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Burial abandoned after relative goes berserk

A burial ceremony in Village Njobela under Chief Chisadza in Lower Gweru ended in chaos on Thursday after a close relative of the deceased went on a violent rampage, attacking mourners, including the presiding priest, and forcing the aband…

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chief Sogwala to be laid to rest Sunday

THE curtain will fall on one of Zimbabwe's longest-serving traditional leaders as Chief Sogwala of Lower Gweru is set to be buried Sunday 6 July 2025, at his homestead in Ward 7, Sogwala Village.Gweru District Development Coordinator Taris…

Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 11:12hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter

Consumer watchdog wants tough stance against substandard products

The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged the government to strengthen enforcement of the Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme to shield consumers from substandard, counterfeit, and mispriced goods flooding the m…

Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:26hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter

Dead man resurfaces 13 years after burial

In a sensational twist that reads more like fiction than reality, a 69-year-old Buhera woman, Judith Machao, has rocked her community - and social circles far beyond - with a jaw-dropping claim: her husband, long thought dead and buried in…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 18:32hrs | 2250 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa calls for discipline, loyalty in ZDF

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for continued loyalty and dedication within the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), paying tribute to the late Brigadier General Tapiwa Rungani and national hero Walter Basopo during a funeral ceremony at…

Published: 01 May 2025 at 08:51hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter

Daniel Chapo courts Zimbabwe investors at ZITF

Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo has emphasized the importance of expanding economic cooperation between Mozambique and Zimbabwe, calling for more robust trade relations and foreign direct investment (FDI) at the opening of the …

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:31hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to bury 2 colleagues on Wednesday

A double burial for two national heroes, Brigadier-General (Retired) Victor Rungani and former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director Walter Basopo, has been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday at the National Heroes Acre in Hara…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:30hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter

Siqokoqela snubs Mphoko's burial

Siqokoqela Mphoko, the son of the late former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, was conspicuously absent from his father's burial at the family's Douglasdale plot in Bulawayo yesterday. His absence comes amid a bitter and ongoing family f…

Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 04:39hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter

Phelekezela Mphoko: Farewell to a revolutionary

THE passing of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has left a profound void in the hearts of many Zimbabweans and those who knew him globally. As we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and comrades, we celebrate t…

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:28hrs | 115 | by Marshall Ndlela

MPs demand answers on closed Bulawayo industries

Opposition members of Parliament have called on the government to provide clear timelines and concrete plans for the revival of Bulawayo's once-thriving industries, which have faced a steep decline in recent years. Bulawayo, once known as …

Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 07:01hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter

Chief Marupi burial deferred to Wednesday

Chief Marupi of Gwanda District, who passed away last Sunday, will now be laid to rest on Wednesday at his rural home in Mbuzimbili Village, Selonga area. Originally scheduled for burial today, the arrangements have been shifted to allow h…

Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:00hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter

Chief Marupi to be laid to rest on Sunday

Gwanda District's youthful Chief Marupi, who passed away after a brief illness, will be laid to rest this Sunday at his rural home in the Mbuzimbili area of Matabeleland South. Chief Marupi, born Oaheng Nare, died at age 28 on Sunday eveni…

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:45hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter

Tshinga Dube rejects National Heroes Acre burial?

Former Minister and liberation struggle Zipra commander Tshinga Dube, who passed away on Thursday night, has expressed his wish not to be buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare, according to his family. Dube's son, Vusumuzi Dube, rev…

Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:12hrs | 2805 | by Staff reporter

Mix up at South African mortuary, 2-year body swap resolved

IN September 2021, then-31-year-old Bongani Ngwendu was attacked by a vigilante group in a suspected xenophobic attack at an informal settlement in Pretoria, South Africa, where he was burnt to death in his shack. His charred remains were …

Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Remains of 21 people exhumed in city

Remains of 21 people were exhumed from a housing development project site in Bulawayo's Killarney suburb before they were reburied at the city's Luveve cemetery.This was revealed in the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes on cemeteries an…

Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Burial impasse drags on for 4 months

IT is now four months since the murder of a Gokwe artisanal miner at Zhombe Business Centre, popularly known as Kwa-Juwero under Chief Gwesela, with affected families failing to agree on terms and conditions reportedly set by the family of…

Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 06:58hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa grants Rahman Gumbo state-assisted funeral

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has accorded late Rahman Gumbo a state assisted funeral as Zanu-PF appeared Wednesday to have hijacked the Zimbabwe national football team and Highlanders legend's funeral arrangements.In correspondence written…

Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Maviri's family pays homage to Ezra 'Tshisa' Sibanda

The family of the late Insimbi ZeZhwane drummer and provincial hero, Thembinkosi "Maviri" Mpofu has thanked all those who supported them, singling out funeral service company, Kingdom Blue and media personality Ezra "Tshisa" Sibanda for th…

Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Ezekiel Guti snubs heroes acre burial

Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (ZAOGA Forward in Faith) founding leader and National Hero Archbishop Ezekiel Guti was yesterday buried at his old church started in 1960 under a eucalyptus tree on a mountain in Bindura.At this place, Arc…

Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

7-day ultimatum for businesses operating illegally

More than 70 percent of businesses in Harare are operating in defiance of regulations or by-laws and Government will descend on them if they fail to regularise their operations within seven days.Most businesses in downtown Harare are breac…

Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Journalist Gwakuba Ndlovu burial set for today before Zanu-PF hero status

VETERAN journalist and war veteran Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu will be buried today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo, his family has said. Gwakuba Ndlovu died last Friday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) from a heart ailment.  He wa…

Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Hands off Grace, says the Mugabes

THE late former President Mugabe's family yesterday rubbished moves by a Zvimba traditional leader to summon former First Lady Grace Mugabe to appear before his traditional court on a charge of "improper" burial of the country's former str…

Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Grace Mugabe petitioned over 'courtyard' burial of Robert

A Zimbabwean chief has summoned former First Lady Grace Mugabe to appear before a village court to answer charges of "inappropriately" burying the country's late former president, Robert Mugabe, at the family homestead saying the move is "…

Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Covid-19: Burial rites set to change

"AMA, where am I ever going to see you? Is this how it's going to end?" cried a heartbroken 21-year-old Chido Sibare as the funeral hearse carrying her mother's body drove past.Her mother succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 and social media w…

Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:32hrs | 6 | by Lorraine Muromo

Moana's family give socialite emotional send-off

LATE socialite Michelle â€˜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 her death in a fatal car accident almost three w…

Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 18:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

One last big bash for Ginimbi Kadungure

The final party to be thrown for Zimbabwean socialite and businessman Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure will be on Friday, but this time guests will have to bring their own champagne because he won't be there to top up their glasses.It will be th…

Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Reburial of the victims of Gukurahundi

We the children of Silobela welcome the news of the proposed reburial of the victims of Gukurahundi. We believe it is a noble idea for the government to do its duty that is long overdue. It will indeed help the diseased victims rest in pea…

Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Cde Godfrey Viki

Let there be no reburial of gukurahundi victims anywhere in Mthwakazi

As MLF, we strongly condemn the order by the government of Zimbabwe and its puppet body in Matabeleland Collective, to rebury the victims of Gukurahundi. It is insanity at its worst for someone at government level to order the exhumation o…

Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by David Magagula

Callistus Ndlovu's body arrives in Harare

The body of the late former cabinet minister Professor Callistus Ndlovu has arrived in Harare where a programme for its burial at the National Heroes Acre was unveiled.Some of the senior government officials in attendance at the 1 Commando…

Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 22:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Makhurane will not be buried with crooks at Heores acre

The family of national hero Professor Phinias Makhurane has snubbed a National Heroes Acre burial, insisting instead on interring him at his rural home in the Gungwe area of Gwanda.Family spokesperson Mr Joshua Mpofu said government has ac…

Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Violent send off for Morgan Tsvangirai

With soaring freedom songs and poignant memories, tens of thousands of mourners yesterday paid tribute to opposition leader and freedom icon Morgan Tsvangirai at an emotional farewell in Harare, with ordinary Zimbabweans making up the majo…

Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Woman buried in two coffins as her body kept ballooning

EVER thought of being buried in two coffins?Bereaved family members and friends of a Tsholotsho woman who was killed by her stepson last week had a torrid time at the mortuary as the body, which was already in a decomposing state, could no…

Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Family hails all those who participated in the service and burial of Mrs Gumbo

As the Gumbo family we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who stood with us during the time of Nobuhle's sickness up until she passed on. We thank the Mthwakazi Republic Party Comrades, Eagle Life Assembly Church, our In…

Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 13:53hrs | 16 | by Gumbo family

Mahofa burial set for Sunday

The late Minister of State for Masvingo, Shuvai Mahofa, who died in the early hours of Monday and was declared a national heroine, will be laid to rest on Sunday.Politburo member Josiah Hungwe told ZBC News that Mahofa's body will lie in s…

Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Cde Chinx burial on today

Liberation war hero and musician Dickson Chingaira known as "Chinx" who died last Friday will be buried today at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare.Chinx who succumbed to cancer a week ago.  He was 61.Family spokesperson Mr Dick Chingaira…

Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Indoda ithonisa amalobolo emangcwabeni

ZISELE zitshe amathe izakhamizi zeLuveve emangcwabeni akulelilokitshi koBulawayo ngemva kokuba elinye ixhegu limise umngcwabo lithi umzukulu walo ngeke angcwatshe indodakazi yakhe ingalotsholwangwa.Isehlakalo lesi senzakale ngoLwesihlanu k…

Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 16:22hrs | | by Johas Moyo

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