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Mwenezi

Telecoms regulator flexes muscles

Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator says it will order companies in the sector to connect marginalised people in Maranda, Mwenezi, who have no access to communication channels.

6 drown in Masvingo

By Freeman Razemba Six people drowned while 14 others escaped unhurt after they were swept away by water while pushing a lorry that had developed a mechanical fault at a river in Mwenezi, Masvingo Province last Friday. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident yesterday. “The incident occurred while the driver […]

Farmer to lose $50k worth of cattle

Walter Mswazie |Chronicle| A Masvingo farmer is set to lose a herd of 80 cattle valued at about $50 000, which will be destroyed by the Government after he allegedly illegally moved 20 beasts from foot and mouth disease (FMD)-hit Mwenezi district to his farm. The 20 heifers are suspected to have infected 60 head […]

50 cents for sex as drought ravages Mwenezi

Mwenezi – Food shortages are said to have ravaged Mwenezi so much that many teenagers have turned to commercial sex at Neshuro, Sarahuro and Rutenga where they are being paid 50 cents for an act. Families in the district have also resorted to harvesting an insect called cicada (nyenze) and storing it hoping that that […]

Hundreds stranded in Mwenezi after dam evictions

MWENEZI –Leaning against her makeshift pole and dagga hut, Lynnet Maraire breastfeeds her six- month- old baby boy, pondering what life will offer next as a light drizzle showered and sprayed a cool breeze which forced her to retreat into the dimly lit thatched dwelling.

Father whips Grade 3 son to death for dodging school

A Mwenezi man has been arrested for allegedly beating his nine-year-old son to death after accusing him of absconding school last weekend. Mike Chauke (28) of Alton Farm in Mwenezi repeatedly thrashed his son Respect Chauke, a Grade Three pupil, with a mopane stick until he died.

Zanu PF terror gangs going into parastatals

Mwenezi –Zanu PF has hatched a plan to conscript members of its youth brigade into all state parastatals in the area in a bid to make the State-owned companies pay salaries for its militia. Sources in Mwenezi East district said all applications for employment into the civil service in the area, were being done through […]