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Zimbabwe man jailed 10 years in US$2.7 million ZB Bank heist set free
Tendai Zuze, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his alleged involvement in the 2021 US$2.7 million ZB Bank highway cash heist, has been acquitted by the High Court on appeal aft...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 08:21hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
5 police officers acquitted on US$15,000 extortion charges
Five Harare police officers who were accused of demanding a US$15,000 bribe from a company director to drop false rape charges have been acquitted. Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei cleared the office...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:12hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs complicit in Mnangagwa third term agenda
The MDC party has heavily criticised the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) and its Members of Parliament, alleging that they are compromised for not opposing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's desire for...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 16:33hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Serial killer on death row loses appeal at Supreme Court
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the death sentence by a Bulawayo serial killer Birthwell Sibanda who killed three people and robbed them of their cellphones and money.Dubbed ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Beatrice police accused of obstructing course of justice
Four murder suspects are walking free in Beatrice after police reportedly dragged their feet in investigations and released the suspects from custody claiming there was no case against them....Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 17:18hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Are African leaders incredibly daft or deliberately pretending unaware why Zimbabweans are truly suffering?
The past week has been eventful as far as calls for 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe should be removed', by various, mostly southern African leaders.Firstly, it was the South African President C...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Who is really behind the R2bn Tongaat Hulett bid?
WHO sits behind Magister Investments, the prospective new owner of the sugar giant? This mystery is now front and centre in a last-ditch battle by minority shareholders to block the controversial R2 b...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
There's more evidence of rampant corruption in Zimbabwe than imagined economic sanctions!
As the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan winds up her much talked about visit, I wonder what real incontrovertible evidence she has managed to garner, on how exactly the so-called 'e...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe govt should make up its mind - are sanctions a 'curse' or 'blessing' for country, or are they even real?
Every human being on this planet has faced, is facing, and will face, challenges in this lifetime - some easily resolved, whilst others seemingly unsurmountable - however, what defines a "victor", or ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 10:08hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Opposition offenders are no special citizens
Following the recent sentencing of MDC Alliance activist, Makomborero Haruzivishe to an effective 14 months in prison for inciting public violence, there were mixed reactions from across the political...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 11:46hrs | 6 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Jailed MDC activist says, 'I will be back!'
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition party says the government is again cracking down on critics with a prison sentence given to 28-year-old Makomborero Haruzivishe. A court found him guilty of inciting violenc...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe conviction designed to send 'chilling effect', says MDC Alliance
The conviction on Wednesday of MDC Alliance youth activist Makomborero Haruzivishe on charges of inciting violence and resisting arrest is designed to "send a chilling effect" to President Emmerson Mn...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 18:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe faces up to 20 years in jail after double conviction
MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe faces a possible 20-year-jail sentence after he was convicted of inciting public violence and resisting police arrest on Wednesday, his lawyer said....Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 18:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Women suffer brunt of Harare's water woes
Rita Tawona is a 34 year old mother who lives in Glenview, a Harare high density suburb, with her husband and four kids.Her day starts as early as 3AM as she wakes up to join a long winding qu...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions mantra divides public opinion
FOR me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence.This, however, has been the m...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans divided over effects of targeted sanctions, as govt can't prove they're responsible for economic crisis
For me, the issue of targeted sanctions imposed by the US and her Western allies goes beyond mere allegations, unsubstantiated claims, and circumstantial evidence - which has been the hallmark of the ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 11:40hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Malawi businessman kills pregnant Zimbabwean lover
THE Malawi High Court sitting in the neighbouring country's old capital city, Zomba, has sentenced to life imprisonment, businessman Misozi Chanthunya for murdering his Zimbabwean girlfriend Linda Gas...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fears Sudan-style protests will rock Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S deep-seated fears of massive Sundanese-style protests over the deteriorating political and economic emergency have been exposed after it moved yesterday to block mass demonstrations calle...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-top cop on life jail freed
THE Supreme Court has acquitted an ex-top police detective who was serving life imprisonment for fatally shooting a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a gold mine in Fort Rixon in Matabelela...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Killer pilot to be behind bars for 20 years
AN Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot who fatally assaulted his Gweru-based girlfriend last year for allegedly cheating on him with his colleague was yesterday sentenced to an effective 20 years in jail. ...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rhodesia was 'successful' because essentially it was a province of SA
This week, I am going to start by doing something that we journalists don't normally do. Often we think our duty is to criticise or point out wrongdoing but never to praise even when praise is due. Bu...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 09:26hrs | 2 | by Baffour Ankomah
Zimbabwe to abolish death sentence
Dear editor, This is a step in the right direction. This issue of abolishing death penalty is a bone of contention in most jurisdictions. Some jurisdictions which pursue Sharia law, will not e...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 12:05hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
AG vindicates Chiwenga, nails Mnangagwa
ATTORNEY General Prince Machaya Thursday looked to have exonerated Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while indirectly implicating President Emmerson Mnangagwa as having played a part in army deploym...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thrown under the bus at the Motlanthe commission
Zimbabwe's Attorney-General and the government's principal legal adviser, Prince Machaya, yesterday threw President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the bus when he told the commission of inquiry into the Aug...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Western countries have supported Mugabe's tyranny - not surprising to be behind Mnangagwa!
Over the past two decades, the world could have been hoodwinked by Western governments' imposition of targetted sanctions on then Zimbabwean president Robert Gabriel Mugabe's tyrannical regime, on the...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Rapist' father acquitted
A Chitungwiza man who allegedly raped his three-year-old child after he chased away his wife over a misunderstanding was yesterday acquitted after the State failed to prove its case. The accus...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe state security agents and military responsible for Dzamara abduction
Yesterday was one of the most shocking days in Zimbabwe's political history, as the police finally announced that they would institute investigations into the whereabouts of political activist Itai Dz...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 16:32hrs | 2 | by Kudakwashe Sheddy Marangwanda
Armed robbery suspect acquitted of murder
ONE of four armed robbers involved in a spate of heists in Johannesburg before they escaped into Zimbabwe where they allegedly shot dead one of their own, was yesterday acquitted of murder.Mel...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean robbers shoot SA partner dead
FOUR armed robbers, among them a South African, were involved in a spate of heists in Johannesburg before they escaped into Zimbabwe where they shot dead one of their own in a fight over sharing of th...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man stoned to death over pregnant woman
A MAN from Fort Rixon who allegedly teamed up with a friend and stoned his neighbour to death following a fight over a pregnant woman was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in jail.Tshayizo Mpofu...Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspected gold smuggler acquitted
A Harare man who was arrested while allegedly trying to smuggle 11,4 kilogrammes of gold through the Plumtree Border Post, is now a free man after he was acquitted of the charges.The gold was ...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Slain tender board chief death inquest to be held
AN inquest will be held to determine the circumstances under which former State Procurement Board executive chairman Charles Kuwaza died, as suspicion that the career bureaucrat was killed mafia-style...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Former top cop guilty of murder
A FORMER top police detective who shot a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a mine in Fort Rixon has been convicted of murder with actual intent. Refias Masuna (48) of Mahatshula Nor...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:28hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Grandma 'killer' walks
A MAN from Plumtree who was accused of storming his 65-year-old grandmother's hut and axing her to death before torching the woman's grass thatched hut, has been acquitted. Cabangani Moyo (30)...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Friend 'killer' acquitted
A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly fatally stabbed his friend in a fit of rage for admonishing him after he insulted his aunt has been acquitted after a High Court Judge ruled that he was not guilty of...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Thandeka Moyo
HIV saves robber from life sentence
In a land mark case, HIV status spared an armed robber life sentence after the High Court condemned the man to 25 years in jail for killing a Kuwadzana resident during a robbery. Justice Joseph Musakw...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man gets life in jail for rape, murder of 15-year-old orphan
AN ESIGODINI man who raped his neighbour's 15-year-old orphaned granddaughter before crushing her head with a big stone to conceal the crime, was yesterday sentenced to life in jail.Twoboy Phi...Published: 04 Feb 2016 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Wife killer gets life in prison
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo has described a Gokwe wife killer as a heartless and evil man who deserved to be removed from society forever, as she sentenced him to life imprisonmen...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Ritual murderers killed 3 women, baby for muti
THREE men from the Stanmore area of Gwanda who murdered three women and a seven-month-old baby before mutilating their bodies for ritual purposes were yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment. ...Published: 14 May 2015 at 06:58hrs | 14 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Jailed Air Zimbabwe boss appeals sentence
Convicted ex-Air Zimbabwe chief executive officer Peter Chikumba has appealed at the High Court of Zimbabwe against both his conviction and sentence.Chikumba in his notice of appeal against bo...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop who raped three nieces goes on the run
THE 55-year-old police officer from Tshabalala Police Station who allegedly raped his three nieces is suspected to have gone on the run after failing to appear in court for trial.Senior re...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 21:10hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Susan 'Mother Chinja' Tsvangirai's legacy lives on
Born: 24 April 1958 Tragically passed on: 6th March 2009 Tears may dry, but memories the wound of thinking and missing you will never heal. The...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 20:16hrs | | by Moruti Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Death row inmate loses appeal
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by a man on a death row convicted for shooting another man in a robbery attack, a decade ago. In a judgment made available yesterday, the bench turn...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 23:20hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
War vets acquitted of murdering a white farmer
War veterans Albert Ncube and Robert Nyathi, who were facing allegations of kidnapping and fatally shooting Nyamandlovu farmer Ms Elizabeth Gloria Olds, have been acquitted by the High Court in Bulaw...Published: 07 Apr 2013 at 05:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
War veterans acquitted
War veterans Albert Ncube and Robert Nyathi, who were facing allegations of kidnapping and fatally shooting Nyamandlovu farmer Ms Elizabeth Gloria Olds, have been acquitted by the High Court in Bulawa...Published: 31 Mar 2013 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trio to hang for gruesome murders
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed three death sentences, one of them of a man from Sibona area of Gwanda District who killed ...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rtd Solomon Mujuru's inquest findings full report
These are the findings in respect of the inquest held regarding the death of the late Retired General Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru. The late General is alleged to have died between the night of the 15th...Published: 29 Mar 2012 at 05:05hrs | | by VERDICT/FINDINGS
Mother collapses in court as sons get 40 years in jail
A mother of two Bulawayo rapists Elijah (24) and Aaron (27) on Monday at the Bulawayo regional magistrates courts collapsed soon after her two sons were sentenced to 20 years each for rape...Published: 13 Dec 2011 at 23:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN force brought cholera to Haiti: Study
A study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians, shows "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people....Published: 30 Jun 2011 at 05:52hrs | | by Matthews Estell
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