The Midlands Observer

06/06/2025

*'Chinese miners refused to assist accident victims'*

Staff Reporter

Chinese miners operating at Indarama Mine, also known as Ming Chang, have come under fire for allegedly refusing to assist in the rescue operation following a fatal road accident that claimed 12 lives on 27 May 2025 along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway. Read more on...https://themidlandsobserver.co.zw/chinese-miners-refused-to-assist-accident-victims/

06/06/2025

*Fuel tanker driver in fatal sebakwe crash that killed 12 to appear in court*

Staff Reporter
The driver of a Crandid Investments fuel tanker involved in a horrific road traffic accident that claimed 12 lives near the Sebakwe River along the Harare-Bulawayo highway last week is set to appear at the Kwekwe Magistrates Court on 25 June 2025 facing charges of culpable homicide and negligent driving. Read more on...https://themidlandsobserver.co.zw/fuel-tanker-driver-in-fatal-sebakwe-crash-that-killed-12-to-appear-in-court/

31/03/2025

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31/03/2025

Kwekwe on 31st March

19/02/2025

Staff Reporter

A Mbizo 3 self-styled prophet and his female accomplice have been arrested in Kwekwe for public nuisance after allegedly staging a fake witchcraft incident to boost the prophet’s popularity. Read more on...

A Mbizo 3 self-styled prophet and his female accomplice have been arrested in Kwekwe for public nuisance after allegedly staging a fake witchcraft incident to boost the prophet’s popularity.

19/09/2024

https://themidlandsobserver.co.zw/msasa-gardener-castrates-self-eats-manhood-with-bread/

A Kwekwe man employed as a gardener in Msasa suburb has sent shock waves in the city after he allegedly cut off his manhood and ate it as a sandwich with bread on 14 September 2024.

25/07/2024

Kwekwe businessman Ekbate Sambai has died. More details to follow

06/07/2024

*Gokwe drug syndicate arrested, headman incites villagers to attack police - The Midlands Observer*

July 6, 2024

6:08 pm

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By Staff Reporter
A Gokwe drug syndicate which was cultivating mbanje along Svisvi River bank in Village Kuruwa, Chief Nemangwe area was recently arrested following a tip off from the community. Police acted swiftly following the tip off and moved in to make an arrest with a village head, Joseph Kuruwa (43), mobilising a section of the community to attack police.Read more on ...
https://themidlandsobserver.co.zw/gokwe-drug-syndicate-arrested-headman-incites-villagers-to-attack-police/

06/07/2024

*Low density suburbs hunger pockets to benefit food aid- The Midlands Observer*

By Chipo Gudhe
Residents in Zimbabwe’s low-density suburbs are set to benefit from the government’s cash-for-cereal program, a senior official has announced. Read more on...

Residents in Zimbabwe’s low-density suburbs are set to benefit from the government’s cash-for-cereal program, a senior official has announced.

06/07/2024

Zunde raMambo scheme in disarray in Midlands

Midlands Observer

July 5, 2024

2:55 pm
By Chipo Gudhe
The traditional social welfare scheme, Zunde raMambo/Isipala seNkosi, is reported to be in disarray in the Midlands, with many chiefs having exhausted their allocated grain and some failing to account for its distribution. Read more on...

The traditional social welfare scheme, Zunde raMambo/Isipala seNkosi, is reported to be in disarray in the Midlands, with many chiefs having exhausted their allocated grain and some failing to account for its distribution.

31/05/2024

*Charges against ZB Bank teller withdrawn - The Midlands Observer*
Staff Reporter
A ZB bank teller, Tatenda Albert Mudzingwa (31) who was being charged with fraud was cleared yesterday after the State withdrew charges against him following lack of evidence. Read more on ...https://themidlandsobserver.co.zw/charges-against-zb-bank-teller-withdrawn/

22/05/2024

*Five armed robbers pounce on Redcliff family, shoot at police – The Midlands Observer*

Staff Reporter
Five daring armed robbers pounced on a Redcliff family today around 1:30am after they broke into their home getting away with property worth US$2000.
The robbers it is said forced entry into 10 Quorn Road, Redcliff, the home of a gold miner Tafadzwa Mushikiri.
According to sources who spoke to this publication, the robbers armed with a gun and a machete wearing balaclavas forced entrance into the Mushikiri family home...read more on https://themidlandsobserver.co.zw/five-armed-robbers-pounce-on-redcliff-family-shoot-at-police/ www.themidlandsobserver.co.zw

Five daring armed robbers pounced on a Redcliff family today around 1:30am after they broke into their home getting away with property worth US$2000.