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Cannabis grower jailed
A Cannabis farmer Freddy Mpofu was convicted yesterday by Plumtree magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware.Mpofu of Siringavale farm was sentenced to two year in jail by Nembaware.The magistrat...Published: 9 hrs ago | 166 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Test records for Zimbabwe and Williams as Afghanistan toil
Resuming on 363 for four, the home side were all out for 586 at Queens Sports Club in the southern city. Afghanistan were 95 for two off 30 overs in reply when bad light stopped play.The Zimba...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:54hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm hits Bulawayo as Cyclone Chido looms
Bulawayo was battered by a fierce hailstorm yesterday evening, with strong winds, lightning, and balls of ice carpeting the streets and open spaces. The storm, which lasted approximately 20 minutes be...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for Cyclone Chido's impact
Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to reach Zimbabwe tomorrow afternoon, bringing strong winds and heavy rains, with authorities on high alert to mitigate potential damage and loss of life.For...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:13hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls plunged into darkness
A powerful and sudden windstorm tore through Victoria Falls on Monday evening, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The unexpected weather event, described by witnesses as a dry whirlwind, stru...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 14:55hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean tree cures erectile dysfunctional
Deep within Zimbabwe's forests lies the Mugondorosi tree, a species steeped in legend and traditional medicinal knowledge. Revered for its ability to treat male erectile dysfunction, this once-abundan...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:43hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Man runs amok, burns down mother's house
AN 18-year-old man from Ntunjambili Village in Matobo District, Matebeleland South Province reportedly ran amok and threatened to kill his mother before setting her hut ablaze and went on to destroy h...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking global migration - Unprecedented displacement spurs demand for people-focused solutions
On 14 June, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) issued his flagship annual report, Global Trends: Forced Displacement 2022. It states that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced ...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 13:14hrs | 19 | by Lansana Gberie
Tobacco farmers urged to implement good agricultural practices (GAP)
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, in special reference to small scale growers who rely on rain fed to use good agricultural practices in order to enhance their producti...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:36hrs | 18 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why Zimbabweans will vote for Zanu-PF, according to Dr Obert Mpofu
ZIMBABWE is a few weeks away from the much-awaited harmonised elections.Zanu-PF is poised for a resounding victory.Thanks to the milestone-unleashing pedigree of Cde Dr Emmerson Dambud...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:51hrs | 10 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Chevrons down but not out
Zimbabwe cricket fans suffered a heartbreak after the national cricket team, the Chevrons, stumbled in their quest to qualify for the World Cup with a defeat to Sri Lanka at Queens Sports Club in Bula...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele man harassed for tribal origin
A Ndebele-speaking man from Domboshava says he faces constant harassment from some locals who are demanding that he goes back to Matebeleland. This emerged at the Harare magistrate court ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over maize plants, onions and sugarcane
A 79-year-old man was killed in Mvurwi on Friday after he was accused of uprooting some maize plants, onions and sugarcane from the assailant's garden.Police have since arrested Francisca Muto...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 20:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
This and that with Mal'phosa: Ngayende ngabude! What?
Malema is very crafty, just like that red fox, neh? He has outsmarted everyone this time around. He can hide behind load shedding, rise in crime, Phalaphalagate etc as reasons he wants Ramaphosa gone....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:34hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Tropical storm Freddy on the rebound
Tropical storm Freddy, the longest-lived tropical cyclone on record which hit Madagascar, southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the third and fourth weeks of last month before returning to sea, is far f...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
The creation of absolute poverty and suffering in post-colonial Zimbabwe
THERE is little doubt that the advent of Zimbabwe's independence in 1980 has paradoxically generated a new debate on the notion of freedom and justice, particularly from philosophical perspectives....Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:51hrs | | by Dr Admore Tshuma
Giant tree traps tout to death
A giant tree was uprooted by a violent storm and trapped to death a 23-year-old Shamva tout this evening.Roberto Mukanwa of Mukanwa village died on the spot.Mashonaland Central provinc...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 19:04hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe cops flee Ganja farming ancestral spirits
TWO police officers fleeing down a flight of stairs with stark terror written on their faces at the crack of dawn is not an everyday occurrence.What was supposed to be a routine arrest went so...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Violent Storm kills headmistress
Bare Secondary school headmistress in Chiweshe, Mashonaland Central province was yesterday trapped to death by a tree that was uprooted by a violent storm which crashed a car she was in.Grace ...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 19:22hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Chiweshe
Marange's grave tampered with as sect fight rages on
THE Johane Marange Apostolic sect founder, Johane Muchabaya Momberume's grave was allegedly tampered with over the weekend in a suspected ritual case.The late sect leader's family members are ...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hailstorm destruction at Bulawayo schools
A HAILSTORM hit two schools in Bulawayo on Tuesday, blowing off roofs and uprooting trees.The destruction at Fusi Primary School in Gwabalanda suburb and Mzilikazi Primary School in Mzilikazi ...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Flash floods hit Beitbridge
DOZENS of Beitbridge families were left without food on Wednesday night following a violent storm that blacked out the border town and flooded several houses.No deaths or injuries were reporte...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Who will Continue your work?
INTABA enkulu idilikile sums up the impact of the death of one of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga.Cont (64) died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after be...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cont Mhlanga mourned
One of the country's icons of the arts, Cont Mhlanga, died yesterday morning at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after being admitted 10 days ago.He was 64.His family said he succum...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi's shameful outburst
Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi has published a shameful attack on the Helen Suzman Foundation and civil society.The Foundation is taking Home Affairs to court because of its decisio...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:44hrs | 9 | by GroundUp Editors
Mnangagwa reads riot act
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act on senior party members who are presenting their personal opinion as the reflection of the party's ideology and policy to the public.The Preside...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dynamos fined US$2,000 for stadium skirmishes
DYNAMOS Football Club have been fined US$4 000 while their team manager Richard Chihoro was slapped with a US$2 000 fine for disturbances which occurred when DeMbare played Bulawayo Chiefs in a Castle...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso, Dynamos battle abandoned after Dembare fans uprooted the goalposts
The game between Highlanders and Dynamos was abandoned before the fulltime whistle after chaotic scenes forced two lengthy stoppages.The first interruption happened at the hour mark and lasted...Published: 15 May 2022 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 SDA members die in accident
Four members of a Seventh Day Adventist Church music group died after a vehicle they were travelling on, veered off the road and overturned in Mawabeni along Gwanda road of Saturday.The 17-mem...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbanje grower (59) jailed
A 59-YEAR-OLD Bindura man was jailed for growing over 2000 plants of cannibis .Taurai Kanyemba of Musana Bindura was senten...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
#HowFar campaign ruffles plenty feathers
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has bemoaned the intolerance against its #HowFar campaign, an initiative to hold the government to account on public finance management....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans sue Ramaphosa, to lose case as he appoints Zondo
ZIMBABWE Exemption Permits (Zep) holders have amended their court application suing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet for cancelling their right to stay and work in the neighbour...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave trail of destruction in Bulawayo
Strong winds coupled with heavy downpours uprooted trees that fell on houses and damaged roofs in Bulawayo's Makokoba high-density suburb last week.Some of the affected residents told NewsDay ...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman charged with growing mbanje in Botswana
A Zimbabwean national in Botswana has appeared in a Francistown court charged with cultivating cannabis in her backyard.Melody Nkomo (37), an illegal immigrant in that country, was nabbed afte...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Shock as council allocates stands on tarred streets
THE corruption-riddled Harare City Council has torched yet another storm after facilitating and allocating several residential stands on tarred streets in Harare, plus converting recreation areas and ...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'No payment, no electricity'
The Government has directed Zesa Holdings to immediately institute measures to recover $15 billion it is owed by its clients in unpaid electricity bills.Under the directive only paying custome...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Malunga farm ownership wrangle turns nasty
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) lecturer Dumisani Madzivanyati has claimed that he sustained head injuries after he was allegedly struck with an iron rods early this month by co-o...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
2 die in horrific city centre accident
TWO people died on the spot in a horrific accident that occurred in Bulawayo's city centre after their car veered off the road, hit and uprooted a tree that crushed the vehicle, causing extensive dama...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ganja farmer jailed 3 years
A 39-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi Cannabis farmer was sentenced to 3 years for cultivating dagga by a Guruve resident magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa last week....Published: 02 May 2021 at 10:47hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Heavy rains to continue for next 3 months
ZIMBABWE is expected to continue receiving heavy rains for the next three months, which can cause floods in low lying areas.Speaking during Tuesday's post-Cabinet media briefing, Information m...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition still alive in Zimbabwe
The man made frictions within the opposition circles are too far from killing the opposition in Zimbabwe.The ructions have been badly misinterpreted to mean demise of the opposition in the Southern Af...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Covid-19 has alienated families
All last rites protocol thrown to the wind, priority of priorities is burial of the deceased. This pandemic has alienated families, the family tree branches are no more a one entity. Our tap-root is o...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:01hrs | 1 | by Tondo
Cannabis growers jailed 8 years
TWO Glendale cannabis growers were sentenced to a combined 8-year jail sentence by Concession resident magistrate Nixon Mangoti yesterday.Tonderai Sajeni (25) and Anymore Katandika (20) both f...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 17:53hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Excavator operator kills security guard
A SECURITY guard at Salgro Investment in Rushinga, Mashonaland Central province died yesterday when an excavator uprooted a mango tree he was on.Trust Manyanga (24) succumbed to injuries susta...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Security guard 'killed' on mango tree
A SECURITY guard at Salgro investment in Rushinga, Mashonaland Central province died yesterday after he was seriously injured by an excavator which uprooted a mango tree he was on.Manyanga Tru...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 15:26hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is Mwonzora a Zanu-PF proxy?
CORRUPTION and maladministration by the Zanu-PF government are the two twin evils that have to be uprooted from our society. However, it is disheartening to hear the recently-elected MDC-T leader Doug...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by KK
'Uploading evidence of Mnangagwa looting. Don't miss it!' twittered Moyo - 'Rinemanyanga hariputirwi'
"Today (8 December 2020) I will upload unimpeachable evidence that Mnangagwa, and his wife Auxillia, are the real barons of money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe. Don't miss it!" twittered P...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 18:32hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Smugglers intercepted
At least 38 people have been arrested in Beitbridge in separate incidents on allegations of crossing into South Africa illegally before attempting to smuggle various goods worth over R156 000 into the...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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