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Man killed in train accident
A young man was tragically struck and killed by a train in Rusape on Saturday, according to a statement from the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ).The parastatal reported that the man, whose...Published: 23 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala details arrest drama in Penhalonga
National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) chairman Job Sikhala, a prominent activist and former MP, has recounted the events surrounding his arrest alongside 39 others during a meeting in Penhalonga, M...Published: 09 Feb 2025 at 16:34hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Disastrous collapse of the country's health sector laid bare
The death of Dr Mthabisi Nembaware, a Zimbabwean medical doctor, in Mutare after a car accident as a result of Mutare Provincial Hospital's lack of an Intensive Care Unit to attend to emergencie...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 12:12hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver arrested over fatal accident
The Beta Bus driver who had fled the scene of a fatal road accident in which six people were killed when the bus burst into flames after colliding with a fuel tanker at the 242 km peg along the Harare...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 11 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa to honour Sirizani Butau
President Emmerson Mnangagwa saluted the hero and sacrifice by Sirizani Butau who saved the lives of eight people to escape from a death trap ...Published: 27 Dec 2021 at 06:39hrs | 11 | by Shelton Muchena
Miner trapped to death
A miner Fidelis Kushaya (22 )from Marange was trapped to death in a mining shaft in Taikona mine, Penhalonga yesterday.Mani...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 12:01hrs | 10 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa's government is demonic possessed
How on earth can a God fearing government prioritize on minor things while citizens are dying.My heart bleeds when I see and hear a fellow citizen crying aloud, dying in a dilapidated so calle...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 20:31hrs | 3 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
ED's Government is demonic possessed
How on earth can a God-fearing government prioritize on minor things while citizens are dying.My heart bleeds when I see and hear a fellow citizen crying aloud, dying in a dilapidated so-calle...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 18:58hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
PPE boost for Mpilo, Tsholotsho hospitals
MPILO Central Hospital and Tsholotsho District Hospital received a consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) .The donation comes at a time w...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:43hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
5 die near Regina Coeli crash site
FIVE people died in a road accident that occurred at the 34km peg along the Nyanga-Nyamaropa while at Mupedzanhamo, in Harare, a Zupco contracted Trip Trans bus veered off the road and hit some vendor...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio up for gold dealer murder
POLICE in Penhalonga have arrested three suspects linked to the murder of a gold dealer at Tsvingwe business centre on Tuesday this week.Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Ka...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 family members dead in accident
Five family members from Taderera Village in Buhera and an as yet to be identified fellow passenger died in a road accident when a Toyota Grand Hiace they were travelling in failed to negotiate a curv...Published: 04 May 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai deaths shoot to 259 in Zimbabwe
ABOUT 259 people have so far been confirmed dead and 217 unaccounted for, while over 16 000 households have been displaced by Cyclone Idai-induced floods that hit the eastern part of the country last ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors' strike bites
Seventy-four-year-old Elliot Moyo is a bitter man. He was hit by a car and suffered a broken leg, among other serious injuries, early last week.Since then, he has been making several fruitless...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Doctor ordered to pay $20 000 damages over negligence
A Mutare farmer who lost his wife due to medical negligence has been awarded $20 000 in damages after an eight-year legal battle. The High Court last week ordered Dr Miriam Kanyenze to p...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurse aide gets 3 years for defrauding job seekers
A MUTARE nurse aide has been sentenced to three years in jail for defrauding desperate jobseekers in the eastern border city.Juliana Tinonesana (24), who works at Casticas Syndicate as a nurse...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 4 years for escaping from police custody
A 25-YEAR-OLD Mutare man was yesterday sentenced to four years behind bars for attempting to escape from police custody on his way from Mutare General Hospital after faking illness.Francis Sau...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing camera
A Honde Valley man has landed himself a five-year jail term for robbing a Mutare cameraman of his gadgets, which included a camera and other accessories worth $4 000.Emmanuel Hakutengwi was se...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man survives buffalo attack
A 35-year-old Chipinge man is lucky to be alive after a stray buffalo from Save Conservancy attacked him last Saturday.Mr Mbengo Maphosa of Mutorwa Village under Chief Musikavanhu was admitted...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Son kills father over vehicle
VILLAGERS in Chitakatira were left shell shocked last week after the body of a 42 year old man was exhumed a week after his burial following revelations that he had been poisoned by his son over inher...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Bhora Mberi bus overturns at Christmas Pass
A Bhora Mberi bus veered off the road and overturned at the Christmas Pass in Mutare early this morning.There were no deaths recorded, and the injured have been taken to Mutare General Hospita...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: Inter Africa bus overturns along Mutare-Zvishavane road
A Zvishavane bound (Mukumba ) Inter Africa bus over turned and landed on the driver's side at Maraire near Chakohwa in Manicaland on Monday afternoon.Eye witnesses allege the driver failed to ...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 19:33hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Decomposing body discovered in Marange
TEMPERS reportedly flared between Marange villagers and security guards hired by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) following the recent discovery of a decomposing human body in the Mara...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo hospital boss humiliated in public
HEALTH and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa last week humiliated Mpilo Central Hospital chief executive officer, Leonard Mabhande in front of guests, ordering him to stop charging user fees on b...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fire kills wife, injures husband
Tragedy hit a Chibuwe couple this Wednesday when their house burst into flames due to fuel stored in the house.The 23 year old wife was burnt to death while the husband is battling for life in...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man fatally shoots himself in kombi
A CHIPINGE businessman, Fred Mbengami, yesterday allegedly shot and killed himself inside a commuter omnibus parked at Mudzviti bus terminus in Mutare while his son, Noel, was escorting him to resolve...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Students survive mini-bus crash
TWENTY-TWO Clearwater Secondary School students and their two teachers escaped death by a whisker last Friday when a mini bus they were travelling in overturned along the Birchenough–Mutare road, in...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 13:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hitchhiker killed in road accident
A MAN died on the spot when a vehicle he was travelling in hit a bull at the 196 KM peg along the Masvingo-Mbalabala Road.Dennis Tshuma (49) of Mthwakazi Township in Filabusi sustained serious...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 bus accident victims still unidentified
POLICE yesterday said they were yet to identify the remains of three of the five people who perished in a bus accident that occurred along the Harare-Mutare Road on Thursday last week.National...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murambinda sex worker found unconscious, undressed
A well known sex worker at Murambinda Growth Point was found undressed and unconscious near a maize field last Thursday and residents first thought she was a witch.Fungai Nzira who resid...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 06:24hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
'I gave birth to a frog'
In a bizarre incident a 35 year old Bikita woman lost three pregnancies mysteriously on separate occasions.Vimbai Rusakariso is seeking for financial help to get medical attention in her womb ...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe rips the flag, a question of ethics
The ZANU PF establishment is haunted by the resurrection of the national flag running sacred as the public is flying the flag high reminding the government of its failed mandate to honour the prin...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 22:46hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
15 people die inhorror crash near Mutare
FIFTEEN people were confirmed dead last night while 15 others were injured when two vehicles collided head-on along Mutare-Chimanimani Road. Of the deceased, 12 died on the spot while thre...Published: 04 Jun 2016 at 07:41hrs | | by Cletus Mushanawani
Man loses testicle during torture
A CHIADZWA man brutally beaten by suspected security officials, who accused him of unlawful entry into the diamonds fields, is now traumatised after doctors told him the injuries he sustained have mad...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 11:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teacher infects form 2 pupil with STI
THE wheels of justice are moving at a snail's pace in a sex scandal involving a senior teacher at Hartzell High School who allegedly had sex with a Form Two orphan at the institutions' Fairfield Orpha...Published: 31 Oct 2015 at 11:23hrs | 8 | by Ray Bande
Stolen corpse used in $70 000 insurance swindle
A RUSAPE man - who stole a corpse from a hospital mortuary, burnt it beyond recognition in a fake accident before defrauding Old Mutual Funeral Services of $70 000 - has been slapped with a 23-year pr...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Mutare hospital stock expired ARVs - Auditor General
Public hospitals are stocked with countless boxes of expired anti-retroviral drugs which are dispensed to patients, the Auditor General, Mildred Chiri has said.In a recent audit report f...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman scalds hubby's girlfriend with boiling water
A 17-YEAR-OLD jealous woman was arraigned before Mutare magistrate Sekai Chiundura yesterday for allegedly scalding her husband's girlfriend with hot water.Letwin Chaparadza of Destiny sub...Published: 05 Feb 2015 at 22:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Security guard fatally shoots workmate over affair with girlfriend
A security guard stationed at Mavhudzi High School in Nyazura ran amok on Wednesday night, fatally shooting his workmate for allegedly having an affair with his girlfriend.The 33-year-old gua...Published: 11 Jan 2014 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Festive season accidents death toll rises to 41
Police say 41 people have been killed and 182 others injured in 537 recorded accidents countrywide since the festive season began.Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi said Mas...Published: 23 Dec 2013 at 12:43hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF supporter murdered
A ZANU-PF supporter was murdered by unknown assailants in Chimanimani last week in a suspected politically-motivated attack.Newman Munyamana of Doriyo Village under Chief Mutambara was on his ...Published: 31 Jul 2013 at 04:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of professional mourners, lavish funerals
Gone are the days of a funeral wake where mourners are "burdened" by traditional rites, laid-down burial procedures and a sombre atmosphere throughout the proceedings. Today, people outshine each oth...Published: 12 May 2013 at 06:23hrs | 11 | by Tendai Chara
Man dies in a bicycle accident
In a rare case that has elicited both shock and sympathy across the Mutasa area of Manicaland, a 22-year-old man in the district died from internal injuries he sustained after falling off a bicycle....Published: 14 Apr 2013 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man on the run for stabbing wife
A 40-year-old Chipinge man is on the run after allegedly stabbing his wife with a knife following a heated domestic dispute.Manicaland police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Luxson Chananda s...Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel - 'The philanthropist'
HE has been called all sorts of names - Man of God, a fake prophet, a trickster and fraudster - because of his antics and miraculous powers on the pulpit.His critics say he is arrogant and ext...Published: 16 Mar 2013 at 16:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police bus overturns, one officer dead
A junior officer died while several others were injured when a police bus carrying 53 police driving instructors returning from a refresher course was involved in a road accident in Vumba last Friday....Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman kills boyfriend over a 7.30pm phone call
A CHIKANGA woman has been arrested by the police after she brutally killed her boyfriend by hitting him with an empty beer bottle on the forehead several times.Winnet Manhanga (30) turned viol...Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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