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Jailed Zimbabwe ex-deputy minister shares expertise with fellow inmates
Former Deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe, who is currently serving a three-year sentence for fraud at Khami Maximum Prison, has been utilizing his financial and mathematical expertise to teach C...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:42hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Son causes father's arrest for US$250,000 fraud
Graham Garnet Metcalf, an 86-year-old former director of Lakeland Ventures (Pvt) Ltd, faced court proceedings after being accused by his son, Gregory Graham Hall, of misappropriating US$250,000 f...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:43hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Son sues father for US$250 000 fraud
An 86-year-old man, Graham Garnet Metcalf Hall of Borrowdale Brooke, is facing fraud charges for allegedly selling his son's property in Dandaro Village, Harare, for US$250,000 without authorization. ...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Haritatos clash with Coltart
Vangelis Peter Haritatos has hit back at lawyer Doug Coltart for alleging that he had abused his authority by parking his vehicle in a bay reserved for Persons with Disabilities.Posting on X o...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 11:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
2 men rape granny (86)
POLICE in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East province have launched a manhunt for two men who pounced on an 86-year-old granny near Juru Growth Point, and raped her.She was alone when the crime was c...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's father dies
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) chairman Trevor Ncube has lost two close relatives - his father and niece - within a space of two days who both succumbed to COVID-19.AMH publishes NewsDay, Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen kills granny (86) over girlfriend
A LOVESTRUCK juvenile (17) from Madlambudzi in Matabeleland South stoned his ex-girlfriend's grandfather (86) after the elderly man barred him from taking the girl out for a date. Matabeleland...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's first black woman to get driver’s licence
JOANNA Sibanda's life has been one long series of firsts and she is not shy to tell anyone who cares to listen. When one visits her warm home, she speedily unearths a stash of certificates and...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Home-alone grandpa axed to death
A-77-YEAR-Old man has been found dead in a pool of blood after being axed on the head and between his eyes at his homestead in Gokwe, police have confirmed. His attacker is unknown and police are inve...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cop-on-cop violence at police station
A BINGA man allegedly fatally stabbed a fellow villager six times and a police officer tasked to investigate the issue severely assaulted his superior with an iron bar, after refusing to take on the c...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grandpa killed, 2 women injured in witchcraft row
A MAN from Binga struck an 86-year-old man to death with an axe after accusing him of bewitching him before setting upon two women from the same area with the same weapon, leaving them seriously injur...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family survives arson attack
A SIX-MEMBER Hwange family escaped death by a whisker after a stranger allegedly stormed their homestead at night and locked their hut from outside, before setting ablaze their grass-thatched bedroom....Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gardener fatally assaulting boss
A BULAWAYO gardener who fatally hit his 86-year-old employer with a metal bar on the head when she fired him and then stole the deceased's money, laptop and cellphone before skipping the border, has b...Published: 17 May 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The truth behind Malema's cancelled 'Game Changing' talk in Zimbabwe
THIS week's instalment is a pot-pourri of sorts from the political jungle. Politics is a dirty game, but so too the mystery that emanates from it. As Neil Armstrong says, "mystery creates wonder and ...Published: 07 May 2015 at 17:33hrs | | by Hildegarde
Grandpa 89 necklaced and burnt to death
AN 86-YEAR-OLD madala was with his wife when he found himself face-to-face with death.Villagers, mostly women, stormed his house in Rotterdam, near Hlanganani Village in Limpopo.They a...Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to hang father (86) over food
A 63-YEAR-OLD Mangwe man tied a rope around his 86-year-old father's neck before attempting to kill him during a dispute over food.Gerald Ndlovu dragged his father Bernard Ndlovu and attempt...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 19:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man strangles, attempts to hang father over food
A 63-YEAR-OLD Mangwe amplified the meaning of the adage 'a hungry man is an angry man' when he tied a noose around his 86-year-old father's neck and dragged him around the house in protest over be...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 21:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man (38) in court for raping an old lady (86)
A DETE man appeared in court for allegedly raping an 86-year-old granny, before he fell into a deep sleep.On Friday the man, Mochani Ncube (38), appeared before Hwange regional magistrate Damb...Published: 03 Sep 2013 at 03:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Youth rapes, viciously stones victim
AN 18-year-old Mberengwa woman is battling for life at a hospital in the district after a close relative reportedly raped her before viciously striking her with stones in a bid to silence her and avoi...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man (25) begs court to be hanged
A 25-year-old destitute man, who allegedly killed a woman, who had employed him as a domestic worker yesterday begged the court to hang him, saying he killed the woman so that he could be sentenced t...Published: 13 Feb 2013 at 00:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Octogenarian accused for raping girl (16)
AN 86-year-old Nkayi man who on many occasions allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl and gave her biscuits to silence her, has been arrested.Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Billi...Published: 17 Nov 2012 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe back home, 'forgotten he had gone for medical check ups'
President Robert Mugabe has arrived home from a medical check up in Singapore.On his arrival at the Harare International Airport, Mugabe said Zanu-PF is getting ready for the December Annual P...Published: 02 Oct 2011 at 15:50hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Biti appeals for the adjustment of sanctions on Zimbabwe: Wikileaks
ZANU-PF is a party in disarray, according to Minister of Finance and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti. As a consequence, Mugabe will find it more difficult to comply with the Global Political Agre...Published: 04 Sep 2011 at 17:10hrs | | by Ray
86-year-old woman arrested for intending to promote public violence: Zimbabwe
Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka confirmed on Tuesday, the arrest of an 86-year-old woman and twenty-one members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza/Moza) from ...Published: 01 Mar 2011 at 21:00hrs | 5 | by Matthews Estell
ZANU PF Sold Zimbabwe to China, 'Now can't stand it'
China's love affair with our leader Robert Mugabe and his willingness to hand over his country's bounteous natural resources in return for guns, spendable cash and protection from the United Nations a...Published: 07 Feb 2011 at 12:08hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Are Tunisian type street protests possible in Zimbabwe
One of Robert Mugabe’s trusted spin-doctors has rubbished off possibilities of Tunisian-type street protests in the country to topple the veteran ruler. Meanwhile, massive campa...Published: 25 Jan 2011 at 20:15hrs | | by Byo24News
Tomana to appoint five lawyers to investigate treason charges against locals over Wikileaks
HARARE: Attorney General Johannes Tomana plans to set up a commission to investigate possible treason charges against locals over briefings with U.S. diplomats that are part of confidential Stat...Published: 26 Dec 2010 at 22:33hrs | | by Byo24
US: Zimbabwe attorney general added to the sanctions list
The United States Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's attorney general Johannes Tomana. US said Johannes Tomana's “targeting of selected political opponents...Published: 23 Dec 2010 at 02:29hrs | | by Byo24
Mugabe and Zanu officials own massive farms after land reform
Almost 5 million hectares of prime agricultural land which include wildlife conservancies grabbed from productive white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe are in the hand...Published: 05 Dec 2010 at 07:52hrs | | by BYO24
EU says Zimbabwe ambassador row is 'serious matter'
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday expressed "great concern" over President Robert Mugabe's unilateral appointment of new Zimbabwe ambassadors to the bloc as well as to...Published: 13 Oct 2010 at 15:00hrs | | by eDuzeNet
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