with boiling water peeling off most of his skin, breathed a sigh of relief after attempted murder charges against her were withdrawn yeste...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family killed in SA car crash
FOUR Zimbabwean family members were killed when their car, a Toyota Fortuner, was involved in a head-on collision with a Porsche Cayenne on the N11 highway near Modelkloof in South Africa's KwaZulu Na...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:47hrs | 27 | by Staff rpeorter
Woman to face murder trial
Former Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) audit executive Dr Cleopatra Mutisi will stand trial next year at the High Court on allegations of assaulting to death her 13-year-old nephew on...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes friend, 2 cops over $4
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Redcliff yesterday appeared at Kwekwe Magistrates Court facing charges of resisting arrest and assault after bashing his friend and two police officers following a $4 dispute....Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
'Hungry' man punches, stabs wife
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife on the buttocks, scratching her with a steel nail and assaulting her with a brick resulting in her losing her front tooth. Zibu...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Chamisa in 'armed robbery, murder'
A self-proclaimed prophet and his nephew who ganged up and allegedly robbed two shops at Jalukange Business Centre in Beitbridge District after firing 25 bullets, shooting two people leading to the de...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs wife's buttocks
Police have arrested an abusive Bulawayo who struck his wife with a brick and stabbed her on the buttocks with an empty beer bottle in a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Zibusiso Mthe...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:30hrs | 1237 | by Staff Reporter
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