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Herdboy rapes employers daughter
A MAN employed as a herdboy in Lupane has appeared in court charged with rape after sexually abusing his employer's daughter. The accused, allegedly instructed the complainant to implicate her...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:06hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Govt goes all out to complete Lupane Hospital
WORK on Lupane Provincial Hospital, the first public referral health institution in Matabeleland North Province, has gained pace as the Government steps up efforts to meet the end of year deadline to ...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 23:45hrs | 617 | by Staff Reporter
Cop bashed to death
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Officer Mandleni Ncube was bashed to death by three cousins on Christmas Day in Lupane at a local bar....Published: 04 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 2711 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 struck dead by lightning
A DARK cloud engulfed Lupane and Binga in Matabeleland North when three people died after they were struck by lightning in two separate incidents.In both incidents, the lightning struck and bu...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Death at a funeral
THREE people died while 14 others were injured when a bus collided with a haulage truck on Saturday night near Gwayi, in Matabeleland North.The bus belonging to the Zimbabwe Power Company was ...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Mourners die in head on collision
THREE people died while 14 others were injured when a bus collided with a haulage truck on Saturday night near Gwayi, in Matabeleland North. The bus belonging to the Zimbabwe Power Company was...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Lupane Provincial Hospital takes shape
THE 250-bed Lupane Provincial Hospital, which is set to improve the provision of health services in Matabeleland North is taking shape, with key stakeholders hopeful that there will be significant pro...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 10:42hrs | 874 | by Staff Reporter
Command burial as Chiwenga presides over chief's burial
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga is today expected to preside over the burial of Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane at his rural home in Jotsholo, Matabeleland North. President Mnangagwa yesterday ac...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:49hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Chief Mabhikwa: cause of death revealed
The late Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane lost a lot of blood after being involved in a head-on collision with a haulage truck on Sunday night leading to his death, his family has said, citing post-mortem res...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:45hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Gone too soon! Chief Mabhikwa (28) dies in horror car crash
CHIEF Mabhikwa of Lupane who died yesterday after his vehicle crashed head on with a haulage truck on Sunday night has been described as a humble cultural preservationist of outstanding leadership qua...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Condolence message for the Late Chief Mabhikwa- Vusumuzi N. Khumalo
The Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Honorable Senator Monica Mutsvangwa joins His Excellency, President Dr. E.D Mnangagwa and the nation at large in mourning the passing o...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:19hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Bus driver, conductor die on the spot after colliding with haulage truck
A STALLION Cruise bus driver and conductor died on the spot while 14 people were seriously injured after the bus rammed into a stationary haulage truck in Lupane along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
Easter Holiday death toll hits 45
The holiday traffic death toll yesterday rose to 45 after two more people died in another crash at Masenyane area along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls highway.One more passenger from the Chimanim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:22hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Is St Luke's Hospital running without an ambulance?
St Luke's Hospital in Lupane, Matabeleland North province is purportedly running without an ambulance after its fleet of five vehicles broke down.According to sources, the absence of a service...Published: 29 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
Man dies after being hit by a truck
A 40-year-old man from Sikhobokhobo area in Nkayi died on admission to hospital after he was hit by a truck while crossing the road in Lupane on Monday.Police confirmed the accident which occu...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Soldier, wife die in limo accident
A Bulawayo-based soldier and his wife died on the spot after a Limousine Lincoln they were travelling in burst its rear left tyre and veered off the road before hitting a tree.The accident hap...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:44hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
3 perish in Bulawayo-Vic Fall Highway accident
Three people died while four others were seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in burst a tyre and veered off the road before hitting a tree at the 138km peg along the Bulawayo-Victori...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:55hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
3 die in Limousine crash
Three people died on the spot when a vehicle they were travelling in from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls, a Limousine Lincoln, burst its rear left tyre, veered of the road and hit a tree at the 138km peg....Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
105-year-old granny dies
ZANU-PF Politburo member Headman Moyo has lost his mother, Mrs Thenjiwe Moyo (nee Ncube) who passed on at the age of 105.She succumbed to pneumonia at home in Mbembesi under Chief Mabhikwa are...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 09:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Binga villagers cry foul over hospital
For specialist health services, villagers in Siabuwa, Binga North in Matabeleland North province are forced to travel 250km to St Luke's hospital in Lupane.And in extreme circumstances, they a...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Lupane State University a potential COVID-19 hotspot
Lupane State University is a timely time bomb for the corona virus after the decision by it's authorities to converge at all students at the compass.Over the years, the institution has some of...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 19:52hrs | 7 | by Philani Simango
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 | 13 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda arrested
A TSIKAMUTANDA and a villager have been arrested in Dete, Hwange District after they allegedly forcibly undressed an 80-year-old woman and shaved her pubic hair accusing her of indulging in sex with m...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 18:30hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in dispute over cap
A Lupane man allegedly beat his friend, who later died in hospital, following a dispute over a cap. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Bhanda confirmed the incident which h...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Binga Chief Sinamagonde dies
ONE of Binga district's long serving traditional chiefs, Chief Sinamagonde of Lusulu has died at the age of 78.Chief Sinamagonde had been unwell for a long time and succumbed while on admissio...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to reduce quarantine period to 2 days
GOVERNMENT is working on reducing to two days the turnaround period for people, especially foreigners on transit, kept in quarantine centres while waiting for Covid-19 results. The Polymerase ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lupane hospital construction set to begin
CONSTRUCTION of the Lupane Provincial Hospital in Matabeleland North is set to start this month after the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development made a commitment to fund the project.Mat...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's youth revels in Lupane East victory
THE Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday said the party's resounding victory in the Lupane East by-election held on Saturday was confirmation of the revolutionary party's goal of empowering youths in mainst...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Election time - 'All Lupane schools to have computers'
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Professor Paul Mavima has said Government is mobilising resources to digitalise all schools in Lupane district as part of a countrywide exercise to improve lea...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC goes for broke
MDC has gone all out to grab the Lupane East constituency from Zanu-PF, dispatching party heavyweights and its president Nelson Chamisa to drum up support for candidate Dalumazi Khumalo.Chamis...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chase this Kambarami and his his side kicks back to their roots - MLF
MLF has always maintained that partaking in Zimbabwe elections when we are Mthwakazi is the worst thing we can engage in as Mthwakazi. Before a single year has lapsed, he has shown the true Agenda the...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 20:03hrs | 5561 | by MLF
PHOTOS: St Luke’s Hospital gutted by fire
Equipment and medicine worth thousands of dollars was destroyed after a section of St Luke's Hospital in Lupane, Matabeleland North, caught fire on Monday night. The cause of the fire is yet t...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:56hrs | 3428 | by Staff Reporter
$100 000 Good Samaritan only gets a 'Thank you' and $0?
THE security company whose money and pistols were retrieved by a Good Samaritan when its cash-in-transit vehicle was involved in a fatal accident near Lupane has thanked the man who helped them. ...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Safeguard crew commander survives Lupane accident
The crew commander and driver of the Safeguard truck that was involved in an accident near Lupane, in which one crew member died, suffered only minor injuries, Safeguard Security Bulawayo managing dir...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 14:36hrs | | by Agencies
Man returns returns $100,000 accident scene cash
A Good Samaritan on Saturday retrieved over US$100 000 and three pistols which he handed over to a security company whose cash-in-transit vehicle had been involved in a fatal accident near Lupane. ...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi rams tree, 3 dead
TWO people died on the spot while another one succumbed to injuries while admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital after a pirating Toyota Wish they were travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree nea...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:33hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for bashing wife with log
A MAN from Bulawayo has been arrested after he bashed his wife with a log leaving her hospitalised. David Tshuma (78) assaulted his wife Ms Annah Ncube (63) with a log and punched her tw...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
SA police still looking for dead Elliot Moyo
Amid reports that wanted alleged fraudster Elliot Moyo has died, Gauteng police on Monday said it had not received official confirmation that the man "resurrected" by pastor Alph Lukau is indeed no mo...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 18:16hrs | 2878 | by Staff reporter
Mystery over 'resurrected' man's death
The man at the centre of a fake resurrection miracle staged by South African preacher Alph Lukau died vomiting blood, his family says.Lukau acted out a revival of "Elliot", who came to his chu...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:10hrs | 2631 | by Staff reporter
Elliot Moyo died vomiting blood
While he got the world in hysteria and shock for the past weeks for being resurrected and dying again, all that Thabiso Proud Mlanje who is popularly known as "Elliot" has left are deep wounds among h...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 17:11hrs | 17877 | by Staff reporter
New twist to Alph Lukau's Elliot who died last week
Shocking details have emerged regarding a man who was allegedly ressucted for the dead by South African Pastor Alph Lukau in February at Alleluia Ministries Headquaters in Sandton South Africa. ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 10:54hrs | 52796 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fired worker kills employer
A TEENAGER who was employed as a herdboy in Lupane allegedly attacked and killed his employer with a shovel after she fired him for indiscipline. Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Chi...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:08hrs | 3951 | by Staff reporter
Bodies rot in mortuary
MATOBO Proportional Representation legislator Rosy Mpofu (Zanu-PF) on Tuesday said the district has been without electricity for weeks due to load-shedding, poor maintenance and vandalism of Zesa Hold...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
St Luke's Hospital suspends ops, closes mortuary
A POWER cut caused by the vandalism of Zesa power lines has forced St Luke's Hospital in Lupane to suspend surgical operations and close the mortuary. Kenmaur area where St Luke's Hospital is ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:33hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop dies in head-on collision with haulage truck
A senior Bulawayo police officer, Assistant Inspector Mthokozisi Sibanda, died on the spot together with his wife when a Honda Fit car they were driving in was involved in a head-on crash with a haula...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2554 | by Staff reporter
Impotent hubby ties wife to bed, assaults her
A man who has a dysfunctional manhood tied his wife onto their matrimonial bed and pummelled her several times for allegedly having an affair.Clifford Lunga (43) told Lupane resident magistrat...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
Goblins seize maternity ward
IN a strange incident, pregnant women and nurses were moved from Lupaka Clinic to a safe place and pupils at two primary schools stopped going to school after goblins allegedly sexually attacked them....Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:25hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Lupane hospital turns to crowd-funding
St Luke's Hospital in Lupane has hit hard times, with officials asking for assistance in a bid to contain the desperate situation."Hospital faced with financial difficulties, please donate thi...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bludgeoned to death over soya chunks
A MAN armed with an iron bar allegedly bludgeoned a Lupane businessman to death for refusing to sell him some soya chunks last year.Ndumiso Mlilo allegedly killed Mr Fanet Ndlovu (41), who ope...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:36hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans pay tribute to fallen heroes, heroines
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans from all walks of life yesterday thronged various venues across the country to commemorate Heroes' Day.In Bulawayo, residents converged at the Provincial Heroes' Acre ...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
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