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ZANU-PF appoints new Head for Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology
ZANU-PF has announced the appointment of Ishmael Mada as the new principal of the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology, succeeding Munyaradzi Machacha, who has been elevated to the position of National ...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:07hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Teacher goes berserk, bites 23 learners
A Hwange-based teacher, Oscar Ndlovu, has sparked outrage and disbelief after allegedly biting 23 students at Neluswi Primary School in Jambezi. The 49-year-old Grade Seven teacher faces potential arr...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 06:50hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Victoria Falls Mayor defects to Zanu-PF
Former Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dlamini has defected from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) to join Zanu-PF, citing the ruling party's achievements under the Second Republic and the support...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 15:13hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Granny, 74, survives rape by twisting attacker's privates
A 74-year-old Hwange woman survived a rape ordeal by grabbing and squeezing her 21-year-old attacker's privates, a Hwange court heard recently.The assailant was named as Mbonisi Ncube, a resid...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 13:35hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls Mayor finally elected
In a unanimous decision, Prince Thuso Dilelihle Moyo, the youthful Ward 7 councillor of Victoria Falls City, has been chosen as the city's new mayor. Joining him in leadership as deputy mayor is Ward ...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 22:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Drunk cop removed from guarding ballot papers at Matebeleland North school
A police officer was removed from guarding election materials at a school in Jambezi, Matebeleland North, after being found asleep and drunk on Sunday.For 30 minutes, senior police officers co...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 28 | by Stafff reporter
Obert Mpofu drumming up support for Mnangagwa
THE Zanu-PF campaign train rolls into Jambezi in Hwange district today where the party's Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu is expected to address multitudes of supporters.Jambezi fal...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hardly Ndazi retires
FAMED Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Hwange-based referee Hardly Ndazi has retired from the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) referees panel to pursue other avenues in life.Ndazi has ca...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZPRA children turn heat on Sipho Malunga over Esidakeni farm
The Esidakeni Farm saga has taken a new twist as pressure group calls on Zimbabwe Anti Corruption to investigate High court judge and prominent Bulawayo lawyer. Abantwana bomzabalazo a pressur...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 13:57hrs | 9 | by Nicholas Ncube
Stakeholders tackle poor pass rate in Matabeleland North
POOR pass rates in Matabeleland North schools took centre stage at an ongoing workshop where stakeholders are crafting a Provincial Economic Development Plan, amid concerns that the province's main ch...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on potholes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he is pained by the potholes on the country's "once great highways" while committing $33,6 billion towards the rehabilitation of 10 000kms of the country's roads. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for indulging in sex with minor
A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Jambezi on the outskirts of Victoria Falls has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for repeatedly indulging in sex with a girl aged 14.Pride Nkomazana and the girl who c...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hive of activity at schools
THERE was a hive of activity in schools yesterday as parents accompanied their children to school as non-examination classes opened yesterday. Some even took to social media platforms to celeb...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo vaccinates 400 frontliners
OVER 400 frontline workers have taken the Covid-19 vaccine in Bulawayo within two days of the rolling out of the programme in the city. Bulawayo has four teams vaccinating frontline workers wh...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 49 | by Phathisani Nyathi
ZRA warns of illegal recruitment for Batoka Gorge project
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has warned the public not to be duped by bogus employment agents who claim to be recruiting workers from Hwange and Jambezi villages for the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electr...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu not a sellout
It does not matter that Obert Mpofu hails from and or identifies himself with the Mthwakazi people but he is the other person to be tried for the gruesome massacres of Mthwakazi people during the Guku...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | | by MLF
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sex in kombi full of passengers
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Victoria Falls has been arrested for engaging in sex with a minor girl in a moving commuter omnibus full of passengers.The Form Four girl, now 16, is seven months pregna...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Shona teacher terrorises pupils at Nejambezi Secondary school
A Shona speaking teacher by the name Huggins Makiwa based at Nejambezi Secondary school situated 28 km from Victoria Falls town is reportedly terrorising pupils that he teaches, by constantly remindin...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 12:52hrs | | by MRP
Killer Campfire ranger granted $100 bail
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire), who allegedly accidentally killed a 62-year-old Jambezi woman as he tried t...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ranger in court for shooting villager
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) has been taken to court for accidentally shooting a 62-year-old Jambezi woma...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwejani band is back!
AFTER an eight-year hiatus, Victoria Falls' sungura group Kwejani Band is back with a seven-track album. Fronted by Sizwangendaba Ncube, the Jambezi-based band had starved its fans who had bee...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 23:06hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Village head arrested for rape
A VILLAGE head from Jambezi who allegedly turned a 25-year-old mentally challenged woman into a sex slave has been dragged to court facing rape charges.Walter Ncube (43) of Monde Village who i...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Poison laced beer deaths
CHIEF Shana of Jambezi in Hwange has expelled a villager who the community accuses of killing four people by lacing their beer with crocodile bile and brains.Villagers in Mulonga accused Never...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 9 years for raping minor
A 23-year-old Hwange man who raped an 11-year-old girl in 2014 was last week slapped with a 12-year jail term after being convicted of two counts of rape.Fightwell Zulu of Chenge Village in Ja...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl child empowerment: Everyone's duty
ZIMBABWE Women In Politics Alliance commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1,1 billion girls in the world and encouraging them to dream and aspire to be whoever they w...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 12 | by Linda Masarira
Justice catches up with rapist
A MAN who, in 2014, raped an 11-year-old girl was recently hauled before the courts to answer to two counts of rape and unlawful entry charges after four years on the run.Fightwell Zulu (23) o...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate International day of the Girl Child
2018 Theme: With Her: A skilled Girl Force Zimbabwe Women In Politics Alliance celebrate the International day of the Girl Child by celebrating the 1.1 ...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 19:09hrs | | by Linda T. Masarira
Zanu-PF sends condolences to Mathuthu family
ZANU-PF yesterday extended its condolences to the Mathuthu family following the death of Politburo member and former Matabeleland North Provincial Affairs Minister, Thokozile Mathuthu.Mathuthu...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC voter educators injured in car crash
FIVE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) voter educators have been hospitalised, with the driver said to be in critical condition, after they were involved in an accident along the Deka-Jambezi Road i...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo freed after a decade in remand prison
TWO Hwange men who allegedly connived to lock up their grandfather in his bedroom before setting it alight have been freed after 11 years in remand prison.Hwange resident magistrate Rose Dube ...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa the best person to lead the country'
ZANU-PF Youth League national political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu has said President Mnangagwa is the best person to lead the country as he has acquitted himself well after only six months in offic...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters not happy with Mnangagwa snub
Ruling Zanu PF supporters said Wednesday they were not impressed after President Emmerson Mnangagwa failed to turn up for a scheduled rally, having patiently waited for him all day.According t...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru rally flops
OPPOSITION National People's Party leader and People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate Joice Mujuru was yesterday forced to cancel her campaign rally in Victoria Falls after only a hand...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joice Mujuru rally flops
OPPOSITION National People's Party leader and People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate Joice Mujuru was yesterday forced to cancel her campaign rally in Victoria Falls after only a hand...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldier (27) 'rapes' minor
A 27-YEAR-OLD soldier stationed in Victoria Falls has been arraigned to court on allegations of raping and impregnating his girlfriend's teenage daughter.The girl, who is 17 years old resided ...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chief Maduna petitions Mnangagwa over Obert Mpofu
Chief Vezi Maduna of Filabusi in Matabeleland South is seeking President Emmerson Mnangagwa's permission to summon Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu to appear before his court on allegations of meddli...Published: 02 May 2018 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses down their syringes
NURSES at Government hospitals countrywide yesterday downed tools in protest over the failure by their employer to attend to their grievances which include poor remuneration and working conditions....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
State to relocate villagers for Batoka power project
HUNDREDS of villagers living along the Zambezi River banks are likely to be displaced soon to pave way for the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric Scheme (BGHES) being initiated by Zambia and Zimbabwe....Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fears of voter apathy rock Matabeleland
THE Constitution guarantees every Zimbabwean citizen the right to vote.But in Matabeleland, thousands of people are not even regarded as citizens.According to Zimbabwe Electoral Commis...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa was ready to spill Gukurahundi beans'
ZAPU has claimed that former Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was hounded out of government and Zanu-PF because he was ready to expose the ruling party's shenanigans in the 1980s Gukurahundi massacre...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailbreak tsikamutanda implicates prison guards
A TSIKAMUTANDA who escaped from Victoria Falls Prison last month has told a magistrate that he bribed some unnamed prison officers for them to release him.Nyasha Jabulani Nyoni (21) of BH 3 Ja...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'soldiers' rob Botswana garage
TWO Victoria Falls men wore army uniforms and masks to rob a fuel service station in Botswana at gun point where they got away with cash and valuables worth a combined P20 000.Sambulo Mbelekez...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zipra commander Ndlovu lost his eyesight
THIS week we round-up our interview with former Zipra adjutant-general and later on chief of technical engineering Jeffery Ndlovu pseudonym Kenny Murwiri. In the past three weeks Ndlovu has spoken abo...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for sexually molesting 13-year-old girl
A MAN from Jambezi area in Hwange Matabeleland North has been slapped with a 30 months jail term for sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl.Doubt Ncube (26) was initially charged with rape when...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet the sex doctor with the 'right’ formula
COULD the best sexual athletes be found in Hwange?If the story of one Abel Mudenda should be listened to then there's likelihood. Mudenda's wife of five years threatened to leave him for...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunter stabbed to death while enjoying sex
A witch hunter from Jambezi was knifed to death while enjoying sex with a married woman in Lupane.Moyana Nyoni aged 29 had been caught in the act with Iphithule Sibanda. Sibanda i...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsikamutandas and the tragedy of Binga villagers
A YOUNG man barely 20 draped in a white garment with a red lining scampers about in a circle like manner while chanting unintelligibly and convulsively in a frenzy state.He draws a box on the ...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:34hrs | | by Fairness Moyana
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