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The war of liberation was not a walk in the park

Tik-tok, tik-tok, goes the Big Ben clock with no respite, time will never run out of time because it's indestructible. It's people who run out of time, not time running out of itself.In my wartime operational area, I mean the war of libera…

Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:45hrs | 844 | by Cde Mutanda Wachingama

Notorious Chiweshe Thief Jailed for 11 Years

A notorious thief from Chiweshe who went on a rampage, breaking into homes and stealing various items, has been convicted by a Bindura magistrate.George Marisa (23), of Chedu Village, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison by…

Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:31hrs | 225 | by Simbarashe Sithole

The war of liberation was not a walk in the park, lest we forget

Seized by the prophetic words of the mystic and condemned Mbuya Nehanda, "My bones will rise again", young Jorum left home without telling anyone. School, parents, and siblings did not matter anymore; none but ourselves would free Zimbabwe…

Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 18:33hrs | 432 | by Tondo Murisa

Man stabs neighbour over snooker

A 31-year-old man from Chiweshe has been sentenced to five years in prison after he allegedly stabbed his neighbor for mocking him following a snooker match.Clive Kamudyariwa appeared before Bindura Magistrates Court, facing charges of att…

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:19hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter

Man rapes minor in vegetable garden

A 38-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man was convicted of rape yesterday at Bindura magistrates courts.Romeo Nzvimbo was sentenced to 15 years in jail after he raped a 15-year-old girl in a vegetable garden in Chiweshe.Prosecutor Edward Katsvairo told t…

Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 12:01hrs | 782 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Tobacco farming is profitable business

Despite the late rains, the flue-cured tobacco crop in Ward 3, Chiweshe, Mash. Central is thriving. Its no use 'crying' for jobs when we have the land, farming is profitable business. Go into farming and be your own masters. No more fears …

Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 22:27hrs | 213 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

As patient as a farmer, help us to help the nation.

Even the famed bass fish, the sought-after red bream, and other aqua-marine life are in great danger of extinction as the white elephant Lilstock Dam has now been over-fished to supplement incomes. Energetic youths who had hoped to make pr…

Published: 18 Dec 2024 at 22:20hrs | 459 | by Cde Mutandawachingama

Drivers under investigation after fatal pedestrian accidents

Chiweshe drivers Cleopatra Kandemura and Begulia Magwe are currently cooperating with police investigations following two separate road accidents resulting in the tragic deaths of two pedestrians.The victims, a 9-year-old girl and a 49-yea…

Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:36hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole

The maize crop is now on the brink of total loss

Lost in her zen and solitude, the old widow scanned the skies, her elderly eyesight failing her. But, no sign of rain. The skies seem to have put in place 'targeted sanctions' against some majority countryside real estate. Who offended the…

Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:08hrs | 7 | by Tondo Murisa

Fighting cholera begins with you

Clean potable water is a precious commodity that should be availed to all without hindrance. In fact, water is life especially these days when the nation is under siege from a deadly cholera onslaught. Our pro-people government working in …

Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:36hrs | 3 | by Tondo Chinehasha

Chiweshe woman kills nephew over glass bowel

A 40-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe woman who fatally assaulted her grandson with a piece of firewood before taking him to prophets to save his life  is in deep trouble.Rangarirai Samson was dragged to Bindura magistrates courts yesterday facing a…

Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 21:36hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Lilstock Dam at Chinehasha, the new tourist destination in Chiweshe.

Development starts with good roads, especially the modern macadamised passageways. The investor intent on turning Lilstock Dam shores at Chinehasha in Chiweshe into a sort-after holiday resort has well-cut plans for the place. A 180-seater…

Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:21hrs | 102 | by Thomas Murisa

E-passport Offices at Concession are a pleasure to visit

Visiting government offices for whatever reason is usually viewed and weighed with disdain by many for fear of delays and poor service delivery. After procrastinating for over two weeks, me and my wife visited the new E-passport  Offi…

Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:36hrs | 73 | by Thomas Murisa

Man bashes girlfriend over sex

A sex-starved Chiweshe man was dragged to Concession magistrates courts after he assaulted his girlfriend before breaking her phone into two pieces over a sex dispute.Tongai Chikutwe (41) pleaded not guilty before magistrate Mr Joshua Nemb…

Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:14hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Armed robbers kill shop owner

A suspected armed robber who allegedly shot dead a shop owner in Chiweshe has been arrested while his four accomplices are still at large.Tanzima John Alias Nyambekah was dragged to Concession magistrates courts yesterday where he was not …

Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 16:09hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Wife teams up with boyfriend to assault hubby with a hammer

There was drama in Chiweshe, Gwingwizha village where a married woman was caught locked in bedroom with a boyfriend by her husband.When the husband knocked the door he had a male voice in the room and broke into the house where he was seve…

Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 21:28hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole

This is our school, let peace abide here

'My school', our school, Chinehasha Primary School in Chiweshe, Mash Central needs help. Some of the teachers houses are a tragedy in waiting. Huge cracks so big peeping Toms can have a field day. Renovations can be done as a fire fighting…

Published: 16 May 2023 at 17:31hrs | 8 | by Mutanda Wachingama

Brother cheats death over woman

A 41-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man nearly killed his brother after allegedly assaulting him with a wooden axe handle over a woman.Tafadzwa Munongerwa was dragged to Concession court yesterday facing an assault charge.He pleaded not guilty to the c…

Published: 04 May 2023 at 14:30hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Drunk cell phone thief jailed 4 years

A 37-YEAR-OLD Cellphone thief who stormed a villager's house in Chiweshe and stole 26 cell phones was today sentenced to four years behind bars by Concession magistrate Joshua Nembaware.Fogert Svisva pleaded guilty to the charge and told t…

Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 13:13hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Prisoner escapes from jail

A 20-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man currently serving a jail term at Mazowe escaped from prison after observing that prison officers were not   viglant.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates court on Friday where Blessing Mariti ap…

Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Stella Chiweshe granted state assisted funeral

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent condolences and further granted a state assisted funeral on late Mbira music pioneering sensation Stella Chiweshe who succumbed to cancer aged of 76 at her Harare home Friday.In a statement Saturday, C…

Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Violent Storm kills headmistress

Bare Secondary school headmistress in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province was yesterday trapped to death by a tree that was uprooted by a violent storm which crashed a car she was in.Grace Shumba (55) died on the spot while her colleagu…

Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 19:22hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe

We need at least five tractors complete with harrows

That cattle malady Thelerios has rebounded with never before seen determination. Again the few remnant livestock from the first wave are sacuumbing to this dreaded bovine pandemic. Never did we think evil would return with double measure d…

Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 11:52hrs | 513 | by Tincuts Matepatepa

It rained 'Elephants and Buffaloes' in Chiweshe today (29 December 2021)

To say it rained cats and dogs may be actually being economic with the truth. Saying it rained elephants and buffaloes may give a modicum of justice to the copious rains that pounded my home area on 29th of instant. The thunder that rumble…

Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 11:27hrs | 12 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Prospects of a meaty Xmas diminishing fast

To most villagers of Ward 3 in Chiweshe, Mash Central, all prospects of a 'meaty' festive season are diminishing fast. After the Provincial herd was obliterated by January Disease a few months ago, chickens are just dropping dead.A deadly …

Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 13:51hrs | 19 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

Villagers lose cattle to livestock diseases

Most communal farmers in Chiweshe have lost cattle to a plethora of livestock diseases that have ravaged the area. Mashiri, Musonza, Chinehasha and Chideu Villages bore the brunt of the devastating bovine maladies that left some homes with…

Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:08hrs | 5 | by Tondo Murisa Chinehasha

Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe

A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources.Chief Chiweshe, born Matthew Chitemamusw…

Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Does a white chicken taste better than a black one?

Why keep someone's grandfather's head or that of a grandmother and still claim to be a God fearing people? In Africa if a human head, or any other body part is found anywhere in your home things will fall apart. What else can it be besides…

Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:34hrs | 6 | by Tondo Chiweshe.

A leader versus a politician

Around the world there are politicians trying to gain potential voters by telling them they will place their nation first. Unfortunately, in Zimbabwe, we have a politician who has said openly that he will make the people and the nation sub…

Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 16:51hrs | 691 | by Knowledge Moyo

High Court clears Grace Mugabe

THE High Court has rescinded an erroneous court order that compelled First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe and her son Mr Russell Goreraza to vacate three houses belonging to a fugitive Lebanese businessman Jamal Ahmed. Judge President George Chiwe…

Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Up close with Elvis 'Chuchu' Chiweshe

Talk of 'bending it like Beckam' is a relatively new, but the actual act of free kicks was mastered by the likes of the great Elvis Chuchu Chiweshe. No one can dispute the deadliness of the dead-ball specialist Chiweshe was and we should h…

Published: 05 Dec 2011 at 20:52hrs | 5 | by Tse Ndex

Chiweshe was a great evangelist: Makandiwa

ON August 30 2011, a dark cloud hung over ZimbabweâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ‘Â¢s Christian community, as we had lost arguably the greatest evangelist to emerge from the land, Evangelist Phanuel Dzangare Chiweshe.It is unfortunate the news broke out …

Published: 04 Sep 2011 at 06:04hrs | 6 | by Emmanuel Makandiwa

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