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Zimbabwe sees 33% drop in media freedom violations, MISA reports
The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has reported a significant reduction in media freedom violations in Zimbabwe, with recorded incidents dropping from 24 in 2022 to 16 in 2023 - a ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 16 | by Staff reporter
Man slapped with 24 years for murder
A Zvishavane man has been convicted and sentenced to 24 years in jail for murder. Edwin Muchekayawa (21), was convicted by the High Court sitting at Gweru. National Prosecuting Authority of Zi...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 20:37hrs | 411 | by Stephen Jakes
Man kills of ex-lover's husband
A 22-year-old man from Zvishavane, Edwin Muchekayawa, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison following his conviction for the murder of his ex-girlfriend's husband, Passmore Shumba. The verdict was ...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 11:21hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to rape ex-wife
A Harare woman, Hazel Muronzi, has sought a protection order against her ex-husband, Passmore Matora, alleging an attempted rape incident. The case was heard on Friday before Magistrate Meenal Narotam...Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 10:01hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, 11 others face disciplinary action
Buhera South lawmaker Ngonidzane Mudekunye and his eleven supporters are set to appear before Manicaland party leadership today for disciplinary action Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Mudekunye is a...Published: 30 Aug 2024 at 11:42hrs | 1385 | by Paul Ndou
Anglican bishop acquitted
BISHOP Eric Ruwona of the Anglican Diocese of Manicaland, and his standing committee members were yesterday acquitted on charges of violating the Education Act.Ruwona, Walter Majoni, Daphine M...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 12:59hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Fake US$20 notes surfaces
A 29-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man who went on a beer buying spree using fake US$20 notes in Matebeleland South province's Matobo area last week appeared before magistrate Joshua Nembaware facing robbery and ...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's electi...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fastjet plane aborts Bulawayo landing due to bad weather
A Fastjet plane flying from Harare was forced to abort landing in Bulawayo Tuesday morning due to foggy weather.The Embraer ERJ145 aircraft, which was due to touch down at 6.50am, was forced t...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor 'steals' fertiliser
A Zanu-PF councillor in Buhera South, Manicaland province, is in the eye of a storm after villagers accused him of stealing fertiliser meant for distribution to villagers under the Presidential Inputs...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:35hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Marange's grave tampered with as sect fight rages on
THE Johane Marange Apostolic sect founder, Johane Muchabaya Momberume's grave was allegedly tampered with over the weekend in a suspected ritual case.The late sect leader's family members are ...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for stealing girlfriend's property
A Chitungwiza man has appeared in court for allegedly stealing his lover's property worth US$800 while they were moving houses.Joshua Gwasira (42) appeared before Chitungwiza magistrate Rumbid...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ethiopian Airlines set to fly into Bulawayo
Ethiopian Airlines is set to fly into Bulawayo for the first time, starting on October 30.The four times weekly service, via Victoria Falls, will bring convenience to Zimbabweans in the diaspo...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 20:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police sweat over illegal vending
POLICE yesterday admitted that they were fighting a losing battle against illegal vending in the capital because poverty was forcing people into the streets to eke out a living.Zimbabwe Republ...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
NGOs claims to be targets of Zanu-PF
HUMAN rights defenders have lamented heightened criminalisation of human rights defenders in the country which they say was a strategy to silence dissent ahead of next year's polls.This came o...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes 7 colonels
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has promoted seven Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant Colonels to the rank of colonels. The promotions were made in terms of Section 15 (1) (b) of the Defence Act (Chapter 11:...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chicken Inn hold Bosso in Bulawayo derby
Highlanders 1 - 1 Chicken InnHIGHLANDERS were lucky to snatch a point against a composed Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premiership football derby at Barbourfields yesterday.The resul...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fireworks expected at BF
ONE thing that any spectator is almost always guaranteed whenever these two Bulawayo rivals meet is goals.The last five league meetings between Chicken Inn and Highlanders have produced 18 goa...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops arrested for conning ICT perm sec
TWO former police officers and two other serving members of the force were arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda after conning the acting Information Communication Technology ministry secret...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motor Action Football Club set to bounce back
THERE was a time when the now-defunct Motor Action was a force to reckon with in the local Premiership football both on and off the field.They were difficult to beat and one of their most famo...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 brothers fatally assault meat vendor
TWO brothers appeared before a Mbare Magistrate on Wednesday charged with fatally assaulting a vendor following a dispute over the price of goat meat he was selling.Passmore (19) and Remember ...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Conference centre Zanu-PF's folly
In a classic case of greed and lack of foresight, a once thriving winery just outside the Midlands city of Gweru now hosts a derelict 5 000-seater conference centre no one wants to use and the nearly ...Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiadzwa protesters out on bai
TWENTY-EIGHT Chiadzwa villagers and their headman Robert Chiadzwa yesterday appeared in court facing public violence charges after they allegedly demonstrated against Chinese diamond miner, Anjin, on ...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ngezi pluck Chicken Inn out of Chibuku Cup
Chicken Inn 1 - 2 Ngezi Platinum StarsJUST when everybody in the local football fraternity expected fans to behave like toddlers who have just found their parent's stash of sweets when watch...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 06:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chicken In through to Chibuku Super Cup quarter-finals
Chicken Inn FC 2-0 Bulawayo City FCCHICKEN INN are through to the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup after completing a double over Bulawayo City in a Group B encounter at Barbourfields S...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 21:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trade unionists file $38m lawsuit for unlawful arrest
NINETEEN Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders have filed a combined $38 million lawsuit against police for unlawful arrest.According to the summons filed at Mutare High Court, the ...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gamecocks square off with Bosso
THE prolonged absence of football had really become a fuss for Joey "Mafero" Antipas, the Premier Soccer League's reigning Coach of the Year.A frustrated Antipas even sought solace from one of...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapostori withdraw children from schools over vaccination
SOME apostolic members in Marange, Manicaland province, have reportedly withdrawn their children from school fearing that they could be vaccinated in violation of their doctrine.Child rights d...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Passenger dies mid-air on Bulawayo inbound Airlink flight
A passenger on an Airlink flight from Johannesburg to Bulawayo died mid-air on Monday.The unidentified male passenger is thought to have died in the final few minutes of the one-hour flight be...Published: 24 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top cop threatens to shoot messenger of court
A TOP police officer stationed in Beitbridge town has landed himself in soup after he allegedly threatened to shoot a messenger of court on two occasions for attemptingto serve him with a court or...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gang tortures top Zanu-PF official's wife
THE wife and two children of a senior Zanu-PF official in Kwekwe were last week tortured by machete-armed robbers at the family's home demanding gold.After failing to secure the gold the unide...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former MP's family narrates armed robbery ordeal
A gang of about five robbers armed with machetes, axes, iron bars and knobkerries allegedly pounced on former Mbizo legislator, Vongaiishe Mupereri's house in Golden Acres in Kwekwe where they got awa...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine wrangle: High Court interdicts Zanu-PF councillor
THE Odzi mine ownership wrangle recently spilled into the High Court which granted an interim order interdicting Zanu-PF councillor Luckson Mawanga's Paari Mining Syndicate from carrying out operation...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens grip on Masvingo
While the just concluded DCC elections could have dealt a body blow to unity in the ruling Zanu-PF party, in Masvingo Province President Emmerson Mnangagwa has tightened his power grip as all those wh...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
19 ZCTU leaders acquitted for 2018 tax protests
NINETEEN Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders, who were arrested for protesting against the high cost of living and the imposition of the 2% transaction tax by President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Journalist sues minister for unlawful arrest
MUTARE-BASED freelance journalist Sydney Saize has sued Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri and State security agents for humiliation and unlawful arrest in Chimanimani while investigating alleged theft...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Father mistakenly gives infant poison
There was a tragic incident in Shamva after a 31-year-old father, Passmore Nicholas, allegedly accidentally fed his one-year-old son cattle dip chemical t...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
$13 million upgrade for Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport
THE construction of a new air traffic control tower and a fire station at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo will commence soon at a cost of $13 million. Civil Aviation...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
fastjet Zimbabwe receives approval for additional frequencies
fastjet Zimbabwe, a low-cost airline, has received approval from the government to operate flights to new regional routes, civil aviation authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) Joshua Mqabuko International Airp...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos, Chicken Inn in stalemate
Dynamos 1 - 1 Chicken Inn NEITHER Dynamos nor Chicken Inn could conjure a winning formula but this Castle Lager Premiership football duel at Rufaro still lived to its lustrous billing yesterday. &...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso stumble
Highlanders registered their second straight defeat after losing 1-0 to Harare City at Barbourfields Stadium.Bosso dominated proceedings throughout the game, but a 21st-minute goal from Jerry ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 19:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
More flights for Bulawayo
THE Government has increased flight frequencies for low-cost airline, Fastjet Zimbabwe, in a move which will play a huge part in improving connectivity and growing of the country's economy.Civ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 airtime robbers jailed
THREE Dzivarasekwa men, who robbed a local businessman of Econet airtime worth $20 000, a laptop and mobile phone during the recent stayaway, were yesterday sentenced to five years each by Harare magi...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 men up for $20 000 airtime robbery
THREE Dzivarasekwa men appeared in court on Friday, facing allegations of robbing a local businessman of Econet recharge cards worth $20 000, a laptop and mobile phones during last month's violent pro...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Acquitted MDC activist mulls suing police
An MDC activist and Mutasa businessman who was arrested in alleged connection with a robbery, only to be charged with resisting arrest, has been acquitted and will now institute legal proceedings agai...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe runs out of fuel'
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) acting chief executive officer Eddington Mazambani yesterday revealed to Parliament that the country had exhausted the $60 million worth of fuel imported la...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe 'used underwear' story haunts NewsDay reporter
Mutare-based NewsDay reporter Kenneth Nyangani has been summoned for the second time to appear at Mutare Magistrates' Courts on December 18, 2018 ,facing charges of criminal nuisance.Nyangani ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court stops Chimanimani farmers eviction
THE High Court has stopped the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) from evicting Chimanimani families, who were facing imminent displacement from their banana farms.The...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
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