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Man kills wife over money
A Zvishavane man, Nobert Mhlanga, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the brutal murder of his wife in 2022 after a domestic dispute over money. Mhlanga, who was 38 at the time, appeared befo...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 14:33hrs | 1363 | by Staff reporter
Petition to The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education
Editor please publish our petition to the Minister of Primary and Secondary education for our pupils are not attending school due to the interference of powerful politicians who are protecting a viole...Published: 29 May 2023 at 22:58hrs | 3 | by Parents/Guardians - Murowa School
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will win economic war
ZIMBABWE will attain a prosperous future and overcome the economic challenges being engineered by its detractors bent on making the economy "scream" through asymmetrical warfare targeting ordinary cit...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Steel plant furnaces components arrive
GIANT furnaces worth millions of dollars yesterday arrived at the Manhize steelmills site in Mvuma as the US$1 billion iron and steel plant takes shape.Villagers and the surrounding community ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife for buying bag
A 37-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane woman was last Thursday allegedly murdered by her husband after buying herself a bag using money meant to purchase groceries.Midlands provincial police spokesperson In...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is best investment destination, claims Implats
South Africa's Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) has described Zimbabwe as the best investment jurisdiction due to its predictable and supportive operating environment, which has allowed its investme...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe edges closer to US$12bn target?
Government and private sector players in the mining industry are resolute in their commitments towards achieving the US$12 billion by 2023.Zimbabwe launched the Strategic Road to the Achieveme...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
School closes after family attacks teachers
Police in Zvishavane have launched a manhunt for four brothers from Mombe village under Chief Mazvihwa who last Friday stormed Gwemombe Langeni Secondary School where they allegedly beat up teachers a...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill man acquitted for killing sister, nephew
A MENTALLY ill Zvishavane man, who killed his sister and her five-year-old son last year in a dispute over his National Social Security Authority (NSSA) documents, was acquitted last Friday after the ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff report
'Nehanda not a national heroine'
A LOCAL historian has said government erected Mbuya Nehanda's statue for political expediency, distorting history since the heroine of the first war of resistance against colonial rule was not a natio...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Herd boy impregnates employer's daughter
An 18-year-old herd boy from Breasts Village in Chief Mazvihwa's area is in court after he slept with his boss' 12-year-old daughter resulting in a pregnancy which was noticed two weeks ago.It...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding gangs terrorize villagers in Zvishavane
The 2008 violence that saw most rural Zimbabweans decapitated and maimed by Zanu-PF militia is being relieved in rural and urbanZvishavane and Shurugwi in the Midlands Province following a new wave of...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 18:36hrs | | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
Hunger and disease kill school children in remote Zimbabwe
Having grown up in a crude environment in Zimbabwe witnessing child abuse and negligence there are tell tale signs that are still haunting me this time the number of children going hungry in Zimbabwea...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 18:52hrs | | by Makho Precious Moyo
Woman thrown into disused mine
TWO Zvishavane men last week appeared in court on allegations of causing the death of a woman, who they assaulted and threw into a disused mine shaft.Tatenda Ngwenya (22) and Givemore Matumba ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Double standards by Rio Zim
DearRio Tonto Zimbabwe particularly Murowa Diamonds has a policy whereby prospective employees are subjected to serious vetting including police clearance and anyone with a criminal record is ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by Concerned Zvishavane Residents
Gold panner gunned down
An illegal gold panner from Zvishavane died after he was shot in the chest while trying to steal gold ore from a mineshaft, police have confirmed. Acting Midlands police spokesperson Ass...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding gold panners kill colleague
A GOLD panner was allegedly murdered in cold blood at the Kwekwe city interchange rank on Wednesday afternoon following a misunderstanding.Police confirmed the murder of Comment Moyo, an alleg...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exposed Chief's wife goes berserk threatening all and sundry!
Dear EditorWe don't know either to laugh or cry? But surely some people have less grey matter than a bullfrog. So the wife of self imposed chief Mazvihwa has threatened to beat Murowa School t...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Concerned Murowa Ward Community
Mnangagwa meets chiefs tomorrow
President Mnangagwa is set to meet the country's traditional leaders in Gweru tomorrow, as part of a programme to get the views of different communities and interest groups. He will also brief them on...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Accident claims 2
Two people died on the spot while an unconfirmed number survived with various injuries when the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned in the early hours of Thursday near S...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 17:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother killer stuns court
A 27-year-old man who allegedly killed his mother in cold blood after she failed to give him food, on Thursday stunned the court when he professed ignorance of his own name and that of his mother....Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family demands 40 beasts before burial
The family of a 21-year-old gold panner from Zvishavane who was murdered by five illegal panners in a gold war has demanded 40 beasts from the murderers before burying their son.The family was...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man strikes wife with a hammer on the head, hangs self
A Zvishavane man who thought his wife he had clobbered with a hammer following a domestic dispute had died, hanged himself.Tafara Shava (33) of Ruwanza Village, Chief Mazvihwa, struck his wife...Published: 09 May 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
15 dead in mine gold war
FIFTEEN suspected gold panners have died in skirmishes at Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane with the latest death being reported on Wednesday last week.Management at the mine, which resumed operati...Published: 09 May 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (29) kicks friend to death for not buying him beer
A Zvishavane man from Majoni village under Chief Mazvihwa was on Friday sentenced to nine years in prison after being found guilty of causing the death of a fellow patron following a beer brawl....Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cephas Msipa's story:- 'In pursuit of freedom' opens lid on Gukurahundi genocide
Respected Zanu-PF elder, Cephas Msipa's book that could set the cat among the pigeons within government circles as it spotlights on democracy deficiencies in the country and how authorities did li...Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 14:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe consoles Mnangagwa family
PRESIDENT Mugabe has sent a condolence message to the family of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the death of Mr Philip Mnangagwa, the Vice President's brother. Mr Mnangagwa (84) died o...Published: 27 Aug 2016 at 07:58hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Minister Moyo's son laid to rest
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Mazvihwa communal lands in Zvishavane to bid farewell to Fred Kudakwashe Moyo, son to Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development Engineer Fred Moyo who died o...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 20:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold mining claims for Zvishavane community
SABI Gold Mine in Zvishavane which is set to resume operations in August, has pledged to allocate gold mining claims to villagers, particularly youths in the area, as part of efforts to empower the co...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 10:02hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Mugabe's former ally opens lid on Gukurahundi
Respected Zanu-PF elder, Cephas Msipa, has penned a book that could set the cat among the pigeons within government circles as it spotlights on democracy deficiencies in the country and how authoritie...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe must name successor'
With Zanu-PF's seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars continuing to rip both the ruling party and the country apart, one of President Robert Mugabe's long time friends and comrade, Cephas...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Community, Shop owners cry foul over Baccosi goods Hawkers
Zvishavane - Shop owners in some rural parts of Zvishavane and Chibi are crying foul over the influx of cheap goods from hawkers from Masvingo and Zvishavane town who usual come and operate at their p...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 18:01hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
Gammatox MP deserts his constituency
Zvishavane-Runde Member of Parliament, Freddie Moyo has reportedly abandoned his constituency as Zanu-PF factional fights reaches crescendo level.In a recent visit by the Mirror to areas under...Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 17:57hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
Teen Gold-panners invade Mberengwa, Zvishavane
Clad in a black jean and torn FC Platinum jazz, 15 years old Reginald Moyo lays helpless on the ground. It is winter time, but today he has to sleep without a blanket and only nature will warm him....Published: 01 Oct 2015 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Musavengana Hove
The Truth About Chenjerai Hove
Fellow Zimbabweans,Let me correct malicious, insensitive, half-truths, untruths, and innuendos written about Chenjerai Hove by several people in several publications since his passing on i...Published: 23 Jul 2015 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Morgan Mugove Changamire
Mugabe did not exile Chenjerai Hove - Prof Moyo
Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has angrily refuted claims that President Mugabe pushed the late novelist, poet and essayist Chenjerai Hove out of the country.A fierce critic of Presid...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 08:35hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Hove fearlessly exposed Zanu-PF's evil and violent works, says MDC
MDC has expressed sadness at the untimely death of acclaimed writer Chenjerai Hove on Sundayy 12 in Norway.Born on February 9, 1956 in Mazvihwa near Zvishavane, Hove attended Kutama Mission an...Published: 13 Jul 2015 at 15:22hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Chenjerai Hove dies
Reports say renowned poet and novelist, Chenjerai Hove (56) has died in Norway.Contacted for comment, Hove's son, Jabulani refused to disclose any details, telling the ZBC News to 'let the fam...Published: 12 Jul 2015 at 21:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hunt on for kidnap 'prophet'
POLICE have launched a manhunt for two members of Johanne Masowe apostolic sect who, together with seven other church members, allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and married her off to one of them...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 10:55hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Man returns from Diaspora to be jailed over maintenance
A Zvishavane man who skipped the border to South Africa after being slapped with a maintenance bill was arrested and jailed after he returned home.Takawira Makokisi (32) of Village 5, Chief Ma...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Girl, 15, married off for $10
POLICE in Zvishavane have launched a manhunt for two members of the Johanne Masowe weChishanu apostolic sect who together with seven other church members allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old school girl ...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba and Munyaradzi Musiiwa
White man challenges poverty in Rural Zvishavane
Zvishavane - A local Non-Governmental Organisation, Muonde Trust is giving a ray of hope to thousands of people from poverty-stricken Mazvihwa community, south-east of Zvishavane town.Muonde T...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 14:16hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
YA FM must challenge Zvishavane underdevelopment
Almost a month has elapsed since Ray of Hope media group was awarded a radio license to operate as YA FM in Zvishavane. Zimbabweans and particularly youths from Zvishavan...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 16:25hrs | | by Musavengana Hove
Child prostitution rampant in Zvishavane
The increase in numbers of child prostitutes in Zvishavane and Mberengwa has become a serious concern, particularly since the districts are leading in HIV and Aids prevalence rates in the province, he...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional rites bull leads owner to rustler
A bull suspected to be for traditional rites, which had been stolen together with four other beasts, sold out a Mberengwa cattle thief after it returned to its owner, almost a year after it was stolen...Published: 26 Oct 2014 at 09:38hrs | | by Tinomuda Chakanyuka
'Prophet' tells family to undress, steal their money
A MAZVIHWA family in Zvishavane district was duped by a self-styled prophet who told them to undress and bathe while he stole their money after they had sought spiritual cleansing from him.Pa...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jilted man stones girl
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl escaped death by a whisker after a man whose love advances she had spurned struck her with a rock on the forehead and stole her cellphone as punishment.This emerged when Ma...Published: 22 Aug 2014 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife killed over WhatsApp text message
A ZVISHAVANE woman died when her husband poured five litres of battery acid on her after a fight over a WhatsApp text message.The woman, Tendai Kurehwatira, was said to have searched her husb...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man headbutts, smashes baby against wall killing her instantly
A TEENAGE father from Zvishavane headbutted his two-month-old daughter several times before smashing the hapless infant against the wall killing her instantly, police said.Midlands police ...Published: 22 May 2014 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupils abscond school in fear of baboons
A NUMBER of pupils from Paradzamwa and Murowa primary schools are absconding lessons in fear of being attacked by a troop of baboons that have been camping at mountains in Murowa in Zvishavane...Published: 02 Feb 2014 at 12:01hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Nsingo
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