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Top CCC activist arrested at Beitbridge border post
Former Binga North MP Prince Dubeko Sibanda was arrested on Saturday at the Beitbridge Border Post under unclear circumstances. His arrest was confirmed by Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) officia...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:52hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner leaves kitchen knife on colleague's jaws
A Gweru based illegal gold miner is in deep trouble after he stabbed three people in a gold dispute, one of the stabbed victim was left with a kitchen kni...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Married man pesters business client for sex
A Pumula South woman in Bulawayo rues the day she approached a building materials provider for bricks and cement as the married businessman has now turned his attention to a service that she did not a...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's most trusted chieftaincy seeks reinstatement
EARLY on Sunday morning last week, Mr Minus Mabhena made his way to the back of the Maphungo homestead in Nkayi's Sikopo area, in Matabeleland North province and stood on what looked like an anthill....Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 armed robbers run out of luck in Zimbabwe
TWO suspected armed robbers have been arrested in Plumtree, a few hours after they had attempted to rob a house in the area before the owner blew a whistle to alert some neighbours early Wednesday mor...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF nominates Nkomo for Senate
Zanu-PF has nominated Nicholas Nkomo to fill the Senate seat left vacant by national hero Simon Khaya Moyo who died in December last year.As with all party lists seats, both those in the Senat...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
When local authorities become hopeless laggards
IF Bishop Lazarus' great-grandfather were to rise from the dead today God forbid! The man was just an unbearably torturous disciplinarianhe would pretty much be able to figure his way around Harare....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | 10 | by Bishoo Lazarus
'Zanla cadres were poorly trained'
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary (Zipra) fighter Esau Ncube has sensationally claimed that his Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) counterparts were poorly trained so much so that ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami: A pig in royal robes still finds amusement in mud
The Tinashe Kambarami cabal's crass exhibition of foolishness unmasks the failure of the MDC to run urban councils. The exalted office of councillorship has been defiled by the repugnant behaviour of ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Ndabazabantu Sondokhulu
BREAKING: 'Operation Murambatsvina II' implemented in Kesington plots
Police in Bulawayo on Thursday demolished housing structures in Kesington Plots after the messenger of court got a court order to execute the eviction of occupants in the area which is along Gwanda ro...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Goblins invade Pumula
TERROR goblins notorious for attacking houses in Bulawayo suburbs have struck in Pumula South using the usual modus operandi — throwing stones and bricks at windows and roofs.Evidence to thi...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo honour lights up Bulawayo
A MULTITUDE yesterday flooded the streets of Bulawayo, bringing much activity to the usually serene city, as residents joined an organised procession along historic sites in memory and honour of the l...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We neither give up nor give in!' twittered Chamisa - fancy that, insane too never give up
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein, "is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result!"I had my first encounter with the insane when I visited my aun...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 15:12hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chiwenga recounts role he played in Mnangagwa's escape
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said he arranged for the escape of then vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of his abrupt removal from the post by fallen despot Robert Mugabe....Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 16:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Valerio Sibanda helped Mnangagwa escape after being fired from Govt'
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda helped in the safe escape of President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he was fired as Vice President last year, Vice President Dr Constantino...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda launches his Zanu-PF campaign
Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Vungu constituency Omega Sibanda launched his campaign for the 2018 elections and pledged to transform the area into a self-sufficient constituency. Sibanda laun...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T supporter calls for a boycott of Trevor Ncube's newspapers
A Movement for Democratic Change supporter, Zandile @maDube_ has called for a boycott of Trevor Ncube's newspapers.Said Zandile on Twitter, "As the MDC supporters, we should consider a boyc...Published: 21 May 2018 at 10:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Villagers relive horrific battle
FOR 88-year-old Mrs Bhikhayeli Moyo (nee Dube), reliving the events of February 1979 is like recalling a gruesome scene from a horror movie, as it is the day her village of Ratanyana in Kezi ran red w...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Pregnancy after cemetery sex
A fifteen-year-old teen was allegedly impregnated by her boyfriend who later advised her to abort with the help of his sister.Keith Blondy Moyo (18) had been in a relationship with the teen fo...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Louis Vuitton suitcase raises eyebrows
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to turn his country's financial fortunes around.Mnangagwa carries around a Louis Vuitton limited edition presidential briefcase that retail...Published: 14 May 2018 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa crashes in Zanu-PF primaries?
SEVERAL Zanu-PF bigwigs, mostly politburo members and Cabinet ministers, were left in shock yesterday after they lost in the just-ended party primary elections, a development likely to end their polit...Published: 02 May 2018 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidates list
THE ruling Zanu-PF yesterday released the full list of its candidates who have been given the green light to battle it out in the primary elections, with some party bigwigs and businessmen from Bulawa...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda, Chiyangwa in Zanu-PF primaries
ZIFA president Phillip Chiyangwa and vice-president Omega Sibanda have thrown their hats into the ring to contest in the forthcoming Zanu-PF primary elections.If successful in the party primar...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly committee irks residents
BEITBRIDGE residents on Wednesday took a swipe at a parliamentary committee that seemed in a hurry to leave when people were still eager to raise issues of concern at a public hearing on the Public He...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Without truth and justice it will be foolhardy to talk of national healing and reconciliation
Recently President Emerson Mnangagwa fielded questions in Davos, Switzerland was quoted in local and international press saying he was prepared to appear before the National Peace and Reconcil...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 11:00hrs | | by Thamsanqa Mlilo
Wicknell mocks Parly Committee
CONTROVERSIAL Harare businessman, Wicknell Chivayo yesterday mocked members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Mines and Energy who 'grilled' him on Monday over the ZPC Gwanda solar project....Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Izankaleli hitmaker back
Joseph Mpofu whose stage name is DJ Ace, known for the song Izankaleli will launch a new album titled Just for Control at the end of next month.The album will be launched on social media throu...Published: 24 Sep 2017 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man spared jail for bashing a hooker
A 29-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man has been ordered to perform 105 hours of community service for assaulting a sex worker who allegedly stole his keys after rendering her services.Nelson Chipangure of...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (16) nabbed after beating up friend over spilt beer
A 16-YEAR-OLD Bulilima teenager has been arrested after beating up his friend for spilling his beer by mistake during a drinking spree.The teenager from Ngwana area who cannot be named for eth...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo Music Carnival back!
FOLLOWING last year's successful holding of the inaugural Bulawayo Music Carnival, organisers want to have another go at it this year with a mouth-watering line up of artistes from the city.Th...Published: 10 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man routinely beds daughter-in-law for a $1
A naughty father in-law Tinashe Madubeko routinely had sex with his son’s wife whenever he was away from home, a traditional court heard.Madubeko would then pay his da...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man caught bonking son's wife
FATHER becomes acting husband!When his son Lloyd Madubeko went out of town, Tinashe Madubeko would indulge in sex with his daughter-in-law Bridget Siamukwa and pay her $1 for the "wonderful" m...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 11:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army roped in to provide temporary bridges
THE Government has engaged the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to erect dismountable bridges on the country's major highways where bridges were swept away by the heavy rains that have been pounding the countr...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother's privates insult sparks vendor violence
TWO vendors at Egodini bus terminus in Bulawayo were involved in a quarrel that ended with one of them stabbing his colleague for insulting him by referring to his mother's privates.A cour...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIOs accused of targeting MRP and its leader Mqondisi Moyo
Mthwakazi Republic Party has accused the President's office of targeting its members and its leader Mqondisi Moyo with the efforts of blocking the Mthwakazi restoration agenda. Party spok...Published: 17 Dec 2016 at 16:36hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
200 coal miners trapped underground following heavy rains
ABOUT 200 miners were trapped underground while equipment worth thousands of dollars was damaged at Makomo Resources coal mine following heavy floods that hit Hwange district yesterday.Twe...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere denies owning a 50 bedroom house
Local Government minister Savior Kasukuwere has flatly denied owning a 50 bedroom house in Harare.On Sunday, twitter users fronted by Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube and popular...Published: 19 Sep 2016 at 10:52hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mujuru falls sick, rushed to hospital
ZIMBABWE People First leader Dr Joice Mujuru fell ill over the weekend in Bulawayo and was rushed to Harare for treatment.Dr Mujuru was supposed to attend a People's Democratic Party (PDP) ral...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 16:04hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
WATCH: Mugabe almost falls backwards at Harare Agricultural Show
Health Alert⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️ Mugabe falls again after taking just two steps!! @...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 21:27hrs | 16 | by Staff Re
MLF mourns Paul Siwela's mother
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has said it learnt with great shock of the death of former senior party member Paul Siwela's mother Gezephi Dube.Party's spokesperson Ndabezinhle Fuyane said the pas...Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 12:48hrs | | by Staphen Jakes
Paul Siwela's mother dies
The mother's of Paul Siwela, one of President Robert Mugabe's fiercest opponents, has passed on this morning. She was 82.Gezephi Dube was born in Kezi, Matobo District but moved to Vic...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 19:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ranger drowns in Victoria Falls as hippo attacks canoe
Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority ranger from Victoria Falls drowned on Thursday in Lake Kariba. A hippo attacked canoe he was in and it capsized. Mr Madubeko Ngwenya (3...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 05:48hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Politicians urged to emulate Gogo MaDube
THE late Vice President John Landa Nkomo's mother Gogo Macitshi Dube Nkomo was buried yesterday at her rural home in Tsholotsho. Gogo MaDube Nkomo (112) died on Tuesday at her family home in Bulawayo'...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
John Nkomo's mother buried
The late Gogo MaDube, mother to the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo has been laid to rest at the family rural home in Tsholotsho.Hundreds of people from all walks of life convened at the ...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
John Nkomo's mother dies
Patron of the John Landa Nkomo Memorial Trust, Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo, yesterday sent a condolence message to the Nkomo family following the death of Mrs Macitshi Dube Nkomo, affectionately known...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 14:18hrs | 2 | by Bianca Leboho
'Pool of death' claims another victim
THE Enkwalini "pool of death" in Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb has claimed another victim after the body of a man was found floating in the pool in a suspected case of suicide. Victor Sibanda, 1...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 06:50hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Deputy Minister, MP in Gwanda mine wrangle
A Gwanda-based gold mine, Vumbachikwe trading as Duration Gold Limited, has alleged that Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Fred Moyo and Gwanda Central legislator Edson Gumbo are frustratin...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 05:52hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Maskandi ambassadors releases hot DVD
JOHANNESBURG - Mthwakazi Maskandi ambassadors Amabhukudwana and Insukamini released their long awaited DVD at the Hillbrow Theatre on Saturday the 5th of March.Multitudes from different areas ...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by Vusmann
Confidence in rand plummets among Zimbabweans
CONFIDENCE in the South African rand continues to plummet in Bulawayo as businesses are inflating its cross rate against the United States dollar to discourage people from using it.The officia...Published: 14 Jan 2016 at 05:30hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Maid assists man rape employer's 11-year-old girl
A 41-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man who has been on the run after raping an 11-year-old girl several times with the assistance of a maid who was tasked to look after her and her siblings has been arrested. ...Published: 06 Sep 2015 at 07:08hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
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