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Man throws away wife's cooked green maize
In a domestic violence case, a 44-year-old caused a scene at a marketplace in Plumtree where he followed his wife who was cooking maize cobs for resale, threw away the pot, switched off the fire and t...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 11:45hrs | 1413 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man runs amok, burns down mother's house
AN 18-year-old man from Ntunjambili Village in Matobo District, Matebeleland South Province reportedly ran amok and threatened to kill his mother before setting her hut ablaze and went on to destroy h...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hungry man caught harvesting school maize
A 25-YEAR- OLD hungry Mazowe man was arrested after he was caught stealing maize cobs at a school field last week.Dinsidale Nyats...Published: 16 May 2023 at 11:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans returning from SA battling to make ends meet
The Zimbabwean government says it has put in place a range of measures to help Zimbabweans returning from South Africa. But many say they are battling to make ends meet.Faced with the expiry o...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A farmer harvests success in refugee camp
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - When Jean Damacene arrived at the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe, he was 38 years old and hoping to return to his country Rwanda soon. Eighteen years later, the maize farmer...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 14:14hrs | 2 | by APO
Gweru completes Kudzanayi terminus upgrade
THE new look Kudzanayi Long Distance Bus Terminus in Gweru is now open to the public with only 20 percent occupancy to ensure adherence to Covid-19 prevention regulations. The terminus was closed last...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:15hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Desperate hungry women steal maize cobs
Three desperate young Shamva women were arraigned before a Bindura magistrate for stealing 251 maize cobs at a farm in Bindura.Tanaka M...Published: 18 May 2021 at 01:07hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police warn against mob violence
Police have warned members of the public against mob violence on any suspects they apprehend for committing crimes countrywide, as murder cases continue to increase. According to police, the p...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 guards turned robbers in custody
NINE security guards employed by Northern Deep Security, allegedly caught red-handed while robbing a truck driver near Maruta Shopping Centre along Seke Road in Harare after robbing a motorist earlier...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Macheso releases single
UNLIKE in the past when sungura maestro Alick Macheso annually released a full album comprising several songs, coronavirus (Covid-19) circumstances have changed that entire format and for the first ti...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Rahman Gumbo ended Chunga’s career'
ONE of the finest footballers to ever emerge from Zimbabwe Moses "Bambo" Chunga's national team career was ended by former Highlanders' midfield kingpin Rahman Gumbo. Chunga, a dribbling wizar...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to award tenders to informal traders
GOVERNMENT should give tenders for the production of certain goods to informal traders as a way of supporting them and creating jobs, Harare Informal Traders Council project manager Agnes Magunje said...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect hides in mountains for 10 years
WHEN Zimbabwe dollarised in 2009, entered the inclusive government and Zanu-PF won the 2013 elections Butinyana Dube (39) from Mangwe's Nxele Village staid put in the mountains.Since February ...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man up for killing wife, dumping body in pit-latrine
A Norton man yesterday confessed to murdering his wife in cold blood before burying the body in a disused toilet pit at his house.Lenon Mangwiro, 29, reportedly wrapped the woman’s body in a...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on cholera alert
Government has tightened border controls and mobilised resources following heightened fears of a possible cholera outbreak in the country after the disease killed 67 people in neighbouring Zambia....Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
THE inhumane side of #CHIMURENGA .....memories of Kenneth Nyoka
Pasi with this. Pasi with that.. Some young people may not know the grave consequences that usually accompanied this slogan during the second Chimurenga. I do. Barely into my teens one night we were r...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:30hrs | 5 | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
Duo regrate ever stealing from sangoma
In a bizarre incident two men spent the whole night in confusion experience after allegedly stealing maize cobs from a Harare Sangoma kwayedza reported.Allegations are that Spencer Musona (27)...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
7 jailed for vigilante killing
SEVEN villagers from Plumtree who were part of a 10-men gang that fatally assaulted two border jumpers for stealing mealie-cobs in their fields were yesterday each sentenced to five years in jail....Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 06:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Walter Magaya bitter over social media 'terrorists'
Social media users have been singled out as a threat to Christianity and should be dealt with, Prophet Walter ...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 09:46hrs | 3 | by Mary Charamba
Christmas Poem: Asante Santa
I looked for my friend January I could not find him because of penury I heard of this girl February Tried to party eating mulberry We almost forgot of March Unt...Published: 24 Dec 2016 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Wilson Chipangura
Walter Magaya's 'anointed' maize causes a stir
Popular preacher Prophet Walter Magaya is back in the news again. This time its not another alleged rape case.Magaya is reportedly making a killing by selling a maize cob for as high as $10 to...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 07:46hrs | 190 | by Alice Dube
Man killed over 'stolen' maize cobs
Two Harare men yesterday appeared in court for allegedly killing a man whom they suspected to have stolen maize cobs from their neighbourhood.Thomas Demo (23) and Bothwell Nyikayaramba (56) we...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 05:41hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Mugabe's government turned streets into maize cob roasting centres - Sikhala
The MDC-T senior official Job Sikhala has accused President Robet MUgabe's government for turning Harare and other towns streets into maize roasting centres by destroying the economy leading to ma...Published: 06 Jun 2015 at 12:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Let's fight typhoid before it's too late
It is disheartening that the country has recently started recording typhoid cases in Glen-View and Budiriro. Typhoid is a serious and potentially fatal bacterial infection that is caused by drinki...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 09:43hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Zimbabwean history that is nothing
THE War of the Axe had ended, serving the Xhosa nation a stunning defeat. And the British treachery had settled that war expectedly through characteristic British deceit.The year was 1847,...Published: 13 Dec 2014 at 11:15hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
NGO introduce washable pads for women and girls
Most women and young girls in Lupane area in Matabeleland North can now afford to practice high hygienic standards following the introduction of a cost effective washable sanitary pads by a local ...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 18:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Maize thief fatally assaulted
A 35-year-old man from Nyanga was at the weekend fatally assaulted after he was caught stealing maize cobs and butternuts in a garden in Mutoko.Acting Mashonaland East Provincial police spokes...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 01:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Judge rebukes security guards against inflicting terror on members of the public
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese yesterday rebuked security guards and other security officers against inflicting terror on members of the public by taking the law into their own hand...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 13:00hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Man stabs neighbour to death over water melons
A Chivi man is facing murder charges after he allegedly stabbed to death a neighbour he had found stealing water melons and maize cobs from his field. Masvingo police spokespersonInspector Pet...Published: 19 May 2013 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obama's wife is a Zimbabwean!
HARARE - Newspapers in Zimbabwe's major cities are selling like hot cakes after reports suggesting that United States First Lady Michelle Obama's father was born in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP)....Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Conilious Toga
Tokoloshi mysteriously kills 3 family members every year
Life has suddenly become hell on earth for a 36-year-old Chimanimani woman in whose family one person dies every four months as a result of her uncle's alleged failure to live by the vows of his para...Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha commits suicide after killing wife
A Bulawayo man brutally attacked his wife by allegedly stabbing her with a knife, hanged the body before he hanged himself on the roof truss of their house in a suspected domestic dispute.The ...Published: 06 Jan 2013 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The newspaper is going nowhere
I JUST read an article that says that the writing is on the wall for newspapers in Zimbabwe. The technology website, TechZim, quotes statistics released by the Zimbabwe All Media Products Survey (Zamp...Published: 30 Mar 2012 at 17:52hrs | 4 | by Lenox Mhlanga
Men in Zimbabwe 'have too much sex' says MDC-T MP
While addressing a huge gathering at the Bulawayo Amphitheater to celebrate International Women's Day on Thursday last week, Member of Parliament for Bulawayo Central Ms Dorcas Sibanda said men in Zi...Published: 10 Mar 2012 at 22:08hrs | 16 | by Ndou Paul
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