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Cop confesses to killing Bulawayo detective
A police officer stationed at Hillside Police Station in Bulawayo has allegedly confessed to the fatal shooting of Detective Constable Cassandra Hove a fortnight ago.The suspect has been ident...Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 08:49hrs | 1969 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo maid killed, body dissolved in acid
In a chilling case that has shocked the Bulawayo community, a man from Matsheumhlope suburb has appeared in court accused of aiding his friend in concealing a murder by dissolving the victim's body in...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:30hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
Wedding Night Drama Groom, in-laws sentenced for assaulting secret lover
A man whose wife eloped with her secret lover on their wedding night has been convicted along with his in-laws for assaulting the bride's secret lover. The groom, Mbongeni Moyo, and his in-laws - Alle...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:05hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents acquire vehicle for neighbourhood watch patrol
Residents of Sunninghill suburb in Bulawayo have come together to add a fifth vehicle to their crime patrol fleet, in response to growing concerns over safety and security in the area. The collaborati...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:36hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Burnside couple surrenders US$1800 after 1 hour torture
A couple from Burnside suburb in Bulawayo endured an hour of torture at the hands of two masked and armed robbers who reportedly stole US$1800 from them.The robbers, clad in balaclavas an...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:45hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo East suburb plunged into darkness
Several households in Bulawayo East suburbs have been left without power after thieves once again targeted and stole copper cables, contributing to the ongoing wave of vandalism affecting critical pub...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 14:39hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Man dumps wife, 3 minor children in Bulawayo CBD and disappears
In Bulawayo, a man is alleged to have abandoned his wife and three children in the city center on Thursday evening after picking them up from their rural home in Mt. Darwin.The woman, whose na...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Estranged wife stabbed 34 times
FRESH details have emerged in the Bulawayo Morningside murder case where a man allegedly killed his wife in cold blood, with revelations that he stabbed her 34 times with a kitchen knife before crushi...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Fawcett Security guards up for stealing US$12,000 from thief
Two Fawcett Security guards appeared in court for allegedly stealing over US$12,000 cash from a theft suspect they had just apprehended with his loot from Total Energies in Hillcrest, Bulawayo....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Siqokoqela Mphoko granted $50 000 bail
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's son Siqokoqela, who is facing charges of allegedly raping his 12-year-old niece as well as escaping from lawful custody, has been released on $50 000 bail by...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Women bashed over cheating allegations
A man teamed up with his friend and confronted his girlfriend at Bulawayo's Buena Vista suburb before assaulting her and her friend for cheating.A source said a man named Fa and his friend (na...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son Siqokoqela charged with 3 counts of rape, escaping police
Siqokoqela Mphoko, the 44-year-old son of former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko was charged with three counts of rape during a court appearance in Bulawayo on Thursday.Mphoko, of Derby Road...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son arrested on rape allegations
Zimbabwean ex-vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko's son Siqokoqela has been arrested on allegations of rape, but fled from Hillside Police Station in Bulawayo, saying he fears he would be killed. He is ...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 19:14hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead after 18 day search
THE family of a man who was found hanging from a tree in Woodlands, Bulawayo on Wednesday has disputed the results of the post-mortem revealing that he had committed suicide and is demanding a fresh a...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps cop, plunges vehicle into ditch
THERE was drama when a daring man from Bulawayo allegedly kidnapped a police officer who was escorting him to the police station following his arrest for public violence intentionally swerved his vehi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Machete gang invades mine, loots gold ore
A MACHETE gang has invaded Carry Mine complex in Hope Fountain outside Bulawayo and embarked on illegal mining activities.Mine owner Bekezela Moyo told NewsDay yesterday that the machete gang ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Miners in bloody fight over isitshwala
AN artisanal miner employed at Black Rock Mine in Esigodini attacked his colleague several times all over the body with a shovel and stabbed him for refusing to cook isitshwala.The incident ha...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:22hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
100 Congolese refugees escape from Zimbabwe refugee camp
AT LEAST 100 Congolese migrants, including children, are reportedly being detained by immigration authorities after they were discovered at a house in one of Bulawayo's low-density suburbs.The...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
City unveils ambitious schools expansion plan
BULAWAYO City Council wants to expand schools and health institutions in the southern central areas to cater for increased demand in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.Wisdom Siziba, deputy dir...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Private schools defy Covid rules
TWO private schools in Bulawayo's affluent suburbs are defying Covid-19 lockdown regulations by conducting physical lessons. President Mnangagwa on Tuesday extended the enhanced level four loc...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners diverting water from Bulawayo water supply dam
GOLD panners in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South have been accused of diverting water from Umzingwane Dam catchment areas to their illegal mining activities.Umzingwane dam is one of t...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'ZRP officers corrupt'
It is not arguable that Zimbabwe Republic police officers are the most corrupt people in the country.FOUR police officers in Bulawayo were arrested for demanding and receiving a posh car as a ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:10hrs | 11 | by Shelton Muchena
Bribe-taking cops arrested
FOUR police officers in Bulawayo were arrested for allegedly demanding and receiving a car as a bribe to free a suspect who was in custody for unlawful entry and theft.The officers approached ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinese miner attacks employees for demanding last year's dues
TWO mine workers at the Fools Investment Mine in Hope Fountain, which is just outside Bulawayo, were last Saturday assaulted by their Chinese employer after theydemanded payment of their outstandi...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ammunition unearthed at hospital
PANIC and fear struck staffers at a public hospital after a cook who was digging in the garden stumbled on live ammunition.Upon hearing about the incident staff went into panic until a senior ...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC activists, family members brutalised in midnight raids
Fears are mounting over the safety of opposition activists, following abductions of members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a night raid allegedly by armed gunmen in Bulawayo last week....Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Phelekezela Mphoko speaks on arrest saga
Former Vice President Report Phelekezela Mphoko has broken silence over the events that happened on Friday the 16th of August where some details form the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission attempted...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 17:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Spooks in dramatic bid to arrest former Vice President Mphoko
Investigators from the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Friday made an attempt to arrest former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko but he refused to leave his house with them, dramatic vid...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 20:04hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
Police hunt for 'serial land fraudster'
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for an allegedly serial land fraudster who pretended to be a village head and sold plots and residential stands to home seekers in Kensington on the outskirt...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
AK47 gunman denied bail
A BULAWAYO man, who was found in possession of an AK47 rifle, will continue to languish in remand prison after he was denied bail by a Bulawayo magistrate, who ruled that he was a flight risk....Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'rapes' neighbour's daughter
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo allegedly raped his Grade Six neighbour. Michael Ngwenya appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Franklin Mkhwananzi and pleade...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robber arrested with AK47 rifle
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 35-year-old suspected armed robber who was found in possession of a loaded AK47 rifle which was stolen from the Zimbabwe Republic Police Armoury. Ame Mpala o...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Second body found in Hillside Dams
MYSTERY surrounds the drowning of a couple at Hillside Dams in Bulawayo, with their bodies being found a day apart. Yesterday, it emerged that a woman who was reported in The Chronicle on Satu...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:13hrs | | by Staf reporter
Brutality under Mnangagwa's government
On the 31st of December 2017 when I came in town after our highly trained intelligence guys had learnt that the coup President and a Chief Gukurahundist will be in the city of Bulawayo ZIFT at a churc...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 06:56hrs | | by Brighton Ithuteng Maladzhi
Mbanje man's bid to scare off cops fails
A MAN from Bulawayo has been arrested for possessing mbanje worth an estimated street value of $4 560 that police found in a bag that he had initially claimed had goblins.Nasim Abdul (35), of ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Husband killer stashed corpse for two days
A 25-year-old Bulawayo woman who stabbed her husband following an adultery dispute says she kept the corpse for two days before dousing it with paraffin and burning it to conceal evidence as she was i...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Missing person alert!
Thank you so much she has been found. We are on our way to pick her up at Hillside police station. Thank you Bulawayo and everyone who helped. Inkosi ibusise. The relief is priceless...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 19:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Hillside Primary School girl kidnapped?
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl has gone missing in Bulawayo while police are searching for a woman (19) who is suspected to have been kidnapped in Kwekwe.Ropafadzo Samson (10), a pupil at Hillside Primary...Published: 26 May 2018 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police shoot two violent murder suspects
POLICE in Bulawayo shot two suspected illegal gold panners who violently resisted arrest after one of them allegedly killed, without provocation, a fellow gold miner at Hope Fountain.Dumisani ...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smallhouse beats up lover's wife
A BULAWAYO woman has been ordered to perform 210 hours of community service for bashing her boyfriend's wife with an empty beer bottle while the man watched.Thembinkosi Moyo (24) from Matsheum...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Touts block road, shut out family from home
A FAMILY from Fourwinds suburb in Bulawayo has been "blocked'' from its own house by touts who have camped at the gate of their house, which they are using as an undesignated pick- up point for transp...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Inyanga arrested for 'raping' 2 minors during cleansing ritual
AN inyanga from Lupane has been arrested after he allegedly raped two minor girls in separate incidents after claiming to be cleansing them of evil spirits.A court heard how he drugged one of ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Footballer drowns at lodge swimming pool in Bulawayo
A PLAYER for Zim Scorpions, a women football team bankrolled by Ngezi Platinum, drowned at a City Lodge swimming pool minutes after her team's arrival in Bulawayo for a pre-season tour last night. Pam...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube arrested for bashing wife
MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube (56) has been reported to the police for allegedly assaulting his wife (33).Prof Ncube, who is also a constitutional lawyer, allegedly assaulted Ms Minen...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop cleared for shooting colleague
THE High Court has quashed the sentence of a Bulawayo female cop who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for shooting and injuring her colleague after she accidentally discharged a service firearm at H...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
High Court rules against SDA Church
THE High Court has reversed a decision by the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) to censure the husband of a prominent city lawyer who was indecently assaulted by a pastor at the church last year.The...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 06:50hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'Cancer stricken' student teacher drowns self
A 23-YEAR-OLD student at Hillside Teachers' College in Bulawayo allegedly committed sucide by throwing herself into Hillside Dams where she drowned.Ms Nokulunga Ngwenya of Bulawayo's Mpopoma s...Published: 18 May 2017 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Council boss killed over girlfriend
THE man who allegedly fatally assaulted Bulawayo City Council's assistant director of Engineering Services, Engineer Mbuthi Gugu Mkhwananzi, after the two clashed at a girlfriend's house, is o...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Women go mad, walk around undressed after ritual
TWO Bulawayo women spent a night at Hillside Police Station after they went berserk and walked around completely undressed following a ritual.Residents at Waterford compound had to cal...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 06:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SDA pastor fired over indecent assault
THE Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) has fired a pastor who indecently assaulted a prominent Bulawayo lawyer last year.The disgraced "man of God" Brighton Ndebele (32) was convicted of indecent...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 06:39hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
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