Floods close school, disrupting education
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, [email protected] rains have brought lessons to a standstill at Seboza Primary School in Gwanda. Floodwaters inundated teachers’ accommodation and several classrooms, forcing staff to evacuate. The teachers lost…
Cocoa’s rise continues with another Nama nod
Mthabisi Tshuma, [email protected] Bulawayo-born dancer Cocoa (Ellain Ncube) is celebrating her second consecutive nomination at the National Arts Merit Awards (Nama), cementing her transition from modelling to dance. Now based in…
“I was restricting him” – Grandmother’s change of heart on disability
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, [email protected] Nkosiphile Lubombo, from Insiza District, hasn’t let his physical disability define him. He’s become a valued member of his community, enjoying a full and active life, much…
Safety, sisterhood, and speed: Female drivers rev up Bulawayo’s taxis
Peter Matika, [email protected]’S public transport system, known for its intensity, is attracting a new breed of drivers — women. They are taking on the mushikashika sector in their Honda Fits,…
THIEVES DUG A TUNNEL INTO A BANK, STOLE US$70M
FORTALEZA. − The Banco Central burglary has become one of the most infamous and daring heists in criminal history. The robbers managed to tunnel their way into the vault of…
THE KIDNAPPING, THE £154M HEIST
LONDON. − On February 22, 2006, one of Britain’s biggest robbery took place. This started on a cold evening on February 21 and lasted for 22 hours till February 22. …
A DARK WORLD OF BANK ROBBERS . . . ECOBANK HEIST – ZIM’S WORST BANK ROBBERY
FOUR months ago, six armed robbers casually walked towards a Cash-In-Transit truck, outside a bank in Bulawayo Central Business District, and dragged trunks, loaded with cash, to a waiting truck…
33 new Victoria Falls school pupils’ dream fading, New school, no teachers, no lessons
Leonorah Ncube in Victoria FallsMASUWE Secondary School, a new build from last year, thanks to a local hospitality group, was supposed to transform the lives of its students. The goal…
GIVE DRAKE A HUG
SYDNEY. − “Gimme a hug, Gimme a hug!,” pleads Drake on one track from his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U. After the month and year he’s had, perhaps…
HAD ENOUGH
SIR JIM RATCLIFFE and the rest of INEOS are “sick” of hearing about Manchester United’s glorious past and recent decline. And some within United’s hierarchy believe the recent struggles go…











