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Choosing Chiwenga to replace Mnangagwa is like a mouse telling a black mamba bites better than a green mamba!
I wonder still if I could have said it better than this! (Wilbert Mukori's last article on BYO 24) Zimbabwean GenZs are a problem, not a solution. They will muddle with water instead of coming up with...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 15:13hrs | 1297 | by Nomazulu Thata
SA police gun down suspected Zimbabwean armed robber
A suspected Zimbabwean armed robber has died, while two accomplices have been injured after a shootout with South African police and a security company following a robbery in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng provi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has US billion dollars overseas, can wipe out debt within 24 hrs
The recent Bulawayo24 article tells us that Zimbabwe is cash-strapped: it has a staggering debt of US$ 31billion; both domestic and international. This statement is partly true. In paper, Zimbabwe is ...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 19:56hrs | 25241 | by Nomazulu Thata
Armed robbers gun down two passengers of Zimbabwe bound bus in South Africa
Two passengers of a Harare bound bus in South Africa were shot dead by armed robbers this Thursday with the third critically wounded in a sad highlight on the neighbouring country's violent crime situ...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police gun down violent suspect
POLICE in Zaka, Masvingo, shot dead an assault suspect who had been on their wanted list after he resisted an arrest and tried to take one of them hostage.Douglas Mahoya (35) was wanted by the...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police gun down 6 robbers
FOUR suspected armed robbers were killed while two others were arrested in a shootout with police along Mbuya Nehanda Street in Harare on Friday.One of the robbers was a serving member of the ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Cops' gun down Rusape man
A 35-year-old Rusape man died after being shot five times on Saturday by three armed robbers masquerading as police officers. The robbers had raided the man's house along Gopal Avenue. One of ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police gun down armed robber after 14 hour standoff
Zimbabwe's southern border town, Beitbridge was at a standstill, Thursday, when a suspected armed robber held 10 people hostage at a house in Dulivhadzimu suburb forcing the police to gun him down aft...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 21:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Soldier killers gunned down
THE two suspects in a shooting incident that took place in Chivhu, 140km south of Harare along the Harare-Masvingo Highway, resulting in the death of a soldier and another badly injured, were yesterda...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Motorist shot by cop wants $100 000
A MAN from Bulawayo who was accidentally shot and wounded by a policeman who opened fire on a suspected robber within the city's Central Business District, is suing Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
War heroes who died in vain
The war was raging on. Every person in the village had had an encounter with the freedom fighters. We all knew the drill. The arrival of the freedom fighters in a village was so secret but an open one...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Former SA footballer gunned down
The family of former Bafana Bafana, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs striker, Marc Batchelor has reacted with shock to the news of his death, News24 reported.Batchelor was gunned down in Bryansto...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 21:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA cops gun down armed Zimbabweans
TWO suspected armed robbers from St Joseph, Matabeleland South and another robber yet to be identified, were shot dead by South African Police who intercepted a cash-in-transit heist on Tuesday mornin...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man shot in robbery crossfire
A MAN from Bulawayo was accidentally shot and wounded on the shoulder when a police officer allegedly opened fire at a suspected robber within the city's Central Business District on Friday afternoon....Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Saturday with Stanley Dube: Mnangagwa is Mugabe's old leftover fart
November 18; Zimbabweans marched and on November 21 the nonagenarian despot Robert Mugabe resigned after pressure from the military and from ZANU PF. Surely chickens had come home to roost...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 13:31hrs | | by Stanley Dube
Poachers gun down another black rhino worth $120,000 in Zimbabwe
POACHERS in Beitbridge have shot an adult Black Rhino valued at US$120 000 in the Bubye Valley Conservancy, bringing to four such attacks on rhinos in two months.The male rhino was found dehor...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spare us these arrests and sex tapes
As the election mood gathers momentum, the mudslinging and smear campaigning have been propelled to another level. The arrest story of MDC-T Acting President Nelson Chamisa on allegations of causing a...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 14:09hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Elite cops shoot, kill notorious armed robber
A CRACK police team shot and killed a notorious armed robber and arrested four others in connection with a spate of armed robberies around Beitbridge town and illegal crossings along the Limpopo River...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bosso eyes ZDF Cup
HIGHLANDERS should expect a tough game against the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) Select who they face off in a Defence Forces' Day celebratory match set for today at the National Sports Stadium, Harar...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Minister Fikile Mbalula
Dear Minister of Police, Hon. Mr Fikile Mbalula I m penning this communique to you with the utmost bleeding-heart as a young and humbled citizen of our beloved country, South Africa. I m not d...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by Kgothatso Ramautswa
The truth: Zimbabwe politics
The political disposition for political power, the politics of personalities intertwined with nepotism and other social devices right across the political spectrum in Zimbabwe has produced a debilitat...Published: 23 Oct 2016 at 06:20hrs | 5 | by Nhlanhla Dube
Ex-cop vows to gun-down wife over divorce
A former policeman is threatening to gun down his ex-wife as punishment for divorcing him.Sibonokuhle Mlotshwa told a court that from the day she filed for divorce against Tshaka Mlotshwa she ...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 11:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council to gun down stray dogs
Harare has recorded 858 cases of dog bites since January, prompting local authority to gun down stray dogs as part of measures to prevent the spread of rabies.Last week alone, the city had 35 ...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Bianca Leboho
Police gun down armed robber in fire exchange
Police yesterday gunned down a suspected armed robber in Harare's Waterfalls suburb who was shooting back at them as he tried to escape.Police spokesperson Charity Charamba confirmed the death...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 22:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mbeki would blame even the drought on the ANC'
Former president Thabo Mbeki's brother, Moeletsi Mbeki, would even blame the drought on the ANC, said the party's spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa.Kodwa was responding to a recent statement by Mbe...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 16:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers gun down 2 in city
Two people were seriously injured after they were shot by unknown armed robbers in separate incidents in Harare on Wednesday night.Police have since urged people to be wary of a group of crimi...Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:33hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Peta launches Cecil-inspired 'condoms for hunters' campaign
PETA Distributes 'Huntsman' Condoms as a Way to Nip Future Generations of Animal-Slayers in the Bud Harare -...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dabengwa reveals plot to blow Joshua Nkomo out of the sky
THE late Vice President Joshua Nkomo could have never seen independent Zimbabwe in 1980 had a plot to gun down his plane by the Rhodesian Air Force succeeded in 1979.VP Nkomo who died on this ...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 11:51hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Tsholotsho, Caps tie moved from White City to B/F
TOMORROW'S Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter between Tsholotsho FC and Caps United has been moved to Barbourfields Stadium.The match had initially been pencilled for White City Stad...Published: 30 May 2015 at 09:23hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
Xenophobia in South Africa escalates at diplomatic levels
Why should he apologize for telling the truth? Du Preez was spot on, what gave him criticism is his Afrikaner background. If it was a black he would not have had such a backlash and ignorant...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 05:47hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabweans gun down Botswana cop
BOTSWANA police have reportedly launched a manhunt for two suspected Zimbabwean men who shot dead a cop in Kanye village in the neighbouring country recently.Botswana media reported that the c...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana cops gun down Zimbabwean man
A 40-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man was shot dead by Botswana law enforcement agents as he allegedly fled from a roadblock in Francistown. Qhawe Moyo from Nkedile area in Mangwe District was in t...Published: 25 Aug 2014 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Lone buffalo wreaks havoc
A buffalo attacked three villagers in Chipinge South last week before it was gunned down by Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management rangers. Chipinge District police spokesperson ...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 03:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cops gun down Binga murder suspect
Zimbabwe detectives have reportedly shot dead one person and arrested four others in connection with grisly murders in Binga last week, Zim...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 16:45hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Clowns gun down ex-drug dealer at children's party
La Paz - The eldest brother of Mexico's once powerful Arellano Felix drug cartel family was killed by gunmen dressed as clowns at a children's party, authorities said on Saturday.Francisco Raf...Published: 20 Oct 2013 at 04:29hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
al-Qaeda-linked rebels threaten more attacks against Kenya
Nairobi - Somalia's al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab rebels have threatened more attacks against Kenya, taking to Twitter to mock the country after Islamist gunmen attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, killing at...Published: 27 Sep 2013 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'We can kill two birds with a single stone', Chicken Inn set to gun down Bosso
CHICKEN INN have declared that they are looking forward to killing two birds with one stone when they play host to city giants Highlanders in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League encounter with the Ga...Published: 10 Jul 2013 at 23:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Elephant tramples poacher to death
A poacher was recently trampled to death by an elephant in Charara National Park, Gatshe-Gatshe, Kariba, after he failed to gun down the jumbo during a hunting expedition. The remains of Solomon Manjo...Published: 12 May 2013 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Noah Pito
17 years in jail for trying to gun down police officer
A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years in jail for a crime he committed two years ago, Edmore Mungenje was on Monday convicted on two counts of attempted murder and one count of illegal pos...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 21:12hrs | 1 | by Bhabhe Mandla
Israeli forces gun down boy (12), 22 protesters
Twenty-three protesters, including a 12-year-old boy, have been shot dead by Israeli forces near the border fence on Golan Heights, Syrian state television is reporting.Another 325 people were...Published: 05 Jun 2011 at 21:20hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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