Monthly Archives: February 2025

 

Did our freedom fighters go to war for a shack, borehole, and solar panel?

Source: Did our freedom fighters go to war for a shack, borehole, and solar panel? Forty-five years after Zimbabwe attained independence, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has suddenly launched a flurry of so-called “presidential schemes” targeted at veterans of the liberation struggle. Tendai Ruben Mbofana In just a matter of weeks, a $1.5 million “Presidential War […]
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Two-year-old boy vanishes in Bulawayo, family and police launch search

Sidumisile Mabena, sidumisile77mabena@gmail.com A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy’s disappearance has sparked a frantic search in Bulawayo, after he vanished while playing outside his home on 26 January 2025. Meluleki Junior Nkiwane, a toddler from Dankirk Farm along Solusi Road was playing outside with other minors when he went missing, leaving his family and authorities searching for answers. […] …
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Herd boy jailed 18 years for raping neighbour’s child

Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau A 25-year-old man employed as a herd boy in the Tshinvhazwimi area under Chief Tshitaudze in Beitbridge was on Friday jailed for an effective 15 for raping a form two pupil (aged 15) who had been left in his custody on New Year’s Eve. Mickson Ncube was arrested after raping the […] …
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Abandoned fish pond claims two children’s lives

Diana Baloyi Moyo, Online Reporter IN a tragic incident, two children—a four-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl—died after drowning in a neglected fish pond at Madubeko Village in Mataga, Mberengwa, on Saturday. According to a statement posted on X by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the victims were collecting nyii fruits at an abandoned homestead in […] …
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Bulawayo man caged 20 years for raping mentally unstable daughter

Sinokubonga Nkala sinokubongapnkala@gmail.com A Bulawayo court has handed down a hefty 20-year prison sentence to a 61-year-old man from Upper Rangemore, convicted of the heinous crime of raping his stepdaughter, who suffers from mental instability. Allegations surfaced that on November 21, 2024, at approximately 3PM, the accused committed a serious offense by engaging in sexual […] …
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Men outnumber females in borrowing money – RBZ

Nqobile Bhebhe A Credit Registry database has revealed that men overwhelmingly outnumber women across nearly all eligible age groups seeking loans from financial institutions. The Credit Registry, which went live in 2017, addresses Zimbabwe’s ease of doing business deficiencies relating to getting credit and explores two sets of issues, strength of credit reporting systems and […] …
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