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BCC, police patrol nets 13 gold panners in Esigodini
A JOINT operation conducted by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) rangers and police in the city's catchment areas in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province, recently netted 13 gold panners, bringing total a...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 09:01hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Girl (12) dies in a scotchcart accident
Chatyora village under Chief Rusambo in Rushinga has been plunged into mourning after a twelve-year-old girl died in a scotchcart accident.Tinevimbo Kurima died yesterday upon admission at Rus...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 13:32hrs | 487 | by Simbarashe Sithole
BCC collects US$2,000 in environment fines
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has collected more than US$2,600 from environmental fines while still being owed over US$3,300, according to a new report from the council's Parks Section detailing int...Published: 18 Jun 2025 at 07:33hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
2 killed in horrific accident
Business activities along Cripps Road in Graniteside came to a halt recently after abnormal load trucks passed through the area, causing widespread disruption.Tragedy struck in Hurungwe on Fri...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:55hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree man dies in donkey cart accident
A 28-year-old man from Tshemahali village in Madlambuzi, Plumtree, has died following an accident involving a donkey-drawn scotch cart that overturned after hitting a tree.Matabeleland South p...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:27hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Friends jailed 27 years for donkey cart murder
Two friends who abducted and brutally murdered a well-known businessman in Lower Gweru using a donkey cart as their getaway vehicle have been sentenced to 27 years in prison, bringing closure to a har...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:26hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
BCC battle illegal environmental activities
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified efforts to clamp down on illegal gold mining, sand poaching, and firewood theft-activities that are wreaking havoc on the environment and jeopardising t...Published: 21 May 2025 at 08:56hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council nets over US$2,000 in fines
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has collected more than US$2,000 in environmental offence fines for April alone, as it intensifies efforts to combat the surge in illegal gold panning, sand poaching, a...Published: 10 May 2025 at 13:09hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Wife scalds hubby with hot water over scotch cart dispute
A man from Majere Village in Buhera is fighting for his life at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare after his wife scalded him with hot water during a dispute over the use of their scotch cart....Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:46hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Baboons terrorise Pumula residents
Bulawayo residents, particularly in Pumula South, are facing growing human-wildlife conflicts as baboons encroach onto their settlements, causing distress and property damage.According to the ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:44hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Brothers fatally axe grandfather, set body alight
Two brothers from Hwange, Matabeleland North, have been sentenced to 25 years in prison each for the gruesome murder of their 89-year-old grandfather, whom they axed to death before burning his body b...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 18:40hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Police investigate hit-and-run involving donkey cart in Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident involving a donkey-drawn scotch cart that occurred on Sunday, February 9, in the Mazibulala Line area.According to the Zimbabwe...Published: 10 Feb 2025 at 15:27hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Festive season rush hits Bulawayo's bus termini
Major bus termini in Bulawayo were teeming with activity yesterday as scores of travellers jostled to secure seats on long-distance buses to their rural homes ahead of the Christmas holiday.Th...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:39hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers heighten patrols along South Africa-Zimbabwe border
The South African Defence Forces (SADF) have ramped up security measures along the Malaladrift area, which borders Zimbabwe, as part of a heightened effort to curb cross-border smuggling and prevent i...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:07hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
The power of goblins (Ontikolotshe)
A FEW days ago, my attention was drawn to some screaming and sensational headlines on social media. "Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Malawi." I never thought the story that appeared in the Malawi Voi...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:19hrs | 315 | by Pathisa Nyathi
100 illegal gold panners arrested in Esigodini, Umzingwane
A recent joint operation by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and the police has led to the arrest of 100 illegal gold panners in the Umzingwane catchment area, which supplies much of the city’s water...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:36hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Man admits to stealing underwear to please wife
COURTROOMS are typically places of solemnity and seriousness, but every now and then, a spark of humour ignites, often unexpectedly.Such was the case when a man charged with breaking into a bo...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:56hrs | 837 | by Staff reportrer
Man thrashed for friend's crimes
A 46-YEAR-OLD man from Mbembesi in Matabeleland North province was beaten to the pulp by a trio over an unknown dispute after he failed to disclose the whereabouts of his friend.Patrick Mpenge...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boy dies in a scotch cart accident
A 10-YEAR-OLD Muzarabani boy died on the spot in an accident involving an ox-drawn cart on Monday.Leornard Makenzie of Kamhinnga Mukoma...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 18:32hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lithium haulage trucks chaos in Zimbabwe
Heavy trucks transporting lithium ore from Sandawana to the Gwanda lithium mine (plant) in Mandiwongola are leaving a perilous trail of boulders along the Causeway/Ntalale road, posing significant ris...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 20:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Teenager commits suicide after failing to drive scotch cart
A 19-YEAR-OLD Guruve man decided to end his life by hanging after he was scolded by his father for failing to drive an ox-drawn cart.Tinashe Kufakunesu of plot 34 Amajuba farm, Guruve committe...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Trio nabbed for robbery in Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho - Police in Matabeleland North Province have arrested three suspects who allegedly robbed a 74-year-old man near Sikente Business Centre on Sunday evening.The trio, Thembelani Ncube...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 10:13hrs | 4 | by Peter Matuka
Man dies in a crocodile infested river
The love of donkeys took away the life of 22-year-old Mbire man last week.Zivaishe Masarirofa slipped into the crocodile infested, floo...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:54hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Scotch-cart injury, Bindura man in a critical condition
A Bindura man is battling for his life at Bindura Hospital after a Toyota Allion rammed into an ox-drawn scotch cart he was driving.Two cows died at the spot while the driver of the Toyota Allion disa...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 17:08hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mwenezi man attempts to rape step-mother
A sex starved 27-year-old Chiredzi man has appeared in court for attempting to rape his 46-year-old step-mother while they were fetching firewood in a bush.The young man literally begged for s...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 14:18hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
When our parents celebrated independence in 1980, this isn't what they were celebrating!
Whenever I look at this picture, my heart is filled with indescribable grief and anguish. I see my father, with his dear friends - as they openly expressed ecstatic transports of joy - at the ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:20hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Father-in-law cheats death over debt
Failure to control temper turned dangerous for a Plumtree man who went haywire with a kitchen knife and a scotch cart rim at a local house demanding his debt.The matter came to light at Plumtr...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gwanda man modifies horse cart for business
MR Elias Nyathi (45) from Gwanda has established a niche by creating a modified horse-drawn cart which he uses to take clients for joy rides.He also offers horse riding activities and hires ou...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Village head arrested for bashing villager over firewood
Failure to control temper by a Mutoko village head left him in the hands of the police after being arrested for assault.Trust Kapoka was dragged to Mutoko magistrates courts where he was sente...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 14:05hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
2 minors die in scotch cart mishaps
Two children died in Gokwe and Zvishavane respectively in two separate incidents involving ox-drawn carts.Midlands Police Spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incidents saying...Published: 09 May 2023 at 19:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
BCC struggling to control illegal dumping
The continued illegal dumping of litter in the Central Business District (CBD) despite various interventions by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has left councillors concerned as they seek more solutio...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Donkey-drawn carts ply Zimbabwe's abandoned remote routes?
From the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway in Zimbabwe at a spot popularly known as Turn-P, the road passing through Neshuro Township has been degraded, disused, and derelict for over two decades, with buse...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of refuse disposal space
BULAWAYO residents could be faced with a possible health hazard after it emerged that the city's only landfill site in Richmond suburb has run out of refuse disposal space.This comes at a time...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Minor killed in accident
A 15-YEAR-OLD Gokwe juvenile died on the spot while another is battling for life at a hospital after they were hit by a vehicle along Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway.Midlands Police Spokesperson, Inspect...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Wrong man arrested after LONE gunman senselessly attacks
YOU would expect women and school children to be the only ones who walk home in groups to protect themselves from a violent armed robber but in the Empandeni area in Mangwe District, men can also be s...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman loses arm in hyena attack
In the second such case to be recorded in Masvingo province this year, a 38-year-old woman from Gutu last Wednesday lost her left hand and big toe of the left leg after being attacked by a hyena....Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra guerilla now a successful farmer
EX-ZIPRA guerrilla Moses Moyo is a beneficiary of the land reform programme and owns a plot under the A1 model in Makokomba village in Umguza District. He now has what he fought for – the land....Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Councils mustn't attach residents' property'
LOCAL authorities are not allowed to arbitrarily attach property from residents or engage debt collectors to recover outstanding debts of rates and levies, but should pursue other options to recover t...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree to hold the longest 'nqolacade' ever seen
THE Vaka community in Plumtree aims to be included in the Guinness Book of Records when they hold the longest scotch cart convoy - "nqolacade" - which they have termed ‘The Long Ride for Development...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police chiefs tell junior officers to 'stop displaying your poverty'
Police chiefs have warned poorly-paid junior officers to avoid being photographed displaying their poverty.In a leaked internal memo dated May 7, police bosses said police officers snapped tak...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Minor dies in scotchcart accident
A six year old from Mbire district died in a donkey drawn scotch cart accident on Thursday.According to police the now deceased Lucia Z...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 19:28hrs | 11 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Two stabbed over scotch cart toll fee
Police are hunting for three unknown men who mounted an illegal toll gate on a strip road near Sidhakeni Business Centre in Zhombe before they started collecting toll fees from motorists and those wit...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Meat galore after bus ploughs into elephants
IT is rare for those who witness road accidents to smile, but hundreds of villagers near Victoria Falls yesterday had a bus accident to thank after they walked away with chunks of meat after three ele...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious dead donkey found at Mpopoma house
RESIDENTS of Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo are in shock after they woke up to ‘scenes' of a dead donkey at the gate of a neighbour's house in Block 81 today.Circumstances surrounding how the do...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane ward 9 villagers walk 16km to clinics
UMZINGWANE villagers in Matabeleland South province have called on government to construct a clinic in their area, lamenting that they have to walk eight to 16km to access health services.They...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2 donkeys die of electric shock
Two teenagers from Plumtree escaped death by a whisker after their donkey-drawn scotch cart came into contact with a live electricity cable.The two boys aged 17 and 15, did not suffer any inju...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 18:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers degrade Bulawayo
RAMPANT sand poaching and chopping down of trees is causing environmental degradation in and around Bulawayo amid revelations that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) only has five rangers instead of 74 n...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The other side of Sikhosana
A hundred and fifty kilometres deep in Nkayi rural area, Matabeleland North, resides an Internet darling by the name Sikhosana Buhlungu.Driving from Bulawayo to Nkayi is no walk in the park, t...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man killed in beer brawl
POLICE in Tsholotsho are investigating a murder case after a man was bludgeoned to death with a log during a beer brawl.Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda confirmed t...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self after beating wife to death
A 37-YEAR-OLD bigamist from Lupane allegedly committed suicide by hanging on Sunday after fatally assaulting his first wife who he suspected of having an extra-marital affair, police have said....Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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