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De Jongh crashes Bosso car and walks away
DUTCH coach Pieter De Jongh did not only leave Highlanders in a lurch after packing his bags for FC Platinum but he left the Bulawayo giants RTGS$6 000 poor after he crashed the club's car.It ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1597 | by Staff reporter
Firms tussle over control of Zimbabwe tollgates company
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (ZINARA) and Mabentu Consortium of South Africa are headed for a major tussle over the control of Group Five's stake in Infralink, a special vehicle, created ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:57hrs | 114 | by Staff rpeorter
Man (25) struck by lightining near police station
A 25-YEAR-OLD man was struck and killed by lightning in Plumtree Town on Wednesday.Matabeleland South police spokesman Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele confirmed the incident which occurred i...Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 19:12hrs | 1805 | by Staff Reporter
Granny (86) raped by great-grandson
The community of Matshetsheni area of Gwanda district has been left in a state of shock after an 86 year old woman was allegedly raped by her great-grandson.While members of the community were...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 12:30hrs | 3529 | by Staff Reporter
Hive of activity at border posts
Activity has heightened at border posts, with Beitbridge handling over 500 000 entries and exits since the beginning of this month, while Plumtree has had to temporarily adopt a 24-hour shift. ...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:01hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree border post opens 24 hours a day
PLUMTREE Border Post started operating round the clock on Friday to accommodate travellers during the festive season as the volumes have increased by 42 percent since Monday. Normally the bord...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:44hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Ministers hail Mnangagwa
PROVINCIAL Affairs Ministers have hailed the decision by President Mnangagwa to rotate the holding of the main programmes to commemorate national holidays like Independence Day and others across the c...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 04:56hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Cyrene pupils arrested for selling dagga and 'roofie' pills at school
While other pupils raise money through selling snacks and sweets to supplement their school allowances, some Cyrene Mission boys have allegedly crossed the thin line that separates law abiding citizen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
More purges to hit Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF is aware of attempts by its detractors to recruit elements to destabilise the party from within its rank and file, but will flush out such malcontents, President Mnangagwa has said. Of...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post ready for the influx
Border authorities from Zimbabwe and South Africa are geared up for an anticipated increase in vehicular and human traffic during the festive season, an official has said.The number of travell...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:42hrs | 2156 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi business under probe
POLICE and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) are investigating the theft of a car from a Customs and Excise Transit Shed owned by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's company at the Beitbridge Border Po...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:45hrs | 2928 | by Staff reporter
135 Gukurahundi, political victims repatriated
ONE hundred and thirty-five victims of Gukurahundi atrocities and political violence were repatriated from a refugee camp in Botswana, where they had sought shelter from persecution by the late former...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Zimra officials spend weekend in custody
TWO female Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials who spent the weekend in custody will today hear their bail ruling on a charge of criminal abuse of office.Clarissa Zharare (47) and Con...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Zimra moves to block smuggled vehicles
Zimra has intensified its crackdown on smuggled vehicles by blocking the cars in the system with a view to recover them. Last month, Zimra released a list of 433 vehicles detailing registratio...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Met Office warns of thunderstorms
RAINS are returning as a cloud band moves east from Botswana, with the Meteorological Services Department warning of isolated thunderstorms in Matabeleland South and Masvingo provinces. The department...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree residents petition council over rates hike
PLUMTREE residents have petitioned the local authority over a 350% to 800% rates increase for various services, contrary to the proposed increase of between 100% and 300% for 2020.In a letter ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:25hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP dies
MATABELELAND South Zanu-PF Member of Parliament (Proportional Representation) Alice Ndlovu-Zulu has died. She was 63. Her younger brother, Mr Patnas Mazibuko said Ndlovu-Zulu succumbed to kidn...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:24hrs | 11726 | by Staff reporter
'The C'wealth officer jumped from his seat when I threw my AK-47 at him'
Today we conclude the series of interviews that we have been doing with former Zipra guerilla, Tapson Ncube aka Makhula. Ncube was a maverick guerilla who at one point was detained on the orde...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:58hrs | 3692 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for model state-of-the-art road network
ZIMBABWE is poised for a model state-of-the-art road network by 2030 as Government is working tirelessly to upgrade infrastructure despite illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the United States...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:48hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Zimra recovers 81 smuggled vehicles
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has recovered 81 of the 433 smuggled vehicles, of which 51 have since been cleared.In an interview on Monday, Zimra spokesperson Francis Chimanda said: "...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm ravages Bulilima West
A HAILSTORM, which ploughed through Bulilima West over the weekend, destroyed entire classrooms at Ndolwane Primary School, leaving only one, with reports that yesterday pupils were turned away becaus...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:28hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland switches to rand amid currency turmoil
As the government celebrates the transition from the multi-currency regime to a mono-currency system as one of its successes towards currency reforms, it is a different situation altogether in rural M...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:38hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:05hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 16:41hrs | 898 | by Staff Reporter
Police summon more Zapu leaders over hospital demo
POLICE in Plumtree, Matabeleland South, on Tuesday summoned more Zapu leaders on charges of holding an unsanctioned demonstration at the Catholic-run St Anne's Brunapeg Hospital recently.Zapu ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:10hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
'433 recalled vehicles didn't pay duty'
THE 433 vehicles recalled by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) this week were smuggled and did not pay Customs and Excise duty, the revenue authority has revealed.Zimra, which is yet to q...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:08hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU leadership arrested for demanding jobs for locals
ZAPU leadership were Tuesday summoned by Plumtree police for shutting down St Anne's Nursing School in Brunapeg, Mangwe following the recruitment of non-locals at the hospital.Last week, a gro...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:10hrs | 2489 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Zapu activists arrested
ZAPU activists, who on Tuesday forced the temporary closure of the Catholic mission-run St Anne's Brunapeg Nursing School in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, protesting alleged unfair recruitment ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Fuel smugglers flee to Botswana
POLICE have recovered 665 litres of petrol from illegal fuel dealers near Plumtree Border Post which is suspected to have been smuggled from Botswana. Matabeleland South provincial police spok...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:16hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU shuts down St Anne's hospital nursing school
Opposition political party, ZAPU, Tuesday forced the temporary shutdown of the St Anne`s Mission Hospital nursing school in Matabeleland South following an outcry from villagers that locals were being...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:43hrs | 3182 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF announces dates for the accreditation of delegates
ZANU-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo has announced dates for the accreditation of delegates to attend the party's 18th National People's Conference in Goromonzi, Mashonala...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Denny Mashengele left a 'trail of friendship'
Master of ceremonies Church leaders Family members and all present I am honoured to be one of the people chosen to speak for the friends of Denny Mashengele. Harold Ndl...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 403 | by Strike Mkandla
Plumtree herdboy sodomises 2 boys...gives them two rand
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have announced that two boys aged have been rescued from a 35 year old man was sodomising them in Madlambudzi. The boys are aged 5 and 7 years. The man was...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 16:06hrs | 1904 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Revamp for Bulawayo bus termini
THE Government in partnership with the Bulawayo City Council and the private sector intends to embark on a massive refurbishment of the city's dilapidated 56 bus termini as it moves to overhaul the co...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
3 knife-wielding robbers arrested
POLICE have arrested three suspects accused of robbing a number of shops and homesteads in Plumtree, Matabeleland South province.Trust Nkomo, Richard Ncube and Mthabisi Moyo reportedly targete...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youths cause chaos at mining indaba
ZANU PF supporters, who were bussed to the mining indaba in Gweru to beef up numbers ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's address on Wednesday, caused a raucous at feeding points as they threatened...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Neighbours in fatal fight over woman
A SPURNED man from Plumtree who allegedly fatally attacked his 51-year-old neighbour in a fight over a woman, yesterday appeared in court. Methuseli Moyo (36) of Mabungwe village in Bulilima d...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Our MPs are true representatives of the people
The MDC MPs are representatives of the people and during the pre-budget consultation meeting in Victoria Falls, we adequately played the role of true envoys of ordinary Zimbabweans who want key issues...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:40hrs | 956 | by Prosper Chapfiwa Mutseyami
A view from ko Bulawayo with Discent Bajila
When modernization and digitization deepen marginalization On the day I finished my Advanced Level examinations at Luveve High School in Bulawayo mid November 2006, my loving sister had alread...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 13:02hrs | 3077 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Luswingo gears for monument site status
The government is in the process of declaring the Luswingo heritage site in Bulilima, Matabelaland South, a monument following intense lobbying by the local community.Located in Tokwana villag...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:50hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa applauds his wife's philanthropic work
Philanthropic works by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, which have spread across the length and breadth of the country, have helped to shine a light on living conditions of most Zimbabweans, prompting G...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:31hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Woman slaps driver with $520k lawsuit for fuel queue accident
A BULAWAYO woman who sustained injuries after her car was hit by another vehicle while in a fuel queue is suing the driver of the offending car for $520 000 in damages. Ms Heather Hikwa of Pum...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:02hrs | 788 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer loses appeal in 14kg gold theft case
PROMINENT Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya's bid to evade being put to his defence in the 14kg gold theft trial suffered a major blow after the Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision to dismiss his...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Botswana arrests 4 000 Zimbabweans border jumpers
POLICE in Botswana have since January this year arrested more than 4 000 Zimbabweans for attempting to illegally cross into the neighbouring country. The border jumpers, 2 479 men, 1 521 women and chi...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
'We don't want to shoot your cattle' - Botswana
Botswana police say they do not enjoy gunning down Zimbabwean livestock that stray into their country urging villagers living along the two countries' borders to make extra efforts in controlling thei...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 18:15hrs | 3613 | by Staff Reporter
'Mgagao Declaration changed political dynamics'
The bid by nationalist leaders to negotiate with Ian Smith around 1976 did not go well with freedom fighters. As such, these efforts led to the emergence of power dynamics that saw Robert Mugabe posit...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:50hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Zimra cracks whip on staff
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is cracking the whip on officers suspected of prejudicing the taxman millions of dollars in potential revenue, in the wake of reports of an elaborate illegal veh...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:04hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Kombani changes the face of Plumtree
PLUMTREE businessman Charles Moyo has changed the face of the border town's tourism industry by establishing a three star lodge.Moyo, who owns CBC Construction Company in South Africa responde...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:50hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
14 year old boy rapes girl in church
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Figtree, on the outskirts of Bulawayo along Plumtree road, who was jailed 15 years for raping an 86-year-old woman has claimed that he sneaked into the octogenarian's hut becaus...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 08:25hrs | 7060 | by Staff Reporter
Cop dupes police recruit of $400
Zvishavane magistrate, Achy Wochiunga has issued a warrant of arrest for a female Harare police officer who is facing fraud charges after she absconded court.Evelyn Dzama, who resides at South...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
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