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Chief Ndiweni wants to pay $20 fine instead of jail time
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who was slapped with an 18-month jail sentence by a Bulawayo magistrate after he was convicted of malicious damage to property has appealed ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 8803 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer speak on Chief Ndiweni sentence
Chief Ndiweni seen here inside court at the Tredgold Magistrates Court. He was sentenced to an effective 18 months in jail for malicious damage to property.Legal practitioner, Kucaca Phulu, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2989 | by Staff reporter
MPs step up fight against graft
The Africa Parliamentarians Network for Anti-Corruption (Apnac) plans to sponsor three major laws that will tighten the fight against corruption and bring culprits to book in the country.This ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:54hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Gunman jailed
A Bulawayo man who was found in possession of an AK47 rifle has been slapped with 36 months' jail after it was proved that he was not authorised to keep the firearm.Ame Mpala (35) of Pumula Ea...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:42hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko faces arrest
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko faces imminent arrest after resisting officers from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) who wanted to pick him up from his Bulawayo home over allega...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:39hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa demands Chief Ndiweni's unconditional release
Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna was jailed for an effective 18 months on Friday, a ruling criticised by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.The popular traditional leader was...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 21:51hrs | 4672 | by ZimLive
Ndiweni is an MDC-affiliated Chief and so can do no wrong
The discussion around the Chief Ndiweni case is so disappointing I am going to start my own here. In fact, I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I probably should start writing public think pieces...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 18:01hrs | 3129 | by Petina Gappa
CIOs block release of Chief Ndiweni court judgment
Members of dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation are reported to have issued an instruction barring the release of a judgment relating to Nhlambabaloyi Chief who was sentenced to 18 months in pris...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 16:53hrs | 6885 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Go home Nero! The demons are with you
We are told sister Piri, as Prisca Mupfumira was known in her close circles, is demanding too much luxury behind bars. Yes, she has not yet been convicted, but it could be her insatiable quest for swa...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
Sex fracas earns Chief Ndiweni 18 months jail
FIREBRAND Ntabazinduna traditional chief and fearless government critic Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni was Friday slapped with an 18 month jail term after having been found guilty of destroying a vill...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 20:06hrs | 7305 | by newzimbabwe
BREAKING: Chief Ndiweni jailed for 18 months by Mr Gladmore Mushove
Reports from the Magistrate Courts indicate Magistrate Gladmore Mushowe has sentenced Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to 24 months in prison.Six months were suspended for five years leaving him...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 17:13hrs | 8755 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa demands release of Chief Ndiweni
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has castigated the incarceration and dentention of Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni saying the move will open fresh wounds that will not heal.Ndiw...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:39hrs | 4404 | by Staff Reporter
Soldier jailed for 3 months, whisked away for court martial
A SOLDIER based in Chipinge was fished out of court by the military police for deserting the force after he was arraigned for stealing a cellphone worth $770 from a Good Samaritan, who had given him t...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally dismisses abuse of office charges
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally and former director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, has dismissed as unfounded allegations that he criminally abused office by importing over 100 personal car...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni convicted
CHIEF Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni together with his 23 subjects, were today convicted on charges of destroying a villager's property in Ntabazinduna and will be sentenced tomorrow.Ndiweni (...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 18:23hrs | 4798 | by Staff reporter
EMA censures BCC over raw effluent discharge
THE Bulawayo City Council is facing prosecution for discharging raw sewage into nearby rivers which is threatening aquatic life and livelihoods, recent council minutes have revealed.The most a...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Is Mupfumira getting preferential treatment?
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has refuted claims on social media and other debates that former Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry Priscah Mupfumira - who is in jail f...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi activists fined for public hearing violence
THREE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists were yesterday fined $200 for engaging in public violence during a public hearing conducted in Bulawayo by the commission of inquiry led by ex-South Afri...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:56hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi members jailed for public violence
Three members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) have been jailed for 30 months in prison for engaging in public violence during the Kgalema Montlante Commission of Inquiry outreach meeting which w...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 19:53hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Bid to touch woman's privates backfires
A Chipinge man was arrested for pushing the boundaries of what's acceptable to do in public, when he begged to "play" with the intimate area of a woman who had been turning down his sexual advances. ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 09:41hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults mother-in-law over witchcraft claims
A CHIPINGE woman was assaulted by her son-in-law until she fell unconscious after she was accused of being a witch.This came to light during the appearance of Tawanda Matesva (30), of Makiwa v...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Outrage in US as photo shows police leading black man by a rope
Outrage has erupted across the United States after a photo of two white police officers mounted on horseback walking a handcuffed black man by a rope - recalling the long history of violence, slavery ...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 821 | by Al Jazeera
Chamisa's Ugandan ally charged with annoying President Museveni
Reports from Uganda indicate that the country's oposition leader Bobi Wine has been charged with intending to alarm, annoy or ridicule President Yoweri Yoweri kaguta Museveni. He is also being...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 15:57hrs | 2548 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gospel singer and pastor is jailed for stealing hit song
A musician was jailed for two months on Tuesday with the option to pay a fine after he was convicted of stealing a song.Harare provincial magistrate Learnmore Mapiye also ordered radio station...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 3278 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira bail ruling reserved
High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere yesterday dismissed an application by Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira to have her case referred to the Constitutional Co...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 08:54hrs | 3157 | by Staff reporter
Man bashed by wife over infidelity
A CHIPINGE man is battling for his life in hospital after he was allegedly assaulted by his wife following a domestic dispute.This was revealed when Mary Makuni (26) of Chief Mutema, appeared ...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1952 | by Staff reporter
Man steals to fund-raise for mentally-ill wife
A POLYGAMOUS Buhera man who claimed to have broken into two houses and stole clothes worth over $1 600 to raise money to treat one of his two wives who has a mental problem has been jailed for an effe...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Businessman's conviction quashed
A Bulawayo High Court judge has quashed the conviction of a Binga businessman who was jailed for allegedly fishing in the Lake Kariba basin without a permit.Justice Nokuthula Moyo ruled that Binga...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:24hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Zacc targets fuel cartels
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo has only been in the job for a month, but already two high profile government officials are behind bars facing corrupt...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:21hrs | 2882 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admin ignoring root cause of rot
Poisonous snakes' teeth regenerate. It, therefore, doesn't work to remove the serpent's fangs and think you won't get snake bites anymore. The venom lies deep inside too.The Mnangagwa administ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:18hrs | 287 | by Tawanda Majoni
Ex-Mugabe allies make it into Chamisa's national executive
THREE former Zanu-PF top politicians have made it into opposition MDC's national executive list recently released by party leader Nelson Chamisa.Former Ministers of State for Masvingo Province...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 10884 | by newzimbabwe
Corruption ruined our future: Zanu-PF youth
ZANU-PF youth have hailed the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for arresting and arraigning before the courts Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira on allegations of swindling the National Social Secu...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:05hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira arrest: Good visuals, poor on sound
The biggest problem with the post-Mugabe administration is that it has this weird fantasy of itself as an award-winning film producer. But that's a no-no because the ruling band is only good with the ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:23hrs | 1497 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mupfumira's arrest and Zanu PF power politics
The late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, responding to Zanu PF threats to crack down hard on corruption, once said: "Everyone in that party would be in jail if we become serious as a country ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:26hrs | 2570 | by Zimlive
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 | 757 | 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 | 361 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC accuses Bulawayo residents of pushing a Zanu-PF agenda
TEMPERS are flaring in the country's second largest city with the opposition MDC which runs council accusing a local residents association of political posturing.MDC provincial spokesperson Sw...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2923 | by newzimbabwe
South African tycoon's invasion of Zimbabwe analysed
Matshela Koko served as acting CEO of South African power utility ESKOM, he has been awarded a contract to produce 100MW of solar-generated power in Gwanda. This comes on the back of a project that wa...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 13:06hrs | 5977 | by Nicholas Ncube
White farmer jailed 18 months for shooting 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 was on Monday jailed for an effective 18 months....Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2169 | by Staff reporter
Fake passport lands teacher in court
A teacher at Mandressa Islamic School, who was arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for possessing a fake passport recently, was on Monday convicted and fined $500. Failure ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 3830 | by Staff reporter
Starving police officers exposed to corruption
HOME Affairs secretary Melusi Matshiya on Monday warned that security forces, who are deployed to man the country's border posts without receiving allowances, are prone to corruption and underhand dea...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 13:57hrs | 1308 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini magistrate fails to block disciplinary hearing
THE High Court has dismissed an urgent chamber application by Esigodini resident magistrate, Mr Tawanda Muchemwa, who sought to block disciplinary proceedings against him by the Judicial Service Commi...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 15 years for raping granny (59)
A GWANDA man, who raped a 59-year-old woman until she soiled herself, has been slapped with a 15-year jail term by the Beitbridge regional magistrate.Zivanai Ndlovu (28) of Tshanyaugwe denied ...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Poacher gets 9 years behind bars
A POACHER, who was found in illegal possession of 76,7kg of raw ivory, has been convicted and sentenced to nine years in jail.Alois Savanhu (38) had initially appeared before Hwange magistrate...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1246 | by Staff Reporter
No judgment on Tinashe Kambarami's case
The highly anticipated judgment between 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement and Bulawayo Deputy Mayo4 Tinashe Kambarami was still not out at the time of writing on Thursday evening. Cite repor...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 17:04hrs | 2527 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Magistrates should stop summoning chiefs'
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday revealed that government has given a directive that magistrates should not summon traditional leaders to courts over decisions made at traditional courts....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1527 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa convicted
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced MDC activist Paddington Japajapa to three years in jail after convicting him of inciting the public to commit political violence when he accused the Zimbabwe El...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1872 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami's fate has been sealed
THE MDC leadership has summoned its Bulawayo councillors who last week faced protests from ratepayers over poor service delivery and endless infighting among city fathers.The melee at City Hal...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:09hrs | 6023 | by Staff reporter
Sandra Ndebele fraudster's property auctioned
'GOD fights my battles' are the words that dancer-cum-singer Sandra 'Sandy' Ndebele-Sibindi said after the Sheriff of the High Court last week auctioned property belonging to a woman who defrauded her...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activist Japajapa jailed two years
MDC-Alliance activist Paddington Japajapa was yesterday jailed for an effective two years after he was found guilty of contravening Section 66A of the Electoral Act Chapter 2:13 (unofficial or false d...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:40hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
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