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JZ High School continues with 100% A-level pass rate
SITUATED in Gwanda District in the sprawling Matebeleland South Province, Jason Ziyaphapha (JZ) Moyo High School is not only named after a revolutionary luminary whose legacy cannot be bloated, but th...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:35hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa won't act on rand-fixing banks
President Cyril Ramaphosa will not act against the banks over rand fixing, according to Unisa Professor Boitumelo Senokoane.Senokoane, who joins the popular narrative that the president's stro...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:35hrs | 10 | by Sifiso Mahlangu
Zimbabwean street vendor shot dead in SA
The body of 37-year-old Lloyd Bhebhe, shot dead while trying to sell fruit in an Alberton North business complex, was repatriated to Zimbabwe at the weekend.Activists from the African Diaspora...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Kimberly Mutandiro
Naked romp leads to cocaine bust
Two young women from Harare found walking around hotel corridors naked and behaving strangely, apparently under the influence of drugs, appeared in court yesterday charged with unlawful possession of ...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Models in drug storm
Models Tumelo Nare and Precious Bango have been remanded in custody until tomorrow for a bail hearing. The pair appeared in court on Tuesday, after they were found in possession of drugs. ...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 Zimbabweans on Interpol Red Notice
EIGHT Zimbabweans, including a Makonde woman wanted for kidnapping three minors in separate incidents, have been placed on the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol)'s most wanted list....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:18hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested in SA's Limpopo while driving hijacked Toyota Prado towards Zimbabwe
Police in Limpopo have intercepted a Toyota Prado vehicle, which was hijacked in Gauteng, while it was being driven towards the neighbouring Zimbabwe by a woman.Limpopo provincial SAPS spokesp...Published: 11 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed in South Africa
A 33-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man has been fined R20 000 or five years' imprisonment by a South African magistrates court on charges of diverting a truck carrying a consignment of tobacco worth R3,5 millio...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jailed 5 years over R3,5 raw tobacco in SA
A 33-year-old Zimbabwean has been sentenced to five years in prison by a South African magistrate court after he was arrested while diverting a load of tobacco and a truck all worth R3,5 million that ...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Black Umfolosi to resume international tours
ZIMBABWE'S celebrated music outfit Black Umfolosi is, in August, set to resume its international tours which had been on hold since 2018.The group, which is behind the hit Unity, is expected t...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean athlete forced to forfeit R50 000 in prize money in South Africa
ATHLETICS coach Lisimati Phakamile says it's devastating that long-distance runner Isaac Mpofu was disqualified on an administrative matter rather than a technical issue in Sunday's Durban Internation...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 Zimbabweans on Interpol wanted list
EIGHT Zimbabweans, including a Bulawayo woman who is charged for fraud and corruption, are currently on the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) most wanted list for allegedly committ...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rename Botswana
Not all citizens of the country are Batswana. The name of the country celebrates tribalism before independence. Bakalanga were not called Batswana. I am not a Motswana - Dr Habaudi Hubona The name is ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 21:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Toponymic identity in Bulawayo and the need to recognise Black women
Histories of many states and nations in the world are generally histories of men and in some cases a few outstanding women, seemingly those whose absence in the historical narrative may discredit hist...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 2 | by Staff
7 Zimbabweans on Interpol Red Notice
SEVEN Zimbabweans, including a man from Gweru who brutally murdered his wife and left their six-month-old son suckling from the corpse, have been placed on the International Police Organisation (Inter...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Working Wives first Zimbabwean Series on largest African Streamer Showmax
Harare to the world. Web series explores an African millennial's perspective of love, life whilst navigating identity where tradition, urbanisation and ambition are a...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 08:32hrs | 13 | by Agencies
Nkayi chief taken to court over 'illegal' ruling
NKAYI traditional leader Chief Dakamela has been taken to the magistrates court by one of his subjects after he ordered that he be caned in public for assault.Tumelo Maphala was ordered to per...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boity and Fikile Mbalula in Twitter spat
South African television personality and singer Boitumelo Thulo popularly known as Boity has been involved in a Twitter war with Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula after the celebrity accused the gover...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt goes for broke to lure tech tourists to Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe ICT bosses are pulling out all the stops to use a networking event for tech entrepreneurs and investors here to market its tourist hotspot, Victoria Falls, in a bid to boost the number of vis...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sneak into Cosafa finals
Zimbabwe 0 - 0 Lesotho(Zimbabwe win 3-1 won after penalties)GIANT goalkeeper George Chigova is fast turning this year's Cosafa Cup into his tournament as the Warriors' goalminder onc...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Council clears Egodini for mall project to resume
THE Bulawayo City Council has started the process of relocating commuter and vendor operators from Egodini terminus paving way for its upgrading starting next week.The local authority has alre...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean artists among Africa's Top 10 most bankable artists
Forbes Africa has named 2 Zimbabwean artists named in its Top 10 most bankable artists in Africa list....Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
In South Africa, immigration feeds corrupt officials and race hate
JOHANNESBURG, March 22 (Reuters) - In 2010 police in Johannesburg shot Justin Ejimkonye, a Nigerian migrant, in the leg. The reason why is unclear: It took the police 18 months to charge Ejimkonye wit...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Joe Brock
SADC TV bouquet on the cards
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Southern Africa (CRASA) electronic communication committee is meeting in Harare from the 24th to the 25th of January to finalise work on the adoption of ...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko outfox Mugabe
Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko seem to have dribbled past President Robert Mugabe on the $350 million loan deal between the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) and Botswana’s Capital...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gay inmate gets special cell
THE South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the Department of Justice and Correctional Services to move a gay prisoner to a single cell or to a cell with inmates of the same sexual orient...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
14 youth in trouble for invading and settling in NRZ wagons
FOURTEEN youth have been dragged to the court charged with trespassing into the National Railways of Zimbabwe premises after they were found by security personnel occupying one of the wagons without p...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Foreigners flee as looting starts in SA
FOREIGNERS were forced to close up shop in Botshabelo after unrest that lasted from Sunday night until Tuesday.The unrest was fuelled by apparent dissatisfaction over the people nominated as c...Published: 29 May 2016 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Watch: Speeding donkey crashes at fuel station
...Published: 10 May 2016 at 23:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Convicted double murderer sentenced to 10 years
Provocation may have caused an illegal Zimbabwean immigrant to kill his two countrymen in 2011, Justice Phadi Solomon said, when passing sentence in a double murder case on Tuesday. ...Published: 01 May 2016 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jilted man fatally axes sleeping wife
A MAN allegedly killed his wife with an axe after she called time on their relationship. Collen Dube, 35, of Makhaza village under Chief Gampu in Tsholotsho allegedly killed Tumelo Ncube, 25, at her p...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Drug addict dies after overdose
A man from Sharpeville in the Vaal, south of Joburg reportedly died after drug abuse.Daily Sun reported that a grieving mother lost her only son to a suspected nyaope overdose a week ago...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Murder suspects denied bail
Village magistrate’s court today denied Tumelo Tshukudu and Baboloki Seiso bail for the second time this afternoon.The Voice reported that the duo who are represented by attorney Enoch Mazon...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 12:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man kills girlfriend's child
The police in Bloemhof in South Africa arrested a 29-year-old suspect for the alleged murder of his girlfriend’s five-year-old child, North West police spokesman Sergeant Kelebogile Moleko sai...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Five-year-old girl beaten to death for wetting self
A five-year-old girl was beaten to death because she wet herself while she was sleeping, North West police said on today.She was asleep on a couch made up for her as a bed in Boitumelong, Bloe...Published: 03 Jan 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sudden wealth nails 'Choppies burglar'
A SUDDEN flashy lifestyle of a Sizinda man raised suspicions in the poor neighbourhood resulting in his arrest for allegedly being one of the burglars who hit Bellevue Choppies supermarket and stole o...Published: 02 Nov 2015 at 05:32hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Zimbabwean charged with cheque fraud in Botswana
A ZIMBABWEAN national who claimed to be a businessman was refused bail when he appeared before a Botswana magistrate charged with cheque fraud last week.Prosecutors say Jeff Chigaundu, 48, pre...Published: 28 Apr 2015 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter I Agencies
List of people who died in Prophet TB Joshua church collapse
The following is a list of South Africans casualties from the TB Joshua church collapse. Among them are 1 Congolese and 3 Zimbabwean citizens.LIST OF NAMES OF REPATRIATED DECEASED – NIGE...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Single currency for Sadc countries
SADC is likely to miss the 2018 deadline to introduce a single currency meant to cement regional economic integration, the bloc's director of trade and investments Boitumelo Gofhamodimo said yesterday...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 06:55hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
'Rough sex' killed prostitute
Mbombela - A man accused of murdering a prostitute pleaded not guilty to the crime on Monday and told the Nelspruit Circuit of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria that the woman died during roug...Published: 13 May 2014 at 16:13hrs | | by Sapa
4 siblings kidnap, hang step-brother, 6
FOUR siblings from Bambadzi area in Bulilima District allegedly kidnapped and hanged their six-year-old brother, supposedly to settle a grudge with their stepmother. Police have confirmed the ...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 16:26hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Six-year-old boy kidnapped, killed and hanged
A six-year-old Bulilima boy was kidnapped on Monday and found hanging from a tree two days later.Matabeleland South acting provincial police spokesperson, Assistant Inspector Nkosilathi Si...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
40 truck drivers swindled
A CON-ARTIST has vanished into thin air after duping 40 truck drivers, desperate to secure employment, of thousands of dollars after purporting to represent a Botswana-based transport company....Published: 09 Oct 2013 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge police solicit Christmas gifts from motorists
Police officers manning the Beitbridge-Bulawayo highway are allegedly demanding “Christmas gifts” from motorists, especially South African-based Zimbabweans r...Published: 23 Dec 2010 at 13:34hrs | | by Beitbridge Correspondent
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