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Person burnt beyond recognition in inferno
Police in Masvingo Province have launched an investigation following a tragic incident in which an unidentified person was burnt beyond recognition in a house fire in Chiredzi.The incident occ...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 09:36hrs | 1317 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC introduces dodgy mandatory $25 electrical inspections fee
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has announced a mandatory US$25 fee for inspections and re-inspections of electrical installations across the country. This measu...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:28hrs | 899 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge grapples with rising suicide cases
Residents of Beitbridge have voiced alarm over a recent spike in suicide cases, with three females, including a 14-year-old girl, taking their lives in just three weeks. The deaths, which appear to be...Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 06:32hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Student teacher found dead, boyfriend wanted for murder
Police have launched a manhunt for a 27-year-old man following the suspected murder of a student teacher at Guinea Fowl School over the weekend.The victim, identified as Keener Tsanana (21), w...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 08:40hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Nonagenarian dies from witch craft-related arson
A tragic incident recently occurred at Masvingo Provincial Hospital, where a 96-year-old grandmother from Zaka succumbed to burns sustained in a house fire. The fire was allegedly started by a male re...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo family homeless after arson attack
A family in the Queens Park East suburb of Bulawayo has been traumatized by a house fire caused by arson. An unidentified man used petrol and a mop to set their house ablaze, destroying possessions wo...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:07hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane boy dies in house fire
An eight-year-old boy, Blessing Muzenda, a Grade Three student at Mgoqo Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb, tragically died on Monday night after a house fire. The incident occurred around ...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:09hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
FUNDRAISER: Nkulumane MP Desire Moyo issues SOS after mother and son lose home to fire
In the wake of a devastating house fire that engulfed the residence of a mother and son, the Member of Parliament for Nkulumane Constituency, Honorable Desire Moyo, has issued a heartfelt plea for ass...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 18:11hrs | 28 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo City Council loses 38 firefighters to Asia
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is facing a significant loss of firefighters, with many seeking employment in Asian countries, just as the city is grappling with a surge in fire incidents.Econ...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 08:28hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
'Dead' man and wife arrested for murder, car theft in South Africa
South African media have reported a hair-raising incident where a married couple was arrested and charged with murder after the husband who reportedly died in a house fire last year, was caught drivin...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 11:01hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo fire fighter dies in veld fire operation
THE family of a fire fighter who succumbed to burns he suffered while on duty at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) two weeks ago, suspects foul play in his death.Fanyana...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
America releases damning report on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe
The United States of America has released a damning report on Human Rights abuses in Zimbabwe in its 2021 edition. The HumanRights Report is used by journalists, lawyers, academics, and ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 13:57hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lawyers sue police over house fire
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have threatened to sue police after a Chitungwiza man lost household property in a fire when he was arrested and denied a chance to put out a mosquito coil...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mystery deaths deepen in Zimbabwe
DEATH is never easy and, whenever it strikes, the grief it causes is traumatic for family and friends who would have lost a loved one.This encounter with mortality always leaves the surviving ...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 18:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
House gutted by fire
PROPERTY worth thousands of dollars was gutted after a thatched house was caught in a veld fire on Sunday evening.Muzarabani rural dist...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Motorists warned against buying black market fuel
POLICE in Bulawayo have warned motorists against buying fuel from the black market saying they risk arrest at a time residents have reported that thieves are sneaking into their homes and draining fue...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Four of the seven Zimbabweans burnt alive in South Africans laid to rest
More than 1000 mourners, including some South Africans attended the burial in Sanyati Zimbabwe of the four of the slain Zimbabweans. Each mourner had his-or her own profound reasons for being ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 19:22hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
7 Zimbabweans burnt alive in South Africa
A Zimbabwean family fled to Cape town to escape the hunger and poverty All 7 of them including four children just died in a house fire.The loss of one child is devastating. The loss of seven? ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 11:10hrs | 19 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bulawayo's fire brigade defies odds
Zimbabwe's widely respected fire brigade usually tackles house fires and traffic accidents, but it became a symbol of the regime during anti-government demonstrations that turned into violent looting ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:27hrs | 2 | by Ben Sheppard I AFP
Zimra mum on Beitbridge warehouse inferno
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has declined to disclose the value of goods lost in three fire incidents in which its warehouses at Beitbridge Border Post were razed to the ground, saying the i...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 19:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Timeline of Zanu-PF chefs accidents
Below is a timeline of the accidents.Outspoken Guruve South MP Edward Chindori-Chininga was in June 2013 involved in a road accident that claimed his life.General Josiah Magama Tongoga...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 17:01hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa haven't met Mugabe
The dispute between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecessor Robert Mugabe has dominated the headlines since the 94-year-old celebrated his birthday last month.The new Zanu-PF leader h...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Bernard Mpofu
Mnangagwa: Why I haven't met Mugabe
The dispute between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecessor Robert Mugabe has dominated the headlines since the 94-year-old celebrated his birthday last month.The new Zanu PF leader h...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman killed, set on fire at city lodge
A PREGNANT woman believed to be in her thirties was allegedly killed at a lodge in Bulawayo, before her body was shoved under a bed and set alight.The incident, confirmed by Bulawayo chief fir...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Themba Mthethwa
Zimbabwean businessman teams up with SA govt to help family left homeless after fire
A Zimbabwean businessman Jackson Mukahanana, based in South Africa, who owns Chihwa Tours and Chapani construction has teamed up with the government and Builders Warehouse to help restore a hous...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 11:17hrs | 26 | by Staff Reporter
Two children killed in inferno
Two toddlers from Phikelela village in Insiza district, Matabeleland South Province have died from severe burns sustained in a house fire that broke in the early hours of Friday.The Sibanda fa...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Badza-Nhari rebellion: An insider's story
EACH time Noah Mbira whose Chimurenga name was Chemist Ncube sat down to continue his shocking narration during the liberation struggle, he would first demand to be given time to pay respects to the c...Published: 28 Aug 2016 at 10:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Which stupid Europeans will open lines of credit to 'clever black Zimbabwean politicians?'
Their language use is tantamount to hate-speeches. How many times have the West been told to "go hang?" It's some African-Zimbabweans who allow themselves to dwell on insults, sometimes unprovoked, in...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 19:30hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Govt donates to Nketa family
THE government yesterday donated $1,000 to assist a family from Nketa 6 suburb in Bulawayo that lost five members in a house fire last week.The five family members were burnt to death while th...Published: 10 May 2016 at 07:24hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
Cheap attempts to scamper justice: A forgotten case of Retired Army General Solomon Mujuru
MORGAN RICHARD TSVANGIRAI is the sole name that holds the perennial truth about revolutionary process and democratic transformation of Zimbabwe. The MDC-T under...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Ntate Moruti Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Stop the blame game - Zanu PF UK
Zanu PF United Kingdom chapter has challenged people in Zimbabwe to stop the blame game for every failure that the nation encounters and focus on developing the nation at all cost."Failure...Published: 23 Jul 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Don't mess with Grace Mugabe
During a state banquet in Pretoria, South Africa, in April 2015, I had a brief encounter with Grace Mugabe, the first lady of Zimbabwe. I was asking her husband, Robert Mugabe, about the question of ...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by David Smith
Mujuru to fight her expulsion from Zanu-PF
Former vice-president Joyce Mujuru on Thursday said she would fight her expulsion from the ruling Zanu-PF party after falling out with President Robert Mugabe.Mujuru, who was previously ti...Published: 09 Apr 2015 at 13:36hrs | | by AFP
Timeline of Zanu-PF bigwigs accidents
Zimbabwe's Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday escaped unhurt after being involved in a road accident along Hebert Chitepo Avenue in Harare near the US Embassy. The minister was reportedl...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 15:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Toddler dies in house fire
A TWO-YEAR-OLD toddler from Bulawayo's Sauerstown suburb was yesterday burnt to death after his seven-year-old brother reportedly set the house on fire while playing with matches.Five rooms of...Published: 23 Jul 2014 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man loses property worth $10 000 in house fire
A BULAWAYO man yesterday lost property worth about $10 000 when a fire engulfed two rooms he rents in New Magwegwe.Kainos Nzvenga said he had recently bought the property and did not know the...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP loses $300 000 property in house fire
GOKWE - KABUYUNI MP (Zanu-PF) Owen 'Mudha' Ncube reportedly lost property worth $300 000 when his Kwekwe house was gutted by fire on Sunday night.Ncube said he was not at home when the fire br...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
House fire in Queenspark - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number. 16:1...Published: 09 May 2014 at 14:32hrs | | by Concerned Resident
Two more fire stations for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO city council wants to open two more fire stations in Bulawayo to enable them reduce the response time. This was revealed by Bulawayo chief fire officer Richard Peterson yesterday.The ...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 02:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl (13) burnt to death in house fire
A girl (13) from Gokwe died after she swept petrol into a fire place, resulting in an inferno that engulfed the house, trapping her inside.Acting Midlands Police Spokesperson Assistant Inspec...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 12:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Baba Jukwa reveals threat to fair election
HARARE - Amid fears that Zimbabwe is headed for another disputed election, the observer to whom almost every Zimbabwean is turning for guidance is an anonymous "concerned father" and alleged renegade ...Published: 01 Aug 2013 at 13:45hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Four children burnt beyond recognition in house fire, mother battling for life
THE mother of the four children who were on Tuesday morning burnt beyond recognition when the room they were sleeping in caught fire in Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo, sustained serious burns when sh...Published: 24 Jul 2013 at 22:21hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Gunman shot dead by cops after killing six people in Santa Monica
SANTA MONICA, California - A gunman killed at least six people in Santa Monica, California, on Friday before he was shot dead by police at a library of a community college, Police Chief Jacqueli...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 06:27hrs | | by Reuters
5 siblings killed in house fire
Authorities say five young siblings have died after a fire erupted in a home in northern France.Rescue team official Thierry Oberlin told France-2 TV Sunday that the children's father escaped ...Published: 31 Mar 2013 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
US embassy condemns petrol bomb attack of aspiring Zanu-PF councillor
THE United States on Wednesday condemned a reported petrol bomb attack on the home of an aspiring Zanu-PF councillor.William Chapepa was hospitalised with serious burns following the raid on h...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
People will vote for a party with sustainable economic programmes
Election euphoria is slowing gripping the foreign and independent media in Zimbabwe much more than the electorate itself. As usual the independent media is painting a gloomy picture ahead of the e...Published: 03 Mar 2013 at 23:36hrs | | by Kennedy Mapesa Mandaza ZANU PF SA Secretary for Information and Publicity
Mujuru's death shrouded in suspicion
Harare - Testimony before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's fiery death ended on Monday, leaving the last hours of General Solomon Mujuru's life shrouded in suspicion he was murdered by poli...Published: 06 Feb 2012 at 17:57hrs | | by AP
No evidence of murder in Gen Mujuru's death
Harare - Zimbabwean state attorneys say forensic investigations have found no evidence of explosives or inflammable liquids used in the house fire death of a powerful general whose family believes he ...Published: 17 Jan 2012 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudhara Bhonzo (Lawrence Simbarashe) burnt in house fire
Former radio presenter Lawrence Simbarashe, popularly known as Mudhara Bhonzo was injured and lost property worth thousands of dollars when his Chitungwiza house went up in smoke yesterday morning....Published: 07 Dec 2011 at 20:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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