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Sex scandal in schoolyard
The headmaster of Bikita Fashu High School, Happson Dina, is at the centre of a storm following explosive allegations of an illicit affair with a subordinate teacher and a violent confrontation with h...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 17:14hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
Passenger jailed for squeezing own manhood against woman
CHEGUTU - A 45 year-old Chegutu man is unlucky after court (Chegutu Magistrates) slapped him with six-months sentence after being found guilty of indecent...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 21:47hrs | 1891 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Matonga acquitted
Former Information Deputy Minister Bright Matonga was acquitted on Tuesday by Chegutu magistrate Ms. Evelyn Mashawakure on charges of stealing two tractors valued at nearly US$200,000 from a white far...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:52hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Ex-minister Matonga denies US$500k theft case
Former Information Deputy Minister Bright Matonga, who was arrested in June last year on charges of stealing farming equipment valued at over US$500,000, denied the allegations on Thursday before Cheg...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:24hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist acquitted for assaulting village head
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Wilson Guvamatanga, 62, walked out of the Gutu Magistrate Court smiling today after being acquitted of assault charges in a case that highlighted ongoing t...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 13:44hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Nduna granted US$100 bail
Dexter Nduna, a resource mobilizer for the ZANU-PF party and former Chegutu West MP, has been granted bail set at US$100 by a Chinhoyi High Court judge following his arrest earlier this month. Nduna f...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:49hrs | 1677 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna denied bail
Dexter Taona Nduna (53), a former Zanu-PF Member of Parliament, has been denied bail by the Chegutu Magistrates' Court in a fraud case. Nduna is facing allegations of misrepresentation involving the c...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 13:29hrs | 1294 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna remanded in custody
Controversial Zanu PF politician and former legislator Dexter Nduna was on Saturday remanded in custody following his arrest for illegally collecting parking fees from motorists in Chegutu.The...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 10:30hrs | 2642 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna arrested for fraud
Dexter Nduna, the head of mobilisation for ZANU PF, was remanded in custody yesterday following his appearance at the Chegutu Magistrates Court on charges of illegally collecting parking fees from mot...Published: 13 Oct 2024 at 12:58hrs | 3732 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zimbabwe Information Minister's trial commences
The trial of former Information Minister Bright Matonga, accused of stealing farm implements, began today at the Chegutu Magistrates' Court. Matonga appeared before Magistrate Ms. Evelyn Mashawakure a...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 15:21hrs | 3985 | by Staff reporter
Bright Matonga arrested again
Bright Matonga, the former Deputy Minister of Information, has been re-arrested after being initially granted bail last month. Matonga, who was previously released on a US$600 bail by Chegutu Magistra...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 12:02hrs | 2850 | by Staff reporter
Bright Matonga arrested over theft
Former information Deputy Minister Bright Matonga who served in Mugabe's government, has been arrested on theft of farm implements allegations.It is alleged that the value of the said agricult...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 12:02hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Police officer stabbed to death during robbery
TWO robbers pounced on a male police officer in Chegutu, Mashonaland West province and stabbed him on the arm before taking his Techno cellphone early February.Tinotenda Chipadze (22) and his ...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother, son (14) up for murder
A CHEGUTU woman Norgerty Jekeseni (30) and her 14-year-old son allegedly fatally assaulted a suspect accused of stalking her daughter.The duo appeared at Chegutu Magistrates Court on Monday an...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FAZ member assaulted
GUTU Magistrate Mitchell Panavanhu last week sentenced Goodson Matanda (51) to one year jail term for assaulting a Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) member Shamiso Madondo in June this year.Ma...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's 'terror' squad arrested
Police in Gutu have arrested four members of a Zanu-PF gang notorious for terrorising people in the district. Two of the members were arrested for allegedly obstructing the course of justice after the...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police fighting Mnangagwa
CHEGUTU West Member of Parliament (MP), Dexter Nduna says the police have questioned his legitimacy as legislator and vowed to back the opposition in attempts to eliminate Zanu-PF making Chegutu distr...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 20:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-govt protest cases crumble
NINE Harare and Chegutu residents have been set free after being hauled before the courts on charges of committing public violence for allegedly participating in last year's anti-government demonstrat...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 13:19hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes
Robber who terrified victims with skeleton costume and mask jailed
A robber who dressed up as a human skeleton to terrify his victims is beginning a three-year prison sentence this week.Norman Chagwiza, 27, of Mutsambiwa Village in Gutu, pleaded guilty to one...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer handed over to police
A HARARE lawyer was reportedly handed over to police at Chegutu Magistrates Court for representing a client in court using the name of a legal firm he worked for some two years ago, and without a law ...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lawyer caught offside
RUBAYA and Chatambudza Law firm has written a letter of complaint to the Law Society of Zimbabwe against a Harare lawyer Liberty Mandiveyi, whom it is accusing of practicing under its name despite hav...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance councillor arrested for organizing football tourney
MDC Alliance Councillor for Ward 33, Bernard Chimwango was recently arrested for allegedly organizing a football tournament sometime in March, contravening the set Covid-19 regulations which prohibit ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High school pupils jailed 3 months for bullying
Three pupils from Mutero High School in Gutu have been given three months wholly suspended jail sentences for bullying.The three, Stewart Mazuru (20), Tapiwa Gijima (18) and a minor (17) appea...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says pfumvudza is another avenue to loot State resources
OUTSPOKEN Norton MP, Temba Mliswa has described the recently introduced government-funded pfumvudza farming programme as another scheme created to loot state resources.Pfumvudza, the governmen...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's maize stolen
POLICE have arrested three men - two drivers and a suspected buyer - who were in the habit of stealing part of President Mnangagwa's maize deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board depot in Chegutu. ...Published: 22 May 2019 at 10:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nduna seeks to stop trial
Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna (Zanu-PF), who is accused of unlawfully discharging a firearm in public and engaging in acts of violence, has approached the High Court seeking to stop the criminal procee...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man found with late father's bones in his bedroom
A GUTU magistrate has ordered a local man to undergo a mental examination after he dug up his father's grave and took the remains which he kept in his house.Court heard that 46-year-old Moses ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists in court over MDC Alliance posters
TWO Zanu-PF youths from Gutu yesterday appeared in court for allegedly pulling down and tearing some MDC Alliance posters, while an elderly Zaka woman was arrested for allegedly committing a similar o...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters arrested for beating MP's driver
Two Zanu-PF supporters; Edmore Marwizi (34) and Tinashe Marwizi (29) of Matombo village under Chief Munyikwa appeared before Gutu magistrate Victor Mahamadi facing charges of assaulting Gutu East MP, ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 16:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman busts husband about to wed girlfriend
There was drama at Gutu Magistrates' Court recently when a married man was found by his wife just about to exchange wedding vows with his secret lover.Acting on a tip off that her husband, Dzi...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 20:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2018 elections credibility is in danger
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and other relevant state institutions turned a blind eye to thousands of violations during the registration of voters, thereby compromising the legitimacy of th...Published: 27 May 2018 at 18:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth chair in court on armed robbery charges
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West youth league chairman Vengai Musengi has been arraigned before a Chegutu Magistrate facing armed robbery charges.The charges arose from the first round of voting in th...Published: 19 May 2018 at 14:43hrs | 1 | by Satff reporter
Woman murders father-in-law over two eggs
A-29 year old Gutu woman recently appeared in the Gutu Magistrates' Court facing charges of killing her father-in-law for breaking her eggs.Sosana Gondo of Mafusire Village under Chief Mazuru ...Published: 16 May 2018 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF MP granted bail in shooting incident
Chegutu West legislator, Dexter Nduna (47), who was arrested on Tuesday on charges of unlawful discharge of a firearm in a public place and violence, was yesterday granted $200 bail.In grantin...Published: 06 May 2018 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dairibord boss Mandiwanza faces assault charges
Dairibord Zimbabwe chief executive officer, Antony Mandiwanza appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing charges of assaulting his private security guard at his residence using a rifle...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Councillor up for domestic violence
A Chegutu councillor and businessman has been dragged before the courts for physically assaulting his wife for spurning his demands for intimacy.Ward 4 councillor Stanley Banda pleaded guilty ...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor batters wife over conjugal rights
A ZANU-PF councillor in Chegutu has been fined $400 for assaulting his wife over a domestic issue believed to be centred on conjugal rights.Stanley Banda (45) was ordered to pay the fi...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pastor gives married woman panties gift
A Gutu pastor, who gave a married congregant an underwear gift, has been fined a beast (alternatively US$400), by Chief Nyamandi of Masvingo.Innocent Bhera tried to fight his innocence all...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gutu Magistrate blasts command agric officers
Gutu Magistrate Edwin Marecha has blasted Command Agriculture officers for taking a laid back position when distributing inputs and resources under the scheme.Marecha made the scathing attack ...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman conning people over teacher's college intake placements
A 33 year old Early Childhood Development (ECD) teacher at Furious Mine School in Chinhoyi has appeared in court after allegedly defrauding Gladys Chanda (33) of $598.Pauline Shoko appeare...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 08:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CIO imposter nabbed at Mpandawana
A man from Majengwa village in Gutu who allegedly forged Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) identity card which he used as a getaway passport from Police roadblocks since he had no license has be...Published: 06 Nov 2016 at 11:12hrs | | by Stephan Jakes
Chief forced to return 5 cattle he impounded
Governance issues surrounding traditional leadership came to the fore once again when Chief Serima, born Vengai Rushwaya, was forced to return five herds of cattle he impounded from a man staying in M...Published: 01 Aug 2016 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
7 appear in court for illegal gold dealings
At least seven gold mill operators and their managers from Pickstone Mine area in Chegutu are before the courts on charges of illegally trading in the precious mineral. Reports of artisanal mi...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 05:06hrs | 1 | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Villagers harassed and intimidated after seeking court order against soldiers
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Communications Manager Kumbirai Mafunda has said villagers in Gutu, Masvingo province are enduring intimidation and harassment from some soldiers after they petit...Published: 20 Jun 2015 at 15:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Soldiers burnt down homesteads of 22 villagers
SOME soldiers allegedly burnt down homesteads of 22 Masvingo villagers and destroyed their crops last week in an operation to drive them away from a farm parcelled out during the land reform programme...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T official nabbed for rape
MDC-T treasurer for Gutu Central Samuel Mawere has been arrested on allegations of raping his 13-year-old niece. Mawere appeared before Gutu magistrate last Friday charged with rape. ...Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Granny axes hubby to death over sex
A grandmother here hacked her husband to death with an axe last week after he accused her of starving him of his conjugal rights.Rosemary Chivhanganye, 52, appeared before Gutu magistrate Ny...Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Testicle squeeze saves woman from rape
A GUTU woman escaped rape by a whisker after she grabbed and squeezed hard her attacker's testicles, a local court heard last week.Karen Mahachi, 23, pleaded guilty to indecent assault bef...Published: 14 Feb 2014 at 16:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Arrested MDC-T activists still locked up
FOURTEEN MDC-T supporters who were arrested last Saturday on allegations of obstructing the course of justice will remain in custody pending the outcome of their bail ruling tomorrow. Kenneth...Published: 06 Mar 2013 at 06:30hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Zanu-PF official seeks Canadian residency
There has been an angry reaction to news that a Zimbabwean land invader who has successfully led the prosecution of a white farmer in Chegutu is now applying for permanent residency in Canada....Published: 21 Aug 2012 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
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