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Zanu-PF official jailed for fraud
A ZANU-PF district chairman in Mhangura was recently sentenced to an effective six months in prison after defrauding two people of about US$342 in botched land deals.Harmony Mavesere (40) of T...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3004 | by Staff reporter
Top businessman convicted for stealing Zesa cables
Top Zvishavane businessman Kudakwashe Diza (43) and his companion Mark Tiweni (39) were yesterday slapped with a 48-month jail sentence each for stealing 810kg of aluminium cables belonging to Zesa Ho...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2848 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked councillors snub Bulawayo budget meeting over Kambarami issue
BULAWAYO councillors yesterday snubbed the 2019 second supplementary budget meeting as well as the 2020 budget announcement which the finance department was scheduled to present to council. The counci...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 11:06hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
High Court judges slate prosecutors
BULAWAYO High Court judges yesterday lambasted prosecutors from the lower courts, saying they lacked enthusiasm and determination in their approach to legal matters resulting in wrongly convicted pers...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:30hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Man torches ex-lover's hut
A LUPANE villager has been slapped with a 10-year jail term for torching a hut in which his ex-girlfriend was sleeping with two minors.Silandulo Tshuma (38) was convicted of attempted murder b...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:52hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no reason to destabilise Zimbabwe' - has, insatiable greed for power and loot
Zimbabwe is a failed state. The last two weeks following the late Zimbabwe dictator Robert Mugabe's death have provided the international community with some gruesome details of the coun...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 17:42hrs | 1508 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Man jailed for attempting to kill ex-wife
AN estranged Lupane man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after he attempted to kill his ex-wife and two minors by burning them in a hut. Silandulo Tshuma (38) of Sibangani 1 Village proc...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Granny attempts suicide after being raped by Gumbura cleric
A 63-YEAR-OLD Chivhu woman attempted to kill herself after she was allegedly raped by a pastor belonging to convicted rapist Robert Martin Gumbura's RMG Independent End Time Message Church.Wal...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:59hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Notorious House maid jailed
An unrepentant house maid who went on a stealing spree at her two employer's house within 10 day was sentenced to an effective eight months jail term by Kwekwe magistrate Story Rushambwa last Friday....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 12:16hrs | 2153 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo 'killer' vendor escapes jail
A BULAWAYO fruit and vegetable vendor who fatally struck his colleague with a broomstick during a fight over two cabbages worth $2, escaped custodial sentence after he was ordered to perform 840 hours...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:08hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps cops
A MAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to nine months in prison for kidnapping and forcing two police officers to jump out of a speeding vehicle at knife point. Mpumelelo Dube (25) from Nkulum...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:06hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Teacher jailed 3 years for bedding Grade 6 pupil
A 39-YEAR-OLD teacher in Chipinge has been jailed for three years for being intimate with a Grade 6 pupil.The primary school teacher, whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of hi...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:45hrs | 2371 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played.The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage.Rage that ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 262 | by Siphosami Malunga
'Kambara prohibited from carrying out duties as councillor'
The Bulawayo Town Clerk has written to deposed Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami advising him is Prohibited to carry out his duties as a councillor until the appeal is finalised.Kambarami h...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 21:18hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed 6yrs for shooting
A 28-YEAR-OLD police officer has been sentenced to seven years in prison for shooting a suspect on the leg. The victim, who is allegedly facing an attempted murder charge, is now disabled afte...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:00hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Man steals in-law’s donkey to please girlfriend
A BUHERA man is lucky to escape a prison term after he stole a donkey from his brother-in-law before selling it to raise money to entertain his girlfriend.Proud Kuzipa (25), of Gadzai village ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:13hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zesa loses 2 200 transformers
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority's ability to effectively supply electricity to businesses and residents continues to be seriously hamstrung following reports that more than 2 200 transformer...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Kambarami 'back in office'
Ousted Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami is challenging his removal from office.Ousted Bulawayo Deputy Mayor, Tinashe Kambarami has challenged a High Court ruling that rendered his election into...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 18:24hrs | 7603 | by Staff reporter
Kazhanje jailed 3 years over Chivayo bribe
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje to three years imprisonment for concealing a US$10 000 bribe he received from businessman Wickn...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1378 | by Staff reporter
Rape accused Bulawayo man convicted of domestic violence
A 32-YEAR-OLD mechanic from Bulawayo, who was being accused of habitually raping and beating a 61-year-old woman who took him in when his relatives threw him out in 2011, has been acquitted of rape bu...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:58hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted for bashing minister's daughter appeals
A 21-YEAR-OLD man, who was last month convicted of assaulting Health minister Obadiah Moyo's daughter Ashleigh and sentenced to five months' imprisonment, has appealed against both conviction and sent...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blames Mnangagwa for Ndiweni imprisonment
Movement for Democratic Change leader, Nelson Chamisa has blamed the recent arrest and jailing of outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on President Emmerson Mnangagwa adding tha...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1774 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's MDC in turmoil
MDC-Alliance has been thrown into further turmoil after the recent ruling by the High Court to nullify the election of Bulawayo deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami as a councillor.On Thursday High...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 05:02hrs | 5656 | by Staff Reporter
Hubby refuses to bath with wife . . . bashes her
A ROMANTIC gesture by a Cowdray Park woman who asked her partner to join her for a bath earned her a beating from her husband who accused her of disrespecting him.On Friday last week Mavis Mul...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:27hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferred
Convicted ex-ZPC boss sentencing deferredA HARARE magistrate yesterday deferred the sentencing of former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje, who was convicted of conceal...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 1175 | by Staff Reporter
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE'S state-owned power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is on the brink of collapse due to a plethora of problems.It is beset by multiple crippling factors, including rampant power theft, no...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:24hrs | 5185 | by Staff reporter
Former ZPC board chair convicted over Chivayo
Former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chair Stanley Kazhanje was yesterday convicted of concealing a US$10 000 transaction he received from controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo's Intratrek Z...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo faction dealt a huge blow
THE High Court yesterday nullified the election into council of beleaguered Bulawayo deputy Mayor, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami the leader of a Nelson Chamisa led faction in the city. The ruli...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's blue eyed boy not fit for office,' says Judge
Bulawayo High Court Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has ruled Ward 3 Councillor Tinashe Kambarami's election into office is null and void.Kambarami is known as MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's blue eyed ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 19:38hrs | 5374 | by Staff reporter
Judge exposes political hand in Chief Ndiweni case
Bulawayo High Court Judge, Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has exposed the political hand in the jailing of Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 18:09hrs | 7406 | by Staff Reporter
Powerful political enemies out to finish Magaya
Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries found and preacher Walter Magaya is a household name in Zimbabwe. Magaya commands crowds that would make any politician jealous and envious of the pr...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 14:35hrs | 7938 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zanu-PF official assaults MDC councillor, fined $200
ZANU-PF treasurer for ward 17 in Chipinge has been fined $200 for assaulting an MDC Alliance councillor over the distribution of presidential inputs.Lizzie Jumburu (48) of Kondo village under ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
CCTV sells out Hwange robbers
A CLOSED Circuit Television (CCTV) footage sold out three Harare robbers who had gone on a robbing spree in Hwange and Victoria Falls after they were captured stealing from employees at Glow Petroleum...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Pastor jailed for sexual abuse
A pastor with the Glory Temple Pentecostal Church in Zvishavane has been slapped with a four-year jail term for bedding a 14-year-old juvenile.Although Destiny Govera had pleaded not guilty to...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland chiefs throw Ndiweni under the bus
THE Matebeleland Chiefs Council says it will not interfere with Bulawayo Magistrate, Gladmore Mushove's ruling to sentence Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni to 18 months in pri...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:09hrs | 4212 | by newzimbabwe
Chief Ndiweni freedom bid hits snag
INCARCERATED Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni (54) was forced to spend another night in prison yesterday after the High Court in Bulawayo failed to entertain his application for bail ...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2457 | by Staff reporter
165 years imprisonment for Zimbabwe robbers in SA
A Musina magistrate on Monday sentenced two Zimbabwean nationals who had unleashed a reign of terror on hitch hikers along the N1 highway in South Africa's Limpopo province, to 165 years imprisonment ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 19:56hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aide denied bail
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's top aide Douglas Tapfuma, who briefly served as principal director of State Residences, was last Friday denied bail by the High Court after making a determination that h...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni appears in High court today
Jailed Nhlambabalayi Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni will appear for his bail hearing on Tuesday at 10am in Court A at the Bulawayo High court before Justice Mabhikwa.Ndiweni is see...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 06:23hrs | 3668 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa presides over gross abuse of human rights'
During his first year as President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has presided over a systematic and brutal crackdown on human rights, including the violent suppression of protests and a witch-hunt a...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 18:53hrs | 1224 | by Agencies
The Christian attack against the native family and The Native Religion Beyond Jerusalem! Rome and London
"I have travelled across the length and breath of africa and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief such wealth I have seen in this country such high moral values, people of ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:36hrs | 747 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Chamisa visits jailed Chief Ndiweni
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday visited jailed Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni at Khami Prison outside Bawayo where he is serving an 18 month prison sentence.After t...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 15:34hrs | 7807 | by Ndou Paul
Nurse head-buts doctor over girlfriend
A Bulawayo magistrate Friday convicted and fined a 35-year-old United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) nurse, Jabulani Moyo for assaulting a doctor working at the same health centre following a dispute involvi...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1137 | by newzimbabwe
Gumbura wives stand by hubby
JAILED Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura's wife have vowed to remain loyal to their husband and united despite negative coverage by some sections of the media. Even fro...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:01hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni is not above the law
Once upon a time, Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni controversially assumed the Ndiweni Chieftainship on 22 August 2014 following the death of his father, Chief Khayisa Ndiweni who had held the post for ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 09:22hrs | 3716 | by Bevan Musoko
Chief Ndiweni finally applies for bail
NTABAZINDUNA Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who was last week sentenced to an effective 18 months in jail for malicious damage to property belonging to his subject, has filed an application for bail ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Harare to invest in more solar traffic lights
Harare City Council is committed to investing more on the establishment of solar-powered traffic lights and street lights as a way of saving the environment, an official has said. The local au...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate frustrates Chief Ndiweni's bail application
Efforts to get bail pending appeal for jailed Nhlambabaloyi Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has been struck by delays after the legal team handling the case failed to access the magistrate court record...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 21:04hrs | 6001 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Ndiweni fights conviction & sentence
JAILED chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni and his 23 subjects who were last week jointly convicted for destroying a villager's property in Ntabazinduna, have approached the High Court challenging t...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters jailed over dangerous weapons
POSSESSING offensive weapons has proved costly for a Harare trio that was slapped with a two-month jail term. Evidence Ncube (28) of Gokwe, Masimba Jemwa (41) and James Pfundira (27) were recently arr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
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