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Dealers lace biscuits with drugs
Police have uncovered a disturbing new method employed by drug dealers in and around Harare, where biscuits are being laced with drugs and sold to the public. Previously, they would use cakes, muffins...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 10:08hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Facelift for Makokoba flats
The government has announced plans to rehabilitate rundown flats in urban areas, including Matapi Flats in Mbare, Harare, and Makokoba Flats in Bulawayo, as part of an urban renewal initiative....Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 12:14hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Harare's haven of sex, drugs and vice
Esnath first traded sex at age 13, after she was forced out of her family home in Harare's old suburb of Mbare.To survive, she decided to lie about her age, she said, taking refuge with a grou...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:48hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF linked 'drug dealer' wins Harare council seat
SUSPECTED drug lord Simbarashe (Dhama) Chanachimwe who had a brush with the law during the COVID-19 lockdown has won the right to represent Mbare in the Harare City Council.Dhama shocked the o...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga repeats Mbare refurb pledge
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday repeated his 2018 promise to pull down and replace Mbare's dilapidated residential flats with modern structures, claiming government's previous attempts w...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga addresses sold-out rally
ZANU-PF'S August 23 harmonised election campaign trail is now in full force with the party's Second Secretary and Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga addressing a sold-out rally at Mbare Netball Co...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga promised swimming pools, but Mbare residents swim in sewage
OVERCROWDING, poor water reticulation, obsolete sewer systems, uncollected refuse and old inhabitable homes is the story of Mbare.It is also the story of Matapi Flats in the same suburb, built...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Tatenda Manyinyire
Why Ngarivhume matters: PART 1
This is the third week since Magistrate Faresi Chakanyuka sentenced Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume to an effective 3 years in prison for inciting public violence. Not only was t...Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:25hrs | 2 | by F Muridzo
2 cops steal US$158,000 from suspect
TWO police officers appeared before a Harare magistrate on Wednesday facing criminal abuse of office charges after they allegedly stole US$158 000 from a suspect.Addmore Musiza (34) and Tafara...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police detectives share US$160,000 theft loot
Two Criminal Investigation Department (CID) police officers have landed in the dock on allegations of sharing US$160,000 they had recovered while investigating a theft case.The two, Addmore Mu...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police smoke out Mbare violence leaders
POLICE yesterday went door-to-door arresting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF suspects who have since Friday been causing mayhem at Mupedzanhamo flea market in Mbare, Harare — b...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
When a govt needs media to help highlight its achievements then it has nothing to show!
When I was still a young lad, there was a television advertisement that I used to enjoy a lot.If my memory serves me right, it was by the now comatose state-run Cold Storage Commission (CSC) -...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:37hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Magaba, Siyaso traders defy COVID-19 regulations
BUSINESS has resumed at Mbare's Magaba home industry with informal traders defying COVID-19 lockdown regulations and going about their usual operations.This is despite that the government rece...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heads roll at Matapi cop shop over Covid-19 super spreader New Year Eve gig
Zimbabwe Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has suspended four police officers for failing to stop an illegal New Year's Eve concert in Mbare that violated Covid protocols.The suspende...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo wants Kuda Tagwirei arrested for breaking COVID-19 regulations
Controversial oil tycoon Kuda Tagwirei is in the middle of a storm for allegedly breaking COVID-19 regulations.Exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo posted a video on Twitter ple...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 19:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
52 arrested, DJ on the run over New Year eve Covid-19 super spreader bash
AT LEAST 52 people have been arrested while music promoter, DJ Fantan is on the run following a music concert attended by thousands in Mbare, Harare suburb on New Year's Eve disregarding the Covid-19 ...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 13:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sold a ruse over Mbare flats
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's much-hyped rehabilitation of Mbare flats is proving to be hot air after the company contracted by government and the Harare City Council to do the rehabilitation, FCG Si...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in a dilemma
It seems it is continually pouring for the incumbent President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Dambudzo (E.D) Mnangagwa who is failing to keep his house in order.Since his inauguration last year, ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 12:22hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Mnangagwa pledges decent accommodation for all
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to provide decent accommodation for all Zimbabweans after visiting Mbare's Matapi flats, which are being renovated under a joint deal between government ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fulfils Mbare promise
President Mnangagwa yesterday toured Matapi Flats in Mbare, Harare, to inspect renovations being undertaken by the Government as his administration fulfils its promise to refurbish the dilapidated hos...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS:Heavy military presence as Mnangagwa visits Matapi flats
On Monday President Emmerson Mnangagwa visited Matapi flats where he did a tour of the newly refurbished area.The refurbishment of the flats involved the painting of buildings, rehabilitation ...Published: 06 May 2019 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mbare project raises stink
Harare City Council and the government have come under fire after revelations that the much-trumpeted renovation of Mbare's Matapi Flats only centred around the repainting of outside walls.The...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mbare flats residents feel short-changed
MBARE residents from Matapi flats feel short-changed by Harare City Council's purported refurbishments as the city fathers only painted the outside while leaving the inside unattended to.The r...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matapi Flats residents speak out
Residents of Matapi Flats in Mbare, Harare say the government and council should have started by renovating the inside areas of the flats instead of painting outside.Recently Government in par...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 13:16hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt renovates Matapi Flats
Residents of Matapi flats in Mbare have expressed their profound gratitude to government and the City of Harare for the work being done in renovating the flats and making the place habitable.A...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 17:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for assaulting wife for not wearing panties
A 26-year-old Mbare man will perform 350 hours of unpaid work at Mbare magistrates court after he was convicted of assaulting his wife with a claw hammer handle for not wearing panties. Terren...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 15:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare Council locks out Matapi Hostel tenants
Harare City Council has locked out tenants at Matapi Hostel in a bid to recover rental arrears, amid reports that some of its occupants have "not paid a cent" since the 2013 debt write-offs. C...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cash dealers slash exchange rate
CASH dealers are selling bond notes at a premium rate of 22% to buyers using EcoCash in the high-density Harare suburb of Mbare, which is the lowest rate on offer thus far.In a snap survey con...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'forces' himself on hooker
A Mbare man who allegedly forced himself on a hooker while his friend watched appeared in court yesterday.Stewart Manenji, 32, of Matapi Flats Mbare was advised to apply for bail at the High C...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mugabe's ZANU-PF and Chihuri's police created the MDC-T Vanguard
In December 2010, Augustine Mahute (26), an MDC-T activist from Matapi Flats in Mbare, was brutally attacked by ZANU-PF youths before they handed him to Matapi Police station.Mahute subseq...Published: 30 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
'Harare is not safe,' says Minister
MINISTER of Health and Child Care Dr David Parirenyatwa has called on local authorities to join hands in the fight against cholera.Dr Parirenyatwa said the burden should not be left on the sho...Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 13:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare council demolish Matapi flats
Harare City Council is set to demolish Matapi Flats in Mbare due to healthy reasons.City spokesperson Michael Chideme said Harare will partner with CBZ to build new flats in the area"W...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 18:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demolition of Matapi hostels not a solution
CALLS by Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa for the Harare City Council to demolish the densely populated Mbare's Matapi hostels in order to decisively deal with the perennial typhoid o...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister blames Harare for typhoid
Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa on Wednesday attributed the recent outbreak on typhoid at Matapi Flats in Mbare to Harare City Council's failure to provide essential services to r...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare's intricate web of burglars, drug-dealers and sex workers
After Temba Phiri* woke up to the terrible news that burglars had ransacked his Harare apartment and got away with goods worth thousands of dollars, his first instinct was to make a police report, aft...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tenant stabbed over child's poo
A 19-YEAR-OLD tenant at Matapi Flats in Mbare was yesterday sentenced to five years imprisonment for stabbing a fellow tenant with a knife after the latter's child defecated on the entrance to his roo...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps son at gunpoint
A 32-year-old man allegedly stole a police uniform before teaming up with his friends to kidnap his son at gunpoint from his ex-wife's house.Engelbert Kwangware and Givemore Katiyo appeared b...Published: 28 May 2015 at 06:11hrs | | by Fungai Jachi
Duo arrested for sodomising boy (10)
A 10-year-old boy has allegedly been sodomised by two men who saw him at their flats' sink area at Matapi Flats in Mbare. Paul Machuwaire, 18, Simbarashe , 22, appeared before Harare magistrat...Published: 22 Oct 2014 at 11:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ex-prostitutes open car wash
TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Precious Philemon gazes into the air, her mind engrossed on something while her face spells despair.Precious has survived from a gruelling experience of a failed marriage...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Community service for impregnating minor (13)
A Harare teenager who impregnated a 13-year-old girl has escaped being sent to prison but will do community service for the crime. Munyaradzi Sikumva was 17 when he had sex with the girl. Sex ...Published: 21 Jan 2014 at 07:32hrs | | by Court Reporter
Chikurubi prison break - Video
The escape by two inmates from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm on Wednesday afternoon could have been an inside job after authorities found anomalies pointing to connivance. The two pr...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 10:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi prison break was an inside job?
The escape by two inmates from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm on Wednesday afternoon could have been an inside job after authorities found anomalies pointing to connivance. The two...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents turn to bucket toilet system
Most people living in flats in Mbare have resorted to using the bucket toilet system when nature calls because they have not had running water for the past three weeks.Each morning, the reside...Published: 11 Feb 2013 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T 'witch' seeks peace order against Zanu-PF activists
A Harare MDC-T activist, Maud Chisvo, has applied for a peace order against three Zanu-PF supporters a she accused of violating her peace by labelling her a 'witch."Chisvo told Civil Court mag...Published: 27 Jun 2012 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman shares bedroom with son-in-law
A MBARE WOMAN revealed in court that she sleeps on the floor while her daughter occupies the bed with her (the daughter's) husband in the same room at her flat.Gogo Morden Barwe of Matapi Flat...Published: 23 Feb 2012 at 16:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Adulterous couple caught mysteriously stuck to each other
In a suspected use of 'runyoka' - the famed so-called Central Locking System, a cheating couple was caught mysteriously stuck to each other at Matapi Flats in Mbare yesterday. They were believed to be...Published: 24 Nov 2011 at 07:49hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunt for MDC-T supporters who attended the Bulawayo congress
Zanu-PF youth militia in Mbare, Harare have launched a "witch hunt" on MDC-T supporters who attended the just ended MDC-T Third National Congress that was held in Bulawayo at the weekend.An ...Published: 03 May 2011 at 22:14hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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