A SUSPECTED gold panner (makorokoza) allegedly killed and dumped on railway line and body cut into two by a train.

A SUSPECTED gold panner  (makorokoza) allegedly killed and dumped on railway line and body cut into two by a train.

  A SUSPECTED gold panner was allegedly killed and his body thrown onto a railway line where it was crushed by a train.   The body was found in two halves near the railway line in Colleen Bawn on Monday morning.   Sources said the unidentified man appeared to have been killed while coming from a beer drink.   They said the body may have been thrown onto the track to cover up for the…

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Three dead and several injured after Inter-Africa Bus Services Bus head-on collision with a car in Esigodini.

  THREE people were killed while several others were seriously injured yesterday when a bus they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with a car in Esigodini. The accident occurred along the Beitbridge-Bulawayo Road shortly after 5PM. The bus, belonging to Inter-Africa Bus Services, was coming from Chipinge headed for Bulawayo while the car, a Mazda Demio was coming from Bulawayo. The number of people who were injured and their conditions could…

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Lupane Woman (32) Decapitates Daughter (1) Before Failed Suicide Attempt

A WOMAN allegedly chopped off her one-year-old daughter’s head with an axe before attempting to commit suicide by stabbing herself with a knife. Keresia Hlabangana, 32, of Sivukwe area in Lupane district, allegedly breastfed her baby before decapitating her on Saturday. She is under heavy police guard at St Luke’s Hospital in Lupane where she is admitted in the intensive care unit. The motive for the murder is yet to be established. Hlabangana’s family told The…

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ZIFA Bulawayo Provincial Chair Dies In Parkade Centre building, Microfinance Lending Queue

ZIFA Bulawayo Provincial Chair  Dies In Parkade Centre building, Microfinance Lending Queue

ZIFA Bulawayo provincial chairman Washington Chimanda collapsed and died while waiting to be served at a microfinance lending institution at Parkade Centre building in the city centre. According to Zifa Southern Region board member Bryton Malandule, who arrived moments after the tragic incident, Chimanda, a senior teacher at Emakhandeni Primary School, initially complained that he was not feeling well while in the queue. “I’m told seconds after complaining of dizziness, he collapsed and an ambulance…

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Scotch Cart Driver Assaulted With Sjambok & Wheel Spanner

Bulilima man , 23, ended up being admitted into the Intensive Care Unit at United Bulawayo Hospitals after an enraged driver severely assaulted him with a wheel spanner and a sjambok as punishment for blocking the road with his donkey-drawn cart. Thomas Mutika who works in South Africa was driving along Gonde-Muke gravel Road in Bulilima when he was blocked by Prayer Mtimwe’s donkey-drawn cart. Mutika was offended by Mtimwe who allegedly took long to…

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‘Mpilo Cancer Patient’s Arm Decomposes And Is Amputated After Wrong Injection’

‘Mpilo Cancer Patient’s Arm Decomposes  And Is Amputated After  Wrong Injection’

A MAN has had his arm amputated after a nurse at Mpilo Central Hospital allegedly gave him a wrong injection which caused it to rot. The hospital has admitted wrong-doing and performed the amputation free of charge. Austin Ndlovu, 63, of Bhazhe Village was amputated on Monday night following fears that the gangrene on his arm would spread to the rest of his body. The decomposing arm, Ndlovu told The Chronicle yesterday, was producing a…

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Hugh Beadle Primary School Teacher, ‘Sibongile Nyathi (54)’ Facing A Charge Of Assaulting Pupil, (6),

Hugh Beadle Primary School Teacher, ‘Sibongile Nyathi (54)’  Facing A Charge Of Assaulting Pupil, (6),

A BULAWAYO primary school teacher, who allegedly assaulted a Grade One pupil resulting in the boy accidentally stabbing himself with a sharp pencil in the head, appeared in court yesterday. Sibongile Nyathi, 54, of Nketa, who is a teacher at Hugh Beadle Primary School, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Marylin Mutshina, facing a charge of assaulting the boy, 6, two months ago. Nyathi allegedly assaulted the minor for failing to space words in sentences using his…

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