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Businessman arrested in ritual killing saga
A businessman from Muzarabani, Josiah Hungwe (68), has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating a plot to kill a five-year-old boy for ritual purposes. The victim, Takunda Charumbuka, a pupil at Rose...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police officers soaked as rains destroy tents
Scores of police officers in Chipinge, Manicaland, were left stranded this week after torrential rains destroyed their makeshift tent bases, leaving them without shelter or a place to operate from. Th...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
SA tighten screws on border crimes
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened screws on border crimes along the Limpopo River and at the Beitbridge port of entry, where cases of irregular migrations and smuggling of prohibited goods are ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vagrant in court for unlawful entry
A man of no fixed abode has appeared in court for four counts of unlawful entry into premises in aggravating circumstances as defined in the Crimina...Published: 09 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 9 | by George Swarei
161 arrested in anti-crime border operation
The Department of Immigration's Regional Compliance and Enforcement Unit has intensified operations at the Beitbridge Border Post to prevent illegal migration between Zimbabwe and South Africa....Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police launch another blitz
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched another operation code-named ‘Respect Other Road Users', targeting motorists who continue violating the traffic rules and regulations countrywide.So...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police crackdown on pirate taxis nets 600
NEARLY 600 pirate taxis usually called mushikashika, unregistered cars, street kids controlling traffic and vendors operating at intersections were arrested in Harare yesterday on the first day of a m...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lack of machinery affects operations at Bulawayo landfill
LACK of machinery is reportedly crippling the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s landfill management activities amid calls by the city fathers for the removal of the Ngozi Mine squatters as their lives are...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana-Village clown to stardom
He wakes up at 3AM every day and cycles 70KMs to see the progress at his new home. He makes numerous pit stops — it takes about five to six hours to-and-from his homestead in Gwamba Village in Nkayi...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance clash
HARARE City Council has raised security fears as the fight for control of vending sites in Mbare hots up.A recent report by council's small-to-medium enterprises committee revealed that city f...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma uses manhood to heal patient
A SELF-STYLED sangoma from Stoneridge in Harare has been arrested on rape charges and allegedly using his manhood to treat a woman who had menstruation problems.Stephen Nyashanu Mabviregudo (3...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love, Dambudzo Marechera: Drawing parallels and their contribution to Zim Culture and Cultural Diplomacy
After an avalanches of tributes have already written on and about Soul Musaka aka Soul Jah Love the Zimdancehall maestro, whose untimely demise on 16 February 2021 gripped the nation with sorrow, ther...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:56hrs | 2 | by Taurai Mutoti
Mbare tender scandal rocks council
Harare City Council has awarded a tender for palisade fencing and refurbishment of Mbare Bus Terminus to a local company when the same work had already been done for free by transport operators recent...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Vagrant hangs self on a tree
AN unidentified Bulawayo man, suspected to be a vagrant, was on Thursday found hanging on a tree at Centenary Park next to a stream that flows between Eveline High School and the Bulawayo Theatre. ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 16:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC trapped in history
Inasmuch as the opposition is necessary to maintain checks and balances on Government, the MDC Alliance has dismally failed in this regard. Instead of proffering alternatives, the political party has ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Jasper Hloka
Wig thieves hit Harare
HARARE has been rocked by a syndicate of thieves who snatch women's wigs in the CBD.It has also emerged the syndicate works in cahoots with hairdressers who buy them for resale.The new...Published: 28 May 2018 at 16:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Investigation: Cocaine, Meth, and other banned drugs flood Zimbabwe
"Cocaine, crack cocaine, meth, codeine, diazepam… it just depends on the kind of high a person is looking for"This is Crispen. No. That's not his rea...Published: 21 May 2018 at 20:10hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa and Prince Butawo (Khuluma Afrika)
Homeless man causes stir
A PHYSICALLY challenged man was reportedly disowned by his family over his alleged violent conduct and left to live as a vagrant.Edward Chikwama, formerly known as Edward Sithole, was evicted ...Published: 15 May 2018 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops seek relatives of man found dead in storm drain
POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing to members of the public who may have a missing relative to come forward and identify a male body that was found near Bob's Garage, along the Bulawayo-Gwanda Road....Published: 08 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can the NPRC overcome a legacy of failure?
Our country has witnessed great deal of violence. The liberation war claimed around 50 000 deaths. During the Gukurahundi atrocities, an estimated 20 000 people were killed. In 2005, Operation Muramba...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Paul Themba Nyathi
5 million youth targeted by mass BVR exercise - to game-change Zimbabwe politics
CHITUNGWIZA - The MDC-T-led National Mass Biometric Voter Registration campaign orchestrated by the Deputy Secretary in the MDC-T National Youth Assembly, Chamu Madya and his team comprising Jabulani ...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Condemned chickens on sale
Chickens that were part of a consignment deemed unfit for human consumption are being sold to unsuspecting customers in Harare and its hinterland, raising serious health risks.The chickens, we...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare City dumpsite catches fire, again
Harare City Council's Golden Quarry dumpsite caught fire on Tuesday night in a suspected case of arson. The city has since reported the alleged culprits to the police. When reporters visited t...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fast turning into a coin country
Fears abound that further injection of the bond notes by the RBZ into the market could fuel inflation.IT is high noon in Harare and a young woman in strappy stilettos confidently walks out of ...Published: 27 Apr 2017 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents on flood alert
Beitbridge town's Civil Protection Unit has placed residents on flood high alert due to heavy rainfall in the region.Recently, Zhovhe Dam spilled and several smaller dams in Gwanda and B...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 03:59hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Police officers no longer care of their uniforms and operational equipment
A picture of a vagrant clad in a traffic police jacket has gone viral on social media (Facebook) exposing the continued laxity in the police officers due care for their uniforms and operational equipm...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 17:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Vagrant up for robbing resident
A man of no fixed abode has been dragged to the court for robbing a Lobengula Old resident of his mobile phone a $3 cash.Ronald Ncube (24) was not asked to plead to the robbery charge when...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 07:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Music is for vagrants' comment angers Zakaria
VETERAN sungura music gaffer, Nicholas Zakaria is set to launch his 27th album in South Africa barely three months after his former band member and musical sibling, Alick Macheso launched his much- ma...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:26hrs | | by Joel Tsvakwi
Golfers condemn state of Masvingo Golf Club
Some 59 golfers who attended the Ok Zimbabwe Southern Tours Invitation Golf Tournament have condemned the state of Masvingo Golf Club whose ceiling is falling in and the roof leaking.Masvingo ...Published: 31 May 2016 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Seeking ethnic solutions in Zimbabwe is going global - Part four
We are in Germany today! Understanding the concept of multi-culturalism in German political landscape Is she now going crazy to think that African...Published: 30 Apr 2016 at 15:29hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Robber rapists get 108 years
TWO men, one in Bulawayo and another in Gweru, who robbed and raped women, have been sentenced to a total of 108 years in jail.Throwing the book at the rapists, magistrates said they were mons...Published: 23 Mar 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo and Patience Mutsiwi
777 left homeless after flash floods hit Beitbridge town
A TOTAL of 777 people have been left homeless after flash floods hit Beitbridge town on Friday night. A majority of the flood victims slept on rooftops after the flash floods filled their hous...Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Beitbridge floods leave 568 stranded
AT least 568 people were left stranded after 200 houses were affected by flash floods in Dulibadzimu suburb in Beitbridge after heavy rains accompanied by a thunderstorm pounded the area since Friday....Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Sperm harvesters on the loose again
POLICE in Bulawayo are hunting for three women who allegedly abducted a man from Cowdray Park and forced him to engage in sex with them before taking away his semen.The suspected sperm harvest...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 06:01hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Maridadi is a dishonourable MP?
As 2018 is beckoning, the electorates must take stock of the contributions made by the people they voted into parliament to represent them. This should be done with a view to assuring quality represen...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 12:49hrs | | by John Sigauke
Zimbabweans suffocating under unjustified levies
Dear Editor,Zimbabweans Suffocating under unjustified levies The spat of levies being introduced by government, the latest of which is the r...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 08:47hrs | | by Ilos Nyoni, MDC National Executive member
Die hard Rhodies unrepentant
It dies hard among the Rhodesian incorrigible vagrants that Zimbabwe is no longer a colony and it can never be again. This week and in some few days to come a number of white Zimbabweans here and in t...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 09:51hrs | | by Stewart Murewa
This n that with Maluphosa - Making ends meet, the Goli way
It has become so hard for most of those in the Diaspora to make ends meet, especially in South Africa. And when one phones home they'd just be praying they will be told sekungcono, they can now come b...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 18:39hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zanu PF MP denies there has been mismanagement in govt
Zanu PF Chegutu MP Dexter Nduna has defened his party against claims that the country has economic crisis due to Zanu PF government's mismanagement.Nduna made the remarks in parliament after s...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 09:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Drugs abuse rampant among youths - MP
UZUMBA MP Simbaneuta Mudarikwa has lamented the rampant drug abuse among youths in Zimbabwe."Our youths now are victims of some drugs which are being manufactured in South Africa, moved to Bot...Published: 30 Oct 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Parliamentarians seek repeal of Vagrancy Act
Buhera Central Member of Parliament, Ronald Muderedzwa has moved a motion for the repeal of the Vagrancy Act."I move the motion standing in my name that this House -concerned by the increasing...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 06:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chinotimba mocks wife 'snatcher' Maridadi
Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) yesterday accused Mabvuku-Tafara MP James Maridadi (MDC-T) of being in the habit of snatching other people's wives before he was made to withdraw his ...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sperm harvester in court
A GWERU Commuter omnibus driver allegedly offered an 18-year-old vagrant accommodation at his house before collecting his sperms that he stored in a bottle after masturbating him, a court heard. ...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 06:26hrs | | by Faith Mabuto
Zanu-PF MP struggles to read prepared speech in Parliament
Newly elected Zanu PF Makokoba MP Tshinga Dube on Tuesday struggled to read his prepared maiden speech in Parliament and was forced to sit down after his extended time ran out.According ...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe's son misrepresents facts before court
First Lady Grace Mugabe's first born son Russell Goreraza allegedly made misrepresentation at the Harare Magistrates Court over his marital status in a reported bid to walk away with a lenient sentenc...Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dou in trouble for killing vagrant intruder
THE Bulawayo High Court has jailed one of the two men who killed a man of no fixed abode who intruded into his house to an effective five years in jail while his accomplice was ordered to pay a fine o...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Open letter to Mugabe - 'We have become slaves to foreign nations'
Dear Mr PresidentI pray and hope that this letter will find its way to you. My name is Sylvester and I am typing this letter from my small office and kitchen in Johanneburg, South Africa. The ...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 21:15hrs | | by Sylvester
Meet man with bedroom remedies
"THERE is no pride that beats that of a man's need to satisfy his sexual partner. Yes, good and satisfying sex separates men from boys, ladies from girls and is the permanent cure to marriage wreckag...Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 09:45hrs | | by Dumisani Nsingo
Vagrant rapes Makokoba girl
A MAN of no fixed abode, but originally from Binga, allegedly lured a nine-year-old Makokoba girl to West Park Cemetery in Bulawayo, where he allegedly raped her once before choking and leaving her u...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three gun-totting vagrants arrested for armed robbery
GWERU - Police in Gweru have arrested three more vagrants in connection with a case involving a fellow gun toting vagrant who was convicted in September.The three, Vincent Mutare,18, Tapi...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 07:03hrs | | by Court Reporter
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