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Prominent businessman jailed 10 years for stock theft
A PROMINENT Gweru-based businessman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of stock theft.Appearing before Gweru magistrate Mr Langton Ndokera facing one count of stock...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa connections spared Rushwaya jail
A FORTNIGHT ago, we boldly declared "Rushwaya exhausts nine lives" in one of our headlines. How wrong we were!At the time, it seemed the chickens had finally come home to roost for Henrietta R...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
7 illegal miners locked up in Botswana
SEVEN Zimbabweans have been locked up in remand prison in Botswana pending trial for illegal mining.According to media reports, the Zimbabweans were caught prospecting and mining gold illegall...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:33hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Terrence Mukupe jailed 3 years for diesel smuggling
Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development Terrence Mukupe and three accomplices have been jailed effective three years each following conviction for importing more than 138 000 litres...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 17:51hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema closes democratic space
Zambia's opposition parties yesterday made distress calls on the diminishing state of democracy and restrictions on civil liberties and political rights by President Hakainde Hichilema's administratio...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
MPs blast Zacc for low convictions
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentarians have condemned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over the low number of convictions referred to the police despite the rampant illici...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:43hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya deserves a harsh sentence
THE State yesterday said Zimbabwe Miners Federation president, Henrietta Rushwaya, deserves a harsh custodial sentence following her conviction on charges of attempting to smuggle 6 kilogrammes of gol...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:14hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'prophets of Baal'!
This may help them understand how some in the Christian community have opted not only to dine with the devil but also sell their souls to him - whilst at the same time pretending to be serving God....Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:10hrs | 525 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Landlord jailed for assaulting tenant
A-37-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man was on Friday sentenced to nine months in jail by magistrate Themba Chimiso after being found guilty of assaulting a tenant following a dispute over a rental increase....Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:47hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't benefit from removal of presidential term limit!
It is common knowledge that Zimbabwe has become a lawless place.Some may even call it a jungle - where the ruling elite flagrantly flout the country's laws with arrogant impunity.In fa...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 09:32hrs | 5008 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
4 armed robbers jailed 12 years each
A BEITBRIDGE magistrate has jailed four men to 12 years in prison each for armed robbery.Regional magistrate Innocent Bepura said armed robbers were a menace to society when he sentenced Tawan...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:54hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Zim thieves nabbed for stealing solar panels in Botswana
Two Zimbabwean thieves who illegally crossed to Botswana on a stealing spree were yesterday jailed by Plumtree magistrate Joshua NembawareLotlo Ngwenya (29) and James Ncube (26) were sentenced...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 15:24hrs | 696 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ex-soldier jailed 2 years for assault
A former soldier, Phakamani Moyo, has been sentenced to two years in jail by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware for assaulting two police officers. The 30-year-old Moyo will serve 18 months in jail ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Poly students jailed for Chicken Inn, Mukuru robberies
Two engineering students from Bulawayo Polytechnic who were involved in a series of robberies targeting a Mukuru outlet, two Simbisa retail outlets, and several houses in Bulawayo have been sentenced ...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Bogus soldier jailed 9 years
A nine-year jail sentence has been handed down to an armed robber who targeted businesspeople in Harare, Chinhoyi, and Chegutu while dressed in military fatigues. Calvin Gasura, aged 32, was convicted...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 06:33hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier jailed for bashing cop
An ex-soldier Phakamani Moyo was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware for bashing a police officer and refusing to be arrested over a girlfriend....Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 20:05hrs | 340 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Air Zimbabwe planes unaccounted for
ACTING Auditor-General Rheah Kujinga has exposed the rot at Air Zimbabwe which includes financial books that are in a shambles as well as the failure by the national airline to account for the number ...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:27hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Fraudulent forex dealer jailed 6 years
A Bindura man who defrauded several vendors of over US$30,000 through fake proof of payments in failed foreign currency exchange transactions has been sentenced to six years in prison. Collin Rutendo ...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:43hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Man demands sex from aunt
IN a shockingly strange incident a 42-year-old man from Kwite West Village under Chief Tshitshi in Mangwe, Matebeleland South province was arrested after he groped his aunt's privates while demanding ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1973 | by Staff reporter
Axe-wielding Zimbabwean soldier jailed for robbery
A 29-year-old soldier has been imprisoned for a tuckshop robbery in Plumtree, Matebeleland South province, during which he entered the premises brandishing an axe.Ezra Ncube was sentenced to t...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:49hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Binga man jailed
A man from Chinego Village under Chief Pashu in Binga appeared before Hwange Magistrate court Ms Fungai Dzimiri on Thursday afternoon for unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs (dagga) and possession of ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 19:46hrs | 520 | by Peter Matuka
Axe-wielding soldier jailed for robbery
A 29-YEAR-OLD drunk soldier has been sent to prison after he robbed a tuck shop using an axe in Plumtree.Ezra Ncube was sentenced to two years in jail by magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware yesterd...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 15:08hrs | 569 | by Simbarashe Sithole
2 Zimbabweans jailed 10 years each over cable theft in SA
Two Zimbabwean nationals, Namer Ndovu, aged 27, and Collen Singanje, aged 28, have been sentenced to 10 years of direct imprisonment each by the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court. They were convicted ...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:09hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Ex Victoria Falls mayor jailed
FORMER Victoria Falls City mayor Somveli Dlamini has been sentenced to 36 months in jail for defrauding the local authority of $US15 000.Dlamini (53) had pleaded not guilty to fraud char...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 20:59hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber jailed 29 years
The HeraldIn a ruling at Bindura Magistrate Court, a 32-year-old man from Rushinga, who had instilled fear in his community through a series of armed robberies, was sentenced to an effective p...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge rustler jailed 27 years
A 41-year-old man from Beitbridge was sentenced to 27 years in prison yesterday for the theft of 15 cattle from three different farms.The individual, identified as Life Sibanda from Jacha vill...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:20hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Bar lady pulls boyfriend's manhood
Plumtree-based bar lady Senzokuhle Khupe has been jailed for pulling her boyfriend's manhood in a domestic dispute.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday where Khupe...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 21:50hrs | 1512 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean loan shark jailed in the UK
A Birmingham caregiver who engaged in illegal loan shark transactions, collecting £350,000 and charging a 20% interest rate, has been sentenced to jail.Tecla Bandawe, driven by greed, provide...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 09:19hrs | 1372 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's clergy shirk charges of complicity in plunder
EMMERSON Dambudzo Mnangagwa was inaugurated last month for a second five-year term as Zimbabwe's president after being declared winner of the controversial Aug. 23 election that regional and internati...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:32hrs | 248 | by Cyril Zenda
Mukonori's call for Chamisa to accept defeat swiftly rejected
Zimbabwean Catholic priest Father Fidelis Mukonori's call for main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa to accept defeat in the recent brazenly stolen elections and seek talks with President Emmerson ...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:18hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF polling agents paid from CIO offices
Allegedly, Zanu-PF polling agents in Gutu have received their allowances from the CIO (Central Intelligence Organisation) offices at Mpandawana, suggesting a close connection between the ruling party ...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 20:00hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists jailed for unsanctioned procession
Two activists from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Kwekwe have been sentenced to three months in prison each for organizing an unsanctioned gathering in July. Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo and A...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's bhora musango proponent in hot soup
Zanu-PF has cracked the whip and summoned its disqualified and disgruntled aspiring candidate for Chipinge South - Mr Robert Nyemudzo - for a disciplinary hearing for allegedly orchestrating a bhora m...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:37hrs | 3824 | by Staff reporter
Man breaks in school to see girlfriend
A 30 year-old sex starved Plumtree man was sent to jail for breaking into a school in a bid to see his girlfriend.Kudakwashe Munatsi was jailed two years by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembawar...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:42hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cop jailed
A Bindura-based police who squandered a US$40 fine that had been paid by a suspect, who was facing charges of sleeping with a minor was sent to jail yesterday at Bindura magistrates courts.Ben...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 08:29hrs | 931 | by Simbarashe Sithole
It is time for Mnangagwa to go
This is the perfect time for Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to go. Leadership is not his forte. He does not have the dexterity needed to govern a country. The past five years testify of his failure which...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 13:03hrs | 2290 | by @maximilianlion
Zimbabwean explosives smuggling convict jailed 15 years
A SOUTH African court has sent to jail for 15 years a 43-year-old Zimbabwean who was recently arrested for smuggling an assortment of explosives worth thousands of rand into that country.Josep...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 23:14hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala's arrest was politically motivated'
Kucaca Phulu, a constitutional lawyer, has said that Job Sikhala's arrest was politically motivated and could have been finalised sooner.Sikhala has been in remand prison for over a year after...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 22:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Presidential amnesty needs revisiting
IN yesterday's NewsDay edition, we carried a story of a former jailbird who was released from prison this year under the Presidential Amnesty programme. The man, who was released after serving part of...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
SA cops arrested in R12m cigarettes smuggling case
SOUTH African police have arrested two of their own members who recently connived with a 43-year-old Zimbabwean to smuggle into South Africa cigarettes worth more than R12 million.The duo was ...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Minister's widow jailed
FORMER Finance Minister Christophe Kuruneri's wife Paidamoyo (60) was slapped with six months jail term for defeating the course of justice by Concession magistrate Joshua Nembaware on Monday....Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:33hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa says Zimbabwe could plunge into 'total disaster'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now 'worse than under Mugabe'?
UNDER the long and cruel reign of Robert Mugabe, a lot of very bad things happened.But it's not clear that anyone was stoned to death for opposing him or his cronies.On Thursday this w...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa driving Zimbabwe into chaos, says Chamisa
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:23hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF or death'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power.In an interview with The Associated Pre...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't preach peace when his government is doing exactly the opposite!
It is well and good when the president of a country makes a habit of preaching peace and unity whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself.Surely, what right-thinking citizen would b...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:55hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean man who used false documents for job as child psychologist is jailed in Ireland
A man who used false documents to secure employment as a child psychologist and “live a fake life” has been jailed for four years.Nikiwe Dube (41) with an address at Colpe Drive, Deepforde...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 13:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man caught with R12 million smuggled cigarettes in SA
A 43-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man has been arrested by the North West Provincial Anti-Corruption Investigating Unit (ACIU) in South Africa for allegedly trying to smuggle a contraband of cigarettes worth m...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker jailed for bedding teenage boy
A COMMERCIAL sex worker has been sentenced to six months imprisonment for being intimate with a teenage boy.Mercy Chisiyo (20) of Lion's Den, Chinhoyi was, however, spared a custodial term aft...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Daring soldiers jailed for stealing from Mnangagwa
Two daring soldiers and a District Development Fund (DDF) driver who stole building materials from the First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's farm have been sentenced to 15 months behind bars by Concession m...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 10:54hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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