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Plumtree man dies in donkey cart accident
A 28-year-old man from Tshemahali village in Madlambuzi, Plumtree, has died following an accident involving a donkey-drawn scotch cart that overturned after hitting a tree.Matabeleland South p...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:27hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Man kills friend over stolen phone
A Plumtree man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his friend to death following a dispute over a missing cell phone. The incident occurred on September 24, 2024, at Masendu Business Centre in Ma...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:09hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Chief Kandana dies at 72
Chief Kandana of Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province, has passed away at the age of 72 after a brief illness at Plumtree District Hospital. Born Michael Magutshwa, he had been a traditional...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:26hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife with pick
A man from Bulilima, Honest Nkomo (34), has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife, Milikani Moyo (27), after suspecting her of trying to poison him. The incident occurred on July 16 in the Kham...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:07hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South records reduction in maternal deaths
Matebeleland South acting provincial medical director Andrew Muza says there has been a notable decline in institutional maternal deaths in the province since the launch of a health fund programme two...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents work with Pumtree Hospital for improved service delivery
PLUMTREE Combined Residents and Development Association (PCRADA) chairperson Richard Khumalo has said they have been authorized by the district hospital to be the middlemen for residents wheneve...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:28hrs | 24 | by Stephen Jakes
Jealous nurse gets $100 000 bail
There was drama at Plumtree District Hospital where nurses had a heated argument over infidelity at their nurses' quarters.Lydia Ngwenya (34) was dragged to court after she assaulted her ex-hu...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:59hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman kicks 7-month-old baby
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman from Plumtree, Matebeleland South province, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a seven-month-old baby belonging to a co-tenant.Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware ...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man axes neighbour over girlfriend
Nembaware sentenced Ndebele to two years behind bars but suspended six months on condition of good behaviour.The love of women has led to the incarceration of a Plumtree man for two years afte...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 12:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree man imprisoned for axe attack in jealous outburst
A Plumtree man, Message Ndebele (23), found himself behind bars after a fit of jealousy led him to attack his neighbour with an axe. The incident unfolded on January 21, around 7 pm, when Ndebele disc...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 19:00hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Birthday party turns tragic
A birthday party is meant to be a joyous occasion but one that was held by Sylvia Nkomo at her homestead in Khekhethe Village under Chief Manguba in Madlambuzi area in Matebeleland South province turn...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman connives with new lover to kill own baby
HOW rare is filicide, the death of a child at the hands of a parent?And what would drive a mother to kill her newborn? The killing of a child by its parent is not as rare as you might think....Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teenager kills friend over music argument
A 19-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he fatally stabbed his friend during a music argument.The matter came to light on Friday at Plumtree Magistrates Courts where Mayenziwe Sibanda a...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 11:25hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chief Mphini Ndiweni's long serving cop commits suicide
Chief Mphini Ndiweni's long-serving policeman committed suicide by hanging on Thursday at his relative`s homestead in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province.The policeman, Jerry Tonye ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 19:35hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Wedding turns into a bloodbath
A Christmas day wedding in Plumtree's village 4 under Chief Mpini witnessed a tragic event as it turned into a gunshot blood spill.It is alleged that one Vusumuzi Maphosa had a misunderstandin...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 11:56hrs | 3 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Army truck overturns on road to Mnangagwa garden visit
An army truck heading to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's launch of what was described as a "market gardening project" in Makorokoro, Matabeleland South, overturned on Wednesday killing two soldiers and...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Woman poisons 10 mourners
A 71-year-old woman has been arrested on allegations of attempting to kill at least 10 mourners at a funeral after lacing a bucket of water with an unknown poison at Luvuluma Village, Madlambuzi in Bu...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Govt takes over clinics construction in Matebeleland South
GOVERNMENT has taken over the construction of two clinics in Bulilima district, Matebeleland South initiated by villagers to reduce the distance travelled to access healthcare centres.Dibadiba...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 kills 57 in two weeks
ZIMBABWE has seen a massive jump in Covid-19 cases, with 2 374 cases and 57 deaths reported in two-and-a-half weeks of this month alone, triggering the Government to consider putting more areas under ...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lockdown defiance rife in Matabeleland South
THERE is widespread defiance of lockdown regulations in most parts of Matabeleland South province, a development that health authorities and police say is worrisome. Areas such as Gwanda, Mbal...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree soccer player axes rival over match results
A SOCIAL soccer player from Nsingo village under Chief Masendu in Plumtree allegedly struck a rival team with an axe after a misunderstanding over the results which he claimed had been tampered with....Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman up for murder
POLICE have arrested a Plumtree businesswoman and her two accomplices for allegedly beating a suspected burglar to death. Sinanzeni Mpala (38) who operates a shop in Madlambuzi under Chief Gam...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Boost for Thorngrove Hospital
BULAWAYO's Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital has received a donation of eight beds from stakeholders to increase its capacity in handling COVID-19 at a time the country is experiencing a surge i...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man killed over woman
A GWANDA man has been arrested for allegedly ganging up with two accomplices, who are still at large, and beat up a man to death in a dispute over a woman.Alfred Moyo (21) from Guyu area was n...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree plunged into darkness
PLUMTREE Town and the border post have been plunged into darkness for the past three days as Zesa is struggling to restore power after thieves indiscriminately vandalised overhead electricity cables i...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death over snooker game
A MAN from Plumtree has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his friend to death in a dispute over a snooker game. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisa...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo mourns Plumtree accident victims
Bulilima-Mangwe Senator Simon Khaya Moyo has mourned three accident victims who died in a horrific truck accident along the Plumtree-Brunapeg Road last week. The accident occurred at the 62-ki...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Crash kills sex abuse witnesses
THREE people who were testifying in a court case involving a police officer who was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing 21 pupils at Bulu Primary School in Mangwe District died while nine others w...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 court witnesses die in car crash
THREE witnesses in a case involving a police officer, Constable Peter Muzulu, who allegedly molested 21 pupils at Bulu Primary School in Mpoengs, died on Monday after a truck that was ferrying them fr...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree road accident kills 1, injures 12
A Plumtree teacher died while 12 people were injured when a car they were travelling in overturned along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Road on Sunday afternoon.The accident occurred at the 62 km peg n...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Plumtree granny dies after receiving eviction notice
A 60-YEAR-OLD woman reportedly collapsed and died after she received news from the Bulilima district administrator's office that she was being evicted from her illegal settlement at Sibantubanye....Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 injured in freak bus accident in Plumtree
A PLUMTREE-BOUND Gatsheni Express bus veered off the road on Tuesday and plunged into a dry riverbed after missing a narrow bridge in Bulilima district, Matabeleland North province.Three of th...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villager beats soldier to death
A VILLAGER allegedly beat a soldier to death in a dispute over a missing cell phone during a drinking spree at a business centre in Bulilima District. Busani Sibanda (28), who was based at 23 ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulilima West MP bemoans absence of referral hospital
BULILIMA West legislator, Dingimuzi Phuthi has bemoaned the absence of a referral hospital in the district which is putting lives of patients and pregnant women at risk.The district is service...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Bus runs over, kills two pedestrians
TWO people died on the spot while 18 others were injured after a Bulawayo-bound Botswana-registered bus veered off the road and ran over pedestrians in Marula, near Plumtree. Matabeleland Sout...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Near murder in radio volume row
A MAN (52) from Mangwe District in Matabeleland South has been admitted to hospital in critical condition after a 21 year old man brutally attacked him over radio volume during a beer drink. M...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fugitive 'killer' herdboy in court
A PLUMTREE herd boy, who allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour with a knife 15 years ago for kicking his dog before he fled to South Africa, appeared in court yesterday. Petros Pamani Ndebel...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pair fatally assault neighbour
TWO Plumtree men who stormed into their neighbour's bedroom while he was sleeping with his girlfriend and fatally attacked him using a knobkerrie and a bicycle, were yesterday jailed for 10 years....Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga slams Chamisa's street antics
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has hit out at MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, for tarnishing the reputation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission by making unsubstantiated claims of improp...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 13:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tells Chamisa that 'Laws made in Parliament'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has hit out at MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for tarnishing the reputation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by making unsubstantiated claims of im...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Pickpocket 'murders' victim
A SUSPECTED pickpocket who is based in South Africa allegedly killed a man he was trying to steal from after he caught him in action.This came to light at the appearance of Bongani Dube (33) o...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck runs over 'dead man' on highway
A PLUMTREE man is suspected to have been murdered and his body thrown in the path of a haulage truck in Marula on Friday.The deceased has been identified as Nkosilathi Mafu (30) of HA 87 NRZ i...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cheated men take turns to rape lover
TWO Plumtree men reportedly ganged up against a woman who was cheating on them and took turns to rape her.Artwell Mathe (25) and Nqabutho Sibanda (28) of Nsubula area in Madlambuzi teame...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
Village gossip sparks family violence
A MAN from Madlambuzi area has been fined $300 for severely assaulting his daughter-in-law with a knobkerrie after she thrashed his wife with a Mopani switch.Lampert Ndlovu (64) assaulted Ms N...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nurses down their syringes
NURSES at Government hospitals countrywide yesterday downed tools in protest over the failure by their employer to attend to their grievances which include poor remuneration and working conditions....Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree stuck with 21 decomposing bodies
PLUMTREE health officials are in a quandary over 21 decomposing unclaimed bodies in the two districts' mortuaries, which have a combined holding capacity of 16 bodies at a time.The situation h...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil commits suicide over boyfriend
A FORM Three pupil from a secondary school in Mangwe District reportedly hanged herself after school authorities ordered her to bring her parents to school over a scuffle she had with another pupil ov...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Family members enroute to wedding die in car crash
Two people from the same family died on the spot while four others were seriously injured when the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned after a tyre burst.The fam...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 15:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect hides in mountains for 10 years
WHEN Zimbabwe dollarised in 2009, entered the inclusive government and Zanu-PF won the 2013 elections Butinyana Dube (39) from Mangwe's Nxele Village staid put in the mountains.Since February ...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grandpa rapes 5 granddaughters
Police have expressed concern over the increase in rape cases involving children after they recently arrested a 76-year-old Chivhu man on allegations of raping his five granddaughters aged between thr...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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