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Man strangles pregnant ex-wife to death, dumps body in bush
A tragic altercation in Zvimba resulted in the death of a heavily pregnant woman, Viola Chitsinde, allegedly at the hands of her estranged husband, Bernard Kufakunesu. The incident occurred during a m...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:23hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has the highest literacy rate in Africa, what stuff and Nonsense!
Even if he (Mnangagwa) were to die, Cabinet meetings would still be held at his grave at National Heroes Acre: the nation was told this today 17.07.2024. Such visceral statements are uttered unchallen...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 14:56hrs | 728 | by Nomazulu Thata
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 34 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mugabe family holds private centennial celebration for late president
The family of the late former president Robert Mugabe, who would have marked his 100th birthday last week, held a private ceremony on Saturday to honour his memory in Zvimba.Mugabe was born on...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 18:22hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints line ministries permanent secretaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has with immediate effect appointed deputy chief secretaries, line ministries' permanent secretaries and provincial affairs secretaries for devolution.In a stateme...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 21:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF unleashes violence on Chidhakwa's supporters
A TENSE political environment has engulfed Zvimba South constituency, where former Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa's supporters have come under siege from alleged ruling party functionaries.No...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Youths gather for Zanu-PF Mashonaland West interdistrict
Thousands of youths have gathered at Kutama, Zvimba district for the Mashonaland West provincial youth inter-district meeting amid pledges for unwavering commitment to fight drug and substance abuse....Published: 20 May 2023 at 20:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree pilot defies racial attitudes to pursue dream
FORTY years and still counting years of flying different aircraft types, heads of States, the late Prince Philip; husband to the late Queen Elizabeth II, and roles spanning basic flying, advanced flyi...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe exhumation appeal withdrawn
A HIGH Court appeal by the late former President Robert Mugabe's three children against a court ruling which barred them from contesting exhumation of their late father's remains was withdrawn on Thur...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
School fees shocker
GOVERNMENT and private schools have hiked fees ahead of opening day tomorrow citing the weakening Zimbabwe dollar.While the bulk of schools were still assessing the situation, some private sch...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:05hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
2022 population census kicks off
THE 2022 population and housing census, which is conducted after every 10 years by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), begins today.Yesterday marches were held in all major citi...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates Uhuru
Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day today with festivities to mark the day being held across the country under the theme: "Leaving no one and no place behind."The main celebrations w...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parents threaten to withdraw students from Kutama College
PARENTS with children doing Form One at Kutama College are living in fear for their children's safety as they are alleging that they are being bullied and tortured by school prefects.According...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean ice cream maker a hit in SA
FROM a tender age, Dr Tapiwa Guzha (35), a Zimbabwean based in Cape Town, South Africa, loved cooking and eating indigenous fruits and vegetables from his grandmother's rich nutrition garden in Marlbo...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jilted woman teams up with sister-in-law to kill hubby
POLICE have arrested a vengeful Zvimba woman and her sister-in-law who teamed up to assault her husband at the height of a domestic dispute.The pair of Rona Zvimba (31) and Angeline Chinyere (...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's children stand their ground
CHILDREN of the late Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe have maintained that the traditional leaders who ordered the exhumation of their father's remains have no legal right to do so.This emerge...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 7 | by Staf reporter
'Exhuming Mugabe is playing with fire'
THE late former President Robert Mugabe's family has warned traditional leaders to stop "playing with fire" by pushing for the exhumation of their father's remains from his Zvimba rural home for rebur...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 7 | by Staf reporter
Pomp and fanfare as Chief Negomo is installed
THOUSANDS of people yesterday attended the installation of Mr Paradzai Kutyauripo as the 13th substantive Chief Negomo of Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central Province at a glittering ceremony attende...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains sweep away bridge, damage houses
A bridge was swept away while a number of houses collapsed and roads damaged mainly in Manicaland due to heavy rains caused by the overland Tropical Depression Ana.Muchira Bridge in Chimaniman...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
7 robbers arrested over US$22k goods
SEVEN armed robbers recently stormed Zvimba Rural District Council warehouse, attacking a security guard before stealing property worth over US$22 000.Provincial police spokesperson, Inspector...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Econet commissions new high-speed LTE base stations in rural areas
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe last week upgraded its base stations at Kutama, 80 km southwest of Harare, and at Murombedzi, about 110km west of the capital, to high-speed LTE/4G as part of a marathon rollo...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zvimba cops detain boy (10) over missing US$140 fines
THREE police officers have been accused of arresting and detaining a 10-year-old boy from Diana Farm, Chikerema village in Kutama over missing US$140 roadblock fines.The minor (name withheld) ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe tells of 'intense mental torture'
Robert Mugabe's widow says her family has been subjected to "intense mental torture" over attempts to exhume and rebury the late former president against the family's wishes.Grace Mugabe, 56, ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bizzare incidents engulf Mugabe's village as boy hangs self at father's funeral
BIZARRE incident are playing out in the late former President Robert Mugabe's rural Zvimba area after an 18-year-old high school pupil committed suicide by hanging near his newly buried father's grave...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe's bitter, vengeful spirit decimating foes'
THE late former president Robert Mugabe's family claims his spirit is causing the death of his tribesmen who are at the forefront of the exhumation of his remains.Mugabe's body was buried at h...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe burial saga in bizarre twist
Former president Robert Mugabe's family says his spirit is fighting back after "mysterious" deaths and illnesses hit families of some traditional leaders that were pushing for the exhumation of the la...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bona does not know secrete relationship between Mugabe and Mnangagwa: Nor has she Zezuru powers to recite Nyakasikana rituals
Bloggers go overdrive in wanting to make much awaited narratives become facts overnight. Bona cannot make holly cries of Zezuru-Nyakasikana to prevent her father from exhumation and be interred in the...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Address motives behind Mugabe exhumation
THE case by the now late Chief Zvimba to have the remains of the late former President Robert Mugabe exhumed from his rural graveyard in Kutama village in Zvimba and be interred at the National Heroes...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Let's protect the gains of our independence'
ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES HIS EXCELLENCY, CDE. ED MNANGAGWA AT THE BURIAL OF NATIONAL HERO DR MARIYO MARIYAWANDA NZUWAH ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2021, AT T...Published: 27 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe remains saga sparks debate
The controversy surrounding the late former president Robert Mugabe's final resting place continues to haunt the country as the battle now shifts to the courts.When Mugabe died, it took nearly...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's resting place and the making of national monuments
THE story, life and even death of late former President Robert Mugabe is a subject that continues to rekindle memories — good, bad and somewhat bizarre. His exhumation debacle exposes the certainty ...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:23hrs | | by Brighton Taruberekera
Mugabe exhumation: Grace loses court case
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe suffered another blow as a Chinhoyi magistrate threw out her bid for judicial review of Chief Zvimba's ruling ordering the exhumation of the late former President Robert...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 21:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Simple recipe for Zanu-PF or MDC victory
A good number of those outstanding Zimbabweans who have chosen to serve their country as doctors, accountants, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, politicians, documentary film-mak...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:54hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Mugabe exhumation fight rages
Lawyers representing the family of the late former President Robert Mugabe have filed an appeal against a ruling by a magistrate that they could not challenge an order issued by a traditional chief to...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace challenges Mugabe reburial order
THE case of the reburial of the late former President Robert Mugabe's remains has taken yet another twist after his family filed an appeal against last week's ruling by a Chinhoyi magistrate dismissin...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court okays Mugabe exhumation
A CHINHOYI magistrate yesterday gave the nod for the exhumation of former President Robert Mugabe's remains from his rural home in Zvimba after dismissing an appeal filed by the late Statesman's famil...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's body to be exhumed?
A magistrate in Zimbabwe has said that the body of former President Robert Mugabe can be exhumed after a traditional leader said that his burial had violated cultural practices.Mugabe, who die...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZACC detective in trouble over top prosecutor's case
A ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) detective recently touched a raw nerve which led to his transfer after he recommended the trial of principal prosecutor, Chris Mutangadura, on criminal abu...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prosecutor quits as Zacc probe starts
BULAWAYO prosecutor Thobekani Nyathi, who was implicated in an alleged corrupt activity involving principal public prosecutor Chris Mutangadura, reportedly resigned after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff report
Professor Madhuku, thank you!
Professor Madhuku,I have just finished an article that comprehensively commented on a legal position regarding the exhumation of Robert Mugabe. Your legal stance is commendable, the widow Grac...Published: 27 May 2021 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe reburial order outrageous and unlawful, says Madhuku
An order for the exhumation and reburial of former President Robert Mugabe issued by a traditional chief this week is "outrageous" and "defies common sense and logic," constitutional law expert Profes...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family vows to challenge exhumation ruling
LATE former president Robert Mugabe's nephew, Leo Mugabe says the family of the once fierce ruler will challenge the ruling by a Zvimba traditional chief to have his uncle's remains exhumed and reburi...Published: 25 May 2021 at 13:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA e-car manufacturer heads for Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN electric vehicle (EV) producer, Agilitee, says it is set to set up a plant in Zimbabwe following a surge in demand after its demonstration unit was unveiled in Harare late last year....Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zvimba chief orders Mugabe reburial
A ZVIMBA traditional leader has ordered the exhumation and reburial of former State President Robert Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre.This is according to a letter by the defiant traditional...Published: 24 May 2021 at 18:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zacc boss in graft storm
THE Zimbabwe Anti Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice MatandaMoyo has been caught in the eye of a storm after she allegedly ordered the release of top National Prosecuting Agency (NPA) officia...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace snubs Mugabe's reburial hearing
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe has failed to turn up for a hearing before a Zvimba traditional Chief's court after being summoned for burying her late husband and late former President Robert Mugabe a...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe exhumation bid chief bribed, says Chidakwa
FORMER Mines and Mining Development minister, Walter Chidakwa has described the attempt to desecrate late former President Robert Mugabe's grave as a "shameful drama by money-mongers seeking undeserve...Published: 17 May 2021 at 18:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh war erupts over Mugabe remains
A fresh war has erupted over the burial of the late president Robert Mugabe with a Zvimba villager dragging the erstwhile strongman's widow Grace to a traditional court over the matter.M...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:52hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Dotito
Chiwenga calls for increased vaccine uptake
MASHONALAND West and Midlands provinces have recorded low vaccination uptake since the beginning of the exercise, with Health and Child Care Minister and Vice President, Dr Constantino Chiwenga, calli...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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