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Zimbabwean girl commits suicide over money dispute
On August 18, 2024, a 17-year-old girl from Mlotshwa Village under Chief Samambwa tragically died after ingesting rat poison. The incident occurred around 5:00 PM fo...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:15hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally bludgeons friend over US$5
A man from Zhombe reportedly went into a violent frenzy and killed his drinking mate over a dispute about US$5.Mariny Marimbe, 31, allegedly attacked Cliff Maunganidze, 36, with a drill bit, a...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 12:14hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man kills brother over Liverpool, Manchester City match
A Zhombe man has gone into hiding after he allegedly fatally assaulted his brother following an argument over a soccer match that was played between Liverpool and Manchester City on Sunday evening....Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 20:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Burial impasse drags on for 4 months
IT is now four months since the murder of a Gokwe artisanal miner at Zhombe Business Centre, popularly known as Kwa-Juwero under Chief Gwesela, with affected families failing to agree on terms and con...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs press Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries
Zanu-PF MPs pressed finance minister Mthuli Ncube to raise their salaries and commit to give them houses and Toyota Land Cruisers before passing his budget on Thursday.Comparing themselves to ...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 17:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tension grips Midlands
SIMMERING tension has absorbed the ruling Zanu-PF in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Midlands backyard, stoked by the party's provincial leadership's decision to block scheduled disciplinary hearings f...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murdered artisanal miner's body 'demanding' its missing body parts at mortuary
FROM spending nine days dumped outside a house at the Muchechetere homestead in Zhombe East, the remains of Munyaradzi Dube (31) who was allegedly murdered for ritual purposes, are now reportedly "mak...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo 'buries Gravedigger' to win Redcliff Constituency
LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister July Moyo won the Redcliff Constituency in the just-ended harmonized election after outclassing three other contestants including outgoing legislator Ll...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Crisis meetings as turmoil grips Zanu-PF province
ZANU-PF early this week dispatched two senior party officials to the Midlands to hold crisis meetings following political turmoil that has gripped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province ahead of...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF chair quells 'bhora musango' threats
Zanu-PF Kwekwe District chairperson Moses Thandika has moved in to quell tensions within the party amid reports of bhora musango threats in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard following the recent...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midlands murder cases rile traditional leaders
TRADITIONAL leaders in the Midlands province have expressed concern over rising cases of murder involving artisanal miners and villagers.Chief Gwesela from Gokwe recently told the Southe...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's rigging tendencies exposed
Zanu-PF's rigging practices in elections were seriously exposed during internal primary polls to choose candidates who will represent the party in the coming watershed general plebiscite. The party ha...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Primaries: Remaining candidates announced
Zanu-PF has announced the final list of candidates who will represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections with 205 candidates cleared, and only five remaining to allow for reruns....Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Midlands allies exempt from Zanu-PF primaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in his Midlands home province have been exempted from being challenged by other party officials in Zanu-PF primary elections in a development that has stoke...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midlands inches closer to 2030 rural electrification target
The Midlands Province is inching closer to the 2030 target for all rural areas to have electricity as three-quarters of public schools, clinics, extension offices and other public institutions have be...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:44hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF youths grab Kadoma gold mine
Zanu-PF youths have moved to grab Eiffel Blue gold mine in Kadoma from a European investor who has put it up for sale ahead of next year's general elections.This shows there is still no rule o...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief declares Zhombe no-go area for Zimbabwe opposition
ZHOMBE traditional leader, Chief Samuel Samambwa, has declared the district a no-go area for opposition political parties, but complained that successive Zanu-PF governments have failed to electrify h...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sable Chemicals trying to displace farmers in Mnangagwa's backyard
Leading fertilizer producer Sable Chemicals has come under-fire for reportedly trying to displace resettled farmers in Kwekwe's Sherwood Block to pave way for citrus and dairy farming projects....Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two stabbed over scotch cart toll fee
Police are hunting for three unknown men who mounted an illegal toll gate on a strip road near Sidhakeni Business Centre in Zhombe before they started collecting toll fees from motorists and those wit...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 15:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's enforcer bites the dust again
FORMER State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube's political woes worsened at the weekend after he lost the Zanu-PF Midlands provincial vice chairmanship, on which he had imposed himself, and was shunt...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions in mudslinging campaigns
A BATTLE for the post of Zanu-PF Midlands provincial chairperson has ensued with party stalwarts already engaging in underground campaigns despite an official directive that members should desist from...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Councillor, wife murdered by mentally challenged grandson
A councillor from the Zibagwe Rural District Council died together with his wife died after they were assaulted with a log by their mentally challenged grandson on Sunday evening.Ward 8 Counci...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mum on Matemadanda fate
Zanu-PF has remained mum on the redeployment of national political commissar Victor Matemadanda amid reports of tension in the Midlands province, with several senior officials trying to dissociate the...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda dropped as political commissar
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Zanu-PF's political commissar Victor Matemadanda after he was accused of fanning divisions, reports said.Mnangagwa dropped Matemadanda from Zanu-PF's powerfu...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda Axing: Facts and Assumptions
By He answers to the name Matemadanda, which when translated to English entails chopping a log. The has been a lot of speculations surrounding the ironic axing of former ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 23:27hrs | 4 | by Shelton Muchena
Matemadanda was becoming too ambitious
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Zanu-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda over accusations that he was fanning factionalism and was becoming too ambitious. Matemadanda was fired during...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi full of stolen goats intercepted at roadblock
POLICE in Kadoma have arrested a man who was intercepted at a roadblock while transporting 45 goats that his accomplices and him had allegedly stolen in Zhombe.The goats were loaded in a commu...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Machete gang robs rival miner of US$15 000
A GANG of 11 machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly invaded a gold mine in Zhombe in the Midlands and attacked a rival while he was prospecting for gold before robbing him of US$15 000 and ex...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAA Canada announces inaugural nominees
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (Z.A.A) has announced the nominees list for the inaugural Z.A.A Canada edition with the Awards Dinner Gala set for Saturday 29th June 2019 in Edmonton at the Radisson Hotel....Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding gang's night spot attack leaves one dead
One person died while several others were injured after a machete and knobkerrie wielding gang besieged a night spot in Zhombe on Friday and started attacking revellers randomly. Thabani Dube ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 23:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Samambwa chieftainship wrangle resolved
Mr David Samambwa, who has been engaged in a bitter wrangle with his brother Samuel over the Samambwa chieftainship, got a reprieve early this week after the High Court ruled in his favour. Sa...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Samambwa chieftainship wrangle resolved
Mr David Samambwa, who has been engaged in a bitter wrangle with his brother Samuel over the Samambwa chieftainship, got a reprieve early this week after the High Court ruled in his favour. Sa...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Zanu-PF retains two-thirds majority
Zanu-PF has retained its two-thirds majority in the National Assembly following the announcement of the latest batch of results from 55 constituencies announced today. The party now has 144 se...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nasty fallout with cleric
Zanu-PF supporters aligned to a faction sympathetic to President Emmerson Mnangagwa attempted to elbow out his neighbour Reverend Isaac Tititi Moyo - with whom he has had a nasty fallout - from a farm...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man killed over $1 debt
A MAN from Zhombe man died upon admission at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo after an angry customer attacked him with a knobkerrie after he had asked him to pay $1 for tomatoes he had borrowed.Ber...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man axed to death in nightclub brawl
A 22-year-old Zhombe man died after being rushed to hospital with an axe stuck in his head following at attack by three unknown assailants at Mandoza Night Club.Michael Mapholisa died upon adm...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mugabe is like the Biblical Moses, says Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday poked holes in former President Robert Mugabe's 37-year reign, saying the Zanu-PF leader was like the Biblical Moses, who successfully rescued his kinsmen...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Race for Zanu-PF ticket hots up
Zanu-PF members interested in contesting in the May 5 primary elections have begun submitting their curricula vitae (CVS) across the country ahead of today's deadline. By last night, some members were...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths threaten to vote for opposition parties
ZANU-PF youths in Zvishavane-Ngezi constituency have threatened to vote for the opposition if the ruling party imposes deputy secretary for youth affairs, Lewis Matutu as their parliamentary candidate...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa to install chiefs in resettlement areas
Government is contemplating installing chiefs in resettlement areas thereby increasing the number of traditional leaders, Local Government minister July Moyo has revealed.Moyo told Senators on...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs fight over for their lives
Several Zanu-PF heavyweights who include Cabinet ministers could fall by the wayside in the party's forthcoming blood and thunder primary elections, with the youth league cranking up the heat on senio...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths exude confidence
The ZANU-PF Midlands Youth League is confident the revolutionary party, under the leadership of President Mnangagwa, will win the forthcoming harmonised elections by a landslide.The provincial...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dragged to court
Dethroned Zhombe chief David Samambwa has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court seeking to nullify his decision to install his younger brother Samuel as the substantive chief....Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira sucked into chieftainship wrangle
PRESIDENT of the Chiefs' Council, Fortune Charumbira, has been sucked into the Samambwa chieftainship wrangle after accusing dethroned David Samambwa of doctoring his birth certificate to lay claim to...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dethrones Mugabe-appointed chief
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has waded into the Samambwa chieftainship wrangle after he dethroned David Samambwa, who was installed by his predecessor - Robert Mugabe - a year ago.David was ap...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 15:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fires State House director
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired principal director of State residences, Innocent Dzapasi Tizora, amid reports that more heads will roll within his office as the purge of former President Robert...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs unapologetic about cars, says Charumbira
President of the Zimbabwe Council of Chiefs, Chief Fortune Charumbira has said traditional leaders are unapologetic about the cars they recently received from the Government.He said chiefs act...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tenant bashes landlord for demanding rentals
A KWEKWE man will rue being a landlord after he was assaulted with a pick handle by one of his tenants for "improperly" demanding rentals.Davies Nyoni of Mbizo high-density suburb was severely...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko fears return to Zimbabwe after military coup
VICE-President Phelekezela Mphoko, who was in Japan when the military took control of the levers of power on Tuesday last week, is reportedly making plans to seek refuge in either Zambia or Mozambique...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
G40 purged, Mnangagwa allies want #Mugabe to quit
EIGHT out of 10 Zanu-PF provinces yesterday held Provincial Coordination Committee meetings that resolved to call for the resignation of First Secretary and President Robert Mugabe failing which he sh...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 04:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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