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Kombi runs over, kills 9-year-old
A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy died after he was hit by a commuter omnibus while attempting to cross a street in Bulawayo. The incident happened on Monday at around 4PM at the intersection of 3rd A...Published: 14 hrs ago | 715 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed three times for having marital affair with a married woman
BULAWAYO man from Selbourne Park has appeared in court facing charges of stabbing a man three times accusing him of having marital affair with his wife.Dingani Moyo (40) pleaded guilty t...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 16:41hrs | 1792 | by Stephen Jakes
Drought fuels gold wars
Villagers in Bubi district, one of the areas affected by gold wars, have blamed drought for fuelling artisanal miners' conflicts.This was revealed in the latest Habakkuk Trust report following its...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Robbed money changer tells of horror attack
A suspected illegal money changer from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who was robbed by three men wielding an AK-47 and machetes recently relived the horrific attack. Ms Abishel Matika and no...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:09hrs | 1992 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang wreaks havoc in Lupane
AN eight-member machete-wielding gang on Thursday morning went on a rampage in Lupane, Matabeleland North leaving victims seriously injured before fleeing with undisclosed amounts of cash and grocerie...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:07hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Luv survives accident
Zimdancehall star Soul Jah Luv was involved in a road traffic accident over the weekend while on his way to a show in Kwekwe. His manager, Kudzanai Ruwizhi, otherwise known as Selekta Junk, co...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:03hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Zimbabwean gets 17 years for machete attack
TAFADZWA Katsande, a Zimbabwean man based in the United Kingdom (UK), has been sentenced to 17 years imprisonment after he, and his gang used machetes to attack a driver.Another gang member, a...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Chimonyo deny shooting victims compensation
DEFENCE Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo have refused to pay two shooting victims over ZW$800 000 in damages for injuries ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1078 | by Staff reporter
Zifa unveils new national team coach Zdravko Logarusic
The Zimbabwe Football Asociation (Zifa) on Thursday unveiled the new Zimbabwe national team ‘Warriors' coach Zdravko ‘Loga' Logarusic at a media conference held at a local hotel in the capital....Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:49hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' cops abscond trial
TWO detectives, who are part of a group of eight police officers accused of fatally assaulting two armed robbery suspects before shooting their bodies and claiming that they were shot while flee...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
Pirate taxi crushes 3 pupils to death
In a tragic incident, two pupils died on the spot in Vumba, while the other died on the way to Mutare Provincial Hospital when a driver of a pirate taxi lost control of his vehicle, veered off the roa...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:49hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Culpable homicide driver fined $2,000
A BULAWAYO motorist has been fined $2 000 for causing the death of a minor and injuring his mother after he failed to control his motor vehicle. Musa Maphosa (56), whose residential address wa...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:47hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Man dies in Honda Fit and Falcon College bus head-on collision
ONE person is reported dead after a Falcon College bus was involved in a head-on collision with a Honda Fit vehicle along the Bulawayo-Gwanda road on Wednesday.Eyewitnesses said the driver of ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 13:17hrs | 3327 | by Staff reporter
Villager axed on the head during a beer drink
A Shangani teenager axed a fellow villager following a dispute during a beer drink.This was heard by Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja when Qinisani Moyo (18) appeared before him charged wit...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 14:50hrs | 811 | by Staff Reporter
Post-Mugabe confusion unfathomable
The reality of it is inescapable; whether one is a child, youth or an adult, we all feel it. The intensity of the impact may differ from person to person depending on circumstances but generally Zimba...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1318 | by Learnmore Zuze
Bus hits cattle, 51 injured
FIFTY-one people were injured, some of them seriously, after a bus they were travelling in hit two cows, veered off the road and plunged into Shangani River in Nkayi North.The incident occurre...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 22:29hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Friendly fire kills on-duty Zimbabwe cop
A POLICE officer was shot dead, allegedly mistakenly, by a colleague as a team of Bulawayo and Chivhu detectives swooped in on an armed robbery suspect in Chivhu, Mashonaland East province. Th...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Police officer fatally shot by colleague during arrest of robbery suspect
A police officer was accidentally shot and killed by a colleague while pursuing a robbery suspect on Saturday, an internal police memo reveals.The tragic officer, identified only as Detective ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:47hrs | 2081 | by Staff reporter
Warriors coach eyes World Cup
WARRIORS new coach Zdravko Logarušić is thrilled with the quality of players that are at his disposal, and is confident that the team can qualify for both the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:05hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
'Miner' trapped to death
One illegal miner was trapped to death this morning while prospecting for gold at Jumbo mine (Mazowe), Bulawayo24 news has learnt.The now deceased miner had illegally gained entry at the mine ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:39hrs | 781 | by Paul Ndou
2 gold miners saved in Zimbabwe rescue mission
Efforts are being made in Zimbabwe to bring trapped illegal miners to the surface, after a shaft collapsed at a gold mine killing at least two other miners.The BBC's Shingai Nyoka reports that...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 17:01hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Spike in machete murders irks judge
MASVINGO High Court judge Garainesu Mawadze has expressed grave concern over the upsurge in machete murder cases flooding the courts.Justice Mawadze, without giving statistics, said the high n...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 06:05hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Drunk driving Zimbabwean soldier ploughs into group of 100 colleagues
A DRUNK soldier from Bulawayo's Imbizo Barracks Monday drove into a group over 100 colleagues who were on a routine early Monday morning jog, injuring 30 in the process.The unnamed soldier is ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 12:19hrs | 2576 | by newzimbabwe
Beer bottle assault over $10 debt
A MAN from Victoria Falls has been sentenced to three months in prison for assaulting a neighbour with an empty beer bottle over an unpaid debt of $10.Bhekimpilo Ncube (38) of Chinotimba plead...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Teenager killed for having boyfriend
A 42-YEAR-OLD Silobela man has been sentenced to five years in prison for fatally assaulting his 15-year-old daughter using a fan belt accusing her of having a boyfriend. Appearing yesterday b...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 471 | by Staff reporter
3 injured in a gas explosion
Three people were injured after a gas explosion at-PFungwadzakanaka shops in Chinhoyi on Friday last week.One of the injured, Tony Chimanga, has since been transferred from Chinhoyi Provincial...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1060 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Marry saga in dramatic twist
The assault case involving Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry, yesterday took an intriguing and dramatic twist as she was arrested, denied bail and immediately sent to prison.In...Published: 02 Feb 2020 at 12:24hrs | 13221 | by Staff reporter
Motorcycle rams into scotchcart two injured
Disheartening accident occurred yesterday along at the 58 kilometer peg along Mvurwi- Kanyemba highway, two people who were riding a motor bike crashed into scotch-cart and sustained severe injuries....Published: 01 Feb 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1517 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Zimbabweans not involved in the death of SA police captain
IN February 2018 in the Eastern Cape province six police officers were killed in a raid at a police station by over ten South African thugs. seven s...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 05:50hrs | 6640 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Security guard killed in robbery
A SECURITY guard was recently murdered by two armed robbers while guarding a property in Eastlea, Harare. The robbers tied the 35-year-old guard's hands and legs with a rope before making off ...Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 07:10hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance supporters freed on bail
Three suspected MDC-Alliance hooligans last Friday appeared in court on allegations of stoning and assaulting Zanu-PF members who were carrying out a national clean-up campaign in Mbare.Elia M...Published: 27 Jan 2020 at 06:46hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs leave one dead, several injured in ore heist
"Mining in Zimbabwe is no longer safe for women," says Sanelisiwe Maseko, a single mother of two whose mine in Colleen Bawn was recently invaded by machete-wielding men in a bloody raid that left one ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 3915 | by Staff reporter
Woman kidnaps, assaults minor over food
A Chitungwiza woman allegedly kidnapped a 7-year-old boy whom she accused of eating her son's food at school and assaulted him with a hosepipe....Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:27hrs | 460 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Friend mistaken for robber gets beaten to death
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly beating up his friend to death in a bushy area near the Plumtree Border Post in the middle of the night after suspecting that he was a robber. Th...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:05hrs | 2180 | by Staff reporter
Truck overturns, one dies, four injured
AN Esigodini man died on the spot while four others were seriously injured after a truck they were travelling in overturned in Mawabeni. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:04hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
2 die in Luveve road crash
A DRIVER and a passenger died in an accident blamed on speeding which resulted in the vehicle hitting two pedestrians before ramming into a tree along Luveve road on Sunday evening. The incide...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:44hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Marry throws Chiwenga under the bus
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has thrown another salvo at her husband, claiming the retired military commander is a dangerous character who uses the army to deal with pe...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:17hrs | 11922 | by Staff reporter
14 die in bus, lorry collision
FOURTEEN people died on the spot when a General Bande bus collided, head-on, with a haulage truck near Shamu village along Harare-Mutare highway yesterday afternoon.National police spokesperso...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:40hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, wife act to end feud
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga and his estranged wife Marry are close to striking an out-of-court settlement that will allow the former model access to her children, cars and matrimonial home, th...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:28hrs | 859 | by Staff rpeorter
'Trump is a pierrot'
Iran's supreme leader lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years, dismissing "American clowns" who he said pretend to support the Iranian nati...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:20hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's British coach arrives
NEWLY appointed Highlanders coach Mark Harrison flew into Bulawayo yesterday and immediately declared his intention to stop FC Platinum's dominance of the local game following Pure Platinum Play's thr...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, maShurugwi and the coming anarchy
SOON after arriving in Zimbabwe, in September of last year, I had to visit a friend in Bindura, whom I needed to extend — as part of my enduring gratitude for his assistance during a research projec...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1763 | by Simukai Tinhu
'Chiwenga acutely paranoid and under influence of drugs'
Acting President Constantino Chiwenga goes through most days high on prescription drugs and suffers acute paranoia, his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa has told the High Court as both sides trade dirt in...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1828 | by ZimLive
Chiwenga's wife spills the beans
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife, Marry, has revealed that the retired army general harbours an ambition to take over the presidency.Marry said the collapse of the couple's...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 2827 | by Staff reporter
Kick from husband kills Fort Rixon woman
A MAN from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province has appeared in court for allegedly fatally assaulting his wife. Thembani Nkomo (34) of Zimbili Village A allegedly kicked the late Ms Sith...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:01hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga demands US$47 000 maintenance
MARRY, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has filed papers at the High Court demanding US$47 000 per month for maintenance as she also revealed the VP was taking unprescribed d...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:54hrs | 997 | by newzimbabwe
The moment is ripe for Zimbabwe to deal with the elements of terrorism
Zimbabwe is the most peaceful and stable country in southern Africa. Over the past few months the wave of terrorism just emerged in Zimbabwe. Terrorist gang running under moniker name "Mashurungwi" st...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:11hrs | 2173 | by Matora Hupile
Man arrested for possession of stolen car battery
A MAN from Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo appeared in court charged with possession of property suspected to have been stolen.This was after he was found in possession of a car battery worth $80...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 12:52hrs | 2244 | by Stephen Jakes
Son gangs up with mother 'murder' father
A MAN from Inyathi in Bubi District, Matabeleland North province who allegedly ganged up with his mother and fatally struck his father with an axe before the woman attempted to conceal the murder, has...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 15:54hrs | 2444 | by Staff Reporter
Marry Chiwenga in court, remanded out of custody
MARRY Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Acting President Chiwenga, who is facing charges of attempted murder, money laundering, foreign currency externalisation and fraud has appeared for routine remand ...Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 14:29hrs | 2332 | by Staff Reporter
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