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Granny bludgeoned to death for 'cursing' family
In a tragic case driven by superstition, a 27-year-old man from Marozva village, Shurugwi, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after fatally bludgeoning his 94-year-old grandmother, whom he accus...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 15:56hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Foreign mining companies should follow Zimbabwe laws
Foreign mining companies must ensure their operations in Zimbabwe benefit indigenous citizens, who are the rightful owners of the country's natural resources. This was the message from Remigious Matan...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:40hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Man kills grandmother on allegations of witchcraft
POLICE launched a manhunt for a man who fatally assaulted his grandmother and burned her clothes on allegations of witchcraft.In a statement, police said Takudzwa Mugariri (25) assaulted his g...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe becomes lithium giant
Zimbabwe continues to consolidate its position as a major lithium producer globally, with Bikita Minerals having ramped up petalite production to 60 000 tonnes annually after a Chinese firm, Sinomine,...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean villagers face eviction by Chinese lithium mining company
Hundreds of villagers in three Mutoko villages face displacement from their ancestral land after a shadowy Chinese company has made a spirited attempt to annex the area under a planned lithium mining ...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
All set for exam classes re-opening
All systems are in place for the resumption of the 2021 Zimsec examinations after a two-week break over the Christmas and New Year holidays.President Mnangagwa last week announced the indefini...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Fired MSU lecturer found dead
A MIDLANDS State University philosophy lecturer, Ishmael Jeko, was found dead in his house last Friday.Jeko was vice-president of Midlands State University Lecturers Association (MSULA)....Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs flex muscle in Safari row
THREE chiefs in Bikita, Masvingo province recently led a group of community leaders to enforce a court order giving ownership of a conservancy previously owned by Save Safaris to the local community....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guard beheaded, body burnt with tyres
IN a gruesome murder that has shocked residents in the faming town of Chiredzi, a security guard was murdered, his head cut off before the rest of the body was thrown at a scrap yard and burnt with ty...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bikita chief succumbs to COVID-19
CHIEF Marozva of Bikita, born Phillip Mudhe, died from COVid-19-related complications yesterday.information secretary Ndavaningi Mangwana confirmed his death."We have lost Chief Marozv...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC mourns Chief Mashayamombe and Chief Marozva
On behalf of the MDC-T party and indeed on my own behalf I wish to convey our deepest condolences to the President of the Council of Chiefs, Chief Fortune Charumbira, the Mudhe family, Chiketa family,...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 15:58hrs | | by Douglas T Mwonzora
Mnangagwa's supporters threaten 'bhora musango'
ZANU-PF supporters in parts of Masvingo province have threatened a protest vote in the 2023 election over the recently completed command livestock programme, which they claim was skewed in favour of p...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tanda Tavaruva family loses Gutu chieftainship
Prominent Masvingo bus operator Mr Tanda Tavaruva has lost the battle to assume the Gutu chieftainship after the Masvingo Provincial Chiefs' Assembly reversed an earlier decision to select him as the ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Food aid distributed to only those who submit voter serial numbers
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that some Zanu PF activists and traditional leaders in Chipinge distributed food aid to only those who produced voter registration serial numbers."In Ch...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Husband, wife arrested for robbery
Two suspected robbers, a husband and wife, who had allegedly gained notoriety for preying on stranded travellers at Nyika growth point, were last week arrested after one of them was spotted wearing st...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
School pupil hangs self over boyfriend
A FORM 2 student at Nyamashato Secondary School in Murewa committed suicide last week using a necktie after her boyfriend allegedly dumped her after authorities had threatened to punish the two over t...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
US officials forced to pull down American flag in Zimbabwe
Officials from a United States development agency were last week forced to pull down an American flag in Marozva Village in rural Murewa, in Mashonaland East, following protests from their hosts....Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 15:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Messenger of court severely beaten
EIGHT Marondera men, who severely assaulted two messenger of court officials, who had come to evict them on a piece of land, before damaging their official vehicle, appeared before magistrate Jabulani...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for fatal 'assault'
A BIKITA man has been arrested for allegedly fatally striking a fellow villager with a hoe, police have confirmed.Vivito Tambanowenyu (34) of Gorondondo Village under Chief Marozva allegedly s...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Holding of fake elections in Zimbabwe
1. The role played by the ruling party ZANU-PF 2. The complicity of the opposition parties There have never been free, fair and credible electio...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Murderer commits suicide
A MURDER convict from Bikita allegedly committed suicide by drinking poison after being ditched by his girlfriend, police have confirmed.Blessing Chimbirai (37) of Ruzive Village under Chief M...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voting begins in Bikita West
Voting has started in Bikita West and the Heal Zimbabwe Trust team is on the ground observing and monitoring the environment. Below are the updates of what is happening at polling stations in the cons...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 10:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
36 human rights violations recorded in Bikita West within a week ahead on polls
Heal Zimbabwe has noted with great concern the growing number of human rights violations recorded this week (16 – 20 January 2017). Heal Zimbabwe has recorded a total of 36 human ...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Counting Down to Bikita West By-Election, violence escalate
As the count down to Bikita West by elections continues where six candidates are contesting for the House of Assembly seat, human rights violations continue escalating in the constituency.The ...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 03:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bikita’s Lithium Stadium in $200 000 facelift
Lithium Stadium in Bikita under Chief Marozva which the previous management at Bikita Munerals had condemned and planned to turn into cattle auctioning pen has been renovated to international standard...Published: 07 Dec 2016 at 04:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Road rage victim dies
A Waterfalls motorist who slapped a motorcyclist for recklessly riding his bike is now facing murder charges following the death of the cyclist who crashed his head onto the tarmac following the a...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe calls for unity
President Robert Mugabe has ordered warring parties in Zanu-PF Masvingo Province to set aside their differences and work as a united team to achieve socio-economic development and ensure the ruling pa...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 00:07hrs | | by George Maponga
Bikita tantalite stampede
HUNDREDS of illegal miners have invaded Bikita Minerals, the country's sole lithium mine, following the discovery of tantalite within the company's claim, an official has confirmed.Bikita Rura...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
'Fake pregnant' women undergoes operation
Doctors have come to the aid of the 29-year-old Gokwe woman who spent two years believing she was pregnant with a set of twins.Dr Fabian Mashingaidze and his team operated Tendai Sibanda of Mu...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
White man challenges poverty in Rural Zvishavane
Zvishavane - A local Non-Governmental Organisation, Muonde Trust is giving a ray of hope to thousands of people from poverty-stricken Mazvihwa community, south-east of Zvishavane town.Muonde T...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 14:16hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
7 die in road accidents
SEVEN people died, six of them on the spot in two separate road accidents that occurred in Masvingo on Saturday and Tuesday, police have confirmed. Acting Masvingo police spokesperson Assistan...Published: 11 Dec 2014 at 08:01hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
'Black Jesus' demands to be declared paramount chief
CONTROVERSIAL Masvingo self-styled war veterans' leader, Black Jesus, real name Francis Zimuto, has petitioned Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo, demanding to be declared paramount chief of an...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman (54) kidnapped killed in cold blood
A Bikita woman, 54, was last Wednesday night allegedly kidnapped from her bedroom hut by an unknown man in the presence of her terrified four-year-old grandson before her lifeless body was found lying...Published: 19 Jan 2014 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Six children drown in Bikita - Police
Police in Masvingo report that six children drowned in Bikita in the past two weeks and have urged parents and guardians to monitor the movements of their children during this rainy season....Published: 07 Jan 2014 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Granny (77) burnt to death as hut catches fire
A woman from Bikita's Chief Marozva communal lands in Masvingo was allegedly burnt to death while seated in her kitchen hut, police confirmed yesterday. Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man killed in dispute over step mother's wheelbarrow
A 25-year-old man from Bikita's Chief Marozva area in Masvingo allegedly fatally struck a fellow villager with an iron bar following a misunderstanding over the use of his step mother's wheelbarrow....Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 02:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former advisor to Gono launches mining consortium
Former advisor to Reserve Bank governor Munyaradzi Kereke, in collaboration with various partners in Bikita, has launched the Bikita Community Mining Consortium (BCMC) aimed at reviving mining in th...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (17) gives birth to a baby with animal body
Residents in Bikita were last week left dumbfounded when a seventeen year old woman gave birth to a child that was half human and half animal. The birth took place at Silveira Mission Hospital po...Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Matthews Estell
Bulawayo contributes 7 players to the under 17 national squad
Bulawayo province has contributed seven players to the initial under 17 national team that will participate in the African tournament scheduled for late this year. The seven players are Happin...Published: 14 Jul 2012 at 15:34hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Zanu PF thugs to pay for torturing MDC activist
Weston Katiyo, an MDC-T activist was this month awarded a US$12 168 compensation at the High Court for damages sustained after he was abducted and assaulted by Zanu PF thugs in Murehwa on 13 June 2008...Published: 28 Nov 2011 at 12:52hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
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