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Woman in savage hammer attack on hubby's face
WHILE abuse of women is widely known, what is not widely recognised is that men can be victims of abuse too.Abuse of men is more common than once thought although the exact numbers on its occu...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 07:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
30 cheat death along Bulawayo, Victoria Falls Road
Thirty passengers traveling on a Kakono bus company cheated death by a whisker this afternoon after the bus developed a mechanical fault that resulted in the steering wheel locking up and the bus...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 16:23hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters torch headman's home
Headman Siabbubi of Chabwidi area under Chief Siabuwa in Binga and his family reportedly cheated death by a whisker when three assailants who are suspected Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) supporte...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
One dies in a head on collision accident
ONE person dies while seven others among them five family members from Cowdray Park cheated death by a whisker when a Toyota Vitz collided head on with their Mazda Familia at a 70km peg along Harare- ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Town Clerk cheats death by a whisker
REDCLIFF Town Clerk, Mr Gilson Chakauya, cheated death by a whisker after a vehicle he was travelling in veered off the road and overturned along the Gweru-Kwekwe Highway on Tuesday. His wife,...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Usher Girls dormitory razed by fire
FORM Four students at Usher Girls Secondary School, south-west of Bulawayo, cheated death by a whisker when their dormitory was razed by fire on Sunday night.Most of the girls were left in onl...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
100-year-old man ready to vote in Zim election
AT 100 years old, John Makanjera is still full of life. You could say he is young at heart.He is a registered voter, an avid newspaper reader, and does not shy away from expressing his thought...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Schools inspector cheats death by a whisker
The District Schools Inspector in Guruve, Penias Dambuza cheated death by a whisker last night after he hit a black cow at the 43kg peg along Kanyemba-Mvurwi highway.Dambuza was travelling in ...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 22:02hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF MP in car accident
The Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Chiredzi South Rtd Brigadier Kallisto Gwanetsa cheated death by a whisker last Tuesday when his vehicle was involved in an accident on his way from Gweru to Ch...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 16:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
20 passengers cheat death as Extra City bus crashes
TWENTY people cheated death by a whisker when an Extra City bus they were travelling in veered off the road and uprooted trees, injuring eight passengers in the process.All those who were inju...Published: 02 Mar 2016 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Leonard Ncube
Disused mine shaft collapses trapping in 13 illegal miners, one dies
A dozen illegal gold panners who were trapped in a disused mine shaft at Ellsemere Farm in Silobela for two days "cheated death by a whisker," the Chronicle has reported.One person died and t...Published: 18 Apr 2015 at 08:45hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Road to Independence was never easy,' says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWE's independence did not come on a silver platter and its attainment was not a stroll in the park, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Addressing hundreds of people during Wednes...Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Walter Mswazie
20 cheat death after kombi overturns
TWENTY people yesterday cheated death by a whisker after a commuter omnibus they were travelling in burst a tyre, veered off the road and overturned.The injured passengers were ferried to the ...Published: 07 Apr 2015 at 07:15hrs | | by Loveness Bepete and Emily Mbewe
'Speeding' kombi rams into a brick wall
AT LEAST 10 people cheated death by a whisker yesterday after a commuter omnibus they were travelling in veered off the road and rammed into a pre-cast wall along Joshua Nkomo Street in Bulawayo....Published: 16 Mar 2015 at 07:22hrs | | by Loveness Bepete/ Nokusa Masuku
Pathisa Nyathi in fatal car accident, gets help after 4 hours
A man died along Kezi road when a car he was travelling in veered off the road and hit a tree. The vehicle was driven by renowned historian Pathisa NyathiTha Lunga, an employee at Amagugu Int...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Nokusa Masuku
Peacemaker stabbed for restraining friends from fighting
A 38-YEAR-OLD Chiredzi man is battling for life at Chiredzi District Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed with an Okapi knife by a friend while restraining him from fighting a fellow imbiber for re...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Abattoir worker grinds colleague to death in stock feed mixing machine
A man employed at a cattle slaughterhouse was crushed to death by a stock feed mixing machine when a colleague started the engine while he was inside cleaning.Bongani Ncube (25) who was residi...Published: 02 Dec 2013 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man bashes, chokes wife for making noise in bed
A BULAWAYO woman reportedly cheated death by a whisker after she was savagely assaulted by her 48-year-old husband who accused her of making a "lot of noise" in bed.This was after the woma...Published: 19 Apr 2013 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two men thoroughly bashed for selling human hair to sangomas
A wave of panic is gripping the city of Bulawayo following startling reports that two unidentified men cheated death by a whisker after they were brutally beaten by an angry mob that found them in pos...Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T members survive traffic accident
SIX MDC-T members including suspended Zvishavane Town Council chairman Councillor Alluwis Zhou cheated death by a whisker when a Mercedes Benz they were travelling in burst one of its front tyres, res...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 05:07hrs | | by Midlands Correspondent
Man's manhood pulled in domestic dispute
THERE was drama in Mzilikazi when an 18-year-old man cheated death by a whisker after being pulled and uplifted by his manhood for a distance by his uncle before being thrown to the ground following a...Published: 15 Nov 2011 at 10:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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