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Where is Nyokayemabhunu: the silence about him is Loud?
It is not only Nyokayemabhunu who has been used and quickly cast aside as a disposable. I listened carefully to Geza updating us about the demonstrations yesterday. Sadly, there was no mention of Nyok...Published: 14 hrs ago | 758 | by Nomazulu Thata
Significant rise in accidents during holidays
Zimbabwe recorded a significant rise in road traffic accidents during the 2025 Independence and Easter holidays, although the number of fatalities declined, according to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:32hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Donkey thieves jailed two years
A 76-year-old man from Plumtree is relieved after recovering his four stolen donkeys, which had been taken by Abednicho Ncube (34) and Mgcini Sibanda (18).The elderly villager, Paul Ncube, was...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 12:04hrs | 519 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man (26) rapes grandmother (50) on Independence day
A 26-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he allegedly raped a 50-year-old woman who was coming from fetching water.Cleator Gumbo was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday, whe...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 11:53hrs | 1245 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Granny kidnaps daughter for exorcism
A 76-year-old man yesterday appeared before a Marondera magistrate facing accusations of kidnapping his biological daughter over religious differences.Godfrey Dzumbunu of Chitungwiza who is al...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 10:04hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
School stabbing rocks Bulawayo
Police in Bulawayo have launched an investigation into a stabbing incident involving two teenage learners from Pumula High School, marking another troubling case of school-related violence in the city...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 15:39hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe linked domestic workers' 17-year fight for identity in SA
A nightmare journey of more than 17 years came to an end last week for a 36-year-old domestic worker who has been in a battle with the Department of Home Affairs to obtain a birth certificate, so that...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:15hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Man handcuffs, rapes daughter in-law for 5 consecutive days
A 46-year-old man from Glen View was arrested on Tuesday after being accused of raping his 18-year-old daughter-in-law for five consecutive days. The man, a father of three boys and one girl, reported...Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 11:48hrs | 1927 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cop convicted for bribery in lithium ore case
A 36-year-old Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer, Peter Loverage Mombe, has been convicted of Criminal Abuse of Duty as a Public Officer after he was caught soliciting an $800 bribe for the releas...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 11:27hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prop signs for Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints have secured the signing of Zimbabwean prop Cleopas Kundiona from French Pro D2 side USON Nevers ahead of the 2025/26 season.The 26-year-old tighthead will join the Gallaghe...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 09:53hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Raped Granny (96) Still Admitted in Hospital
The Mbire community remains deeply distressed after a 96-year-old grandmother, who was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old villager, continues to receive med...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 17:07hrs | 1395 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Naked granny (96) raped
In a shocking incident, a 26-year-old man from Mbire has been arrested for allegedly raping a 96-year-old grandmother whom he found sleeping in her bedroom.According to the police, Tafadzwa Ka...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 10:46hrs | 1531 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Zimbabwean national kidnaps Portuguese businessman in South Africa
A 26-year-old Zimbabwean national has been arrested in connection with the March 11 kidnapping of a Portuguese businessman in South Africa, police have confirmed.In a statement released on Sat...Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 16:12hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Fifa lifts Bosso ban
Highlanders Football Club has been given the green light to sign new players after FIFA lifted the transfer ban that had been imposed due to outstanding debts owed to former coaches Baltemar Brito and...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 07:39hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Suspected female con artist faces judgment day
A 36-year-old woman, Brenda Dhaka, who is facing multiple charges of fraud and forgery, will learn her fate when she appears before Chiredzi Magistrate Tendai Mutamba on Tuesday for judgment.D...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 11:23hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Speeding BMW driver kills 6-year-old in road accident
A horrific accident occurred on the Ngundu-Tanganda Road in Manicaland Province on 25 February 2025, when a speeding driver struck and killed a 6-year-old child who was crossing the road.The v...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 14:40hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born Darrien Landsberg eyes 'bigger goals'
WHEN you hear Darrien Landsberg talk, you can understand why he is an all-action figure on the pitch for the Lions.The No 5 lock is an energetic presence for the Johannesburg franchise, and ha...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:49hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Bosso new signings revealed
Highlanders FC is set to significantly bolster their squad with several promising signings once the Fifa transfer ban, imposed due to unpaid debts to former coaches Baltemar Brito and Antonio Joao Tor...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 10:43hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Man without penis accused of rape, awarded damages by court
THE police minister has to pay a man R800 000 in damages after he was arrested on a charge of raping a neighbour's child, yet the man had no penis as this was severed years ago when he was 12 years ol...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 10:50hrs | 2651 | by Staff reporter
Harare man sentenced to 10 years for theft under Railways Act
A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being convicted of stealing railway property, in violation of the Railways Act. Edison Chidanzenzi was found guilty when he appeared b...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:56hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
ZCC bishop flogs 2 congregants, 1 dies during 'healing' session
A 36-year-old bishop from the ZCC Damsko church in Limpopo View, Beitbridge, has been convicted of flogging and causing the death of a church congregant after claiming she and her husband were mentall...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 15:14hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Teen falls to death while chasing baboons
A 16-year-old boy from Zvada Village, Chief Mukanganwi in Bikita, tragically died on February 9, 2025, after falling from a 12-meter height while chasing baboons on a local mountain. The incident occu...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 15:05hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes teen sister over missing memory card
A 19-year-old Karoi man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his 16-year-old sister over a missing memory card.According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ)...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 10:51hrs | 258 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Man rapes maid
A 45-year-old man from Zhombe, Midlands Province has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for raping a 16-year-old maid from the same area.On January 6, the assailant ambushed the victim fro...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 17:36hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Man kills colleague over $2
A 26-YEAR-OLD Shamva man is in trouble after he allegedly stabbed his colleague to death in a snooker betting dispute.Anyway Muzavazi of Chidumbwe village in Shamva was dragged to court on Mon...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 11:22hrs | 667 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Shamva
Plumtree man assaults grandmother over witchcraft
A 26-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he assaulted his grandmother with an iron bar after accusing her of bewitching him.Admire Nyathi was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts on Th...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:45hrs | 280 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cellphone thief jailed for stabbing beer patron
A 26-YEAR-OLD Plumtree cellphone thief was sent to jail after he stabbed a fellow imbiber on the abdomen after he revealed that he had stolen a mobile phone of another imbiber.Nqobizitha Moyo ...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:42hrs | 213 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jailed for 6 years for stealing a car in Zimbabwe
A 46-year-old man from Mberengwa, Hlangabeza Mabhula, also known as Benjamin Kutira, was sentenced to prison for theft and possession of illegal items in the Zvishavane Magistrates' Court.The ...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:19hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Bus crash survivors speak
What was meant to be a joyful journey home after Christmas shopping turned into a nightmare for Ms. Sibonokuhle Nkomo, a 36-year-old mother from Pumula South, Bulawayo. She narrowly survived a horrifi...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Woman raped as she chases debt
A 26-year-old man appeared in court facing allegations of raping a vendor who had visited his office to collect a debt. Ignatius Chindudzi, who is facing charges of rape, was arraigned before Harare m...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho neighbours fight over woman
A 26-year-old man from Luhonjana Line in Sipepa, Tsholotsho, has been denied bail after being charged with attempted murder for allegedly attacking a fellow villager over an affair with his wife. Nich...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes two minors from next door, impregnates one
A 28-year-old Bikita man recently appeared before Masvingo Magistrate Innocent Bepura facing two counts of raping two of his neighbours' minor children and impregnating one.The accused who ple...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 13:23hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes neighbour at knifepoint
A 36-year-old man from the Musane area under Chief Tshitaudze in Beitbridge has been jailed for an effective 15 years for sneaking into a neighbour's homestead and raping her at knife point.Th...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Baby-selling trio denied bail
A 47-year-old woman from Murehwa accused of helping her 16-year-old daughter sell her new-born baby for US$180 has been denied bail by Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.The woman, h...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:38hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Harare crowd fatally assaults 'thief'
A tragic incident of mob justice unfolded on December 1, 2024, in the Belvedere suburb of Harare, claiming the life of Bla Odza. The 36-year-old was brutally assaulted by a group of people who accused...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:49hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Girl dies from scald wounds following home accident with grandmother
A tragic accident in Matiashe Village, Chimanimani, has claimed the life of a 6-year-old girl who sustained severe scalds after accidentally colliding with her grandmother, who was carrying a bucket o...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 07:28hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Council file disappears as Chadzamira grabs widow's property
Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Ezra Chadzamira, is at the center of a legal dispute involving an 8-hectare plot in Morningside, Masvingo, owned by widow Farai Mazeng...Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 13:24hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Chadzamira grabs widow's property
Ezra Chadzamira, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Masvingo, is embroiled in a legal dispute with a widow whose 8-hectare plot he allegedly seized in Morningside, Masving...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:31hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man in Botswana sells stepson for ritual sacrifice
A Zimbabwean man, Lovemore Sithole, aged 37, is facing the death penalty in Botswana after being convicted of selling his 6-year-old stepson to ritualists for US$15,000 (approximately 200,000 Botswana...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 09:05hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Inmate escapes from Zimbabwe prison farm
A 26-year-old inmate, Evidence Litwayi, has escaped from Kingstone Prison Farm in Bindura, sparking a manhunt by authorities.Litwayi, from Manondo Village in Mt Darwin, was serving a 20-month ...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 06:39hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Mother, daughter sells new-born baby for US$180
A 16-year-old girl from Murehwa and her 47-year-old mother, Evelyn Zisengwe, have appeared in court alongside 34-year-old Dion Tore, accused of trafficking a newborn child in violation of Zimbabwe's T...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 17:05hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Man kills baby in domestic dispute
A 26-year-old man from Chiweshe has been arrested after accidentally striking and killing his two-month-old baby with a log he had intended to use to assault his wife during a domestic dispute. The tr...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:21hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved man beats woman for protecting teenage daughter
A seemingly sex-starved 24-year-old man from Bulawayo was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 49-year-old woman as punishment for refusing to let her 16-year-old daughter have sex with him.Thi...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaulted over sex worker
A 36-year-old man, Casper Mhari, tragically lost his life following a violent altercation over a sex worker in Driefontein, Midlands province, last weekend.According to provincial police spoke...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 08:25hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Wife physically abuses hubby over food
A 45-year-old woman from Hwange has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after physically assaulting her husband during a dispute over food. The woman, who was not named, used kitchen utensils, inclu...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 15:53hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Former radio 2 DJ appeals for help
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Radio 2 presenter Simon Pashoma Ncube has made a public appeal for financial assistance to prominent businessman and tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo. The ...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:41hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man stabbed to death inside his flat in UK murder
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a Zimbabwean man was fatally stabbed inside his own flat in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Leeds. The victim, identified as 23-y...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:09hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital Employee sentenced for stealing phones from vulnerable patients
A 34-year-old employee at Mpilo Central Hospital has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after being found guilty of stealing mobile phones from patients while they were in a vulnerable state. The c...Published: 17 Nov 2024 at 16:22hrs | 1712 | by Staff Reporter
Neighbourhood watch member jailed for releasing detained suspects
A 56-year-old member of the neighbourhood watch committee in Hurungwe, Mashonaland West, has been sentenced to three months in prison after he was found guilty of releasing two detained suspects and d...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:33hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sister of UK child abuse victim blames the Church for brother's death
The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death."The Church k...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:32hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
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