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US$15m State House works bill stuns govt
THE government has rejected an invoice for US$15 million submitted by a firm that clinched a deal to construct precast walls at State House, the President's official residence and offices, the Zimbabw...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 14:57hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Police officer arrested for armed robbery
A Criminal Investigating Officer with the Zimbabwe Republic Police has been arrested over allegations of attempted robbery in Victoria Falls.National Police Spokesperson, Assistant Commissione...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 05:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Woman (23) kills hubby, on the run
A 23-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman is on the run after she allegedly stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife following a domestic feud over an undisclosed issue. The spine-chilling inciden...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:52hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
From baba to daddy; the epic transformation of our time
SUNDAY was Fathers' Day. In our days, the father in the home was called baba/ubaba. Today, the children call him daddy. They also call me daddy in my own home but I grew up in the era when the father ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Armed robbers hit Masvingo Inter Africa depot
Police in Masvingo are appealing for information leading to the arrest of five armed robbers who robbed an Inter Africa depot in the industrial area and got away with US$14 524 and ZAR13 450.M...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hubby cheats with maid, crashes car with pregnant wife inside
TODAY we are going to die in this car!Those were the words of a husband, who after allegedly being caught cheating with the maid, deliberately attempted to commit suicide with his pregnant wif...Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 19:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Suspected wizards/witches usually found at people's homes suffer from mental health
THE grey-haired, half naked and stumbling elderly individuals who are usually found at people homes in the wee hours are not all wizards and witches but some suffer from mental health.A family...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF property baron boasts over illegal occupation of council beer hall
Former Zanu-PF councillor for Chitungwiza Town Council's Ward 7 and property baron Charamba Mlambo has taken to social media to boast about how he will keep clinging to council beer hall without any v...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We're not far from Rwanda in 1994,' warned Biti. Because we're cursed with great man who're easily corrupted by power
"He (John Kumalo) is a big man, in this place, your brother. His shop always full of men, talking as you have heard. But they say you must hear him at a meeting, he and Dubula and a brown man named To...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 17:56hrs | 12 | by Nomusa Garikai
Toxic Biti warns of corrosive political divisions; hatred on social media
ZIMBABWE could easily be engulfed in a deadly conflict on the scale of Rwanda's 1994 Genocide which claimed more than 900,000 lives, opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy leader, Tenda...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chatunga makes Jonathan Moyo a babarian
Chiwenga moved from the barracks to state House while Phelekezela Mphoko was there in the structures. This is according to Chatunga Mugabe son of the late rabid tribalist, genocidal, dictator Robert M...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Flash floods hit Pumula suburbs
Bulawayo's Pumula East, North and South suburbs were on Sunday afternoon hit by flash floods that left some houses submerged in water following heavy rains that pounded the city at the weekend....Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza residents decry demolition of illegal structures
Illegal structures being erected at Chitungwiza's Unit D Shopping Centre have to be demolished within 48 hours according to notices issued by the local authority, with reaction to the move divided....Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Fresh demolitions loom in MDC controlled Chitungwiza
CHITUNGWIZA Town Council has issued a fresh 48-hour demolition notice to residents it accuses of putting up illegal structures at Seke Unit D Shopping Centre.Acting Town Clerk Evangelist Macho...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Prostitute steals client car, crashes in durawall
A suspected commercial sex worker has been arrested after she stole a car from a client while they were sleeping at a lodge before crashing into a pre-cast wall in Hillside, Bulawayo.She then ...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
School-boy gangs wage war at Msiteli High
MSITELI High School in Mpopoma, Bulawayo is under siege from rival pupils' gangs fighting each other using dangerous weapons.The violence reached a crescendo last Friday with the destruction o...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parents, Teachers, Students outcry over chaotic situations in schools
Parents and teachers have expressed concerns over the education system in the country saying it has gone to the dogs.This was after the...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Ex Victoria High head tries luck in Zanu-PF
John Muzamani, the former Victoria High head who had a disgraceful departure from the school last year is now trying his luck in Zanu-PF.Muzamani is among 11 candidates who have submitted thei...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Why Mhlophe lost Bosso chairmanship'
LAST Sunday saw Highlanders Football Club finally hold elections for three executive committee posts whose much talked about result was for the chairmanship where Johnfat Sibanda edged Kenneth Mhlophe...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Pumula girl (12) drowns in disused pit
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl drowned while swimming in a pit on Tuesday in Pumula high-density suburb in Bulawayo.Acting Bulawayo chief fire officer Lynos Phiri confirmed the incident yesterday....Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing teen found hanging four days later
A 17-YEAR-OLD Nkulumane suburb boy was found hanging from the roof of his father's bedroom after he had gone missing for four days. Kholo Jamela was reportedly under investigation after allege...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Notorious robbers nabbed in Beitbridge
POLICE in Matabeleland South on Monday arrested eight notorious armed robbers, among them a serving police officer and former cop, who have been linked to a spate of heists committed in Harare and aro...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala takes on Zimbabwe police
MDC vice-chairman Job Sikhala has said the attack on his family on Monday was an attempt to assassinate his family.Incensed that he was now under investigations by the police over allegations ...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sikhala implicated in assault case
A Chitungwiza motorist was allegedly assaulted on Monday after his vehicle rammed into the wall of MDC-A legislator Job Sikhala's home in St Mary's, Chitungwiza. Allegations are that Lawrence ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Misheck Velaphi Ncube Obituary: Connecting the Dots
Misheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at Heroes Acre in Harare on 9 May 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the liberation and independence of Zimb...Published: 19 May 2019 at 20:59hrs | 6 | by Iphithule Maphosa
'HIV+' woman (27) in court for 'bedding' teen
A 27-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo who is suspected to be HIV positive has appeared in court for allegedly luring a 16- year-old boy into indulging sex with her. The woman from Emganwini suburb...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere and Chombo will not be convicted, this is why?
You often hear about politicians facing public corruption charges in the news. Public corruption refers to any time of instance in which a government official abuses their position of power or public ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 20:12hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Staring through the rear-view
I remember November 2017, first when stories broke that tankers where being seen headed for Harare. There was surprise and a sense of disbelief and people argued it wasn't possible. Then the pictures ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Irene Yvonne
$20 000 extortion at Milton Junior.
A SCHOOL Development Committee (SDC) Chairperson at Milton Junior School in Bulawayo allegedly extorted about $20 000 from construction companies after promising them tenders to build the school's dur...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
BF, Luveve goalposts condemned
BARBOURFIELDS and Luveve stadia's goalposts have been condemned by the First Instance Body (FIB) led by Zifa executive committee member Piraishe Mabhena.The committee recently embarked on a co...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavily armed police in 2hr stand-off with angry mob
A GWANDA gold panner (24) was fatally stabbed in a dispute over a sex worker yesterday and armed police had to be called to rescue his "murderer" from street justice following a two-hour stand-off aga...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by staff reporter
Mliswa, Council clash, again!
Norton Residence Development Trust (NRDT) will today stage a protest against the Precious Mufahore-led Norton Town Council (NTC) dubbed "Operation Restore Legacy."It is just the latest in a se...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two drunk teens cheat death
Two overzealous 17-year-old boys are battling for life at Chitungwiza general hospital after a vehicle they were travelling in ploughed into a durawall at a house in Zengeza.The accident repor...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 12:45hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Knock down robbery driver stole car
THE man who ran over a woman and ploughed into a precast wall before ramming into a house in Sizinda, Bulawayo in a botched hit and run had allegedly stolen the car, it emerged yesterday.Pfumi...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP leadership completes two day Bulilima east tour
The Mthwakazi Republic Party leadership comprising of the Party's President Cdes Mqondisi Moyo, Foreign Affairs Secretary Ackim Gasela and Secretary for Security Nkanyiso Ngulube toured Bulilima east ...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Upsurge in cases of Politically motivated Violence alarming in Zimbabwe
Heal Zimbabwe has condemned the organized acts of politically motivated violence that have continued to disturb the prevalence of peace as the 2018 elections loom.The trust said on the night o...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Open letter to prophet Magaya
It all started in Nigeria when prophetical wave came on international radar . The church in Nigeria is one of the biggest foreign currency earners attributed to millions of foreign visitors seeking di...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 14:23hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Is money to blame for current and future challenges?
Why is money being blamed all the time? Does money think for you? Money is a good that acts as a medium of exchange in transactions. Classically it is said that money acts as a unit of account...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 19:33hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Is money to blame for current and future challenges?
Why money being blamed all the time?, Does money think for you?, Money is a good that acts as a medium of exchange in transactions. Classically it is said that money acts as a unit of account, a store...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 13:47hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Durawall company launches new pre-stressed steel concrete panel
Dura World the leading construction company which specialises in precast walls/durawalls and precast houses have done it again. Dura World successfully launched a new type of precast panel which is ca...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 16:44hrs | | by Business Reporter
State of Bulawayo city roads irks councillors
The deplorable state of Bulawayo city roads following the heavy raids which hits the country recently has irked the Councillors who have recommended that the local authority should try to regrade 5km ...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 13:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Serial house breaker jailed for 15 years
A MAN from Bulawayo who broke into 13 houses during the day and stole property more than $4 000 has been sentenced to 15 years in jail.Prince Tshabangu (22) of Iminyela suburb pleaded guil...Published: 25 Jan 2017 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man breaks into 13 houses
POLICE have arrested a man from Bulawayo suspected of breaking into 13 houses and stealing cash and property worth more than $4 000.Prince Tshabangu (40) of Iminyela suburb appeared before...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T is not desperate for support- Sikhala
An MDC-T official Job Wiwa Sikhala has dispelled the thinking by some sectors of the community that the MDC-T was desperate for support that is why it is now talking about coalition with other parties...Published: 16 Dec 2016 at 03:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The right tree for your garden
MANY people grew up having to sit under a tree to listen to folk stories from their grandparents. Each homestead had such a tree and it was the family's favourite spot, particularly during summer.Tree...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:21hrs | | by Andrew Mangwarara
Top cop caught pants down with soldier's wife
A senior police officer has been charged with attempted murder after he almost ran over a soldier who happens to be married to a woman he was cheating with in an attempt to flee.Pasipanody...Published: 11 May 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chivayo bounces back
HARARE businessman Wicknell Chivayo bounced back into the trenches of domestic football yesterday after reversing his decision to pull the plug on funding ZIFA activities and the Warriors saying he ha...Published: 16 Apr 2016 at 11:23hrs | | by Eddie Chikamhi
Willdale Bricks, Zimtile partner with UK based Vaka Building Materials & Hardware
Zimbabwe's leading bricks manufacturer Willdale Bricks and leading roofing tiles supplier Zimtile have partnered with United Kingdom building materials Vaka Building Materials & Hardware. This is ...Published: 05 Apr 2016 at 15:35hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Headmaster, teachers blow $150 000 in allowances
GOVERNMENT auditors have unearthed abuse of funds at Chiredzi Christian College where the school head connived with teachers and the School Development Committee to blow $150 000 in allowances, The He...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Tawanda Mangoma
'Mugabe must step down'
FORMER broadcaster and losing MDC-T parliamentary candidate Eric Knight has demanded that President Robert Mugabe steps down saying that the 91-year-old ruler has failed.In an open letter to M...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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