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Coach poisoned over player selection
Tongogara United FC head coach, Takaendesa Valentine Mukwashi, is counting himself lucky to be alive after enduring a harrowing episode of persistent vomiting for over 12 hours in what is suspected to...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 17:47hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over SA food poisoning crisis
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified its vigilance on food safety following reports of food poisoning incidents in South Africa, where more than 20 children died and nearly 890 incidents of foo...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:23hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants lose jobs in SA after raid on spaza shops
Zimbabweans working in South Africa's spaza shops are facing hardship following a series of raids targeting foreign-owned tuckshops after allegations of food poisoning incidents, which have left child...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
City workers choke to death in sewer
The City of Kadoma is in mourning after two municipal workers tragically lost their lives while attempting to fix a sewer blockage near St John Kennedy Primary School on Thursday, November 28, 2024....Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:59hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Poisoning scare at school dinner
A suspected food poisoning incident has rocked Riverdale Academy, a private school located in the Hillside suburb of Bulawayo, with dozens of pupils and even some parents reportedly hospitalized after...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:41hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says his life has not been an easy one
President Mnangagwa has defied death on three separate occasions in his life, including a notorious poisoning incident in Gwanda six years ago and narrowly escaping the death penalty due to a technica...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa survived assassination attempts 3 times
President Mnangagwa has narrowly escaped death on three occasions during his lifetime, including surviving an assassination attempt by poisoning in Gwanda six years ago and evading the death sentence ...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Plot to take out Ramaphosa's deputy David Mabuza?
A number of South Africans are wondering if there is a plot to take out ANC Deputy President David Mabuza, who is also known as the "CAT".Mabuza's convoy was involved in a freak accident in Mi...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 12:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa relives poisoning ordeal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday relived his food poisoning experience at a Zanu-PF campaign rally in Gwanda in 2017 and how he was airlifted to Gweru and later South Africa for urgent medicatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa relives 2017 'ice cream' horror
President Mnangagwa yesterday opened up on his infamous Gwanda poisoning incident in 2017, saying the medical treatment that saved his life after being airlifted to South Africa inspired his mantra th...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:29hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa beefs up security
DRONES, sniffer dogs, security cameras, heavily armed soldiers and police officers, hundreds more embedded in the crowds turned the National Heroes Acre into a virtual cantonment area as President Emm...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Chiwenga's medical condition deteriorates, airlifted to SA
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga was on Saturday morning reportedly airlifted again to South Africa for emergency medical services after his health deteriorated last week.Top government sou...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa revisits his nearly fatal ice cream poisoning
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again revisited his nearly fatal poisoning at the height of the ruling Zanu-PF's deadly tribal, factional and succession wars last year - revealing how he had lat...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa recounts poisoning incident
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday recounted the day he was poisoned while attending a Zanu-PF rally in Gwanda last August.Mnangagwa who was then the Vice President, had to be airlifted to...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
4 die in 'murder & poisoning'
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Emthunzini suburb in Bulawayo died in his sleep following a beer drinking spree after going to bed having said he had been involved in a fight while three family members died an...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally emerged out of Mugabe's shadow in Davos only to prove what a fool he is
For 37 years President Mnangagwa has lived in the shadow of Mugabe, rarely seen, much less, heard. The odd occasion he has opened his mouth, many thought him a fool but they were not 100% certain of t...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa poisoning witch-hunt
A senior Zanu-PF official has sensationally claimed that one of the passengers in a helicopter ride to a presidential youth interface rally held in Gwanda last August tried to take the life of then vi...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Grace crushed Robert Mugabe
HARARE - History will record that it was a previously under-estimated woman, Grace "Dr Stop It" Mugabe, who succeeded in spectacular fashion to achieve what hardened male gladiators who include opposi...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 20:53hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning saga deepens, Mugabe tried to conceal medical findings
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe initially wanted Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to conceal medical findings in his poisoning saga, fearing the issue could rock the boat in the ruling Zanu PF party, but the...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Self-proclaimed (Goliath) Mugabe plot to kill (David) Mnangagwa flops, Fraud probe now preferred
Grace Mugabe and G40 strategy to eliminate, decapitate, debilitate and eradicate Emmerson Mnangagwa from any slightness chance of him succeeding the geriatric incumbent President Robert Mugabe was pla...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 05:57hrs | 3 | by Themba Mthethwa
Witchcraft hounds Mutare communities
MUTARE - While witchcraft has become a topical subject in President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF following the alleged poisoning incident involving one of the party's senior officials, few would hav...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 12:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa beefs up security
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has tightened his security following suspicions that his rivals could be out to eliminate him physically in the wake of his alleged poisoning about three weeks ago, t...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 16:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'poisoning' Sekeramayi, Parirenyatwa fight to clear their names
Cabinet ministers Sydney Sekeramayi and David Parirenyatwa have written to Energy Mutodi signalling their intention to sue the controversial businessman for sensationally claiming that they were behin...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 19:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa back at work after poison saga
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned to work after spending weeks away from his official duties following emergency surgery prompted by a suspected and alleged poison attack at a youth inter...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 13:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Poisoned' Mnangagwa in no-show
Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in a no show at a key agriculture meeting and was instead represented by the Minister of State in his office Clifford Sibanda.There was heightened curiosi...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally succumbs to 'poisoning'
AS Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa battles for his life in a private South African hospital, one of his fiercest allies, Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Ben Mahofa, died early yesterday ...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa prophesied Mnangagwa's food poisoning incident
United Family International Church (UFIC) leader, Emmanuel Makandiwa reportedly told his followers during a church service yesterday that he prophesied Mnangagwa's food poisoning incident on April 9 t...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Poisoned' Mnangagwa airlifted to South Africa
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly been air lifted to South Africa for medical attention after his health is reported to have deteriorated yesterday.A well-placed source said Mna...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 07:09hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Vultures face extinction as betting outlets sprout
THE mushrooming of sports betting outlets has given rise to a demand for a concoction of vulture body parts used as luck charms, a factor which might result in the extinction of the carnivorous bi...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's ally 'poisoned', battling for life
Energy and Power Development minister Samuel Undenge is reportedly battling for his life in South Africa because of suspected food poisoning as the infighting in Zanu-PF over President Robert Muga...Published: 26 Nov 2016 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes stock of obsolete pesticides - Move meant to close a 20 year knowledge and action gap
Harare, Zimbabwe, like most developing countries, faces problems in discarding obsolete stocks of pesticides. It is estimated that half a million tonnes of obsolete pesticides are scattered throughout...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 12:37hrs | 2 | by Leonard Makombe
Zuma poisoned by wife?
FOLLOWING months of speculation about the whereabouts of one of President Jacob Zuma's wives, Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma it appears she has been banned from his Nkandla compound following revelations of h...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 16:56hrs | | by News 24
Hundreds of villagers cheat death in food poisoning incident
ABOUT 40 people from Khandamhlophe Village in Bulilima District have been admitted to Plumtree District Hospital in a suspected case of food poisoning which affected the entire village.A majo...Published: 20 Nov 2013 at 16:50hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Villagers confess to poisoning elephants
VILLAGERS from Chief Siphoso's area in Tsholotsho District have confessed to making a living out of poisoning elephants with cyanide and yesterday resolved to give up the practice and work with autho...Published: 05 Oct 2013 at 03:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldiers to be deployed in Hwange National Park
THE Government will consider deploying soldiers in Hwange National Park to beef up security and curb rampant poaching amid revelations that the number of elephants that have died from cyanide poisoni...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 04:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poisoning incident, 40 collapse at a taxi rank
About 40 people, including several children, collapsed at a taxi rank in Rustenburg, North West, on Saturday in a suspected poisoning incident , paramedics said.Paramedics arrived at the taxi ...Published: 11 Sep 2011 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Sapa
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