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Police officer up for stock theft
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Plumtree is in soup after he allegedly connived with another villager to steal and sell a bull....Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 13:29hrs | 528 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Donkey thieves jailed 12 years
Three men from Plumtree have been sentenced to a combined total of twelve years in jail for stealing donkeys from local grazing lands. Magistrate Joshua Nembaware handed down the sentences following g...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:22hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Donkey thieves jailed for 12 years
Three Plumtree-based thieves were jailed for a combined 12-year term by Magistrate Joshua Nembaware.Butholezwe Ngwenya (48), Handsome Sibanda (25) and Batmile Ndebele (31) pleaded guilty to th...Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:27hrs | 251 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe invents herbal antivenom
In a potentially life-saving scientific breakthrough, Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) has made significant progress in the development of a herbal-based polyvalent antivenom, with promising pr...Published: 06 May 2025 at 08:41hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda unveils investment incentives
The Municipality of Gwanda has launched a comprehensive set of strategic economic incentives aimed at unlocking investment and accelerating growth in key sectors such as agro-processing, mineral proce...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:26hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Leopard strays into Bulawayo outskirts
Villagers in St Peters, a peri-urban community on the outskirts of Bulawayo near Old Pumula, are living in fear following reports of a suspected leopard roaming the area with two cubs.The big ...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 08:59hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Govt stops Harare demolitions
The Harare City Council was forced to suspend its controversial house demolition exercise yesterday following mounting pressure from the government. The move came after a public outcry and strong crit...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:06hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Livestock farmers bemoan delayed rains
Livestock farmers across Beitbridge district are voicing their concerns over the delayed start of the rainy season, which has disrupted grazing patterns and severely affected the health of their lives...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:35hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF councillor jailed 14 years for stock theft
Former Zanu-PF Insiza Ward 17 Councillor Sindiso Ndlovu, alongside accomplice Buhle Nkomazana, received an effective 14-year prison sentence each on Friday after being convicted of stock theft. Their ...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:18hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Rains spark optimism for Zimbabwe's planting season
The recent rains across Zimbabwe have brought hope to farmers nationwide, with several regions receiving over 20mm of rainfall, a key marker for initiating the planting season. Notable downpours were ...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:26hrs | 195 | by Sgtaff reporter
Zimbabwe police intensify crackdown on land barons
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has ramped up operations against illegal land allocations nationwide, targeting land barons responsible for the spread of unlawful settlements on communal, local aut...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:16hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Suspected stocktheives denied freedom again
Three suspected cattle thieves who allegedly stole 18 cattle from grazing lands in Plumtree were denied freedom again yesterday after they had applied for discharge at the close of the state case....Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:08hrs | 148 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe prison officer ropes in inmates for illegal mining
Imagine a scene where one man, dressed in the distinctive green uniform of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS), stands out among three others in stark white prison garb. This ZPCS of...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:03hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
Man steals neighbours' cow, wife helps him slaughter it
A 44-year-old man from Chinonge, Binga, Nephias Mwembe, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing and slaughtering a cow. Mwembe, with his wife's assistance, took the cow from grazing l...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 15:17hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Suspected Stocktheives apply to be acquitted
Three suspected cattle thieves who allegedly stole 18 cattle from grazing lands in Plumtree today indicated that they want to apply for discharge at the close of the state case.Shelton Dube (2...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 17:08hrs | 419 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF MP taken to court
Zanu-PF Mberengwa North legislator Tinashe Shumba has been taken to court after he tried to evict villagers from their ancestral lands to pave way for his gold mining activities.The villagers,...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:09hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor under fire
A Zanu-PF councillor has been accused of illegally parcelling out land in Matebeleland North's Bubi district to desperate land seekers from as far as Midlands.Villagers from ward 14 also accus...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes another empty promise on Lake Gwayi-Shangani
THE Lake Gwayi-Shangani project is set to be completed by the end of this year with President Mnangagwa yesterday reiterating his Government's commitment to pushing it to the end given its strategic s...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:43hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
War vets, Zanu-PF youths' land dispute rages on
The Kusile Rural District Council says it cannot intervene in a land dispute pitting war veterans against Zanu-PF youths because the allocation of plots at a farm in Gwayi was done by central governme...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police issue flood warning
POLICE in the Midlands province have urged members of the public to be extra careful when crossing flooded rivers during this rainy season to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.Midlands provincia...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 13:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
War vets, minister lock horns
WAR veterans who were allocated conservancies in the wildlife-rich Gwayi area Matabeleland North, have expressed fears of a foot and mouth disease outbreak after Zanu-PF youths were settled on their g...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:35hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mystery disease decimates kraals in Mberengwa
FOR a month and a half, Mr Thomas Mangena of Jeka area in Mberengwa District, Midlands Province lived in what seemed to be a bad dream that he wished he would one day wake up from.The reality,...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Invaders wreak havoc in Ntabazinduna
VILLAGERS in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North have appealed for help to repossess their communal lands including grazing fields that have been invaded by outsiders.According to the villagers, ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi villagers on edge as loose lion preys on livestock
GOGO Janet Nkala has never seen her two grandkids so scared to the extent that they asked to sleep in the same bedroom with her hours after what they had witnessed in the afternoon.The boys we...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Search for stray lion in Filabusi continues
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife (Zimparks) rangers are still hunting for a stray lion that has been roaming in Filabusi since last week.The lion, which killed a donkey at Marvel and a cow near the...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 20:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler gets 9 years behind bars
A Guruve-based cattle rustler was sentenced to nine years in jail after stealing two cattle from the grazing lands.Willard Castern (36) was jailed by Magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura after full t...Published: 09 May 2023 at 13:06hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
135 years imprisonment for stealing cattle
FIVE cattle rustlers have been sentenced to a total of 135 years imprisonment for stealing five head of cattle from Irisvale in Umzingwane District.The cattle rustlers first stole three cattle...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 years for stealing 150 goats
A Beitbridge man, Charles Ndou, who is accused of teaming up with fugitive businesswoman Sarah Chauke to steal 150 goats worth $663 000 around the Lutumba and Tshapfutshe areas, has been jailed for fi...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner drags Chitando to court
EMBATTLED Chinese mining firm, Afrochine Smelting Pvt Ltd (Afrochine), which has been involved in numerous shady deals mining activities across the country, has rushed to court, suing Mines and Mining...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Minister warns farm invaders
THE Government will not allow the invasion of farms and grazing lands and land seekers need to follow procedure. Speaking after a tour of Gandawasvika Clinic which is being constructed by Mako...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman masterminds the theft of over 150 goats
Police in Beitbridge are out in full-force pursuing a business woman who is believed to have orchestrated the theft of over 150 goats worth $663 000 around Lutumba and Tshapfutshe areas, in Ward 5....Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 19:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
13-year-old boy hangs self
A 13-YEAR-OLD boy from Maphisa, Matobo District in Matabeleland South was found hanging from a tree branch after going missing for five days. Busisa Lunga left home on April 11 around 4PM to r...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Villagers clash with police in a volatile gold rush
POLICE fired live bullets and teargas canisters to disperse angry villagers in the Wondedzo area in Masvingo North amid protests and clashes over illegal mining and looting of gold by Zanu-PF and stat...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:59hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustler weeps in court
A Chiweshe man wept at Concession magistrates courts on Friday after he was sentenced to 9 years in jail.Fanuel Mazinde (29) was senten...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 21:01hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Every Zimbabwean deserves secure land rights
IN 2019, Zimbabwe embarked on a long-awaited land policymaking process.The Land Policy's emphasis on gender sensitivity echoes global recognition and acknowledgement of the strategic importanc...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 17 | by Gaynor G Paradza
Kasukuwere says his hands are clean over Chitungwiza demolitions
FORMER cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere said corruption by politicians and senior council officials and was to blame for the sprouting of illegal structures in ChitungwizaHe was responding ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Pasture depletion adds misery to Matabeleland South
A serious shortage of pastures for live stock has brought more misery to villagers in Maphisa, Matabeleland South, who are already affected by the socioeconomic im pact of the Covid19 pandemic...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man steals cow to pay medical bills
A 32-YEAR-OLD Muzarabani man told Guruve resident magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa that he stole his neighbour's cow in a bid to pay medical bills for his other child with mental illness.Patnus K...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 20:38hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Locust outbreaks threaten food security in southern Africa
Immediate action can prevent disaster in Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and ZimbabweOutbreaks of African Migratory Locu...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by FAOAfrica
Minister challenges Matebeleland to embrace devolution
MATEBELELAND must embrace devolution as it brings equality in development to all provinces and districts in the country through the equitable sharing of national resources, a Cabinet minister has said...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Money grows on trees - don't uproot them
Jennifer Handondo, a small-scale farmer of Choma district in southern Zambia, plants food crops such as maize mostly for her family's needs.Because of uncharacteristically high temperatures an...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by IPS
Rustler gang slaughters four cattle at roadside
A MAN from Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly stealing four head of cattle from a farmer in Mbembesi. Thandazani Ndlovu (36) with three accomplices only identified as (Golide) Tshuma...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rustlers torment West Nicholson farmers
LIVESTOCK farmers in West Nicholson, Matabeleland South province, who have lost about 100 beasts to cattle rustlers in past few months, are calling on the police to increase patrols in the area to cur...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's supporters threaten 'bhora musango'
ZANU-PF supporters in parts of Masvingo province have threatened a protest vote in the 2023 election over the recently completed command livestock programme, which they claim was skewed in favour of p...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill man kills tot, throws body into river
A 20-year-old mentally challenged man from Machova Village under Chief Chingoma in Mberengwa allegedly fatally assaulted his five-year- old nephew and threw the body in the river.Upenyu Mthomb...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer smokes out goats thief
A PRISON officer sold out a Chipinge woman who was allegedly preying on other villagers' goats after she sold him two suspected stolen goats.Eliza Sithole (47), of Mwandifira village, is now i...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pair arrested for killing a marauding lion
TWO Tsholotsho men have been arrested for killing a lioness which was part of a pride that preyed on their livestock and allegedly killed over 200 livestock in a space of two months.The pair a...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa summons Billy Rautenbach
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has summoned controversial businessman Billy Rautenbach to answer to charges that he is denying thousands of Chingwizi villagers access to potable water after fencing off ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The weapon AK47 was invented in Africa and for Africa?
The AK 47 stands for Avtomat (Automatic) Kalashnikov: and 47 is the year in which it was invented. Mikael Kalashnikov is the sole inventor of AK47, he was at an early age obsessed with creating a sub-...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Villagers defy riot police
HUNDREDS of Chiadzwa villagers yesterday defied the heavy presence of riot police officers and went ahead with their demonstration against Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC)'s alleged failur...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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