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Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 35 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Sikhala taunts prosecutors
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Job Sikhala, currently languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Prison on alleged violence incitement, on Wednesday stood to defend himself as his defence ...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 15:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC likely to lose over 20 seats in Bulawayo
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa's experimental candidate selection process imploded Wednesday, most likely costing the party over 20 seats in Bulawayo.L...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Father and son team up to assault another son over electricity
A 60-year-old father teamed up with one of his sons to assault another son over an electricity dispute.Gift Mutaramutsa (60) and Innocent Musengi (32) were dragged to court by Tapiwa Musenga (...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 21:31hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Wife basher on the run
A 25-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man who is being accused of physically abusing his wife in a domestic dispute was yesterday issued a warrant of arrest after he defaulted court.Shelton Mutaramu was set ...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 12:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Marvo Stationery saga rages on...10 years later
The Marvo Stationary case continue to drag on and on, with new twists and turns. Since the company was sold to Mahlongonono Valela and his partners, following the death of Mr. Kates the original owner...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 13:14hrs | 12 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Pupils possessed by Satanism
In a bizarre incident, pupils at Amhlophe High School in Phumula East, Bulawayo were allegedly possessed by a mysterious spirit on Thursday forcing ...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:42hrs | | by Desmond Nleya and Shelton Muchena
Ex-Mutare town clerk fined $70,000
FORMER Mutare town acting clerk Antony Mutara was yesterday fined $70 000 or four months in prison for abuse of office.Mutara appeared before regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa on Wedne...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police launch anti-robbery blitz along Harare-Chirundu Highway
POLICE in Hurungwe district, Mashonaland West province, have launched an anti-robbery campaign along the Harare-Chirundu Highway following an increase in armed robberies along the trunk road.M...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Town clerk candidates stampede at healer's shrine
SOME of the 43 candidates eyeing Mutare City Council town clerk's position are reportedly making nocturnal visits to a local traditional healer in a desperate bid to enhance their chances, NewsDay rep...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Council splashes on luxury cars
MUTARE City Council has bought luxury vehicles for its top executives amid reports that at least US$320 000 has been set aside for the exercise.Mayor Blessing Tandi told Standard- people on Fr...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists arrested in for staging protest in Mutare
Several Zanu-PF supporters were arrested in Mutare on Tuesday after staging an illegal march and forcibly opening two flea markets that were shut down by the local authority last year as a safety meas...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutara appointed Mutare acting town clerk
THE Mutare City Council has appointed Antony Mutara its acting town clerk following the death of Joshua Maligwa.Maligwa succumbed to COVID-19 a fortnight ago.Mutara, who is the city he...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare town clerk Maligwa dies
MUTARE town clerk Joshua Maligwa died at his home yesterday amid speculation that he could have succumbed to COVID-19.Mayor Blessing Tandi confirmed Maligwa's death, but said he was yet to eng...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's DCC elections to be held at once'
ZANU-PF will hold all outstanding District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections at once as it moves to consolidate its structures, the party's national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has sai...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Go home Nero! The demons are with you
We are told sister Piri, as Prisca Mupfumira was known in her close circles, is demanding too much luxury behind bars. Yes, she has not yet been convicted, but it could be her insatiable quest for swa...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Pastor in court over fraud
Former Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe pastor for Madziwa assembly, Stranger Mutara (49), was yesterday arraigned before Bindura magistrate after he allegedly forged signatures for a church accoun...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa holds Nyanga by-election primaries
THE MDC Alliance party will hold its primary vote tomorrow to select a candidate who will represent the party in the Nyanga Rural District Council ward 26 by-election.This comes after the Zimb...Published: 21 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor dies
Nyanga Rural District Council ward 26 councillor Elias Mashumba (MDC Alliance) has died.Mashumba died yesterday at Bonda Mission in Mutasa Central after a short illness. Mutasa Central MP and ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Giant stationery Manufacturer Re-Opens But...
The giant stationary manufacturer Marvo is set to re open next week on Monday.Workers who were stopped working some time ago said they were told that the company is re-opening."The ove...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Dad fatally smashes baby on the floor
A 33-year-old man from Chikwidibe B village under chief Chipuriro in Guruve was arrested on Monday after he allegedly murdered his 2 months old baby by smashing him on the floor.Farai Kanjere ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 16:03hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Cowdray Park 'goblin' captured
A Goblin, Mike Maqobola, alleged to have been leading a gang of invisible beings in terrorising Cowdray Park residents, has finally been captured in a two-hour dramatic Nigerian movie style exor...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents petition Mnangagwa
Chikomba Residents and Rate payers' Alliance (CHRRA) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Local Government minister July Moyo to investigate the local authority over allegations of maladmin...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutare airport on the cards
Mutare City Council could soon have an airport in a move expected to see Manicaland Province's tourist attractions gaining popularity due to increased accessibility.Despite having a number of ...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophet tells woman her hubby wanted to kill her for riches
A woman from Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb is thanking her gods for discovering that her husband of 19 years had sought services of prophets and witchdoctors to "kill" her.Fanuel Gunguwo reporte...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Another teachers' union born
Another teachers union the Zimbabwe National Educators Union (ZNEU) has been born, a senior official has announced.The revelations were made by Enock Paradzayi the secretary general of the uni...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Enock Paradzayi (SG)
Zanu-PF militia revives terror base
Suspected Zanu-PF youth militia have revived what local residents call a terror base at Damara in Chitungwiza's Unit N suburb, where they have embarked on a reign of terror intimidating, beating and m...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T, Zanu-PF clash at Nyau dance festival
Seven Zanu-PF members in Chitungwiza on Wednesday appeared in court for allegedly attacking MDC-T activists during a Nyau dance festival last Saturday near Unit N Police Station.The group is a...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cabs caught up in Marvo corruption scandals
A former worker at Marvo Stationary Mbonisi Gumbo has said it is disheartening and totally unacceptable to note that even the big corporates are involved in corruption activities, underminin...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Marvo directors responsible for workers death
Concerned Morvo Stationary workers have expressed their concern that the directors at the company are the ones responsible for the death of their work mates due to poverty as a result of being deprive...Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 03:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Army ordered to embrace controversial bond notes
Amid a rapidly deteriorating economy and rising social unrest over cash shortages that have seen people sleep in bank queues, Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Constantino Chiwenga h...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
$2m Zivagwe Bridge construction complete
The construction of a $2 million bridge at Zivagwe River along Chivhu to Murambinda Road which is a black spot that caused many accidents and deaths has been completed.The bridge is 10 kil...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Minister launches Chivhu’s High View Extension stands
The director in the office of the Minister of State for Mash East.Mugwisi has officially commissioned a housing project that is being developed by Kadoma Land Development Company and Chikomba Town Cou...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nepotism rocks Chikomba RDC
Residents of Chivhu are up in arms against management at the local rural authority who they accuse of nepotism after they recruited 15 students on attachment (almost all of them relatives) and are dra...Published: 28 May 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bogus cops 'arrest' council executive, demand $10 000
Two daring men allegedly masqueraded as police officers and "arrested" the chief executive of Chikomba Rural District Council for alleged criminal abuse of office and demanded $10 000 for his release....Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
'Vampire killer' terrorises Khami Prison inmates
A MAN, dubbed the vampire killer, who sent police officers fleeing from Mvuma Police Station after vomiting blood and licking it up a few months ago is reportedly terrorising inmates and warders at Kh...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Oliver Kazunga
Satanist appears in court
The alleged serial killer, Alois Tapiwa Nduna (26) who is also known as Jackson Moyo today appeared in court facing five counts of murder.Nduna, who was arrested in Mvuma, made headlines for ...Published: 11 May 2015 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vampire 'killed 12' in Bulawayo and Midlands
JACKSON Moyo, the alleged blood sucking rapist and killer arrested in Mvuma, could be the country's most prolific serial killer after confessing to killing 12 more women in Bulawayo and parts of the M...Published: 08 May 2015 at 09:21hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
'Vampire' vomits blood while at police station
POLICE in Mvuma yesterday arrested a self-confessed satanist from Gokwe who allegedly raped and brutally killed a milk vendor two weeks ago before drinking her blood.Jackson Moyo, 26, of Ba...Published: 07 May 2015 at 12:38hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Trio jailed for stealing from Mugabe
The three employees who defrauded President Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Holdings firm of $139 000 were slapped with jail terms ranging between two and four years yesterday. The trio of Okay M...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Long wait for pay irks Marvo workers, as they go for 28 months without pay
Marvo stationary workers who have gone for 28 months now without pay have after the company was placed under judicial management have expressed disgust and impatience over the delays of their pay....Published: 15 Apr 2015 at 22:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Parents demand money for raped, murdered daughter
The family of a 22-year-old milk vendor, Privilege Mutara, who was raped to death by an unknown man in Mvuma are up in arms with her husband demanding that he pays them or else there will be no burial...Published: 05 Apr 2015 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Manhunt for Mvuma rapist
Police in Mvuma have launched a manhunt for a rapist who attacked two women in a busy area last week.Acting Midlands police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende confirmed the tragi...Published: 05 Apr 2015 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Marvo Stationary workers go for 27 months without pay
Marvo Stationary workers are wallowing in serious crisis as they have gone for 27 months without pay.One of the affected workers Mbonisi Gumbo said the situation may sound unbelievable yet ver...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
How long shall Marvo workers wait untill they get paid thier salaries?
This month marks 27 months without pay for Marvo workers it sound unbealivable yet very true indeed in a democratic Zimbabwe. We have become slaves in our own Country even during the Smith r...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 20:05hrs | | by Mqondisi Moyo
Midlands State University 2015 Admission List
Full List FACULTY OF COMMERCE Chikwira Maxwell T Mapu...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 12:07hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
Bribe-seeking police checkpoints hinder travellers in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe - Known for its poverty and authoritarian leadership, Zimbabwe is also home to some of the world's most stunning natural wonders.But the African nation's alluring holiday destination...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 13:42hrs | | by Gift Phiri I Al Jazeera
Analysis: Why Emmerson Mnangagwa will be the next President of Zimbabwe
COLOGNE- "When the crocodile smiles, be extra careful," so warns a Swahili proverb. Why should one be extra careful when this happens? Some say it's because the reptile is seeing a juicy meat....Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 04:44hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
'Mugabe to announce resignation?'
COLOGNE - Zimbabwe strongman, President Robert Mugabe, is not going to die in office nor opt for a life presidency, but will instead announce his exit from power before the 2018 Presidential and Parl...Published: 25 Aug 2014 at 10:12hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Grace Mugabe goes on a warpath
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace yesterday went on a war path indirectly attacking Vice-President Joice Mujuru and her allies, while aggressively announcing her readiness to enter mainstream poli...Published: 08 Aug 2014 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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