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Armed robbers jailed 21 years
Four Rushinga based armed robbers were sentenced to 21 years in jail after robbing a school headmaster of his car before being involved in an accident wit...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 09:25hrs | 650 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 armed robbers in court
Three men accused of carrying out armed robberies in Harare appeared before the Harare Regional Magistrate, Mrs. Marehwanazvo Gofa, on charges of stealing cash and valuables from multiple victims. Taf...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 09:21hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Student murdered for identifying robber
A 23-year-old Bulawayo Polytechnic student, Inobubele Mhlanga, tragically lost her life on Monday evening after being brutally stabbed by two robbers in Cowdray Park, following a mugging incident in w...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:58hrs | 1020 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man murders woman after she rejects US$5 for sex
A 33-year-old gold panner from Chinhoyi, Tafadzwa Nkonde, has been charged with murder after allegedly raping and killing a woman who refused his US$5 offer for sex.The National Prosecuting Au...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 20:20hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner in court for murder
A gold panner, Tafadzwa Nkonde (33), who had been on the run after raping and killing a woman, has appeared before the Chinhoyi Magistrates' Court on murder charges under Section 47 of the Criminal La...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 16:52hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Rapist kills victim after sex
Police in Chinhoyi are hunting for a 33-year-old man who allegedly raped and forced his victim to drink a tobacco pesticide.The woman died two days later after Tafadzwa Nkonde allegedly forced...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 17:41hrs | 1730 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man admits to stealing underwear to please wife
COURTROOMS are typically places of solemnity and seriousness, but every now and then, a spark of humour ignites, often unexpectedly.Such was the case when a man charged with breaking into a bo...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:56hrs | 837 | by Staff reportrer
Chinese national loses US$20 000 to armed robbers in Zimbabwe
A businessman lost over US$21,000 in a robbery at a guest house in Borrowdale, Harare. Jiang Yao, 34, and his colleague, Yi Ting, 54, were both victims of the armed robbery, which occurred around 8:30...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 16:29hrs | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners
"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Robbers reign of terror ends
TWO men who are believed to be part of a syndicate that unleashed a reign of terror in Bulawayo have been arrested.The suspects are linked to a hijacking incident that occurred in Shurugwi and...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bogus cops rob money changers
THREE illegal money changers popularly known as osphatheIeni lost an undisclosed amount of money on Thursday after they were attacked by armed robbers during the day.The robbery occurred at Nk...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 16:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Joyride with a corpse woman jailed 25 years
A BULAWAYO woman who connived with her late boyfriend and killed her friend following an all-night beer-drinking binge before they went on a joyride with the corpse, was yesterday sentenced to an effe...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Henrietta Rushwaya judge gets US$400,000 house on eve of sentencing
A judge set to deliver judgment in Henrietta Rushwaya's gold smuggling trial was given a house by the government last Friday, ZimLive can reveal.The transaction was approved by chief cabinet s...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Artificial ivory opens another way to end ban on natural ivory trade' says U.S. NGO
A United States-based NGO welcomed a BBC report this month that Austrian scientists have developed a new artificial ivory product, called Digory, that looks and feels like the real thing. The ...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:41hrs | 1 | by Emmanuel Koro
Fashion extravaganza at Mnangagwa's inauguration
IT was pomp and fanfare on Monday as thousands made their way into the giant National Sports Stadium for the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a second term.Mnangagwa was declar...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber runs out of luck
An armed robber was on Monday arrested by security guards after he had robbed a woman of her valuables at a farm in Mazowe.Dickson Katsande (31), ran out of luck after he had robbed Fungai Ant...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
Zimbabwe loses more than US$23b through IFFs
Zimbabwe lost more than US$23 billion through illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 1980 and 2018, a new report compiled by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows.Other sources, however, s...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya: A dramatic life of scandal
WHEN Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in October 2020 while allegedly trying to smuggle 6 kilogrammes of gold to Dubai, many Zimbabweans believed the case was...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 18:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel will neither be prosecuted nor charged!
Dear Bulawayo 24 News Staff Writer: Upon reading, your article entitled: 'Mnangagwa throws Prophet Uebert Angel under the bus,' I went to my dictionary to verify the meaning of the idiomat...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 03:41hrs | | by Tawandah Mudzingwah
Bride goes missing days before wedding
A 27-year-old woman went missing just days before her wedding day in what police have described as an unusual incident that has led them to instigate an investigation.The woman whom police ide...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Al Jazeera puts Zimbabwe corruption documentary on hold
Al Jazeera on Thursday said it had put a pause on a broadcast of a four-part investigation into official corruption in Zimbabwe without giving reasons.The first episode of Gold Mafia, a two-ye...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 19:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing ECD teacher found dead
Budiriro 4 Primary School ECD teacher, Josephine Magdalene Mandivei, who went missing nearly a week ago, was Saturday found dead in a maize field by a hill in Mufakose high density suburb, Harare....Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean robber shot in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN suspected armed robber was shot and injured by his victim - a serving member of the South African Police Services (Saps), whose house the suspect had broken into in the company of two acc...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions 18 Public Service Commission buses
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 18 Public Service Commission (PSC) buses in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, under the Civil Service Rural Transport Scheme, which seeks to ease transpor...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
R9 million gold smuggled from Zimbabwe by Rushwaya driver forfeited to SA
Gold worth R9 million (US$506,000) which was smuggled from Zimbabwe has been forfeited to South Africa following an application by that country's elite specialised crime investigation agency, the HAWK...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bonang Matheba and Steve Madden announce summer collaboration
Johannesburg, 1 November 2022: Steve Madden has announced its first ever African collaboration with South African powerhouse Bonang Matheba, she'll bring t...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 11:54hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF supporters storm CCC campaign meeting
Some CCC politicians and followers were Monday forced to flee into the bush when alleged Zanu-PF supporters driving in a convoy stormed a party by-election campaign meeting in Insiza, beating up activ...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabs wife to death over used condom
A man who stumbled on a used condom in his wife's handbag has appeared in court for murder after he allegedly stabbed her three times. Mgcini Lunga (30) appeared before Western Commonage Courts reside...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zec director assaults subordinate
A DIRECTOR at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Rejoice Sibanda has been reported to police for allegedly assaulting her subordinate after accusing him of stealing an unspecified amount of money...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman nabbed for poisoning grandfather
A Guruve woman is in soup after allegedly food poisoning her grandfather.Alice Phiri is facing a murder charge and she was ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 19:43hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Armed robbers ambush Company, get away with US$105 410
A 43-year old man from Gwanda's Magwe Irrigation Scheme under Chief Mathe and his accomplices have been accused of raiding Poly Packaging Pvt Ltd in Bulawayo at gunpoint and getting away with US$105 4...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Condom receipt sells out cheating woman
THOUGH men are the most accused when it comes to cheating, the truth is that the number of women who are unfaithful is on the increase.But unlike their male counterparts, they're so good at ma...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muradzikwa-Jemwa court battle intensifies
THE explosive court battle between prominent corporate executive Grace Muradzikwa and flamboyant businesswoman Luminitsa Kimberly Jemwa has been postponed to 5 May after a court hearing on Wednesday a...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Ipec boss son's trial date set
THE trial of Kundai Muradzikwa, son of the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) commissioner Grace Muradzikwa, has been set for May 5.Kundai is accused of breaking into socialite Luminista...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate accused of making staff clean her 'too-posh-to-flush' mess in the toilet
A magistrate has been suspended over a litany of charges, including claims she made staff clean her mess in the toilet.Oratile Nare, a former assistant to a High Court judge, was appointed a m...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans jailed 50 years for robberies in SA
TWO Zimbabweans have been jailed for a total of 50 years for a series of armed robberies in Limpopo province, South Africa.Thabang Moyo (26) and Steven Matamba (29) were tried separately by th...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bush sex cost Mutoko women
At least five women in Mutoko are counting their losses after being lured to bush sex by Simbai Chikowe popularly known as Madhongi and end up stealing th...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 12:54hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Self-styled prophet up for car theft
A 34-year-old self-styled Murehwa prophet has been arrested on allegations of stealing a Toyota Belta worth US$4 000, belonging to a client during a cleansing ceremony on a mountain in Mutoko....Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman stoned to death
A MARONDERA woman, believed to be in her 30s, was stoned to death and had her undergarments stashed in her mouth at Roughlands Farm at the weekend.Police have since launched a manhunt for the ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Crossing the Limpopo River
NKANYEZI Dube is a 25-year-old young woman from Lubhangwe in the Matobo District of Matabeleland South. She attended Lubhangwe primary and secondary schools. She did not qualify to proceed to universi...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Pathisa Nyathi
SA-bound bus crew dumps sick woman in street
A Bulawayo woman, Sithabile Maseko (49) from Magwegwe West suburb was left battling for life in the street next to Regional Coaches bus rank after she was dragged out of the bus by two men who were in...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube makes u-turn on cellphone levy
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has made a u-turn on the proposed US$50 cellphone levy, which he said would apply to individuals who would have failed to pay duty on imported cellphones.Ncube's ...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 09:35hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Matanga's name dragged into US$152 000 theft case
POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga's name has been dragged into an unlawful entry and theft case involving US$152 000 in cash and valuables, pitting prominent corporate executive Grace Muradzi...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 15:05hrs | 9 | 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
Man arrested for shooting dead female Zupco bus conductor
A Harare man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a female Zupco bus conductor who was shot dead in the head. Police also recovered the gun believed to have been used to shoot the woman ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 19:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bogus army officer up for 19 rape counts
A HARARE man who impersonated being Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer appeared in court Wednesday facing 19 rape charges.He committed the offences, which also include robbery after offering...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial rapist in court
A KNIFE-WIELDING man who raped and robbed several women in Harare was arraigned before the courts yesterday.The rapist, Bessam Mahosi alias Kudzanai Gwaze Ambewe (37) appeared before magistrat...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stolen phone gives away armed robbery suspects
TWO suspected armed robbers appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts on allegations of robbing a family they suspected of having US$16 000 in their house of a car and other household goods all value...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier arrested for armed robbery
A SOLDIER, Raymond Negomo Dzapasi (34), has been arrested and arraigned before the courts facing an armed robbery charge.Dzapasi of B1 Mechanised Battalion, Inkomo Barracks, on Saturday appear...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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