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Congregant robbed on his way to church
Plumtree-based congregant was left counting losses after being robbed of his money and cellphone while on his way to all-night prayer.The congregant Antonia Moyo was unlucky to meet robbers Ne...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:05hrs | 574 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man bashes girlfriend over funeral
A jealous man threatened to stab his girlfriend with an okapi before assaulting her with open hands over a funeral program.The boyfrien...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 12:47hrs | 1977 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shambolic start for Harare minions
CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe was left to rue missed opportunities in his team's defeat to Chicken Inn, as the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season got off to a disappointing start for all th...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's crude path
When things become unbelievably smooth on the trot, you just need to do a reality check by tuning into ZTV, for there you will certainly find the dose that will wake you up from your island siesta....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 890 | by Tawanda Majoni
Caps United starts season with a loss
CAPS United 0 - 1 Chicken InnJOEY ANTIPAS marked his return to the Chicken Inn dugout yesterday with a hard-fought win over CAPS United during the opening day of the 2024 Castle Lager Premiership ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:21hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa could be seeking a third term
IN 1990 to 1991 when Fredrick Chiluba was hot on a campaign for multi-party democracy that finally ushered him in as Zambian president to replace founding nationalist Kenneth Kaunda, he was so emphati...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1795 | by Tawanda Majoni
Unrepentant phone thief, ex-convict back in court
An unrepentant Harare thief and beneficiary of a recent presidential amnesty has been arrested again, this time for snatching an Iphone 15 promax from one Chido Mnangagwa.Oliver Rimai, 43, als...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
'A PhD to become the minimum qualification for headmasters in Zimbabwe'
THE Government is set to review school heads and teachers' qualifications with a PhD being the most desirable qualification for a school head as it moves to ensure delivery of quality education in the...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 11:49hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
The Sad Truth About CCC
Yesterday, Tshabangu and his gang unintentionally revealed their vendetta to destroy their own political party. It was malicious stuff. In so doing, they also showed that their party was a rud...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:17hrs | 830 | by Max Lion
Zimbabwe's mines minister orders stop to artisanal mining
Mines Minister Soda Zhemu has called on artisanal miners to "completely stop" mining activities during the current rain season which poses a high risk of mine disasters.In a statement, Zhemu a...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Botswana national up for theft in Zimbabwe
A BOTSWANA national, Chakalasi Zwimbili (27) appeared on Thursday before Plumtree magistrate Arafat Kozanai facing theft charges.Zwimbili was charged together with his Zimbabwean accomplice Lu...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:22hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet costs surge
When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed....Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Buried alive for 3 days
WIPING his dusty face and shaking his muddied clothes, Owen Jaison (24) takes a huge sigh of relief.He had just dug his way out of belly of the earth for a kilometre.He and other 14 ar...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
Motswana thief causes mayhem in Zimbabwe
A suspected thief from Botswana Chakalasi Zwimbili (27) together with his Zimbabwean colleague Lucky Ncube allegedly gave wholesalers in Matebeleland torr...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 21:47hrs | 1105 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Young man killed in a bloody fight
A 20-YEAR-OLD Plumtree based man was stabbed to death after a bloody fight at a local bar.The now deceased Thabo Ncube was fatally stab...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 07:02hrs | 1057 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lucky escape for commuters
Several people lucky to be alive after a commuter omnibus burst a rear tyre and overturned some 30km before Kwekwe on the Gweru - Kwekwe highway....Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 16:59hrs | 10752 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Macheso end of 2023 Show has been cancelled
The current wave of Cholera outbreaks has forced the King of Sungura Alick Macheso to cancel his much hyped 007 show in Glendale which was pen...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 09:31hrs | 1172 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Macheso's end of year party set for Glendale
The King of Sungura Alick Macheso is set to host his end of year party at his favorite hunting ground 007 in Glendale tomorrow.It has s...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 09:06hrs | 1015 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Floods wreak havoc in Chitungwiza
Strong rains in and around Chitungwiza over the past few days brought up the Nyatsime River and its tributaries flooding lower lying areas and damaging or destroying homes in the town.The floo...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:13hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 2078 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Is China good for Zimbabwe?
IMAGINE your father having an "all-weather friend" who appears to stand by him in every situation.This seemingly "all-weather friend", however, looks away as your father brutally batters your ...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | 714 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 2461 | by Thula Bopela
Is China really helping suffering Zimbabweans?
Imagine your father has an 'all-weather friend', who appears to stand by him in every situation.He looks away as your father brutally batters your mother and does not appear to give a hoot whe...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 12:39hrs | 468 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Stolen cellphones ring from dead man's socks
REVELLERS at night clubs around Chikanga's TM area in Mutare were lucky to recover their stolen cellphones which had been tucked in knee-high socks of a thief who was fatally assaulted by his colleagu...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:34hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
We've gas in Zimbabwe, so what?
So, it has finally been confirmed!Zimbabwe has significant reserves of natural gas!This was announced by a clearly excited mines and mining development minister Zhemu Soda at a media b...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 15:03hrs | 991 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
July Moyo statement on Matabeles in South Africa false dangerous, smacks of tribal hatred
The statement by the Minister of Labour and Child Welfare, July Moyo that the majority of more than 400 children that were intercepted by South African authorities at Beitbridge border were from Matab...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:26hrs | 2521 | by Israel Dube
Cosmas Zulu challenges Bosso intellectuals
FORTY years down the line at Highlanders FC, Cosmas Zulu has become a voice that the family cannot ignore and claims he is what he is because of the Black and White tide of Zimbabwe soccer.Zul...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:19hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Swindlers cash in on UK's certificates of sponsorship
FOR close to two years, Maud Kwembeya (33) - of Zimunya in Mutare - has been harbouring thoughts of one day migrating to the United Kingdom (UK) in search of greener pastures.A vastly experien...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:33hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults girlfriend and her mother
In a shocking incident that has left a family in distress, a 26-year-old man from Filabusi, Mabuze Village, allegedly sneaked into his girlfriend's home, assaulted her and her mother, who had tried to...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:51hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabwe's health care workers are doing to get UK jobs
When Kundai graduated with a master's degree from a local university, she did not imagine staying unemployed for five years. Even more unexpected was the fact that her path to forging a career as a he...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2150 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Attack on CIO boss leaves behind emotion of bitterness
THE brutal attack on Zimbabwe's state security service, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) co-deputy Director-General Gatsha Mazithulela in late August has left him and his colleagues enveloped i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:24hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
Man (61) bashes cheating girlfriend
A 61-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man has been dragged to court after he bashed his girlfriend whom he accused of cheating.Mark Lloyd was sentenced to six months in jail by Magistrate Joshua Nembaware....Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 15:19hrs | 800 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Gushungo robbed at knifepoint
Afro-fusion musician Tatenda "Gushungo" Gomwe was last week robbed of his mobile phone and money.Gushungo told Bulawayo24.com that he is lucky to be alive after four knife-wielding robbers pou...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 20:20hrs | 814 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hungry man (25) breaks into shop to steal snacks
A 25-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in soup after he broke into a shop to steal snacks and sugar worth $15.Knowledge Ndlovu appeared before Plumtree magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware yesterday....Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 20:56hrs | 298 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hyena attacks five; rips off lips, limb
TWO victims of human-wildlife conflict are battling for their lives in hospital after being mauled by a vicious hyena in the Zuze area of Makoni District in incidents that happened last week on Thursd...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 10:09hrs | 1316 | by Staff reporter
Girl (10) screams for help after rape attempt
Residents of Highfield, Lusaka suburb were shell-shocked to see a dagga seller in the room of a 10-year-old neighbour in an attempt to rape around 2am on Friday when she was coming from the toilet aft...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 14:08hrs | 758 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa using David Coltart to play dangerous tribal political games in Bulawayo
Where is Welshman Ncube, where is Thokozani Khupe, where is Mqondisi Moyo of MRP, where is Sibangilizwe Nkomo of ZAPU? As for Cde Paul Siwela, I know he is pained and ashamed of what is happening in M...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 06:29hrs | 2890 | by Israel Dube
ZAA Australia relaunches
After a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australia edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) is back for its fourth season, boasting a remarkable list of nominees across 12 ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 14:02hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa arrested for stock theft
Muchinerepi Chamisa (49) and his friend Fortune Chideya (28) of Rushinga were on Wednesday last week arrested for stock theft at a roadblock along Harare-...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 05:41hrs | 3052 | by Desmond Nleya
Allen Bhasvi denied Bosso a clear penalty
Dynamos FC 2-0 Highlanders FC(Match abandoned)AGAIN, violence reared its ugly head in local football yesterday.So ugly were the scenes that showed up at the Castle Lager Premiershi...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:35hrs | 2584 | by Staff reporter
'Reform or Perish' Hopewell Chin'ono warns CCC
Emmerson Mnangagwa was inaugurated yesterday for his second term. But as we can see from the arrest of Doug Colart and Tapiwa Muchineripi last night, nothing will change!What now, many have be...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 12:18hrs | 2805 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Nevers Mumba: From assaulting journalists to Zimbabwean election Observer duties
In a world of Zambian politics, there exists a figure so full of contradictions, you can't help but be bewildered. Nevers Mumba, the self-proclaimed democratic leader, has quite the undemocratic track...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 15:29hrs | 716 | by Isaac Ncube
'Armed robber' acquitted
A BULAWAYO man who was accused of ganging up with four accomplices and robbing a local motorist of his car and over US$20 000, was yesterday acquitted.Bhekimpilo Mabuza Ncube (38) pleaded not ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:03hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties, citizens geared for poll
ZIMBABWEANS in their millions will today cast their votes across the country to determine their future in an election that has largely been peaceful.Yesterday, political parties from across th...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Norton residents rally behind Mliswa
Norton residents have said they will bring back Temba Mliswa to represent them in parliament in a tightly contested race between him and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate Richard Tsvangira...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
'Only Bosso can stop Highlanders'
A belief has taken root among football people in Zimbabwe that Highlanders FC, with unwavering determination and a trailblazing record, are poised to emerge as champions in the Castle Lager Premier So...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:50hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers steal from Mnangagwa's wife to raise school fees
A RECENT court case has exposed the First Family as having more than one farm, with First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa owning a farm in Glendale, while her husband, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has Precab...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 19:15hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Minister's widow jailed
FORMER Finance Minister Christophe Kuruneri's wife Paidamoyo (60) was slapped with six months jail term for defeating the course of justice by Concession magistrate Joshua Nembaware on Monday....Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:33hrs | 20 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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