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UK still holding unto Zimbabwean skulls
The British Government has expressed its commitment to repatriating the skulls of Zimbabwean heroes taken to Britain during the colonial era, British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Peter Vowles said yesterday...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:30hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Vandalised Gukurahundi plaque replaced
Matebeleland-BASED pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu on Wednesday installed yet another memorial plaque at Bhalagwe in Maphisa, Matebeleland South province where dozens of Gukurahundi victims were buri...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Miner stoned to death over gold
FOUR illegal gold miners from Hope Fountain have been arrested for allegedly stoning their workmate to death and throwing his body into a mineshaft.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Insp...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
All 15 miners trapped underground at Redwing Mine rescued
All 15 miners who were trapped underground following a mineshaft collapse at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga last week have been rescued three days after the incident.The mine owned by Metallon Gol...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
15 miners feared dead in Redwing Mine collapse
Fifteen miners are believed to have perished following a mineshaft collapse at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga early Thursday morning.The mine, located 50 kilometres west of the eastern border city...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:12hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Vehicles, shops torched as rival miners clash
THREE Honda Fit vehicles as well as a number of tuck-shops were set on fire in a fight between two rival groups of miners at Wanderer gold mine in Shurugwi.The incident happened on Friday when...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally in bizarre ritual
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pedzisai "Scott" Sakupwanya has performed traditional rituals to ostensibly appease the spirits of several artisanal miners who perished at his Redwing gold mine in...Published: 02 May 2023 at 09:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
41 Zimbabweans arrested for illegal mining South Africa
SOUTH African police on Tuesday arrested several illegal miners, among them 41 Zimbabweans and recovered chrome worth more than R1 million in the Mecklenburg in Limpopo province.In addition to...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 more die at Mnangagwa ally's mine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally Pedzisai Scott Sakupwanya's Better Brands has reportedly continued conducting secret mining operations at Redwing Mine in Penhalonga, Manicaland, which led to t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe truck driver arrested in South Africa
A 37-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean truck driver has been arrested in South Africa for illegally transporting chrome worth R650 000 in Limpopo Province.The truck driver, Brighton Mutandani, was arrested ...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine fatalities spike in Zimbabwe
MINE fatalities have risen 37% in the year to date with 67 people having perished in mine-related accidents as mining firms, facing funding challenges, are bypassing protocols.On the other han...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:31hrs | 3 | by Staff rteporter
UK can't find Nehanda's skull
London's Natural History Museum and Cambridge University have said that they are ready to co-operate with Zimbabwe to return human remains that were taken in the colonial era.The fresh stateme...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff rporter
Mine rescue mission turns tragic
A 22-YEAR-OLD Domboshava man was hospitalised after he suffocated trying to rescue a colleague trapped in a gold mine shaft.Ngoni Sika (53) died in the mineshaft while Peter Mudyiwa (22), who ...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pressure group holds Gukurahundi memorial, frowns at Mugabe Day
MATABELELAND pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu on Monday conducted a Gukurahundi memorial service at Bhalagwe mass graves in Kezi district at a time the State was commemorating Mugabe Day.Guku...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Miner trapped to death
A miner Fidelis Kushaya (22 )from Marange was trapped to death in a mining shaft in Taikona mine, Penhalonga yesterday.Mani...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 12:01hrs | 6 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
2 die in disused coal mineshaft collapse
TWO young illegal miners and a university graduate were on Monday reportedly trapped to death by coal ashes while extracting coke at a dumpsite in Hwange.The issue was confirmed by a resident ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 die, one injured in Insiza mineshaft collapse
TWO people died and another one was critically injured after a mineshaft collapsed at Stembok Mine in Insiza in Matabeleland South province last Wednesday.Acting provincial police spokesperson...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Metallon Gold to reopen 2 gold mines
METALLON Gold has invested US$33 million in the reopening of Redwing Mine and deepening of How Mine in a fresh bid to resuscitate its business empire.The decision by the Mzee Khumalo-run entit...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo dams are not filling up
THE fact that Bulawayo and Matabeleland South province have been receiving torrential rains since January is evident to everyone.The fact that most dams nationally are full and spilling (inclu...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Khumbulani Maphosa
Couple robbed, dumped in disused mine shaft
A Masvingo couple was robbed of a car, $500 000, bank card, and a cell phone by a gang of four suspected robbers that allegedly dumped them in a 20-metre disused mineshaft in the outskirts of the town...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 23:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's difficult path to healing
ASS graves keep cropping up in Zimbabwe.The killings of civilians date back years, but wounds remain. The hurdle to healing is the government, experts say.The trauma persists even in t...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
40 trapped in collapsed Bindura mine
ABOUT 40 illegal miners were yesterday trapped at Ran Mine in Bindura after a disused mine shaft collapsed. Six miners were retrieved and rushed to Bindura Hospital for treatment, according to Zimbabw...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Search for trapped miners intensifies
A CHINESE mining company, Zhong Jian has intensified efforts to search for illegal gold miners suspected to be buried alive in Premier Estate area in Penhalonga with the company claiming the exercise ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backs down on Zimbabwe genocide
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given in to demands by traditional leaders, who want the government to take a back seat in the exhumation and reburial of victims of army atrocities.Mnangagwa,...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu celebrates own heroes
ZAPU and ex-combatants of its Zipra military wing during the liberation struggle, celebrated the just-ended Heroes' Day by honouring their fallen and unsung heroes interred at Lady Stanley Cemetery in...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 banana farmers die in accident
FOUR banana farmers died on the spot in Nyanga on Sunday morning when a vehicle they were travelling in plunged into Nyamahwani River.The farmers were on their way to sell their produce in Nya...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makorokozas to be regulated
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has told Parliament that the forthcoming Mines and Minerals Bill will include provisions that will regulate the conduct of artisanal miners, and ensure their safety wh...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Retracing the life and death of Dr Sithole
This is the third and final contribution on the life, abduction, disappearance and subsequent death of Dr Edson Sithole - a veteran nationalist, barrister and national hero whose heroic life remains s...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:42hrs | | by Isaya Muriwo Sithole
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
Tragic end for gold panner
A 35-YEAR-OLD Mudzi gold panner died on Sunday after a mineshaft caved in, burying him alive.The incident happened at Geshem Mine and the now-deceased was identified as Ruramai Zisengwe of Chi...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi 'victim' remains exhumed
A family from Silozwi in Matobo last week exhumed the remains of their relative, who was reportedly killed during the Gukurahundi massacres, after several failed attempts.Police on several occ...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Matebele Diaspora Genocide Conference: Dabengwa and Mzila expected to attend
This press release is issued to the public as a way of an update about the 1893 Mthwakazi (Matebeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement's programme of activities including an update on the up...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 17:19hrs | | by Thembani Dube
2 gold panners die as mine collapses
Two gold panners from Goromonzi died last week when a mineshaft collapsed at Jongwe Farm.Police last week said the duo was among 10 gold panners who were trapped in the eight-metre-deep shaft ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
PICTURES: Bhalagwe memorial service
Bulawayo pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu, conducted a memorial service for Gukurahundi victims buried in a disused mineshaft in Maphisa, Matabeleland South.The commemorations which coincided...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Memorial service for Gukurahundi victims set for Bhalagwe
Bulawayo pressure group, Ibhetshu LikaZulu, says it plans to conduct a memorial service for Gukurahundi victims buried in a disused mineshaft in Maphisa, Matabeleland South.The commemorations,...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must be honest about genocide
The Vigil has launched a new petition calling on President Mnangagwa's government to account properly for Gukurahundi. The petition reads: Zimbabwe has reportedly been encouraged by the UK Government ...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 17:54hrs | | by ZimVigil
Gukurahundi, Nyadzonya and the David Coltart apology
Its sixty days since the inauguration of Emmerson Mnangagwa as the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe on the 24th of November 2017. In his inauguration speech, he promised visible changes within th...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Msipa
Coltart apologise for his role as a police officer with the BSAP
STATEMENT BY DAVID COLTART ON RHODESIAN ATROCITIES, HIS TIME IN THE BSAP AND AN APOLOGY FOR HIS ROLE IN SUSTAINING AN UNJUST SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH DISCRIMINATED AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOURTh...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Senator David Coltart
Coltart apologises for his role in Rhodesian atrocities
STATEMENT BY DAVID COLTART ON RHODESIAN ATROCITIES, HIS TIME IN THE BSAP AND AN APOLOGY FOR HIS ROLE IN SUSTAINING AN UNJUST SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH DISCRIMINATED A...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 06:56hrs | 6 | by Senator David Coltart
Ibhetshu LikaZulu to celebrate World Genocide Day
BULAWAYO pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu says it will celebrate this year's World Genocide Commemoration Day on December 9 with a memorial service at a Gukurahundi mass grave in Tsholotsho, Matabelel...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 05:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Ian Smith myth and other fallacies
There are many fallacies associated with the history of Zimbabwe. Let's start with one of the oldest.Rhodesia was not built on an empty veld. The fallacy that the land was empty is just that: ...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Simon Massey
As the Twitter Professora would say, handei tione!
IT has been a week of laughter and good political humour, not least because my party triumphed in Bikita West, but also because of the clotted reasoning and prose which this defeat wrought in lose...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
2 more die in mineshaft
TWO gold mine workers died in Kwekwe yesterday after a mineshaft they were working in collapsed. Midlands province police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko said a third miner survived the mishap and is...Published: 31 May 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
'Murderous car thieves' await Fools' Day judgment
TWO carjackers lured a Filabusi man into a bush and allegedly robbed him of his car, before killing him and then dumping the body in a disused mineshaft to conceal the crime, a High Court judge has he...Published: 25 Mar 2016 at 11:51hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Britain has bloody hands in Zimbabwe
Donald Trelford exposed Robert Mugabe's murderous methods 25 years ago, but couldn't persuade Whitehall to intervene ------- The baby was already dead, but the crowd weren't to know t...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Drunk' 20-year-old falls into mineshaft, dies
A 20-YEAR-OLD "drunken" man died after he fell into a six-metre deep disused mine shaft in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province on Wednesday at around 2AM, police have confirmed.Justin Mupan...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 09:53hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Three killed in 400 metre shaft
THREE gold panners were crushed to death at Geelong Mine in West Nicholson while the fourth one was seriously injured during an ill-fated search for gold in a 400 metre deep mineshaft.The bodi...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Miner fined $50 for threatening mine worker with machete
A Small Scale miner in the Ntabazinduna who went to Leads North Mine registered in the name of another miner Never Ntini where he ordered the mine worker to stop mining before he later produced a ...Published: 12 Jul 2015 at 10:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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