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Pirate taxis continue to wreak havoc on Zimbabwe's roads
Zimbabwe's roads remain a death trap as pirate taxis, commonly known as Mushikashika, continue to wreak havoc through reckless driving, causing chaos, traffic congestion, and endangering the lives of ...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:34hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Villager dies after losing 37 cattle to January disease
A villager from Senkwasi in Zhombe, Midlands Province, has tragically died from high blood pressure after losing 37 head of cattle to January disease, a tick-borne infection that continues to wreak ha...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:05hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe names more illicit drinks
The Government has announced a sweeping ban on a range of dangerous alcoholic beverages through Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 62 of 2025, invoking the Harmful Liquids Act to combat the growing threa...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:24hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs wreak havoc in Bulawayo
Fear and frustration are mounting across Bulawayo as machete-wielding gangs continue to terrorise residents in several suburbs, leaving a trail of violence, injury, and trauma in their wake.Ov...Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:37hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miners wreak havoc in Mberengwa, Filabusi
Relations between local communities - including low-level employees, villagers, and chiefs - and Chinese nationals working in mining operations have sharply deteriorated in the Dolo and Filabusi areas...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Bed Bugs Appear to Have a Genetic Resistance to Pesticides
A mutation that helps insects survive our chemical onslaught has been found in one of the worst places imaginable: the genome of the common bed bug.For better or worse, we had these itchy litt...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 09:16hrs | 2046 | by Erick Matotoba
Lions wreak havoc in Marange
A series of lion attacks in Mutsago village, located in Marange, Manicaland province, has sparked fear and uncertainty among residents who are now grappling with the loss of livestock and growing safe...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:45hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Geoff Nyarota betrayed the people of Matabeleland and Midlands
The recent passing of Geoff Nyarota, an award-winning veteran journalist and writer, has reopened a painful chapter in Zimbabwe's history.While lauded by others as a doyen of journalism, both ...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 05:29hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
49 killed as heavy rains wreak havoc
FORTY-NINE people have been killed in extreme weather incidents that have been recorded since the start of the rainy season, with the authorities forecasting more heavy rains across the country until ...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:45hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
80% of Matebeleland South roads untrafficable
At least 80% of the road infrastructure in Matebeleland South has been severely damaged by heavy rains that have pounded Zimbabwe in recent weeks, a Zanu-PF lawmaker has claimed. The province has been...Published: 02 Feb 2025 at 18:50hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
15 dead as heavy rains ravage Zimbabwe
At least 15 people have died, and 785 households have been affected across Zimbabwe as relentless rains continue to wreak havoc in many parts of the country. The devastation, recorded since September ...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 06:57hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains wreak havoc at clinic, patients at risk
Saphila Clinic in Insiza South has been forced into a healthcare crisis after heavy rains destroyed its solar panels, leaving the facility without power and severely disrupting operations.Ward...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:45hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean diaspora urged to care for parents
A Zimbabwean official from a drought-stricken southern district has issued a heartfelt plea for Zimbabwean immigrants living in neighboring South Africa to urgently assist their families and relatives...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 09:13hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Panners wreak havoc in Gwanda
Residents of Gwanda in Matabeleland South have raised serious concerns about the adverse effects of increasing artisanal mining activities, which have led to environmental damage, livestock deaths, an...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:16hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Chief pleads for more police deployments as illegal miners wreak havoc
Chief Khulumani Mathema of Gwanda North has called on the government to deploy additional police personnel to his community to address the rising violence associated with illegal mining activities....Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:18hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Villagers sell their livestock for a song
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland and Midlands are being forced to sell off their livestock for a song to buy a few bags of maize and other basics as the effects of the El Nino-induced drought set in....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Innocent Mpoki
Miners wreak havoc on roads
GOVERNMENT has expressed shock after illegal gold miners dug a four-metre tunnel under a section of the Gwanda-Beitbridge Road as vandalism of national infrastructure persists.Road and railway...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:48hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunters wreak havoc in Mhondoro-Ngezi
Stories of witch hunters wreaking havoc in rural areas have been told repeatedly, but gullible villagers continue to fall victim to the scammers.Known as tsikamutandas or gauras, the purported...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Floods wreak havoc in Chitungwiza
Strong rains in and around Chitungwiza over the past few days brought up the Nyatsime River and its tributaries flooding lower lying areas and damaging or destroying homes in the town.The floo...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:13hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has made a lot of mistakes because he is trying
IN the aftermath of local political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls tsunami and by-elections that have shaken the main opposition CCC to the core and disrupted it badly, party leader Nelson Chami...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 18:58hrs | 3 | by Dumisani Muleya
Storms wreak havoc Zimbabwe-wide
HEAVY storms swept across most parts of the country on Monday leaving a trail of destruction with the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) warning of more thunderstorms particularly in eastern and...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 20:14hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's worst nightmare
ON November 4 2023, the High Court of Zimbabwe issued a judgment in favour of Sengezo Tshabangu in the case of Prince Dubeko Sibanda and others.The case was filed by former legislators, who we...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:44hrs | 4 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Gold panners wreak havoc in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO municipal police have arrested 140 illegal miners since January for panning for gold near the city's water bodies, causing massive siltation.This is revealed in the council's environm...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:48hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Hail storm wreak havoc in Mazowe
Residents at Hunderson Research Mazowe had some of their asbestos destroyed by hail this evening......Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 21:50hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Invaders wreak havoc in Ntabazinduna
VILLAGERS in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North have appealed for help to repossess their communal lands including grazing fields that have been invaded by outsiders.According to the villagers, ...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 10:13hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere heeded calls from Zimbabweans to run for Presidency
INDEPENDENT Presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has said prior to joining the electoral race information from grassroots had indicated possible voter apathy owing to the lack of vibrant candidat...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Matebeleland South
CHIEF Jahana of Matebeleland South province has expressed concern over illegal gold miners who are terrorising villagers in the province.In an interview with Southern Eye recently, the traditi...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe health experts fret over cholera resurgence
HEALTH experts have expressed concern over the resurgence in cholera cases, which they blame on poor sanitation and a lack of long-term planning for water supplies in urban areas.Community Wor...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
2022/23 rains wreak havoc countrywide
TWENTY-FIVE people died, while at least 3 100 households were destroyed countrywide by rainfall-related disasters throughout the 2022-23 rainy seasons, latest data shows.Statistics released by...Published: 23 Mar 2023 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc at school
KWEKWE's Globe and Phoenix Primary School is under siege from illegal gold panners who are randomly digging within its premises, forcing the institution to decommission some of its classroom blocks....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere lives in fear in Joburg as Harare steps up pressure
SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwean minister and Zanu-PF political heavyweight Saviour Kasukuwere is living in fear in Johannesburg, South Africa, as the Harare government steps up pressure behind the scene...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean illegal miners wreak havoc in Botswana, SA
To the residents of Matsiloje in northern Botswana, no foreigner is unwelcome unless they commit a crime.This is due to their own lives being deeply linked with their fellow clan members in Zi...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:24hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE risks sinking into a deeper power crisis amid reports that the country's power utility Zesa is on the brink of collapse due to an unsustainable tariff regime, NewsDay has learnt.The p...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe power crisis worsens
STRUGGLING national power utility Zesa Holdings has extended a plea for help to big miners by constituting a group called the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) to provide off-take guarantees in hard...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreak havoc in Manicaland
SELF-STYLED witch-hunters commonly known as Tsikamutandas are wreaking havoc in Manicaland province where they are ripping off unsuspecting villagers of their livestock in the guise of "cleaning their...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreaking havoc in communities
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area", reported Chronicle in Septemb...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Student Thieves Wreak Havoc at Midlands State University
The Editor,Despite the advertised core values of Honesty, Integrity, Accountability, and Respect for others among other values, Midlands State University students are facing uncertain future d...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 17:00hrs | 7 | by Sam Wezhira
Zanu-PF terror gangs haunt Kwekwe
AT the turn of the new millennium, dozens of Zanu-PF supporters turned up at a newly built lodge, Jessie Gardens and the guest of honour was Owen Ncube, better known by his moniker Mudha Mugabe then....Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 17:16hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Horrific tales of murderous weapons in Zhombe, Silobela
ON 21 January, a team of police officers and journalists led by Officer Commanding Midlands province Commissioner Winston Muza descended on Silobela to meet community leaders, who included those from ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 21:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Highway robbers wreak havoc in Mashonaland East
POLICE in Chivhu, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a gang of four people linked to a spate of armed robberies along the highways.The suspects are believed to be using an ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Floods wreak havoc as downpours persist
The persistent rains falling countrywide have seen the usual seasonal flooding in some areas and blocked drains in urban areas.The rainy season started late, but since New Year rain has been f...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rogues wreak havoc on forex auction, says RBZ
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency auction system is under siege from a cartel of rogue local and international companies externalising millions of United States dollars (USD) under a well-orchestrated schem...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners wreak havoc in Esigodini
gold panners have reportedly wreaked havoc in Esigodini, Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South province, leaving unclaimed pits that pose a danger to human lives.Esigodini is well known fo...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Donkey rustlers wreak havoc in Nyamandlovu
VILLAGERS in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North province, have raised concern over an increase in livestock theft, especially involving donkeys.Several villagers said the livestock theft cases of...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Underground coal fires wreak havoc in Hwange
A ROAD in the mining and resort town of Hwange has been ripped apart by raging underground coal fires which have been wreaking havoc unattended for months despite authorities having been notified....Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sand poachers wreak havoc in Bulawayo
ILLEGAL sand poachers are now targeting undeveloped housing stands in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb, leaving unclaimed pits that pose a danger to children.Two children drowned in one of the u...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:48hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Rampant corruption in Zimbabwe jails
CORRUPTION is rampant in Zimbabwe's prison facilities as wardens and inmates frequently fraternise to relax and ease jail terms and conditions, a top official has said.Zimbabwe Prison and Corr...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers wreak havoc in Matebeleland South
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland South province have raised concern over the increase in livestock theft in their area, and have blamed the police for failure to curb the vice.The most affected areas...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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