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- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
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JOY AS UMC GETS NEW BISHOP
THE United Methodist Church is celebrating after Bishop Gift Kudakwashe Machinga was consecrated as the Zimbabwe Episcopal Area leader at the Africa Central Conference in Johannesburg yesterday.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
- 1355 views
BLAIR TOILET COLLAPSES, KILLING THREE KIDS
TWO children, who had accompanied a three-year-old to relieve herself, died when a Blair toilet collapsed and trapped the trio.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
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CEO LOSES US$100K IN ‘Get-Rich-Quick’ scheme
PROPERTY Handle Africa CEO Rangariral Fariro Chrystal Mushonga lost US$100 000 to a self-styled spiritual healer in a ‘Get-Rich-Quick’ scheme, a Harare court heard over the weekend.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
- 713 views
FIVE YEARS AGO, ON THIS DAY, ZIM CONFIRMED ITS FIRST COVID-19 CASE
FIVE years ago, on this day, Zimbabwe confirmed its first COVID-19 case.A foreign national, who was living in Victoria Falls, appeared to have been infected in the UK.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
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ATHLETE TALES ON MANCHESTER MARATHON FOR CHARITY
ZIMBABWE long distance runner, Royal Mabika, has set aside his quest for personal glory and will instead be doing it for Zaka Jerera’s cause when he takes part in the Manchester Marathon set for April 27.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
- 419 views
FISHERMAN SURVIVES 95 DAYS ADRIFT AT SEASON
LIMA. — A Peruvian fisherman who survived 95 days lost at sea in the Pacific Ocean by eating turtles, birds and cockroaches has been rescued and reunited with his family.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
- 295 views
HOW AFRICA DEFIED THE COVID-19 BEAST
JOHANNESBURG. — When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020, the international community had dire predictions for Africa: the region’s underfunded and poorly equipped health facilities would crumble and millions of people could die.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
- 110 views
SCATHING REVIEWS FOR NETFLIX’S BIG BUDGET FILM
LOS ANGELES. − Netflix’s latest big-budget film The Electric State, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, is one of the most expensive movies ever made, and had some of the most scathing reviews in recent memory.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
- 382 views
I AM NOT GUILTY, DIDDY TELLS COURT
NEW YORK. − Sean “Diddy” Combs has pleaded not guilty to an amended indictment that includes new allegations of forced labour.
- Hmetro
- March 17, 2025
- 470 views
HACKMAN’S CHILDREN NOT NAMED IN ACTOR’S US$80M WILL
LOS ANGELES. − The will of legendary actor Gene Hackman has been released, but uncertainty lingers over his US$80m fortune.