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Legal challenge in Victoria Falls by-election over payment of rates
Victoria Falls Ward 1 candidate for Zanu-PF, Tonderai Mutasa, has filed a legal challenge with the Electoral Court, disputing the nomination of independent candidate Ephias Mambume, who is widely seen...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:11hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Andrea The Vocalist drops soulful single 'Bekezela' on his birthday
VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - January 28, 2024 - Emerging Traditional Gospel sensation Andrea The Vocalist releases his latest single, "Bekezela," today, on his 15...Published: 28 Jan 2024 at 10:18hrs | 10 | by Agencies
Contractors abandon Zimbabwe road projects
THE Government has expressed concern over some contractors that have abandoned road work projects in various local authorities countrywide citing delays in payment for their work and has urged council...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:33hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo entangled in Vic Falls corruption scandals
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo (pictured), who is entangled in Victoria Falls land scandals — with his ally mayor Somveli Dlamini currently out of jail on bail after he was arrested for a fraud...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
9 year-old girl 8 months pregnant
IN what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7 pupil gives birth, writes exam from hospital bed
SHE is 13 years old but already a mother of a one-month-old baby girl.The girl, of Mkhosana in Victoria Falls, shocked all and sundry when she wrote part of her Zimsec Grade Seven general exam...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF welcomes CCC MP's wife
THE Zanu-PF Hwange District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) has welcomed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Binga North legislator Mr Prince Dubeko Sibanda's wife Memory who has joined the revolutionar...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Weekly bus fare hikes rile Victoria Falls residents
VICTORIA Falls residents have appealed to Government to allocate more Zupco buses to the resort city after commuter operators hiked fares for the second time in two weeks to US$1 per trip.Earl...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Floods wreak havoc as downpours persist
The persistent rains falling countrywide have seen the usual seasonal flooding in some areas and blocked drains in urban areas.The rainy season started late, but since New Year rain has been f...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Victoria falls
VICTORIA Falls residents are counting their losses after flash floods caused by incessant rains that pounded the city since Friday destroyed pre-cast walls, household property, gardens and washed away...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Criminals break in at Andrea The Vocalist's home
Victoria Falls based budding star Andrea Sibanda (also known as Andrea The Vocalist) had his parents' home invaded by unkown criminals on Saturday, his management has alleged. Andrea rise to b...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 10:18hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Glow Petroleum opens US$1,5m facility in Vic Falls
GLOW Petroleum has opened a US$1,5 million state-of-art fuel service station in Victoria Falls and has committed to ensuring quality supplies and enhancing the tourism business growth.The gara...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Landlord removes tenant's eye over US$3 rental arrears
Brian Karemba (40) says he will forever regret the day he rented a room at Gift Kazembe who turned villain and gouged out his eye over US$3 rent arrears.This comes as some landlords are also r...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Award winning poet drags Kazembe Kasembe, Matanga to court over police brutality
AWARD winning Victoria Falls based poet Obert Dube is suing Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner General and five police officers who assaulted him for loitering in January...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman stabs 'cheating' boyfriend
A 26-year-old Victoria Falls woman ran amok and stabbed her boyfriend accusing him of being a cheat.Nqobile Sibanda of 5645 Mkhosana suburb and Mr Mayibongwe Muregi (33) had a misunderstanding...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants told to shift approach
CIVIL SERVANTS have been challenged to adopt a paradigm shift and execute their duties diligently with a desire to prosper the country as opposed to the old mentality of working under supervision. ...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls seeks housing stands in National Park
THE Victoria Falls City Council has approached the Department of Physical Planning in Government seeking approval to allocate housing stands on the edge of Chamabondo National Park to ease its balloon...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Doorstep delivery of COVID-19 medication will stop spreading
WITH the holidays over, the touristy City of Victoria Falls is moving to curb the spike in COVID-19 cases which may have resulted from unrestricted movement in December.Steven Bafana (55) of M...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Vicky
Shebeens sprout in Vic Falls amid lockdown
Shebeens are sprouting around Victoria Falls with many houses being turned into drinking spots in the absence of bars and nightclubs that were closed because of the Covid-19 lockdown.Shebeen o...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Floods hit Vic Falls
HEAVY rains that have been falling in Victoria Falls since Saturday have exposed the municipality's poor drainage system after flash floods swept through houses and destroyed roads in Mkhosana suburb....Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver beats up lover, policeman
A CROSS border truck driver has been fined RTGS$150 after he assaulted his girlfriend for refusing to have sexual intercourse with him and later beating up a cop who had come to arrest him for the off...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's ex-employee arrested with 120kg of ivory?
A former mayor of Zimbabwe's tourist hotspot Victoria Falls was caught with nine elephant tusks weighing 120 kilogrammes and arrested with two other suspects, police said on Friday.Sifiso Mpof...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man smashes wife's lover's car windows
A NURSE stationed at Inyathi District Hospital in Bubi has been arrested for smashing the windows of a car belonging to his wife's lover. Chelesani Tshuma (30) had caught his wife Ms Sibonile ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maths teacher 'rapes' nurse
A MATHEMATICS teacher at Mkhosana Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School in Victoria Falls has been arrested for allegedly raping his friend, a nurse, twice in a car. The nurse who cannot be n...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
Chamisa, Victoria resident clash over axed mayor
VICTORIA FALLS residents have resolved to protest against MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to fire the resort town's mayor, Somvelo Dhlamini last week for refusing to step down and make w...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman ordered to reveal PIN code at gunpoint
THREE men allegedly held a knife to a two-year-old baby's throat while pointing a gun at her mother to force the woman to give them her PIN code to her bank card after robbing her in Victoria Falls....Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls residents lobby for stiffer penalties against noise-making churches
VICTORIA FALLS ward 11 residents have called on council and police to impose stiffer penalties on noise-makers, including churches built in residential areas.The appeal was made during 2019 bu...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Lucky is Mkosana?
UNITED STATES based striker Lucky Mkosana did not set the Warriors camp alight and his inclusion in the team that is in Congo Brazzaville was a major surprise.One can say that the 30-year-old ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mushekwi boosts Warriors
ZIMBABWE'S build-up to this weekend's Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Congo Brazzaville has been dominated by so many negativities, with injuries and withdrawals to key players, but Wa...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pair up for scattering oranges laced with cyanide in park
TWO Victoria Falls men have been dragged to court for allegedly throwing 68 cyanide-laced oranges in the Zambezi National Park.Mkhululi Nkomo (35) and Noel Mwembe (32) both from Mkhosana high-...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Municipal cop robbed, assaulted on way to work
VICTORIA Falls police are hunting for a man who allegedly robbed a municipal police officer after assaulting and dumping her in a drainage hole while on her way to work last week.The suspected...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rangers kill rogue jumbo
RANGERS from the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) have killed a rogue bull elephant which had terrorised Victoria Falls residents.ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Faraw...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Train cuts man to pieces
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Victoria Falls died when he was crushed by a passenger train in a suspected case of suicide.Hilton Makanda (38) of Mkhosana suburb's Mfelandawonye section was cut into p...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khupe knocking on doors
MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe has started door-to-door campaigns in Matabeleland region to solicit for votes ahead of the July 30 elections amid appeals from villagers for equal distribution of reso...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls vendors share & drink poison
ONE person died while his brother is admitted in hospital after they allegedly drank a suspected poisonous liquid they thought was red wine.The Chronicle learnt that a group of curio vendors w...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop injured, girlfriend killed in late night accident
A JUNIOR police officer based in Victoria Falls cheated death, but lost his girlfriend in a head-on collision which occurred after he allegedly failed to give way to oncoming traffic in the Mkhosana a...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Rapist pastor jailed 16 years
A PASTOR at Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) led by controversial prophet Shepherd Bushiri has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for raping a 12-year-old congregant.David Ngwenya (30), w...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bushiri's pastor jailed for raping 12-year-old congregant
A PASTOR at Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) led by controversial prophet Shepherd Bushiri has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for raping a 12-year-old congregant.David Ngwenya (30), w...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Villagers survive on selling cow dung
VILLAGERS in the drought-prone Chief Mvuthu's area in Victoria Falls have resorted to selling cow dung manure and firewood to eke a living after most of their crops were destroyed by wild animals from...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wi-fi technician engulfed in flames after electrocution
A TELCO employee was allegedly electrocuted while his colleague was injured when an aluminium pole they were using to install Wifi at a house in Mkhosana suburb in Victoria Falls accidentally came in ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls plans to introduce special levy
VICTORIA Falls Municipality plans to introduce a special levy to cater for the servicing of the sewer and road network in areas that are not properly connected.The most affected is Ward 11 in ...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Worshipper dies from panic attack after hearing gunshots
A JOHANE MASOWE worshipper suffered a panic attack and died at her church after hearing gunshots from Zimbabwe National Parks and Authority Management (Zimparks) shot an elephant that had been terrori...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Driver crashes stolen car
A KHANONDO Safaris employee in Victoria Falls has been jailed for eight months after he was involved in an accident driving a stolen company car.Thubelihle Ntini (29) of number 4917 Chinotimba...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (7) watches mum hang
A GIRL (7) witnessed her mother hanging herself in a toilet in Bulawayo and used her parent's mobile phone to call her grandfather who lives in Binga to tell him what had happened.The deceased...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
SOCCER- List of Zimbabwe foreign based youngsters
THE English Football Association has reportedly inquired about English-born Zimbabwean footballer, McCauley Bonne, with the view of selecting him for their developmental sides, but the player has comm...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:32hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Man (56) jailed 14 years for raping 10-yr-old neighbour
A 56-year-old Victoria Falls man who raped his 10-year-old neighbour before buying her silence with 10 cents has been jailed for 14 years. Charles Ncube of Mkhosana pleaded not guilty when he appeared...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Stingy wife basher jailed
A MAN from Victoria Falls has been sentenced to six months in jail for hitting his wife with a cooking stick after she asked for money.Lizwe Masuku (38) of 7084 in Mkhosana suburb pummelled Ms...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man threatens to axe abusive wife
A VICTORIA Falls man has appeared in court on allegations of threatening to axe his wife whom he accused of being abusive.Karate Moyo (40) of 7658 in Mkhosana suburb appeared before Victoria F...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trained elephant kills handler
A 50-year-old man who was employed as an elephant handler by a tour operator in Victoria Falls, was on Saturday trampled to death by one of the elephants.Tour operators in the resort town said...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
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