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Car with 2 dead bodies found inside Runde River
Details of the ZRP The Sub-Aqua unit, with the help of villagers from Chilonga in southern Chiredzi, have retrieved the two bodies stuck in a pickup truck which drowned in Runde river on Saturday.&nbs...Published: 02 May 2022 at 19:52hrs | 2569 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mermaid 'vanishes' with girl (11)
HUNDREDS of villagers under Chief Chitanga area in Mwenezi district have for the past five days been performing traditional rituals on the shores of Runde River, where a girl vanished 11 years ago, in...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 06:12hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says no one will be displaced in Chilonga
No villager will be displaced from where they are settled by the planned Chilonga Irrigation Scheme in Chiredzi, whose aim is to develop and empower people in the drier region, Vice President Constant...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimParks raises concern over surge in human-wildlife conflicts
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has attributed the surge in human-wildlife conflicts to overpopulation and encroachment of human settlements into conservancies....Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tugwi-Mukosi spills for the first time ever
ZIMBABWE'S largest inland dam, Tugwi-Mukosi in southern Masvingo, spilled for the first time on Saturday evening following incessant rains in its catchment.The water body, with a capacity of 1...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 12:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns on flooded rivers
Government yesterday warned people against crossing flooded rivers following a number of incidents of people being swept away or marooned. In a statement, Local Government and Public Works Act...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF DCC winner drowns
William 'Mboma' Elliot, a Zanu-PF member who recently won a party primary election ahead of a by-election for Ward 16 Chiredzi RDC has drowned in Runde River. Mboma was driving a herd of cattl...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 20:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Woman resurfaces after 40 years with mermaids?
An 8-year-old girl who was reportedly snatched away by a mermaid spirit while bathing along a stream some 40 years ago has reportedly resurfaced, TellZim News has heard.Rowai Chihwakwa, of Mat...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 20:25hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Teacher falls into mine shaft, dies while panning for gold
A Mathematics teacher from Zvishavane, who had absconded work to go and conduct illegal mining, died after he fell headlong into a 15-metre deep mine shaft while lowering his colleague with a rope....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 07:55hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Heroic mother who saved baby from crocodile grip honoured
CHIREDZI woman Morina Musisinyani (30) who, in April this year saved her three-year-old son from the jaws of a crocodile, was honoured on Friday by a feminist organisation.Whispers, whose lead...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Villager eaten by crocodiles
A 40-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane man died over the weekend after he was devoured by crocodiles while on a fishing expedition in the Runde River.Tawanda Ranganai's body parts were discovered the follow...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
The curse of Murowa diamonds
Dear Editor, We recently learnt through your informative publication the likelihood of Zimbabwe Diamonds being discussed and categorized as " conflict diamonds " during the forthcoming UN plen...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 05:58hrs | 2477 | by Deprived Murowa Ward Community
Cyclone hits Masvingo
Tropical Cyclone Idai is also wreaking havoc in Masvingo Province, with at least 15 houses having already been destroyed in Zaka under Chief Nhema. Zaka District Administrator,Ndeya Nyeda...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 18:23hrs | 10565 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to name Harare Minister this week
President Mnangagwa says he will appoint the Minister of State for Harare Metropolitan province this week. The Metropolitan province did not have a Minister of State since last year when Presi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Low-lying Chilonga Bridge claims Chiredzi RDC employee's life
A CHIREDZI Rural District Council (RDC) employee was recently swept away at the low-lying Chilonga Bridge, as he tried to cross the flooded Runde River.Chiredzi RDC chief executive Isaac Matsi...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:25hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Drought ravages Matebeleland South, Masvingo
LIVESTOCK farmers in Beitbridge, Gwanda and parts of Mwenezi districts have reported a marked deterioration in the health of their animals as drought tightens its grip on parts of Matebeleland South a...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Double standards by Rio Zim
DearRio Tonto Zimbabwe particularly Murowa Diamonds has a policy whereby prospective employees are subjected to serious vetting including police clearance and anyone with a criminal record is ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by Concerned Zvishavane Residents
Mnangagwa govt revives abandoned road projects
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has intensified efforts to revive road and bridge projects that were abandoned more than 30 years ago.The country's road infrastructure is in dire nee...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:08hrs | 1162 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slmans Chamisa for politicking
The Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial leadership has castigated MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa for trying to make cheap political capital out of Tugwi-Mukosi flood victims at Chingwizi who have been ...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:39hrs | | 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
5 die in Runde River Bridge crash
Five people died and 5 others were injured in an accident which involved a haulage truck and a cross border commuter omnibus along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway.The accident occurred at the ...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Curse of Murowa Diamonds
Dear Editor, Surely something is very wrong with Zim diamonds. Are they cursed! Forget about the mystery around the $15billion, operation hakudzokwi or operation restore legitimacy but think o...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 08:57hrs | 4417 | by Disgruntled Murowa Community
New Chilonga bridge remains a pipe dream
TEN years after government promised to construct a new bridge across Runde River, in Chilonga, south of Chiredzi at a cost of $Z200 billion, the project remains a pipe dream, and lives continue to be ...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 05:46hrs | 703 | by Staff Reporter
Gold panning destroying river: RDC
The Runde Rural District Council (RDC) has raised a red flag over rampant uncontrolled gold panning along the Runde River.The local authority says these activities could in the immediate futur...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 13:16hrs | 304 | by Staff Reporter
West rigged us out of UNWTO post, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am really disappointed that one of our best ministers, Cde Walter, was rigged out of the secretary generals' position of the United Nations ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:52hrs | | by CZ
Rt Brigadier Gwanetsa stole Presidential rice - Mahofa
The Minister of State for Masvingo Shuvai Mahofa has accused three Zanu PF MPs for Chiredzi including Retired Brigadier Gwanetsa, Robert Mukwena and Denford Masiya of diverting donated rice which was ...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | 589 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Army rescues marooned Lundi High pupils, staff
LUNDI Girls High in Mwenezi District has been shut down while bridges in Mberengwa have been destroyed leaving nine districts inaccessible as floods continue to ravage the southern parts of the co...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo floods threat recedes
The situation yesterday started slowly returning to normal at Lundi Mission on the border between Chivi and Mwenezi where nearly 300 girls at the school had to be evacuated after floods induced by hea...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rains trigger state of disaster
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate yesterday recommended that a state of disaster be declared in the country's southern provinces where one person was killed, while hundreds were maroo...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman flees python into crocodile jaws
CONFRONTED by a huge python while out herding goats along a riverbank, a 27-year-old Chivi woman leapt into a river hoping to wade across to safety. Terrified Tsitsi Gwanangara had no way of k...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:43hrs | 4902 | by Walter Mswazie
Airforce of Zimbabwe rescues marooned trio
THE Airforce of Zimbabwe was on Sunday summoned to rescue three people who were marooned on an island in Runde River in Triangle. An Airforce of Zimbabwe helicopter flew from Thornhill Airbase...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:37hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Prostitution in rural communities
PROSTITUTION has never been so rife in rural communities but wait until you get just after Runde River along the busy Masvingo- Beitbridge highway at a thriving business centre called Lundi. It has fi...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 11:32hrs | 7182 | by Vincent Gono
Zimbabwe's best kept secret for bush lovers
Nature-lovers have been venturing back up to Zimbabwe for several years now. Many of them head for well-known attractions like Victoria Falls and Mana Pools, both more than eight hours' drive from Bei...Published: 07 Jul 2015 at 10:45hrs | | by Traveller24
Flooding incidences - Pictures
A goat is marooned in the middle of flooded Runde River, Zvishavane. Picture by Anonymous...Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on flash floods alert
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) yesterday warned of looming flash floods in some parts of the country as heavy rains are expected to continue over the next 10 days.The warning com...Published: 06 Feb 2014 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 200 Shangaan men and boys get circumcised
A RECORD 1 200 Shangaan men and boys from Mwenezi and Chiredzi graduated at the weekend after undergoing circumcision and initiation as per the dictates of the local culture. Now over a centu...Published: 16 Sep 2013 at 05:59hrs | 2697 | by Staff Reporter
Zvishavane-Ngezi candidate seriously injured in accident
FORMER Zvishavane Town Council chairman Mr Alluwis Zhou is reportedly battling for life at Zvishavane District Hospital after he was involved in an accident along the Masvingo-Zvishavane highway on Su...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 04:28hrs | 5056 | by Staff reporter
Vehicles swept away at flooded rivers, ten people die
TEN people have drowned so far this month after vehicles they were travelling in were swept away at flooded rivers and bridges in separate incidents. National traffic acting police spokesperson Assist...Published: 18 Jan 2013 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 swept away by a flooded river
Four people are reportedly missing after the commuter omnibus they were travelling in was swept away by a flooded river in Chiredzi.According to Masvingo Provincial Police Spokesperson, Inspe...Published: 07 Jan 2013 at 20:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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