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Chief Sogwala to be laid to rest Sunday
THE curtain will fall on one of Zimbabwe's longest-serving traditional leaders as Chief Sogwala of Lower Gweru is set to be buried Sunday 6 July 2025, at his homestead in Ward 7, Sogwala Village....Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 11:12hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death in revenge attack on Christmas eve
A 39-year-old man, Nqobizitha Mazibuko, tragically lost his life in a violent revenge attack on Christmas Eve. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. along a dust road leading from Madigane Business Cen...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:39hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Love triangle leaves woman battling for life
A woman is in critical condition in hospital after being attacked with a machete by her husband's ex-wife on August 31, 2024. The incident occurred around 2:00 PM at Kobodo village under Chief Nhema i...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 14:45hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Villagers sell their livestock for a song
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland and Midlands are being forced to sell off their livestock for a song to buy a few bags of maize and other basics as the effects of the El Nino-induced drought set in....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Man kills other for beating wife
A Maboleni villager allegedly fatally stabbed his neighbour for assaulting his wife over goats that had strayed into the deceased's field and destroyed crops.Midlands provincial police spokesp...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, war vets square off over Zipra properties
ZIPRA veterans in Matabeleland North have demanded that Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu must visit the province to show them some Zipra properties, which he claims he bought in Nyaman...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife for buying bag
A 37-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane woman was last Thursday allegedly murdered by her husband after buying herself a bag using money meant to purchase groceries.Midlands provincial police spokesperson In...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man murders wife for buying bag with groceries money
A Zvishavane man reportedly killed wife with a garden hoe for misusing funds after she bought a bag using money meant for groceries.Nobert Mhlanga (36) was arrested after assaulting his wife, ...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Huge turnout for IDs campaign
The ongoing mobile registration for identity documents has seen high turnouts at most of the 59 extra points across the Midlands, provincial registrar Ms Agnes Gambura has said.Government laun...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Forget about traditional funeral rituals, says Omega Sibanda
THE death of five people in Lower Gweru from Covid-19 after performing body viewing of a deceased relative from South Africa has raised concerns over rites traditionally observed upon the passing on o...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Body viewing claims five people
Five villagers from Lower Gweru succumbed to Covid 19 after attending a funeral service and conducted body viewing of a deceased person from the village who had died in South Africa of the virus last ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 17:19hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
5 die of Covid-19 after attending funeral
Five villagers from Lower Gweru under Chief Sogwala have died of Covid-19 in a space of a week after attending a funeral service for a relative who had succumbed to the virus. According to the local l...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide deal divides stakeholders
THE majority of stakeholders in the 1980s army killings in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces have expressed reservations over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to allow traditional leaders to ...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Corpse dumped at 'killer's' homestead
THERE was drama in Lower Gweru when relatives of an artisanal miner who was killed in suspected amakorokoza battles dumped the body at the alleged assailant's homestead demanding compensation. ...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
REWIND: Zipra fighters lost over 4,000 cattle to Mugabe
Ex-Zipra members have resolved to continue piling pressure on the government to return immovable properties that were seized at the height of the armed dissident crackdown in the 1980s. The ex...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zipra to confront Mnangagwa
ZIPRA has threatened to approach President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a fresh bid to force the Zanu-PF government to release former Zapu properties seized before the signing of the 1987 Unity Accord betwee...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murder witnesses turn into zombies
PEOPLE who witnessed a son-in-law kill his mother-in-law on Monday are said to be now behaving like zombies.Lawrence Moyo from Kwekwe choked his mother-in-law Inna Ncube to death and also kill...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dies at deliverance session
A MAN (26) from Mbizo Suburb in Kwekwe allegedly teamed up with his wife and brother-in-law to kill his mother-in-law (53) by pulling out her tooth which they claimed she used to bewitch people....Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man pulls out 'witch' mother-in-law's tooth, kills her
A MAN (26) from Mbizo Suburb in Kwekwe allegedly teamed up with his wife and brother-in-law to kill his mother-in-law (53) by pulling out her tooth which they claimed she used to bewitch people....Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
A list of Mthwakazi Chiefs
Here is a list of iZinduna zakoMthwakazi, ezinye sezakhothama. 1. Bakwayi - Stanley Sithole »Matobo2. Bango - Godin Dube »Mangwe3. Bankwe - Silinga Sibanda »Mberengwa...Published: 05 May 2017 at 13:21hrs | 521 | by Staff Reporter
Fight turns fatal
A 23-year-old man from Lower Gweru on Tuesday appeared in court on allegations of fatally stabbing a colleague leaving his intestines protruding.Marko Ngwenya of Mgulatshana Village under ...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman catches hubby kissing best friend
A Lower Gweru woman caught her best friend red-handed kissing her husband by the river in broad-day light.Sekai Mpofu had dashed to the river after receiving a call notifying her that her calf...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zapu Update: Molife joins the National Executive Committee
Zapu's Arthur Molife has vacated the hot seat of being chairperson of Europe Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) for a hotter seat elsewhere. This paves way for the results-driven Ms Susan Ndlovu to ...Published: 25 Oct 2016 at 10:47hrs | 3 | by Zapu Europe
Man murders own mother and 2 women
A 34-YEAR-OLD mentally challenged man from Lower Gweru allegedly strangled his mother with his bare hands before fatally axing two neighbours in grisly murders which have shocked villagers....Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim kwaito stars make waves in UK
"We have never been good at following the norm. We don't follow trends nor feel the need to fit in. Neither are we worried about a target audience as our demographics are unknown but what we do know i...Published: 28 May 2016 at 16:03hrs | | by Showbiz Reporter
Zim kwaito stars shine in the UK - Interview with Xolani Nqo
"We have never been good at following the norm. We don't follow trends nor feel the need to fit in. Neither are we worried about a target audience as our demographics...Published: 09 May 2016 at 10:06hrs | 1 | by Showbiz Reporter
Zimbabwe police hunt 86 hardcore criminals
POLICE in Gweru are hunting 86 hardcore criminals that include 63 rape suspects and 17 murder suspects. According to information released by the police, most of the criminals are from Gweru and Ch...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 06:02hrs | | by Elizabeth Tsuro
Zimbabwe needs friends, every country needs friends
In the past six-months, we have witnessed some of the worst human created and natural disasters in the world. An AirAsia Airbus A320 crashing into the Java Sea destroying 160 lives; the tragic m...Published: 15 May 2015 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Woman confesses possessing goblins
A LOWER Gweru woman stunned a packed Gweru court yesterday when she confessed to possessing two goblins. Elizabeth Solomon of Pakama Village under Chief Sogwala made the sensational remarks be...Published: 16 Apr 2015 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Timoth Makohliso
Volunteer cops walk 30km to nab murder suspect
FIVE members of a Neighbourhood Watch Committee (NWC) in Lower Gweru walked for more than 30km to arrest a murder suspect.The NWC members - Sipho Mpofu, Milton Moyo, Mpitha Ndlovu, Siphiwe Ngw...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 07:11hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Man scalds daughter, 18 months, with boiling water
POLICE have arrested a man in Lower Gweru for allegedly killing his 18 month old baby girl by pouring hot water on her because she could not walk.Golden Madzivire, 31, from Matina Village, He...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Timoth Makohliso
Murdered Bosso fan's family struggling to raise funds
The family of the murdered Highlanders fan, Thembelenkosini Hloli, was yesterday struggling to raise funds to transport his body for burial at his rural home in Sogwala, Lower Gweru, tomorrow morning....Published: 13 Aug 2014 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's murdered fan yet to be buried
THE family of Thembelenkosini Hloli, a Highlanders fan killed on Saturday in Bulawayo by alleged Dynamos hooligans, has said they are waiting for a post mortem report pending burial at his rural home...Published: 13 Aug 2014 at 20:09hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Six Dembare supporters arrested in connection with murder of Bosso fan
SIX suspected Dynamos Football Club supporters have been charged in connection with Saturday's murder of a Highlanders Football Club fan after the volatile Premier Soccer League (PSL) match at Barbou...Published: 13 Aug 2014 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man faints after cross examination
PEOPLE attending a court session in Gweru were given a scare yesterday when a 19-year-old man, up for assault, collapsed following a grilling by a state prosecutor.Muziwethu Hlongwane of Nkwa...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pastor rape accuser lied to 'fix' him
A SEVENTH Day Adventist (SDA) pastor from Solusi University who is serving a 15-year jail sentence for raping his maid is likely to be set free after the complainant filed an affidavit confessing that...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 14:00hrs | 4 | by Thulani Ndlovu
Woman faints as hubby is jailed for 15 years
A Gweru man shot and injured his wife's two brothers after they had intervened in a domestic dispute that he was having with her.Esau Mabhena, 51, of Skhupa Village under Chief Sogwala, Lower...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Catherine Mutema
Satanism rife at High School
TEACHERS at Maboleni High School in Lower Gweru have reportedly suspended lessons following acts of suspected Satanism at the school.Sources said the teachers allegedly woke up and found class...Published: 23 Oct 2013 at 03:11hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Zipra members demand the return seized properties
Ex-Zipra members have resolved to continue piling pressure on the government to return immovable properties that were seized at the height of the armed dissident crackdown in the 1980s.The ex-...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 13:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Adulterous lover poisons partner to death
Police in Gweru have arrested an adulterous woman from Lower Gweru after she allegedly poisoned her 37-year-old boyfriend with the help of his friend and dumped his body in a bushy area. Midlands poli...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 05:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman (64) collapses and dies after receiving news that her son had been murdered
A 64 year-old woman from Donki Village under Chief Sogwala, died of shock after receiving news that her son had been murdered at a bar in Lower Gweru.Police identified the deceased woman as Mr...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 23:21hrs | 1 | by staff Reporter
Woman found dead with private parts and breasts missing
POLICE are investigating a case in which an unidentified Lower Gweru woman was found dead with private parts and breasts missing in a suspected ritual murder case.Acting police spokesperson f...Published: 20 Jun 2012 at 05:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man knives friend to death in argument over rumour
A Lower Gweru man stabbed his friend to death following an argument over allegations that the accused was spreading rumours that the now deceased had broken window panes at his late brotherââ...Published: 22 Mar 2012 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman sexually abuses job-seeking brother
A 32-YEAR-OLD Gweru woman was last week arrested after she misdirected her sexual desires and turned her 19-year-old brother who had visited her from their rural areas into a sexual partner for close ...Published: 27 Dec 2011 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Midlands Correspondent
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