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Miners jailed 2years for digging along a public road
Two men were sentenced to prison by a Kadoma magistrate for illegal mining activities along Chivero Road.Foaster Mutero (38) and Ernest Mhute (35) were apprehended on August 4 for prospecting ...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:15hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
40 machete wielding gang arrested
POLICE have arrested 40 machete wielding artisanal miners at Kitsiyatota in Bindura.The arrests were made on February 6, 2022 in an operation to end machete gang violence at mines dubbed Chiko...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man strikes ex-wife with a mattock in a jealous affair
A 26-YEAR-OLD Muzarabani man is in trouble after he failed to control his temper and struck his ex-wife with a mattock after he suspected her of cheating....Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 22:17hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Tshinga Dube - a generous, supportive legislator'
THE constituency consists of some of the oldest suburbs in Bulawayo such as Makokoba, Thorngrove, Westgate, Steelgate, Westondale, Barbourfields, Mzilikazi, Nguboyenja and Burombo. Most property owner...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi, pirate taxi wars escalate in Gweru
A WAR has erupted between commuter omnibus operators and pirate taxis plying the City-Ascot route in Gweru, with both parties using machetes to stop each from loading passengers.Commuter omnib...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thief beaten to death
Two brothers have been nabbed for allegedly attacking a suspected thief with a mattock leading to his death.Kasikai, 34, and Pasca Goodzi, 19, were not asked to plead when they appeared before...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 15:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists in court for destroying village head's home
A SUSPECTED Zanu-PF activist, who was part of a group that allegedly destroyed the homestead of village head, Ernest Nxumalo in Shangani's Fort Rixon area, has appeared in court facing charges for ass...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lecturer invents unique stove
A MUTARE Polytechnic College body work lecturer has invented a unique four-in-one charcoal or sawdust powered stove.Named Brastogen, a hybridised term for being a braai stand, stove, geyser an...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists attack village head
ERNEST Nxumalo, a village head-in-chief in Jahana's area in Shangani had his homestead destroyed on Sunday, while his family members were attacked by suspected Zanu-PF supporters, who accused him of s...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buhera wife assaulted for not feeding dogs
A man from Mushinya Village under Chief Nyashanu in Buhera assaulted his wife and daughter accusing them for failing to feed his dogs.Jossom Oria Mashinya (63) who is alleged to have been drun...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man kills father 'over food'
A MAN from Gutus Chief Makore area fatally struck his father with a mattock following a misunderstanding over a small portion of isitshwala that his mother had served him, police have confirmed...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Maid murder suspect gouged out deceased's eyes
It has emerged that the 14-year-old boy who murdered a 41-year-old housemaid, Nyarai Kadonzva in Gweru on Sunday, later used a knife to gouge out her eyes and had planned to cut the body into pieces b...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman fatally strikes neighbour with a mattock
A 42-YEAR-OLD Fort Rixon woman allegedly fatally struck her 68-year-old neighbour twice with a mattock handle accusing her of snatching her husband.Elina Milanzi of Glengary Village 1, sustain...Published: 25 Jun 2014 at 11:10hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Trio to hang for gruesome murders
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed three death sentences, one of them of a man from Sibona area of Gwanda District who killed ...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Professor Moyo to hang for triple murder
A MAN who killed a father, his seven-year-old son and his 10-year-old niece by hanging them during a robbery has lost his appeal against the death sentence.Supreme Court judges wasted little t...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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