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Deputy Headmaster on the run after sodomy allegation
A deputy headmaster at Masase High School in Mberengwa has gone into hiding after being accused of sodomising more than 35 male students at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Zimbabwe (ELCZ)-run insti...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 14:08hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Grade 3 learner dies in collapsing grocery store
A tragic incident in Mberengwa District on Monday evening claimed the life of a Grade 3 learner from Mahindi Primary School. The young girl, who was seeking shelter from the heavy rains, was killed wh...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:40hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Driver flees fatal accident scene
MIDLANDS police have launched a manhunt for a driver who on Sunday fled from an accident scene where one person died.Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko said the acc...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:46hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Fatal axe attack in fight over girlfriend
A 23-year-old Mberengwa man died upon admission at hospital after being axed by a drinking mate in a misunderstanding involving a girlfriend.Prince Ncube of Village Dungwe under Chief Bangwe i...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Henrietta Rushwaya implicated in Mazowe gold fields plunder.
CONNECTED syndicates linked to Zimbabwe Miners' Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya (pictured) are plundering rich gold fields in Mazowe, a fresh report has revealed. Mazowe is locate...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns merchants of violence
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sternly warned opposition parties with violent tendencies that the full wrath of the law will be applied on them without fear or favour as the Government does not brook a...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maj-Gen Bhebe burial today
A MEMORIAL service for national hero Major-General (Retired) Sydney Bhebe was held in Harare yesterday ahead of his burial at the National Heroes Acre today.Speaking at the church service held...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo says bye bye to Rtd Major General Bhebhe
THE late Major-General (Rtd) Sydney "Yengani" Bhebhe was among a crop of visionary leaders whose credentials are not questionable, going down the annals of history as people who served the nation dili...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Maj Gen (Rtd) Bhebhe
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has mourned the death of Retired (Rtd) Major General Sydney Bhebhe saying it is saddening that Zimbabwe is losing revolutionary cadres who joined the Second Chimurenga/Umvukela....Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Retired Major General Sydney Bhebhe dies aged 61
The Zimbabwe National Army on Tuesday announced the death of retired Major General Sydney Bhebe - the third general to die in the last three weeks.Bhebe, who retired from the army last year, w...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 17:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Defence Court sentences 3 soldiers to 15 years in prison
Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Court Martial has sentenced three soldiers to 15 years each in prison for armed robbery, theft and unlawful entry. In a statement, ZNA public relations director...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe National Army court sentences 3 soldiers to 15 years
Three soldiers robbing and stealing around Masvingo were jailed for 15 years each by an army court martial last week after they were convicted of armed robbery, theft and unlawful entry, sending a cle...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man killed, body parts missing
RESIDENTS of Gwanda were left in shock after a man was allegedly lured to five men who beat him up and stabbed him to death.After committing the spine-chilling act, they dumped his body in a t...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:15hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Driver killed as car flies off Nguboyenja fly-over
A 59-year-old man died on the spot when he lost control of his car on the Nguboyenja flyover along Luveve Road in Bulawayo yesterday morning.Mr Dumisani Sibanda was driving a Mercedes Benz hea...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:13hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
New Covid-19 infections in schools decline
CABINET this week announced that the number of new Covid-19 infections among learners in schools continues to decrease.The travel of boarders during the term exeat, as well as general non-comp...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 08:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 situation remains dire in schools'
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday said the COVID-19 situation remained bad in schools and accused government of failing to deal with the situation.Two weeks ago, seve...Published: 12 Oct 2021 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No school breaks this term'
Half-term and all other breaks in schools have been banned this term as part of measures to minimise Covid-19 infection risks and to ensure that pupils do not lose more learning time.In the pa...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
264 Covid cases in schools
Schools have recorded about 264 Covid-19 infections since the resumption of lessons, with the affected pupils being isolated in sick bays or in special dormitories. In Mberengwa, Lutheran Chur...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Covid 19 is spreading in school like wild fire, 2 weeks after reopening' - risking all for 3% pass rate
Health care, education and everything else affecting the ordinary people have been neglected by Robert Mugabe and now by Emmerson Mnangagwa and the consequences are there for all to see, especially no...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
COVID-19 hits 11 schools
ELEVEN schools across the country were forced to shut down yesterday after a significant number of students tested positive for COVID-19, it has emerged.This comes as teacher unions claimed th...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lazy husband' kills wife
A 75-year-old man from West Nicholson in Matabeleland South Province allegedly killed his wife for calling him lazy while they were cultivating their field.Matabeleland South Police spokespers...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 14:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mystery of the Mberengwa 'ambula-cart'
AS Zimbabweans wallowed over the weekend in the boredom induced by the second coronavirus lockdown, an unusual but interesting picture went viral on social media.The image featured an ordinary...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 21 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Client kills shebeen owner
A 63-YEAR-OLD shebeen owner was last week killed by a client in Marange after he refused to sell him beer around 1am. Police confirmed the incident yesterday. Manicaland police spokesperson In...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa to meet face-to-face
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa are set to meet for the first time since last year’s disputed elections when they both attend former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvan...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa to meet at Tsvangirai memorial?
THE family of the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai said they have invited both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF party to the former Prime Minister's memorial.Ts...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Form One boarding places almost full
ONLY 56 out of 258 boarding secondary schools in the country still have vacancies for Form One, the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Edgar Moyo has said. In an interview on T...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife, hangs self
A 31-YEAR- OLD man from Mberengwa allegedly killed his wife in cold blood after he found her with a boyfriend and disappeared from home, only for his body to be discovered hanging from a tree about 10...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo should stop abusing civil servants
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it is disgusted by the lack of respect by ZANU PF party which continue to display its arrogance and bullying against our people and they would like to warn them to st...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 15:42hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
4 die in 'murder & poisoning'
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Emthunzini suburb in Bulawayo died in his sleep following a beer drinking spree after going to bed having said he had been involved in a fight while three family members died an...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda assaults breastfeeding wife over sex
A 30-year-old Mberengwa man reportedly assaulted his breastfeeding wife all over her body causing her to dislocate her left ankle, before forcing her and their baby to spend the night without blankets...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 06:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Conflict in Kingsdale Housing Cooperative, Norton
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has noted with concern the increasing conflict in Housing cooperatives the latest of which is Kingsdale Housing Cooperative in Norton where a few residents had their houses ...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 10:25hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF official petrol-bombed
A Zanu-PF youth leader and aspiring councillor is battling for his life at Harare Central Hospital after he suffered serious burns following a petrol bomb attack by his ruling party comrades during vi...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Newborn dumped in hole
In an incident of suspected child dumping, a newly born baby has been discovered by a herdboy near Musiningira Primary School in Mberengwa, Midlands.It is so disheartening and pathetic how som...Published: 18 May 2017 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Mberengwa Resident
Unki gets green light to construct platinum refinery
THE Environmental Management Agency has approved the Environmental Impact Assessment for world top platinum producer, Anglo-American Platinum to construct its platinum smelting plant at its Zimbab...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 18:00hrs | 13 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Family demands lobola for dead daughter
A FAMILY from Mawabeni in Matabeleland South refused to bury their daughter who had been customarily married for the last 14 years, demanding their in-laws pay up lobola.The Tshabalala family ...Published: 06 May 2016 at 08:38hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
River claims 19th teacher . . . as couple drowns
A MBERENGWA teacher and his wife drowned after the car which they were travelling in was swept away at a flooded bridge at a river now commonly known as Gwamateacher following incessant rains on Thurs...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Teen crushes granny's head to pulp
AN 18-year-old Mwenezi teenager crushed a 97-year-old woman's head to a pulp with stones with the intention of robbing her only to find church garments after searching her bag.The heart wrench...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dad threatens goblin terror on cleared 'rapist'
A FATHER in Mberengwa has threatened to unleash goblins on a man who was acquitted of charges of raping his 15-year-old daughter. Mr Dumisani Janas was found not guilty of rape by a Gweru magi...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 09:33hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
Man axes friend to pieces, takes away left foot
IN A bizarre incident that left Chivhu villagers shell-shocked, a local man axed his long-time friend to death before chopping his body to pieces and taking away the deceased's left foot after alleged...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Amplats investigates Unki Platinum Mine
South African-based producer of platinum group metals Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has launched an investigation into its wholly owned local subsidiary Unki Platinum Mine over a multi-million-dol...Published: 22 Sep 2013 at 05:37hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF primaries candidates list (2013)
ZANU PF LIST OF RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES FOR THE 2013 HARMONISED ELECTIONSMASVINGO...Published: 21 Jun 2013 at 13:41hrs | 133 | by Staff Reporter
Sifobela laid to rest
HUNDREDS of people on Monday thronged the Masase area of Mberengwa to pay their last respects to National University of Science and Technology (Nust) first dean of students, Lobi Mlobiseni Sifobela, w...Published: 20 Mar 2013 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim woman dies of sexual pleasure during intercourse
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman from Mberengwa District died when she was having sex with her husband after the couple had allegedly taken a concoction to improve their sexual performance, police confirmed yester...Published: 22 Jul 2012 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa factions gains ground in Zanu-PF succession battle
Defense Minister, Emerson Mnangagwa gained more ground in Masvingo this week after his camp trounced Vice President Joice Mujuru in district elections held here by Zanu-PF in a restructuring exercise ...Published: 29 Apr 2012 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Show allegiance only to Zanu-PF or face the music teachers warned
Zanu-PF supporters last week warned school heads in Masvingo province to show allegiance only to Zanu-PF or face the consequences for failing to tow the Zanu-PF line of thinking.Addressing vi...Published: 17 Feb 2012 at 15:54hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Primary School teacher facing four counts of sodomy and sexual abuse
A Mberengwa teacher (Masase Primary School), Lovemore Mpofu (38) who was arrested about two weeks ago for allegedly sodomising 18 pupils yesterday appeared bef...Published: 30 Nov 2011 at 23:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Two senior MDC-T officials laid to rest
The MDC-T said it is deeply saddened at the loss of yet another gallant fighter for real change, Mr Sicino Dube, the former Midlands South provincial chairperson.Mr Dube died on Thursday afte...Published: 17 Sep 2011 at 13:03hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe women soccer team squad announced
The Zimbabwe women soccer team, Mighty Warriors technical department has announced the final 18 member squad that will travel to Luanda for the All Africa Games second and final round first leg quali...Published: 26 Apr 2011 at 18:03hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile
Mqabuko's body guard dies at 72
Joshua Nkomo’s chief bodyguard Kenneth Msiphuna Ncube has died. He was 72.Ncube died last week at his residence, Plot 84 Vincent Road, Worringham, Bula...Published: 07 Mar 2011 at 06:17hrs | 19 | by Byo24News
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