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Lawyers dig in to fight Mnangagwa
AS the government moved today to gazette controversial constitutional amendments to help President Emmerson Mnangagwa consolidate power as part of his 2023 re-election bid, agitated lawyers are diggin...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1633 | by Staff reporter
In Zim, we need another dictionary to define the term 'Development'
Zambian President, Edgar Lungu has Commissioned more than five hospitals in less than six months, apparently, he has decongested Lusaka city, by Commissioning four fly overs, in less than a year. Forg...Published: 07 May 2021 at 10:07hrs | 477 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chirambadare granted $5 000 bail
DYNAMOS football legend, Itai Stanley Chirambadare (56) who is accused of sodomising a 13-year-old student at his Mufakose Sports Academy has been granted $5 000 bail by High Court judge, Justice Webs...Published: 06 May 2021 at 19:27hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults wife for not singing at funeral
A MAN from Mzilikazi suburb has been fined $5 000 for assaulting his wife for not singing at a funeral. Lucas Mhlanga (39) of Mzilikazi suburb pleaded guilty to assault charges when he appeare...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Unavailability of doctors delays court processes
SHORTAGE of doctors at Bindura hospital delayed the sentencing of three Trojan mine men who severely assaulted their colleague in a beer dispu...Published: 03 May 2021 at 19:20hrs | 735 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chisora cries foul
Joseph Parker overcame a first-round knock-down to defeat Derek Chisora by split decision following a brutal heavyweight boxing battle in Manchester on Saturday night. The New Zealander ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:13hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Teen kills elderly couple
An elderly couple was killed by their grandson, thought to be mentally ill, wielding a log at Musetshwa Village in Zhombe on April 25. Mr Ambrose Ncube (74) was battered first on the head and ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:12hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Soldier killed over girlfriend
A soldier from Makumire Village under Chief Bota and based at 4.1 Infantry Brigade was killed over a girlfriend at Svuure Shopping Centre in Zaka last week.Munyaradzi Chikovore is alleged to h...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2051 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor threatens to bash resident association member
MAZOWE ward 28 councillor Fannuel Chigonero (MDC) has been accused by Mvurwi residents Association of attempting to assault their treasurer in a consultative meeting on Tuesday.The association...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:41hrs | 811 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mamombe deserves justice, not mercy
BRITISH actress Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker has found her voice. For more than 30 years, she has been known as Thandie Newton, an anglicised version of her name. The missing "w" was dropped careles...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:45hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Dembare legend in court over sodomy
FORMER Dynamos FC player, Stanley Chirambadare, was yesterday remanded in custody pending trial on allegations of sexually abusing a teenage boy at his Mufakose soccer academy, after luring him to his...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:33hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean secrets leaked to a high profile sexivist
Zimbabwe has once again woken up to some Twitter messages sent by the ever attention seeking Susa Mutami. It is important to understand who Susan Mutami is. She is if you remember the official mistres...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 7377 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man in court for threatening his ex-wife
A 32-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been arrested for allegedly threatening his ex-wife.Darlington Samba of Manningdale suburb, had a misunderstanding with his former wife, Ms Nomvuyo Mahlangu befo...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 19:56hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Councillor, wife murdered by mentally challenged grandson
A councillor from the Zibagwe Rural District Council died together with his wife died after they were assaulted with a log by their mentally challenged grandson on Sunday evening.Ward 8 Counci...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 12:41hrs | 2207 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt caves in on salaries
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has bowed to pressure and agreed to consider another adjustment on civil servants' salaries after teachers threatened a full-blown strike last week as their e...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 7933 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over State-sponsored rights violations
A HUMAN rights organisation has raised a red flag over arbitrary arrests, torture and assault perpetrated by security agents after it recorded 47 detentions of civilians and 35 cases of torture in its...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:38hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Rights Forum raises alarm as cases of arrests, torture rise
A LEADING human rights organisation, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, has raised strong concerns over the continuing rise in violations especially arbitrary arrests and torture mainly of oppositio...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:31hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Put Zimbabwe first
For the second time this month, the Senate will be called upon to take an important stand on the future of Zimbabwe when it votes on proposed amendments to the constitution and it will be a tragedy if...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:09hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Wife in trouble for beating hubby's lover
A Bindura woman has been convicted for assaulting her husband's girlfriend after she found them being intimate at their matrimonial home.Violet Chapfunya from Garikai suburb appeared before Bi...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:44hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
PSI clerk jailed for grabbing another man's privates
Simbarashe Dehwah (26), an employee with Population Services International (PSI) in Gweru has been slapped with a 12 months' jail term after he allegedly grabbed a security guard's private parts....Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 19:08hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
Man kills brother over 0.02 grammes of gold
A NYANGA man reportedly assaulted his brother to death over 0.02 grammes of gold which the siblings had panned in neighbouring Mozambique.Police have confirmed the incident.Manicaland ...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:05hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi gang arrested
FOUR men have been arrested for allegedly assaulting and demanding money from a passerby accusing him of damaging their car's rear windscreen in Mzilikazi suburb.Khumalo Mabutho (36), Themba M...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:29hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Teachers are not enemies of State
THE government exposes its true nature with each pass-ing moment and not only does it make bold, dumb, illegal and reckless statements, but it does it with so much lack of thought and arrogance. ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | 638 | by Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe
Over 200,000 Zimbabwe migrant workers return after Covid-19 job losses
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned of a "deeper crisis" on Tuesday after more than 200,000 Zimbabweans working in other countries were forced to return home by the Covid-19 pand...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 2523 | by Staff reporter
7 robbers pounce on Gweru family
Seven unidentified men pounced on a Gweru family where they robbed and rapped two females yesterday in Gweru.Jabulani Matsveru (51) was seated with her daughter Dephane Matsveru (18 ) and her ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4206 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chamisa in domestic violence storm
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa tried to get the police to drop a domestic violence investigation involving lawyer Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, whose wife Emma made a formal police report of alleged s...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2867 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF brutality could plunge Zimbabwe into Mozambique chaos
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa says the country risked plunging into extremism just witnessed in neighbouring Mozambique if the ruling Zanu-PF party persists with its brutal politics.The ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:12hrs | 2004 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere was ready to die
Former Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has spoken in detail about how his family and that of former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo survived an assault on his Harare home by ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:21hrs | 2790 | by Staff reporter
Wife bashes husband's married mistress
AN angry wife, Mary Phiri, from Insuza, Matabeleland North province, was recently arraigned before a village traditional court for allegedly assaulting Musa Ndlovu whom she suspected was having an aff...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:08hrs | 1717 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest Hwange community leader
POLICE in Hwange, Matabeleland North province on Thursday arrested a Dinde community leader for leading a protest the previous day against a Chinese coal-mining project in the area.Never Tshum...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:07hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Man severely assaulted, thrown into flowing sewage
THREE Victoria Falls men have been arrested after they severely assaulted their neighbour until he lost consciousness before dumping his body in a nearby drain filled with sewage. Mr Khaliphan...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners freed under Presidential Amnesty
SCORES of prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential Amnesty on Tuesday were freed from various prisons yesterday afternoon. Government gazetted the legal instrument that saw s...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes 'bad cook' wife
A woman who has been physically and verbally abused by her husband for being a bad cook has rushed to the courts to seek a protection order.Loraine Dombo of Nketa 7 suburb in Bulawayo initiall...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:20hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Peeping Tom terror for pregnant landlady
A man from Sizinda suburb who beat up his pregnant landlady after she caught him peeping through the bathroom window while she was bathing has been arrested.A family insider who spoke to B-Met...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:20hrs | 2669 | by Staff reporter
Woman rips hubby's scrotum
IN a shocking incident of domestic violence, a Bulawayo woman allegedly ‘severed' her estranged husband's scrotum and penis with her nails apparently in anger after she was reportedly served with a ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | 2562 | by Staff reporter
Customer scalding shebeen queen spared jail
A 34-YEAR-OLD shebeen queen from Ntabazinduna Flats in Mzilikazi suburb escaped jail for scalding her colleague who was demanding US$2 change from her. Brilliance Hlomayi took a kettle from th...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Petition launched against reintroduction of 'green bombers'
ZIMBABWEANS have started an online petition against government's planned reintroduction of the controversial National Youth Service Training Programme in the country.This comes after governmen...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for sexually abusing a corpse
Harare man who once made headlines sometime in January for sexually abusing a corpse has been jailed for 11 months.Bigman Sipiliano was convicted for violating the corpse's rights and indecent...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 12:41hrs | 2520 | by Shelton Muchena
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | 5303 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Community service for sexually abusing a corpse
The Harare man who sexually abused a corpse at a funeral early this year, has been sentenced to perform 315 hours of community service at Epworth Police Station. Harare magistrate Mr She...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba kills one of his 22 wives
Shamva based Johane Marange congregant man Joseph Chogugudza is on the run for allegedly killing his wife with an electric cable on Monday....Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 19:40hrs | 3065 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 jailed for assault
THREE Victoria Falls men have been arrested after they severely assaulted their neighbour until he lost consciousness before dumping his body in a nearby drain filled with sewage.Mr Khaliphani...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 15:04hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
News vendor killer arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested the man behind the murder of a city newspaper vendor last week. Jongumuzi Lobati (age not given) of Woodville assaulted the now deceased Farai Mazhindu of Luveve subur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to cut off hooker's hands
TWO Bulawayo men who rescued a suspected sex worker from a client who intended to chop off her hands with a chainsaw before they allegedly went on to rob the man of US$ 210, have has been acquitted....Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:15hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Police launch manhunt for polygamist
Police in Bindura have launched a manhunt for a 51-year-old Shamva polygamist who fatally assaulted one of his 22 wives after suspecting her of infidelity.Joseph Chogugudza from Jena Village u...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:14hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Sengwayo son dies after church house assault
THE late founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of Portland Oregon, Reverend Morgan Sengwayo's youngest son, Missiondom succumbed to injuries sustained following a brutal attack by thugs at a ch...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1672 | by Staff reporter
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 4011 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
British citizen bashed by police in Zimbabwe
A HARARE-BASED British citizen on Saturday night came face-to-face with local police brutality when he was assaulted while in Warren Park to drop off his auto-electrician in the suburb.Kireto ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2154 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses US$90 000 to lover
A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean woman lost US$88 000 to her lover who allegedly duped her on the pretext that he was investing the money in some businesses in the country. Joseph Tapfu...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | 1632 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man remains missing after Mozambique's Palma terrorist attack
FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, a town of approximately 75,000 r...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
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