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Bed-hopping-accused brutally attacked
A MAN from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo survived death by a whisker after he was severely attacked with stones for allegedly bedding a married woman.Bongani Bandla (32) appear...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
158 Bulawayo buildings declared unsafe
The Bulawayo City Council has condemned 158 buildings in the city, which it says are unfit for occupation and pose danger to inhabitants and passers-by.This was revealed in the latest council ...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:38hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man assaulted for being a Good Samaritan
A man from Plumtree escaped death by a whisker after he was assaulted for trying to help an unknown victim who was bleeding outside a ba...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 21:39hrs | 2 | by Desmond Nleya
5 years on, no leads on White City bombing
INVESTIGATIONS into the White City bombing in Bulawayo during a Zanu-PF rally in 2018 have turned into a cold case with no leads, five years on.Zanu-PF has been avoiding using White City Stadi...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:20hrs | 2 | 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
Bitumen World starts work on Bulawayo-Victoria Falls road
CONSTRUCTION giant, Bitumen World (Private) Limited, has deployed three well-equipped teams to undertake intense road maintenance and rehabilitation works along the dilapidated Bulawayo-Victoria Falls...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 37 | 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
Bulawayo woman cheats death in batteries explosion
A 38-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo's Woodlands suburb escaped death by a whisker in an explosion of solar batteries at her home last Saturday.Council acting chief fire officer Lynos Phiri confi...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bound bus overturns in SA
ABOUT 40 Zimbabweans escaped death by a whisker after a Bulawayo-bound bus they were traveling in overturned along the N1 highway near Makhado town in Limpopo province South Africa on 18 June....Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo says G40 was not outsmarted but outgunned by the 'Crocodile Gang'
Exiled former Zanu PF legislator and minister Jonathan Moyo says him and his G40 colleagues were not "outsmarted" by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his armed "Crocodile Gang" (Lacos...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere details how he survived 15 minutes of intense gunfire during Zimbabwe 2017 coup
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar and 2023 presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere has narrated, in a yet-to-be-published book, how he survived 15 minutes of massive gunfire during the 2017 coup tha...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
House crumbles in Kwekwe
A Kwekwe family escaped death by a whisker after their flat at Globe and Phoenix compound caved in due to illegal mining underneath the compound.Family spokesperson, Ms Kimberly Rusike, said t...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bus catches fire
Forty-three passengers including learners on their way to school, yesterday escaped death by a whisker after an Inter Africa bus caught fire near Battlefields between Kwekwe and Kadoma. Most of the ba...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Corruption tarnishing Zimbabwe's image
ON April 18, 2023, Zimbabweans from all walks of life thronged different venues across the country to celebrate Independence Day.The day is a milestone in the history of the country as it acco...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Speed freaks turn Zimbabwe highways into racecourses
WITH a cigarette stuck between his shaking fingers, Moses Nerutanga (37) puffs up clouds of smoke into the air as he relives how he escaped death by a whisker in a recent bus accident.As he sa...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 14 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Muvevi cleared of 6 murder charges, but 4 remain
MULTIPLE murder suspect Jaison Muvevi, who was being investigated for killing up to 10 people, has been cleared of six charges following ballistic tests.Muvevi hogged the limelight in January ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mob beats up Zesa cable thief
A 22-year-old man from Bulawayo's Nguboyenja suburb escaped death by a whisker after residents meted instant justice on him for stealing copper cables worth US$1 800.Mbekezeli Soleka was caugh...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blocked
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was blocked from holding victory celebrations in Chegutu yesterday at the 11th hour, with the party's officials saying Zanu-PF was behind the disruption ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:11hrs | 10 | 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
Six Harare poly staff escape death by a whisker
Six Harare polytechnic members escaped death by a whisker when the bus they were travelling on was involved in an accident on Sunday.The driver of the bus lost control of the bus at 374 km on ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 10:32hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Chopper crash: New details emerge
A pilot died on the spot after a helicopter crashed in the Mhondoro area on Sunday afternoon, in what has been described as a horrific experience by eyewitnesses who said they were yet to overcome the...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens firm chokehold on Jonathan Moyo
FORMER cabinet minister, MP and Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo, who escaped by death by a whisker when the army stormed his home and that of a friend guns blazing during the 2017 military coup...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police 'desert' station after CCC candidate turns up to report arson, claims party
Police in Bindura have been accused of refusing to take a criminal complaint by a Citizens Coalition for Change election candidate whose house was burnt down last Saturday, allegedly by a Zanu PF-link...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 donkeys die of electric shock
Two teenagers from Plumtree escaped death by a whisker after their donkey-drawn scotch cart came into contact with a live electricity cable.The two boys aged 17 and 15, did not suffer any inju...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 18:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
7 Bulawayo church buildings face demolition
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has warned that it will demolish seven church structures built without council approval.Council by-laws stipulate that no construction should take place without...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
29 escape Mutoko bus inferno
TWENTY-nine passengers escaped death by a whisker after a bus they were travelling on caught fire near Mutoko business centre in Mashonaland East on Monday.Provincial police spokesperson Inspe...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:49hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa savages Miles Tendi over Mnangagwa book criticism
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's former advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa has launched a scathing attack on UK-based academic and biographer Blessing Miles Tendi over his criticism of the recently publishe...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC condemns 51 city buildings
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has condemned 51 city buildings, saying they posed a danger to inhabitants and passers-by.This was revealed in the latest BCC report of the engineering services com...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fawcett security guard shot in the head with an AK-47, survives
A Fawcett Security guard escaped death by a whisker after being shot with an AK-47 rifle in the head by armed robbers in Bulawayo on Monday night.The security company's Alarms Reaction Team re...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Floods leave a trail of destruction in Bulilima
DOZENS of villagers in Ngwala village in Huwana ward 8 in Bulilima district, Plumtree escaped death by a whisker after 12 houses curved in due to the incessant rains that pounded the area during the w...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown violator rams into police drums
POLICE officers manning a roadblock in Bulawayo survived death by a whisker after a speeding motorist ploughed into barricades resulting in his car veering off the road and uprooting a street light. ...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman attacks hubby's manhood with metal rod
IF you're a man in an abusive relationship, it's important to know that you're not alone.A man from Matopo in Matabeleland South province is allegedly living in "hell" at the hands of his abus...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man survives brutal stabbing
A 32-year-old Harare man escaped death by a whisker after he was suddenly stabbed seven times with a knife while drinking beer in Epworth, Harare, a court heard yesterday. Privilege Rumbe (24)...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zupco buses a death trap' - PAZ
THE Passenger Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has condemned the state of most conventional buses operating under the Zupco franchise, describing them as unroadworthy and death traps to the commuting pub...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Heavily armed robbers in Emakhandeni night raid
MORE than 10 armed men raided three houses in Emakhandeni suburb at around 2AM yesterday, forcibly gaining entry into homes to rob residents after destroying doors and windows with axes in terrifying ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Violence is ingrained in MDC-Alliance’s DNA
THERE is consensus among those who read Zimbabwe's political landscape correctly that the country has exhibited conspicuous signs of dynamism under the visionary leadership of President Emmerson Mnaga...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
20 passengers survive death by a whisker
Twenty passengers aboard a Mwayera bus survived death by a whisker when the bus they were travelling in was involved in an accident near Marondera. The Mwayera bus which was coming from Marang...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man survives 5 hours buried in collapsed well
A 50-YEAR-OLD man from Marondera miraculously survived a well-collapse that saw him being buried underground for close to five hours.Collin Kaseke, a renowned well-digger in the farming town w...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man axes former wife for seeking refuge at his house
A CHIMANIMANI woman escaped death by a whisker after she was allegedly axed by her former husband when she sought refuge at his house during the Cyclone Idai disaster, a Chipinge court heard yesterday...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Town clerk escapes death by a whisker, foul play not suspected
Redcliff town clerk Mr Gilson Chakauya escaped death by a whisker after the vehicle he was travelling in veered off the road and overturned along the Gweru-Kwekwe Highway on Tuesday evening. H...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Soldier stabs colleague for refusing to buy beer
A CHIPINGE soldier escaped death by a whisker after he was stabbed with a broken bottle in the chest by a workmate for refusing to buy beer at a nightspot.This was revealed during the court ap...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Col Tshinga Dube, Gen PV Sibanda were almost blown up by Rhodies
TODAY we conclude our series of interviews with Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, the last Zipra chief of communications, former Cabinet Minister and chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Industries (ZD...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
10 people escape death after house catches fire
TEN people among them four minors escaped death by a whisker when a house they were sleeping in caught fire in Tshithaudze Suburb in Beitbridge on Wednesday morning. According to Beitbridge Mu...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 17:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, former lieutenants shift blame: Who really was behind Gukurahundi genocide?
WHEN former president Robert Mugabe was swept away through a popular coup, the world celebrated the departure of an "evil dictator". Many hoped for a fresh start but that dream remains elusive...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:13hrs | 2 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Cyclone Idai spreads into Zimbabwe
Tropical Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in Mozambique Thursday evening, has damaged property and crops in Manicaland Province, with more devastating effects feared when it intensifies and spreads t...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi haunts Mnangagwa
More than 22 years after the Gukurahundi massacres ended, that sad episode in Zimbabwe's history continues to rear its ugly head with the deputy minister of Defence, Victor Matemadanda this week rushi...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe going senile off Gukurahundi murders'
FORMER President Robert Mugabe is losing his mind because of the genocide he presided over in the early years of Zimbabwe's independence, war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda has said.In a s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
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