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Touts pounce on drug addicts, peddlers
In an effort driven by the need to tame drugs and substance abuse scourge, Mvurwi touts have declared war on addicts and peddlers who are wrecking havoc in town.The touts have been raiding bas...Published: 15 Feb 2025 at 22:28hrs | 888 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
'Sex enhancing drug overdose fatal'
The rising demand for sex enhancement products has put many lives at risk in Zimbabwe, according to a medical expert.In an interview, Dr. Johannes Marisa, President of the Medical and Dental P...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 08:09hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop dies of suspected overdose in sex enhancement concoction
A 57-year-old former police Superintendent died of suspected overdose in sex enhancement concoction on Monday just after finishing his second sexual encounter with his Chitungwiza girlfriend of nine y...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 07:38hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born Dorcas Gwata among three finalists for UK's Best Nurse award
ZIMBABWE born Dorcas Gwata is among the three finalists for this years ‘Who Cares Wins Award' which honours the ‘Best Nurse' in the country and is organised by a leading UK publication in partners...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramapho$a Dollar Gate: The truth and the lie$
'Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots' - Ziad K. Abdelnour.I am not in the habit of arguing with idiots because I know they will drag me to their level and bea...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 18:44hrs | 17 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Man dies after drug overdose
A 21-year old man from Tshabalala in Bulawayo died after a suspected overdose of crystal meth, one of the drugs that have wreaked havoc among youths, bringing to fore how the drug menace has continued...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Lupane men call for traditional sex enhancement supplements ban
LUPANE men have called for a ban on the use of traditional sex enhancement supplements, saying they are fueling new HIV infections.Zimbabwe is on a drive to end new HIV infections by 2030, and...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sex enhancement supplements fueling HIV
LUPANE men have called for a ban on the use of traditional sex enhancement supplements, saying they are fuelling new HIV infections.Zimbabwe is in a drive to end new HIV infections by 2030, an...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 16:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Yellow ‘fever' fast turning into despair
Just a few weeks down the line, the euphoria is fast dying down.The yellow fever is fast turning into despair.Zimbabweans being the creative lot that they are have turned CCC into "Cha...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:40hrs | 2 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Chamisa's political own-goal
FRENCH realist, painter and sculptor Edgar Degas once retorted: "What a horrible thing yellow is."He made this statement after discovering that despite the colour being associated with cheerfu...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:18hrs | 3 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Mohadi's married lover feared he would overdose on sex booster
Vice President Kembo Mohadi's married young lover warned him he would overdose on an aphrodisiac as he prepared himself for some action in bed.The 71-year-old took two cups of the concoction t...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 10:54hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Lvovo Derrango survives car crash
Thokozani Ndlovu, aka Lvovo Derrango narrowly escaped death after he was involved in a major car accident on Friday.The accident allegedly happened on the N2 Highway near Scottburg, in KwaZulu...Published: 07 Dec 2020 at 20:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The high cost of being a repressive regime
IT is an inescapable fact that America, as the most influential State in the world, lays claim to the world's most powerful military.But military might is nothing compared to the repercussions...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Learnmore Zuze
Chamisa demo: a bad govt and bad news
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrested power from Robert Mugabe with the help of soldiers in late 2017, he promised his government would give us the economy, economy, economy, and less of badass po...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa sits on Zanu-PF bigwigs corruption inquiry
A MONTH after the Zanu-PF youth league named alleged corrupt Zanu-PF bigwigs, ministers, government officials and business people, the matter seems to be slowly dying a natural death.President...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under confused leadership
People elect the kind of leadership they want and in most cases, unless forced otherwise, they are never wrong. If leadership imposes itself upon a people usually chaos is born and eradicating it will...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:24hrs | 10 | by Clemen Moyo
King Mswati's 12th wife dies in SA hospital - reports
The wife of eSwatini's King Mswati the third, Nothando Dube, has died, according to reports.Known as Inkhosikati LaDube, she was the 12th wife of the Swazi monarch.According to the SAB...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Walking with an umbrella, waiting for the rains
NAPOLEON Bonaparte was really prophetic when he said: "In politics, absurdity is not a handicap." Political developments in Zimbabwe over the past few weeks have shown that indeed, the floodgates of a...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 12:57hrs | 4 | by Bishop
The hypocrisy of Chamisa's Manifesto
I admit it. I am a geek. I am probably one of maybe ten Zimbabweans who actually read the manifestos from start to finish. Yes, to an extent manifesto writing is almost as much of a waste of time as r...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by Anthony Mkondo
Bulawayo Bomber ventures into acting
THE Bulawayo Bomber, Elvis Moyo has taken the lead role of former world boxing champion Sonny Liston in a documentary-Pariah: The life and death of Sonny Liston which is being produced by a South Afri...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Momentary celebrity cannot erase Zimbabweans' common sense
There is a growing belief amongst the political elite that Zimbabwean voters are devoid of a political soul. That they can be shunted from one political deception to the next, exchanged between elites...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:43hrs | 9 | by Brian T Kagoro
The need for Scientific Research in the fight against Drug and Substance abuse in Zimbabwe
The war on drugs has been a failure worldwide with detrimental effects on individuals and societies at large. There exists a policy gap to making drug dependence treatment, rehabilitation, care and su...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Alliah Towo
The need for Scientific Research in the fight against Drug and Substance abuse in Zimbabwe
The war on drugs has been a failure worldwide with detrimental effects on individuals and societies at large. There exists a policy gap to making drug dependence treatment, rehabilitation, care and su...Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 16:02hrs | 5 | by Alfred Towo
Mnangagwa doesn't need a sick Tsvangirai for publicity
THE Holy Book in Ephesians 4 vs 25 advises us that: "Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body." As a Bishop I think it's ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 12:16hrs | 2 | by Bishop
Jonathan Moyo the kingmaker that never was
ON September 15, 2006, Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo, then in "political Siberia" after being shunted out of Zanu-PF, wrote: "Perennial wisdom from divine revelation and human experience dic...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is weed really that bad?
It is known and it has always been said that too much of anything is bad. Everything around us is good but one is it misused or abused, it becomes a very bad thing. Imagine this water that gives us li...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 07:42hrs | 6 | by Belinda Chowa
Mnangagwa's (in) convenient allies
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between a rock and a hard place.Touted as ailing President Robert Mugabe's successor following his elevation to the vice-presidency after one of the greate...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 08:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop fails at suicide
A POLICE officer in Masvingo allegedly took an overdose of antibiotic pills in a suicide attempt following a dispute with her married boyfriend.The officer, only identified as Constable Mp...Published: 22 Nov 2016 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop in suicide bid
A POLICE officer in Masvingo allegedly took an overdose of antibiotic pills in a suicide attempt following a dispute with her married boyfriend in a suspected love triangle.The officer, only ident...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Are migraine-sufferers at an increased risk of suicide or overdose from medication?
Suffering from frequent migraines can have a negative impact on many aspects of your day-to-day functioning. Migraine-sufferers often report a loss of concentration or a diminished ability to execute ...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 13:22hrs | 1 | by Martha Karani Musarurwa
Urgent Letter to Secretary General of the UN Mr. Ban Ki Moon
His Excellency Mr. Ban Ki MoonUrgent UN meeting to address the emerging political crisis and the socio-economic crisis that has been for a decade in Zimbabwe- President Robert Mugabe needs to ...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Hanningtobn Mubaiwa
Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF have gone too far: Civil unrest on the brink
Zanu-PF's not-so-cleverly-hidden commitment to the people's plight has finally come out of the plastic paper bag, leaving human rights and the make-believe rule of law up in malodorous smolder. The ir...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 23:14hrs | 3 | by Chadya, Tapiwa Diamond
Drug addict dies after overdose
A man from Sharpeville in the Vaal, south of Joburg reportedly died after drug abuse.Daily Sun reported that a grieving mother lost her only son to a suspected nyaope overdose a week ago...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man saves wife after suicide bid
AFTER 17 years of marriage and giving birth to six children, a woman, 39, is battling for her life at Victoria Falls Hospital's intensive care unit following a suicide attempt that shocked her childre...Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Adelaide Moyo
Michael Jackson's doctor dies
The LA dermatologist, who fell from grace after Michael Jackson's demise from a medication overdose, has passed away four days after being admitted to a hospital in Palm Springs.Dr Arnold Klei...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 20:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Traditional healers worried about influx of sex herbs
SEX enhancement products and concoctions have become the epitome of today's relationships, with many people flocking to different herbalists and traditional healers that claim they are able to enhance...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 14:25hrs | 6 | by Peter Matika
Murderer survives 3 suicide attempts
A Chitungwiza murderer, Obert Maninji (37), stabbed himself on the chest, took an overdose of malaria tablets and drank rat poison in a suicide attempt-but still survived to face his crimes.Th...Published: 11 May 2015 at 16:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbo dies while trying to abort in Botswana
Police in Francistown Botswana are reportedly investigating a case in which a middle-aged Zimbabwean woman died, amid reports that she was trying to abort her five-month-old pregnancy.This...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 12:14hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Hell of a life' - Mbare in pictures
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone Number ....Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Concerned Citizen
Man commits suicide over girlfriends ban
A man from Emakhandeni allegedly hanged himself at his best friends' home after his mother banned him from bringing girlfriends home.Paul Mutete, 22, was in the habit of bringing different wom...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 09:27hrs | 5 | by Loveness Bepete
Man, 60, dies after drinking brake fluid
A 60-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man committed suicide by drinking a bottle of brake fluid after two previous attempts had failed.Boy Khumalo of Spitzkop Medium Density in Gwanda Town who was employed as ...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 21:04hrs | 2 | by Marvelous Moyo
Grace Mugabe's political comedy takes ZTV hostage
For the past two weeks, Zimbabweans watched free comedy live on the public television station, ZBC-TV as First Lady Grace Mugabe starred in the political drama, "Meet the People" that was shot in the ...Published: 20 Oct 2014 at 11:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teacher dies after downing an overdose of illicit beer
A 45-YEAR-OLD Chipinge teacher collapsed and died after downing an overdose of illicit beer, ZED on Tuesday.Police confirmed the death of Kenneth Mudavanhu who was a teacher at New Year's ...Published: 27 Sep 2014 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'People voted Zanu-PF,' says Mafume
Tendai Biti's renewal team has upheld Robert Mugabe's presidential election victory again, but the veteran leader's defeated rival Morgan Tsvangirai insists the poll was rigged, igniting fresh ten...Published: 23 Aug 2014 at 17:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-Renewal attacks MDC-Tsvangirai
The MDC Renewal Team has attacked the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC, for derailing the country's economic recovery by remaining in election mode.Spokesperson for the Renewal Team, Jacob Mafume, r...Published: 22 Aug 2014 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman commits suicide over HIV status
A battle of faith versus reason led to an HIV-positive woman committing suicide after her nagging prophet allegedly instructed her to use holy water instead of Anti-retroviral treatment. Since Lov...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man rapes chickens and granny (70) after taking traditional aphrodisiac (Umvusankunzi)
A Gweru man allegedly took a traditional aphrodisiac and sexually abused his neighbour's two chickens before turning on a 70-year-old woman whom he raped the entire night on Saturday.Reaso...Published: 09 Jul 2014 at 18:55hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Student teacher attempts suicide over exams
A student at the United College of Education (UCE) attempted to commit suicide by taking an overdose of tablets last Friday evening in protest over being barred from writing final examinations after ...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Dumisani Nsingo
Man flees matrimonial home after wife hired gang to bash him
A MAN yesterday told a Harare magistrate that he ran away from his matrimonial home after being assaulted by a "mafia" hired by his wife who had caught him with a girlfriend. Patrick Mushonga...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Prosper Dembedza
Australian tourist found dead in Zim hotel
WORKERS at a leading Bulawayo hotel were last Thursday left shellshocked after a corpse of a 66-year-old Australian tourist was found in a room.Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Ny...Published: 20 Apr 2014 at 10:04hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
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