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Zimbabwe's Air Force crisis exposed
In August 2021, President Emmerson Mnangagwa experienced a harrowing emergency when his VIP helicopter crash-landed at a farm in Sandringham, approximately 64 kilometres southwest of Harare. The incid...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 16:29hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF readies for harmonised elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will be in Gweru today to lead proceedings at the official opening session of an induction workshop for Zanu-PF aspiring candidates, as the ruling party gears for the harmonised el...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates workshop starts in Gweru
SCORES of Zanu-PF candidates for the August 23 harmonised elections, including the 210 candidates for the National Assembly, had arrived in Gweru by last night ahead of the party's five-day orientatio...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mshika-shika robbers on the prowl
POLICE in Gweru have launched a manhunt for three suspects who are reportedly driving around in a silver Honda Fit vehicle targeting commuters and robbing them of cash, cellphones and other gadgets....Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dying slowly
It was a memorable journey back to Zimbabwe five years after I left the country in January 2018 just three months after the November 2017 coup.My friend and I arrived at the Musina border post...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:46hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Lion spotted in Kwekwe suburbs
PANIC has gripped residents in Mbizo and Msasa Suburbs in Kwekwe after a lion was reportedly spotted in the area.According to a message doing rounds on social media platforms, the lion is susp...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube transforms from technocrat to political player
IF ever there was any doubt, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has fully abandoned his posture as a neutral technocrat after being elected a Zanu-PF central committee member last weekend.The centr...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fire guts down Gweru lodge
GWERU'S Eland Lodge (formerly Elephant Lodge) owned by the late Gweru businessman and Citizens Coalition for Change politician Rodrick Rutsvara was on Wednesday afternoon burnt down by a veldfire, whi...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS's female officer found passion in panel beating
AT around 5:30AM daily, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) Correctional Officer Grade 1 Petronella Chadenga wakes up, does her household chores, prepares lunch boxes for her five childre...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Soldier shoots dead motorist
A SOLDIER stationed at the Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base in Gweru reportedly shot and killed a local man on Christmas Day.The now deceased, Ziyesa Tsvetera (32) according to a police report...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Boy dies in cart accident
A LOWER Gweru juvenile on Monday died on the spot after an ox-drawn cart he was in hit a tree stump and overturned hitting him on the head.Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Em...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for kidnappers
Police in Kwekwe have launched a manhunt for a three-man gang who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and later dumped her in a bushy area in Msasa. According to Midlands police spokesperson Inspecto...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: ZANU PF Youth leader Pupurai Togarepi involved in an accident
There are reports that ZANU PF Youth Leader Pupurai Togarepi has just been involved in an accident close to Hwahwa prison along Mvuma road.More to follow…...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Motorist sues Old Mutual
A BULAWAYO motorist has taken Old Mutual insurance company, to court for allegedly refusing to pay $30 000 indemnity compensation after his insured car was destroyed by fire last year. Kennedy...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mvuma road accident victims named
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday released the names of four people who died in a fatal road accident which occurred on Tuesday along the Harare- Masvingo Highway near Chaka business centre in Mv...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man drugs, rapes job seeker
A 42-year-old man from Gweru has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for drugging, raping and kidnapping a 23-year-old job seeker.Christopher Gara of 12 Denham, Gweru, appeared before Gweru R...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets chiefs tomorrow
President Mnangagwa is set to meet the country's traditional leaders in Gweru tomorrow, as part of a programme to get the views of different communities and interest groups. He will also brief them on...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Death at church service
Renowned and well-respected educationist, Locadia Mutubuki (67) has died.Mutubuki who retired from Government service in 2014 died after suffering a heart attack at the Roman Catholic Cathedra...Published: 30 May 2017 at 13:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mvuma road accident victims named
THE Civil Protection Unit (CPU) has released the names of 31 people who died in a horrific road accident that happened in Mvuma early this month.The death toll has risen by 10 from the previou...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 06:32hrs | 19 | by Agencies
MDC-T mourns the victims of the Mvuma bus disaster
The MDC would like to express its deepest condolences to all the families who lost their loved ones in the bus accident that occurred at Chaka business centre near Mvuma, a few days ago.It is indeed h...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 12:43hrs | | by Obert C.Gutu
Judge calls for lengthy sentences on violent miners
Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Nicholas Mathonsi, yesterday called for the imposition of lengthy and deterrent sentences on murderous mine workers to send a clear message that their lack of re...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
OK Mart opens in Gweru
LISTED retail giant OK Zimbabwe has opened its fifth one-stop hybrid mega store, OK Mart, in Gweru. The new outlet is situated at former Jaggers along Gweru-Mvuma Road.OK has other one-stop hy...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 23:55hrs | | by Wynne Zanamwe
Head-on collision claims four lives
FOUR people died while several others were seriously injured when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a delivery truck in Gweru on Friday. The a...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Elizabeth Tsuro
Soldier stabbed in a night club fight over a prostitute
FARAI Chibvura, 22, could have died when he was stabbed twice in the chest and cheek in a night club fight over a hooker. But the soldier survived, only to die the same night in a hit and run accident...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Patrick Chitumba
Mugabe scholarships to be reduced, says Mnangagwa
THE Presidential Scholarship Programme is going to be scaled down as the government seeks to invest more resources in setting up vocational training centres in all the country's 10 provinces, Acting P...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 07:17hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Mnangagwa's son to take over dad's parliamentary seat
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's eldest son, Emmerson Junior, has been tipped to take over his father's Chirumanzu-Zibagwe parliamentary seat.The new constitution provides that if an MP is...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 14:06hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Policeman kidnaps fellow cop at roadblock
A POLICE officer from Chivhu who was pirating while off-duty allegedly sped off with a traffic cop who had stopped him at a roadblock in Lalapanzi, a magistrate heard yesterday.The police offi...Published: 18 Nov 2014 at 08:02hrs | | by Timoth Makohliso
Traffic cop clings onto bonnet of a pirate taxi for 1,5km
A TRAFFIC cop survived a harrowing five minutes of hell when a pirate taxi driver trying to avoid arrest sped off with the law officer clinging onto the bonnet for dear life.Tapiwa Mumvana, 27...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 07:06hrs | | by Kamangeni Phiri
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How Mnangagwa's farm house caught fire
THE fire that razed a farmhouse at Plot 8, Eastclare Farm, owned by Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson (Jr), could have been caused by a faulty geyser breaker, according to preliminar...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa house burnt
A FARM house belonging to the son of Justice minister Emmerson Mnagagwa, Emmerson (Jr), went up in smoke yesterday afternoon due to a suspected electrical fault.The fire broke out at East...Published: 03 Jun 2014 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Completion of Zanu-PF Convention Centre deferred
Hastily built in the run-up to the party's 14th annual people's conference in 2012, the Zanu-PF Convention Centre is yet to be completed. The gigantic structure, located 15 kilometres east of the Midl...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus accident, two feared dead
Two people died, while two others were swept by water when a Zupco bus they were travelling was trapped in a gully along the Gweru- Mandamabwe road this morning.The bus that was travelling f...Published: 07 Feb 2014 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa's church pays ransom
A Kwekwe man was yesterday slapped with a 10-year jail sentence for kidnapping a four-year-old girl at Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa's United Family International Church service in the town and later de...Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 02:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference centre ($6.5m) turning into a white elephant
The Gweru Convention and Exhibition Centre built at a staggering US$6,5 million in the run up to Zanu-PF's 13th annual people's conference is turning into a white elephant as no public function has be...Published: 24 Aug 2013 at 06:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
4 killed along the Harare-Beitbridge highway
FOUR people, including the driver, were burnt beyond recognition when a Nissan Pulsar they were travelling in was involved in an accident with a haulage truck and caught fire along the Harare-Beitbrid...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 04:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gweru-Mvuma road accident claims 8
Eight people were killed and five others seriously injured after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a tree and overturned at the 65km peg along the Gweru-Mvuma Road Saturday.Five...Published: 06 Jul 2013 at 22:40hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Teacher bashes wife over $1
A 26-year-old teacher at Regina Mundi High School in Gweru has been arraigned before a Gweru magistrate facing a charge of domestic violence after he assaulted his wife for questioning him why he had ...Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 22:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe blasts war vets
President Mugabe has criti­cised war veterans for splitting the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association into feud­ing camps."The issue is...Published: 07 Dec 2012 at 21:44hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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