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Conveyor belt crushes teenager to death
A mine worker at Canterbury Milling Centre in Shamva was crushed to death between a conveyor belt and a roller crusher on Sunday.The nineteen-year-old Khumbulani Mdlongwa Vuyelwa was crushed w...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 16:00hrs | 908 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Shamva
Son crushes father's skull
A man has been apprehended for reportedly murdering his father and inflicting fatal injuries on his skull.According to police reports, this gruesome incident took place in Guruve on October 22...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Truck crushes owner
A 27-year-old man from Mt Darwin tragically lost his life in an accident when he was run over by his own truck. The incident occurred because he had parked the truck on a downhill slope without engagi...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goods train crushes Beitbridge lovebirds after turning railway line into a love nest
A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga....Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girl who crawls to school seeks artificial leg
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl from Nkayi district in Matabeleland North Province who had her leg amputated after being bitten by a snake is appealing for help to get US$1 500 for an artificial leg so that she co...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa crushes EFF shut down with military hand?
The movement of travellers at the Beitbridge border post continued uninterrupted at yesterday, even though South Africa's opposition party EFF had threatened to shut down the economy in that country....Published: 21 Mar 2023 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Contractors race to meet Lake Gwayi-Shangani deadline
A SYMPHONY of massive flood lights illuminates the sky at night at the construction site of the gigantic Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District in Matabeleland North province.The clangour of t...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kill Chamisa, his children and supporters,' Zanu-PF leader urges party members
Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika has blatantly urged ruling party supporters to kill Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa, his children and supporters.Mashayanyika, who was...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's R62m farmgate scandal puts spotlight on David Mabuza
The $4 million (about R62m) farmgate scandal, which threatens to cut short President Cyril Ramaphosa's presidency, has thrust his deputy David Mabuza into the spotlight as a possible replacement....Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 20:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Teenager crushes juvenile to death with vehicle
A Bulawayo teenager is in trouble after he stole car keys belonging to a visitor at his residence and drove the vehicle before running over a juvenile while trying to reverse.Bulawayo police s...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's options for by-elections
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa — who is hugely popular and got over two million votes in the 2018 presidential election — is caught between a rock and a hard place a...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa caught in between a rock and a hard place
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is caught between a rock and a hard place ahead of crucial by-elections on 26 March.Nomination is on 26 January.Chamisa fa...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parked car crushes toddler to death
A one-year- four month-old toddler was crushed to death by a parked vehicle after it rolled back and ran over her while playing behind it with her sister.Mashonaland Central acting police spok...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus crushes conductor
A BUS belonging to Rimbi on Monday last week crushed its conductor near the corner of Samuel Parirenyatwa Street and First Avenue, Bulawayo with four passengers on board.Bulawayo provincial po...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Current economic chaos to define future'
As Zimbabwe hurtles towards into the New Year, the majority of the country's population is bruised economically, socially and politically. The "Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Editor Maxwell ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
President ED Mnangagwa to resign soon signals now with us
Two month ago I wrote a piece warning president ED Mnangagwa that he may not last for six months if an inclusive government is not formed. The country is no longer having economic energy to progress. ...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 15:58hrs | | by Don Chigumba
PHOTOS: SA registered kombi crushes at Khami road flyover
A South Africa registered vehicle overturned at Khami road flyover in Bulawayo on Saturday....Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 19:40hrs | | by Concerned Citizen
Wife crushes prophet's jewels
A PROPHET from Bulawayo is likely to undergo surgery after his enraged wife; upset that he was allegedly cheating on her, grabbed his testicles and squashed them hard in her grip for sometime....Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man crushed to death by sugarcane harvester
A Chipinge man from Macdom Green-Fuel Company in Chisumbanje was reportedly crushed to death by a cane harvester last Friday night after sleeping on duty.According to a leaked police memorandu...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dare to dream- of 'bullet' trains the MDC Alliance way
There's a reason the "bullet train" train is a predictable pre-election teaser: it's an irresistible idea.With an expansion of rail networks, especially inter-city rail, we could expect the fo...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Dr Gus Manatsa
Zimbabwean innovator the first to be represented in Africa Prize finals
An innovation which uses a cheap and sustainable recycling method to recover precious metals has made it into the finals of the prestigious 2018 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Z...Published: 29 May 2018 at 10:44hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Dynamos vs Harare City - LIVE
Dynamos *1 - 2 Harare CityGoal Alert*Fulltime scoresDynamos 1-2 Harare CityHighlanders 1-2 ZPC KaribaShabanie Mine 1-1 CAPS UnitedMutare City Rovers 1-1 Black Rhinos...Published: 06 May 2018 at 14:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Petals of bloody betrayal: Deal with Mugabe
In Petals of Blood, the 1977 novel published by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, three central themes - corruption, capitalism and land, weave a web of unbearably harsh betrayal and stifling neediness upon a small ...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Perimeter wall collapses, crushes eight-year-old boy to death
AN eight-year-old boy from Bulawayo died after a perimeter wall collapsed and buried him while he was playing at his home, police confirmed yesterday.Nkosiphile Ncube, who was a Grade Two pupi...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man crushes mistress's head
A HWANGE security guard who murdered his mistress after she dumped him has been jailed for 25 years.Tapiwa Mahoma (53) of Hillcrest was sentenced on Friday by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Our country now a playground where factionalism forms national policy, dialogue
You know, on a playground, those that play there care nothing for how it came to be. They care nothing for how the sand in the sand pit came to be. Nor how often, if, it should be disinfected or chang...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 07:33hrs | | by Bridgette Malenga
WHO crushes Mugabe's ego
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rescinded an honour it had bestowed on President Robert Mugabe last Thursday in the wake of a deafening global outcry from affiliate organisations and stakehold...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Train crushes, drags woman for 40 metres
A GWERU woman died on Friday after she was crushed by a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) goods train while attempting to cross the rail track.The remains of the woman believed to be around ...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Patrick Lumumba: How to become a Colonial Constable
Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba does not only speak on African solutions for African problems, he raises hell and does not let any sleeping dogs lie. The Kenyan Pan-Africanist lawyer and judge does not ta...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:54hrs | 3 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Bus crushes vendor to death
A BULAWAYO vendor was crushed to death yesterday, as he attempted to jump out of a moving Pelandaba bus at Egodini bus terminus.Bulawayo police spokesperson, Inspector Precious Simango confirm...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe crushes Mnangagwa
First lady Grace Mugabe yesterday launched a scathing attack against a Zanu-PF faction aligned to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accusing it of plotting against her ageing husband and persecuting ...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi crushes baby to death
BINDURA - A baby has died after being crushed to death by a kombi this morning in Chiwaridzo phase 2 after the child's mother, a vendor, disembarked and reportedly left her unattended whilst offloadin...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 13:19hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Row over eggs, man crushes son's head with battery
A MAN from Nkayi, who punched his stepson twice on the cheek before crushing his head with a 12 volt battery after the boy cooked some eggs without his approval has been jailed for 35 years....Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF created a system difficult to remove- Musewe
A political commentator Vince Musewe has said the ruling Zanu PF in its more than 36 years of its dictatorship rule has created a system which will be difficult for any one to remove or change....Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 07:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
No country with a McDonald's can remain a democracy
A wave of revulsion rolls around the world. Approval ratings for incumbent leaders are everywhere collapsing. Symbols, slogans and sensation trump facts and nuanced argument. One in six Americans now ...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 05:51hrs | 2 | by George Monbiot
Shona speaking teacher locked up in a Ndebele lessons classroom: A linguistic genocide
The politics, language, ethnic and culture problems began soon after the independence of Zimbabwe leading to the Gukurahundi atrocities in the 1980s in Matabeleland precipitated mainly by the ideologi...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 20:48hrs | 1 | by Themba Mthethwa
Greyhound bus crushes driver to death
A driver for a Bulawayo-bound Greyhound bus was yesterday crushed to death in a freak accident that happened at Beitbridge Border Post as he attended to a tyre puncture.It is understood that t...Published: 13 Aug 2016 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya
Soldier crushes wife's lovers testicles with a hammer
A Nkayi man who messed up with a soldier's wife had his testicles crushed at a bottle store.Felix Mkandla aged 28 fell in love with 23 year old Thando Moyo.Moyo is married to...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'My girlfriend's mother is flirting with me'
Hi Sis NoeMY boyfriend is after sex only. We don't go out and he does not buy me stuff. All he wants is to engage in sex with me. If I refuse he leaves or does not come to see me. We never go out,...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:13hrs | 5 | by Sis Noe
SA man sees mbanje dealing as something legal
Loyiso Maqela* doesn’t see himself as a drug dealer or a criminal.The 31-year-old dagga grower from a village near Mpande, south of Port St Johns on the Wild Coast, sees himself as more of a...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 12:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Quals breeding training project opened
Victor Chickens which is based in Ruwa near Harare has opened a quals breeding and training project in.Masvingo MIrror reported that the ground breaking ceremony was held at the Gweru Show Gro...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Train crushes woman to death
AN apparently drunk Mwenezi woman allegedly slept on the railway line and was crushed to death by a goods train on Monday.Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Charity Mazula confirmed the de...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 07:35hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
WhatsApp crushes
If you are experiencing any problems with the messaging service WhatsApp on New Year's Eve, you are not alone.Users across the globe have been complaining that their WhatsApp messages aren’t...Published: 01 Jan 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Online
Teen crushes granny's head to pulp
AN 18-year-old Mwenezi teenager crushed a 97-year-old woman's head to a pulp with stones with the intention of robbing her only to find church garments after searching her bag.The heart wrench...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man 'crushes' rival suitor's skull
A KEZI man allegedly killed his love rival in a fight over a woman by slamming his head against a wall before stomping on him resulting in him suffering a fractured skull, a court heard.This e...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:49hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Cheap attempts to scamper justice: A forgotten case of Retired Army General Solomon Mujuru
MORGAN RICHARD TSVANGIRAI is the sole name that holds the perennial truth about revolutionary process and democratic transformation of Zimbabwe. The MDC-T under...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 10:16hrs | | by Ntate Moruti Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Rhino crushes tour guide to death at Zimbabwe game park
A game park director says a rhino crushed a tour guide to death at a private nature reserve in Zimbabwe.Kate Travers, director of the Imire Game Park, said on Wednesday that Tafadzwa Gosho...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 16:29hrs | | by The Associated Press
Mujuru's rejection of benefits shrouded in ignorance
Former Vice President Joyce Mujuru's refusal to accept her terminal benefits is a shocking development, considering that it is what she worked for during her tenure of office in Government. It is her ...Published: 02 Sep 2015 at 14:50hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Woman crushes husband's genitals in infidelity row
A WOMAN who tried to crush her husband's genitals with a stone is lucky to have escaped jail after her husband pleaded with the court to release her. Victoria Falls magistrate Sharon Rosemani ...Published: 13 Jul 2015 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi crushes baby to death
A SEVEN weeks old baby girl was crushed to death when a kombi, which was being pushed to a service station, ran over her as her mother watched helplessly.The infant's mother Catherine Zivanai,...Published: 28 May 2015 at 07:11hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
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