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Daggers out over Gumbura estate
Tempers flared at the Master of the High Court offices yesterday as relatives of the late RGM End Time Message church founder Robert Martin Gumbura haggled over the appointment of an executor for his ...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:53hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Massive row erupts over Gumbura's estate
THE widows of the cleric Robert Martin Gumbura have chosen his nephew, Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi to be the executor of their late husband's estate.Nyathi was appointed following a huge fight be...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura died from Covid-19
Martin Robert Gumbura, a preacher jailed 50 years for raping four congregants has died in prison.He was 64.The Independent End Time Message Church founder, who maintained his innocence...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura in fresh freedom bid
INCARCERATED RMG End Time Message church leader Robert Gumbura, who is serving a 20-year effective jail term for sexually assaulting his female congregants, has approached the HighCourt seekin...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Gumbura reunites with family
Former leader of the RMG Independent End Time Message Church in Zimbabwe, Robert Martin Gumbura had a happy day during the Zimbabwe Prisons Family Day when his wives and children visited him at the Ch...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 09:56hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gumbura defence case hits a snag
The defence case in the trial of jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and his six accomplices on charges of attempting to escape from prison yesterday hit a snag after ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Extraordinary measure for extraordinary: A case of Zimbabwe's austerity measures
In the Bible when Jacob was faced with a situation he was supposed to meet Esau his brother he was so afraid knowing that he had subtly stolen the latter's blessing. During the night, Jacob wrestled a...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 15:34hrs | 14 | by Elijah Chihota
Gumbura, co-accused not fit for trial, claims Prof Madhuku
The trial of jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and his six co-accused on charges of attempting to escape from prison yesterday hit a snag after their lawyer indicate...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Gumbura has case to answer'
HARARE magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message Church founder Robert Martin Gumbura, who together with his six alle...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Gumbura jailbreak case ruling
A Harare magistrate is on April 10 expected to make a ruling on the application for discharge at the close of the State case by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura lawyer seeks discharge
The State yesterday closed the case against End Time Message church leader Robert Martin Gumbura and eight others who are facing charges of trying to escape prison.Gumbura's lawyer Professor L...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by STaff reporter
Gumbura deserted by wives?
The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband.Gu...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pupil barred from school over beard
St John'S College has been accused of discriminating against students on racial and religious grounds after a Muslim pupil was barred from attending lessons for refusing to shave his beard. Th...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spike in jail escapes
There has been a spike in the number of jail escapes, with some fleeing from cells during court appearances.More inmates have gone over the wire now more than the previous years....Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura hires Madhuku to challenge delayed trial
Jailed church leader Robert Martin Gumbura and his nine accomplices, who are accused of masterminding a failed jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2015, have enlisted the services of constitution...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura gives up on wives
SITTING in solitary confinement at the heart of Chikurubi Maximum Prison, jailed clergyman Robert Gumbura ponders the future of his 21 wives.He has only served five of his 40-years prison sent...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura in jailbreak attempt
HARARE magistrate, Francis Mapfumo will on Monday lead a team of court officials to Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for an inspection in loco at the facility where jailed Independent End Time Messag...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Headmaster rapes mentally ill pupil
A SHAMELESS Rusape headmaster who raped a 15-year-old mentally -challenged school pupil before expelling her from the school for revealing the abuse was this week jailed 15 years. Evans Gotora (28) wh...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' jailed 60 years for rape
A Five Fold Ministries prophet, who raped a congregant on five occasions and impregnated her before advising her to abort, was yesterday sentenced to 60 years in prison, but will serve an effective 50...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I miss sex,' says Gumbura
JAILED former RMG End Time Message leader, Robert Martin Gumbura, said he misses sex and wishes he could have had an opportunity to have some during the recently held family week.Gumbura, who ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Popular prophet faces rape charges
Victory World International Ministries Church leader Paul Sanyangore is facing rape charges after a congregant reported a case against him in June this year.The Daily News reported that a woma...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 14:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster rapes mentally ill pupil
A RUSAPE headmaster was recently arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old pupil who is mentally challenged before expelling her from the school for revealing the abuse.Evans Gotora (28), wh...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura in court again
JAILED RMG End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who is serving an effective 40-year term for sexually abusing his female congregants, has dismissed claims he owes $74 700 to a local furnitur...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura's fresh rape trial dropped
Jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura's fresh rape charge has been dropped.Had he been convicted, his current 40-year jail term - imposed in 2013 over four coun...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 11:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailed Gumbura in another bid for freedom
Jailed RMG Independent End Time Messages founder Robert Martin Gumbura's civil appeal against both his rape conviction and sentencing will now be heard this Wednesday at the High Court 2 years int...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura freedom bid gets boost
Jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura's bid to gain freedom has received a big boost after the High Court set the date for hearing his appeal against a 40-year sentence...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura's financial troubles mount
It never rains, but pours for jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is being sued over unpaid school fees for his several children to the tune of $100 000. ...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura's desperate house wives hang on, 2 years later
Despite their husband currently serving a 40-year jail term, the 11 wives of Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura, say they will hang on as a sign of love to the incarcerated...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura jailbreak case: State witness referred to Concourt
A Harare magistrate has directed a State witness in the case in which jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura is accused of masterminding a foiled jailbreak at Chikurubi Maxim...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Gumbura jailbreak case, witness refuses to testify
A State witness in the case in which jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura is accused of masterminding a foiled jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison last year, on ...Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 00:04hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Gumbura speaks from behind bars
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura says he has no qualms if any of his wives walks out on him as they have been loyal for more than two years and are only human.S...Published: 26 May 2016 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff Reports
Killing in the name of God
RELIGION, seen by many as an oasis of tranquillity and hope, appears to be going bonkers with strange stuff happening in most faiths, particularly in Christianity and Islam.With followers bein...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Fatima Bulla
'Haunted' prisoner dies during jailbreak
AN inmate at Khami Prison Complex on the outskirts of Bulawayo died after he allegedly fell from a four-metre wall while attempting a jailbreak.Elliot Mundoza, 27, sources from the prison said...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
'Gumbura used cigarettes to buy inmates' allegiance'
The 960 bricks of cigarettes that were smuggled into Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison by jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura were used by inmates to pay bribes to their s...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Lawyer drops Gumbura victimision appeal
THE lawyer representing jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura yesterday said he no longer intends to make an application against the ill-treatment of his client in priso...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 06:37hrs | | by Fungai Jachi
Mnangagwa fingered in Gumbura's coup de tat plot
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader, Robert Martin Gumbura has been accused of planning to rope in Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stage a coup de tat on President Robert Mugabe.&n...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
12 of Gumbura's children venture into music
IF music be the food of love, play on, Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. IN this famous quotation from Twelfth Night Act 1, scene 1, 1–3, the lovelorn Duke ...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Ruth Butaumocho
Gumbura accused of plotting to dethrone Mugabe's govt
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura communicated with alleged coup plotter and former army captain Albert Matapo from prison cells planning on how "they" would dethrone th...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:26hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mujuru, Gumbura mull political alliance?
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader, Robert Martin Gumbura, communicated with former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru from prison cells through letters, strategising on how they were going to for...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
'Polygamy is fine,' says Gumbura's wives
Jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura's 11 wives have said there is nothing wrong with polygamy, denying claims they were brainwashed by the pastor. The wives c...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura's youngest and 11th wife pregnant, 2 years after Gumbura's incarceration
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura's youngest and 11th wife on Wednesday appeared to be pregnant as she attended her husband's trial at the Harare Magistrates' Court....Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Fungai Lupande
Gumbura smuggled 960 bricks of cigarettes into prison
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who had bodyguards and a secretary in prison, allegedly smuggled 960 bricks of cigarettes into Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the ...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 05:16hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Prison officers begged for tea from 'godfather' Gumbura
Prison officers begged for tea from jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who was regarded as a godfather at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the court heard yesterday....Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Fungai Lupande
Chikurubi jailbreak politically motivated, says witness
The Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison jailbreak trial on Monday took a new twist after a witness requested maximum protection saying the foiled jailbreak was politically motivated as it involved high ...Published: 14 Sep 2015 at 23:24hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Prison officer's wives jibe blamed for failed jailbreak
A prison officer who mocked inmates at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison saying his colleagues were having quality time frying sausages with the prisoners' wives while they rotted in prison triggered ...Published: 07 Sep 2015 at 06:40hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Gumbura's appeal postponed indefinitely
There was drama at the High Court on Wednesday when lawyers representing RMG End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura and the Prosecutor-General's representative were locked in a showdown o...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura appeals against magistrate
Robert Martin Gumbura jailed RMG End Time Message founder yesterday made a constitutional application alleging regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya, who slapped him with a 40-year jail term last year, ha...Published: 29 Jul 2015 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gumbura, 8 others protest against prison conditions
Jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who is serving an 40-year effective jail term for rape, yesterday filed a complaint protesting his placement in solitary conf...Published: 12 May 2015 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporetr
Several Chikurubi inmates nursing life-threatening injuries
Several inmates at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison are nursing life-threatening injuries sustained during food riots that rocked the correctional facility two weeks ago, it has emerged.F...Published: 22 Mar 2015 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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