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Zimbabwe records 124 cholera cases amid latest outbreak
ZIMBABWE has recorded 124 confirmed cases of cholera since the latest outbreak started in November last year, Minister of Health and Child Care Douglas Mombeshora said on Friday.Addressing a p...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 19:25hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Man's body found floating in Mazowe River after row over sex worker
The body of a 25-year-old man was discovered floating in Mazowe River on Thursday, with initial police investigations suggesting that the young man was murdered following a dispute over a sex worker....Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:07hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
2 in court for stealing relief food
A human resources and administration officer from the Department of Social Development, a depot clerk at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) in Bindura, and a truck driver have been charged with the theft...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 07:22hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Shamva woman dies in crocodile attack
A 43-YEAR-OLD Shamva woman died after being attacked by a crocodile at Mazowe River last week.The remains of Yuvhona Masara were discovered floating in Mazowe River by a neighbour Shorai Gadag...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:40hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boy (5) dies in croc attack
IN an incident that has left villagers in Nyamapanda shell-shocked, a five-year-old boy was killed by a crocodile and remains suspected to be his were discovered two days later.The boy was fro...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Government remembers drowned ecstatic prophets
The government has pledged assistance to the eight prophets who drowned in the Mazowe river on Saturday during a baptism ceremony.The government is providing a coffin, blanket, transport and f...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 12:30hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Eight drowned ecstatic prophets named
POLICE has released names of eight apostolic prophets from Vadzidzi vaJeso who drowned at Mazowe river in Rushinga yesterday. ...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Rushinga
Nehanda shrine under siege from illegal gold miners
SITUATED 30km north of Harare is an area of rocky hillsides overlooking the Mazowe River.The area boasts several botanical interests.However, Gomba, as the area is also known, is...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
River bank mining kills illegal miners
Two illegal miners were trapped to death after a heft of sand fell on them there by killing them on the spot on Thursday at Nyamwanga farm, Shamva....Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 21:48hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Saviour Kasukuwere fumes over farm invasion
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused State institutions of failing to enforce the country's laws after a war veteran leader who led the invasion of his Mazowe farm, last yea...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Truck sinks trying to cross flooded river killing baby
Police in Mashonaland Central province are looking for a seven months old baby who drowned in a flooded river after a UD truck he was travelling in sunk in a flooded river in Bindura over the weekend....Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
2 drown taking pictures of flooded river
TWO unidentified men aged 22 and 21 died in Glendale, Mashonaland Central province after they encroached the edges of the flooded Mazowe River while taking pictures from their mobile phones before bot...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 19:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's 'brother' implicated as foreign firms defy govt ban on river bank mining
FOREIGN-LINKED companies - particularly from China and Belarus - are deploying heavy machinery to river banks to mine for gold under the guise that they are desilting the watercourses, it has emerged....Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:21hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Runaway inflation, Covid-19 fuel rise in malaria cases in north-eastern Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has made giant strides in malaria control, but runaway inflation coupled with the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic may derail progress made in the last 17 years - moving the country away from ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners swept by floods while parked on river bank
AN illegal gold panner was found dead while his colleague is missing after they parked their vehicles on the banks of Mazowe River in-PFungwe before they were swept away by floods.Police in Mu...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinese nationals causing serious land degradation in Mazowe
WATER CRISES has hit Bindura town yet again, with the Chinese nationals being accused of practising alluvial mining at Mazowe river there by causing serious land degradation.Mazowe river...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Family dumps corpse at killer girlfriend's homestead
A FAMILY in Pfungwe district, Mashonaland East province, is being investigated for allegedly dumping a male relative's corpse at his girlfriend's home, accusing her of murder, NewsDay Weekender has le...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cheating woman kills boyfriend in retaliation
A 25-YEAR-OLD-PFungwe man was allegedly killed by his lover after he caught her in a compromising position with another man in a makeshift tent along Mazowe River.The suspect, Juliet Munhuwa o...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son's name-dropped in R30 000 fraud
THE name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tafadzwa Sean, has been dropped in a case where an alleged conman duped a Gweru businesswoman of R30 000 in a yet-to-be revealed deal.The conman...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self after lover refuse to elope
A 29-YEAR-OLD-PFungwe man hanged himself after his girlfriend allegedly refused to elope with him.Shupikai Chikuvira of Tokoti village, under Chief Chitsungo, was found hanging near a footpath...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'adopts' gold panner
First Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday visited Avoca Farm in Bindura to offer assistance to a 16-year-old girl, Manyara Vore, who was featured on a ZBC news story panning for gold in Mazowe River to r...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe grabs iconic Mazowe Dam
Grace Mugabe grabs iconic Mazowe DamFIRST Lady Grace Mugabe is continuing to expand her vast empire in the scenic Mazowe area of Mashonaland Central province; this time by grabbing the state-owned...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Poverty: Grassroots cry
With the economic and political crisis becoming near permanent over the past decade and half, and everything that should never happen to a country happening to be independent Zimbabwe especially the e...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 15:27hrs | 6 | by Diana Bamala
A comrade who refused to die
COMRADE Noah Mbira whose Chimurenga name was Chemist Ncube has just too many fascinating episodes from his time during the liberation struggle. Last week, he gave a gripping narration of his journey f...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:26hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Cult sex shocker
Three Mazowe Nyau cult members forced four teenagers to have unprotected sex with an HIV-positive woman during their initiation process.The incident that has exposed the dangers of the Nyau da...Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cracks whip on Chinese
CHINESE nationals conducting illegal gold mining activities along Mazowe and other rivers across the country have been ordered to stop with immediate effect to preserve the natural state of rivers for...Published: 21 Oct 2013 at 03:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe evicts 50 families
GUSHUNGO Holdings, a business concern owned by the First Family has reportedly kicked out 11 small-scale miners occupying 22 hectares of land along Mazowe River to pave way for the expansion of the fa...Published: 18 Oct 2013 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kasukuwere evicts 15 gold miners
15 gold miners in Mashonaland Central Province are protesting Environmental, Water and Climate minister Saviour Kasukuwere's decision to evict them from their operations. The gold miners,...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 03:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man shot over bread
A BINDURA man is in a critical condition after being shot in Mazowe on Wednesday following an altercation over a dozen loaves of bread.Another man was also shot in the same area in a separate ...Published: 14 Jul 2012 at 14:13hrs | | by Crime Reporter
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