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Mimosa shelves US$70m Zimbabwe refinery plant
Platinum Group of Metals (PGM) producer, Mimosa Mining Company, has shelved plans to build a US$70 million refinery plant at the Zvishavane premises for local beneficiation of the minerals after feasi...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
Woman smashes mother-in-law's windows
A 30-year-old woman from Ota village under Chief Mafala in Zvishavane has been slapped with a three months jail term after she went berserk and smashed her mother-in-law's windows after she accused he...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 12:58hrs | 2372 | by Staff reporter
Police confront ZANU PF Youth leader carrying AK 47 rifles
ZANU PF Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Lewis Matutu has denied reports that he assaulted a police officer at a concert in Zvishavane over the weekend.Matutu was reportedly arrested for see...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 05:55hrs | 7335 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Modi in corruption, police bribery storm
ZANU PF youth leader Lewis Matutu has made sensational claims that Deputy Industry Minister Raj Modi is demanding payments in US dollars against government policy and bribing police officers for prote...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 18:33hrs | 2843 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa ally lays into minister
A Zanu-PF youth leader has accused a deputy minister of sabotaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa's economic reforms by refusing to embrace the local currency, in yet another sign of widening rifts in t...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:55hrs | 2760 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league boss arrested for cop assault
Zanu-PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu lashed out at opponents on Saturday, hours after he was detained at a police station for several hours for allegedly assaulting a police officer....Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 13:33hrs | 2160 | by ZimLive
7 year old boy's remains found at national park
Police in Matabeleland North have discovered the remains of a 7 year old Binga boy 10 months after he went missing. The body of the boy was found at a Chizarira National Park in the dist...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 13:18hrs | 2378 | by Staff Reporter
Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers introduce Bureaux de Change across 17 branches nationwide
A leading wholesaler in Zimbabwe, Metro Peech and Browne Wholesalers, has installed 17 new Bureaux de Change to deliver convenient foreign currency exchange solutions for customers across the country....Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:59hrs | 1245 | by Staff reporter
Convicted school pupil to write exams in jail
Zvishavane magistrate Achy Wochiunga refused to grant bail pending appeal for a Mandava High School upper six pupil who was on Tuesday slapped with a three-year jail term together with three accomplic...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Missing boy (6) found dead
A SIX-year-old boy was found dead near Lot 4 suburb in Zvishavane after he was reported missing after he left for school in the morning but did not return home. It is suspected that the child ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:04hrs | 598 | by Staff Reporter
Met Dept rules out heat wave
ZIMBABWE has been experiencing extremely high temperatures beginning Monday with Beitbridge recording 44,5º Celsius. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD), however, said temperatures would coo...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:05hrs | 2727 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa buys massive beachfront villa in Dubai?
BERLIN - Spendthrift President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has reportedly bought an exquisite massive beachfront villa in Dubai, where he intends to retire or alternatively use the opulent property as an exil...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 10:22hrs | 44685 | by Itai Mushekwe
De Jongh wary of Platinum threat
HIGHLANDERS' coach Pieter de Jongh has conceded that their Chibuku Super Cup quarter-final clash against league champions FC Platinum will be a tough encounter for his charges, but remains confident t...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Naming and shaming corrupt Bigwigs is not enough: They ought to rot in jail - Nomboka
Responding to a question posed by this reporter during a live interview on ‘what should have been done by seating parliamentarians which they were apparently not doing to put an immediate stop to ra...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:24hrs | 426 | by Agencies
Highlanders face Platinum in Chibuku Cup
A CHIBUKU Super Cup humdinger is in the offing after resurgent Highlanders FC were drawn against league champions FC Platinum in the quarter-finals in Harare yesterday. Another interesting fix...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1330 | by Staff Reporter
Cop dupes police recruit of $400
Zvishavane magistrate, Achy Wochiunga has issued a warrant of arrest for a female Harare police officer who is facing fraud charges after she absconded court.Evelyn Dzama, who resides at South...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Mimosa suspends 70 over salary scandal
TWO of the 70 employees suspended by Mimosa Mining Company over a salary scandal have appeared at the Zvishavane Magistrates Court facing fraud charges. Two months ago, the platinum miner suspended 70...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
MaShurugwi are mere peace loving hardworking mortals!
In recent months our public media has been awash with stories of a group of artisanal miners by the name MaShurugwi, who for unfair reasons have come to be associated with a streak of cases of violenc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 15:23hrs | 1967 | by Sizalobuhle Khumalo
Army told to compensate evicted families
CHIEFS in Shurugwi are demanding that the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) compensates over 200 families they evicted from Lazy Nine Farm under Chief Banga two years ago.The army gave a short noti...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop's wife tortures stepson over sweet
A WIFE of a senior Buchwa Support Unit policeman has been convicted of brutally torturing her nine-year-old stepson by tying his legs and hands with an electric cable before heavily assaulting him wit...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Car robbers jailed 30 years each
Two Zvishavane men, who had been terrorising motorists in and outside Harare, mainly targeting taxi drivers, were last week sentenced to 30 years in prison each after being convicted on three counts o...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:44hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
8 new magistrates sworn-in
The Judicial Service Commission yesterday swore-in eight new magistrates, seven of them female, in a move that acting Chief Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi said would ease the backlog of cases before th...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:14hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Duo rape corpse, get death sentence
TWO Zvishavane villagers, who gang-raped a 51-year-old woman who had her nine-month-old grandchild strapped on her back and brutally murdered her before taking turns to engage in sex with the corpse, ...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:28hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's bad friend
At common law, you become a natural accomplice if the cops find you warming yourself at a bonfire where thieves are sharing the loot. Bad company makes you bad too, and that seems to be the case with ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 13:14hrs | 1347 | by Tawanda Majoni
Lack of IDs infringes on rights: ZHRC
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has said 29,5% of the 814 cases of people investigated in the Midlands province in September submitted that they were denied the right to education due to l...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Traffic cops assault motorist at roadblock
Two police officers attached to the National Highway Patrol, who bashed a motorist two years ago at a roadblock along the Masvingo-Mutare Highway, have been jailed for five months each. Tendai...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:28hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
'Smelly' project chokes Gweru city engineers
Gweru City Council (GCC) has embarked on an investigation to fish out the local authority's rogue employees who were involved in corrupt activities in the illegal development of a vast residential sub...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:35hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Questions remain over Mapeza's departure
NORMAN Mapeza's name will forever be etched in Zimbabwean football champions FC Platinum's folklore.An incredible five years in Zvishavane saw Mapeza win back- to-back league titles for FC Pla...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:32hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Church elder jailed 4 years over R70 000 theft
A 27-YEAR-OLD United Apostolic Church deacon has been slapped with a four-year jail term for stealing R70 000 from a Zvishavane businessman's car last week.Strive Dube was sentenced on his own...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 08:01hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Zambian arrested for smuggling emeralds
A 33-year-old man from Lusaka, Zambia, has appeared at the Zvishavane Magistrates' Court for smuggling emeralds from Mberengwa.Harrison Kazhoka of Kaunda Square, Lusaka, is facing charges of i...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 07:32hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Dr Mzee: Soul of the nation
CDE SIMON Muzenda, who had his last breath on September 20, 2003 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, was declared a national hero and buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. On Friday, the nation commemor...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:29hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Top businessman convicted for stealing Zesa cables
Top Zvishavane businessman Kudakwashe Diza (43) and his companion Mark Tiweni (39) were yesterday slapped with a 48-month jail sentence each for stealing 810kg of aluminium cables belonging to Zesa Ho...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:08hrs | 2949 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza explains shock departure
NORMAN MAPEZA says the need for rest, after five demanding years in the trenches at FC Platinum, finally forced him to end his successful marriage with the Zvishavane miners. The Zimbabwe cham...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 05:53hrs | 2321 | by Staff reporter
Makhosini Hlongwane set to lose property over US$30 000 vehicle debt
FORMER Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister and Member of Parliament for Mberengwa East Makhosini Hlongwane's property is set to be auctioned over a debt of more than US$36 000 for a vehicle and asset ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:24hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Indigenous churches pay tribute to Mugabe
INDIGENOUS churches in Zimbabwe have described late former President, Robert Mugabe, as Zimbabwe's David who was a great leader whose contribution to the decolonisation of Zimbabwean and African minds...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:04hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 1489 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Education permanent secretary Tabela's husband dies
VETERAN educationist and husband to Primary and Secondary Education permanent secretary Tumisang Tabela, Ketso Calvin, has died.He was 63.Tabela died in Zvishavane on his way home from...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Government introduce artisanal miners ID cards
THE country's sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) will soon issue out formalisation cards to artisanal miners to enable them to deliver gold at its centres as it moves to ensure effe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:39hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Pastor jailed for sexual abuse
A pastor with the Glory Temple Pentecostal Church in Zvishavane has been slapped with a four-year jail term for bedding a 14-year-old juvenile.Although Destiny Govera had pleaded not guilty to...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver commits suicide over clamped car
A 41-YEAR-OLD Zvishavane taxi driver on Monday committed suicide by drinking poison in protest after his cab had been clamped by municipal police in the town's central business district.Tasara...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
US$11k fraud lands pastor in dock
A 36-year-old pastor with Fountain of Life Ministry in Zvishavane last week appeared in court facing allegations of defrauding several people of over US$11 000 and R3 000 after promising to help them ...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Clamped taxi driver suicide at municipal cop's house
A ZVISHAVANE taxi driver allegedly committed suicide by consuming a pesticide at the house of a municipal police officer who had clamped his taxi in the town's Central Business District. Frust...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Pastor defrauds congregants
A Pastor at Fountain of Life Ministry has appeared in court facing 12 counts of fraud for allegedly defrauding congregants of over US$11 000 and over R3 000 whom he had promised to secure studying pla...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | 3148 | by Staff reporter
Chapungu humiliate CAPS United
Chapungu 4 - 2 CAPS UnitedCHAPUNGU announced a return to their favourite hunting ground in style when they put up a stellar performance as they dismantled CAPS United in a thrilling Castle Lager P...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
SMM to resume asbestos exports
Awakening asbestos mining giant Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM) is set to resume chrysotile asbestos fibre exports for the first time in over a decade as Government's master plan to revive the mine begin...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Miners bail out troubled Zesa
Zimbabwe's top three platinum miners are said to have helped settle the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) $10 million part payment to the South African electricity sup...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:57hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Lest we forget: Women of the struggle
Tomorrow, Zimbabwe celebrates National Heroes Day, an important day on the national calendar to honour the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who made extraordinary sacrifices to liberate the coun...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Plane fault forces FC Platinum to travel by road
FC PLATINUM team yesterday had to endure a 315km trip by bus from Lilongwe to Blantyre, which took them about 4hrs 30 minutes, after the plane that was supposed to carry them for their Confederation o...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:07hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Masomere hits out at Manica Diamonds
Former Manica Diamonds coach Luke Masomere, who was sacked on Sunday, has claimed that the club is struggling financially and it failed to back him on the transfer market to achieve the set targets....Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Mapeza back at work
FC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza has returned to work, and will lead the Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions when they travel to Malawi this week for the Caf Champions League preliminary round first ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
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