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Kumalo residents install solar streetlights to combat crime
In response to increasing criminal activity fueled by unlit streets due to power blackouts and non-functional streetlights, residents of Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb have launched an initiative to install...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:43hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Man cuts off manhood, makes sandwich and EATS!
A 19-year-old gardener in Kwekwe has been hospitalized following a shocking incident in which he allegedly cut off his own manhood and consumed it, wrapped in slices of bread. The unsettling event occ...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:16hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Man cuts off manhood, eats it
THIS would read like a script from Hollywood, except that it happened in real life.And the incident has left the Kwekwe community puzzled.The informant in the matter is Priscah Saungwe...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:58hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to consult over Zimbabweans facing deportation
South Africa's Department of Home Affairs has announced plans to consult on the future of approximately 230,000 Zimbabwean and Lesotho migrants after a court halted their deportation attempts, reports...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 19:38hrs | 3562 | by Staff Reporter
4 workers steal US$500,000 cutlery from Mugabe's Blue Roof home
Four men who were employed by former first lady, Grace Mugabe have appeared in court accused of stealing household property and cutlery worth an estimated US$500,000 from ex-President Robert Mugabe's ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 11:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Jobseeker' steals firearm from potential employer
Romeo Muzira, a resident of Harare, found himself in legal trouble after allegedly stealing a firearm from a potential employer while seeking a job as a domestic worker.Muzira, aged 27, appear...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council boss blows thousands on bling
Chiredzi Council, which is struggling to deliver standard services to its 300 000plus residents, is in the eye of a storm following revelations that the local authority could be pampering its executiv...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 17:56hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
UK Certificate of Sponsorship agent up for fraud
A SUSPECTED bogus United Kingdom Certificate of Sponsorship agent was yesterday dragged to the Harare Magistrates' Courts for allegedly defrauding a client of US$5 100 after promising to facilitate th...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court tosses out ex-St John's College paedophile coach's appeal
THE Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal against conviction and sentence by a paedophile who used to work at St Johns School in Harare who was jailed for sexually abusing four teenage boys who were ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 6 suspects after money transfer agency robbed
A gang of 12 armed robbers stole US$716,340 cash after breaking into the offices of a financial services company in Harare and blowing up safes, police said on Tuesday.Six suspects have been a...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suspects drop US$5 000 at robbery scene
Police have launched a manhunt on a case of a robbery that happened at a financial service company in Harare."Police in Harare are investigating a case of robbery which occurred on February 25...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gardener up for indecent assault
A 25-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been placed on remand for indecently assaulting his employers' daughter aged 14.Raynars Zenzo, who is employed as a gardener, was not asked to plead when he appe...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
July Moyo statement on Matabeles in South Africa false dangerous, smacks of tribal hatred
The statement by the Minister of Labour and Child Welfare, July Moyo that the majority of more than 400 children that were intercepted by South African authorities at Beitbridge border were from Matab...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:26hrs | 6 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwean gardener accused of killing SA boss and son refuses legal counsel
THE Zimbabwean man who is being accused of murdering his employer and her nine-year-old son in cold blood in Johannesburg, South Africa last week has refused to get a lawyer.Instead, he has op...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree man rapes two goats, one dies
A sex-starved gardener raped two she-goats in Plumtree and one of the raped goats died as a result of the act.Njabulo Moyo (43) was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday on bestiali...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 21:27hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean owned house where 19 cash-in-transit robbers were killed
A 19th body has been found inside the lavish house in Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) were alleged cash-in-transit robbers were killed during a shootout with different police units on Friday....Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties, citizens geared for poll
ZIMBABWEANS in their millions will today cast their votes across the country to determine their future in an election that has largely been peaceful.Yesterday, political parties from across th...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gardener steals 57 kg gold and forex from ex-employer
A BULAWAYO gardener who had access to his former employer's house in Killarney Suburb allegedly teamed up with a friend to sneak into the house on a number of occasions, where the duo stole about cash...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Gayton McKenzie says Zimbabweans are cowards
Ex-convict and outspoken South African Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie, notorious for his xenophobic outbursts and anti-immigrant campaign, as well as fuelling aggressive anti-foreigners sen...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Dashcam gives away armed robbers
LUCK ran out on two armed robbers after the dashboard camera of a car belonging to someone they had robbed captured their images.The duo was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison each by H...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC spin doctor urges youth to fight for democracy
CITIZENS Coalition for Change deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba has urged the youth to fight for democracy and to use their voice to find their political power to change the world.Sizib...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube backs budding artistes, describes arts sector as potential employer if capacitated
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Sibonokuhle Sitsha is a young aspiring musician looking to make her name in the industry.But for all intents and purposes, this could very well be a dream that may not be attain...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman drags jealous hubby to court
A woman has dragged her husband to court for insulting and assaulting her for wearing a see-through dress at home in the presence of their gardener.Thelma Sibanda (34) stays with her husband, ...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe armed robbers flee with US$100,000 loot
THREE suspected armed robbers were arraigned before the Harare magistrates court on charges of robbing their victims of US$100 000 to R300 000.The trio Shadreck Musalonza (41), Raymond Motikar...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans saving country's dead economy
Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives.Since the day after he left, Mahamba (53) has been sending money ...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
War on shocking teen pregnancies
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Tawananyasha (surname withheld) is six months pregnant with a man whose real name and age she does not know.The two met when the minor was a housemaid while the man was a gard...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai estate: Workers claim US$150 000
THE family of the late former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai may not benefit much from the politician's estate as domestic workers and other employees are claiming sa...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malawian maid; gardener arrested for killing South African Boss
South Africa Police Services have reported that they have arrested four people, including a gardener and domestic worker, after the body of a 78-year-old man was found buried in a shallow grave in Cre...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Politicians are fuelling hate crimes
ONLY hate and barbarism could have produced the sort of spectacle the world witnessed a few weeks ago when a baying mob of South Africans moved from house to house in Johannesburg's Diepsloot slum to ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | | by Addy Kudita
Malema begs Zimbabweans to forgive his country for Elvis Nyathi murder
FIREBRAND South African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has pleaded with Zimbabweans to forgive his nation over the callous murder Elvis Nyathi.Nyathi, who work...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 18:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elvis Nyathi family grateful for support
THE family of a Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi who was killed by a vigilante group in South Africa has thanked Government and Zimbabweans from all over the world who provided assistance following his tra...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Elvis Nyathi's remains arrive in Zimbabwe for burial
THE remains of Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi, who was violently murdered in anti-immigrant attacks in South Africa, arrived in the country this morning.Nyathi (43) will be laid to rest in Bulawa...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Colleen Bawn segregation: Spacious and crammed villages
VICTORIAN style houses surrounded by beautiful greenery on cosmic pieces of land characterised Village 1, a gated community for the white minority living in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South before the...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Elvis Nyathi can't just die in vain
IN the aftermath of the gruesome murder of Zimbabwean man Elvis Nyathi (43) by vigilantes in Johannesburg's Diepsloot township, tough questions must be asked.Nyathi cannot die in vain. The tim...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 11:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africans says all Zimbabweans must leave the country
ANGRY South Africans say they want all Zimbabweans, documented or otherwise, to leave the country as soon as possible or face more xenophobic violence.This follows the callous murder of Zimbab...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parties condemn Afrophobic attacks in SA
POLITICAL parties in southern Africa yesterday roundly condemned the brutal murder of Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi in South Africa, with opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelso...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Slain Zimbabwean was a father of 4
BLOODSTAINS litter the bright pink entrance gate to the small grouping of shacks where Elvis Nyathi, a 43-year-old Zimbabwean, was killed in a mob attack in Diepsloot on Wednesday night after a day of...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gardener steals employer's US$70 000
A MAN appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with stealing US$70 000 and R95 000 in cash from his employer.Tatenda Ngirazi (30) appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, who remanded ...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Diplomat fatally stabbed by son
A-23 year old man on Monday appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda facing murder charges and one count of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed his father, who is a Diplomat to death....Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sangoma (106) in court for extortion
BINDURA traditional healer, Elias Godknows Zinyemba, who is popularly known as Sekuru Zinyemba has been arraigned before the courts on extortion charges after he defrauded unsuspecting clients of US$7...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mental exam for ritual murder suspect
ONE of the ritual murder suspects who allegedly sawed his victim in half, stole US$400 from her handbag and used some of the money to buy a drum and hydrochloric acid to dispose of the body has been o...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ilala Lodge Hotel celebrates 30 years in hospitality with loyal industry partners
Zimbabwe, 7 October 2021. The renowned Ilala Lodge Hotel in Victoria Falls celebrated three decades in hospitality at a private event held with longstanding regional tourism partners on Monday evening...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts
January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Fro...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Zimbabwe democratic transformation requires strong middle class
IT has become apparent that Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu PF, is perpetually endangering democratic processes by not only weakening, but also decimating the opposition movement ahead of 2023 general e...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Anotida Chikumbu/ David Chikwaza
Indian COVID-19 strain - Businessman dies in Kwekwe
A KWEKWE man who died from Covid-19 after contact with a niece who had just returned from India where thousands have succumbed to a deadly variant has brought panic among health authorities in the cit...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's huge daily cash withdrawals exposed
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe allegedly made multiple United States dollar cash withdrawals amounting to US$300 000 per day in 2019 from her CBZ Bank account at a time ordinary Zimbabweans were allow...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matanga sued over wrongful arrest
A HARARE man has filed a lawsuit against police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga, at the High Court claiming that he was wrongfully arrested and is seeking to be released from custody. Bori...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
NBA boss faces 23 counts of fraud
NATIONAL Biotechnology Authority (NBA) chief executive officer Jonathan Mufandaedza yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing 23 counts of fraud.Mufandaedza, who app...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
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