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Spirit medium stops operations at Zimbabwe gold mine
Mining operations at Renco Mine were halted for two days due to concerns following warnings from a local spirit medium. The medium had forewarned of potential worker fatalities if specific demands wer...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 14:32hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to contain spread of cholera outbreak
ZIMBABWE has been struggling to contain the spread of a cholera outbreak, with the government announcing measures amid fears of a repeat of its 2008 outbreak that sparked a "national emergency"....Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF engages police to recover party vehicles
Zanu-PF has issued a warning to losing party candidates who have failed to return their party vehicles as instructed, cautioning that the vehicles could be repossessed by the police if they do not com...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls Kadoma Mayor, councillors
KADOMA Mayor Action Nyamukondiwa and three other MCD-T councillors have been recalled after they were expelled from the opposition party.Nyamukondiwa was the councillor for Ward 9 while the three,...Published: 16 May 2023 at 20:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls Kadoma mayor
The Douglas Mwonzora-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) formation has recalled Kadoma mayor, Councillor Action Nyamukondiwa and three others Councillors Edson Muzira, Nigel Ruzario and Michael...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe readies another satellite
THE recent landmark deployment of Zimbabwe's satellite ZIMSAT-1 is part of an ongoing strategy that will see the country launching more satellites, President Mnangagwa has said.On November 7, ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF land baron in court for violence
Zanu-PF land baron Munyaradzi Nyamukondiwa was yesterday granted $20 000 bail by a Harare magistrate after he was arrested at the weekend for inciting public violence in Mabvuku.The violence r...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles duty-free cars for councillors
GOVERNMENT has reviewed councillors' allowances as President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he had approved a scheme to import vehicles duty free.Mnangagwa also said councillors would get special ter...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
CAPS United hammer hapless WhaWha
CAPS United 6 - 0 WhaWhaAFTER a rocky start to the season, CAPS United finally remembered how to win, in emphatic fashion, when they put hapless WhaWha to the sword in this Castle Lager Premiershi...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minister calls for arrest of Chinese miner, parents
SMALL-to-Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni has called for the arrest of a Chinese miner and parents who married off their 15-year-old daughter to the foreign national.The teenager, ...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
RBZ names another 47 over illegal currency deals
Another 47 people were blacklisted yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for operating on the foreign currency black market, taking to 77 the number of people whose bank and mobile money accounts ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimra busts fuel/ water scam
ZIMRA intercepts three transit fuel trucks in Chirundu that are accused of smuggling fuel into the country which was meant to be transported to Zambia potentially prejudicing the country of potential ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers' trial stalls
THE trial of alleged armed robbers, who are accused of besieging gold miner and cleric Mathias Madziwanzira's home and stealing cash among other goods two years ago, failed to kick off again last week...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbery victim confronts PG over trial delay
A GOLD miner, who was attacked and robbed by armed robbers in December last 2018, has approached Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi for the second time accusing court officials of failing to bring the ...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Councillors pressured to resign
THE MDC-T-LED Kadoma Council is under siege from pro-Zanu-PF youths who are calling for the mayor and his entire council to resign on allegations of incompetence.A pro-Zanu-PF group called The...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Lockdown cripples councils'
BULAWAYO city councillors have bemoaned the crippling of service delivery by the COVID-19-induced lockdown restrictions, forcing it to go on auto-pilot.The lockdown has also affected the holdi...Published: 05 Feb 2021 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbery case drags for 2 years without trial
A MUTOKO gold miner who was attacked by armed robbers at his homestead, losing a gun, gold, phones and cash in the process, has filed a complainant to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for the ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe magistrates fear granting bail
Time and again, magistrates have been lambasted and ridiculed by High Court judges for denying bail in the lower court. The phrase "magistrate misdirected himself" is now a daily routine. Why do...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | | by Fidelicy Nyamukondiwa
Nyamukondiwa gets US scholarship
Zimbabwe's golf sensation Tafadzwa Nyamukondiwa has moved to the United States after he clinched a golf scholarship with Western Texas University.The 18-year-old golfer made an impressive perf...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop inserts egg into privates
MUTARE High Court judge justice Hlekani Mwayera has called for investigations into allegations that a police constable based in Manicaland inserted an egg into the privates of a 14-year-old girl to as...Published: 06 May 2019 at 21:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 women up for armed robbery
TWO women, who were part of a terror gang arrested in connection with a number of armed robbery cases in Marondera and Goromonzi, were on Friday arraigned before Marondera magistrate Arnold Maburo....Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Terror leader arrested
Police in Marondera have arrested a leader of a suspected gun-totting gang which was terrorising residents in the town and nearby areas, getting away with cash and cellphones, among other things....Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF's Harare infighting turns messy
The battle for the heart and soul of ZANU PF Harare Province has turned nasty after rival factions fighting for positions in the Provincial Executive have resorted to mudslinging and character assassi...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:50hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nyamukondiwa Elected New Kadoma Mayor
Ald Action Nyamukondiwa has been elected unopposed as the new mayor of the City of Kadoma and will be deputized by Cllr Tends I Kokera during their taking oath of office and royalty in Kadoma....Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 11:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Court pardons granny for destroying Chamisa poster
A 59-year-old woman from Kungisai village under Chief Nhema, Zaka district, appeared before magistrate Peter Madiba on Wednesday, July 11, and was given a warning after being convicted of pulling down...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rotten pies land Bakers Inn in court
Masvingo City Council has taken Bakers Inn to court for selling meat pies with micro-organism unfit for human consumption.Emmanuel Katsvamutima, a sales marketing manager at the fast food outl...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man beds daughter (14) 'to end poverty'
A 34-YEAR-OLD Masvingo man will spend the next four years in prison for engaging in sex with his 14-year-old daughter after his uncle told him it would end poverty in his family.The incestuous...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier steal meat in police camp
A HUNGER-STRICKEN soldier based at 4.1 Infantry Battalion in Masvingo has been fined $300 for nicking a boiling three-legged pot full of chicken stew from a fireplace in a police camp.Magistra...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet ordered me to bed 500 women'
A CHIVI serial rapist serving an effective 72 years in jail for eight counts of rape said he hid in a mountain, large sums of money that he found in his house every day after he was initiated in...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man rapes 500 women, jailed 72 years
A SERIAL rapist from Chivi who was last month sentenced to effective 72 years in prison was last week back in court facing another 11 counts that include rape and murder.Charles Matanga Magomb...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patients in agony across Zimbabwe
THOUSANDS of patients in Government medical institutions continue waiting in agony for doctors, as the strike by medical professionals enters its 25th day today.Yesterday, scores of patients -...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ngozi wipes out family. . . demands 10 beasts
THE avenging spirit of a man who was allegedly murdered and his body parts used for ritual purposes in Sahumani Village, Honde Valley is on a rampage as it is causing countless deaths and untold suffe...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 18:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa eyes Chinhoyi seat
Walter Nyamukondiwa Mashonaland West Bureau Zanu-PF Central Committee member Dr Philip Chiyangwa has thrown his name into the ring to represent the ruling party in Chinhoyi constituency and has pledge...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crafty maths exam cheat spared jail
A Bulawayo woman who had become a "specialist" in writing mathematics exams for other candidates has been spared jail by the courts.Portia Nyamukondiwa, 22, from Nkulumane appeared before Esig...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 13:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo convicted of possessing elephant tusks
Two Beitbridge men were convicted of possessing elephant ivory tusks by Masvingo magistrate Langton Ndoreka. Austine Nyoni and Alvin Matumba pleaded not guilty and were convicted after full tr...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 18:49hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Serial exam cheat caught red-handed
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman was caught writing a Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level Mathematics examination for another candidate at Irisvale Secondary School in Matabeleland South's...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops block Zanu-PF demo
MARONDERA riot police yesterday blocked an unsanctioned demonstration by Zanu-PF members, who stormed the Magistrates' Court protesting against trial of three fellow party members arrested for violenc...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake currency dealer's death, 5 appears in court
FIVE Harare men appeared in court yesterday charged with murder after they allegedly fatally assaulted a man who had supplied them with fake South African rand.The accused - Clement Radzokota ...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman drowns baby to please lover
A LOVE-struck Masvingo woman allegedly drowned her three-year-old son in Mutirikwi River to please her boyfriend.Joyce Madzimure (25) of Gwatinyanya Village under Chief Mapanzure was allegedly...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (3) killed for disturbing mother's affair
A Masvingo woman Joyce Madzimure (25) allegedly drowned her three-year-old son in Mutirikwi River to please her boyfriend identified as Amos Chipare (39).The two allegedly connived...Published: 01 May 2017 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man bashes lawyer at court
A DARING Masvingo man has been jailed for eight months for beating a lawyer in court.Tawanda Munyai (36) reacted when a $7 000 civil claim order granted to his relative Ngonidzashe Maz...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Factional fights rock Zanu PF
Factional fights reportedly rocked the ruling Zanu PF Harare province as wars intensified in the Mabvuku-Tafara area.Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that on 15 May, factional fighting within Z...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Kadoma residents urged to embark in community hygiene programmes
KADOMA City Council and its residents have been challenged to embark on community hygiene programmes in order to shake off the "dirtiest city" tag associated with the town.Berina Community Rad...Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 09:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Hooker rapes teen boy at knife point
A 20-YEAR-OLD prostitute from Masvingo's Chief Charumbira area allegedly raped a 15-year-old boy at knife point. Beatrice Midzi of Bhani Business Centre however, pleaded not guilty to a charge...Published: 22 Dec 2014 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Murder suspect accuses relatives of tampering with wife's body
40-year-old Paul Chiumba from Gokomere who is alleged to have murdered his wife following a dispute over isitshwala has told a court that he suspects that the body was tampered with by her relatives....Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 12:14hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Sangoma in court for for torching goblins' house
A SELF-STYLED sangoma from Chief Nyajena area in Masvingo yesterday appeared in court for allegedly setting his uncle's house on fire because it had goblins.Mike Musiiwa of Mutadzo Village...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 07:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Teacher assaults cop over chicken meal
A STUDENT teacher from Masvingo struck a police officer with an empty beer bottle following a dispute over isitshwala/sadza. Kelvin Mhashai, 25, a student at Morgenster Teachers' College, att...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Cheating wife buries baby alive
A MASVINGO woman, who was impregnated by another man while her husband was away working in South Africa, attempted to conceal her alleged adultery and save her marriage by burying her three-day-old ba...Published: 22 May 2014 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxi runs over Police bike
A Masvingo policeman is lucky to be alive after a pirate taxi driver nearly ran over him while trying to evade arrest. Farai Matute, 35, was stopped by two traffic police officers while picki...Published: 14 May 2014 at 07:35hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Man bashes wife after testing HIV+
A MASVINGO couple were left fighting after they went for an HIV test and the wife tested positive but refused divorce, a local court heard last week.The drama spilled into the courts after Mo...Published: 24 Mar 2014 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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