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13 youths arrested at sex, booze, and drugs party while parents away
Chaos erupted in Cowdray Park when police raided a wild Vuzu party in the early hours of May 24, 2025, arresting 13 youths caught red-handed engaging in alcohol consumption, drug use, and what insider...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:45hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters invade CCC gathering
Zanu-PF supporters at the weekend sort to disturb a rally which was being addressed by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) national deputy spokesperson Gift Siziba in Bulawayo.This prompted th...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Fake promises might cost Zanu-PF'
THE Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) says fake promises by the Zanu-PF-led government to allocate them land for places of worship may cost the party in the upcoming elections.The CCA, whic...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blames police over violence
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has blamed lack of police presence at their rallies as a major reason for electoral violence.This comes after their campaign rallies that wer...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
The day Mwonzora attracted '62 000' supporters
BY 10am on Sunday a handful of MDC-T supporters had gathered at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare's Highfield suburb where faction leader Douglas Mwonzora was billed to address a rally. Bus...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tenant assaults landlord for making noise
A TENANT from Bulawayo has been sentenced to three months community service for assaulting his landlord for making noise using a radio speaker.Dumisani Sibanda (45) of Mzilikazi suburb, who is...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 18:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over wife at a party
AN Independence Day illegal party in Hwange ended in tragedy after a villager who grabbed a married woman to dance with her allegedly stabbed her protesting husband to death. Matabeleland Nort...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
18 died in holiday accidents
Eighteen people were killed, while 73 others were injured in 147 road accidents on Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays. During the same period last year, 17 were killed, while 174 others were injure...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shebeens sprout in Vic Falls amid lockdown
Shebeens are sprouting around Victoria Falls with many houses being turned into drinking spots in the absence of bars and nightclubs that were closed because of the Covid-19 lockdown.Shebeen o...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'A Family Affair' by Sue Nyathi
Family is complicated...Meet the Mafus, a close-knit, traditional family with three daughters. As leaders of their church, The Kingdom of God, Pastor Abraham and his wife Phumla are guiding th...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 20:16hrs | 18 | by Pan Macmillan
Death enroute to funeral
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo, who is suspected to have been drunk, fell off a moving truck and died on the spot in Fort-Rixon while on his way to a neighbour's funeral, police c...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rape convicted Zimra man freed
THE High Court has acquitted a Beitbridge-based Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer who was serving an effective 10 years in jail for luring a 23-year-old female friend into his house in the bo...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why do people now prefer to drink in bottle stores?
THE prevailing economic situation in the country that now requires people to dig deep into their pockets for anything has not spared alcohol drinkers as they are now avoiding classy bars that cost an ...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Nigel Siziba
Vic Falls residents lobby for stiffer penalties against noise-making churches
VICTORIA FALLS ward 11 residents have called on council and police to impose stiffer penalties on noise-makers, including churches built in residential areas.The appeal was made during 2019 bu...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman plays loud music to taunt hubby
HOW to deal with an annoying wife!This is a question which is apparently boggling the mind of a Bulawayo man following his revelations that his wife was relentlessly taunting him by loudly pla...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 12:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
There are just too many shebeens in Cowdray Park
COWDRAY Park suburb residents have decried the sprouting of shebeens in their suburb, which they blame for the high crime rate in the area.Bulawayo Residents Association (Bura) Cowdray Park ch...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sellouts: Climb out of your coffins
A lot happened when your Bishop was busy elsewhere. Dear congregants, you deserve my unreserved apology. How can I not apologise — Tyson finally came back home, one Terrance Mkupe went bonkers about...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Bishop
Zarah Lounge opens in Bulawayo
A NEW joint, Zarah Lounge, that has a relaxed atmosphere for a mature clientele that appreciates the finer things in life – opens in Bulawayo today.The pub and restaurant is located at the L...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe hosts lavish private birthday party
"Don’t party and tell," might be the new Blue Roof motto.Organisers remained tight-lipped on a private 94th birthday party held at former president Robert Mugabe’s plush palace, dubbed "Bl...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over shebeen legalisation
THE proposed legalisation of shebeens by government has sparked raging debate from alcohol selling outlets, churches and even lawyers, who argue that Bulawayo City by-laws are at the risk of being fla...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man taunts granny (90) with witchcraft slur
TEARS have become daily bread for Mathando Sibanda (90) whenever her grandson shouts at her for allegedly bewitching his mother, her daughter.She now wants her grandson Danisa Nyathi (46) out ...Published: 19 Jan 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wild celebrations in Hillbrow following Mugabe ouster
Thousands of Zimbabweans in the downtown suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa, have taken to the streets celebrating the stepping down of long-time ruler Robert Mugabe.The Zimbabwe...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 17:56hrs | | by Harrison Ndlovu
Possibly a corrective and certainly not blame: Mthwakazi party should do more!
As a teacher: my second profession I always look at Zimbabwe politics through the prism of pedagogy or an educationist. I cannot help it; it comes automatically when one has taught in schools and coll...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 18:04hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Harare's intricate web of burglars, drug-dealers and sex workers
After Temba Phiri* woke up to the terrible news that burglars had ransacked his Harare apartment and got away with goods worth thousands of dollars, his first instinct was to make a police report, aft...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunken touts block pastor’s sermon
STOP it!There was drama at Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo on Saturday last week when drunken touts blocked a pastor from a local church from conducting a service during the burial of their collea...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane residents demand bar closure
NKULUMANE residents have allegedly written a petition against the refurbished Umqombothi Sports Bar under new management over loud music and sex activities outside the joint.The petition was s...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra official rapes clearing agent
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official has been slapped with a 15-year jail term after he was convicted of raping a clearing agent in Beitbridge.Owen Chiparaushe (39) had denied the cha...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex, hunger and despair
It was a Wednesday night at the Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF) in Harare's Southerton area.A cold breeze swept through the cluttered makeshift shelters and vending sites constructed along t...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds hubby with boiling cooking oil over loud music
A ROW over playing a radio set has left a 32-year-old Chitungwiza man hospitalised after his wife scalded him with cooking oil. The wife claimed that the volume of the music wasaS annoying her....Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 11:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Loud music land man in hospital
A 32-year-old Chitungwiza man Lewis Dzvimbo has been hospitalised after his wife scalded him with cooking oil after she was annoyed by the loud volume from the radio.A d...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 05:16hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The self-destructing 'zombies'
With the sun setting, young girls in their semi-nude outfits are patrolling the grocery shops at Empress Mine township.Some men have parked their cars in the dusty rocky roads, loud ...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 12:47hrs | 1 | by Sharon Kavhu
From shebeen to upmarket pub
"THIS is superb!"These are the words used by famed comedian, Carl Joshua Ncube in describing one of the city's oldest pubs — Pub La Gondola. For many who have not been to Pub La Gondola of l...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:46hrs | 3 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Lagos now wears a new look
City transforming from chaos of traffic congestion, rickety buses and pickpockets An oft-told tale of Lagos's once-notorious traffic jams is that ...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 21:33hrs | 3 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Eden Night Club face resistance from residents
Owners of Eden Night Club faced resistance from Bulawayo residents to establish a night club at the Matabeleland Turf Club situated at Ascot Race Course in Bulawayo.The residents said the joi...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 12:57hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Man killed over loud music
A convicted murderer who allegedly killed yet another person during a fight about loud music has failed to convince a court he should go free while awaiting trial for murder.The Vereeniging bu...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vuzu party teens spared jail term
HARARE magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday took time to counsel 17 college students who held a wild pool party in Westgate, Harare and warned them to stay out of trouble. Mapfumo, who had ear...Published: 22 Aug 2015 at 09:58hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Pastor Mboro in fight over corpse - Video
FISTS, bricks, bullets and knobkieries flew.As a warrior priest battled over a gogo's dead body . . .IT WAS JUST ONE MORE INCREDIBLE HAPPENING AT THE CHURCH OF PASTOR MBHORO!...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi drivers on strike
Commuter omnibus drivers in Bulawayo embarked on an indefinite strike this morning protesting traffic cops' ill-treatment causing chaos in the city.Traffic cops are now routinely demanding s...Published: 09 Mar 2015 at 08:48hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Man stabs siblings over loud music
A 22-year-old man was last week arraigned before the court after he allegedly stabbed his two brothers with a knife over loud music.Terrence Bondiya appeared before Mbare magistrate Mr Sta...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 08:12hrs | | by Fungai Jachi
MDC-T President Tsvangirai speaks
The MDC-T in South Africa has embarked on an extensive "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year "wishes program. The provincial Organizing secretary Mr. Trust Ndlovu has launched this program in...Published: 01 Dec 2014 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze - MDC T South Africa Spokesperson
No bonus, no Xmas cheer for workers
"Jonasi nhasi akadziruma, atambira bonus yake iwe…Inonzi bonus, wapenga nayo bonus! (Jonas is rich today; he has just received his bonus… his bonus has made him crazy!).These are the yeste...Published: 30 Nov 2014 at 15:09hrs | | by Christopher Mahove
The Zimbabwe bus!
In 1980 jubilant Zimbabweans were wooed into a bus heading to a promised land of milk and honey. They knew the driver had never steered a bus and his crew had no experience either. They were assured...Published: 07 Nov 2014 at 19:55hrs | 2 | by Shingai Mugochi
Dave Conolly's statement on further contempt of court by Dr Ray Ndhlukula
David Conolly, Centenary Farm, Zimbabwe15 September 2014Zimbabwe: further contempt of court by senior civil ser...Published: 23 Sep 2014 at 12:32hrs | 2 | by David Conolly
Drama as pastor nearly abandons burial
A PASTOR almost abandoned the burial of a popular Bulawayo tout Lungisani "Godknows" Mayedza due to the rowdy behaviour of his friends that thronged West Park Cemetery yesterday.Mayedza's rela...Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Further contempt of court by Mugabe's Ray Ndhlukula
At 11:45am on Thursday, 11 September 2014, two vehicles drove up the road to my homestead on Centenary Farm. They left 7 people on the lawn of my homestead and off loaded, amongst other things,...Published: 15 Sep 2014 at 22:15hrs | 2 | by David Conolly
Son fatally strikes dad with brick and a pot
A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Dzivaresekwa, Harare, appeared in court last week accused of fatally striking his father on the head with a brick and a pot after an altercation over loud music blaring from a ...Published: 05 May 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Tsvangirai summons Biti to explain 'coup attempt'
The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC on Sunday showed off its numerical edge over rivals by pulling a crowd of more than a thousand supporters who voluntarily thronged Harvest House, the party's headquar...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 09:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dembare players resume training
Normalcy returned to the Dynamos camp when all the players reported for training this morning at Zimphos Grounds. The players arrived at the venue, with some of them playing loud music from th...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 14:53hrs | 3 | by Grace Chingoma
Teen bites uniformed cop over loud music
AN 18-year-old man ran amok and punched and bit a uniformed police officer who was trying to arrest him for ignoring an order to reduce the volume of his radio, a magistrate heard.Western Com...Published: 01 Jan 2014 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Polygamist jailed 18 years for killing first wife
HIGH Court judge, Justice Lawrence Kamocha has jailed a Shurugwi polygamist 18 years for murdering his first wife in 2010 over a phone call she had received. Noel Nkomo, who was aged 31 at the...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 05:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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