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Soldier in trouble for assaulting cop
A member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Decent Dube (31), along with two villagers, faces serious charges after allegedly assaulting a policeman in a dispute over a snooker game in Lupane, Matab...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:50hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Woman bashes hubby for coming home late
A 27-year-old woman from Barbourfield high-density suburbs in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing a charge of physically abusing her husband.Patience Nkiwane pleaded guilty to the charge whe...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Woman bashes hubby for coming home late
A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Mzilikazi suburb in Bulawayo is nursing head injuries after his 27-year-old wife set upon him with slaps and stones for coming home late from a snooker game.Patience Nki...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Christmas Day shooting suspect arrested
A 39-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of another man during a snooker game in Filabusi on Christmas Day.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirmed the arrest ...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead over snooker token
A 21-YEAR-OLD man was shot dead, in the head, on Christmas Day by an unknown man over a missing snooker token. "The ZRP is investigating a murder case in which a 21-year-old man was shot...Published: 26 Dec 2023 at 17:23hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man assaulted over snooker
A man from Plumtree today appeared before Plumtree magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware facing charges of assaulting a fellow villager with a knobkerrie over a game of pool.The state led by Mr Selis...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 09:10hrs | 7 | by Desmond Nleya
Man kills friend with snooker stick
A game of snooker took a tragic turn when a man from Plumtree struck his friend with a cue stick, resulting in the friend's death.The accused, Mthandeni Maphosa, appeared before Plumtree Magis...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills friend with cue stick
A game of snooker ended tragic after a Plumtree man fatally struck his friend with a cue stick.Mthandeni Maphosa was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday facing a murder case....Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:06hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Barman killed over snooker
A Bindura-based barman at a local bar was allegedly killed by an imbiber in a snooker dispute on Saturday.The now deceased Denis Chatambudza (24) was fatally struck with a beer bottle on the h...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:44hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop insults Mnangagwa, threatens to arrest Zanu-PF members
A police officer stationed at Tongwe base in rural Beitbridge is in trouble with the law for allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and threatening to arrest Zanu-PF members who were drinkin...Published: 26 May 2023 at 17:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Snooker player stabbed for failing to take game advice
Failure to accept snooker game advice left a Mudhindo man nursing an abdomen wound.Max Kanengoni is battling for life after he was stabbed by one Rasta Maluvha with an Okapi knife.Depu...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 12:42hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Murder over US$0,50 token
POLICE in Shurugwi have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly brutally murdered his friend following a misunderstanding over a snooker token.Midlands Provincial police spokesperson Inspec...Published: 27 Mar 2023 at 16:16hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man kills friend over snooker tokens
Police are hunting for a murder suspect Learnmore Dzuda (32) who allegedly murdered his friend in a snooker dispute in Shamva on Saturday.It is alleged Dzuda stabbed Gilbert Chibanda (23) in t...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo and Simbarashe Sithole
Cop jailed 24 years over teen rape
A Harare-based police officer was slapped with a 24-year jail term for raping a 17-year-old girl twice during a party at his friend's house in Mahatshula North suburb in Bulawayo.Farai Mzengez...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fearless editor who first exposed the Gukurahundi killings
While there were a few local Zimbabwean journalists writing for periodicals and foreign correspondents like Peter Godwin for the Sunday Times (UK) and some filing for...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:11hrs | 13 | by Stephen Bates
Jesse Halfway Hotel: The fall of a luxurious stopover
A pungent smell of urine engulfs the environs around Jesse Halfway Hotel, located right in the middle of Bulawayo and Beitbridge, in the West Nicholson area, at an equi-distance of 160 kilometres....Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 AM drama in Pumula East Citizens arrest cable theft cops
THREE officers based at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo were on Sunday morning arrested for alleged theft of copper cables in Pumula East suburb.Residents arrested them at about 1AM. One of ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violent death over US$5 snooker bet
A dispute during a game of snooker ended in tragedy in Bulawayo after a player allegedly slit his rival's throat following a misunderstanding over a US$5 winner-takes-all game he had lost.The ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over beer
A 24 year-oldman lost his life after an intense argument emanating from refusal to share his beer with another reveller at Mhlanga Pool Shade, Neshuro Growth Point on September 30, 2021.Maxwel...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lockdown guards need guarding
Lockdown robbery. That's perhaps the best thing to call it.The setting is a once-famous nightclub off Old Mazowe Road on the outskirts of New Marlborough. The time is 10pm on a Friday evening....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Police officer loses four teeth
You can't do this to me!A Bulawayo police officer who runs a pool table business at Pumula North high density suburb shops lost four teeth after he was hit on the mouth with a rock by his empl...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shebeens sprout in Vic Falls amid lockdown
Shebeens are sprouting around Victoria Falls with many houses being turned into drinking spots in the absence of bars and nightclubs that were closed because of the Covid-19 lockdown.Shebeen o...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Murder attempt at snooker game
A MAN from Bulawayo lost his front teeth and was rushed to hospital after his friend allegedly brutally attacked him with an axe in a dispute over a snooker game. Bayethe Nyathi (28) from Cowd...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death over snooker game
A MAN from Plumtree has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his friend to death in a dispute over a snooker game. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisa...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death over snooker
A Man from Plumtree was on Monday evening stabbed to death with an okapi knife in an altercation over snooker.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirme...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold dealer shoots man dead
A Kwekwe gold dealer on Tuesday appeared before a Kwekwe Magistrate facing murder charges after he fatally shot a man who was playing snooker during a fight with his friends.Canisio Misi (36) ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aid finally reaches Zimbabwe's 'death' village
Surprised members of a cyclone-hit community in Zimbabwe paused from retrieving and burying their dead to welcome the first humanitarian aid from the outside world as it arrived nearly two weeks after...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier runs amok, 'turns' Hwange bar into a war zone
A SOLDIER allegedly turned a bar in Hwange into a war zone where he pummelled patrons on several occasions and stabbed one of them. Benson Gwenzi (29) of 371 Empumalanga, stationed at the Zimb...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 22:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unemployed Zimbabweans in UK living large through online sports betting
A significant number of Zimbabweans in the UK, who are not employed, are living large through online sports betting. Scores of online sports bet shops are available for punters who often go fo...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 18:34hrs | 2 | by Mike Marrison
Machete murder at Bulawayo nightclub
A gold panner (17) from Cowdray Park suburb was brutally hacked to death with a machete at a night club in Bulawayo. Bornwell Ndlovu allegedly attacked Talent Sibanda with the machete a few me...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kombi drivers refuse to leave bus terminus
COMMUTER omnibus drivers are refusing to pave way for ZUPCO buses at terminuses.ZUPCO and other buses were blocked by kombis from using Harare Central Charge Office Bus Terminus in protest aga...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grandpa murdered over 50c dispute
A 26-YEAR-OLD Chimanimani man allegedly attacked and killed a 66-year-old man who had restrained him from fighting a shopkeeper over a dispute involving 50 cents. The incident occurred at Shinja Busin...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Masendeke nabbed for murder
EDWARD Masendeke, who has been on the run since 2013 in connection with a murder case committed at a bar in Mbizo in Kwekwe has been arrested.Masendeke (40) was arrested by police detectives a...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC Alliance too unstable to govern
A delusion is defined simply as a belief or impression that is falsely held despite being contradicted by reality and rational argument. There have been many of those around. One of the most prominent...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Die hard with a Zimbo
Fresh from saving America from Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Thomas Sankara, communist North Vietnam and the Middle-East machinations of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Soviet Union, ex-Green Beret ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Some wish pigs were black
Negative forces are called forces of the dark world and Africa is known as the dark continent. A road spot where vehicular accidents are common is a black spot, its not funny neither is it a lie. In a...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:12hrs | | by Tondorindo Murisa
Man killed over a game of pool
A dispute over a game of pool led a 23-year-old Masvingo man to fatally stab a fellow villager on Christmas Day, police have confirmed.Liberty Mutekuro (23) of Chitiami Village allegedly stabb...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 22:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drunk soldier arrested after firing two bullets in a bar
A 29-year old overzealous soldier was arrested after he fired two bullets from a service pistol in a beer binge in Masvingo on Friday night Bulawayo24.com heard.Sources close to investigations...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 17:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
A peaceful coup in Zimbabwe
There was real jubilation in the streets OF Zimbabwean towns as for the first time in 37 years there was going to be a change in government. The army action was calculated and famous for its civility....Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 14:26hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Duriro Bar re-opens for business
Duriro Bar trading as Kays Nightshift bar which was set ablaze recently by yet unidentified thugs in an apparent malicious arson attack a few weeks ago reopened for full and normal business operations...Published: 18 Aug 2017 at 15:06hrs | 1 | by Alfred Towo
Illicit brew kills pupil
A FORM Four pupil at Kotwa High School in Mutoko reportedly collapsed and died after consuming excessive amounts of an illicit brew during a drinking competition with friends.The incident, acc...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura in court again
JAILED RMG End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who is serving an effective 40-year term for sexually abusing his female congregants, has dismissed claims he owes $74 700 to a local furnitur...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed for stepping on someone
A Chitungwiza man-Shelton Sibanda (26) seriously assaulted a snooker player whose friend accidentally stepped on him during a game.On Tuesday, Sibanda appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Barb...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Soldiers' beat up 13 MSU students
A GROUP of men suspected to be soldiers ran amok on Saturday night and assaulted Midlands State University (MSU) students at Senga Training Centre near the University's main campus leaving 13 of t...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex workers profit from Christmas day takings
A multitude of teenagers and youths slept in night clubs on Christmas day in Nzvimbo Growth point Chiweshe Mashonaland Central province.According to eye witness Musiiwa bar and Dendere bar dom...Published: 26 Dec 2016 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Hwange man steals from popular Disk Jockey
A MAN from Hwange is in trouble after he borrowed a mobile phone from a popular disk jockey and disappeared with it.Cleopas Nkomazana was not asked to plead to theft by borrowing when he appea...Published: 20 Nov 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Stephen Dube
Jonathan Moyo slammed
ZANU-PF aligned legal experts and political analysts have slammed Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo for undermining President Mugab...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet signs strategic partnership with leading UK sports promoters
With boxing fans gearing up for the big showdown between heavy hitters Anthony Joshua and Dominic Breazeale as they contend for the IBF World Heavyweight title on June 25, Econet Media today announced...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo assault and rob Bulawayo man for blowing their beer cover
Two men Thandazani Moyo (30) from Matsheumhlope and Happiness Ncube (26) of Njube suburbs in Bulawayo are in trouble after they attacked a city resident accusing him of blowing their cover by telling ...Published: 27 May 2016 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Plumtree police accused of serious tribalism
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has accused the Zimbabwe Republic Police officers in Plumtree for serious tribalism.Proud Mazilankatha Ncube, MLF member said the events of last week's massive show ...Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
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