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Man survived being buried alive for 6 hours
BURIED Alive, a 2020 song released by Jamaican superstar Buju Banton resonates very well with popular Marondera well digger, Collin Kaseke.With apologies to the license holder, it goes: I was ...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:06hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
3rd witness nails Biti
A THIRD State witness in the case of Harare East legislator Tendai Biti (CCC) who is accused of verbally assaulting local businesswoman Tatiana Aleshina told the court yesterday that when he sensed da...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Man left for dead in revenge attack
A ZHOMBE man is battling for life in hospital after being attacked by three assailants in a revenge attack.Joshua Zigandiwa (24) of Village Kasekerere under Chief Ntabeni was reportedly beaten...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:27hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
US$88m govt deal raises stink
THE controversy surrounding funding for Harare's Mbudzi interchange project has deepened amid reports that the project costs were inflated.Wednesday confirmation by Finance minister Mthuli Ncu...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:41hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Slain sheriff's spirit 'haunts' killers
IN a bizarre case of the dead fighting from the grave, four of the six suspects linked to the murder of Harare High Court sheriff during an armed robbery are no longer able to stand trial after two of...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cracks the whip
Zanu-PF women's league boss Mabel Chinomona has cracked the whip on the ruling party's Manicaland women's league leader Happiness Nyakuedzwa for gross misconduct after reportedly disputing elections h...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:56hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Typhoid wreaking havoc in Harare
TYPHOID is wreaking havoc in the capital, Harare, with 19 new suspected cases having been recorded this week.This comes after 63 suspected cases were recently recorded in Glen Norah high-densi...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Harare diarrhoea outbreak rages
Harare City Council is producing about a quarter of the residents' daily potable water requirements, with the authorities last week sanctioning a rationing regime amid a diarrhoea outbreak in the capi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 968 | by Staff reporter
Passengers lose cash, cellphones to robbers
A gang of four armed robbers in a red Honda Fit registration number AFD8585 offered lifts in Harare and attacked their passengers in two incidents and stole cash, cellphones and valuables.Poli...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers' involvement in armed robberies worrisome
THE arrest of three soldiers in a foiled armed robbery recently following a movie-style shoot-out has again brought to the limelight the involvement of rogue elements of the uniformed forces in violen...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:56hrs | 1817 | by Staff reporter
Soldier dies, 3 arrested in robbery shootout
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) died on Saturday night, while three others were arrested during a shootout with police in Birchenough Bridge following a botched armed robbery at Nehanda b...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:17hrs | 3978 | by Staff reporter
ZNA soldier killed in armed robbery attempt
A ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) soldier was shot dead by police detectives pursuing a gang of suspected armed robbers, who included three other army officers, in Birchenough, Mutare.The now dec...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:48hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
RBZ says lacking expertise on recovered funds
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said it lacked knowledge to manage over $1,5 million forfeited funds and assets, a situation that has resulted in such properties being stuck at its asset management...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:53hrs | 598 | by Staff reporter
Masuku, Mutsvangwa retain top posts in the Zanu-PF National Women's League
ZANU-PF's National Women's League yesterday re-elected Angeline Masuku as the deputy secretary for the women's wing, while Secretary for Administration Monica Mutsvangwa also retained her post at the ...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:14hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF women's league endorses Mnangagwa for 2023 elections
The Zanu-PF Women's League has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the ruling party's sole presidential candidate for next year's election.Addressing delegates to the Seventh National Con...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 19:11hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Chirau appointed deputy secretary
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed former Zanu-PF acting Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs, Tendai Chirau, as the Deputy Secretary for Security in the Politburo.Speaking after the 362nd Politb...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Harare dealer in court for claiming involvement in human toe trafficking
A 40-year-old street dealer at Harare's popular Ximex Mall has been hauled before court to answer to criminal nuisance charges after he allegedly claimed to have links to the much talked about buyers ...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 00:09hrs | 3587 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF women scared to challenge Mutsvangwa'
CANDIDATES eyeing top Zanu-PF women's league posts are allegedly scared to challenge Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa due to her alleged close links to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The r...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Mukumbura rapist jailed 14 years
Bid to silence a 11-year-old with 50 Mozambician meticals hit a brick wall after the victim reported the matter to the police and got the rapist jailed....Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 06:13hrs | 660 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machete wielding robbers jailed 10 years
THREE machete wielding robbers who robbed a Bindura cellphone dealer of his car and belongings were sentenced to 10 years each in jail by Bindura Re...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 18:56hrs | 767 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa retains majority of MDC Alliance seats
THE recently-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa grabbing 22 National Assembly seats out of the 28 which were up for grabs, while the Douglas Mwonzora-led party failed to ...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:54hrs | 5169 | by Staff reporter
Village health workers complain of paltry stipends
VILLAGE health workers (VHWs) have raised concern over the measly US$14 monthly stipend they receive from government for their services.VHWs are the first primary healthcare providers in commu...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
'Rejects' haunt Bosso
THERE is a belief among some football fans that the likes of Kuda Mahachi and Marvelous Nakamba may never have played topflight football had they stayed at their boyhood club Highlanders.This ...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Politburo endorses poll results
THE Politburo yesterday endorsed provincial chairpersons who emerged victorious following polls held last week.Those endorsed are now substantive provincial chairpersons in their respective pr...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:00hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda bounces back as Zanu-PF provincial leaders announced
Zanu-PF yesterday announced 10 provincial chairpersons who emerged victorious following successful polls held this week with new office bearers being elected in seven provinces.Minister of Sta...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:53hrs | 2794 | by Staff reporter
Bosso fires blanks
Highlanders 0 - 0 Ngezi Platinum StarsABOUT 1 500 fans yesterday paid their way into Barbourfields to watch this Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash between Highlanders and Ngezi ...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Latest on 5 dead bodies found on Mukumbura mountain
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has released names of the five people that were discovered dead on the Mavhuradonha Mountains over the weekend. The names were released after their next of kin identified ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 17:01hrs | 47 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's rural communities resist opaque Chinese projects
ZIMBABWE is witnessing growing conflicts between Chinese mining companies and indigenous communities who are being evicted from their ancestral lands without compensation to pave way for mining operat...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:41hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa wants Zanu-PF to win more seats in 2023
The Zanu-PF Harare provincial leadership has been challenged to intensify mobilisation strategies to win more seats in the 2023 harmonised elections, the party's Deputy Secretary for Information and P...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner loses granite licence
A Chinese firm, Heijin Mining Company, is set to lose its certificates of operations in Kaseke and Chibvi 2, in Murehwa following complaints by the community, Chief Nyajina and Councillor Marowa....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Govt suspends Chinese miner's operations in Uzumba
THE Mines Ministry has, with immediate effect, cancelled all the mining activities of the Chinese-owned Heijin Mining Company in Uzumba, Mashonaland East Province.The mine was prospecting for ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
UMP villagers vow to punish Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF supporters in Uzumba Maramba-PFungwe (UMP), angered by the ruling party's silence at a time Chinese owned Heijin Mining Company continues to harass and displace them from their ancestral land,...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:35hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Ngezi pluck Chicken Inn out of Chibuku Cup
Chicken Inn 1 - 2 Ngezi Platinum StarsJUST when everybody in the local football fraternity expected fans to behave like toddlers who have just found their parent's stash of sweets when watch...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes daughter-in-law
A Glendale based stepfather raped his stepson's wife after she turned down his love proposal.Tavengwa Kokera (47) was sentenced to 16 years in jail yesterday by Bindura regional magistrate Est...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 58 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Uncle jailed for raping niece
A 38-YEAR-OLD Shamva man will curse the day he failed to control his sexual appetite and ended up raping his 13-year-old niece in his bedroom.The man who cannot be named for ethical reasons wa...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 22:14hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mvurwi man (78) rapes 10-year-old neighbour
Sex-starved 78-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man was sentenced to 7 years in jail after he raped his 10-year-old neighbour's daughter.Joseph Mangwere of Ealing farm, Mvurwi will however serve four years in ...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 22:10hrs | 42 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo still reeling from illegal sanctions
THE tale of the demise of Bulawayo's industries is a story which cannot be separated from the illegal sanctions imposed by Western countries on Zimbabwe.Once considered the country's industria...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
EMA speaks out on Chinese miners operation in Uzumba
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) says it is yet to receive an environmental impact assessment report from Heijin Mining Company, a Chinese mining company, which is on the verge of displacing ...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 15:26hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers don't have title to communal land: Chinese miners
CHINESE mining company, Heijin, has reportedly told villagers in Kaseke, Uzumba district, that they have no capacity to stop their eviction to pave way for granite stone mining as they have no title d...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt admits mistake in Chinese mine saga
TOP government and Zanu-PF officials on Tuesday descended on Kaseke Village, Uzumba, on a fact-finding mission after a Chinese mining company reportedly took over an entire village to extract black gr...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zupco employee arrested for theft
A Bulawayo based Zupco company employee has been arrested for stealing $3 240 from his employer while two men lost over US$20 000 cash and R181 500 to criminals in separate incidents in Bulawayo and M...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zanu-PF UK and Europe convened in Midlands
ZANU PF UK AND ENGLAND had their first post-COVID general meeting on Saturday in Northampton Midlands in England. The meeting came when the President of Zimbabwe cde Emerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA is mark...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 09:13hrs | 80 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Villagers make way for billion dollar Chinese project
"Instead of joy and fulfilment, the fortunes sitting in the bowels of our fathers' land have brought misfortunes upon us," 78-year-old Chokutaura Chananda said ruefully.Chananda is among hundr...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner pegs whole village
VILLAGERS in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, are up in arms against a Chinese company, Heijin Mining, whose black granite mining claim covers the entire village.This was revealed in a lette...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
'It's wrong for Chinese miner to evict villagers'
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has described the planned eviction of Kaseke villagers in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, by a Chinese mining company as illegal.Heijin Mining C...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Uzumba villagers block Chinese miner
Villagers in ward 14 (Nhakiwa), Uzumba constituency are against the proposed granite mining project by a Chinese company Heijin and have since written to the Mines and Mining Development ministry thro...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Cops in trouble for stealing tobacco bales
TWO top Marondera detectives who, after intercepting more than 100 stolen tobacco bales, connived with the armed robbers, sold the loot and shared the proceeds were last week arraigned before regional...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Top cops in daring robbery
Two top Marondera detectives allegedly intercepted more than 100 stolen tobacco bales and connived with the armed robbers to sell the loot before sharing the proceeds.Tapera Bvunzawabaya (36) ...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners in black granite frenzy
A CHINESE mining company, Heijin, is pushing to evict hundreds of villagers in Murehwa, Mashonaland East province, after it was given a special mining grant to extract black granite on densely populat...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:34hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
ZTA 'retires' CEO Karikoga Kaseke
Zimbabwe Tourism Authority CEO Karikoga Kaseke has been "retired" from the position after suffering a stroke in November 2018 which left him unable to go to work.Kaseke, 59, had reportedly ref...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
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