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JZ Moyo remembered as a political and military strategist
The late Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo, former vice-president of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (Zapu) and a key figure in the liberation struggle, was remembered last week as a master strategist, both p...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:55hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Botswana-bound bus kills 18 cattle on Bulawayo-Plumtree highway
Tragedy struck on Monday evening when a Botswana-bound bus collided with a herd of 21 cattle along the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway, approximately 10km from Plumtree town.Eighteen cattle were kil...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 05:53hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
6 killed in Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway accident
A tragic accident occurred on Sunday morning along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway, where six people died instantly when a Nissan Caravan kombi carrying 19 church congregants veered off the road and ove...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 07:00hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho school unveils new bus
Tsholotsho High School, located in Matabeleland North and known as the "school of choice," has commissioned a new 72-seater bus to boost student morale during sports and educational tours. The bus was...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:40hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to force road construction firms to erect fences along highways
The Government is considering new legislation to mandate that companies contracted for major road rehabilitation projects erect fences along highways to prevent accidents caused by stray domestic and ...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zinara on course to clearing DBSA debt
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has made significant progress in reducing its US$200 million debt with the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), now owing US$59 million. Zinara b...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 11:54hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for insulting cops
A 56-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man has been dragged to court after reportedly calling police officers "dogs".Norman Mpofu appeared before Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware facing a charge of disord...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma jailed for burning girlfriend
A 35-YEAR-OLD traditional healer in Plumtree was sent to prison yesterday after he was found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend.Mqondi...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 16 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man in dock for catapulting girlfriend
A Plumtree man was on Thursday arraigned before Plumtree magistrate's court Mr Joshua Nembaware facing charges of assaulting his girlfriend using a catapult.Kholisani Zikhali(29), of Rangeo to...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 21:52hrs | 1 | by Desmond Nleya
Bosso take preseason to Plumtree
WITH two weekends left before the start of the 2023 edition of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League, Bulawayo giants Highlanders step up their preparations with a friendly match against Mainline FC ...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Kombani Lodge goes up in smoke
PLUMTREE'S 52-bed Kombani Lodge was yesterday razed by an inferno that started as a veld fire near a Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) depot before a whirlwind lifted burning debris, which landed ...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Top Army Boss dies
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA)is mourning the death of the country's Defence Attaché to Botswana, Colonel John Mhlanga who died on Tuesday after he was involved in a fatal road accident along the B...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 16:24hrs | 7 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe records worst road accidents mortality rate in the Sadc region
AT least five people die in road traffic accidents every 24 hours in Zimbabwe, giving the country the worst mortality rate in the Sadc region, with the Plumtree highway as one of the hotspots....Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:18hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Ariel Sibanda does a Messi on Bosso
A MASSIVE player exodus looms at Highlanders following skipper and long-serving goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda's shock announcement that he's leaving the club he has served for 13 years. However, according ...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Polad member faces homicide charge
DEMOCRATIC Opposition Party (DOP) leader Peter Harry Wilson is facing a culpable homicide charge after he was involved in a car accident along the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway which claimed the life of a...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lozwi empire king, Mambo clarifies ascendance to the throne
LOZWI/Rozvi empire king, Mambo born Mike Moyo has clarified his ascendance to the throne, noting that his was not by ambition but was one that was led by the spiritual realm.King Mambo was ins...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Traffic Safety Council embarks on highway fencing
The Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe is working round the clock to complete fencing of Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highways as a measure to reduce accidents caused by stray animals, managing director Mr Obi...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo
The article gives an insight into the life of Moyo and also projects him as a fearless individual who did not hesitate to challenge his leader, the late Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo when he felt things wer...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Malayitsha kills a cyclist
A CYCLIST died on the spot after he was knocked down by a South Africa-bound Toyota Quantum at Stanmore along the Bulawayo- Beitbridge highway. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperso...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Usher Girls dormitory razed by fire
FORM Four students at Usher Girls Secondary School, south-west of Bulawayo, cheated death by a whisker when their dormitory was razed by fire on Sunday night.Most of the girls were left in onl...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
What sin did Ariel Sibanda commit Mr Chidzambwa?
EVERY football player dreams of representing his national team during the course of his playing career.It is the ultimate "call" when one is invited to join the squad and gets to don the natio...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Dualisation of the Mutare-Plumtree highway taking shape
The dualisation of the Mutare-Plumtree highway is taking shape with the government expected to commission the Ruwa-Goromonzi up to Melfort tollgate stretch which have been dualised while the construct...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 15:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deadliest highway
At least 44% of road fatalities in the country occur along the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Mutare highway which was resurfaced a few years ago at a cost of over $200 million, Transport minister Joram Gumbo has ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree highway perimeter fence commissioned
The government through the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe has completed the erection of a perimeter fence for the 100 kilometer stretch of the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway in a move that will signifi...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree High School old students seek to privatise school
PLUMTREE High School Old Prunitians (OPs) are seeking avenues to engage the Government to privatise the school.The idea to privatise the school was mooted in 2013, after some OPs conducted som...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree residents threaten to boycott paying ambulance levies
PLUMTREE residents and businesspeople have threatened to boycott paying fire and ambulance levies if council fails to invest in state-of-the-art fire tenders for the town.The town has been hit...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt seeks funds to renovate Plumtree High hostel
THE Government is making frantic efforts to raise funds to renovate the Plumtree High School hostel that was destroyed by fire on Tuesday last week, the Acting Minister of Information, Media and Broad...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
120 Plumtree High School A-Level pupils shelterless
A TOTAL of 120-A Level pupils at Plumtree High School could find themselves without shelter when schools open in three weeks following a fire that razed their hostel on Tuesday.The Government ...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:22hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Plumtree High inferno exposes fire brigade
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars went up in smoke as fire destroyed a double-storey hostel at Plumtree High School.Witnesses said the damage could have been minimised had Plumtree's fire de...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fire guts monumental Plumtree High hostel
TRAGEDY struck prestigious Plumtree High School on Tuesday night, when a monumental double storey hostel was reduced to a shell in an inferno destroying property worth millions of dollars with a teach...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Plumtree high school goes up in flames
There are reports that hostels at Plumtree High School caught fire last night.more...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 03:49hrs | 9 | by Stephens Jakes
Accident claims 5 near Bulawayo
Five people have died and five others injured in a road traffic accident that happened last night along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Republic Police said the acci...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree highway fencing starts
GOVERNMENT has started work on the erection of a fence along the Bulawayo –Plumtree highway with workers already on the ground.Last week, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Develop...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
5 killed, 19 injured in separate road accidents
Five people died while 19 were injured in two separate accidents along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway and in Bikita on Tuesday.Three people died in Bikita and 11 were injured, two seriously whe...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fenced highway cuts accidents caused by stray livestock
The Gweru-Bulawayo highway which used to top road traffic accidents nationwide and most of them caused by livestock, has not recorded a single road accident involving animals since January this year....Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madinda finally gets his way
WARRIORS legend Madinda Ndlovu - now head coach at Botswana Premier League side Orapa United - last week finally captured the signature of a former Plumtree High student that he has been chasing for t...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso in surprise tour
ACTING Highlanders chairman Modern Ngwenya has defended the team's surprise tour of the border town of Plumtree last Friday which happened without the knowledge of the club's leadership.The to...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil fondle woman's privates at school
A form four pupil at Plumtree High School aged 15 has been accused of dragging a woman into the bush and fondled her privates.The victim is aged 23 and stays on the school premises...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 03:41hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Avenging spirits: Are they real?
When Pastor Charles Chiriseri died in a traffic accident in September last year, his death left the nation shell-shocked. Even those who didn't know him, felt the sorrow. That is how shocking sudden d...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:02hrs | 6 | by Garikai Mazara
Tribalism rocks Girls College in Bulawayo
Parents at Girls college in Bulawayo have since raised a red flag at the school and are up in arms against the school head Miss Les Ross and her deputy a John Rugoyi for tribalism and racism....Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Maverick JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo
TWENTY TWO January will mark 40 years since the death of Jason Ziyapapa Moyo. The maverick Moyo who was Zapu's Vice-President was killed by a parcel bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. His death has been shro...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Major changes at Cyrene, Usher High schools
Cyrene Boys' High and Usher Girls' High schools in Matabeleland South could soon enroll girls and boys respectively.That is if Prmary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokor...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 04:14hrs | 15 | by Mary Charamba
Kombi driver sent to jail
A 25-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo kombi driver has been jailed for 24 months for causing the death of four passengers along the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway.Perseverance Tshabalala of Mpopoma suburb was...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pupil to be caned for theft of cash, groceries
A 16-YEAR-OLD Plumtree High School pupil will be caned for stealing $62 and grocery items worth $280 from three shops in the border town.The juvenile, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, ...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu
Minister orders roadblocks investigation
HOME Affairs Deputy Minister, Obedingwa Mguni intercepted a truck that was allegedly transporting more than 2,000 litres of smuggled fuel into the country along the Bulawayo-Plumtree Highway early Sun...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 12:37hrs | 5 | by Whinsley Masara
Ariel Sibanda is set to reclaim his starting place
HIGHLANDERS shot-stopper Ariel Sibanda is set to reclaim his starting place when the Bulawayo giants take on bogey but troubled side Chapungu United in a Castle Lager Premiership encounter set for Bar...Published: 07 May 2016 at 20:14hrs | 3 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
BF comes alive as Bosso take aim at Dembare
BARBOURFIELDS comes alive tomorrow afternoon when Highlanders host the Bob92 ZIFA Super Cup final first leg tie against bitter rivals Dynamos with goalkeeper Ariel Sibanda upbeat ahead of the showdown...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:21hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Ex-District Administrator arrested over mbanje
A FORMER Plumtree District Administrator has been arrested for selling marijuana, known locally as mbanje.Khululeka Charmer Mabuza, 45, of Rangeo Suburb in Plumtree, said he had been strugglin...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:48hrs | 3 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Council boss sued $100,000 for adultery
GWANDA Town's director of housing Kemelo Mdlongwa-Nkwate is being sued for $100,000 by a woman who claims she is in an adulterous relationship with her husband. The aggrieved woman, Thandeka M...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Girl pupils flock to Plumtree High School
HISTORY will be made today at Plumtree High School as girls walk into class at the previously boys only school.The institution started enrolling girls for Advanced Level science classes only l...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
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