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US$5 armed thief sentenced to 20 years in prison
A MAN who stole US$5 from a motorist before causing a car accident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Blessing Moyo was facing two counts of armed robbery when he appeared before Harare ...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ED-UNZA Scholarship Fund raises US$600,000
THE ED-UNZA (University of Zambia) Scholarship raised US$600 000 during a fundraising dinner held at State House two weeks ago.President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the patron of the fund, which was...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man dumps wife, 3 minor children in Bulawayo CBD and disappears
In Bulawayo, a man is alleged to have abandoned his wife and three children in the city center on Thursday evening after picking them up from their rural home in Mt. Darwin.The woman, whose na...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears revolt over elections
THE Zimbabwean government is running a security operation, mainly in Harare, around the clock to prevent gatherings as it is fears an uprising and post-election violence over disputed poll results, in...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man who used false documents for job as child psychologist is jailed in Ireland
A man who used false documents to secure employment as a child psychologist and “live a fake life” has been jailed for four years.Nikiwe Dube (41) with an address at Colpe Drive, Deepforde...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 13:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mob urinates on robbers
AN angry mob urinated on three robbers, whose luck ran out when a car they had stolen crashed into a kombi, at Chigovanyika Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza on Wednesday evening.Four suspected robbe...Published: 05 May 2023 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reportr
War vets should be vanguards of Zimbabwe's independence
Our war veterans should be at the forefront of condemning the institutionalised plunder of our vast national resources by a small ruling eliteONE of the greatest tragedies to befall post-colon...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:20hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The enablers of Shona hegemony and enemies of Mthwakazi's peoples' emancipation from the MLF President
Greetings to all!, The compilation of this article identifies the enablers of Shona hegemony among others as the so-called "ZPRA Legacy Group". This group is comprised of charlatans who are in...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:37hrs | 11 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Sikhosana Buhlungu mourns death of parent
It's not easy to lose a parent in life!Whether you are young or old, it always feels like there is a pierce on your heart especially when that one parent, who was the only one left as a pillar...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Client' rapes sex worker
A 38-YEAR-OLD Harare man appeared in court yesterday charged with raping a sex worker from Hopley.Kurauone Gwamure (38) was remanded in custody to today when he appeared before Harare magistra...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:50hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporter suffers trauma after Zanu-PF violence
THE Alliance member, who was recently attacked at his homestead during the opposition party's leader Nelson Chamisa's tour of Mashonaland West Province, is suffering from severe post-traumatic stress ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC, Zanu-PF in violent clashes
VIOLENT clashes, pitting Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance activists, left scores of people injured after ruling party supporters attempted to block opposition leader Nelson Chamisa from meeting villagers in Z...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's stability the charm that wooed Ndebele fluent Kuda Tagwirei
BUSINESSMAN Kuda Tagwirei has revealed he was attracted to partner Highlanders because of the good leadership, which the club have always enjoyed, since the ‘70s.Bosso have been a model of s...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus army officer up for 19 rape counts
A HARARE man who impersonated being Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer appeared in court Wednesday facing 19 rape charges.He committed the offences, which also include robbery after offering...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
City centre murder captured on CCTV
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four men alleged to be part of a gang of six that was caught on camera assaulting two men in the city centre resulting in the death of one of their victims.Tru...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Haulage truck runs over pothole filler
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy from Lupane was crushed to death on the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway near Cross Jotsholo when a haulage truck ran over him while he was filling potholes on the road. The a...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who are the actual NGO beneficiaries?
A reflection on Nkirote, a woman from a small village in Kenya, and James, a country director of an NGO.The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.90 a day. I have often ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | | by @NGOsceptic
Mnangagwa replaces Mobutu Sese Seko as most corrupt African leader
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little."Shocking as it is, the above statement that apparently legitimises graft, is attributed t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 19:10hrs | 7 | by Israel Dube
Kombi operators deal with potholes
A team of kombi operators in Highfield, Harare gave back to the community by filling potholes at Machipisa shopping centre on Friday morning.The good Samaritans told Bulawayo24.com that pothol...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 10:11hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chinese nationals causing serious land degradation in Mazowe
WATER CRISES has hit Bindura town yet again, with the Chinese nationals being accused of practising alluvial mining at Mazowe river there by causing serious land degradation.Mazowe river...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
A tale of two funerals
THE angel of death has once again struck - it has paid the nation the all but unfamiliar visit.It is not the visit that surprises many, but it is how it stole from the roll-call of the famous ...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
4 killed in Kuwadzana plane crash
FOUR people were killed and three others seriously injured when a Kariba-bound private plane crashed and extensively damaged two houses in Kuwadzana 5 suburb in Harare yesterday morning.The fo...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi crash kills three
THREE people died on the spot this morning at Ealing farm, Mvurwi when a Nissan Caravan kombi veered off the road and overturned after a tyre bust....Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 21:33hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Robbers strike in Beitbridge again
Police are looking for three men who fatally struck a 29-year-old man with stones and robbed him of four cell phones and money last Thursday afternoon. The attack occurred after Andy Culkin Ma...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivhu shooting: Details emerge
Chivhu residents were left in awe of the manner in which security services tracked, shot and killed two gunmen who had attacked two other soldiers on Saturday, killing one and seriously wounding anoth...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jim Kunaka attacked, loses US$2 000
NOTORIOUS former Zanu-PF terror group, Chipangano leader Jim Kunaka was yesterday attacked by four assailants and robbed of US$2 000.The attack, according to the former Zanu-PF youth leader, o...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen arrested for baby-dumping
A 16-year-old girl is in trouble after she dumped her a six-month-old child at a house in Bulawayo.The girl, who is of no fixed abode, appeared before a Bulawayo Western Commonage magistrate, ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man faints in court
Proceeding at Kwekwe Magistrates courts briefly came to a halt yesterday after an accused person collapsed just before sentencing. Portipha Musiiwa (49) and his son, who were facing charges of...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
When desperation morphs into outright madness
When desperation morphs into outright madness, every move and utterance with good intentions is panel-beaten into political mudslinging. The ill conceived idea being to attract condemnation fr...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:09hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Maimane a misguided and delusional politician
This week, the country woke up to the news that the South African opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) leader, Mmusi Maimane intended to take President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the International Criminal ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 13:37hrs | | by Elijah Chihota
Zanu-PF grandstanding on luxuries, entitlements, claims MDC
MDC Alliance chief whip Prosper Mutseyami yesterday accused his Zanu-PF counterpart in the National Assembly, Pupurai Togarepi, of political grandstanding by claiming that ruling party legislators had...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
'Good Samaritan' pothole patchers causing more damage: Harare Council
The continued illegal road maintenance by supposed Good Samaritans has created more damage than good on most roads.The groups target eastern suburbs where the elite would not hesitate to part ...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 21:57hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
General Sibanda's testimony disputed
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) rarely admits to wrongdoing, officials from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) told a Commission of Inquiry probing the August 1 post-election violence that...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Non-beer buying pal cheats death
A 32-YEAR-OLD man is lucky to be alive after a beer brawl turned bloody when he was stabbed twice for refusing to buy beer at Sivalo Business Centre last week on Saturday.Mbonisi Mabuza of Chi...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police sabotaging residents
Serious sabotage by Mvurwi police station has been witnessed by residents since the ushering in of the new era.Last night two robberies reportedly occurred in Mvurwi where a tobacco farmer was...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Over 28000 register to vote in Harare west
Harare West Legislator Jessie Majome has said over 28000 people have registered to vote in this year's election."Well done Harare West for registering to vote during ZEC's mobile voter registr...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Speeding commuter omnibus knocks down boy (4)
A Grade 4 pupil died on Wednesday from wounds sustained after she was attacked by two vicious dogs in a low density suburb of Beitbridge.The girl was mauled while coming from school at around ...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail for fatal hit & run
A BULAWAYO commuter omnibus driver plying the Plumtree–Bulawayo route who killed a villager in a hit-and-run accident was yesterday sentenced to an effective six months in prison.Thabani Cli...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths attack ZPP staff
Zimbabwe Peace Project has said following the violence that erupted over the last weekend On the 25 October, in Ward 23, Unit N Chitungwiza, Councillor Betty Dokora agreed to a meeting with Zimbabwe P...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man stabs ex's lover to death
A bitter man from Maranda Village in Mwenezi will live to curse the day he started stalking his ex-lover as jealousy got the better of him and he stabbed the woman's lover to death.Leoroyd Mat...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knock down robbery driver stole car
THE man who ran over a woman and ploughed into a precast wall before ramming into a house in Sizinda, Bulawayo in a botched hit and run had allegedly stolen the car, it emerged yesterday.Pfumi...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Driver hits pedestrian, robs her of $30
A BULAWAYO woman's legs were mangled after a car hit her resulting in her landing on the bonnet of the same vehicle which then ploughed into a precast wall before ramming into a lounge of a house in S...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hit and run driver kills 73-year-old
A 73-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo sustained internal injuries resulting in his death following a hit and run incident which occurred along Nketa Drive in the city.Ben Mberi of Sizinda Flats was ...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kangai family abandons daughter
A woman said to be the daughter of the late liberation war stalwart, Kumbirai Kangai, has been living in a rundown rural mental hospital without any visitors for nearly 40 years now, the Eastern News ...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fire burns Good Samaritans’ property
A GOOD deed has cost a family from Mlomoliwoto Village in Umzingwane district.Their property mysteriously got burnt after trying to help their neighbours who were being tormented by a "mysteri...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim double amputee: dead man walking
Gift Ncube will forever rue the day in 2013 when he crossed the path of his Mahalapye boss.Fast-foward to April 8, 2017. Ncube cuts a sorry figure in front of Pick ‘n Pay Supermarket at the ...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 07:10hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Military deployed into Nyathi to stop Ndebele, Shona tribal wars?
MLO learns with disappointment and fury, that the government of Zimbabwe, after an unexplained deployment of the army in Bulawayo, capital City of Matabeleland on christmas eve, has again posted h...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 13:14hrs | | by Israel Dube
Woman pardons 2 men for gang raping her
A 20-YEAR-OLD Plumtree rape victim has withdrawn charges against two men who allegedly took turns to attack her saying she had forgiven them as they committed the crime while under the influence o...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
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