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White student found not guilty after urinating on black student's belongings

Theuns du Toit, the former Stellenbosch University student caught on camera urinating on a fellow student's belongings, has been found not guilty on all charges.Du Toit, whose actions were captured on video in May 2022 at the Huis Marais r…

Published: 28 May 2025 at 11:21hrs | 1376 | by Staff reporter

Timothy Omotoso, co-accused found not guilty on all charges

Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho have been found not guilty on all charges.The trio faced over 30 charges, inluding rape, human trafficking and racketeering.The verdict was delivere…

Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 11:30hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter

Man pleads guilty to armed robbery after night attack on Bulawayo couple

A 25-year-old Bulawayo man appeared in court this week facing armed robbery following a night attack on a Nketa couple's home with his accomplices to snatch cash and cell phones from their victims.Thomas Dube admitted to armed robbery afte…

Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:57hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean based in New Zealand guilty 17 counts of rape

John Hope Muchirahondo has been found guilty of 17 counts of rape and sexual assault.The 38-year-old Christchurch man has been convicted of raping eight women and sexually assaulting a ninth.In addition to the 17 sexual offending charges, …

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 10:44hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter

Mutare lawyer guilty of misconduct

The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has found Mutare lawyer Cosmas Chibaya guilty of unprofessional conduct for orchestrating the double sale of land. Chibaya, from Chibaya and Partners Legal Practitioners, was under investigation since…

Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 18:45hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe national guilty of running romance fraud schemes in US

A jury has convicted a woman of laundering money from a variety of scams, including romance fraud online.Sherlyn Sims, a/k/a "Sherlyn Dzinzi," is from Zimbabwe, but she set up business in Georgia.Prosecutors accused her of setting up a com…

Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:12hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter

Fake Zimbabwe nurse carries out 4 operations

A former nurse has been convicted of practicing as a medical practitioner carrying out surgeries on people in Gokwe.Admire Munyeki of Mbizo 5, Kwekwe appeared before Gokwe Magistrate Grace Tupiri facing four counts of contravening the medi…

Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 16:23hrs | 2350 | by Staff reporter

Mother of four kills her newborn

A 32-YEAR-OLD Shamva woman is in soup after she allegedly killed her newborn baby and threw her in a Blair toilet.Zvanyadza Zikalomo who was already a mother of three pleaded guilty to the charge before Bindura magistrate Tatenda Masaraung…

Published: 27 Jul 2024 at 09:39hrs | 1663 | by Simbarashe Sithole

SA man found guilty of murdering 6 Zimbabwean sex workers

The judge who found Sifiso Mkhwanazi guilty of murdering six Johannesburg sex workers delivering a scathing account of the 21-year-old's actions."I rejected the version of the accusedâ€¦ as beyond false and found that the accused had acted…

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

UK-based Zimbabwean found guilty of murdering homeless barrister in UK

A Zimbabwean man is facing life behind bars for the horrific killing of a disabled barrister who was living rough on Canterbury's streets.Sobantu Sibanda, the son of a university lecturer and social worker, was found guilty today of murder…

Published: 20 Nov 2023 at 22:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Smuggler Mukupe to remain in custody pending sentence

THE High Court yesterday postponed the sentencing of former Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development Terrence Mukupe and three accomplices until November 16 following their conviction for importing more than 138 000 litres of di…

Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Armed robbers found guilty

Yesterday, two armed robbers who carried out a series of robberies in Bulawayo pleaded guilty and were convicted on their own admissions. They have been remanded for sentencing today.These individuals targeted fast food outlets, supermarke…

Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Orange thief bashes guard

A 49-YEAR-OLD Buhera man is in trouble after he was caught stealing 200 kg of oranges from a farm in Mazowe and went on to assault the security guard with a wooden log.Christopher Mudzimunyi pleaded not guilty to assault and theft charges …

Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 18:59hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Lone anti-govt protester pleads guilty

A Harare resident, Itai Makombe (51) who was arrested while staging a one-man demo at the intersection of Sam Nujoma and Josiah Tongogara streets has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and unlawful possession of firearm charges.He appear…

Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Patriotic Bill: The guilty are always afraid

If you are a law-abiding citizen of Zimbabwe or a bona fide organisation, why should you panic over a law that seeks to ring-fence the foreign policy of your country? Your own country?After all, when the law applies to you, you are presume…

Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe

Retired cop not guilty

Retired Chief Superintendent Joseph Josphat Mutipforo who was charged with receiving a residential stand from City of Harare employees whom he was investigating was yesterday acquitted for lack of evidence. Mutipforo who was represented by…

Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Suspected robber cornered by a mob, beaten, dies at hospital

A man believed to be part of an armed robbers gang that has been terrorising Beitbridge residents has succumbed to assault wounds after he was cornered by a mob in Kwalu 1 suburb (SDP) early on Monday morning.The suspect, who is believed t…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Truckers face Beitbridge chaos

When it was controversially awarded a US$240 million contract to upgrade the Beitbridge border post in 2018, the Zimborders Consortium said it would provide "world class border facilities that optimise border efficiencies and revenue colle…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 19:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Biti begs for Ramaphosa's intervention

MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti has called on South Africa President and leader of the governing ANC party, Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene and caution his fellow liberation struggle colleagues in Zanu-PF.This follows last week's atta…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

UN envoy flies into Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance war

UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Alena Douhan, who arrives in the country today to assess the impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, flies into a storm with the ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition MDC Alliance embroiled in a war of wo…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mine workers take salary dispute to court

The Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Mineral Workers Union (ZIDAMWU) has taken the National Employment Council for Mining Industry, Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (AMWUZ) and the Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe (CMZ) to court challenging t…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Treat each unvaccinated case on its merits, says PTUZ

THE Progressive Teachers Union (PTUZ) yesterday vowed that its members who are yet to be vaccinated will continue reporting for duty in defiance of a government directive that unvaccinated civil servants should stop reporting for work.This…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimta members threaten industrial action

ZIMBABWE Teachers Association (Zimta) members in Bulawayo have urged its leadership to call for strike action over poor salaries.In a position paper dated October 14, 2021, addressed to the Zimta national leadership, the teachers said they…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Govt projects 10% growth in agric sector

GOVERNMENT has projected a 10% growth in the agricultural sector during the 2021/22 farming season, an official has said.Agriculture has been contributing 34% to Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP), and Lands and Agriculture deputy min…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zvimba cops detain boy (10) over missing US$140 fines

THREE police officers have been accused of arresting and detaining a 10-year-old boy from Diana Farm, Chikerema village in Kutama over missing US$140 roadblock fines.The minor (name withheld) allegedly spent the weekend inside Kutama polic…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Matebeleland politicians have let us down'

MATABELELAND human rights and political activists have blasted the ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition MDC formations for letting the region down by not fostering development.This came out during last week's virtual debate conducted by…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Black market records steepest annual rise

THE parallel market exchange rate rocketed by 27% during the third quarter (3Q) of this year, marking its steepest ever growth in one year, researchers at Inter Horizon Securities (IH) said at the weekend.IH's authoritative Pulse Meter, wh…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe still bound by chains of Mugabe dictatorship

Zanu-PF and MDCs have indicated that they want to give themselves monopoly over political power in Zimbabwe. Recently, I felt bad when I saw some people chanting the Ngaapinde Hake Mukomana mantra.Why don't we learn that hero-worshiping a …

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Paul Dzimano

Address Beitbridge Border Post mess or we lose out to Kazungula

IN this digital age, our border posts are expected to move with the times and embrace technology so that clearing of goods is done efficiently.Our border posts have been so porous and delays are the order of the day. These delays have been…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF district elections kick-off

FIREWORKS are expected during the impending Zanu-PF district or ward elections across Mashonaland West province scheduled to kick off Tuesday.This follows a resolution Saturday by the provincial coordinating committee (PCC), sitting as an …

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter

Kazembe in heated exchange with Zanu-PF Mashonaland central 'chefs'

DIVISIONS among warring Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central province's top dogs deepened at the weekend after they turned their WhatsApp group into a battleground, exchanging fierce vitriols and threatening each other with violence.It all started …

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Phase Two Matebeleland North roads rehab intensified

GOVERNMENT allocated more than $700 million to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development for rehabilitation of a 3 000km road network under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) Phase 2 in Matebeleland North pro…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

CAPS United crash out of Chibuku Cup

Dynamos 1 - 1  CAPS UtdHARARE football giants CAPS United crashed out of the Chibuku Super Cup after playing out a stalemate with bitter rivals Dynamos in the penultimate round of the Group One matches at Baobab yesterday.The Green Ma…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Poor scoring rate worries Bosso coach

Bulawayo City 0 - 0 HighlandersDESPITE qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Chibuku Super Cup, Highlanders' coach Mandla Mpofu is worried by his team's inability to convert scoring chances they create.Mpofu was left cursing after watch…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Robber killed in Masvingo shootout

A suspected armed robber believed to be part of a gang that committed a spate of robberies in Masvingo was fatally shot by the police after in the act.The robber and his three accomplices had robbed a victim of US$1 000, R400, four cellpho…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

UN Special Envoy arrives

The UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the US and her allies, Ms Elena Dohan, is expected in the country today on a 10-day visit.The visit follows an invitation from the Government …

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

When desperate, tactless opposition fakes victimhood

Last Monday the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) faction was at it again. It was involved in skirmishes with the people of Masvingo in an incident which involved the discharge of a firearm.This was all schemed up to create an impression of human right…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga

Violent teacher found guilty

TALENT Chingwaru, the Mathematics teacher who was last week filmed assaulting a Lower Six student at a school in Harare, was yesterday convicted on his own plea of guilt and immediately appealed for a lighter sentence from the court, sayin…

Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi members plead not guilty to public violence

Five members of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) pleaded not guilty to public violence when they appeared in a Bulawayo Court Wednesday.The five, whose court trial begun today were arrested on charges of participating in a gathering with int…

Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 19:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Teen gangster pleads guilty

A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly attacking a man with bricks before he robbed him of a cellphone and cash.  Nicky Moyo (18) from New Magwegwe suburb and four accomplices who are still at large allegedly robbed …

Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube guilty as charged

Community Water Alliance is greatly disturbed by Hon Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube's disregard of his constitutional duties when it comes to loan agreements and guarantees.We read with sadness that City of Harare is partnering China Sin…

Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Community Water Alliance

Cops guilty of $56,000 heist

An intricate web of calls between two police officers and four civilians before and after they robbed an Indian businessman of $56 000 at a fake roadblock led to their conviction yesterday.Dickson Morosi (32), Kundai Makwarimba (35) and Fo…

Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

31 dead, truck driver pleads guilty

THE driver of a South African-registered haulage truck which sideswiped a Johannesburg-bound Proliner bus killing 31 people on the spot and injuring 40 near Mvuma, has pleaded guilty.Regis Mangwari, who had been pleading not guilty since t…

Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man pleads guilty to selling wife

A MBARE resident, who connived with his wife to play brother and sister before tricking a Kuwadzana man into paying $4 000 lobola, pleaded guilty to the offence when he appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday.Brian Nkatazo Mathe (30)…

Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Masendeke pleads guilty

THE late notorious robber and murderer Edmond Edgar Masendeke's younger brother Andrew, arrested for allegedly robbing and kidnapping a police officer, has pleaded guilty.The younger Masendeke and his three accomplices Tapiwa Chimuti (29),…

Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reorter

TV presenter pleads guilty to culpable homicide

ZTV's Coke on the Beat presenter Tichaona Maruziva yesterday pleaded guilty to culpable homicide and told the court that he was truly sorry for knocking down and killing a cyclist in April this year.Maruziva (28) of No. 7 Woodhall Road, Ma…

Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Stock thief resists arrest, threatens to axe cop

A Binga man who allegedly stole a villager's ox and became violent when a police officer visited his home to arrest him has been dragged to court for stock theft and resisting arrest.Moffat Mudimba (30) pleaded not guilty to stock theft an…

Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 06:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Mini-skirt attack: Two men found guilty

Two Harare touts who allegedly stripped a 28 year old woman at Fourth Street Rank accusing her of being a prostitute by wearing a mini skirt where on Wednesday found guilty.Marvelous Kandemiri and Blessing Chinodakufa are the culprits.&nbs…

Published: 26 Mar 2015 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou

Zimbabwean found guilty of murdering Nigerian love rival in the UK

A BRITISH JURY has found a 44-year-old Zimbabwean man, Eddington Chigora, guilty of murder.Chigora, of Buttermere Avenue, Slough, was found guilty of stabbing love rival Nigerian Omobolaji Adigun to death at Maidenhead court.The jury retir…

Published: 05 Oct 2011 at 07:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

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