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Zimbabwean communities raise alarm over lithium mining impacts
As global demand for lithium surges to power electric vehicles and household solar batteries, the scramble for Zimbabwe's rich lithium deposits is exposing deep-rooted tensions between economic intere...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:09hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Cracks in Insiza dam raise alarm among villagers
Villagers from Singwambizi in Insiza District, under Chief Mafu, have expressed safety concerns regarding their local dam, which is spilling water due to a crack in the dam wall.The community ...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:26hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Two fishermen drown
Chiweshe-based fish mongers Claudius Gunduza (49) and Tinashe Motsi (33) drowned at a local dam in Chiweshe while casting their fishing nets.Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Serg...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 08:58hrs | 576 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Insiza South Villagers unite to desilt local dams
Villagers in Insiza South district have successfully pooled resources to desilt three dams, ensuring improved water availability for their communities. The collaborative effort targeted Msengezane Dam...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:17hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho man battles for life after hippo attack
A Tsholotsho man is currently fighting for his life at Mpilo Central Hospital after being attacked by a hippopotamus at a local dam in Chief Tategulu, Matabeleland North province. The victim, identifi...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 16:03hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Great Zimbabwe's hidden tunnels, Mutirikwi sunset view to boost tourism
The iconic Great Zimbabwe's hidden monumental tunnels and majestic lake Mutirikwi sunset view have been identified as part of complementary tourism sites ...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 07:27hrs | 3330 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Masvingo
Farmers, lithium miner clash
HORTICULTURE farmers in Goromonzi have accused the Platinum Lithium Zimbabwe (PLZ) mine of negatively affecting their socio-economic life, while others have welcomed the miner's activities in the area...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Drought-claiming livestock in Matebeleland South
The El Nino-induced dry period experienced across Zimbabwe is claiming the lives of livestock especially cattle, whose conditions have deteriorated due to water shortages in the Matebeleland South pro...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Minor (14) drowns while fishing
A 14-year-old boy drowned while fishing at a dam in Bindura on Friday afternoon.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Milton Mundembe said Rauph Nyamunga of Choma village, Chief Musana in Bi...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:06hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
Mangwe villagers plead for dam rehab
MANGWE ward 12 villagers in Matabeleland South province have appealed to government to rehabilitate a local dam which burst its walls several years ago.When the reservoir burst, it created dee...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Batsirai moves further away from Zimbabwe
Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has moved further southward away from Zimbabwe, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has advised. The weather should be sunny and hot over most parts of the c...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Ana sweeps 10 away in Muzarabani
Ten boys have been allegedly swept away by tropical storm Ana in Mukumbura whilst fishing at a local dam last night, Bulawayo24.com has ...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 23:35hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Matebeleland South villagers' water woes mount
MATEBELELAND South villagers have been struggling to get water for domestic use and for their livestock as local dams have dried up, while boreholes are far from most villages.Villagers are no...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 07:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Prophet dives to death in search of missing child
A self-proclaimed apostolic prophet Enock Mushinye drowned after he claimed that the holy spirit instructed him to dive into a dam in Mvurwi in search of a missing child on Sunday.Mushinye who...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 19:28hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Handcapped woman throws self in a dam
A 25-YEAR-0LD disabled Centenary woman committed suicide by throwing herself in a local dam.Edina Mubishi failed to accept her condition and decided to end her life.Acting Mashonaland ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:38hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Villagers clash with miner
DOYANA villagers in, Umzingwane district under Chief Gwebu are up in arms with a miner who erected a stamp mill near their only water source, a development they say poses a health hazard for the area....Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Imbiber defies curfew order dies
A drunk Mvurwi man who defied the curfew and went for a beer binge on Saturday slipped while walking on a dam wall and drowned.Shakeman Malungwe (28) drowned around 01:00hours while walking in...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 13:04hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fishing girl raped by two men
Two Mvurwi men are in hot soup after they allegedly took turns to rape a 15-year-old girl at a local dam.Joshua Magomo (22) and Ephraim Makatowa (21) were not asked to plead to rape charges by...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 13:13hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Missing boy (15) found floating in dam
A 15-year-old boy who went missing for two days was yesterday found floating in a dam in Mazowe.Mashonaland Central deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Fidelis Dhewu confirmed...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 14:19hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Polygamist drown while fishing
A Mutorashanga polygamist drowned while fishing at a local dam on Sunday.Sources familiar with the incident allege that Washton Kwashu (34) drowned at Bharoni dam after a tyre tube he was usin...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 11:52hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Court order against illegal settlers ignored by police
A court eviction order to seventy illegal settlers in ward 29 Edmond stone farm Mvurwi has since been swept under the carpet by law enforcement agents.Police told Bulawayo24 that there have no...Published: 30 Sep 2016 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Komboni Yatsva
Chief Sibasa's methods irritate parents
CHIEF Sibasa's popularity ratings are sinking to microscopic levels ever since he assumed the unofficial duty of schools debt-collector two years ago.He does not squirm while donning his "borr...Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Kamangeni Phiri
Fear grips Tsholotsho
A decomposing body of a Tsholotsho man was found in a hut whose door was secured from outside with a piece of barbed wire. Villagers told The Chronicle they suspected Vimusovusi Ndlovu, 82, of Pumula ...Published: 16 Dec 2015 at 08:15hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Acute water shortage hits Nyele village
MORE than 300 families in Nyele Ward 4, Bulilima district, in Matabeleland South are facing serious water shortages, a situation which prompts them to fetch dirty water for domestic use from a local d...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 15:40hrs | 1 | by Linketsang Moyo
UPDATE: Waterford residents ordered to vacate homes
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo's Waterford suburb have been ordered to vacate the area near the flooded Kabott Dam, amid concerns it might spill and flood the locality.A fire brigade official confirme...Published: 08 Feb 2014 at 09:15hrs | | by Brenda Harris
Satanists 'drained' boy's blood underwater
A Bulawayo prophetess caused panic when she prophesied that a Nkulumane 12 boy who had disappeared at a local dam was alive and his blood was being 'drained' by a group of Satanists under water....Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawlessness and reign of terror returns
MDC press statementThe MDC is shocked to the core that Zanu–PF, having clamored and agitated for an election for so long that most of us were almost fooled into believing th...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 15:01hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Dube
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