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Man murdered after stopping to help a stranded couple

What began as a selfless late-night gesture ended in tragedy after a 32-year-old man was hacked to death while helping a stranded couple restart their car in Maphisa, Matabeleland South.Police have launched a manhunt for three machete-wiel…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:06hrs | 1712 | by Staff reporter

Over 40 Zimbabweans stranded in Sierra Leone

More than 40 Zimbabweans are reportedly stranded in Sierra Leone after falling victim to a human trafficking syndicate that lured them with promises of lucrative jobs. The operation allegedly involves a local company collaborating with for…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 15:00hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter

Strong winds leave families stranded in Matopo

Strong winds struck several wards in Umzingwane District on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction and rendering many villagers homeless. The worst-hit areas were wards 1, 2, 9, and 20, with the village of Matopo in ward 9 bearing the brun…

Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:04hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter

Villagers stranded after govt shuts down clinic

Mahwau Clinic in Chief Chirundu's area, Mashonaland West province, remains closed two years after it was built by Kariba REDD+, leaving around 3,000 villagers without nearby healthcare. The government forced the clinic's shutdown as part o…

Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:47hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police blitz leaves commuters stranded

Thousands of commuters in Harare and other urban areas were left stranded on a recent day when the police launched an operation targeting unlicensed commuter omnibuses and pirate taxis. While authorities framed it as an operation to enforc…

Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

100 stranded in Oman: Govt

AT least 100 Zimbabweans are stranded in Oman after being trafficked to the Middle East country on false job promises, a top government official has said.Secretary for Home Affairs, Aaron Nhepera told a media briefing in Harare yesterday t…

Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Evicted Zanu-PF supporters stranded

About 200 families that were evicted from a farm on the outskirts of Marondera in June are still living in the open as the government is yet to fulfil its promise to resettle them.The families, mostly Zanu-PF supporters, were kicked out of…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

IOM rescues stranded illegal migrants

ABOUT 100 Malawians stranded in Beitbridge were recently rescued by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) which facilitated their safe return to their country.Zimbabwe has for years been a transit country for migrants from Mal…

Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zupco snub leaves commuters stranded

Commuters from Robert Sinyoka in Bulawayo were yesterday left stranded in the CBD after ZUPCO withdrew its buses citing bad roads. Robert Sinyoka and Mazwi village are peri-urban settlements a few kilometres outside Bulawayo, just after Pu…

Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Storm saves stranded travellers at Beitbridge

A VIOLENT thunderstorm that lashed Beitbridge put smiles on hundreds of travellers stuck at the South African border after officials hurriedly cleared them fearing a disaster.Most Zimbabweans have been stranded at the border, with South Af…

Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Thousands of Zimbabweans stranded at Beitbridge Border Post

THE situation at Beitbridge Border Post is fast degenerating into a humanitarian crisis, with thousands of South Africa-bound Zimbabweans stuck in the border town since Sunday as the Pretoria government has introduced tough entry requireme…

Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Passport shortage leaves Zimbabweans stranded

With Zimbabwe's economy in shambles and political tensions rising, leaving the country seems the best option for many who are desperate for jobs. But those dreams often end at the passport office, which doesn't have enough foreign currency…

Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:26hrs | 2 | by AP

Man kidnaps stranded woman

A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been sentenced to four years in jail for kidnapping a stranded woman and keeping her hostage for two days after she approached him seeking help. Ndumiso Ncube pleaded not guilty to a kidnapping charge bu…

Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Prosecutors stranded after mass transfers

OVER 100 senior public prosecutors are reportedly stranded at various stations countrywide after the National Prosecuting Authority promoted and mass transferred them without footing their relocation costs.In a confidential memo seen by th…

Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staf reporter

Air Zimbabwe leaves passengers stranded

Scores of passengers were left stranded at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday morning after an Air Zimbabwe flight to Bulawayo took to the skies two hours earlier than scheduled.There were unconfirmed reports that the re…

Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:42hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga rescues stranded family

Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has come to the rescue of the family of a Zimbabwean cyclist who was found dead in Belgium by helping to source funds for the repatriation of his body.Abel Muchenje, who was 33 and left the country for B…

Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa flies stranded family home

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rescued a Zimbabwean woman and her three children who had been stranded in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the past three years.Ms Blessing Kapora (28) who has been making frantic efforts to return hom…

Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean family still stranded at Bangkok airport

A Zimbabwean family of eight is still stranded at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, three months after they were denied boarding flights to Spain because they had overstayed their Thai tourist visas - at the same time, having overstayed, the…

Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 11:12hrs | 8 | by Coconuts

80 MPs left stranded in Harare hotels

ABOUT 80 Zanu-PF and MDC-T Members of Parliament from outside Harare yesterday claimed that they were left stranded at different hotels in the capital over the weekend after Parliament failed to supply them with fuel to enable them to driv…

Published: 10 Feb 2014 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean woman loses cash in shack fire, stranded

A ZIMBABWEAN woman based in South Africa needs to go home, but she does not have money or a passport.Lydia Zevezeve, 31, who used to raise money by selling scrap metals at Polokwane dumping site, lost R3,700 in cash when her shack caught f…

Published: 20 Aug 2012 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Cancer patients in Bulawayo and surrounding areas stranded

Cancer patients in Bulawayo and surrounding areas have been left stranded as the city's only radiotherapy machine housed at Mpilo Central Hospital ceased working, the Chronicle reported.Mpilo is a referral hospital that services Matabelela…

Published: 26 Jun 2012 at 04:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

UK deported Zimbabwean woman stranded in Kenya

A Zimbabwean woman is stranded at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after a controversial deportation from the United Kingdom. Agnes Alexander Namakonje, 43, has been in the country since October 19 last year when she was deported on…

Published: 05 Mar 2012 at 16:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Nations scramble to evacuate their citizens stranded in Libya

Governments scrambled by air and sea to pick up their citizens stranded by Libya's bloody unrest on Tuesday, with thousands of people crowding the airport to await evacuation and Egyptians gathering at the border to escape the chaos."The a…

Published: 23 Feb 2011 at 06:02hrs | | by Byo24NEWS

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Victoria Falls to host high-stakes conference

2 die in Bulawayo hit-and-runs

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High Court nullifies US$140,000 property sale in divorce dispute

Bulawayo records major HIV decline

Elderly overlooked in HIV prevention

Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

General Mutamba honoured with Zimbabwe's top policing award

Woman found buried in garden, stepdaughter arrested

Zimbabwe's highways double as drug pipelines

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Mnangagwa caps 640 HIT graduates

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