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Inside the chaos at Zimbabwe's Covid-19 centres
The government, World Health Organisation and numerous other stakeholders are hailing Covid-19 isolation centres as a vital tool to contain the coronavirus pandemic, but it is not all rosy inside the ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:42hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's radical cure for depression
Zimbabwe is pioneering a groundbreaking mental health programme with stunning results – and the rest of the world is taking note.Late one evening, Dixon Chibanda, a psychiatrist in Harare, Z...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1994 | by Rachel Nuwer from Zimbabwe
Suicide attempt man falls to death from tree
A 71-year-old man from Lusulu in Binga died after falling from a tree while trying to commit suicide, police have confirmed. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon. Matabeleland North polic...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 economic stimuli is not alive to a SME driven economy
Zimbabweans cannot reasonably expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa government to handle the twin challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy without making mistakes. However In times of crisis,...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:07hrs | 235 | by Brian Sedze
Sex predators roaming online
Now more than ever, online child sexual predators are preying on unwary kids the internet. With school calendars, world over, suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, children are depending on o...Published: 16 May 2020 at 12:55hrs | 1201 | by Busisani Ncube
Zuma's dead wife haunts Pastor Frank Chikane
South Afrrica's Reverend Frank Chikane has courted is back in the public limelight after President Jacob Zuma family accused him of tempering with a suicide note that was left by the late Zuma's wife ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:23hrs | 10348 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Grandpa covets, murders neighbour's wife
A 70-year-old grandpa has appeared in a Beitbridge court for allegedly fatally stabbing his suspected lover who was married to his friend and neighbour.Juta Makoni of Chabeta village under hea...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:37hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over $50
A Madziva man allegedly struck his wife twice with an axe following a misunderstanding over money before committing suicide.Robert Sirani (25) of Musenga village Chief Nyamaropa, drank a pesti...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:00hrs | 1728 | by Staff reporter
'Abused' man hangs self
A 73-year-old visually impaired man from Mabale in Hwange allegedly committed suicide by hanging at his homestead in the presence of a three-year-old grandchild after allegedly being abused by family ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1093 | by Staff reporter
Man axes wife kills self over money
A Madziva man allegedly axed his wife twice over a misunderstanding of cash before committing suicide, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Robert Sirani (25) of Musenga village chief Nyamaropa Madziva d...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 13:50hrs | 2052 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Man hangs self over wife's infidelity
A MUTARE man hanged himself on Monday in the eastern border city over his wife's alleged infidelity.Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the suicide to NewsDa...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 testing: Zimbabwe's litmus test
SINCE the country's first coronavirus (COVID-19) case was recorded on March 20, Zimbabwe has tested over 5 000 people and 28 were positive. Four people, including journalist Zororo Makamba and...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults wife, another takes poison
A HARARE man appeared in court on Wednesday charged with the murder of his wife during the current lockdown called by the Government to contain the spread of Covid-19. The case comes against t...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Vendor, tenant 'hang' selves
A 20-YEAR-OLD man and a 21-year-old woman from Bulawayo allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents. The man allegedly killed himself yesterday in New Magwegwe suburb while the woman is suspecte...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over pregnancy
A Mount Darwin man committed suicide by taking a pesticide after his 21-year-old pregnant girlfriend eloped to him. Mashonaland central provincial deputy police spokesperson Assistant inspecto...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on lockdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today expected to announce the next steps the government will take to contain the spread of coronavirus as the current 21-day national lockdown comes to an end....Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide in protest of pregnancy
A 25-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin man allegedly drank toxic after his girlfriend eloped to him after falling pregnant.Takudzwa Magunje of farm...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 17:41hrs | 2230 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Prison officer attempts suicide
A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional officer is battling for his life after he downed poison following domestic violence.The unidentified officer was among three patients visited by ZPCS Commis...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 11:56hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
Man kills himself
A 25-year-old Bindura man committed suicide after a misunderstanding with his wife after he squandered money on girlfriends.Iaan Chivanevana, of Sango Farm in Bindura, hanged himself on Tuesda...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:39hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Man hangs self over financial problems in lockdown
Due to financial problems in the Zimbabwe lockdown a 25-year-old Bindura man committed suicide after a misunderstanding with his wife last week....Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:15hrs | 1091 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Welshman Ncube, Biti must shut up: Norman Mpofu
Former MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has told MDC Alliance Presidents Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti to shut up on the squabbles between their leader Nelson Chamisa and MDC-T leader Th...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 4055 | by Stephen Jakes
SA funeral parlours under pressure as bodies cannot be taken to neighbouring countries
One of the funeral parlours in Johannesburg is concerned that it may run out of space to store bodies as the lockdown has stopped repatriation of corpses to neighbouring countries.Kings and Qu...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:52hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
German minister kills himself over 'coronavirus crisis worries'
Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, killed himself apparently after becoming "deeply worried" over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 19:23hrs | 4527 | by AFP
Man jumps 10 floors to his death
A 29-YEAR-OLD man allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 10th floor building in Harare's Central Business District (CBD), the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed yesterday.Police...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 15:41hrs | 3817 | by Staff reporter
Wilkins hospital shuts down
ZIMBABWE's largest referral centre for COVID-19 cases, Wilkins Hospital in Harare, was shut down yesterday to "allow for further renovations", but medical staff at the health institution said the clos...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:46hrs | 3370 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig points gun at daughter's 'boyfriend'
Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial political commissar Jevas Masosote was recently in the eye of a storm after he allegedly pointed a firearm at a man he accused of impregnating his teenage daughter who is s...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 19:02hrs | 9061 | by Staff reporter
Teacher commits suicide after wife 'compares him to boyfriend'
A teacher at Gunura Secondary School in Buhera has died after drinking rat poison allegedly because his wife told him that he did not perform in bed as well as her boyfriend.Sources told The M...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 19:01hrs | 5689 | by Staff reporter
Could ignorance be a COVID-19 Cure?
The human body is an amazing machine. I am a Mechanical Engineer by training, but l have also delved in Mental Health and Psychology.On an old and ignorant car, the single problem you would fa...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 11:25hrs | 745 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Man kills wife tries to commit suicide
A 27-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man fatally axed his wife after accusing her of having an extra marital affair and tried to consume toxic after the gruesome murder...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 22:31hrs | 2126 | by Simbarashe Sithole
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1288 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ex-boxer kills girlfriend
FORMER Chiredzi boxer, Charles Jackson (45) was last week sentenced to 35 years over the cold blood murder of his live-in girlfriend, Ndaizivei James.The incident happened sometime in March la...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:10hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self over stray cattle
A 20-year-old man from Siabuwa in Binga allegedly committed suicide by hanging after an argument with his father over a neighbour's cattle that strayed into their maize field.Philani Mumpande ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 17:26hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Dead bodies recovered at Mohadi's farm
TWO bodies of a man and woman have been recovered at a farm owned by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi, about 60km from Beitbridge border town.Police said the bodies were of lovers that were involve...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:10hrs | 4259 | by Staff reporter
Womb battles: kudos to resilient women on IWD
Women have God-given perculiar characteristics which give them a clear distinction from men. They have unique and better ways of handling pressure as compared to men who often succumb to it. As the wh...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 16:25hrs | 440 | by Heaven Munyuki
Bulawayo pair excel as NRZ train drivers
Weighing a massive 65 000 kilogrammes, measuring three metres in width and a length of about three light vehicles, the DE10 diesel-powered locomotive is a beast of steel.Its doors, opening at ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1411 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda blasts Mukupe as ungrateful spoiled child
Some youths have become the prisoners of erratic selfish morons known for demanding loyalty and recognition but not famous for repaying it. ZANU PF through comrade Emerson Mnangagwa has empowe...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4996 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Upcoming movies 2020
2020 is full of surprises when it comes to movies. Some are newly filled with actions and mysteries and the others will simply end up your suspense. Many of us would surely love to have access to thei...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 17:37hrs | 1093 | by Staff Writer
Teacher commits suicide in Bulawayo
A TEACHER from Magwegwe North suburb in Bulawayo was found hanging from a tree in a suspected suicide.It is not clear why, Ntabiso Sibanda (54), a teacher at Sabelo Primary School in Inyathi, ...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 14:34hrs | 2394 | by Staff reporter
4 year old boy shoots himself
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have reported that a four-year-old boy has shot himself while playing with his father's gun. The boy succumbed to the injuries and died.Said the police, "O...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 14:34hrs | 1907 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's first coronavirus suspect back in hospital
A 27-YEAR-OLD Harare woman suspected to have contracted coronavirus after she visited Wuhan, China, has been readmitted at the Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital, raising fears authorities could hav...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:41hrs | 3813 | by Staff reporter
A lesbian Zimbabwean's struggle for UK asylum
Angel fled Zimbabwe in fear of her life after police found her in bed with another woman five years ago. It's taken most of the time since then for her to convince the Home Office that she is gay and ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 18:05hrs | 2026 | by BBC
Granny's bid to discipline boy ends in tragedy
A 68-year-old woman from Rhodene, Masvingo, reportedly strangled her nephew to death with his neck-tie for coming home late from school. In shame, the granny attempted to commit suicide by poisoning h...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:30hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Man crushes father's head with huge rock
AN 83-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo died yesterday morning after he was bludgeoned with huge boulders by his son who accused him of withcraft following an argument over tenants' rentals. Thabani ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth wishes Tsvangirai was still alive
THE still grieving widow of the revered late founding father of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai, Elizabeth Macheka, says she misses the former prime minister of the country "terribly.Tsvangirai, the...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:36hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster kills self ahead of AGM
A CHIKOMBA acting headmaster died after hanging himself with a belt a few hours before the school held its annual general meeting (AGM).Irvine Manjengwa, the acting headmaster at Masvaure Prim...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 07:10hrs | 3318 | by Staff reporter
Police officer in soup over WhatsApp leaks
A Harare police woman has been arrested for allegedly leaking classified information meant for her superiors to the public, through WhatsApp. Lorine Mugoronji now faces criminal charges, yet t...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'new dispensation' promises a mirage
ORDINARY people, including civil servants and many in the informal sector, have become increasingly disillusioned with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's highly touted "new dispensation" anchored on econo...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:49hrs | 2561 | by Staff reporter
Woman hangs self over cheating boyfriend
A 30-year-old woman from Gweru's Mkoba suburb allegedly committed suicide over her boyfriend's alleged infidelity.The woman, Blessing Chizanga, hanged herself from the roof after discovering t...Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF surges closer to its 5 million recruitment target as Chamisa fights to deliver SONA
Never in our lifetime has the choice between the two major parties been so stark. Never has so much been at stake. And never has history seemed so radically open-ended, the opportunity to make a diffe...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:17hrs | 10296 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zenzo Moyo gets calls of 'his death'
NO one wants to wake up and read that they are dead. Football legend Zenzo Moyo spent the week inundated by phone calls, some from fans, former teammates and ex-employers as news circulated on social ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
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