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Rape at 'cleansing' ceremony
A 56-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet has been jailed 20 years for raping a 14-year-old juvenile under the pretext of cleansing her of evil objects in her body.Alfosi Nzinga of Silalatshani ar...Published: 6 hrs ago | 680 | by Staff reporter
Misheck Velaphi Ncube Obituary: Connecting the Dots
Misheck Velaphi Ncube was buried at Heroes Acre in Harare on 9 May 2019, a well-deserved recognition from the ruling party and the state for his contribution to the liberation and independence of Zimb...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1092 | by Iphithule Maphosa
White farmer convicted of ‘mistakenly' shooting black employee
A CHIPINGE white farmer, who shot and injured his employee claiming that he had mistaken him for a stray dog and blaming the victim for the incident, has been convicted of negligently causing serious ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:02hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official caged for assaulting cop
PAUL Masikati, a top Zanu-PF official based in Marondera, who, together with fellow ruling party youths, stormed a police base and assaulted a cop in a bid to free his arrested son, was on Wednesday s...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:01hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes colleague over borrowed spanners
A CHIPINGE man has been fined $100 or 10 days in prison after he brutally attacked his former workmate for asking him to hand back tools he had borrowed.Victor Derera (33), of Gaza E in Chipin...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF not invincible in rural areas'
MUTASA Central MP Trevor Saruwaka (MDC Alliance) yesterday said the ruling Zanu PF was not invincible in the rural areas after his party's victory in Mutasa Rural District Council ward 10 by-election ...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:52hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's widow appeals sentence
A BULAWAYO woman Aquilinia Kayidza Pamberi, who at one time was among different women suspected to be in a relationship with the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, has challenged a court's decisi...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps stranded woman
A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been sentenced to four years in jail for kidnapping a stranded woman and keeping her hostage for two days after she approached him seeking help. Ndumiso Ncu...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
State to pay Chivhayo's legal fees
The Supreme Court has permitted prosecutors who are fighting the acquittal of Wicknell Chivayo to file their papers and that they have to pay the businessman's legal fees.Justice Bharat Patel ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai 'widow' faces jail
A Bulawayo woman Aquilinia Kayidza Pamberi, who at one time was among different women suspected to be in a relationship with the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, is facing jail after a Bulawayo...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:21hrs | 6644 | by Staff reporter
How a pistol sold Tshinga Dube out
IN our last edition our Assistant Editor Mkhululi Sibanda (MS) spoke to one of the pioneer guerillas, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube about the first operations. Retired Col Dube whose pseudo name was ca...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:18hrs | 4022 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 222 | by Zifiso Masiye
Urine 'baptism' for man in sex row
A MAN from Hwange got more than what he had bargained for when he was beaten before being baptised with a bucket of urine by his angry wife who had denied him sex.The matter came to light when...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:54hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
Maid lures lover for sex with stolen wine
A MAID in Chipinge was reportedly involved in an ugly spat with her employer when she stole her three bottles of Green Valley wine and used them to lure her lover for an all-night sex binge.In...Published: 03 May 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge business tycoon jailed 15 years for raping employee
A PROMINENT Beitbridge businessman, Edwin Tumbare (40), has been slapped with an effective 15 years in jailed for raping his domestic employee.Tumbare denied the charge when he appeared before...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:55hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
100 years jail for armed robbery brothers
TWO brothers from Mberengwa district who committed a spate of armed robberies and rape in the same district, have been sentenced to a combined 100 years in jail by a Gweru regional magistrate. ...Published: 02 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn rioters
POLICE are ready and will in future not hesitate to react ruthlessly if attacked by rioters a senior police officer here has warned.Officer Commanding Marondera district, Superintendent Didymu...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 21:12hrs | 3232 | by newzimbabwe
Girl stabbed for turning neighbour's love proposal
A TEENAGE girl is lucky to be alive after she was left clutching her intestines when she was stabbed for turning down a neighbour's love proposal.This was heard when Blessing Masukume of Londo...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:55hrs | 3042 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills baby to conceal extra-marital affair
A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for an effective 20 months for killing her newborn baby to conceal her infidelity from her husband, who is due to be released from prison soon. Enita Zhou o...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade is fast-losing steam
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) launched the special anti-corruption courts with fanfare slightly more than a year ago, but a cocktail of challenges is retarding the prosecution of graft-accused...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 299 | by Charles Laiton
'Zimbabwe prisons overcrowded'
DESPITE the release of 3 000 prisoners through the Presidential Amnesty last year, Zimbabwe's prisons are still overpopulated, with the country's correctional facilities carrying 2 382 inmates above t...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | 206 | by Sytaff reporter
Conjugal rights not a priority: ZPCS
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has said reforms to include prisoners enjoying conjugal rights are not a priority, but the focus was on equipping inmates with life skills that would ...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for maintenance default
A COP has appeared in court in Gwanda over non-payment of maintenance for his child.Bryson Kamanga (28) who is based at Nyazura Police Station was ordered to pay $90 maintenance for his minor ...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Soldier bites father-in-law
A SOLDIER based in Chipinge was yesterday sentenced to three months in prison for biting and assaulting his father-in-law in a wrangle over his son, whom he tried to forcibly take from his estranged w...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
Mum flushes baby down the toilet
A Chitungwiza woman has been ordered to perform 420 hours of community service for flushing her newborn baby down the toilet system. Letwin Jeyi (18) was convicted of infanticide by Chitungwiz...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 07:05hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Border jumper jailed for stealing wheelchair
A 40-YEAR-OLD man from Zhombe has been sentenced to 30 months in jail by a Victoria Falls magistrate for border jumping and stealing a wheelchair and a cellphone in Botswana. Siphosami Sibanda...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:03hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Rank marshal jailed over witchcraft rant
A Kwekwe commuter omnibus rank marshal has been slapped with a three month-jail term for branding his neighbour a wizard after a domestic dispute.Magistrate Story Rushambwa, convicted Reason S...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Council to oppose MDC by-election challenge
Mutasa Rural District Council (RDC) has announced plans to oppose MDC Alliance Mutasa Central ward 10 councillor Franck Chitembwe's High Court appeal against the decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Com...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:28hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps his in-laws, jailed
A Chitungwiza man will spend the next two years in prison after he was convicted of kidnapping his in-laws following a dispute at a funeral. Benson Matamise (45) appeared before Chitungwiza ma...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:03hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes win
Zanu-PF secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa has urged the people of Mutasa Central Ward 10 to vote for the ruling party's candidate in the forthcoming by-election. Chinamasa said people fr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man discussed at State capture commission in South Africa
Leon Abednigo Mbangwa, real name Lionel Moyo, was tasked with running Nathi Nhleko's police ministry as a chief of staff. He is a Zimbabwean. He had not been naturalized. Was arrested ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 21:12hrs | 7205 | by Staff reporter
ED Mnangagwa & Perence Shiri dilemma ahead of Gukurahundi confessions/exhumation
I used to be only convinced that Zimbabwe's economic deterioration was the only threat to President ED Mnangagwa's leadership. The proposed Gukurahundi National Healing & Reconciliation is a real ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 18043 | by Don Chigumba
Mavhaire distances self from ZPC bribery storm
FORMER Energy minister Dzikamai Mavhaire yesterday distanced himself from the case in which the former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje is being accused of concealing hi...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:57hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Wife basher escapes jail
A CHIPINGE man, who assaulted his wife with a burning log, yesterday heaved a sigh of relief after she withdrew charges against him.Reuben Mhlanga (46) assaulted his wife, Vimbai Mubonisi for ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:56hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Senior Harare lawyer removed from the legal practitioners' register
A senior Harare lawyer, Mr Moses Shingiriro Chinyenze, who has been practising law for 34 years, was last week removed from the legal practitioners' register for abuse of trust funds. Mr Chiny...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 3415 | by Staff reporter
Councillor takes Zec to court
MUTASA Central ward 10 councillor Frank Chitembwe, whose seat was declared vacant following his incarceration for public violence, has filed an urgent High Court application seeking an order to set as...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's aide defends Gukurahundi genocide
The announcement by the government that it was rolling out a number of measures to help victims of Gukurahundi to get birth certificates and death certificates for their slain relatives has divided op...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe seeks magistrate's recusal
SUSPENDED chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has applied for review of a ruling in which Hwange magistrate Collet Ncube refused to recuse himself from presiding over his criminal abuse of office trial...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:55hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi Restoration secures court date for Kambarami legal case
1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement (1893MRM) filed a case with Zimbabwe High Court challenging the nomination and eventually appointment of Tinashe Kamabarami as a Bulawayo councillor and ultimately ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:53hrs | 937 | by 1893MRM
Man assaults wife with burning log
A CHIPINGE woman is battling for her life after she sustained serious burns after being assaulted by her husband with a burning log.She was assaulted after delaying giving him a cellphone torc...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:16hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Parliament hopeful jailed for conning residents
A GWANDA Central parliamentary candidate for the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP) in last year's elections has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conning residents of about RTGS $800....Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:11hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
MDC member arrested for assault moments after release from prison
Felix Mashavele (32) of Ranganai village under Chief Neshuro was on Thursday released from jail after serving his prison sentence but was arrested moments later for assaulting his elderly mother in-la...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:32hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Prophet gave burglar charms to evade arrest
A HABITUAL Chipinge burglar has been jailed for two years for theft of goods worth over $600 in Buhera and Bikita after being given a charm by a prophet to evade arrest.Tinashe Mutete was conv...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Cops foil attempt to smuggle equipment
KATIYO tea estate contracted construction concern Mandebvu Construction's employees were convicted of attempting to smuggle an excavator, tractor, trailer and a bowser along Pungwe River from Mozambiq...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:13hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Terror leader arrested
Police in Marondera have arrested a leader of a suspected gun-totting gang which was terrorising residents in the town and nearby areas, getting away with cash and cellphones, among other things....Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
MDC nominates corrupt former councillor for Chairman
MDC Bulawayo Province has alleged nominated for Provincial Chairmanship former Ward 7 Councillor James Sithole who was once convicted of abusing public office and stealing funds before being pardoned ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2837 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cain Mathema, Hodzi risk jail term over contempt of court
HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema and Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi now face a three-month jail term after they were convicted of contempt of court by the High Court.A Zimbabwe Lawyers fo...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Woman conceals daughter's sexual abuse, jailed 3 years
A 41-YEAR-OLD Chiredzi woman was last week sentenced to 36 months behind bars for defeating the course of justice after she treated lacerations on her 10-year-old daughter's private parts with methyla...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Thieves besiege Beitbridge border post warehouse
THIEVES have besieged the burnt State warehouse at Beitbridge Border Post where they are targeting mostly copper cables and related products still trapped under the debris, it has emerged. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Police probe several bigwigs over Cylone Idai aid looting
POLICE have arrested dozens of people and are probing a number of senior government officials, following the sickening looting and diversion of goods donated to victims of the deadly Cyclone Idai stor...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:40hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
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