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'Beitbridge armed robber escaped from Chikurubi'
AN armed robber who was subjected to mob justice at the hands of Beitbridge residents this week is a hardened criminal who broke out from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in November last year....Published: 18 Feb 2023 at 19:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Prison officers aid jail break
TWO Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officers have been arrested on allegations of assisting a suspected habitual rapist and robber, Sam Muropa (31), to escape from Harare Remand Pris...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura freedom bid fails
JAILED Robert Martin Gumbura today lost his freedom bid after regional magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo dismissed his bail application on changed circumstances on a matter in which he is accused of attem...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 19:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura deserted by wives?
The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband.Gu...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prison riots caused by inmates seeking escape'
A REPORT by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the attempted jail break at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2015 has revealed that the action was not caused by food shorta...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jail breaker nabbed in Botswana
POLICE in Botswana have arrested another Zimbabwean who escaped from prison in the neighbouring country on Saturday.This brings to four the number of inmates who have been apprehended afte...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Botswana scales up bid to track down Zimbabwean jail breakers
A team of soldiers, police officers and prison officials has been set up in Botswana to help track down Zimbabwean fugitives who reportedly escaped from Francistown Central Prison at Gerald Estate...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 05:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
15 Zimbabweans escape from Botswana prison
Police in Botswana have launched a manhunt for 15 Zimbabwean fugitives who escaped from a prison in Francistown on Saturday after destroying the prison fence with manhole cover, ...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 09:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura freedom bid gets boost
Jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura's bid to gain freedom has received a big boost after the High Court set the date for hearing his appeal against a 40-year sentence...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 20:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khami inmate shot dead
AN INMATE at Khami Medium Prison who tried to escape from lawful custody was shot dead on Tuesday. Cabangani Simango, 22, took to his heels as he was working outside the prison premises with about 200...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Whinsley Masara
75% of prisoners did not commit any offence - MP Tshuma
Zanu PF MP Joseph Tshuma has claimed that more than 75% of prisoners are people who did not commit the offences they were convicted for and this means that prisoners must be treated as human beings li...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 06:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Haunted' prisoner dies during jailbreak
AN inmate at Khami Prison Complex on the outskirts of Bulawayo died after he allegedly fell from a four-metre wall while attempting a jailbreak.Elliot Mundoza, 27, sources from the prison said...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
Chikurubi prison riots caused by food limits- parly committee
Parliamentary committee assigned to probe the cause of food riots at Chikurubi Maximum prison has established that the prisoner became violent after they were not being given their proper rations on d...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Gumbura used cigarettes to buy inmates' allegiance'
The 960 bricks of cigarettes that were smuggled into Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison by jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura were used by inmates to pay bribes to their s...Published: 12 Jan 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
Mnangagwa fingered in Gumbura's coup de tat plot
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader, Robert Martin Gumbura has been accused of planning to rope in Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stage a coup de tat on President Robert Mugabe.&n...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gumbura accused of plotting to dethrone Mugabe's govt
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura communicated with alleged coup plotter and former army captain Albert Matapo from prison cells planning on how "they" would dethrone th...Published: 04 Dec 2015 at 05:26hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Mujuru, Gumbura mull political alliance?
Jailed Independent End Time Message leader, Robert Martin Gumbura, communicated with former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru from prison cells through letters, strategising on how they were going to for...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Prison officers begged for tea from 'godfather' Gumbura
Prison officers begged for tea from jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who was regarded as a godfather at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the court heard yesterday....Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Fungai Lupande
Gumbura back in court tomorrow
The trial of Robert Martin Gumbura and eight others accused of attempting to escape from lawful custody has been postponed to tomorrow (Wednesday).The trial was postponed after magistrate ...Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gomwe and Gumbura trial dates set
The trial of suspended Zanu-PF Harare provincial youth chairman Godwin Gomwe and his seven co-accused on three counts of extortion involving $46 000 will commence on July 1, 2015, the State said. ...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death
An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 other people over a mass prison break in 2011.Morsi is already serving a 20-year prison t...Published: 16 May 2015 at 13:56hrs | | by BBC
Gumbura masterminded failed Chikurubi jail break
Government has contained the riots at Chikurubi Maximum Prison with investigations showing that more than 100 dangerous criminals were involved in an escape bid allegedly masterminded by jailed disgra...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman hides jail breaker in wardrobe
A BULAWAYO woman was arrested for allegedly hiding her husband in a wardrobe after he had escaped from Mbizo satellite prison.Oliper Ndlovu, 25, appeared before provincial magistrate Willard M...Published: 04 Mar 2015 at 11:45hrs | 1 | by Nokusa Masuku
Rtd Cpt Matapo spells better Zimbabwe
Why United Crusader for Achieving Democracy (UCAD) deserves to lead Zimbabwe? Albert Matapo has all the qualities of the leader that Zimbabwe wants. According to Matapo, Zimbabwe shall become an e...Published: 23 Oct 2014 at 17:38hrs | | by Vuyisile Moyo
Jail breakers gets 1 year extra
Two of the four prisoners who escaped from Chikurubi Farm Prison early this month after attacking and stripping a prison guard naked were yesterday slapped with a one-year jail term each.S...Published: 30 Aug 2014 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Fungai Lupande
'Mugabe coup mastermind' launches new political party
Alleged coup mastermind and former army captain Alfred Matapo has launched a new political party - United Crusade for Achieving Democracy (Ucad) - and insists that Zanu PF's days in government are nu...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Jabulani Sibanda slams Zanu-PF
THE chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association, Jabulani Sibanda, has reprimanded Zanu-PF Bulawayo province for failing to push for the late Barnabas Mpofu's national hero s...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 06:08hrs | | by Sifundiso Ndlovu
Zim jail break duo implicates prison guards
TWO daring inmates who were incarcerated for armed robbery and illegal possession of a firearm escaped from Khami Prison recently after being sent to fetch water by a prison warder. Bigboy Cha...Published: 30 Apr 2014 at 07:05hrs | | by Plaxcedes Hove
'Brig-Gen Paul Armstrong Gunda was assassinated by CIOs' - report
FORMER army captain Albert Matapo, who on Saturday completed his three-year jail term over an attempted jail break following his detention for allegedly plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe,...Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 07:24hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi prison break was an inside job?
The escape by two inmates from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm on Wednesday afternoon could have been an inside job after authorities found anomalies pointing to connivance. The two...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prison officer left for dead in Chikurubi jailbreak
TWO prisoners escaped from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm on Wednesday afternoon after they allegedly attacked a prison officer with a hoe, leaving him for dead.Carrington Mutambarika ...Published: 24 Oct 2013 at 20:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's dangerous robber and jail breaker arrested in Botswana
One of the three dangerous convicts who recently escaped from Gaborone Central Prison has been arrested.Zimbabwean born Shadreck Noel Tsoko was caught at Somerset Extension location in Botswan...Published: 29 Jun 2013 at 14:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
R5 000 bravery award for Zim vendor who foiled an SA jail break
Twenty-eight year-old Zimbabwean newspaper vendor in South Africa, Aaron Mhukahuru, has been awarded by South African Correctional Services for alerting prison officials that dangerous criminals were ...Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail breakers re-arrested
Police in Gweru have arrested two suspects who were recently released from WhaWha Prison believed to be responsible for a spate of housebreaking and theft cases in Gweru. Samuel Masocha (26) an...Published: 16 Jun 2012 at 13:44hrs | | by Midlands Bureau
Bongani Moyo was never intimidated with death, court told
Pretoria - A policeman denied threatening to kill jail breaker Bongani Moyo while he was in custody, the Pretoria Magistrate's Court heard on Monday.The policeman, Frederick Erasmus, told the...Published: 19 Mar 2012 at 12:59hrs | 3 | by Sapa
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