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Cops acquitted of rape
Three police officers from Tshitulipasi Police Station in Beitbridge East - Courage Majoni (32), Jabulani Museba (33), and Enock Nyamupandu (35) - were acquitted by Regional Magistrate Innocent Bepura...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 06:33hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
'Rape cops' released on bail
Three police officers from Chituripasi Police Base in Beitbridge East have been accused of raping an 18-year-old woman on multiple occasions last month. Courage Majoni, Jabulani Museba, an...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:26hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
3 Beitbridge cops up for rape
Three police officers from Chituripasi Police Station in Beitbridge East district are accused of repeatedly raping an 18-year-old woman last month. The officers, Courage Majoni (32), Jabulani ...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Duo fined for same sex affair
A BEITBRIDGE man and his partner were on Tuesday fined US$150 each after they were found in a compromising position in a toilet at a local bar recently.Twenty-six-year old Ayanda Nkomo, a stoc...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha jailed 42 years
An attempt by a 53-year-old Beitbridge-based cross-border transporter to get rich through raping his teenage daughter has seen him locked behind bars for the next 36 years.The man started rapi...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
5-man armed robbery gang appears in court
A FIVE-MAN-GANG believed to be an armed robbers syndicate that had unleashed a reign of terror around Beitbridge District in the last five months appeared in court on Monday.The gang which was...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rape witness vanishes
RELATIVES of a Beitbridge man accused of raping his 13-year-old daughter reportedly engineered the disappearance of the victim's sister, who is one of the key witnesses to the ongoing case at the Beit...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'My father raped me for rituals'
A 16-YEAR-OLD Beitbridge girl stunned the court this week after revealing that her father reportedly raped her several times for ritual purposes.The girl (name withheld for ethical reasons) al...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers jailed 12 years each
A BEITBRIDGE magistrate has jailed four men to 12 years in prison each for armed robbery.Regional magistrate Innocent Bepura said armed robbers were a menace to society when he sentenced Tawan...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:54hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ferret Force busts car smuggling racket
A COMBINED team of Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), military intelligence and the Zimbabwe Republic Police, known as Ferret Force, last week busted a car smuggling syndicate operating between ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New twist to stolen Toyota Fortuner saga
IN a startling turn of events, an intensive police investigations has brought to light the origins of a recently smuggled Toyota Fortuner across the Limpopo River into Zimbabwe. Valued at about R300 0...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Beitbridge armed robber escaped from Chikurubi'
AN armed robber who was subjected to mob justice at the hands of Beitbridge residents this week is a hardened criminal who broke out from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in November last year....Published: 18 Feb 2023 at 19:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Limpopo armed robber nabbed
A 21-year-old man from Zvishavane who is alleged to be part of an armed robbery gang that has been terrorising illegal migrants and smugglers at an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River was y...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing Mnangagwa's Office AK-47 rifle
A 33-year-old man from Gutu has been jailed seven years for breaking into two houses where he stole an assortment of goods that included an AK-47 rifle belonging to a member of the President's Office....Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing Mnangagwa's Office AK-47 rifle
A 33-year-old man from Gutu has been jailed seven years for breaking into two houses where he stole an assortment of goods that included an AK-47 rifle belonging to a member of the President's Office....Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
3 Zimbabweans jailed 32 years for Limpopo armed robberies
Three Beitbridge men from Makaphile village, who are part of a syndicate that has been robbing border jumpers, smugglers, and ordinary motorists in Beitbridge East, have each been imprisoned for an ef...Published: 05 May 2022 at 18:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Police bar lawyer, media in a machete gangs indaba
OFFICER Commanding Mashonaland Central Commissioner Witcliff Makamachi was forced yesterday to descend with his provincial team to Guruv...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 21:23hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Senior cops jailed over smuggling
TWO senior police officers in Beitbridge have been jailed for 25 months each for assisting smugglers in a bid to evade the law.Effectively Inspector Elias Mawomba (47) and Assistant Inspector ...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop nabbed for diverting smuggled goods
JUDGMENT is expected to be delivered on Friday in a matter in which a senior police officer, Inspector Elias Mawomba (47), is accused of conniving with a subordinate to divert for personal benefit, tw...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Notorious Bigboy Chauke caged for 9 years
Notorious Beitbridge armed robber, Bigboy Chauke (34), who was arrested recently after unleashing a reign of terror in the district, was yesterday jailed for an effective nine years for one of the cri...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man poisons girlfriend's well, maize-meal
A Guruve man is on the run after poisoning his girlfriend's well and bucket of maize-meal after she greeted her ex-boyfriend.Seven family members- five minors and two adults- ate the meal prep...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jealous man attempts to kill girlfriend, poisons seven
Police in Mashonaland Central province are hunting for Tawanda Kupara of Makunde village,Guruve under chief Bepura who allegedly poisoned seven people in ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 00:58hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machete gangs resurface
THE infamous MaShurugwi machete gangs have reportedly resurfaced in Guruve, Mashonaland Central province, where they recently attacked and injured four villagers.The return of violence prompte...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gangs resurface in Guruve
FOUR people from Mudhindo,Guruve are nursing injuries from machete gangs who are terrorising Mudhindo in search of gold.The gangs who a...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 12:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man rapes own grandmother
In a bizarre incident, a 26-year-old Guruve man allegedly broke into his grandmother's bedroom, jumped on her and raped her until she became unconscious.The matter came to light at Bindura mag...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:13hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Security guard kills artisanal miner
AN artisanal miner from Kaminza, in Guruve was reportedly fatally shot by a security guard from a private security company in a gold claim dispute on Friday.Sources close to the incident told ...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Minister in farm dispute with villagers
Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba is embroiled in a land dispute with Mutasa villagers whom she is accusing of occupying her farm.The villagers appeared before a Mutasa ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo murders colleague over $100
Police in Mashonaland Central arrested two artisanal miners in Nyakapupu, Guruve under chief Bepura who allegedly murdered their colleague after accusing him of stealing US$100 last week.Brian...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 19:18hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Shiri made sure my name was removed on ballot paper'
Independent candidate for Guruve South Wilbert Mubaiwa has responded to Minister of Agriculture Perence Shiri's claims that Mubaiwa is a thief saying instead it is vice versa and above all Shiri is an...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman poisons infants, one dies
VILLAGERS in Mutasa were left shell shocked after a 22-year-old woman poisoned her two infant daughters, killing one while the other is battling for life in hospital.The incident happened last...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bathing granny grabs attacker by the balls to save herself
There was drama in Magama village, Guruve last Friday when a 22-year-old man reportedly pounced on a 62-year-old granny who was taking a bath.Sources familiar with the incident allege Shadreck Kar...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Village chiefs demand Zanu-PF election rerun
Two Guruve chiefs Bepura and Chipuriro are reported to have demanded a rerun in ZANU-PF Guruve primary elections after accusing the winner Patric Dutiro of rigging.Despite the call by the gove...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Man 'butchers' wife with machete
A 25-YEAR-OLD Honde Valley man was last week sentenced to four years in prison for brutally assaulting his wife with a machete over alleged infidelity. Cuthbert Wirimai appeared before Mutasa magistra...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uncle acquitted of indecent assault charges
A CHIKANGA man who was being accused of indecently assaulting his 10-year-old niece went home all smiles recently after he was acquitted of the charges by a Mutare court.Thomas Nhukarume (59) ...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granny scorches girl (6) with hot nuts
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl is battling for her life at Mutare Provincial Hospital after her grandmother scorched her private parts and most of her lower body with hot roasted roundnuts as punishment. The 70-...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man loses 3 teeth to wife
IN a rare case of domestic violence, a Mutare woman who assaulted her husband resulting in him losing three teeth and being hospitalised, has been slapped with a 15-month jail term.Narrating h...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 10:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-lover assaulted over witchcraft claims
A DANGAMVURA man appeared before Mutare magistrate Mr Innocent Bepura facing physical abuse charges after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend who was spreading rumours that he was a wizard. Tobias Domboka (3...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamond dealer loses $17k to illegal panners
A PROMINENT Mutare dealer lost $17 000 to four illegal diamond panners who lured him to the Chiadzwa diamond fields on the pretext of selling him some precious gems but later robbed him in broad dayli...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Straff Reporter
Grandpa drags baby mama to court
LOVE is blind and unpredictable!The statement was proven true last Friday when a granddad in his 70s dragged his baby mama in her 20s to court over a maintenance dispute.Stephanie Muri...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 17:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I married a goblin's wife'
A YOUTHFUL Mutare man is failing to get enough of his conjugal rights from his teenage wife whom he accused of being a goblin's wife. The bedroom quarrels spilled into the public domain after ...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF MP sued for aborting lease agreement
A MUTARE businessman Kudzanai Chizondo is claiming $11 000 from Zanu-PF Chipinge South legislator Enock Porusingazi for allegedly aborting negotiations over a lease agreement for a fuel service statio...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby brings concubine in matrimonial bedroom
A MARANGE woman has labelled her husband a reckless womaniser who has the guts of bedding his concubine in their bedroom.The couple appeared before Mutare magistrate, Mr Innocent Bepura last T...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Son accuses father of witchcraft, murder
A BURMA VALLEY man, Johanna Chikwere, is up in arms with his son, Fungai Chikwere (40), who is accusing him of being a wizard who wants to kill him. Johanna has since dragged Fungai to Mutare Civil Co...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Office romance backfires
HELL hath no fury like a woman scorned!Having had enough of her husband's office romance with another woman, Mrs Mavis Chinganga (36) recently sought the court's intervention, demanding $10 00...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chipanga joins Assegai Crew
SUNGURA maestro Hosiah Chipanga's son, Donewell ‘Curtis Mayne' Chipanga, has joined top local group Assegai Crew.The young Chipanga - a song writer, rapper and music producer - also plays th...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jilted married man stalks ex-lover
A JILTED married man is finding it difficult to stomach the fact that his extra-marital relationship with a lover is over and has resorted to stalking her day and night.Having had enough of th...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo, Chihuri on trial over unlawful arrest
MUTARE Magistrate Innocent Bepura on Tuesday began presiding over the trial of some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers and Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo and Police Commissioner-General Au...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 07:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Prophet' swindle client
A SELF-PROCLAIMED Mutare prophet, Jonathan Katsaru, has been jailed for four months for swindling a female client of $53 after misrepresenting that he had supernatural powers to remove alleged goblins...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pastor jailed 8 months
A Pentecostal church pastor, who suspended from church over an alimony row with his ex-wife, has been jailed eight months over $1 250 maintenance arrears.Itai Anderson Gutukunhuwa, 30, of Zore...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 13:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman spared jail after stealing truckload of coal
A Sakubva woman has been spared jailed after stealing a truckload of charcoal from a vendor at the Sakubva market.Engedzai Mashaka, 37, of Sakubva was convicted on her own plea of guilty by ma...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
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