A drug dealer from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo, known as MaHadebe to her underage customers, was on Friday fined $60 after pleading guilty to illegal possession of dagga. Janet Ndlovu, believed to be one of the dealers supplying drugs to school children in the city, was arrested last Wednesday.Police officers on patrol arrested her after receiving a tip-off that Ndlovu was dealing in dangerous dr

Enkwalini which has gained a reputation as the 'death pool', located in Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb has claimed yet another victim after the body of a man was found floating in the pool in a suspected case of suicide. Victor Sibanda, 18, of Entumbane is suspected to have committed suicide in the pool which has become an easy spot for people to kill themselves. A passersby stumbled on Sibanda's bod

Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa has revealed that government acknowledges its dept to white farmers who lost their land during the Land Reform Programme.Chinamasa told delegates at a consensus based compensation mechanisms workshop meeting that the government would need time to pay the farmers.He said contrary to reports that a $10 billion fund had been created, the compensation figure will on

Mpilo Central Hospital, located in Bulawayo has cried foul over its failure to cater for the whole of Matebeland adequately due to acute shortage of staff and medicationMpilo acting chief executive officer Leonard Mabhandi told Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko when he toured the institution on Friday that the hospital was severely understaffed as from the 2,996 posts available at the hospital onl

A pirate taxi driver allegedly ran over a female police officer from Lalapanzi at a roadblock in an attempt to evade paying a fine on Easter Monday.Brian Bepe, 31, from Gweru allegedly sped from the scene where he had mauled Constable Esline Matarirano by his vehicle before bypassing a tollgate between Mvuma and Gweru in a bid to escape arrest.Bepe was arrested at a roadblock near Thornhill Airbas

The fight over control of the late  Nkulumane Member of Parliament, Thamsanqa Mahlangu, surges on as her widow, Brenda Zaranyika has made a High Court application to revoke the appointment of Pretty Maphosa as an executor of her husband's estate and requesting that the Assistant Master of the High Court, a Mr Antonio recuse himself from the matter.In court papers filed recently, the widow, Za

Ex-detainees and war collaborated have demanded a meeting President Mugabe, to present their grievances.Zimbabwe Liberation War Collaborators and Association (Ziliwaco) national chairperson Pupurai Togarepi said that they had tabled a request to meet President Mugabe via War Veterans Minister Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube.He said Rtd Col Dube had given them assurance that the meeting would be held

Milton High School head, William Ncube and his deputy Nosizi Muleya are likely to be demoted and transferred after a disciplinary hearing instituted by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education suggested that the two leave the Bulawayo school for gross financial mismanagement.The two were suspended in October last year after an audit exposed that the two allegedly swindled the institution of

Government has announce plans to temporary shelve plans to introduce toll gates within cities. Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Dr Joram Gumbo could not shed much on the suspension of the urban tollgate programme, he said Government was concentrating on revamping the country's road network.Reliable sources within the ministry reveled to a weekly publication that the urban toll

A Midlands state university worker who allegedly committed suicide after physical and verbal abuse by his wife has been accused of co-habiting with a woman in Zvishavane whom his son claims is a student.It is alleged the late Themba Manjoro, who worked as a security guard at the MSU Zvishavane campas could not stomach abuse by his wife who would sometimes not give him money and food leading to hi

The Bulawayo City Council has identified and condemned over 40 dilapidated buildings in the city centre since January, issuing owners with notices to rectify the identified defects in compliance with council by laws or risk possible closure.The local authority's senior public relations officer, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu said it was highly likely that the figure could increase as it was an on going exe

Zanu PF Bulawayo is yet to formalize its suspensions by submitting a report to the National Disciplinary Committee on the 19 members including Senator Angeline Masuku it suspended about two weeks ago for attending a meeting of ex-combatants that was held in Bulawayo last month. The meeting was addressed by the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association chairman, Christopher Mutsvan

Police have launched a manhunt for suspected murderers who stabbed to death a Gwanda man whose body was found lying behind a nightspot last Saturday. The body of Washington Mukanya,19, a worker at Bina Mine in the town, was found with stab wounds at the back after being attacked by unknown assailants while coming from a beer binge at a local night club.Matabeleland South police spokesperson I

Villagers who were relocated from the diamond rich Chiadzwa villages to Arda Transau have demanded answers from the government on the whereabouts of the missing $15 billion diamond revenue.The villagers told visiting members of the Justice Mayor Wadyajena led Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth and Indigenisation on Thursday that they were wallowing in poverty and not benefiting from diamon

A four year old girl died on Tuesday at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after her father brutally abused her until her untimely death. Nqobile Tembo, 31, of Emganwini suburb, has been charged with murder following the death of his daughter Blessing. Tembo initially appeared in court on March 24 charged with ill treatment and neglect of the minor. At the time, the emaciated tot was admitted to h