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2 friends commit suicide over wives' infidelity
The Bulawayo community is reeling from the heartbreaking suicides of two close friends, Khumbulani Dube and Nqobizitha Sibanda, whose untimely deaths have shone a light on the emotional struggles many...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:09hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Mazibuko, model clash over US$180
Sipho Mazibuko, the founder of Miss Rural Zimbabwe and a controversial model coach, is embroiled in a dispute with one of her models, Grace Sibanda, from Matabeleland South province, over a passport d...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 12:28hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Jeys Marabini dismisses Mazibuko debt claims
Celebrated musician Jeys Marabini has dismissed allegations made by former modelling coach Sipho Mazibuko, who claimed he owes her money stemming from events that occurred in the early 2000s. Mazibuko...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:07hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Sophie Ndaba opens up about Zimbabwean roots
Popular South African actress Sophie Ndaba was in Bulawayo this past weekend where she graced the Esteemed Business Women conference held at Lavinia Gardens. The event, which attracted top off...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Mazibuko joins Zanu-PF Women's League
SIPHO Mazibuko, a former modelling guru, has officially joined the Zanu-PF Women's League. In this new political venture, Mazibuko has pledged to leverage her influence to advocate for women's empower...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:46hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga's ex-wife holding Miss Zimbabwe World at ransom'
THE embattled ex-wife of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa, has been accused of holding the Miss World Zimbabwe pageant at ransom.Industry insiders and experts have called on ...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 16:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Insiza: The land of gold and glory
INSIZA is a district in Matabeleland South Province and its capital, Filabusi, is 100km south of Bulawayo, along the Mbalabala/Zvishavane Road. The district boasts of a diverse landscape, with gentle ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Truck arson attacks spark sabotage fears in South Africa
South African police said on Wednesday 21 trucks have been torched in a series of mysterious attacks that President Cyril Ramaphosa has described as acts of "economic sabotage".Unknown assaila...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:34hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Former ZNA captain sues for unlawful detention
THE Bulawayo High Court will on October 11 hear the case of former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) captain and chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks, Solomon Ndlovu who sued businessman Osfael Mazibuko for loss...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
My accuser begged to join our farming project before cheating us: former ZNA captain
The former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu who had been jailed six years for theft of vehicle belonging to a businessman Osfael Mazibuko has said his accuser had begged to join the...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 14:52hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
Controversy around reinstatement of acquitted army captain
...he feels he is unfair treated THERE is controversy around the reinstatement of a former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Captain Solomon Ndlovu wh...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 11:33hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Ex-ZNA captain counts losses after a 6-year incarceration
FORMER Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) captain and chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks, who was wrongly jailed for six years for theft of a vehicle belonging to businessman Osfael Mazibuko says his business c...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 07:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council names streets after departed eminent leaders
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has named some streets in the city's new suburbs for easy identification of properties.The street names were given in line with the council resolution of 1990....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schools meet to iron out pupils' rivalry
BOYS' schools in Bulawayo might soon consider enrolling female students as a way of eliminating violence among male students who continue to engage in public fights in the city centre.Pupils f...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF calls for truce
WARRING Zanu-PF factions have been urged to bury the hatchet and stop dropping names of party bigwigs during campaigns.The call was made by party secretary for commissariat Mike Bimha in a sta...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed army cleric found not guilty by High Court
A FIRED senior army cleric, who successfully challenged his six-year prison term at the High Court following his conviction on charges of stealing a car belonging to a business partner and stripping i...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 21:39hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Miss Rural pageant in false start
THE annual Zanu-PF national conference has forced the Mr and Miss Rural pageant for Matabeleland South province to be postponed with organisers saying sponsors and partners were tied up preparing for ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Why I joined Zanu-PF'
VETERAN modelling instructor and mental health activist Sipho Mazibuko said she joined Zanu-PF out of her own volition as she believes it is the "right party" to belong to as it offers many opportunit...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sipho Mazibuko joins Zanu PF
MENTAL health activist, Sipho Mazibuko, has joined Zanu PF hoping to use this as an opportunity to scale up voter awareness and harness support for people affected by mental health issues. Thi...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mazibuko reflects on mental health fight
POPULAR Bulawayo-based modelling guru and Strides Modelling Agency founder, Sipho Mazibuko has revealed that pressure around her once popular Miss Rural Zimbabwe helped trigger the bipolar disorder th...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army captain slaps businessman with US$20m lawsuit
A FORMER captain in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Solomon Ndlovu, has slapped businessman Osfael Mazibuko and his manager with a US$20 million lawsuit over malicious prosecution.Ndlovu, wh...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-army captain challenges dismissal
A FORMER captain in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Solomon Ndlovu, is seeking reinstatement after he successfully appealed his six-year jail term for theft of a motor vehicle, at the High Court in ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matanga orders Jonathan Moyo rape probe
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has directed police in Bulawayo to look for veteran modelling instructor Ms Sipho Ncube-Mazibuko as part of investigations following her rape allegations aga...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police follow up on Jonathan Moyo rape claims
POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has directed police in Bulawayo to look for veteran modelling instructor Ms Sipho Ncube-Mazibuko as part of investigations following her rape allegations aga...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo fights 'false' rape allegations by modelling agency boss
Former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo on Monday pushed back against "false and outrageous" allegations that he raped a former model and beauty pageant organiser over a decade ago.State media r...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo faces rape accusations?
Former Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, who left Zimbabwe hurriedly in 2017 and faces arrest on various charges on his return, has been accused by veteran modelling instructor Mrs Sipho Mazibuko of r...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster 'Mazibuko' granted fifty thousand rand bail for fraud
MPUMALANGA - Osfael Vusimuzi Mazibuko (53) appeared before the Serious Commercial Crime Court in Pretoria on Monday 23 November 2020 after he was arrested on the 18 November 2020 on a warrant of arres...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Inside Bulawayo's worsening water crisis
It is 6am on a Saturday and residents of Sizinda, a poor suburb in Bulawayo, have begun their desperate hunt for water.The taps at home dried up three months ago.Water has become a dai...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born Jazz legend awarded SA heroine status
Zimbabwe-born African jazz icon Dorothy Masuka was buried Sunday in Gauteng province's West Park Cemetery, South Africa after being awarded heroine status in the neighbouring country.Masuka su...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | 8 | by newzimbabwe
Baby on man's back catches Mnangagwa's attention
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa is looking for a couple who feature in a video that has gone viral showing a man being publicly ridiculed for carrying a baby on his back. The video has sparked a...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby killer jailed for 15 years
A BEITBRIDGE woman who killed her 50-year-old husband by kicking him on his privates before finishing him off by stabbing him with a kitchen knife during a fight over money for rent, was yesterday sen...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Husband 'killer' claims dead man stabbed self
A 27 YEAR-OLD Beitbridge woman who allegedly killed her 50-year-old husband by kicking him on his privates before finishing him off by stabbing him with a kitchen knife during a fight over money for r...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Republic Party International march a resounding success
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it conducted a successful international march in South Africa as it gears for this year's election.Party spokesperson Mbonis Gumbo said they would like to tha...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 10:59hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Prominent lawyer's $25 000 fruit juice lawsuit thrown out of court
THE High Court yesterday dismissed an application by prominent Bulawayo lawyer Mr Ndabezinhle Mazibuko who was suing a city supermarket for $25 000 after he bought a box of fruit juice which was alleg...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army chaplain further remanded for theft
An army captain who is also chaplain at Mbalabala Barracks has appeared at the Gwanda Regional Court facing charges of stealing a vehicle belonging to a prominent Zimbabwean businessman and farmer bas...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Injiva involved in a bitter, bruising and protracted battle
A Zimbabwean man based in South Africa is involved in a bitter, bruising and protracted battle to claim possession of a house he bought in 1999 as the executor of the estate continues to frustrate his...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Top lawyer loses CBC fees wrangle
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by prominent Bulawayo lawyer Mr Ndabezinhle Mazibuko challenging exorbitant fees charged by Christian Brothers College (CBC) and the school's failure to provi...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ugly debate over Miss Zimbabwe
PLAYERS in the modelling industry have expressed mixed feelings over this year's Miss World Zimbabwe queen, Chiedza Lorraine Mhosva urging organisers, the Miss Zimbabwe Trust to cast their net wider n...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nelson Mandela lives on, June 16, an icon is born!
New York, United States - June 16, 1976 is the day of bloodbath on the streets of South African townships, Soweto being the epicentre of one of the worst manisfestations of apartheid brutality....Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 22:20hrs | | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze
Simunye making waves and significant progress in UK
The best way of dealing with the traumatic effects of death is to be physically and psychologically prepared. This is easier said than done, however, a group of like-minded people in the UK have manag...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 16:16hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Khupe, Mujuru in America
MDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe and National People's Party (NPP) Joice Mujuru are in New York, United States, attending a high-level African women leaders' meeting.Zanu-PF is represented...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngqabutho Mabhena resigns from the MDC
The vocal Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena based in South Africa has resigned from the MDC led by Welshman Ncube after the formation of their new political party Zimbabwe Communist Party in which he is now ...Published: 08 May 2017 at 07:07hrs | 36 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman in court for killing hubby
THE trial of a 26-year-old Beitbridge woman who allegedly fatally stabbed her 50-year-old husband with a kitchen knife during a paternity row, has been postponed to May 3.Geraldine Nyo...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maimane 'My-monkey' is on Zille's leash
We have expressed, in these lines before, the superlative admiration for one Joram Nyathi and his wisdom that comes oftentimes with a generous seasoning of dark and savage humour.For a good me...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mugabe asked to intervene
A GROUP of war veterans in Masvingo have sought President Robert Mugabe's assistance to fend off the threat to evict them from a wildlife conservancy by a businessman, who they claim has backing f...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death in bedroom war
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman allegedly stabbed her 50-year-old husband to death in Beitbridge following a row over the paternity of "their" five-month-old daughter.The incident, which has since bec...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death in bedroom war
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman allegedly stabbed her 50-year-old husband to death in Beitbridge following a row over the paternity of "their" five-month-old daughter.The incident, which has since bec...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman kills hubby in paternity row
A 26-year-old Beitbridge woman allegedly hacked her 50-year-old husband to death with a machete following a domestic row over the paternity of their five-month-old daughter.The incident, w...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA's youngest millionaire urges Zimbabweans to use social media responsibly
A top South African investment expect says Zimbabweans could stimulate the country's economy by investing in legal online forex trading provided they invest in proper training to avoid falling prey to...Published: 23 Dec 2016 at 22:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Reverend Msindo jailed over $10 000 debt
THE High Court has slapped Destiny for Afrika Network leader Reverend Obadiah Musindo with a 90 day civil imprisonment sentence for defying a court order to pay a debt of more than $10 000 to prom...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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