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Mix up at South African mortuary, 2-year body swap resolved
IN September 2021, then-31-year-old Bongani Ngwendu was attacked by a vigilante group in a suspected xenophobic attack at an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa, where he was burnt to death ...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa scores own goals
CONFUSION and chaos characterised opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party's nomination process at the Harare Magistrate Court.The party's nomination finalization was still on goin...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso stages a dramatic comeback
Highlanders 2 - 1 Caps UnitedHIGHLANDERS staged a dramatic comeback to collect maximum points against 10-men Caps United in an exciting Castle Lager Premier Soccer League at Barbourfields Stadium ...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nyaradzo expatriates wrong body to the US
In a major boob, Nyaradzo Funeral allegedly recently expatriated the wrong corpse into the United States of America in a development that has sent tongues wagging.It is alleged that the parlor...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 20:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Confusion, chaos mar by-elections
Acts of violence by suspected Zanu-PF supporters, alleged vote buying, bussing of voters, voters failing to find their names on the voters' roll and voter apathy yesterday marred Zimbabwe's first elec...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer piles pressure on High Court judge
Advocate Thabani Mpofu is piling pressure on embattled Zimbabwean High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora, who is facing a series of accusations ranging from conflict of interest, judicial miscondu...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 20:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Doves fires whistle blower driver
DOVES Funeral Services (Doves) has fired its hearse driver, Sam Chitsike, on allegations of failing to do due diligence after learning that he had carried an empty coffin for burial to Nyanga....Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Family refuses to bury baby after morgue incident
A Mahusekwa family has refused to bury a new born baby which died at Marondera Provincial Hospital without DNA tests being conducted after an alleged mortuary mix up which saw them failing to collect ...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 13:47hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Dead man buried in wrong grave
The Bulawayo City Council's records of cemeteries are in shambles leading to the mislaying of the dead in reserved graves and the reopening of graves with remains.According to the Council, thi...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scary details on Mnangagwa helicopter crash emerge
NEW details have emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's official helicopter crash-landed due to a technical problem triggered by a faulty power system and flat battery, The NewsHawks reported....Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Funeral parlours mix up bodies families fear identifying relatives because of Covid-19
The third wave of coronavirus has been unforgiving. There has been an explosion in infections and deaths since mid-June.In the 54 days from June 19 — when fatalities rose to double digits â€...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Bishop L
Family exhumes father after hospital morgue mix-up
A Mhangura family recently had to endure the pain of exhuming and re-burying the body of their father which had earlier been interred elsewhere, in a case of mistaken identity. The man had suc...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Body mix-up at hospital fuels confusion
An 80-year-old Alaska man who died from Covid-19 complications was reburied yesterday following a mix-up of dead bodies at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital mortuary.The mix-up happened after a fun...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Khupe leaves MDC-T vote in a huff
CHAOTIC scenes rocked the combustible MDC-T extraordinary congress which was held at the Harare International Conference Centre yesterday, with backers of the interim party president Thokozani Khupe (...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec in another exam boob
The Zimbabwe Schools examination Council (Zimsec) mixed up examination dates for the Ordinary Level Agriculture Paper One, with students only finding out via social media that they were supposed to si...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec in 'O' Level exam scandal
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) was yesterday accused of presiding over "sham" examinations for several ‘O' level subjects with schools around the country receiving incomplete mate...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kambarami apologise for City Hall chaos
BULAWAYO Mayor Councillor Solomon Mguni and his deputy Councillor Tinashe Kambarami yesterday apologised for the recent chaos at City Hall saying measures have been put in place to bring sanity and en...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso in it to win, declares Madinda
Black Rhinos 1 - 1 Highlanders HIGHLANDERS coach Madinda Ndlovu says the days of rebuilding are over, and now is the time to start competing.Ndlovu uttered these words soon after wat...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Batoka project on course
The Batoka Gorge Hydro Electricity project, which is set to generate 2 400MW on completion, is on course amid indications that the Council of Ministers from Zimbabwe and Zambia are expected to meet so...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Human rights
Every person on planet Earth must have their rights respected. It doesn't matter whether its a criminal or some despicable character of some sought, they have rights and those rights must be recognise...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Clement Moyo
No more new election re-runs, says Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has said there will be no more primary election re-runs besides those okayed by the Politburo last week.The party resolved to hold re-runs in 15 constituencies in Mashonaland West, Mas...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Senior players will ruin Bosso's ECD project'
PRAISE singing of the performance of Highlanders' youthful side hit a discord note on Sunday, with fans in the terraces questioning the continued inclusion of some senior players they feel are misfits...Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Councillor in court for inciting violence
Kwekwe City Council's Ward 9 Councillor Kandu Lawe on Monday appeared in court facing charges of defeating the course of justice and public violence.This was after he allegedly caused havoc at...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Chicken Inn derby lives up to billing
Chicken Inn 2-2 HighlandersTHREE beautifully executed goals and penalty appeal waved away in the dying stages of the game were the major talking points of the Bulawayo derby featuring former champ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi to take a political sabbatical?
Walter Mzembi was the last Foreign Affairs minister to serve under former president Robert Mugabe.Although his tenure was brief, for it was during his stint that the Mugabe's regime fell, it w...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Moyo hope to emulate Macron is misplaced narcissist ego - no free elections in Zimbabwe
Dr Moyo and his APA party wants to be the Emmanuel Macron of France who started his own En Marche party from scratch and a year later was swept into the Elysee Palace, defeating all the established tr...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 21:04hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Mujuru dumps cancer suffering Tsvangirai
THE much-touted coalition between MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and National People's Party front runner Dr Joice Mujuru is in limbo after the latter dumped Mr Tsvangirai to sign a separate agreem...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Tsvangirai, Biti love triangle
The much-touted coalition between MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and National People's Party front runner Dr Joice Mujuru is in limbo after the latter dumped Mr Tsvangirai to sign a separate agreem...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police identify two road accident victims
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have identified two people who died in a road accident at the 32km peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba highway on Wednesday.According to police the deceased are Catherine Ch...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Some people think they own Mugabe than others
This Constitution, our Constitution leader Abigale Mupambi said it was sad that some Zimbabweans think that they own the President better than others particularly those in Zanu PF.She sa...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Dynamos vs Caps United - live updates
Caps United 3 - 3 Dynamos FC (Mutuma 9', Masimba 64', Macheke 76')90+2' Dauda equalises for Caps UnitedHighlanders 2-1 Bulawayo CityHwange 2-1 Harare CityTriangle 1-2 How...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 15:09hrs | | by Sports reporter
War vets should be guided by Zanu-PF ideology'
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association is not a political party, but is there to cater for the welfare of all ex-combatants of the liberation struggle, a senior war veteran has said...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Dembare wins
Dynamos 2 - 1 Harare City DENVER MUKAMBA turned back the hands of time to the period when he won the Castle Lager Soccer Star of the Year award with dazzling show that he spiced with a brill...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Grace Chingoma
Shot robbery, rape gangster ready for trial
A MEMBER of a 10-man gang that terrorised residents of Cowdray Park and Luveve suburbs in Bulawayo last year, who was shot while fleeing arrest, has recovered and is set to stand trial.Eight m...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 06:51hrs | 10 | by Thandeka Moyo
Zanu-PF, MDC-T hold rallies same time, venue
In a rare feat, Zanu-PF and MDC-T supporters in Mutare held peaceful meetings a few metres away from each other on Sunday and peace without incident following an alleged mix up of bookings by poli...Published: 31 May 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos vs Highlanders - Live updates - When Harare clash with Bulawayo
Dynamos 0 - 2 Highlanders90+2' Mupasiri flagged offside90+1' Dynamos can't get even a consolation as Bosso get a corner90' 3min to be added on88' Linyama heads back a c...Published: 28 May 2016 at 13:41hrs | | by Sports reporter
Wrong corpse burial, family learns of mistake 20 minutes later
A FAMILY from Fort Rixon, whose relative died in South Africa, had a horrific experience when they discovered that they had interred the wrong body minutes after burial.Today's Hope Funeral Pa...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 05:26hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Funeral Parlour sends wrong body to Zim
NATASHA Chando’s grieving family from Zimbabwe had just finished a church service for their dead sister at the funeral parlour’s chapel. They asked for the body so that they could give her a decen...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 14:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe can fire us any time says Khaya-Moyo
Zanu PF National spokesperson, Simon Khaya-Moyo has said everyone in the party including Vice-Presidents and all Zanu-PF politburo members are at the mercy of President Mugabe.Moyo suggested t...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Highlanders v Tsholotsho - Live update
Highlanders 2 - 1 TsholotshoFull-timeOther centresTriangle 2 (Muyendi, Manhanga) - 1 Buffaloes How Mine 0 - 1 Dongo SawmillWhawha 1...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 13:39hrs | 10 | by Sports reporter
Mugabe speech mix-ups: Common error
PRESIDENT Mugabe's delivery of a wrong speech in Parliament yesterday is a fairly common mistake that leaders make at local and international forums, it has been established.In the world of sp...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mugabe summons Parliament to an extraordinary sitting today
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has summoned MPs and Senators to an extraordinary sitting today after officials handed him an old speech to read at the opening of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament ye...Published: 16 Sep 2015 at 06:25hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mugabe shocks nation, reads wrong speech
Heads are set to roll within President Robert Mugabe's office after the 91-year-old ruler read a wrong speech at official opening of the Third Session of the Eighth Parliament today.Mugabe ins...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 16:17hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bosso thumps How Mine 5 - 1
How Mine 1 - 5 HighlandersBulawayo giants Highlanders yesterday ran riot and thumped gold miners How Mine 5-1 in a Premiership encounter at Barbourfields Stadium.Any lingering demons from ...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Bukhosi Mangena
Funeral parlour cremates wrong body
Pietermaritzburg - South Africa Police have been called in to investigate a national funeral parlour after they "mistakenly" cremated the wrong body, leaving a Pietermaritzburg family in despair....Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by The Witness
Wrong body buried in a funeral parlour mix up
TWO Bulawayo families went through a harrowing nightmare after a funeral parlour's blunder saw a wrong body being buried in a mix up that ultimately saw a six-week-old baby's corpse being exhumed for ...Published: 19 May 2015 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Pamela Shumba
Moyo speaks on Skyz FM radio licence
PEOPLE who claim that Fairtalk Communications got its radio licences through the benevolence of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo should face reality and ad...Published: 08 Mar 2015 at 12:43hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
Dembare brutalise Bosso!
Dynamos 4 - 1 HighlandersSIMBA SITHOLE scored a memorable brace and set up another as Dynamos crushed Highlanders in a heavily lopsided TM Pick n Pay Challenge Cup tie at the National Sports Stad...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 09:46hrs | | by Langton Nyakwenda
Of JZ Moyo, spies and the truth
This week I was attacked by some misguided Zimbabweans at home and in the diaspora who accused me of starting a smear campaign against their former leaders in Zapu and its combat wing during the w...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 16:59hrs | 18 | by Thabo Kunene
Madonsela's anti-Zuma crusade could backfire on her
Cape Town - Her supporters describe her as brilliant, fearless and presidential material. But critics of Thuli Madonsela, South Africa's popular and controversial public protector say she is reck...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 12:18hrs | 3 | by Thabo Kunene
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