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Kumalo headmistress' fraud case postponed to August
The trial date for Kumalo Primary School headmistress Stella Mhlanga remains uncertain after the State once again requested a postponement, citing incomplete police investigations. The case has now be...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:28hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Man once linked to Cal_Vin murder case faces fresh theft charges
Wilfred Mafuka, the 33-year-old man previously accused in the high-profile case involving the alleged murder of celebrated Bulawayo rapper Cal_Vin, is back in the legal spotlight - this time facing ch...Published: 01 May 2025 at 08:39hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Kumalo Primary School headmistress acquitted
STELLA MHLANGA, the Kumalo Primary School headmistress who was facing charges of peddling -ornographic material has been acquitted.Mhlanga was in court for contravening Section 26 of the Censo...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni judgment date set
CHIEF Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni together with his 13 subjects, who are facing charges of allegedly destroying a villager's property in Ntabazinduna, will know their fate on August 15. Ndi...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Obert Mpofu subpoenaed again
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Felix Ndiweni's case of malicious damage to property was on Wednesday postponed after key witness, former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu failed to show up, promp...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso execs found guilty
HIGHLANDERS suspended executive committee members, Modern Ngwenya and Israel Moyo who have been found guilty on the charges they were facing. The duo now wait for their punishment to be handed down....Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to appear before Bulawayo court
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, is set to testify before a Bulawayo magistrate in a case in which he stands accused of inciting a Ntabazinduna villager to defy directives from Chief ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to testify in Ndiweni case
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu, was on Wednesday issued with summons to appear before the Bulawayo Magistrates' Courts to testify in a case where he is accused of inciting a Ntabazin...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni's warrant of arrest cancelled
BULAWAYO magistrate Gladmore Mushove has cancelled a warrant of arrest he recently issued against Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Ndiweni for failing to appear in court last month.The court has set J...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu appears in court
FORMER Minister of Home Affairs and Culture Dr Obert Mpofu appeared in court yesterday after he was summoned to testify in a case in which Chief Felix Ndiweni and his 13 subjects are accused of destro...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu arrest warrant cancelled
A WARRANT of arrest which had been issued against former Minister of Home Affairs and Culture, Dr Obert Mpofu, for failing to attend court to testify in a case in which Chief Felix Ndiweni and his 13 ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu issued with a warrant of arrest
FORMER Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest by a Bulawayo magistrate after he failed to attend court to testify in a case where Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhla...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
$135 000 drug bust
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men found with a consignment of khat - a dangerous drug - with a street value of $135 000 which was destined for the United Kingdom.Detectives arrested a U...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Killer dad jailed for 25 years
A MAN from Nkayi who killed his handicapped three-year-old son and secretly buried his body in a shallow grave has been sentenced to an effective 25 years in jail.Jeremaya Sibanda (39) of Sikh...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills 3-year-old disabled son
A MAN from Nkayi allegedly killed his handicapped three-year-old son and secretly buried his body in a shallow grave after prophets claimed the toddler was a goblin.Jeremaya Sibanda (39) of Si...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu sues chief for defamation
HOME Affairs and Culture Minister Dr Obert Mpofu has filed a $300 000 lawsuit against Chief Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni for claiming that he stole their 200 cattle before making a docket, which was opened ...Published: 09 May 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi son-in-law's property 'attached'
A BULAWAYO debt collector allegedly masqueraded as a lawyer and forged a writ of execution on behalf of a client before attaching property belonging to Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's son-in-law, a magi...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 10:15hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Fake cop swindles ZRP of uniforms
A BULAWAYO woman masqueraded as a police boss before storming into the ordinance stores in anti-riot gear where she allegedly ordered a "subordinate" to give her a police uniform, a badge and cap for ...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 05:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu, chief tiff gets uglier
RELATIONS between Macro-Economic Planning minister and MP for Umguza Obert Mpofu and Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni have become so strained that they have now attracted the attention of b...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 13:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa loses legal battle
BUSINESS Tycoon Dr Philip Chiyangwa has lost the legal battle against the auctioning of his company's industrial machinery attached over a debt of nearly $300 000 in unpaid water bills to the Bulawayo...Published: 27 May 2017 at 09:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's property auctioned over unpaid rates
FLAMBOYANT business Philip Chiyangwa has taken Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and the Sheriff to court challenging the auctioning of his company's industrial machinery which was attached over a debt of n...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Philip Chiyangwa fumes, $300 000 equipment acutioned for $4800
Businessman Philip Chiyangwa is a bitter man after his industrial machinery in Bulawayo which was attached over a debt of nearly $300 000 in unpaid water bills was auctioned for a mere $48...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Serial killer' attracts huge crowd
A SUSPECTED serial killer from Bulawayo who allegedly shot dead his friend and a neighbour before burying them in shallow graves in Burnside suburb, was yesterday back in court.Scores of p...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
$90 000 theft manager blames bosses
A SIMBISA southern region banking manager who is facing theft charges involving more than $90 000 has denied the charge saying he was forced to sign an incriminating affidavit.Simbisa is a...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops must be charged for wrongly arresting Mawarire - Lawyer
A Bulawayo based lawyer Byron Sengweni has said the police officers who arrested Pastor Evan Mawarire and charged him in a controversial manner should be charged under the police Act for omitting or n...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Prison officers ordered to provide warm clothing for inmates
A BULAWAYO magistrate has ordered the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to provide warm clothing to inmates at Khami remand prison.The order was made after Byron Sengweni of Mc...Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 07:21hrs | | by Thubelihle Mabhena
Businessman's wife, mistress battle over court order
PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman, Alison De Souza's wife Beverly yesterday dragged De Souza's mistress to court for allegedly violating a peace order barring her from communicating with him.The ...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Mpumelelo Nyoni
Murder suspect feigns madness
A MURDER suspect feigned madness at the Bulawayo High Court yesterday, halting his trial. Prosecutors Nokuthaba Ngwenya and Gugulethu Ndlovu and defence lawyer, Byron Sengweni, were convinced that Phi...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Man killed in fight over woman
A KEZI man died from injuries sustained when he was struck by a rival suitor with a stone and a spade in a fight over a woman. Dickson Ncube, 34, died in an ambulance when he was being transferred fr...Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 03:43hrs | | by Court Reporter
Nust lecturer acquitted on bribery charges
THE Nust lecturer, Dr Lerato Nare who was facing charges of demanding and accepting a $500 bribe from a student, has been found not guilty and acquitted. Dr Nare (48), of Number 7D Northlea Road in W...Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 05:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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