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Murdered granny's corpse burnt
A 38-year-old man from Chipinge has been arrested for the alleged murder of an elderly woman and a young child, and for burning the woman's body.Trust Sithole of Manyara Village under Chief Mu...Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:21hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters torch headman's home
Headman Siabbubi of Chabwidi area under Chief Siabuwa in Binga and his family reportedly cheated death by a whisker when three assailants who are suspected Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) supporte...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to implement climate change proofing Agricultural practices
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to plan thoroughly and elevate their agricultural practices as mitigation measures to cou...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 22 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zupco to revive traditional bus routes
AN additional 667 buses are needed to enable the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) to provide a more efficient service following the ban of private operators in the country.Private-ow...Published: 20 May 2021 at 06:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gweru women turn grass into money
WOMEN from the Midlands capital are earning a living from selling grass to thatchers while conserving the environment through minimising the spread of veld fires.The women sell a bundle of tha...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mysterious fire burns more property
IT never rains but pours for the Matope family, which continues to live in perpetual fear and desperation after the mysterious fire burnt three more huts last Friday in Marange.The fire occasi...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Family flees from mysterious fire
A family from Marange is living in perpetual fear after a mysterious fire torched three huts and reduced all household property to nothing.So strange is the fire, which occasionally resurfaces...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe empire expansion leaves 50 familes homeless
Police yesterday swooped again on Arnold Farm and pulled down over 50 homes allegedly to pave way for First Lady Grace Mugabe, who reportedly wants to expand her business empire in Mazowe....Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers brutally assault woman over 'Mugabe cloth'
A Victoria Falls woman was on Saturday brutally assaulted by members of the presidential guard after they spotted her using a wrapping cloth emblazoned with President Robert Mugabe's face to strap th...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 04:51hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Classroom collapses, pupils injured
THREE pupils sustained injuries when a mud and pole classroom collapsed during lessons at Kalungwizi Secondary School in Lusulu, Binga.Matabeleland North provincial education director Boithate...Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in court for stealing grass
ZANU-PF councillor in Victoria Falls, Elias Mzamba, on Monday appeared in court for stealing thatch grass worth $150 from Woodlands Camp on the outskirts of the resort town.Mzamba, the council...Published: 15 Jan 2014 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Love rat, mistress flee burning hut
A CHEATING husband and his married lover were forced to flee their burning love nest after his wife set the hut on fire. An enraged Ms Nomna Nyilika (37) from Engxungweni Village in the Mbemb...Published: 26 Nov 2013 at 01:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills stepdaughter for soiling herself
A 30-year-old Nkayi man who last year fatally assaulted his two-year-old step-daughter for soiling herself and "crying too much" has been sentenced to nine years in prison.Mpikayipheli Nxumal...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 04:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jilted man torches hut, 2 killed, 3 injured
TRAGEDY struck a Zhombe family on Monday morning when a jilted man torched the bedroom hut where seven members of the family, including his son, were sleeping resulting in the death of two children....Published: 13 Feb 2013 at 04:52hrs | | by Midlands Bureau Chief
Homestead burnt down in 'love triangle'
A Kezi family in Matabeleland South is lucky to be alive after its homestead was burnt down at night destroying all three huts and property.The family is now living in roofless huts, with a tw...Published: 25 Jun 2012 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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