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Kombi crew block road, assault Honda Fit driver
THREE commuter omnibus conductors from Old Magwegwe high-density suburbs in Bulawayo have appeared in court facing a charge of assaulting a Honda Fit driver.Method Mlilo (31), Ayibongwe Mlilo ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:56hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 122 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Zimbabwe cops thwart efforts to block Mnangagwa's inauguration
Police on routine patrol early Monday morning thwarted efforts by a few scattered small groups of opposition supporters to block some roads leading to the inauguration of President Mnangagwa at the Na...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC officers, vendors hurt in dawn market raid
BULAWAYO City Council fired rubber bullets and used a fire engine to spray vendors with water after launching an operation to clear 5th Avenue of illegal activities in the early hours of yesterday, a ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SA truckers block roads in protest over foreigners
The failure by the South African government to provide feedback on November 3 to small truck operators regarding the employment of foreign drivers resulted in the blockade of the N3 highway near Van R...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Axe wielding bus employees block road, bus overturns
Two Musanhi bus Investments axe weilding employees appeared before Guruve Magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa on Thursday for blocking the road with a log...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 17:56hrs | 11 | by Llyod Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
'Zanu PF party activists attack Chamisa in Mashonaland West'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday claimed that he was attacked by ruling Zanu PF party activists at Zvipani, Mashonaland West when he visited the province yesterday.Chami...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 08:48hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
South Africa: Is the Rainbow fading away?
Geographically, South Africa is another country, apart and distinct from our Zimbabwe. Experientially, South Africa is all Southern African countries, Zimbabwe especially. A whirlpool of event...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's youths spoil for a fight
ZANU-PF youth leaders say they are ready to counter anti-government protests planned by opposition and civic groups, setting the stage for a bruising political fight.They also alleged a sinist...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is not the worst country on earth!
At the beginning of this new weekly column, more of which is going to come in the next months and years Inshallah, let me make this humble appeal to the authorities on behalf of the suffering resident...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:26hrs | 15 | by Baffour Ankomah
Councillors block road project
BEITBRIDGE councillors have resisted the development of a road they say had "jumped the queue", because it does not serve residents.The road links the Shule Shule Shopping Centre, goes past a ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagnwa dismisses fake reports on tracking doctors and lawyers
Government has dismissed as false and misleading reports in the private media claiming President Mnangagwa threatened to track down lawyers who represented rioters and doctors who treated people who w...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
$300K BCC infrastructure destroyed during protests
Bulawayo City Council says infrastructure such as road traffic signs worth $300 000 was destroyed in last month's deadly protests, piling more woes on the financially hamstrung local authority, a late...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Concern over using of children during riots
CHILDREN are considered as the voiceless and innocent and are often susceptible to various forms of abuse by social misfits and political vultures who use them in skirmishes for their selfish gain and...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Peter Matika
Is it back to normal in Harare?
A Twitter account that monitors politics in Zimbabwe has been sharing some pictures of the capital, Harare, which was hit by violence last week over a rise in the price of fuel.The government ...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:08hrs | 2 | by BBC
Chamisa's costly lie
The biggest lie last week was that the violence in urban areas were protests over fuel prices in particular and living costs in general, when in fact the protests were enforced by a small bullying min...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths lead 'operation restore sanity'
FOLLOWING violent protests that rocked Mutare on Tuesday morning, a group of Zanu-PF youths were yesterday moving around suburbs removing boulders, tyres and other items used to barricade roads in an ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor unhappy with road closure
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has raised concern over the way the law enforcers conducted themselves in closing a road in the CBD which was a perceived hub of illegal money changers, popularly known he...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Touts block road, shut out family from home
A FAMILY from Fourwinds suburb in Bulawayo has been "blocked'' from its own house by touts who have camped at the gate of their house, which they are using as an undesignated pick- up point for transp...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coup stories, 'fake news'?
Harare based human rights defender Patson Dzamara has said despite rumours on social media that the military has taken over the city of Harare, its business as usual. Dzamara twitter this...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Police officers should heed Minister Chombo's advice
There has been hullabaloo and different public perceptions in the media about the way police officers try to handle and arrest public disorder especially with reference to the just ended protests. &nb...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 15:39hrs | | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Police ready to deal with rogues
Police have assured the nation that they have deployed adequate manpower to deal with rogue elements that might want to disturb peace and incite lawlessness through illegal protests.The police...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Hundreds stranded as touts run riot
POLICE yesterday arrested more than 30 people in Harare following chaotic scenes caused by touts and rank marshals protesting against what they regarded as too many police roadblocks on the roads....Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police rein in rowdy touts
Police yesterday arrested more than 30 people in Harare following chaotic scenes caused by touts and rank marshals protesting against heavy traffic police presence on the roads. Commuter omnibus o...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 06:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council act on kombis now!
The high level of anarchy and chaos caused by commuter omnibuses in Harare City the capital is regrettable. This sector contributes immensely in propping up the needs of society, but their existe...Published: 15 Jul 2014 at 09:13hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Kombi operators threatens to approach Mugabe
Kombi operators yesterday threatened to approach President Robert Mugabe if police remain reluctant to flush out Zanu PF youths demanding rank fees in Harare as the war for control of the lucrative co...Published: 08 Sep 2012 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
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