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How Mutare and Manicaland were annexed from the Portuguese
First - a tributeIn carrying out the background research I have been greatly impressed by the articles written by J.C. Barnes, who taught at Umtali Boys' High School and published both in Rhod...Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 21:43hrs | 1120 | by Zimfieldguide
Independence tragedy, Dairiboard trucker plunges into Mupfure River
A visibly unretrieved floating lifeless body belonging to a Dairiboard milk tanker truck driver has been idle since independence when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned at the bridge and plung...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 16:39hrs | 1873 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Beatrice
Farmers, villagers live in fear as lion roams around
Farmers and villagers in Macheke, Mashonaland East province, have been restricted to their homes following reports of a fugitive lion that escaped from Nyanga and has been spotted in the area. The lio...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:34hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
Decomposed body uncollected at Mount Darwin hospital
Police in Mashonaland Central are appealing for relatives or friends who may be missing their loved one to come and identify a male corpse that is at Moun...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 14:19hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Beatrice police accused of obstructing course of justice
Four murder suspects are walking free in Beatrice after police reportedly dragged their feet in investigations and released the suspects from custody claiming there was no case against them....Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 17:18hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5 drown after haulage truck, excavator collide on bridge and plunge into river in Zimbabwe
Five people drowned on Friday after a haulage truck and an excavator collided on a bridge in Beatrice, before both vehicles plunged into the Mupfure river below.Police said one survivor, a man...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chopper crash: New details emerge
A pilot died on the spot after a helicopter crashed in the Mhondoro area on Sunday afternoon, in what has been described as a horrific experience by eyewitnesses who said they were yet to overcome the...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to lose out on loans
ZIMBABWE is set to miss out on a multi-million-dollar fund for countries sharing the Zambezi watercourse because of its external debt estimated at US$10,5 billion.The funds will be disbursed t...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Businessman plunges car into river in shock suicide
THE Chegutu community is in shock following the sudden death Friday of prominent businessman Philemon Mashinge, who is said to have committed suicide by plunging his car off Mupfure River bridge....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 Chegutu dams burst walls
AT LEAST five goats were swept away and an unknown number of hectares of crops were destroyed after three dams near Pickstone Mine in Chegutu burst their walls on Wednesday.The dams, Farnam, M...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 19:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu hospital in sorry state
A freak accident near Mupfure River on Sunday in which two people died has exposed the shocking condition at Chegutu District Hospital with reports that survivors were left in pain and bleeding as the...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
The discovery of mines in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe in Lomagundi district
The ex-members of the Pioneer Column during their exploration in the Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, discovered mining prospects in this country. During their tenure of exploration they eventua...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 21:12hrs | 87 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
BREAKING: Accident kills 3
Three people died while two others were injured when a Toyota Allion they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a truck at Mupfure Bridge 10 kms from Chegutu along the Harare- Bu...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 19:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bright Matonga: A classic case of Mugabe's land reform
Chigwell Estate used to be a multi-million dollar business that produced citrus fruits for export to the Middle East, Europe and Russia.Just a decade ago, the farm used to employ 1 200 peo...Published: 13 Nov 2016 at 09:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean Catholic priests killed in road accident
Chinhoyi Diocese Catholic priests Father Ignatius Kariati and Father Alfred Matonhodze were killed in an accident on Friday night at Mupfure River Bridge in Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central.The ...Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 09:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti wanted for 2010 traffic offence
Chegutu traffic police section claims it has failed to serve court papers for negligent driving to the Movement for Democratic Change secretary general and finance Minister Tendai Biti."Traffi...Published: 24 Apr 2012 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Two guns found on Gen Mujuru's bedroom floor the day he died
TWO assault rifles were found on the floor in General Solomon Mujuru's bedroom on the day he died in an inferno while 15 other guns were in a gun cabinet close to the bedroom. The investigati...Published: 26 Jan 2012 at 20:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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