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Drinking spree turns fatal
A drinking spree in Manyarere Village, Mudzi, ended in tragedy last week when three men allegedly turned on their drinking companion, fatally assaulting him after a misunderstanding.The Zimbab...Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 16:48hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe battles intense heatwave as temperatures hit record highs
Zimbabwe is enduring a severe heatwave, with temperatures soaring to unprecedented levels, particularly in areas like Beitbridge, Lupane, Gwanda, and Chiredzi, where the mercury has exceeded 40 degree...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:29hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa causes R2.5 billion investment cancellation
South African Breweries (SAB) has cancelled a further R2.5 billion of capital investment following the third blanket ban on alcohol sales, it announced on Friday.In announcing the ban, Preside...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man 'drinks' self to death
A MAN from Bulawayo has been found dead outside a bar in Nkulumane suburb and it is suspected that he succumbed to excessive consumption of alcohol and the cold.Bloodwell Gurure (32) was...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man dies due to 'excessive' alcohol intake
A BINGA man is suspected to have died due to excessive alcohol consumption at his workplace in Gokwe, following a drinking spree. Mr Toliat Nyoni (37) from Siyajuni village under Chief Sinampa...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy was murdered
A SCHOOLBOY from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo who was certified by a post-mortem last month to have died due to excessive alcohol consumption was actually killed, a second post-mortem has revealed. ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man drinks self to death
POLICE in Bulawayo have released three men who had been arrested for allegedly killing a man from Mpopoma suburb after a post- mortem report revealed that he died due to excessive alcohol consumption....Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makokoba man drinks himself to death
A MAN from Makokoba in Bulawayo died last week due to alleged health complications related to his excessive alcohol consumption.Msilisi Mlotshwa (48) of 1824 Third Street in Makokoba suburb in...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa does not drink beer
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa became a teetotaller during the liberation struggle in Mozambique after he witnessed fellow comrades die of excessive alcohol consumption. The President r...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 08:40hrs | | by Staf reporter
Govt welcomes scientifically based healthcare tariffs proposal
Deputy Health and Childcare Minister Aldrin Musiiwa has commended the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) and the Zimbabwe Medical Association (ZiMA) for pursuing a scientifically ba...Published: 10 Sep 2017 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Former cop found dead with a beer bottle in his hand
A FORMER police officer was found dead on Saturday night in a disused telephone booth while still clutching onto a bottle of beer he was earlier seen drinking. Andrew Ncube, 45, who was nickna...Published: 22 Jul 2015 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ncube urges Zimbabweans to embrace spirit of Christmas despite challenges
MDC president Welshman Ncube has urged Zimbabweans to embrace the spirit of Christmas despite the trying times the country is facing, saying a brighter and prosperous future lies ahead.In an e...Published: 25 Dec 2014 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
End of year message from MDC leader Welshman Ncube
Season's Greetings fellow Zimbabweans Even though, like most recent years, 2014 has been a difficult and challenging year for most Zimbabweans, we must nonetheless look back on the year w...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube, MDC President
'More men die of HIV than women'
MORE men die of HIV compared to women although more women are infected by the disease, a senior official has said.Speaking to journalists at a media briefing held in Harare recently, monitori...Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 07:10hrs | | by Health Reporter
Xtreme Opinion - Sweet life after death (of Zanu-PF)!
In Zimbabwe, it is taboo to discuss one's inevitable death, let alone celebrating prospective demise of another being. Death is so much loathed. Those 'permitted' to predict it are a thrifty few who a...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
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