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Thief too busy to return Judge's stolen barbed wire
In a bizarre case of boldness and blatant disregard for the law, a 32-year-old man from Masvingo who stole 1,600 metres of barbed wire from High Court Judge Justice Sunsley Zisengwe's rural homestead ...Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 19:13hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Jokonya's farm invaders to remain in custody
Eight men accused of criminal trespassing at the farm of the late national hero and diplomat, Tichaona Jokonya, will remain in custody for two more nights after a Harare magistrate postponed their bai...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 16:06hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt still struggling to revive ZISCO Steel
Years after pledging to revive the defunct ZISCO Steel, the Zimbabwean government is still grappling to present a clear, actionable plan for restoring the once-iconic steel manufacturer to its former ...Published: 09 May 2025 at 13:06hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
Migrants, army face-off along South Africa-Zimbabwe border
EVERYDAY, Fadzai Musindo walks across the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa - sometimes via the official border post but usually by taking the more dangerous informal route.Streams of m...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:25hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults neighbour with barbed wire over debt
An angry Plumtree man is in trouble after he assaulted his neighbour with a barbed wire over debt.Alfred Musiz Dube (24) appeared before Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware yesterday....Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:18hrs | 609 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Thieves vandalise region's heroes acres
BULAWAYO, Matebeleland North and South provincial heroes acres are being targeted by thieves who are stealing plants, flower pots and floral tributes from graves.The shocking incidents have be...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mystery disease decimates kraals in Mberengwa
FOR a month and a half, Mr Thomas Mangena of Jeka area in Mberengwa District, Midlands Province lived in what seemed to be a bad dream that he wished he would one day wake up from.The reality,...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers get away with US$25 000
FIVE armed robbers raided a company in Kadoma and went away with US$25 000 cash while another group of criminals got away with 130kg of gold trapping carbons worth US$62 000 after raiding Atlas 16 Gol...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana living his dream
A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men.The bible verse rings true regarding Skhosana Buhlungu's musical career.For 14 years, Sikhosana strummed his guitar, ent...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 18:31hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Harare issues a 48 hour ultimatum
HARARE City Council is set to remove illegal billboards on road verges and private property across the capital.In a statement, council yesterday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to those who erected...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
The 'problem' with Sikhosana's Dlala Ntethe
I HAVE to admit, at the beginning I was one of those that did not immediately welcome the success of Sikhosana Buhlungu's song, Dlala Ntethe.I like a playful children's song like the next man ...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:55hrs | 11 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Sikhosana's homestead to be re-furbished
After B-Metro made it public that Folklore musician Sikhosana Buhlungu is living in poverty, well-wishers and fans have embarked on a drive of donating building material to improve Sikhosana's homeste...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sikhosana humbled by fans' donations
Musician Sikhosana Buhlungu (real name Clopas Sikhosana) is a star, not only in his rural area of Gwambe in Nkayi but even across borders where his music is fast gaining popularity. Although the artis...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matopo community constructs new school
VILLAGERS in Matopo's ward 5, Matabeleland South province, have come together with their relatives in the diaspora to contribute towards the construction of a school after noticing that their children...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 8 | by Samantha Power
75 year old thief arrested
A 75-YEAR-OLD Colleen Bawn man has been fined $1 500 for stealing two bicycles from his neighbour and barbed wire from a nearby farm.Hassan Phiri was convicted on his own plea of guilty to the...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must openly apologise for Gukurahundi'
Victims of Gukurahundi have dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the massacre of approximately 20 000 innocent civilians, arguing that half-hearted approaches such as the issuanc...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi victim documents horror story
A Bulawayo-based Gukurahundi survivor is engaging writers to document what he went through during the mass killings and says he wants to ensure the country's history is not distorted.Charles T...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Escaping inmate's genitals stuck in barbed wire fence
THEY planned to escape from prison but didn't think how tough it would be to get over the barbed wire fence, or the damage it could do to a man's 4-5!The SunTeam has seen a 50-second video of ...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise for his role in gukurahundi genocide
VICTIMS of the 1980s Matabeleland and Midlands massacres, known as Gukurahundi, have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to openly apologise for the killing of over 20 000 innocent civilians, sayi...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who really calls the shots in bloody Zimbabwe crackdown?
THE two girls, one 11 and the other 12, were on their street in the Pumula district of Bulawayo one afternoon, going between each other's homes, when they made the mistake of peeping through the wall ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | 4 | by The Times (UK)
Rape, brutality as soldiers crash protests
THE violent clampdown on protesters by soldiers and the police has left deep scars and trauma on children and women who were beaten up, raped or were forced to watch as their husbands, fathers or brot...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF urges members to defend the revolution
THE ruling Zanu-PF has encouraged its members to defend the revolution at a time when the country is under siege from rogue MDC-Alliance elements and its allies who instigated a damaging stayaway last...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's soldiers in Boko Haram-style invasions
AT a private hospital in Harare on Wednesday, a mother lay between her two children, all writhing in pain from injuries sustained when masked soldiers attacked their home Boko Haram-style.Afte...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man 'axes' wife, hangs self
A SILOBELA man fatally struck his sleeping wife with an axe on the head before committing suicide after discovering she was taking contraceptive pills without his knowledge. Busani Mandava (35...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans pay tribute to fallen heroes, heroines
THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans from all walks of life yesterday thronged various venues across the country to commemorate Heroes' Day.In Bulawayo, residents converged at the Provincial Heroes' Acre ...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Mgagao clashes: A ZIPRA narrative
COMRADE Joseph Sibuko Mbedzi whose Chimurenga name was Joseph Sibuko was born in 1951 in Beitbridge. He grew up in a family that was heavily involved in politics. His big Brother John Mbedzi was expel...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:38hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's deadliest highway
At least 44% of road fatalities in the country occur along the Plumtree-Bulawayo-Mutare highway which was resurfaced a few years ago at a cost of over $200 million, Transport minister Joram Gumbo has ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Story of Zipra field commander
GROWING up in the arid district of Beitbridge in Matabeleland South after his family had been removed from the rich soils and good pastures in West Nicholson, Joseph Mbedzi pseudo name Joseph Sibuko h...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Former Agric minister looted farm equipment worth millions
FORMER Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made allegedly looted farm equipment and inputs worth millions of dollars, which he hid at his Tara Farm in Headlands, M...Published: 22 Dec 2017 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Comic MP Chinotimba inspires book of jokes
Member of Parliament for Buhera South constituency Joseph Chinotimba's popularity as a 'humorist' has inspired a young author to publish a book of jokes titled "Chinotimba Jokes/Masasi aChinoz: Volume...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted for stealing church property
A HWANGE man has learnt it the hard way that stealing from God is not profitable after he was convicted of stealing three rolls of barbed wire from a church.Tinos Muzamba (21) appeared before ...Published: 12 Aug 2017 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
The land question in Africa
BEFORE Africa was carved up and occupied by the European colonial powers, land in Africa was largely under populated and human population growth was slow and could quite easily be accommodated....Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Eddie Cross
Gold panner crush neighbour's head
A JILTED gold panner (36) who crushed his 73-year-old neighbour's head on suspicion that he was having an affair with his ex-girlfriend before tying the woman up with barbed wire and kidnapping he...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF violence victims forced into sex orgies - report
Zanu PF members are viciously assaulting opposition members with firearms during episodes of targeted violence, a report by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum reveals.In its September Organis...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 12:52hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Man pushes wife into barbed wire
A 35-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man will spend the next six months in prison after he pushed his wife into a barbed wire causing her serious injuries as punishment for accompanying her younger sister to the bu...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:48hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Didymas Mutasa haunted by his past Zanu PF actions
The MDC-T has claimed that former Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymas Mutasa's Zanu era ghost comes to haunt him."If l were former vice President Joice Mujuru l would retire folks lik...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 11:15hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Fear grips Tsholotsho
A decomposing body of a Tsholotsho man was found in a hut whose door was secured from outside with a piece of barbed wire. Villagers told The Chronicle they suspected Vimusovusi Ndlovu, 82, of Pumula ...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Man assaults kids with barbed wire
A ZIMTA Park woman last week approached the Mutare Civil Courts for protection against her husband whom she said was in the habit of assaulting their children using barbed wire.Beatrice Nyanha...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 15:41hrs | 7 | by Mercy Ngwebvu
Don't mess with Grace Mugabe
During a state banquet in Pretoria, South Africa, in April 2015, I had a brief encounter with Grace Mugabe, the first lady of Zimbabwe. I was asking her husband, Robert Mugabe, about the question of ...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by David Smith
Businesswoman dragged from bed, undressed and robbed
An Esigodini businesswoman, Samukeliso Dlamini, was raided by a five men gang who tied her up with barbed wire and burnt her breast and thighs with a log while demanding $3,000 from her.She ha...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Meyiwa murder suspect, charges withdrawn
Johannesburg - Murder charges were withdrawn against Zanokuhle Mbatha, the man implicated in the murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa, in a short session in the Boksburg Magistrate's Court...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by SAPA
Man hangs self using barbed wire
A 51-YEAR-OLD Matobo man allegedly used barbed wire to hang himself at his homestead after a fight with his wife of 25 years. Police sources said Christopher Maphosa's body was discovered by h...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 10:30hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
US Ebola patient Kent Brantly discharged from hospital
One of the US aid workers who recovered from an Ebola infection is "thrilled to be alive" as he and another patient are discharged from hospital.Dr Kent Brantly, 33, thanked supporters for the...Published: 21 Aug 2014 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ebola death toll up to 1 350 - WHO
Monrovia - Security forces acting on the president's orders used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50 000 people inside their crowded slum on Wednesday in an attempt to contain the Ebola outbreak...Published: 21 Aug 2014 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The Special Court for Sierra Leone rests - for good
The Special Court for Sierra Leone made its final major decision on 26 September 2013 when its Appeals Chamber upheld the 50-year sentence handed down to former Liberian President Charles Taylor. ...Published: 14 Jun 2014 at 09:37hrs | 5 | by Lansana Gberie
Makorokoza clubbed to death by a rival gang
A man was clubbed to death by a rival gang of illegal gold miners as they clashed over a disused mine in Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo.Langton Ncube, 21, died on Wednesday night ...Published: 19 May 2014 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Man 'bashes' wife with barbed wire over infidelity
A SECURITY guard at Jilongwe Mine in Gwanda allegedly assaulted his wife with barbed wire and detained her for five days to conceal the resultant injuries after being questioned about his alleged inf...Published: 08 May 2014 at 05:45hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Thief settles debt with loot
AN "enterprising" thief broke into a neighbour's home, stole an assortment of household property and loaded them onto a stolen ox-drawn cart which he pulled to his homestead in the neighbouring villag...Published: 07 May 2014 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court in stitches, suspect offers to show female magistrate his injured private parts
A 24-year-old Bulawayo man facing an assault charge had the court in stitches when he went down on his knees and even offered to show a female magistrate his injured private parts in a bid to avoid r...Published: 28 Dec 2013 at 05:28hrs | 2 | by Court Reporter
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