Search / Jacket
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....Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:57hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge man threatens victim before robbing him
A man from Beitbridge has been jailed after using a knife to threaten a victim before robbing him of his mobile phone at a bushy area.Benard Pedzisai (36) appeared before Beitbridge Magistrate...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 14:33hrs | 175 | by Stephen Jakes
Unidentified man killed in hit-and-run accident in Bulawayo
Police in Bulawayo are investigating a fatal road accident that claimed the life of an unidentified man, approximately 35 years old, along 12th Avenue Extension on 8 September 2024.In a statem...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 14:52hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Fawcetts vault get away with $111,000 and R1.2 million
Armed robbers went away with US$111,000 and R1.28 million after targeting a Fawcetts Security facility in Chipinge early Wednesday, police said.Investigators believe at least five armed men we...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 11:55hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zimbabwean-born comedian makes Simon Cowell and Americans cry from LAUGHTER!
Comedian Learnmore Jonasi, a 31-year-old Pittsburgh resident born in Zimbabwe, is having a moment this summer on NBC's "America's Got Talent," making it into the Top 44 with his next appearance tonigh...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 16:41hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
Woman bashes younger hubby over money
A Bindura-based man had to run for his dear life after being bashed by his two-year-old wife.Grito Musona (43) was served by the police where he filed his report and got his alleged violent wi...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 21:59hrs | 788 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe military needs to transform from a ZANLA force to a national army
It is a well-known fact. Every country on the planet needs a defense force to safeguard its existence.In fact, there is no nation on earth that was not founded on the back of one...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 21:32hrs | 432 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zaoga church sex storm
This adage is aptly applied to the case of a 19-year-old woman employed as a marketing agent at a micro-insurance company in Kwekwe who is claiming she was sexually harassed by her supervisor....Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:57hrs | 2839 | by Staff reportrer
Lighters and matches are not toys, avoid veld fires
The chill is in the air heralding the onset of the winter season. A time when some orphans, widows, homeless and the aged find themselves with no refuge from the biting cold. You see kids shivering wi...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 14:28hrs | 40 | by Thomas Murisa
Scattered pieces of man's body found in bushy area in Bulawayo
Police in Bulawayo have discovered the remains of an unidentified man, estimated to be between 40-50 years old, in a bushy area of Denver Farm in Umguza. The remains were found on July 6 by a 36-year-...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's traditional healers take to TikTok
WEARING a stylish black leather jacket and a red blouse, a denim sun hat covering her dreadlocked head, Gogo Mafirakureva goes live on TikTok.In just the first few minutes of her livestream, a...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:01hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Farewell Chairman VK: Reflections of a dear friend
The late Vimbai Kamoyo (VK) was quite a character.They buried him last week in Chiunye village, Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central. Between him and I, the title of "Chairman" took tu...Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 14:54hrs | 34 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Katsande selling winter tracksuits
Most Kaizer Chiefs supporters will always remember Willard Katsande. The Zimbabwe legend spent 10 years playing in Amakhosi's midfield. What is he doing these days? He is a spirited hustler across dif...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 14:42hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Criticism grows over Chamisa's SADC roadmap proposal
Some Zimbabweans have expressed dismay over former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's statements regarding engagements with SADC over the Zimbabwean election crisis.In his address yesterday, C...Published: 28 May 2024 at 17:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
The Durban ghost, Sheila. Real or fake
A few years back a number of people claimed to have seen ghostly Highway Sheila in the Chatsworth area, which she is said to haunt.Legend had it she is a restless spirit who is often seen by m...Published: 27 May 2024 at 21:22hrs | 20 | by Erick Matotoba
Police launch manhunt for hit and run drivers
POLICE have launched a manhunt for four motorists in connection with hit and run accidents in which pedestrians were killed.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa been bought?
IN early 2008, Simba Makoni, with the covert but obvious backing of the late powerful ex-general, Solomon Mujuru, sprung up to the podium and made the brave announcement to stand against Robert Mugabe...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:28hrs | 3 | by Tawanda Majoni
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
Zanu-PF manipulates Govt structures to abuse public funds
The ruling party Zanu-PF is allegedly using government structures to manipulate councils to advance the ruling party's programmes.This was evidenced by the mystery surrounding a meeting that t...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 in court for assault at apostolic shrine
Six Harare men who allegedly assaulted a man at an a apostolic sect shrine have appeared in court.Emmanuel Ngirazi, Tanyaradzwa Jaravani, Kudakwashe Chihambakwe, Kelvin Maphiri, Tapiwa Samso a...Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex-attack at funeral
A woman attending a funeral experienced a shocking turn of events after allegedly being sexually assaulted twice by a man who then attempted to buy her silence with US$1.The incident occurred ...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police intercept stolen vehicle with contraband
POLICE in Matabeleland South last Saturday intercepted and retrieved a stolen vehicle from Botswana, which reportedly got stuck along the Ramokgwebana River in the Madabe area in Plumtree.Poli...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 16:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Smuggled vehicle dumped along riverbank
Police in Plumtree have recovered a smuggled black unregistered Honda Fit vehicle that was abandoned along a riverbank in the Madabe area, Plumtree.In a notice on X, police said the vehicle wa...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF member wants govt officials barred from seeking medical attention abroad
Zanu-PF's candidate for the Pelandaba -Tshabalala Constituency by-election, Joseph Tshuma, says if he is elected as the Member of Parliament, he will immediately propose a bill that would prohibit gov...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Buried alive for 3 days
WIPING his dusty face and shaking his muddied clothes, Owen Jaison (24) takes a huge sigh of relief.He had just dug his way out of belly of the earth for a kilometre.He and other 14 ar...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:51hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed, intestines exposed in fight over woman
A MAN from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South province is battling for his life at a local hospital after he was stabbed with an Okapi knife which left him writhing in agony and clutching his protruding...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 09:46hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man found dead in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO police found an unidentified man (approximately 60) dead on the city streets.He was barefoot, wearing a green jacket, and khaki shorts.In a statement, Bulawayo deputy police s...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 13:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police probes sudden death case
POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating the sudden death of an unknown male adult which occurred on December 24 last year at 15:13pm at corner Parirenyatwa and 6th Avenue.Bulawayo acting police s...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 10:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man grows floppy breasts
IN an eerier than fiction story, a man from Cross Dete in Hwange District, Matabeleland North province developed huge lady-like breasts amid chilling revelations that at night they are being suc...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Woman found dead, used condoms litter crime scene
A CHILLING discovery sent shockwaves in Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo when a resident stumbled upon an unidentified woman's lifeless body at Denver Farm with used condoms scattered at the scene....Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Men murdered over boots
A 33-YEAR-OLD Guruve man was on Tuesday this week murdered following an altercation over a defaulted payment for some garden boots.Police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi disclo...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Woman found dead with multiple injuries
Police are investigating a case in which a woman was found dead in bushy area this week with multiple injuries in Bulawayo, as more murder cases have also been reported countrywide.The woman f...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:48hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's Cowdray Park projects in limbo after Zanu-PF bags seat
After witnessing a flurry of rare development projects in the run-up to the August elections, residents of Bulawayo's sprawling high-density suburb of Cowdray Park are now facing the reality of the re...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman gives birth in kombi
A Dangamvura woman in Mutare had a kombi journey through the city to remember on Wednesday morning after giving birth to a baby boy in the loaded city-bound public transport.Ms Patricia Chitsa...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dilemma rocks Chamisa's CCC ahead of 18 December nomination court
As Zimbabwe prepares for the upcoming by-elections on February 3, 2024, triggered by the recalls of Members of Parliament and councillors, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Nelson...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 20:13hrs | 7 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Kombi driver wanted for hit and run accident
Police in Harare have launched a manhunt for a kombi driver who allegedly hit a man in the city centre and took him to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals where he died upon admission but failed to report...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 14:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political parties have been taken over by modern day thugs, God have messy on us
Zimbabwe's political parties have been taken over by modern day thugs, God have messy on us. I have been saying it and now it's so obvious. After seeing a tweet from Hopewell Chin'ono @daddyhope...Published: 11 Nov 2023 at 11:21hrs | 12 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Plumtree man robbed at knifepoint
Last week, an incident occurred in Mphoengs, Plumtree, where a knife-wielding robber allegedly stole cash from a patron who was drinking.The case was presented before the Plumtree Magistrates'...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 16:20hrs | 7 | by Peter Matuka
4 feared dead in Kariba boat accident
FOUR people are feared dead after the boat they were travelling in capsized between Nyaodza and Wafawafa camp in Lake Kariba on Saturday afternoon.A Nyaodza fishing camp resident Memory Sambur...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Pupil caught with 40 girls' panties
A Gokomere High School pupil has left people tongue-tied after he was found in possession of more than 40 girls' underwear exiting the girls' hostel on September 10, 2023.Masvingo Provincial E...Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 18:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South African woman launches heartfelt search for long-lost family in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
South Africa - Smangele Khumalo, a South African resident, has embarked on an emotional journey in search of her long-lost family in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Armed with limited information about her relati...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 13:18hrs | 11 | by Moyo Roy
Chief Stauze urges councillors to take off political jackets
BEITBRIDGE senior traditional leader Chief Stauze has urged the newly elected councillors of both the rural district council and the municipality to take off political jackets and focus on providing p...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers force lovers into street sex
AN imbiber's outing with his lover turned horribly wrong when he was bashed and robbed by two unidentified men who also forced his lover to lie down before they demanded him to perform a sex act on he...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ANC's Mbalula undermining Zimbabwe's stability and democracy, says CCC
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has said South Africa's ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula's conduct undermines Zimbabwe's stability and democracy after the latter dismissed suggestions of an el...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sadc must provide leadership, not platitudes
AFTER brokering a peace deal that gave birth to a Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe following the disputed 2008 presidential election, and again intervening albeit reluctantly in disputed polls...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park and the myth of irrational voting
Galatians 3 verse 1: "You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified." The verse is a rebuke to the Galatians for having embraced d...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 09:58hrs | 2 | by Limukani Ncube
Indian election observer mission says Zimbabwe election was transparent and generally credible
A five-member delegation from the Election Commission of India, led by Shri Manoj Kumar Meena, Chief Electoral Officer, State of Karnataka, India (an Indian State), visited Zimbabwe as Observer Missio...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 22:05hrs | | by Indian election observer mission
'Right jacket' won over the 'right candidate' in Cowdray Park
COWDRAY PARK...I STANDBY THE DEVELOPMENTAL AND RATIONAL CHOICE FOR THE CONSTITUENCY, CITY AND REGION: IT'S THE CANDIDATE, NOT THE JACKET THAT MATTERSIt's a pity that like many others elsewhere...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 20:54hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
More calls for peaceful Zimbabwe elections
THE CHURCH through the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denomination (ZHCD) has called on all political parties and citizens to desist from engaging in violent acts during this year's electoral period....Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
