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Neighbour sells out housebreakers
POLICE have arrested four men from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who were involved in a spate of break-ins and thefts. The four ran out of luck when a neighbour anonymously tipped off police...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:57hrs | 7 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Inside Mnangagwa's expensive luxury jet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has earned himself a reputation of using an expensive Airbus 318 when he is travelling inside and outside the country for state activities. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 13:34hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops smash house & car breaking syndicate
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested one suspect while his accomplice is still at large for a spate of break-ins into houses and cars around the city. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) spoke...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thieves raid CID farm in Marondera
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested two suspected thieves after they allegedly raided the Criminal Investigations (CID) Projects Farm in Marondera and stole property and copper cables wort...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 16:07hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Rape in family's hostage ordeal
A FAMILY in Willsgrove, east of Bulawayo, was allegedly subjected to hostage trauma by a gang of 10 men who severely assaulted them with an assortment of objects before one of them raped a teenager at...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
12-year-old instructed to kill two
AN elderly woman and her father from Mathonisa rural area escaped death by a whisker when their 12-year-old grandson allegedly tried to burn them to death in a hut.The boy allegedly claimed th...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
TelOne gets a broadcasting licence
Government has awarded the State- owned telecoms firm TelOne a broadcasting licence, allowing the company to offer video on demand services.TelOne announced the news yesterday in one of the St...Published: 14 May 2018 at 14:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mutasa appeals against auctioning of property
Zimbabwe People First (ZPF)top official Mr Didymus Mutasa has approached the Supreme Court to save his property from being auctioned over $26 900 he owes a Harare law firm. Mr Mutasa had his p...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutasa's household property to be actioned
PEOPLE First top official Mr Didymus Mutasa's household property is being auctioned off over a debt to lawyers.Mutasa's bid to save his property from auctioning over debt, has hit a snag after...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 11:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Didymus Mutasa loses debt case
PEOPLE First top official Mr Didymus Mutasa's bid to save his property from auctioning over debt, has hit a snag after the High Court threw out his application for rescission of judgment. Mr Mutasa ha...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
This is the wealth Robert Mugabe accumulated while Zim crumbled
We break down how much 'the poorest president in the world' is actually worth.Here is a look at some of the assets Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe owns....Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 16:30hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Man spared jail for bashing a hooker
A 29-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man has been ordered to perform 105 hours of community service for assaulting a sex worker who allegedly stole his keys after rendering her services.Nelson Chipangure of...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (16) nabbed after beating up friend over spilt beer
A 16-YEAR-OLD Bulilima teenager has been arrested after beating up his friend for spilling his beer by mistake during a drinking spree.The teenager from Ngwana area who cannot be named for eth...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man kills, rob neighbour
A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with an accomplice and lured their neighbour into a bush where they stripped him before strangling him and looting his house, has been sentenced to life imprisonment....Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's guard arrested for armed robbery
TWO soldiers were yesterday brought to court facing charges of robbing a Harare man of his motor vehicle and cash.Adrian Hamandawana, who is attached to the Zimbabwe National Army's Mechanised...Published: 05 May 2017 at 07:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Didymus Mutasa continues to sing the blues
The High Court on Saturday threw out a third bid by Zimbabwe People First senior member Didymus Mutasa to save his attached property from going under the hammer.Mutasa, who owes Nyakutombw...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 05:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
No reprieve for Didymus Mutasa
Movable property attached from politician Didymus Mutasa will now be auctioned without any hindrance after the High Court yesterday threw out his urgent interdict application.Mutasa, the forme...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 06:17hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Didymus Mutasa's property attached over Mugabe debt
Former Zanu-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa had his two top-of-the-range vehicles and household property attached over legal fees he owes lawyers who represented him in his battles ...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Car sex gone bad!
A primary school teacher in Mhondoro continues to regret the night he had sex in the car with his 'on off' girlfriend which resulted in an ongoing battle between him and a local chief.Munashe ...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lobengula man steal property worth R16,000
A MAN from New Lobengula suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly stealing property worth about R16,000 at a house in Lobengula West. Polite Ncube, 19, allegedly broke into Bright Ph...Published: 16 May 2016 at 06:24hrs | | by Melody Baya
Detectives corner sex worker into giving out notorious thieves
Two notorious burglars have been jailed for 17 years in prison each and they should rue their immoral association with a Masvingo commercial sex worker.Masvingo Mirror reported that the burgla...Published: 21 Mar 2016 at 10:16hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Rape suspects further detained
POLICE were yesterday granted permission to further detain nine rape and armed robbery suspects who allegedly wreaked havoc at Luveve High School and Cowdray Park suburb, gang raping women and stealin...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo/ Nqobile Tshili
9 rapists held, suspect shot while trying to escape
BULAWAYO police are preparing charges against nine men after two teachers and a third woman were raped at Luveve High School on Saturday night. Police raided several properties - including one...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:21hrs | 3 | by Nqobile Tshili
Former Zanu-PF henchman's property to be auctioned
Former Zanu-PF Harare provincial youth chairman Jim Kunaka will have some of his household property auctioned today over an undisclosed debt owed to one Prince Jack.The property to be auctione...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teens arrested for stealing a gun
TWO Gweru teenagers have been arrested for breaking into two houses in Daylesford and Senga suburbs where they stole R25, $255, a pistol and goods worth over $1,200.Prince Mhenyu, 17, and Bles...Published: 01 Jan 2016 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Elizabeth Tsuro
Gishoni Ntini convicted
Football coach Gishon Ntini was yesterday fined $100 after a Mbare magistrate convicted him of assaulting a woman he held responsible for the disappearance of his son. Ntini, who was also char...Published: 17 Dec 2015 at 05:17hrs | | by Fungai Jachi
Gang unleashes terror on Bulawayo suburb
A FIVE–MAN gang, armed with axes and knives has unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb, breaking into three houses in two nights. Residents fear that the gang that paints their fac...Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Patient Sibanda
Gishon Ntini's wife testifies in court
Football coach Gishon Ntini, who is accused of indecently assaulting a woman he held responsible for the disappearance of his son, yesterday brought his wife to court to testify on his behalf during h...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 05:19hrs | | by Fungai Jachi
Monkey face gang unleashes housebreaking terror
A SIX man axe-wielding gang, dubbed the "monkey face robbers", is terrorising residents of Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo, breaking into scores of houses and stealing electrical gadgets. The daring crim...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Shamiso Dzingire
Girlfriend 'locks' married man's sexual capabilities
TURNING his back on a girlfriend backfired for a Mutare man who is accusing her of using juju to weaken his sexual capabilities every time he tries to enjoy his conjugal rights with his wife.S...Published: 30 Aug 2015 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man assaults wife with iron bar
A GWERU magistrate on Friday sentenced to 18 years in prison a Shurugwi man who assaulted his estranged wife with an iron bar all over the body and left her for dead after she demanded a divorce. ...Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 07:04hrs | | by Faith Mabuto
Fugitive armed robbers shot
A CID crack squad shot and injured one of the suspected fugitive armed robbers as he attempted to flee before rounding up his two other equally dangerous counterparts in a massive haul likely to bring...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 21:45hrs | 2 | by Samuel Kadungure
Drunk prostitute falls asleep before sex- gets robbed
A Bulawayo man told a magistrate that he stole property worth $160 from a suspected prostitute's house because the woman fell asleep before they could have sex, after he paid her $20.The man, ...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 20:27hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Mortuary attendant steals from the dead
A MORTUARY attendant and a nurse at Liteta District Hospital who were appearing in court for stealing from the Zampost bus Chibombo accident victims last year have been sentenced to nine months each w...Published: 31 Aug 2014 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Woman scalds hubby with cooking oil over music DVD
REFUSING to turn off the music from a DVD player left a Penhalonga man with permanent scars on his body after being scalded with cooking oil by his wife recently.It seems peace had no place in...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 22:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Student teacher steals to pay prostitute
A STUDENT teacher at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic in Gwanda Town stole property worth $90 to pay a "prostitute".Gwanda magistrate Sheila Nazombe sentenced Bekithemba Dube, 27, to 15 months...Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 08:13hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Man stones friend over DVD player
A MAN from Chipinge is on the run after he badly injured his friend by hitting him with a stone several times on the head following an altercation over a DVD player. Timothy Sailor is in a cri...Published: 13 Jun 2014 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Kudzai Mundeta
Teenager gets 3 years for theft
A BEATRICE teenage boy was on Wednesday jailed to three years for stealing property worth $488.The teenage (17) was convicted on his own plea of guilty to three counts of theft when he appeare...Published: 19 May 2014 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents living in fear of armed robbers
RESIDENTS of Selborne Park, Matsheumhlope, Hillside and surrounding suburbs in Bulawayo are living in fear of a group of armed robbers which has been on a wanton robbing spree of houses and individual...Published: 18 May 2014 at 09:31hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Boss impregnates subordinate's lover
A 33-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman stunned the court when she revealed that she had been impregnated by her lover's boss, leading to the termination of their relationship. Moreen Zinyemba appeared before ma...Published: 13 May 2014 at 21:40hrs | 1 | by Mpumelelo Nyoni
Forex dealers lose cash to prophet
Two Harare foreign currency dealers lost more than $1 300 to a self-styled prophet after they had surrendered the money to him for cleansing in order to boost their operations.The prophet, Oli...Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 17:03hrs | 3 | by Crime Reporter
Zim man bashes presidential guard
A 33-year-old Seke man has appeared in court facing charges of assaulting a member of the Presidential Guard Signal Squadron and unlawfully entering his premises in aggravated circumstances.Si...Published: 05 Jan 2014 at 22:29hrs | | by Staff Repoprter
A toast to South Africa's black middle class
In the summer of 2005, South Africa–based entrepreneur Marilyn Cooper decided to give her neighbors in a suburb of the capital, Pretoria, a barbecue treat. Alluding to the inscr...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 12:13hrs | 2 | by Benjamin Dürr
Chikurubi Prison escapee shot
CONVICTED criminal Carrington Mutambarika (21), who recently staged a dramatic escape from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where he was serving time for robbery, was re-arrested last week after p...Published: 28 Nov 2013 at 11:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo robbery gang locked away for 5 years
A FOUR-MAN robbery gang that gave residents of Bulawayo's Pumula suburb sleepless nights has been locked away for five-and-half years.Mr Bhekisipho Mhlanga (29), Mr Shadreck Mpofu (26), Mr Pr...Published: 25 Nov 2013 at 01:42hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Thieves breaks into Bosso club house
THIEVES broke into the Highlanders Club House and made off with a plasma television set, amplifier, a DVD player and a couple of CDs, yesterday morning.Highlanders chairman Peter Dube yesterd...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 11:41hrs | | by Sports Reporter
'Woman becomes six months pregnant overnight'
A man from Bulawayo's Luveve suburb got the shock of his life when a female stranger he had offered accommodation refused to vacate his house claiming he was responsible for her six months pregnancy....Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 05:42hrs | | by June Mpofu
Injiva burns home of wife's lover
BULAWAYO - A Lupane man who burnt the house of his wife's lover has appeared before a magistrate's court charged with criminal assault and unlawful entry.Philani Moyo, 34, of Sheshe Village wa...Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman jailed for sexually molesting a teenager
A 22-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza woman, Shelter Chimusaru, will rue the day she laid her hands on a 16-year-old teenager after she was slapped with a 12-year jail term for sexually molesting the boy....Published: 28 May 2013 at 12:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
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