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Securocrats scale up surveillance
THE State security establishment is reportedly planning to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime, with local and foreign based journalists, ex-security officers...Published: 10 mins ago | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man survives brutal stabbing
A 32-year-old Harare man escaped death by a whisker after he was suddenly stabbed seven times with a knife while drinking beer in Epworth, Harare, a court heard yesterday. Privilege Rumbe (24)...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Mayor assaulted by deputy
Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo was slapped in public by his deputy, Nobert Dokotera, on Monday afternoon for allegedly telling a team investigating land management by Bindura Municipality that ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Man glasses wife with beer bottle for going to party
IN a fit of rage, a Makokoba man allegedly stabbed his wife with an empty broken beer bottle for "disrespecting" him by defying his orders not to attend a party in the same neighbourhood. It's...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3181 | by Staff Reporter
Bindura Mayor bashed over stolen stands
BINDURA mayor Carlos Tokyo (40) (MDC A) was allegedly bashed by his deputy Norbert Dhokotera who accused him of leaking information on stolen stands in Bi...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 21:55hrs | 2652 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF should be removed as they're not prepared to apply the rule of law
Zimbabweans stop barking and start biting. This rogue regime openly breaks the international laws, who holds them to account? They continue pushing the boundaries and no one fights back. They should b...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 15:31hrs | 1647 | by Bigboy Sibanda
Man murdered over torn R10 note at gambling school
TWO men have been arrested for allegedly beating their friend to death for placing a bet using a torn 10 rand note during a gambling game. Thulani Nkomo (19) and Peter Dube (26) both from Fila...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Man kills co-tenant
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly severely assaulted his co-tenant until he fainted, rushed him to hospital where he pretended to be his next of kin and disappeared when doctors called and informed him th...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:39hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's rogue state agents warned
PERPETRATORS of state-sponsored violence, abductions and torture are not immune to prosecution and can face their day in court in whatever capacity to answer to charges, a top human rights defender ha...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Pupils expose teacher's affair
A BULAWAYO-based married teacher who had an affair with his neighbour was exposed by his pupils who were discussing his cheating ways without noticing the presence of his wife. The pupils had ...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1896 | by Staff reporter
'Get your rent from Mnangagwa,' detained landlord told at police station
Glenview police station shocked Zimbabweans when they detained a 65-year-old widow accusing her of demanding rent from a tenant. Mrs Editor Mavaza was detained by Glenview police for demanding...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:16hrs | 5824 | by The Correspondent
Injured car thief forces magistrate out of court
Visitors to the Harare Magistrates Courts were yesterday treated to a rare spectacle when a court session was held outside a courtroom after a suspected car thief who was severely beaten at a shrine b...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:24hrs | 1669 | by Staff reporter
Lobola demands tearing family apart
A Mutare man is being forced to sell his property to raise lobola money.Lovemore Mahowa has since sold half of his property to pay part of the outstanding lobola.He said his in-laws ar...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:29hrs | 3124 | by Staff reporter
Ngadziore freed on $5,000 bail
The High Court on Friday ordered the release on bail of Takudzwa Ngadziore, the president of the Zimbabwe National Students Union held since September 18 for allegedly participating in an illegal gath...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporting prosecutor resigns
A prosecutor who was once forced to recuse herself from prosecuting an MDC Alliance MP has quit her job after standing for election in Zanu-PF internal elections.Namatirai Chipere is contestin...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 20:28hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
Suspected rapist bashed to death
A 42-YEAR-OLD man was on Monday bashed to death in Mukumbura, Mashonaland Central province, after members of the community accused him of being a rapist.Given Kanyera (42), of Hore village, al...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Bouncer up for attempted murder
POPULAR Mutare bouncer Pension Gwinyai appeared in court early this week for attempted murder after knocking down a soldier with his vehicle following a scuffle at a night club.Gwinyai (52), w...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1685 | by Staff reporter
Prophetess caged for sexually abusing woman
A SELF-STYLED 29-year-old Gweru prophetess, Juliet Masakaire who sexually abused a woman she met in the city in January this year, was yesterday slammed with an effective nine-year jail term for aggra...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
ZEC sued over by-election dates
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) breached the constitution by failing to hold by-elections when they became due, a group of citizens joined by the Elections Resources Centre (ERC) said in a law...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 19:08hrs | 1586 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Kwekwe violence ring leaders go into hiding
ZANU-PF youth leaders, who spearheaded the violent clashes at the party district offices last week leading to the abandonment of primary elections to choose a candidate for the vacant Kwekwe Central p...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 1647 | by Staff reporter
Police raise alarm over spike in murder cases
POLICE have raised alarm over the rise in murder cases reported throughout the country, with a record eight cases recorded at the weekend.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Mthuli face contempt over $17k damages
AN ACTIVIST who was granted $17 000 damages by the High Court after being brutally assaulted by the police while demonstrating against xenophobia at the South African Embassy in 2015 is now seeking to...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:50hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
US Ambassador to Harare lays re-engagement cards on the table
WORLD superpower, the United States of America, stands accused of interfering in Zimbabwe's internal political affairs by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3450 | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 19698 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Demagogues are abandoning democratic values and high ground to defend recalled sell-out MPs
Democracy is the greatest gift the Greeks gave to mankind. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people," as US President Abraham Lincoln defined democracy in his famous Gettysburg speech ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1690 | by Wilbert Mukori
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa defends white farmers
Just over a week ago, Brendin Horner, a young farm manager in the Free State, was murdered in an appalling act of cruelty. His killing should anger and upset every one of us. ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1841 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
Kazembe Kazembe faces 2 months in jail
A HARARE magistrate has ordered the imprisonment of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage minister Kazembe Kazembe for 60 days for contempt of court.Kazembe failed to compensate a Gweru student, ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2482 | by Staff reporter
How the Khupe coup resonates with the import of Excelgate
Thi's time last year, Excelgate was about to be published, in the ex-pectation, inter alia, that the MDC Alliance, in particular, would capitalise on the revelations therein, to both fuel their legal ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:11hrs | 4032 | by Ibbo Mandaza
The inscrutable Mr Trump!
*This letter uses American jargonIt took me sometime to figure out why the inscrutable, rascally US President Donald J Trump drives so many elites into a lunatic frenzy until I read a post fro...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:09hrs | 548 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Violent nurse arrested
A NURSE at Mbagwe Clinic in Plumtree has been arrested on charges of assaulting a colleague following a dispute over a $10 bill.The nurse also faces two other charges after she attacked other ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:44hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Miss Zimbabwe in messy divorce
FORMER Miss Zimbabwe Bongani Dhlakama is embroiled in a messy divorce with her husband Bongani Ndlovu.The couple has thrown all caution to the wind, accusing each other of poor sexual performa...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:32hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Siblings 'murder' mother over 'witchcraft'
THREE men from Chivi in Masvingo province have been arrested for allegedly teaming up to murder their 72-year-old mother after accusing her of witchcraft.The accused - Duduzile, Bright and Dan...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:03hrs | 580 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean women abused by their partners in the UK
Some Zimbabwean ladies saw a chance to better their lives by going abroad to work, but being abroad is not always a wonderful thing when your family is not with you. Many foreign women in the United K...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 880 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Woman makes married ex's life hell
A MARRIED man from Bulawayo's Lobengula West suburb is tired of his ex-lover who is reportedly in the habit of visiting him at his house, presumably as a way of provoking him together with his wife....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 21:32hrs | 2630 | by Staff reporter
Democracy under siege in Zimbabwe
MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda has said democracy has been put under threat after MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe was sworn in in Parliament as a leader of opposition despit...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 14:04hrs | 1580 | by Stephen Jakes
Sikhala says Zimbabwe prisons resemble concentration camps
MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has equated the country's prison facilities to Nazi Germany's infamous concentration camps which were designed to dehumanise and not rehabilitate prisoners....Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:09hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Girl (10) hospitalised after rape
A 10-year-old girl from Gweru spent one week in hospital and was left limping after she was raped several times in nine hours by her assailant who had threatened to burn down her mother's kitc...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1627 | by Staff Reporter
'Sad day for democracy'
LAWYERS, political analysts and opposition party leaders yesterday described the swearing in of opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her 14 party nominees as replacements for the recalled MDC A...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | 3756 | by Staff reporter
Pastor accussed of 63 counts of rape applies for bail
Tim Omotoso (born Timothy Oluseun Omotoso) the senior pastor of a Jesus Dominion International, based in Durban, South Africa who is facing 63 charges of Rape, 34 alternative charges, among them...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 12:18hrs | 2646 | by Mandla Ndlovu
4 Beitbridge men arrested for 'murder'
FOUR men have been arrested for allegedly beating up a man to death after accusing him of stealing from one of them on Saturday. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspec...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Four arrested for killing suspect
FOUR men have been arrested for allegedly beating up a man to death after accusing him of stealing from one of them on Saturday.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspect...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:54hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes woman after hubby attack
A 20-YEAR-OLD Hwange man allegedly dragged a woman from her minor children and raped her repeatedly overnight after viciously attacking her husband. Erasmus Tshuma of C51 Lwendulu and employed...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:52hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
Man (27) nabbed for stock theft and assault
A 27-YEAR-OLD Concession man was arraigned before Concession magistrate Nixon Mangoti for allegedly stealing a she goat before assaulting the ownerLangton Victor Kwafaera pleaded not guilt...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1175 | by Staff Reporter
Two years on, the beast is revealed
LAST month marked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration as the second directly-elected leader of Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.Mnangagwa came riding on the wave of hope that no one...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC is imploding
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A), is imploding as the country's ruling Zanu-PF conspires with a tiny MDC splinter group, the Movement for Democrati...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:21hrs | 4807 | by Peter Fabricius
Chiwenga ban stirs confusion
The ruling Zanu-PF is continuing with primary elections to choose candidates to fill vacant parliamentary and local government seats despite the suspension of by-elections that were set for December 5...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:19hrs | 6175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Democracy is under siege
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga's suspension of by-elections cannot be read in isolation as it is part of a well-thought-out strategy to stifle democracy in Zimbabwe.Chiwenga on Friday ame...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:13hrs | 2077 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe law to criminalise unpatriotic acts
CABINET will soon consider the principal framework of a proposed law that will criminalise and impose stiff penalties for campaigning against the country through private correspondence with foreign go...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 1772 | by Staff Reporter
Man strikes son to death with hoe
As the country is still in shock following the murder of a seven-year-old child in Murehwa, police have arrested a 43-year-old man from Zvimba for allegedly striking his son to death with a hoe while ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 07:53hrs | 666 | by Staff Reporter
Dr. Masimba Mavaza: stick to Zanu PF/MDC-T politics please!
I have just finished reading your today's article: "How Zimbabweans in the Diaspora wreck their marriages" is the title. Your article has the hallmarks of a misogynist who is hell-bent to defend his g...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 20:24hrs | 2195 | by Nomazulu Thata
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