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Zanu-PF gold wars turn nasty
A NASTY fight for mining rights has erupted over gold mining claims in Umfurudzi Game Park where violence is said to be the order of the day between machetewielding Zanu-PF youths from rival camps....Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Mbanje grower jailed 5 years
A 36-YEAR-OLD Shamva cannabis grower was sentenced to 5 years behind bars yesterday by Bindura provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera.Chenjerai Zebron pleaded guilty to the charge.The c...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1217 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF MP implicated in gold wars
Shamva North MP Oscar Gorerino (Zanu-PF) has been accused of using machete gangs to forcibly take gold ore using his party and parliamentary vehicle from Wickman 23 mine in Umfurudzi Game Park that is...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:33hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister removed from remand
FORMER Cabinet minister Nicholas Goche has been removed from remand at the Bindura Magistrates Court today on charges of stealing 18 steers valued at US$18 000 from a Shamva farmer.Goche (79) ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 20:01hrs | 3287 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Toll fee hike on the cards
Toll fees are to be reviewed as current ones are no longer adequate for the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to fund required road maintenance, legislators were told yesterday. T...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 438 | by Staff writer
DCC candidates ordered to campaign
ZANU PF Candidates for the District Coordinating Committee in Mashonaland Central province have been given the green light to the campaign.Addressing the party Provincial leadership in Bindura...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 17:17hrs | 355 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe police beefs up para-military unit
SOME 352 junior officers drafted into a police crack unit specifically to deal with protests earlier this year, have all been transferred to the ZRP's para-military Support Unit, NewZimbabwe.com repor...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:51hrs | 6350 | by Staff reporter
Harare closes off Mbare Musika bus terminus
The country's busiest bus terminus Mbare Musika has been closed to the public for renovations, the City of Harare said on Monday.The terminus was temporarily shut down following an outbreak of...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:25hrs | 3351 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healer speaks on Murehwa boy's murder
THE mystery surrounding the whereabouts of slain seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore's missing head and hands has deepened.The traditional healer suspected to be the brains behind the ritual murder i...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1293 | by Staff Reporter
Tapiwa Makore's murderers must be executed, says MP
ZANU-PF legislator for Mhangura, Precious Masango yesterday raised a matter of privilege in the National Assembly over the recent gruesome murder of a seven-year-old Murewa boy Tapiwa Makore by his un...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:08hrs | 2474 | by Staff reporter
Goche freed on $50,000 bail
Former state security minister Nicholas Goche was freed on Z$50,000 bail on Thursday after he was charged with stock theft.Goche appeared at the Bindura Magistrates Court following his arrest ...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 19:22hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle plates chaos: CVR blames police
PARLIAMENT yesterday ordered the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) to formally in-form motorists that new number plates were not available and allow them to continue using temporary plates until governme...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
Gamatox ready for ZANU-PF DCC
Gamatox king pin in Mashonaland Central province Nicholas Goche is allegedly planting his team in ZANU PF Mash Central ahead of the fourthcoming &nb...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 05:08hrs | 2613 | by Staff Reporter
Father mistakenly gives infant poison
There was a tragic incident in Shamva after a 31-year-old father, Passmore Nicholas, allegedly accidentally fed his one-year-old son cattle dip chemical t...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 13:05hrs | 2871 | by Staff Reporter
Police kombi shooting: Fresh details emerge
POLICE have arrested the driver of a fleeing unregistered kombi and two cops following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman which occurred in Gletwyn, Harare, on Wednesday.National police...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest driver in kombi shooting incident
Police have arrested the driver of the unregistered kombi in which a passenger was shot and killed while another was seriously injured near Juru Growth Point along the Harare-Nyamapanda Road on Wednes...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:50hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Armed police open fire on speeding kombi, one killed
Armed police opened fire on an unregistered speeding kombi yesterday killing one passenger and seriously injuring another near Juru along the Mutoko-Nyamapanda road. Police have launched an in...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 21:30hrs | 3460 | by Staff Reporter
Police arrest 14 948 people in Gweru and Mazowe
Details of the Zimbabwe Republic Police have arrested 14 948 people in Mazowe, Shamva, Gweru and other sites around the country since the commencement of the operation chikorokoza ngachipere.A...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 12:11hrs | 3187 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fuel dealer's house up in flames
AN illegal Shamva fuel dealer is nursing burns at a local hospital after his house which had fuel in stock was gutted yesterday.Tapiwa ...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 20:33hrs | 5355 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Villagers arrest transformer thieves
VILLAGERS at Dillion farm, Shamva teamed up and effected citizen arrest on three Harare suspected Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), transformer thieves.The ma...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2472 | by Simbarashe Sithole
LIST: 330 police officers called for special training before 31 July demo
The Zimbabwe Republic Police special training phase 2 stopped in March due to COVID-19 is hurriedly resumed next week.This is contained in an internal memo sent to police stations.The ...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 18:37hrs | 5302 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cop arrested at roadblock
A Harare man was slapped with a three-month jail term for impersonating a police officer while driving without a licence.Daniel Chibvongodze (29) appeared before Bindura magistrate Ethel Chich...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gold mines lure investor despite economic ruin
ZIMBABWE'S biggest gold mines are being snapped up by Mauritius-based Sotic International Ltd as the price of bullion soars to the highest in more than eight years.Landela Mining Ventures Ltd,...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:42hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Metallon sells gold assets to Tagwirei's Landela
MZI Khumalo's Metallon has completed the sale of Shamva Mine to Kuda Tagwirei's Landela Mining Ventures, while the sale of Mazowe Mine is expected shortly.The transaction represents a change o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga: An African icon sent from God
Frank Buyanga is famous for his fast cars and power moves in different boardrooms and stock exchanges across the world. Frank Buyanga has been praised by some sections of the media while others have v...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 12:11hrs | 3588 | by Nicholas Ncube
Chihuri dossier exposes govt rot
EXILED former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly used their spouses as conduits to grab lucrative te...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 4419 | by Staff reporter
Machete wielding thieves jailed
Two notorious Shamva machete wielding men were jailed yesterday after appearing before Bindura provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera for burglary.Witness Makuni (34) was slapped with an ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 20:51hrs | 1296 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Doctors joining nurses' strike
JUNIOR doctors have threatened to go on strike, joining the industrial action by nurses that started last week citing deteriorating working conditions, which will negatively affect the country's battl...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Police accident kills 4
Four people died, while two others were seriously injured this afternoon when a speeding Toyota police vehicle they were travelling in veered ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 21:36hrs | 9164 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe records over 100 cases of harassment, intimidation during lockdown
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that in the past month it recorded 110 cases of harassment and intimidation in the country.The organisation said the majority of the cases are attribute...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:24hrs | 120 | by Stephen Jakes
Cop nabbed for issuing a fake travel pass
A member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) stationed at Shamva is in soup after he "dubiously" issued a fake exemption travel pass to a resident....Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 21:43hrs | 2807 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Chihuri ordered to explain his wealth
All known Zimbabwean assets of former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri have now been placed under management while Chihuri, who is accused of side-tracking US$32 million of public funds i...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Smoking cop dies in a mine pit
Bindura cop Mernard Chinyanga from Criminal Investigations Department (CID) allegedly fell in a mine pit and died yesterday while smoking a cigarette in Shamva.Sources familiar with the incide...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 16:47hrs | 2783 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe army, police top list of rights violators
HUMAN rights lobby group, Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has accused the government of fostering tyranny masked as enforcement of lockdown to curb the spread of COV1D-19 as human rights violation cases ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 09:36hrs | 1615 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri case: More properties unearthed
Twelve more properties linked to former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri have now been identified and the State wants these added to the list of frozen properties pending the outcome of i...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:03hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Buglars jailed
Two notorious Shamva buglars were sentenced to 15 months each for breaking into three different tuckshops and stealing groceries at Bindura magistrates co...Published: 20 May 2020 at 22:40hrs | 1964 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Chihuri up for diverting US$32m
Former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri is suspected of diverting US$32 million of public funds into family companies and buying a large swathe of property, which the State now wants froz...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:49hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
There is a method to the MDC's antics
If personal emotional disposition lingering on the vile side could miraculously turn into reality, then the world must stand ready for an implosion that will usher in the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 773 | by Ranga Mataire
Family buries wrong corpse
A BINDURA family on Tuesday buried a wrong corpse following a case of mistaken identity.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the case."I can conf...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 3296 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco contractor fights Covid-19
Tobacco farmers in Mashonaland Central province contracted to Voedsel company, Mvurwi branch are going through serious screening as the tobacco &nbs...Published: 13 May 2020 at 20:42hrs | 1601 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mashonaland Central malaria cases blamed on artisanal mining, proximity to Mozambique
THE record increase in malaria cases in Mashonaland Central has been attributed largely to widespread socio-economic activities such as mining and farming that predisposed populations to malaria....Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 271 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes niece (14) in the bush
A 21-YEAR -OLD Shamva man was arraigned before a Bindura magistrate Moreblessing Makati today facing a rape charge.The suspect (name wi...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 19:42hrs | 2761 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Illegal miner dies after defying lockdown
A Shamva based illegal miner was trapped to death yesterday after a disused shaft he was prospecting for gold in collapsed.Liberty Matu...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 10:50hrs | 1845 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Macheso officially hands over ECD block
SUNGURA kingpin Alick Macheso has officially handed over an Early Childhood Development (ECD) block at his former school Enterprise Primary today.Macheso built the school with the help of Enha...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 12:20hrs | 4248 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nhlanhla Ndiweni berates Mnangagwa's govt
Outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has lambasted the government for failing to designate community radio stations to Ndebele communities.He defined this segregation ...Published: 07 Mar 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2090 | by Staff reporter
Mine shaft collapses 2 feared dead
Two artisanal miners are feared dead after a mine shaft they were working in collapsed on Tuesday morning in Shamva.The accident occurred at Lumbo18 Zuze Syndicate Mine.National Police...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 11:54hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Job-seeking expedition ends in tragedy
A JOB-SEEKING expedition ended tragically for Uzumba twins after one of them drowned while crossing a flooded Nyaguwe River in a makeshift canoe.Twenty-six-year-old Lovemore Gunde's body was r...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu says we cannot pretend all is well
Following the suspension of Zanu-PF youth league leaders Godfrey Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu from their positions in the ruling party after they spoke strongly against corruption outside the party par...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:02hrs | 2775 | by Staff reporter
ZBC monopoly to be broken
The government on Thursday took the first step to break the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Cooperation's television monopoly by inviting applications for six new free-to-air commercial TV licences.The ...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2803 | by Staff reporter
BAZ calls for community radio and television licence applications
THE Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has made a call for applications from Zimbabweans wishing to operate community radio, television and campus stations.Six free to air national comme...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
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