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Man charged with grave desecration and assault
A 27-year-old man from Warren Park in Harare has appeared in court facing serious charges after he allegedly went on a rampage at Warren Hills Cemetery, destroying tombstones and brutally attacking mu...Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 18:48hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Harare's disappearing hills
From a distance, the jagged ridgelines cutting across parts of Harare might appear to be natural geological remnants — monuments of the city's ancient terrain. But up close, these formations tell a ...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 10:58hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
200 houses in Harare face demolition
Two hundred houses and properties, including two opulent mansions near the National Heroes Acre, were illegally built on land reserved for the Harare Drive expansion project and now face demolition, T...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 08:30hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Warren Hills housing development abusing prison labour
The use of prison labour at a private housing development in Warren Hills, reportedly linked to businessman Ken Sharpe's real estate company, West Properties, has ignited a heated public debate. Socia...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 14:21hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Goat-gate opens can of worms
Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, currently in remand prison over a US$7 million fraud charge, allegedly used similar fraudulent methods to secure funds for projects at the Harare City Council (HCC) thro...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Heroes Day: Guns that silenced history's villains
Towards the end of the First Chimurenga in 1896, Cecil John Rhodes called for an indaba with Matabele chiefs, and among them was a young traditional leader, who asked a valid and pertinent question....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 21 | by Elliot Ziwira
Bid to reverse 2007 Harare land deal flops
A group seeking to reverse a 2007 land deal between Harare City Council and Augur Investments has, for the second time, failed to get permission to appeal against a High Court ruling dismissing it for...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa responds to opposition critics
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has hinted at the existence of structures within his new party, telling NewZimbabwe.com that those who do not know about them were not part ...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Can a Heroes Acre be excavated for minerals?
Dear Editor, How can Ntola villagers pay tribute to their Gallant Sons and Daughters buried at Warren Hills of Ntola during Heroes Day Commemorations that rekindles bitter memories?NTO...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 12:51hrs | 5 | by Concerned Villager
Zanu-PF, MDC-T connive to sell Harare golf courses
Zanu-PF and MDC-T councillors have set themselves on a warpath with their Citizens' Coalition for Change counterparts after conniving to block CCC councillors from sitting on committees while facilita...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:28hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Harare converts golf courses to stands
HARARE City Council (HCC) has been caught up in a fresh storm after it emerged that the corruption and controversy-riddled municipality is seeking to convert two community golf courses into residentia...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare mayoress Masunda laid to rest
FORMER mayoress Fikile Patricia Faith Masunda (nee Phezulu) was laid to rest at Warren Hills Cemetery in Harare today.Fikile was Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) editorial advisory board chairperson...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Muchadeyi Masunda's wife dies
Harare City Council (HCC) Saturday announced the death of Mrs Fikile Patricia Faith Masunda, wife of former Harare Mayor Mr Muchadeyi Ashton Masunda.The local government authority said Mrs Mas...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 19:22hrs | 12 | by Staff
No hero status for Zex Manatsa
Government has granted a State-assisted funeral for the late musician Zexie Manatsa despite calls for him to be declared liberation hero. The legendary musician succumbed to cancer on Thursday at Pari...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
State-assisted funeral for Zexie Manatsa
Veteran musician, songwriter and religious preacher Zexie Manatsa, has been accorded a State-assisted funeral, with Acting President Constantino Chiwenga hailing his contribution to the country's libe...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanla fighter's daughter now top medical officer in US
While a good number of gallant veterans of Zimbabwe's war of liberation brawled this week in Harare with the police, who charged them with seeking to incite public violence, a city in a distant land t...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 17 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zimbabwe struggles with surge in Covid-19 burials?
A group of women sing hymns at the cemetery in Harare as undertakers, dressed in Covid-19 protective gear, gently lower a white casket into the grave."This world is not our home," they sing, a...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prominent medical practitioner Shah succumbs to Covid-19
PROMINENT medical practitioner, Dr Bilal Shah, who succumbed to Covid-19 at a local hospital yesterday has been buried at Warren Hills cemetery in Harare.Dr Shah (67) was buried within 24 hour...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF intensifies campaigns as Mnangagwa eyes 2023 election
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has injected ZW$73 million into Mashonaland East vocational training centres as Zanu-PF canvasses for youth support in its quest to garner five million votes in the 2023 g...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants State assisted funeral for late actress 'Vimbai'
LATE former Studio 263 actress, Anne Nhira will receive a state assisted funeral, government has said.Nhira died last Tuesday from injuries sustained in a home robbery in Johannesburg's posh B...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 20:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love sparks debate in Parliament
IT'S two weeks after his demise and subsequent burial, but Zimdancehall chanter and liberation hero Soul Jah Love born Soul Muzavazi Musaka continues to make waves from the grave.Today, Member...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love debacle exposes rot
A popular dancehall artiste, Soul Musaka, known to many as Soul Jah Love, passed on just under two weeks ago.What happened subsequently sparked the now fickle and feeble debate on the conferme...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chaos at Soul Jah Love burial
ONCE again, the police had a torrid time in enforcing Covid-19 regulations as scores of people thronged Warren Hills Cemetery for the burial of the much-loved Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Love.W...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love's dodgy hero status divides opinion
THE ruling Zanu-PF party's decision to declare the late Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love - born Soul Musaka - a liberation war hero has inadvertently raised political dust and left internet users di...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police control numbers at Soul Jah Love funeral
Police yesterday dispersed mourners at the late Zimdancehall icon Soul Jah Love's Msasa Park home in Harare after they exceeded 30, the number of people allowed at a funeral in accordance with lockdow...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hero status conferment reaches all time low
After denying Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu national hero's status, Zimdancehall musician Soul Jah Love (Soul Muzavazi Musaka) has been declared a liberation hero.Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 15:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Controversial secret agreement haunts Mnangagwa
WHILE cabinet this week set up a taskforce to investigate dodgy land deals in local authorities and deal with land barons, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Local Government minister July Moyo are part...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council faces shortage of undertakers
A SHORTAGE of undertakers, some of whom have been stricken by Covid-19, has resulted in Harare City Council failing to provide graves to bereaved families at Warren Hills cemetery. The local a...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Passion Java, brother clash over late mother's estate
FLAMBOYANT cleric Passion Java‘s South Africa based brother Simba, has launched a scathing attack on the United States-based clergyman, for allegedly blocking him from benefitting from their late mo...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Harare cemetery turned into dumpsite
WARREN Hills Cemetery has been turned into an illegal dumpsite by Warren Park D residents as the MDC-run council fails to provide basic service delivery in the area. A visit to the cemetery ye...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moana's family give socialite emotional send-off
LATE socialite Michelle ‘Moana' Amuli's paternal and maternal families Saturday put their differences aside to give the fitness enthusiast a send-off at Warren Hills Cemetery, Harare.Since h...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 18:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Moana burial set for today
SOCIALITE Michelle "Moana" Amuli, who died in horrific car accident on November 8, is set to be buried today after the High Court resolved a three-week-long impasse between her estranged parents over ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moana ‘ghost' haunts family
HIGH drama, confusion and controversy have become the hallmarks of the late socialite and fitness trainer Michelle "Moana" Amuli's burial with the feud surrounding her interment dividing opinion among...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:49hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
Court to decide on Moana's burial date
Socialite and fitness trainer Michelle "Moana" Amuli's burial will not take place anytime soon until the High Court rules on the dispute between her parents over her burial. This comes after t...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe will not be buried at Heroes Acre
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, one of the luminaries of the liberation struggle and the architect of the National Heroes' Acre Monument, which was supposed to symbolise sacrifice, bravery and triumph...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe will not be buried at same grave yard with Sally and Sabina
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, one of the luminaries of the liberation struggle and the architect of the National Heroes' Acre Monument, which was supposed to symbolise sacrifice, bravery and triumph...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe will not be buried at Zimbabwe Heroes Acre
FORMER president Robert Mugabe, one of the luminaries of the liberation struggle and the architect of the National Heroes' Acre Monument, which was supposed to symbolise sacrifice, bravery and triumph...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another ZBC reporter dies after a short illness
ZBC reporter, Desmond Duri has died.Duri (40) died in Harare early today after a short illness.He joined the national broadcaster on the 1st of February 2009 as a reporter based at Poc...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Judith Makwanya burial today
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Diplomatic Correspondent Judith Makwanya will be buried at Warren Hills Cemetery today at 11am. The veteran journalist died on Monday at West End Clinic i...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government secures $940m lifeline for Harare water
Government has secured funding commitments worth $940 million from China to overhaul Harare's water and sewer system, which is in a state of disrepair and has been blamed for the current cholera outbr...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Harare in graveyard space headache
The number of Harare residents that are burying their dear departed in cemeteries that are located on the outskirts of the city is increasing as pressure for graveyard space intensifies.With m...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Condolences pour in for Chingoka
TENNIS Zimbabwe president Martin Lock has said the late Paul Chingoka will always be remembered for his tireless efforts to develop the game in the country.The former tennis president passed o...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's first 100 days and traffic police
Last weekend I left Harare for Victoria Falls - that international crib of tourism - by road and indeed, it made me reflect on the past. The last time I had done Harare-Victoria Falls by road was in O...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Kamba's wife dies
Dr Angeline Kamba wife to the first black vice chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe Professor Walter Kamba has died.She was 82.Dr Kamba died after a short illness at her home in Ho...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 19:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Form 3 pupil commits suicide over 50 cents
A form 3 pupil at Harare High School reportedly committed suicide in Kuwadzana last week after she was allegedly impregnated by a married man.Eye witnesses allege the girl committed suicide in...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 15:44hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mujuru links cost Cde Chinx national hero status
Late liberation stalwart and veteran musician, Dickson "Cde Chinx" Chingaira, became a victim of Zanu-PF's internecine succession struggles after the party denied him the coveted national hero status ...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cde Chinx family opts for private cemetery after Zanu-PF snub
The family of the late liberation stalwart and musician Dick "Cde Chinx" Chingaira has passed on the chance to bury him at Harare Provincial Heroes Acre - instead opting to have him interred at the Gl...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 12:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council evicts Zanu-PF land invaders
SCORES of Zanu-PF youths were yesterday evicted from land they had invaded and set up illegal structures in Warren Park, Harare.Harare City Council has earmarked the invaded land for housi...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Burials boost Harare council coffers
Harare City Council raked in close to $800 000 from the dead through the sale of graves last year.Council recorded 6 355 burials generating $770 132 in the process as demand for graves reporte...Published: 05 Dec 2016 at 04:08hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Harare mayor's secretary dies at 54
City of Harare's longest serving secretary Mrs Diana Chideya has died. She died yesterday at the age of 54. In a statement yesterday, Harare Mayor councillor Bernard Manyenyeni express...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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