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'King Munhumutapa' disrespectful to the Ndebele people
The Matabeleland-based opposition political party, Freedom Alliance, has criticized King Munumutapa (Timothy Chiminya) for his recent statements regarding his planned visit to Matabeleland as a nation...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:53hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Man loses car at betting house
Police are investigating two separate cases involving theft of motor vehicles which occurred in Gweru Central Business District (CBD) and Zvishavane on June 01 2024.Midlands Provincial Police ...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 12:43hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Go Beer to reopen in 8 months
GWERU mayor Martin Chivhoko has announced that the local authority's beer concern, Go Beer will commence production in November this year.Chivhoko said a memorandum of agreement had been signe...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Socialite's funeral procession brings Gweru CBD to a standstill
Business came to a standstill in Gweru's Central Business District (CBD) as scores of motorists joined a funeral procession for the late model and Gweru socialite Tashana Andrews.Andrews passe...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF linked space barons cause havoc
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF linked space barons are giving Gweru City Council a torrid time at the Mtapa fresh produce market as they collect fees from vendors, a situation that has forced the local authority t...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga addresses sold-out rally
ZANU-PF'S August 23 harmonised election campaign trail is now in full force with the party's Second Secretary and Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga addressing a sold-out rally at Mbare Netball Co...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF faced with mammoth task
THERE is a unique connection between Gweru and Zanu-PF that must be cherished by the young generation who are not yet privy to the liberation struggle, the country's independence, and economic emancip...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF injects new blood, says Bimha
ZANU-PF has embraced new blood to produce a blend of leaders that would propel the country towards inclusive economic prosperity, the ruling party's political commissar, Mike Bimha said yesterday. ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells councils to consult residents first
LOCAL authorities should continuously consult residents on issues that affect them as opposed to only engaging them during budget formulation when they need money, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police bust counterfeit money syndicate
POLICE in Gweru have arrested two people who are alleged to be part of a syndicate that is swindling business people across the country with counterfeit notes.Chrispen Kutira (42) of Fourwinds...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Gweru: a city without traffic lights
Green means go, and red means stop. That is the rule on the road, but when traffic lights are down, motorists are left asking which car goes first? This is a question that most motorists in Zimbabwe's...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Doctors ask Chiwenga for land to build surgeries
GOVERNMENT has said that plans to redevelop some of the oldest suburbs across the country is critical in increasing housing space and industrial opportunities.The idea dovetails with the Secon...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills husband in fight over WhatsApp message
A Gweru woman allegedly stabbed her husband to death with an unknown object following a fight over a WhatsApp message she had received from a suspected boyfriend.After stabbing him, Ruvimbo Ch...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman 'kills' husband over infidelity
A GWERU woman has been arrested for fatally stabbing her husband following a misunderstanding over a love text message that she had received from her suspected boyfriend.It is alleged that Mal...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cops 'rob' suspect of US$1 000
EIGHT Gweru-based police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing US$1 000 from a suspect before assaulting him with batons, resulting in him sustaining a fracture on the right leg and a dam...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'never allow anyone to divide the nation'
ZIMBABWEANS must refuse to be divided as the cords that bind the country together are stronger than any differences, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.Addressing thousands of people who atten...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Days of Harare as bambazonke are over,' says Mnangagwa
The days of Harare as the centre of everything in the country are over, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.President Mnangagwa was addressing thousands of Zimbabweans who gathered at Barbou...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF birthed a free Zimbabwe, claims Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said every Zimbabwean has the DNA of the ruling party, Zanu-PF which gave birth to a free Zimbabwe.President Mnangagwa, who was addressing multitudes of party sup...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru water woes force schools to turn away learners
Gweru's water crisis has worsened, forcing some schools to send learners back home on the first day of reopening, NewsDay has learnt.Most of Gweru high density suburbs: Mkoba, Ascot, Mambo, Mt...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ZEC must disband before 2023'
THE newly formed Midlands political outfit, Zimbabwe Socio Economic Democrats (ZSED) party has called for the disbandment of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) before the crunch 2023 elections in...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru MP berates food politicisation
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance Gweru urban legislator Brian Dube has spoken out against food politicisation in the province amid economic hardships facing many regardless of political affiliation.Dub...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission bus terminus
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the new-look Kudzanayi Long Distance Bus Terminus in Gweru.The Kudzanayi Long Distance Bus Terminus is now open to the public following a ma...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 06:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's teacher declared liberation hero
THE late founding member of Zanu, and former diplomat, Kennedy Manyika has been declared a liberation Hero.Manyika died at his Chegutu home last Friday at the age of 99.He was brother ...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 19:24hrs | 9 | by Staff writer
Robert Mugabe's ex-teacher (99) dies
A TEACHER to former President Robert Mugabe, Kennedy Manyika has died.Manyika, who, after Zimbabwe's independence served as a diplomat, is also the father of opposition leader, Noah Manyika....Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 19:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Top diplomat dies
Zimbabwe's former envoy to Yugoslavia and Namibia, Ambassador Kennedy Grant Dick Chivanda Manyika has died.He died on November 5 at the age of 99.Ambassador Manyika was an author, reve...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man kills sister over six boyfriends
A 27-year-old Gweru man, has been sentenced to eight years in jail for fatally assaulting his sister whom he accused of being promiscuous after finding WhatsApp messages in her phone showing that she ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Demand for graves surges in Gweru
THERE has been a surge in demand for graves in the city of Gweru amid indications that from January to date, 65 people have been buried at council cemeteries compared to 45 the whole of last year. ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru fails to meet Mtapa rehab deadline
GWERU City Council has failed to meet government's two-week ultimatum to put up structures at the new Mtapa market, Southern Eye has established.Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavi...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demand for Covid-19 jabs overwhelms Gweru nurses
GWERU City Council has 31 vacant positions for nurses at its clinics, a development that has contributed to delays in the mass vaccination drive in the Midlands Capital. Council clinics serve ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru records surge in demand for graves
DEMAND for burial space at Gweru council cemeteries has increased since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, mayor Josiah Makombe has revealed.In his state of the city address, Makomb...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, Gweru residents clash over vending space
THE ruling Zanu-PF is headed for a showdown with Gweru residents who are accusing the party of bypassing city council procedure in the allocation of vending space to accommodate its members ahead of i...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths grab Gweru markets
Zanu-PF youths in the Midlands capital have forcibly allocated themselves vending stalls at Mtapa market with city fathers failing to take action against them for fear of reprisals, The NewsHawks can ...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council workers in bribes-for-stalls storm
GWERU City Council (GCC) employees in the Housing and Community Services department are allegedly demanding US$150 bribe from vendors desperate for stalls at the refurbished Kudzanayi long-distance bu...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents get home ownership
AT least 198 families in Gweru's oldest suburb, Mtapa, will become home owners after the Gweru City Council agreed to give them ownership of the properties.This comes after several years of lo...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:09hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
76 mourners arrested
POLICE in Gweru arrested 76 mourners for defying lockdown regulations by parading a deceased person's body in his neighbourhood and attempting to dump the coffin at a police station. Tatenda P...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Family dumps corpse at police station
CHAOS reigned supreme at Gweru's Mtapa high density suburb yesterday when aggrieved residents and family members dumped the body of Tatenda Kasinyore, known as "Nyale", near Monomutapa Police Station ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mutoriro' (methamphetamine) claims a life
Tatenda Kasinyore (28) from Mutapa suburb in Gweru died yesterday after he was detained from Mutapa police station for disorderly conduct three hours earlier on influence of mutoriro.Assistant...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 12:43hrs | 3 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man dies after police custody
A Mtapa Suburb man died in hospital yesterday morning after he was detained at a police station for disorderly conduct three hours earlier. Tatenda Kasinyore (28) popularly known as Nyale was ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion over Grade 7 results
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has distanced itself from a collation of Grade 7 results showing a staggering number of schools, especially in Matabeleland, recording zero passes....Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councils exposed by recent heavy rains
This cropping season's heavy rains have exposed the shortcomings of most local authorities that have been allocating home seekers stands in wetlands. Some of the culprits are land barons that ...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru moves to evacuate flash floods victims
THE Gweru district development co-ordinator's office has started moves to identify people affected by recent flash floods that hit parts of the city following incessant rains that continue to pound th...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Swept away car sighted, 6 feared dead
Six people, including the driver, are feared dead after a Toyota Hilux double cab vehicle was swept off a flooded bridge on Gweru River along the Gweru-Matobo Road yesterday morning. The autho...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing policeman feared dead
Police in the Midlands are investigating a case in which a police officer on duty went missing in Gweru last month and body parts suspected to belong to him being found in Zvishavane three days ago. ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mental patient kills Grade 7 pupil
Tragedy struck a couple in Mtapa, Gweru, when their daughter, a Grade 7 pupil, died on the spot after she was allegedly struck by a mental patient with a stone on the left ear while on her way from sc...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest spear-wielding serial robbers
POLICE in Kwekwe last week arrested Panashe Masekera (20) and Mathwe Mawino alias Mawindo (37), both of no fixed abode, after they allegedly terrorised Kwekwe residents and miners around the Midlands ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents push for home ownership
GWERU residents living in Mtapa high-density suburb recently confronted council demanding transfer of ownership of the houses which they occupied during the colonial era.Mtapa sections 3 and 7 hav...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop, four others in court for robbery
A suspected police officer and his four accomplices who masqueraded as passengers and a taxi driver, have been arraigned on allegations of robbing six unsuspecting passengers and an airtime vendor in ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Drama as woman undresses in church
There was drama at Domboremhikidzano Apostolic Church in Gweru after a woman who is suspected to be tormented by a spirit of witchcraft undressed before storming out of the church.The woman, w...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Young sex workers get reprieve
At the age of 15, Tendai Dube* was heavily into drugs, dodging school and creating havoc among her peers along Ndema Road in Gweru's Ascot suburb where she stayed with her single mother. However, she ...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya's case further deferred
THE case in which Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya (MDC) is accused of trying to subvert a constitutionally-elected government was yesterday further deferred to June 28 by Gweru magistrate Teyengwa Sangster....Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
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