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Over US$2 000 collected as BCC, police raid gold panners
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reported that it collected over US$2,000 in fines for environmental violations across its jurisdiction and water catchment areas, according to its latest minutes addres...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BCC, police operation nets 44 gold panners
A joint operation by Bulawayo City Council rangers and police in the Umzingwane water catchment and Greater Bulawayo area has led to the arrest of 44 illegal gold panners and the collection of US$2,72...Published: 11 Jun 2024 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 9 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
2 farmers arrested over mbanje
POLICE in Macheke, Mashonaland East province, have arrested two neighbouring farmers who allegedly cultivated more than 100 marijuana plants in their maize fields.Kudakwashe Jarasi (37) and Su...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 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 | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa to donate 2 ambulances to Binga community
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to donate two ambulances to the community in Binga after touring the area on Wednesday. Binga is one of the constituencies that recently voted for the...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 14:46hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Farmers need tractors, cattle have died
My rather heavy footsteps did not jolt the old farmer out of his deep thought, head rested on his bony knees, sort of mind comatose. The man was 'lost' in great thinking, pondering how he would tackle...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Binga chefs divert donated ambulance
VILLAGERS in Tyuunga, Matabeleland North province, have accused top officials at the Binga Rural District Council of diverting donations, including an ambulance, to carry out administrative errands at...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police bust marijuana traffickers
POLICE in Nyamapanda, Mashonaland East province, on Monday intercepted an ox-drawn scotchcart laden with marijuana crossing from neighbouring Mozambique, and arrested two suspects.Obert Katsan...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Donkey transport getting popular in Bulawayo
IN Zimbabwe, and most of Africa, donkey-drawn scotchcarts are extensively used by farmers, particularly in the communal areas as a viable mode of transport to carry goods such as agricultural produce,...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery of the Mberengwa 'ambula-cart'
AS Zimbabweans wallowed over the weekend in the boredom induced by the second coronavirus lockdown, an unusual but interesting picture went viral on social media.The image featured an ordinary...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 07:57hrs | 10 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
MDC Alliance must stop chasing shadows
The opposition MDC-Alliance is evidently livid by the swift reaction rendered by Zanu-PF and Government to help those affected by Cyclone Idai cope with the tragedy. We notice that the opposition part...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vote for development-oriented people, says Ndebele King
ASPIRING Ndebele king, Zwide Peter Khumalo, has urged the electoral in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to vote for development-oriented candidates, claiming the regions had lagged behind in terms ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man locks mum in hut, sets it alight
AN angry Lupane man tied his mother with a rope before locking her inside a bedroom hut and setting it on fire. This was after Thembelani Lunga (40) of Munyathi village in Lupane accused his m...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Paying school fees with goats: Fact vs fiction
"IWE! Mbudzi munadzo here dzekubhadhara fees term ino?" asked my cousin Piri, meaning, do you have goats to pay for your school fees this coming term? The schoolchildren from St Columbus School were g...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 22:23hrs | | by Dr Sekai Nzenza
Smuggling cops busted
SEVERAL police officers involved in rampant smuggling activities at the Beitbridge border post were last week rounded up in a raid led by senior officers.Last week The Standard exposed how...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man drowns trying to save his cattle
A 34 year old man from Gazamaka farm died after drowning while trying to save his cattle.This was reported by Berina Commu...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 05:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man who killed teen nephew over scotchcart arrested
A 46-YEAR-OLD Bulilima man, who reportedly killed his nephew (17) over a scotchcart and fled to Botswana, has been arrested.Zamani Moyo who stays in Tshukuluthu Village, Maitengwe area was int...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Killer prophetess' baptism from hell
Villagers in Muriwo communal area near Mupatsi in Mashonaland East Province collectively shoulder the blame for not reining in Maud Dzvuke's weird activities which bore signs of a tragic end. The vill...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Chisumbanje villagers lose cattle to ethanol plant poisoning
Villagers are once more rueing the day the ethanol producing plant in Chisumbanje in the eastern province of Manicaland opened after losing livestock to contaminated water this week.Zimbabwe H...Published: 22 Oct 2015 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Couple in bizarre deaths
IN a bizarre incident which has sent tongues wagging in Guruve, a couple died mysteriously on the same day under similar circumstances, although in different places.The two were 10km apart but...Published: 17 May 2015 at 10:27hrs | | by Debra Matabvu
Villagers flee as supernatural snake turns into giant anaconda
Scores of people fled in fear at a Gokwe village when a snake that had been placed in a scotchcart for burning a Tsikamutanda (witch hunter) mysteriously grew big and filled the scotch cart....Published: 22 Apr 2015 at 21:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Herdman axes employer's son over $20
A BINGA herdman will rue the day he struck his employer's son who had demanded his $20 with an axe.Mlungisi Moyo (24) of Chishizha, Lusulu in Binga, pleaded guilty to attempted murder when he ...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 13:22hrs | | by Fairness Moyana
Meet 112-year-old Mbuya Gozho
AT 112 years she is probably the oldest woman in town if not in the country. Having seen all the wars from the First World War between 1914 and 1918, the Second World War of between 1939 and 1945, the...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 09:25hrs | | by Pabalelo Tlou
Stationary scotchcart accident claims one
A six-year-old girl in Chivi died last week after she was crushed by a scotchcart she was playing in. Masvingo police spokesperson Inspector Peter Zhanero confirmed the death of Chiedza Gono o...Published: 30 Jun 2013 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women are still dying on their way to hospitals - care givers
DEPUTY Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe on starting government duties made a bold declaration that giving birth is a national duty and no woman should die while bringing new life into the world....Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo-Beitbridge road accident, two people die
Two people were killed in Matabeleland South province while two others were seriously injured in separate road accidents on Saturday afternoon.Acting provincial police spokesperson Sergeant Nk...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 21:25hrs | | by staff Reporter
Zanu-PF thugs raid Sikhala's rural homestead, assault his cousin
MDC-99 president Job Sikhala's rural homestead was raided on Monday night, and his cousin Charles viciously assaulted, The Daily news reported.Sikhala told the Daily News that "Zanu-PF thugs" ...Published: 07 Sep 2012 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scotchcart accident, boy (12) killed
A 12-year-old boy from Dombodema resettlement area in Bulilima District died when a donkey-drawn scotchcart he was travelling in hit a stump and overturned along the Dombodema-Plumtree road, police s...Published: 30 May 2012 at 04:55hrs | | by Beitbridge Reporter
Man kidnaps wife's lover
A Zimbabwean farm worker in Mesina - South Africa kidnapped his workmate at night and smuggled him into Zimbabwe using a scotchcart before thoroughly whipping him angered by claims that he was havin...Published: 01 Mar 2012 at 07:04hrs | | by Alois Sibanda
Scotchcart mishap, boy (5) killed
A five-year-old boy died on the spot while his brother was left injured after a scotchcart they were travelling in plunged into a river.The incident occurred last week along Ware River in Guru...Published: 29 Jan 2012 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ debt: The untold story
Introduction and background The past few days have witnessed a renewed interest in and discussion of the RBZ US$1,1 billion debt through forums such a...Published: 08 Nov 2011 at 12:19hrs | | by Gono
RBZ debt, 'people want to make it appear as if all the money went into Gono's pockets': Gono
The state media reports that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe took over a debt amounting to about US$400 million that was incurred well before the central bank boss, Dr Gideon Gono, took office, and the ...Published: 06 Nov 2011 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills self after being denied scotchcart
IS SUICIDE cowardice? A TOTAL of six people chose the easy way out over the past five days in Matabeleland North province.It appears there is a suicidal wave cresting in Matabeleland ...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
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