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Zimbabwe prisons remain overpopulated
Zimbabwe's prison population is too high and authorities are struggling to fulfil their mandate of rehabilitating inmates, an official said on Tuesday.Appearing before a joint sitting of parli...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:47hrs | 143 | 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
Ngidlaliswe amatope mina?
Reading Edward GibbonWhere is God bakithi?Edward Gibbon is no writer for easy readers. Yet he is so important to Britain's governing myth. No wonder why every British-born Prime Minist...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:21hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Zimbabweans flogged at Botswana traditional court
Eight Zimbabwean immigrants were reportedly subjected to flogging at a traditional court in Botswana for illegally entering the country.According to sources in Botswana, the eight individuals ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS defends release of convicted rapist from prison on Mnangagwa's amnesty order
THE ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has justified the release from prison of Bobby Makaza, a convicted rapist, under a recent presidential amnesty order.Makaza, who resides in...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF pampers rapist with house, cash
THE ruling Zanu-PF party rewarded convicted rapist Bobby Makaza with a house and a substantial amount of cash during a presidential rally in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, on Saturday....Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Commute death sentence to prison terms'
A RECENT High Court ruling condemning Tapiwa Makore Senior and accomplice Tafadzwa Shamba to death for the brutal murder of then seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore Junior has once again revived debate on th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
15 beneficiaries of Mnangagwa amnesty rearrested for murder, robbery
At least 15 convicts who benefited from the Presidential Clemency Order last month have been rearrested for offences including murder and armed robbery.Last month, 4 270 prisoners countrywide ...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outrage over sex offenders' pardoning
HUMAN rights lawyers yesterday expressed concern over the recent pardoning of jailed sex offenders under Presidential amnesty.On May 12, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted Clemency Order No...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC blasts Mnangagwa
Some of the more than 4,000 prisoners released on amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week include child rapists, it has emerged.One fiend who raped a nine-year-old girl had served ju...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants non-violent prisoners amnesty
AN amnesty has been granted to a range of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 000 robbers sent to prison
About 1 000 robbers were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for periods ranging from 6 months to 60 years during the first 10 months of the year, as the clampdown on rising cases of violent crime...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police to train security guards
Private security guards will soon undergo basic formal levels of training by the police, as Government upgrades the industry following a recent rise in robberies through a review of the Private Invest...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr President, how far with the hyped mega deals?
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, there is still no evidence of the mega deals you hyped about during your inauguration. Corruption is still rampant. And, there is dead silenc...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 05:54hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mnangagwa chases under-fire ZACC commissioner from his Sherwood farm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday chased Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (ZACC) spokesman John Makamure from his Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe after he went there to plead for clemency, la...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
19 000 robberies, 3 500 murders rock Zimbabwe
Nearly 19 000 cases of robbery and over 3 500 murders were recorded in Zimbabwe between January 2020 and December 2021, official statistics show.Data obtained from the Zimbabwe National Statis...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi digs in on Gukurahundi genocide
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has maintained that Gukurahundi is a buried chapter in Zimbabwe and accused those clamouring for justice for victims of the 1980s killings by the army of parroti...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe banishes death penalty
IT'S been 6 273 days since Zimbabwe hanged a condemned person. For the gruesome murder of Themba Nkiwane, the High Court sentenced Never Masina Mandlenkosi to death in 2002 and he was executed...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't muzzle Gukurahundi genocide survivors'
THE United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop restricting Gukurahundi survivors from mourning and holdin...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe clemency order cannot cover genocide'
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has said the statement by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi that perpetrators of Gukurahundi could not be prosecuted because they were covered by...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Innscor
A TENSE meeting between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Innscor Africa shareholders over allegations of fuelling currency volatilities rocking the market had a chilling effect after Vice-President Co...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tables turn against Chadzamira
THE battle for the Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial chairperson's post that raged between 2016 and 2017 was reignited in the recently held provincial elections which saw Provincial minister Ezra Chadzamira...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga threatens Marry's doctors'
VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga is reportedly threatening medical doctors against releasing an affidavit for his estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa, who is seeking postponement of he...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tempers flare at Parly public hearing
TEMPERS flared yesterday during the Independent Complaints Commission Bill public consultations in Bulawayo after residents accused the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliame...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madzokere's pain over his lost wife after 10 years behind bars wrongly jailed
HARARE - Jailed for 10 years for a murder he might not have committed. Tungamirai Madzokere on Monday surveyed the ruins that are his personal life and remarked: "I lost everything."Madzokere ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC duo acquitted after 8 years in jail
THE Supreme Court yesterday acquitted MDC Alliance activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere of the murder of a senior police officer after it ruled that their conviction by the High Court wa...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
No constitutional crisis, Samkange
PARLIAMENTARY Legal Committee (PLC) chairperson Mr Jonathan Samkange says there is no constitutional crisis in the country and recent developments reflect the proper functioning of the judiciary....Published: 26 May 2021 at 18:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shava demands US$100,000 to assume ministerial duty
NEWLY-APPOINTED Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister Frederick Shava refused to assume duty for over a month after taking oath of office, demanding payment of about US$100 000 he was owed ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Undenge freed from jail
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge, who was jailed for an effective 36 months for abuse of office in 2018, has been released in a Presidential clemency order. Undenge ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:10hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa okays amnesty request
President Mnangagwa has approved the amnesty on prisoners serving lighter sentences or who have served over one-third of their sentences, following a request by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional S...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Highlanders more than a football entity
HIGHLANDERS FC is more than a football entity. It is life and everything to some and leaving Bosso in 1976 would have seen club legend Douglas Mloyi disowned by his own family. The decision no...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trump pardons 15, commutes 5 sentences, including GOP allies
President Donald Trump has pardoned 15 people, including a pair of congressional Republicans who were strong and early supporters, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former gove...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 05:10hrs | 1 | by AP
Zvinavashe estate in shambles
FIVE beneficiaries of the estate of the late national hero, Vitalis Musungwa Gava Zvinavashe's Trust have petitioned the High Court seeking an order to remove the current Trustees accusing them of fai...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nephew in fierce tug-of-war for land with church group
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's nephew, Charles Mpofu is still involved in a fierce tussle for farmland with an apostolic sect group in Kwekwe's Mbembeswane area with the white robbed church members fi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa says, Mnangagwa's legitimacy key to dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party was ready for dialogue with the ruling Zanu-PF party to end the country's deteriorating economic, social and political situation, but on c...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madhuku confirmed Bikita East harmonised poll winner
THE Electoral Court has confirmed Johnson Madhuku (Zanu-PF) as the legitimate National Assembly Member for Bikita East following his resounding victory during last year's harmonised election. ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 council officials arrested over $63 000
Six top Nyaminyami Rural District Council officials have been arrested on charges of criminal abuse of office involving $63 000 of council funds.The six, who have been languishing in custody s...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why would a 'normal' person vote for ZANU PF?
There has been a question that has vexed me - and, I am sure, so many others - as to why, after being subjected to so much untold suffering for nearly four decades by ZANU PF, any 'normal' person woul...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 10:05hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pastor defrauds congregant of $2 000, jailed
A 26-year-old pastor from Masvingo has been sentenced to three months in prison for defrauding his congregant of $2 000 in a botched housing stand deal. Fortune Mubaiwa of Glory House Internat...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkosana Moyo's unorthodox campaign plan unpacked
SITTING outside a restaurant overlooking the immaculate greenery of Royal Harare Golf Club, the Zimbabwe Independent news crew can see a group of professional golfers going about their practice sessio...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 14:49hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Kairiza
It's your baby, ex-convict told
FROM prison to life's jail!Such is the story of Lungile Maphosa an ex-convict from Emganwini who after the presidential clemency has not had peace in his life because his ex-girlfriend Oletha ...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
24 pardoned inmates back in jail
A TOTAL of 24 inmates including five women who were released on Presidential Amnesty are back in prison hardly two weeks after gaining freedom.A record 4 912 prisoners have been released from ...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo prisons release 662 inmates
A total of 699 prisoners have been freed from Bulawayo, Hwange, Victoria Falls prisons following the Presidential amnesty, amid calls for society to accept them.The prisoners who were serving ...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Joy as inmates freed
THERE was jubilation at Mlondolozi Mental and Female Prison housed at Khami Complex as 40 female inmates who benefited from the Presidential Amnesty were released to go home yesterday.The inma...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa accused of bribery, blackmail
Former Zifa accountant Fabian Venganayi has accused under-fire Zifa president Philip Chiyangwa of attempting to bribe and blackmail him in a desperate bid to silence him as his nasty fight with the be...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Good news forZimbabwe jailbirds
Cabinet has extended amnesty to some prisoners as Government moves to decongest correctional facilities.Zimbabwe's prisons have a holding capacity of about 17 000, but presently hold around 20...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: How to kill a peace commission at birth
Coordinator of the National Transitional Justice Working Group, Dzikamai Bere told 263Chat that the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) Act has four weaknesses which threaten the effec...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 10:54hrs | 14 | by Dzikamai Bere
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