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Churchill High hostel fire displaces 54 pupils
Churchill High School is reeling from a devastating fire that gutted one of its junior hostels on Monday afternoon, leaving 54 boarding students counting heavy losses.The tragedy compounds an ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:32hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Teenager burns former employer's car over salary
A Buhera man was left counting losses after his vehicle was burnt to ashes by his former employee in a salary dispute.The matter came to light at Chipinge magistrates courts today where Raymon...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 16:52hrs | 1676 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gukurahundi genocide survivor cannot forgive Mugabe's foot soldiers
An astounding number of mass graves surround Thabani Dhlamini's home in south-western Zimbabwe.One pointed out to the BBC lies near the ablution block at a primary school in the village of Sal...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Fire razes dormitory at Matopo High School
Fifty-two learners at Matopo High School in Matabeleland South escaped unhurt when a fire gutted a school dormitory housing boys in the early hours of Friday but their personal belongings and some sch...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:41hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cuts ribbon on 23 fire tenders
IN a remarkable achievement by the Government, President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 23 firefighting trucks out of a total of 133 acquired from Belarus. A momentous step forward was also taken wi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Angry South Africans burn 4 Zimbabweans to death in Alexandra
Four Zimbabwean men accused of terrorising the community met their untimely demise in Setjwetla, Alexandra township South Africa when they were doused with gasoline and burnt to death on Tuesday night...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 19:00hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos in head start
Hwange 0 - 1 DynamosDYNAMOS missed a glut of chances but still managed to see off Castle Lager Premier Soccer League returnees Hwange at Barbourfields Stadium yesterday.Second-half s...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fire leave hundreds informal traders grounded
A fire which broke out on Wednesday morning in Mpopoma left hundreds of informal traders grounded and counting their losses.Spamprek, a site owned by Bulawayo City Council which houses more th...Published: 18 Jan 2023 at 20:49hrs | 2 | by Desmond Nleya
Backlash as SA's Phophi belittles Zimbabwean patient
SOUTH Africa's opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has lodged an official complaint against medical doctor and Limpopo province Member of Executive Committee (MEC), Phophi Ramathuba for "dehuma...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in South Africa fear for their safety
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa (SA) have expressed concern over their safety after a top African National Congress (ANC) official said Pretoria could not guarantee the safety of foreign nationals ...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bees haunt employer
A Seke man is living in fear after his employee left a swarm of bees in his homestead.The bees are allegedly causing mysterious activit...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 14:21hrs | 13 | by Tarisai Mudahondo/Desmond Nhleya
Zapu condemns murder of Zimbabwean in Operation Dudula attack
ZAPU has condemned the murder of a Zimbabwean man in Diepsloot, North of Johannesburg by a xenophobic South African mob hunting foreigners residing in the area.Elvis Nyathi was burnt to death ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mental patient' torches vehicles at carpark
A SUSPECTED mental patient went berserk and allegedly stoned four cars at an overnight carpark in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb before torching two of them, reducing them to shells while security guards w...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
13ha of wheat consumed by lightning
Precabe farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe was struck by fire which emerged from lightning resulting in 13 hectares of wheat burnt to ashes, yesterday....Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 11:42hrs | 9 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Petrol bombed pastor succumbs to burns
A PASTOR from Enaleni Village in Bubi District, Matabeleland North, who was petrol bombed and suffered burns to 97 percent of body has died. Bishop Ephraim Ndlovu (51) of Alive in Christ Pentecostal C...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rename Botswana
Not all citizens of the country are Batswana. The name of the country celebrates tribalism before independence. Bakalanga were not called Batswana. I am not a Motswana - Dr Habaudi Hubona The name is ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 21:10hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man demands lobola back, torches in-laws' hut
A MUTASA villager has left the community dumb-founded after demanding his lobola back from his in-laws before burning his mother's kitchen hut to ashes following an argument with his wife.Know...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Truck driver sued over fuel tank explosion
A TRUCK driver, Aleck Chivanga, who is employed by Creadlyne Transport (Pvt) Ltd, has been slapped with a US$80 000 lawsuit after he allegedly caused a fire which engulfed RAM service station in Ruwa ...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 11:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu's posh Mercedes-Benz burnt to ashes
FORMER Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu, yesterday alleged foul play after his posh Mercedes-Benz vehicle was burnt to ashes by yet unknown assailants.Zivhu was fired...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
143 arrested as cops smash drug dealers' bases
A POLICE crackdown on drug peddlers and syndicates has so far netted 143 drug dealers with their bases being destroyed in raids that are being carried out in Harare and Chitungwiza. This comes...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Family loses clothes, furniture as house gutted by fire
A HOUSE in Killarney suburb, Bulawayo, was on Friday gutted by fire after a five-year-old child, who was playing with matches set it ablaze.The affected family was left with nothing after all ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pair murders juvenile, cut genitals
In a gory murder case that has left the community in Mazetese Village in Mwenezi shell-shocked, two men allegedly connived to kill a six-year-old girl before burning her body beyond recognition after ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies?
Are Matabele and Shona people sworn enemies? Well, Matabeles had no idea until Shona leaders announced it and even went on to declare an unprovoked war against them."Let's all Shonas, Zezurus,...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 07:44hrs | 24 | by Israel Dube
Murehwa murder: Another hut, gazebo up in flames
Thanks Makore, on remand on charges of allegedly murdering his seven-year old nephew Tapiwa for suspected ritual purposes, had his kitchen hut at his Murehwa homestead destroyed by fire on Friday nigh...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 23:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
23 evicted from Karoi farm, dumped in the open
A POLICE officer was injured after he was pelted with stones in running battles with 23 resettled farmers resisting eviction from Pumula Farm in Karoi, Mashonaland West province.Eight settlers...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gas tank blast guts apartments
Some residents of Chirundu Court in Belvedere, which is owned by Harare City Council, lost all their property in a fire that was ignited by a gas tank explosion in one of the apartments yesterday morn...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman sets husband on fire during dispute
A Mt Darwin woman who allegedly locked her husband inside their bedroom and set it on fire following a domestic dispute after she came home late, has been remanded in custody on attempted murder charg...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers set Sherwood home on fire
Four unidentified men robbed a home in Sherwood, Kwekwe yesterday and set the house on fire on their departure.Isaac Chigodora(40) was ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 10:47hrs | 8 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
King Mzilikazi's Commemoration 2020
The Covid 19 pandemic protocols made it impossible for formal annual first week of September celebratory gatherings and festivities to take place at the Royal Palace, Emhlahlandlela in the Matop...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:10hrs | 7 | by Prince Zwide Peter Khumalo
Brooklyn bus inferno survivor wants compensation
A MBERENGWA woman who survived the Brooklyn bus inferno, which claimed over 30 lives over six months ago, is bitter after the bus operator dumped her following the tragedy which left her disabled....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 die in fresh SA xenophobic attacks after Ramaphisa threat
SUSPECTED fresh xenophobic attacks in South Africa have resurfaced in some parts of Limpopo province and Durban in KwaZulu Natal, leaving three people dead and several houses burnt to ashes. T...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Terence Mukupe sheds light on Mujuru's death
Former Deputy Minister of Finance Terence Mukupe has alleged that a faction of ZANU PF opposed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa may be responsible for the death of the late General Solomon...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 05:30hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo grinds to a halt
Anti-riot police here had to be called to disperse hundreds of disgruntled protesters who heeded calls for a national shutdown protest against deepening economic crisis in the country.The prot...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Putin snubs Mnangagwa
Russian Federation's President Vladimir Putin snubbed the welcoming ceremony done for President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the airport and preffered to send the Deputy Minsiter of Foreign Affairs to welcom...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:38hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTO: Victoria Falls' Lookout Cafe burnt to ashes
Fire has reportedly gutted down the Lookout cafe in Victoria Falls. The Café which is perched on the edge of the Batoka Gorge was one of the favourites in Victoria Falls. It offered spectacular views...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 09:03hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: 2 cars burn as fire brigade brings empty water tanks
Two cars were burnt to ashes in Rusape when members of the Rusape fire brigade where called in to quell the fire but brought a car with empty tanks. Members of the community are heard in the video con...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 15:45hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
VIDEO: Car burns in Harare
A car was burnt to ashes in Harare Central Business District at Corner First Street and Jason Moyo. The cause has not yet beet ascertained....Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 17:00hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Campaign trail turns bloody
THE July 30 election campaign trail has claimed the life of a two-year-old who was reportedly abducted and brutally killed by suspected Zanu-PF activists at the weekend after his father Rambai Lumbe d...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wi-fi technician engulfed in flames after electrocution
A TELCO employee was allegedly electrocuted while his colleague was injured when an aluminium pole they were using to install Wifi at a house in Mkhosana suburb in Victoria Falls accidentally came in ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED's media coverage logical
Since the opposition's realization that it lacks the gravitas to defeat the ruling party in the upcoming elections, there has been a great temptation to criticize the Government and or Head of State o...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 09:21hrs | | by Daphine Zulu
Colins Bajila's analysis flawed
Dear Editor,I was disappointed by the flawed analysis of the MDC official Discent Collins Bajila which conc...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 10:36hrs | 2 | by S. Dube
Fast food outlet burnt to ashes in Chinhoyi
Fast food outlet, Eat n' Lick Chinhoyi branch went up in smoke early this morning.The building incurred severe damage while most of the outlet's equipment was burnt beyond redemption.A...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 15:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF official loses property in inferno
PROPERTY worth $20 000 was destroyed when a gazebo and outbuilding belonging to Zanu-PF Manicaland vice-chairman Joseph Mujati was burnt to ashes at his Nyazura home in a yet-to-be-explained fire....Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dad, two children burn to death in hut
A MAN and his two children were burnt to ashes after a hut they were sleeping in caught fire at Woolendale plot in Umguza on the outskirts of Bulawayo.The incident occurred on Friday night at ...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF activist 'burns' MDC-T supporter's house in Bikita
Reports say suspected Zanu PF activist in Bikita West Ward 9 recently burnt down a house belonging to an MDC-T member and police are said to be investigating the matter.Heal Zimbabwe reported ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 07:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man 'torches' friend's hut
A-38-year-old Fort Rixon man in Insiza District, Matabeleland South, allegedly burnt his colleague's property worth more than $3 000 following a misunderstanding at a bottle store.The man, Eli...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Home alone granny dies in inferno
AN 80-YEAR-OLD granny who lived alone in Tsholotsho has died in an inferno.Shoes Ncube of Simanje Village under Chief Gampu was burnt beyond recognition at her home which is adjacent to that o...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Woman surrenders goblins
AN UNIDENTIFIED woman made a chilling confession on Sunday when she surrendered goblins at an apostolic shrine led by Madzibaba Spenlodge 'Magirazi' Madenyika in Kuwadzana 4.The woman claimed ...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 16:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has 'degrees in violence'
The Movement for Democratic Change party on Wednesday called on President Robert Mugabe to stop politically motivated violence reported in some parts of the country after properties belonging to two o...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
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