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Zimbabwe's Gugu (7) crowned first Princess in Egypt
Nothando Gugulethu Sibanda, a 7-year-old pupil from Victoria Junior Primary School in Masvingo, has made her country proud by being crowned first princess at the Toto Miss Little Africa pageant held i...Published: 05 May 2025 at 16:14hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Chinese national shoots machete wielding robber
Masvingo-based suspected robber Alfred Mukwazhe (42) is nursing a gun wound after he was shot at Yingcan Cadogan mine in Shamva last week.The Chinese national Tang Hongbo allegedly fired two w...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 11:49hrs | 1606 | by Simbarashe Sithole
11 new judges appointed
President Mnangagwa has appointed 10 new judges to the High Court and one to the Administrative Court, following public interviews conducted by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) last month. ...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Cricket Coach Makunura dies after long illness
The Chevron's fielding coach Shepherd Makunura has died at the age of 46 after suffering a long illness.The sportsman reportedly missed out on the ICC world cup that was held between October a...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
'Mnangagwa will regret the day he appointed Mangudya, Mthuli Ncube,' says Biti
Former Zimbabwe Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said the move by the Reserve Bank to introduce a ZW$100 note is ill advised and a waste of time.Biti said the fact that the note can not buy an...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teacher's protest conviction quashed by High Court
MASVINGO High Court Judges Justice Sunsley Zisengwe and Justice Garainesu Mawadze on Wednesday 15 September 2021 quashed the conviction and 16-months imprisonment of Shilla Chisirumunhu, a Masvingo-ba...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 16:00hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Poverty drives women into prostitution
UNSURE of the direction he was taking, the driver of the fancy Chevrolet stopped beside two village women that were walking from the opposite direction, along the dusty road in Maranda, Mwenezi....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Justice Ndewere inquiry resumes
THE inquiry into suspended High Court judge Erica Ndewere's suitability to remain on the bench resumes tomorrow following a week-long break to allow the court to consider the defence team's objection ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rare skin disease hits Zimbabwe
SYMPTOMS upon first exposure to sunlight: Freckling on sun-exposed areas. Dry skin. Pimples resembling blisters develop into spider web-like vessels and eventually dark brown tumours.If your c...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 18:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
We are not political, claims NGO
A Masvingo-based civic organisation yesterday accused government of lying to justify a proposed new law to clampdown on operations of non-governmental organisations.Community Tolerance for Rec...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo evictions: Govt under fire
A MASVINGO-BASED pressure group has raised a red flag over government-backed evictions of desperate villagers in the province, saying the orders flout efforts to slow down the devastating effects of C...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe model fares well in global pageant
Local model Pauline Marere was chosen among the top 10 out of 56 models from across the world at the Miss Heritage Global in Accra, Ghana, last month.The outgoing Miss Africa Continent was rep...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Zaka East candidate confident
ZANU-PF candidate for Zaka East parliamentary by-elections, Clemence Chiduwa says he is optimistic that the party will retain the seat next month.Chiduwa, who won the party primary elections w...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes Zaka by-election triumph
Zanu-PF's Zaka East by-election candidate, Clemence Chiduwa, has said he is optimistic that the party will romp to victory in the poll slated for September 21.Chiduwa who recently won the prim...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube sues The Mirror for $1,5m
Gweru businessperson Smelly Dube has taken a Masvingo-based publication, The Mirror, to the High Court demanding defamation damages in the sum of $1,5 million, accusing the paper of misrepresenting fa...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
British Council sucked into Riverton Academy exam scam
MASVINGO-BASED Riverton Academy has been rocked by an "A" Level Cambridge examinations cheating scam that has sucked in the British Council Exam Board.Since Riverton became a Cambridge examina...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh NGO's headache
THE European Union (EU) has announced a US$5,5 million funding facility for pro-democracy civic organisations in Zimbabwe, a development that will likely give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts to go digital
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has appointed a nine-member committee to spearhead the digitisation of courts by year-end, a development expected to cut litigation costs and to reduce time taken in resolvin...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe NGO challenges suspension
A MASVINGO-BASED youth Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development (COTRAD), whose operations in the province were suspended last week by the district a...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Forex dealer loses R15 000 to armed robbers
A Masvingo-based money changer lost R15 000, while his colleague lost his Funcargo pirate taxi after the pair was allegedly lured by two armed robbers who pretended to be clients seeking to buy cash r...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bhora Musango: Mnangagwa to launch a massive witch-hunt
ZANU-PF is set to launch a massive witch-hunt to weed out party members blamed for sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a protest vote code-named "bhora musango", that saw him garnering lesser v...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The UZ's most eccentric and calculative PhD genius!
Acquiring a doctorate is no mean feat, even for the highly endowed academic minds. Once attained, the prestigious status cannot easily be wished away nor can it be shrouded in secrecy. To any doctorat...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Rukanda Mhaka
Soldiers fire at bus with passengers
SOME alleged members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) stationed at various centres along highways and major cities as part of "Operation Restore Legacy", have reportedly gone on a rampage indiscri...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Teachers cry foul
The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has sought Government intervention in a case in which liquidated McDowell's International is reportedly deducting money from over 600 teachers whom t...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso ready to defend players against retrospective action
HIGHLANDERS said they will defend their players against any retrospective action threatened by Zifa president Phillip Chiyangwa for allegedly bullying Dynamos striker, Christian Epoupa Ntouba....Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso writes to Chiyangwa demanding to be awarded their penalty
Highlanders have written to the Premier Soccer League demanding to be awarded their penalty appeal from their Castle Lager Premiership fixture against Dynamos at Rufaro Stadium last Sunday.In ...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe petitioned to ban King Lion buses
THE Zimbabwe Passengers' Association (ZPA) has petitioned President Robert Mugabe to cancel King Lion Bus Company's operating licence after one of the firm's buses veered off the road and killed 43 pe...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prominent Masvingo businessman Manyumbu dies
A Prominent Masvingo-based businessman Nicholas Pedzisai Manyumbu (77) has died.He died last Friday at The Avenues Clinic in Harare after battling prostate cancer for over three years.Manyumbu...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mujuru throws Zanu-PF into disarray
Opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader Joice Mujuru has thrown Zanu-PF into disarray amid reports that she has wooed Bikita West traditional leaders ahead of a by-election in the key consti...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF manipulates hungry teachers ahead of Bikita West by-election'
Teachers have reportedly fallen victim to Zanu-PF's intimidation and manipulation tactics ahead of the Bikita West by-election set for January 20.The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Z...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe is a dictator, says Mavhaire
Former Zanu-PF politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire has slammed President Robert Mugabe labelling him a "dictator who listens to no one".Mavhaire - famed for openly telling Mugabe nearly two...Published: 08 Oct 2016 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prophet says Mugabe is the God chosen leader for Zimbabwe
MASVINGO-based Miracle Healing and Deliverance (MHD) founder Prophet Isaac Makomichi has advised opposition parties not to expend their energies on fighting President Mugabe as he will win the 2018 el...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Walter Mswazie
Church leader launches #Mugabe Must Fall campaign
REMNANT Church leader Patrick Mugadza, famed for his solo demonstration against government misrule, has launched a #Mugabe Must Fall campaign that will involve 40 days of prayer and fasting to for...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman gives birth to headless baby
In a bizzare case, a Masvingo woman who went into labour on Wednesday evening, left nursing staff at the provincial hospital's maternity wing stunned after giving birth to twins, one of them headless....Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by George Maponga
Prophet jailed over text message
HARARE-BASED Johanne Masowe Wechishanu YeNyenyedzi prophet Madzibaba Enock real name Herbert Senda (32) was on Tuesday sentenced to 30 days in prison for insulting a fellow prophet through a text mess...Published: 07 Feb 2016 at 08:33hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Exodus looms at Harvest House after pastor quits
A STORM is brewing at Harvest House International (HHI) after a popular Masvingo-based Pastor Ntobeko Mhlanga resigned to form his own ministry after allegedly falling out with his superiors.T...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
'Zanu-PF talking nonsense,' says Mutasa
A defiant Didymus Mutasa yesterday contemptuously dismissed allegations that he stole critical documents from Zanu PF, describing such claims as "unadulterated nonsense".Mutasa spoke to the ...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru ally's offices bombed
The Chiredzi offices of a prominent Zanu-PF official linked to former Vice President Joice Mujuru were petrol-bombed on Thursday night, as the ruling party's factional and succession wars get nastier ...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duty-free car importation with effect from this month
Churches and other religious institutions in Zimbabwe will, with effect from this month, be allowed to import cars duty-free for religious duties and other related purposes, a cabinet minister announc...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 10:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa board fired
Environment, Water and Climate minister Saviour Kasukuwere has dissolved the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) board with immediate effect.Kasukuwere accused the authority's board of f...Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 16:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inmates cheer for rotten bread
Every couple of weeks, inmates at Harare Central and Chikurubi prisons in Zimbabwe greet the arrival of bakery trucks with roars of approval, whistles and dancing.The trucks arrival signals a...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 07:07hrs | | by IRIN
Self-proclaimed sangoma takes Zifa official to court
A self-proclaimed traditional healer has taken a senior Zifa official in Masvingo to court demanding US$600 payment for herbs he allegedly provided to help a Division One team win a football match in ...Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 21:06hrs | 44 | by Staff Reporter
ZSE shares falter after Easter holidays
ZSE shares faltered after Easter holidays in mixed trades across the board as most heavily capitalised counters remained unchanged from previous levels.The volume of shares traded on the marke...Published: 02 Apr 2013 at 11:25hrs | | by Business reporter
Stolen police service pistol used in nine robberies
Five men reportedly stole a service pistol from a Masvingo-based policeman and used it to commit nine robberies in one night in and around Harare.Three of the suspects have since been arrest...Published: 02 Oct 2012 at 10:24hrs | | by Court Reporter
Local chiefs demand control of mines
President of the Chiefs' Council of Zimbabwe, Chief Fortune Charumbira, said foreign companies were looting the country's minerals with little or no benefit to the communities and has demanded chiefs ...Published: 25 Feb 2012 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soccer coach drowns, dies
PLATINUM Stars coach Benjamin Moyo has died. Moyo drowned in a swimming pool on Friday morning, just hours before a derby match with Shabanie Mine, Premier Soccer League chairman Twine Phiri confirm...Published: 22 Apr 2011 at 09:09hrs | 7 | by Byo24Sports
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