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Man in trouble for stealing four donkeys
A 40-year-old man from Madlambudzi village in Plumtree has appeared in court for the theft of donkeys.Plumtree Magistrate Joshua Nembaware remanded Alliance Sibanda to October 24 on US$50 bail...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 17:29hrs | 245 | by Stephen Jakes
Kombi driver beats girlfriend to death
The tragic incident involves Auther Tshuma, a KOMBI driver from Plumtree, who has been arrested for allegedly beating his 20-year-old girlfriend, Kwanele Ngwenya, to death. The incident occurr...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 14:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver kills girlfriend
Failure to control his temper has landed a Plumtree-based Kombi driver in trouble after he assaulted his girlfriend to death during a domestic dispute.Author Tshuma (24) was asked to plead to ...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:07hrs | 63 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Drought-claiming livestock in Matebeleland South
The El Nino-induced dry period experienced across Zimbabwe is claiming the lives of livestock especially cattle, whose conditions have deteriorated due to water shortages in the Matebeleland South pro...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election officer bashed with knobkerrie
During the August 23 and 24 harmonized elections, a village head from Matebeleland South province assaulted an election officer when he couldn't locate his name on the voters' roll.Bridi Moyo ...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Love for voting lands 82 year old in trouble
The love and passion of voting landed an 82-year-old village head in trouble after he failed to deal with the trauma living without exercising his right to vote in the last harmonised elections....Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 15:06hrs | 3 | by Desmond Nleya
Quest for being respected leads man to death
The quest for being respected and recognized in the society led to the death of a Plumtree man who was beaten to death by a fellow villager.Appearing at the Bulawayo High Court on Monday, Jakw...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 15:00hrs | 3 | by Desmond Nleya/ Simbarashe Sithole
Woman bashed for not answering calls from boyfriend
Not picking up calls from a boyfriend landed a woman in trouble as the latter could not stomach the idea of being ignored by his lover.Iwish Dube from Plumtree under Chief Madlambudzi&nb...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 17:40hrs | 2 | by Desmond Nleya/Simbarashe Sithole
Mangwe, Bulilima villagers go online
VILLAGERS in Mangwe and Bulilima districts are reaping immense benefits from infrastructural development spearheaded by the Second Republic's philosophy of leaving no place and no one behind.O...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Village head killed over stock theft
A village head was killed on Tuesday by angry villagers in Madlambudzi area in Plumtree over allegations of stock theft.Mpikiswane Mvundla (50), who is also a village head in Hungwa area under...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 11:52hrs | 8 | by Desmond Nleya
Seven nabbed for stealing 21 Donkeys in Botswana
Police in Plumtree on Monday arrested seven men for stealing 21 donkeys in and around the Zimbabwe-Botswana Border line, Bulawayo24.com has learnt....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 20:53hrs | 1 | by Desmond Nleya
Chamisa welcomes Khupe
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday welcomed Thokozani Khupe saying the opposition party wanted to work with everyone to unseat Zanu-PF.Chamisa told cheering pa...Published: 07 May 2022 at 20:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Grudge man up for killing drinking mate
A PLUMTREE man who picked a grudge with a drinking mate he accused of assaulting his young brother has been arrested for the murder of the same....Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 14:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man, grandson drown in pond
A 71-YEAR-OLD Chirumanzu man and his 10-year-old grandson drowned while swimming in a pond on Wednesday.Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teen pregnancy rate rises
ZIMBABWE'S teenage pregnancy rate has risen by two percent to 24 percent, with the majority being schoolgirls that are forced to drop out of school.The worrying trend has also led to debate ov...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Kezi mortuary down 10 years on
KEZI Clinic mortuary in Matobo District, Matabeleland South province, has not been functioning for over a decade despite financial and material donations made by locals based in the diaspora towards e...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen kills granny (86) over girlfriend
A LOVESTRUCK juvenile (17) from Madlambudzi in Matabeleland South stoned his ex-girlfriend's grandfather (86) after the elderly man barred him from taking the girl out for a date. Matabeleland...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Juveniles languish in remand prison
TWO Plumtree juveniles accused of murder are languishing in remand prison for a crime allegedly committed over a year ago as their case has been stalling at the courts. This was revealed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulilima teenager survives hippo attack
A 16-YEAR-OLD schoolboy from ward 22, Bulilima in Matabeleland South province survived a hippopotamus attack that left him severely wounded while on his way to school on Wednesday.Villagers sa...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu youth leader dies
THE opposition Zapu party has again been plunged in mourning following the death of its youth leader Thamani Ncube in a road traffic accident last week.Ncube died on Saturday in an accident th...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plumtree villagers demand restoration of Kalanga chiefs
VILLAGERS and headmen in Plumtree are pushing for the reinstatement of Kalanga chiefs who were demoted during the colonial era to appease Ndebele chiefs who reportedly provided soldiers to the British...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira disowns article...fingers pastor
MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira has disowned an article that is making rounds on social media which is attacking civic society and MDC as being the problems that are behind the Zimbabwean crisis. Ma...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
An open letter to Bulilima MP Dingimuzi Phuthi
"DO NOT DISAPPOINT US" I would like to congratulate you on winning The Bulilima Constituency as our MP. Remember this "including all other people who are in the opposition when they ...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 18:46hrs | 3 | by Taboka
Man stabs friend for buying wrong liquor
A-24-YEAR-Old man from Plumtree is battling for life at the United Bulawayo Hospitals after he was allegedly stabbed by his friend for buying the wrong type of alcohol.Chidzi Sibanda of Masend...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU/ZIPRA to flush out Man'uqonde
Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) War Veterans Association have warned war veterans to desist from being politically manipulated by Zimbabwe Afric...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 11:28hrs | | by Bakidzanani Dube
A list of Mthwakazi Chiefs
Here is a list of iZinduna zakoMthwakazi, ezinye sezakhothama. 1. Bakwayi - Stanley Sithole »Matobo2. Bango - Godin Dube »Mangwe3. Bankwe - Silinga Sibanda »Mberengwa...Published: 05 May 2017 at 13:21hrs | 190 | by Staff Reporter
Land resettlement still unresolved 36 years later
A Zimbabwean parliamentary committee is currently touring the country sounding public opinion on the national land resettlement programme which was launched shortly after the attainment of independenc...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Man rapes two pupils for biscuits
A MAN from Madlambudzi in Bulilima District yesterday appeared in court for allegedly raping two pupils after giving them biscuits. Prince Maisa, 23, allegedly raped the Madlambuzi primary school pupi...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Christians take a stand against Dokora
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights would like to congratulate the people of Matabeleland for claiming their freedom of conscience and defying the national pledge directive by Minister Dokora toda...Published: 03 May 2016 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights
Python hold police officers 'hostage' for 10 days
A 2.5 metre long python held police officers at Madlamuzi station 'hostage' for ten straight days as it camped at the charge office.The python was first spotted heading towards the camp's quar...Published: 04 Mar 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pupils offer sex as payment for accommodation
SECONDARY school pupils from distant villages in Bulilima District are allegedly offering sex to owners of houses that are close to their schools as payment for accommodation. Villagers from t...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 08:13hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
'Police officers run cattle sale rackets'
BULILIMA Rural District Council has alleged that police officers are facilitating illegal cattle sales, a claim the police have since said will be investigated.Speaking during a meeting betwee...Published: 19 Aug 2015 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Not Everyone in Zimbabwe is Shona!
Dear Shonas, Not Everyone in Zimbabwe is Shona!A few years ago, I worked for one of the major oil companies in Zimbabwe. Having been a Trade Unionist then, I frequented the company HQ in Harar...Published: 17 May 2014 at 16:23hrs | | by Dombolakona-Tjing'wango Dlembewu Moyo
Khaya Moyo to address 19 rallies in Bulilima, Mangwe
THE Zanu-PF National Chairman, Simon Khaya Moyo, has lined up 19 rallies in 10 days in Bulilima and Mangwe districts as campaigning for the 31 July elections gathers momentum. Khaya Moyo, the ...Published: 12 Jul 2013 at 03:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Border jumpers swept away by flooded river
THREE people were swept away by a flooded river in Mphoengs, Mangwe District last Wednesday while trying to cross the border into Botswana illegally.The victims, whose bodies have yet to be r...Published: 08 Jan 2013 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
SK Moyo chides Chombo for addressing Plumtree villagers in Shona
Zanu-PF chairman Simon Khaya Moyo last Friday publicly chastised fellow politburo member and Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo for addressing Kalanga-speaking party members at Madlambudzi Bus...Published: 23 Jul 2012 at 12:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mzila Ndlovu calls Chombo immature
National Healing co-minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu has accused Zanu PF politburo member and Minister of Local Government Ignatius Chombo of immaturity after he used the installation of a chief in Bulilim...Published: 21 Jul 2012 at 15:05hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Malayitsha get 5 years for robbery
A detective formerly attached to the Vehicle Theft Squad and an injiva who are part of a gang that robbed members of a family from Bulilima District in Matabeleland South Province of R10 000 before k...Published: 09 Jun 2012 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Civil Protection Unit on flood alert in Matabeleland South
The Civil Protection Unit in Matabeleland South says it is closely monitoring the situation in flood prone areas after the Meteorological Services Department warned that low lying areas should be on h...Published: 25 Jan 2011 at 02:40hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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