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Harare woman fined for attacking ex-husband
A Harare woman, Tyler Roxanne Rubenstein, has been fined US$150 after being convicted of assaulting her ex-husband, Ibbo Mandaza Junior, over a phone she claimed contained a picture of a nude person i...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:35hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza Jnr acquitted
Ibbo Mandaza Jnr (33) was acquitted on Wednesday at the close of the State's case in a trial where he was facing charges of assaulting his former wife, Ms. Tyler Rubenstein (37), on Christmas Eve last...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:52hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza's son faces assault charges
The son of prominent academic and political commentator Professor Ibbo Mandaza appeared in court facing allegations of assaulting his ex-wife on Christmas Eve.Ibbo Mandaza Jr (33) was charged ...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:17hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Paedophile kidnaps minor
A suspected paedophile is in soup after he allegedly kidnapped a minor and eventually had sex with a minor on Christmas Eve.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts where Lungis...Published: 02 Jan 2025 at 15:18hrs | 1587 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean activist arrested, tortured over Mozambique protests
A local activist, Talent Rusere, was allegedly blindfolded and tortured following his arrest in connection with videos claiming that Zimbabweans voted in Mozambique's disputed October elections. Ruser...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:21hrs | 2686 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister foils Xmas Eve farm grab
War Veterans' Minister Monica Mavhunga stepped in to prevent the eviction of settlers at Saratoga Farm, located 46 kilometers from Harare along Shamva Road in Goromonzi District, during an unsanctione...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:47hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death in revenge attack on Christmas eve
A 39-year-old man, Nqobizitha Mazibuko, tragically lost his life in a violent revenge attack on Christmas Eve. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. along a dust road leading from Madigane Business Cen...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:39hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique's opposition leader vows to install himself as president
Mozambique's main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections.His announcem...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:56hrs | 2483 | by Staff reporter
Police ready to maintain law, order during, after holidays
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has assured the nation of heightened security during the festive season, with officers strategically deployed across major roads, neighborhoods, central business dis...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:14hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Man steals car to impress girlfriend
ONE should be courageous and fear God to resist certain temptations, especially when one steals to impress girlfriends.The advice came following the arrest of a man who was caught sleeping hal...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo Hospital staff as they save 90 people with gruesome stab wounds
THE festive season was a nightmare for healthcare workers at Mpilo Central Hospital who had to rope in external help from specialists to save the lives of attempted murder victims.A staggering...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Man accidentally shoots grandson to death on Christmas Eve
There was no Christmas party at Nyawasha's residents in Mutoko after Dominic Nyawasha (52) fatally shot his grandson in a bid to shoot crow birds....Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 08:57hrs | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Holidaymakers throng Bulawayo tourist attractions
TOURIST attractions around Bulawayo were on Christmas Day teeming with activity as hordes of holidaymakers, among them Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Barbara Rwodzi, took time out to celebr...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:27hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Hit and run traffic accidents on the rise
The rising number of hit and run traffic accidents has become a cause for concern for the police as a 41-year-old man was killed by a vehicle at the 53km peg along the Rusape-Nyanga road on Christmas ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family buries four Boksburg gas victims
A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed Lushongwe Village in Gwanda as relatives and friends of four family members who were part of the 17 people who died from gas inhalation at an informal settlement in Boksbu...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Pastor faces sex worker murder charge
A Seventh Day Adventist Church (SDA) pastor based in Francistown, Botswana has been linked to the alleged murder of a suspected Zimbabwean commercial sex worker who was found dead in her house in Ma...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean shot dead in Lincoln
A day after Zimbabwean national Kupo Mleya (38) was shot and killed, police arrested a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve who they allege is responsible.Kupo was son to the late Brigadier General Fa...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army generals feel the heat over soldiers' criminal activities
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has been forced to publicly denounce its officers for their engagement in criminal activities following a spate of robberies and casual shootings by and involving sold...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Defence Forces speaks on recent shootings
People must report any member of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) engaging in criminal activities or unbecoming behaviour, the ZDF said in a statement yesterday after seven people died in three recen...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda businessman, butchery operator nabbed for alleged stock theft
POLICE in Gwanda have arrested a businessman and butchery operator from the Konongwe farming area for alleged stock theft after the recovery of live and slaughtered cattle.The cattle were reco...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for Beta bus 'killer' driver
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a Beta bus driver who fled the accident scene where the lives of five passengers were lost along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans honour Butau
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday hailed as a hero Sirizani Butau, who risked his life to save at least eight people from a bus that caught fire along the Harare-Mutare Highway on Christmas eve.Batau, who...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Brother rapes sister
A 19-year-old man from Mufakose in Harare appeared in court yesterday on allegations of raping his five-year-old sister on Christmas eve after she was left in his custody while their mother was attend...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Let's go Brandon' man gets threats
The Oregon father who added "Let's go Brandon" at the end of a live-streamed Christmas Eve phone conversation with Joe Biden said he is now being "attacked" for "utilizing freedom of speech." He claim...Published: 26 Dec 2021 at 16:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Drunk pedestrian blamed after 4 die in fiery collision between bus and fuel tanker
A drunk pedestrian is being blamed after a fiery bus collision with a fuel tanker which killed four people near Mutare on Christmas Eve.Police say the driver of a Beta bus was avoiding running...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 19:09hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Let's go, Brandon': Caller pranks Biden at White House event
A caller has pranked US President Joe Biden by dropping an anti-Biden taunt into their chat during a White House Christmas event.Mr Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were hosting the festive cal...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
US lifts restrictions on Zimbabwe
THE restrictions were implemented to slow the spread of the omicron variant in the United States, and they applied to South Africa – where omicron was first detected – as well as Botswana, Eswatin...Published: 25 Dec 2021 at 09:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gloomy Christmas beckons for civil servants
A GLOOMY festive season beckons for civil servants, the worst since 2008 according to unions representing State employees owing to low salaries amid a sharp rise in the prices of goods and services....Published: 18 Dec 2021 at 11:31hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Gloomy X-mas beckons for civil servants
A GLOOMY festive season beckons for civil servants, the worst since 2008 according to unions representing State employees owing to low salaries amid a sharp rise in the prices of goods and services....Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 23:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Businessman files complaint against High Court judge over property deal
HARARE businessman Kingston Hamutendi Munyawarara, the executive director of Bariadie Investments (Private) Limited, has lodged an official complaint against High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi (...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog fight as Tuku daughter divorces
A DOG is reputed to be man or woman's best friend and this certainly seems to be the case for Samantha Mtukudzi, the daughter of the late great Tuku, who demanded that Alvin Jazz, a maltese breed that...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Granting bail lands prosecutor in dock
Prosecutor Arthur Bosha has been arrested for consenting to bail in separate applications last year by two suspected armed robbers who were part of suspected gang leader Musa Taj Abdul. CID Ho...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Another prosecutor under probe
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has filed another complaint against public prosecutor, Mr Arthur Bosha, who last year consented bail for one of the three notorious armed robbers who opera...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drowning cases rise
Cases of people drowning while crossing flooded rivers increased during the festive season, with the police pleading for caution when crossing rivers.Officer commanding Hurungwe district Chief...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prominent rights activist Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo dies from Covid-19
Prominent civil society activist and human rights advocate Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo died from Covid-19 at a Gwanda hospital late Thursday.Fuzwayo was treasurer-general for the Crisis in Zimbabw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutor under probe over suspect's bail
Law officer Mr Douglas Chesa, who consented to bail for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda on December 8, is now under probe after detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Blessings Chidakwa
More pain for Chiwenga's wife
The ailing Marry is facing multiple charges at the courts, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful husband when he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa two years ago.S...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Richard Choruma dies
Former Highlanders roving midfielder Richard Choruma died at Tembisa Hospital in South Africa on Tuesday morning after battling stomach complications and kidney failure, his family has confirmed....Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe slapped with $100m wage bill
AT least 300 workers fired by Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) five years ago, who have won a long-drawn legal battle to return to work, say they are owed $100 million in outstanding salaries by the struggling a...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdancehall chanter wins US$10,000
RISING Zimdancehall artiste and Lower Six student at Washington Hills High, Keith "Spucky B" Antonio (19), has emerged the ultimate winner of the US$10K grand prize for the Sasai African and Talented ...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zupco operators lick wounds
PRIVATE commuter operators under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise have not been paid by government since November 14 this year it has emerged.Reports say that they went ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Guard 'kills' wife over affairs
A security guard in Silobela allegedly brutally killed his wife whom he accused of having multiple extra-marital affairs, police have confirmed. Acting Midlands province police spokesperson, A...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A Christmas covered in tears
WHILE most Zimbabweans celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day, going through the annual festive rituals, Mitchell Hunzvi (30) was reflecting and reminiscing over what has been a dreadfu...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Kafe and Harmony Agere
Zimbabwe registered 9 Covid-19 deaths on Christmas eve
Zimbabwe registered 9 Covid-19 deaths on Christmas eve as authorities urged members of the public to keep their guard during the festive holidays. The respiratory virus has since killed a...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The 1929 Bulawayo Shona-Ndebele fights reconsidered
From Christmas Eve of 1929 to the end of that year, Bulawayo was an ungovernable city marred by fights between Shona, on the one hand (perceived as a 'common enemy’), and forces that were predomina...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | 8 | by Enocent Msindo
Famous ghosts that saved lives
Though stories of the dead returning from the afterlife to involve themselves in the affairs of the living are as old as humanity, they still send chills down many people's spines.When terrify...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Tendai Chara
'Bloodbath' threats at Jah Prayzah show
CONTEMPORARY musician Jah Prayzah's much anticipated Kwekwe show slated for tonight at King Solomon's Lifestyle Cafe will go ahead despite threats of a machete bloodbath.A message making the r...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police wary of upsurge in lethal weapons use
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has noted with concern the upsurge in the use of lethal weapons to commit murder in various parts of the country in the last two weeks. An analysis of the record m...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike: Lives on ropes as lies, arrogance blot hope
Timothy Kafiramberi (not his real name) is visibly desperate and scared as he carries his ailing son who cannot walk due to an unexplained sickness. He has been moving from one room to another along t...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Vanessa Gonye
'Intern' doctors threaten to snub disciplinary hearings
THE over 500 suspended junior doctors at public hospitals have vowed to snub disciplinary hearings scheduled for today at their various work stations around the country and continue with their industr...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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