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'Prosecutors exaggerated my age'
A Beitbridge resident magistrate, Takudzwa Gwazemba, has ordered an investigation into the age of a juvenile who accused prosecutors of falsifying his age in an effort to have him sentenced to prison....Published: 7 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Human semen harvester sentenced
THE long ongoing trial of a 32-year-old man from Nineva village, Mbembesi in Matabeleland North province who forced three teenagers to masturbate and ejaculate in condoms has come to an end as he has ...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 10:07hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South sees 18% drop in crime rate
Matebeleland South Province has seen an 18 percent decrease in crime levels from January to September this year compared to the same period last year, according to recent police statistics. A total of...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:46hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police record significant crime decline
Bulawayo police yesterday announced an eight percent decrease in crime across the province for the period between January and September, compared to the same timeframe last year. This decline comes de...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 07:45hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Soldier sent to prison for killing five juveniles
Zimbabwe National Army official Washington Timburwa from the ZNA's Two Brigade, Cranborne, Harare was dragged to Bindura magistrates courts yesterday after allegedly knocking down a number of minor gi...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 19:50hrs | 1876 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Luvale tribe resumes initiation ceremony
The Luvale tribe of Victoria Falls revived their traditional mukanda initiation ceremony, last held in 2014, with 30 boys aged 6 to 15 undergoing the cultural rite of passage. ...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 07:10hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Boy misses cow, fatally hits colleague with stone
A 14-year-old boy from Matobo District, Matabeleland South, is being held at Bulawayo Prison facing a murder charge after accidentally killing a fellow herdboy while attempting to control cattle by th...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:18hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Birds of a feather flock together
Catch them young. Birds of a feather flock together. In the photo is Anesu Ajana (holding his impressive school report), a second grader and academic starlet of Chinehasha Primary School in Chiweshe, ...Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1437 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Teenagers kill man in fight over sex worker
Two Harare teenagers are in serious trouble after allegedly killing a rival suitor during a violent altercation over a commercial sex worker.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) spokesperson, Commis...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 04:18hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Teens kill rival suitor over sex worker
High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has sentenced Ashton Tadiwanashe Mandaza (19) and Kudakwashe Machingauta (18) from Chivhu to 10 years in prison for the murder of Onisimo Mavhungire, stemmi...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police Recover Stolen Vehicle During Easter Holiday Operation in Kamativi
In Matabeleland North Province, police successfully recovered a stolen Honda Fit vehicle during an Easter holiday operation at a roadblock....Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 09:28hrs | 10 | by Peter Matuka
His haircuts are turning heads
Toddlers, juveniles, teens, adults and octogenarians, they all flock to Alexio's Barbershop. Sometimes we even see stampedes during school recess as each learner hurries to be in front of the queue to...Published: 15 Mar 2024 at 13:17hrs | 89 | by Tondo Chinehasha
4 children suffocate to death during child play
Four children suffocated to death yesterday during child play in a non-runner car which was parked at a house in Hopely Zone 1, Harare.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi c...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
8 learners, 2 drop-outs arrested at vuzu party
Ten juveniles aged between 14 and 16 have been arrested at vuzu party at number 12 Browning Road, Bradfield, Hillside in Bulawayo. Vuzu parties are social events where youths, mostly teenagers...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 boys in miraculous escape from abductors in Zimbabwe
THREE boys from Chinhoyi narrowly escaped danger and managed to survive an abduction ordeal. The minors, aged between 11 and 13, were seized in a bush on the outskirts of Rusununguko suburb while coll...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police identify juveniles abusing alcohol
Police have identified two minors aged 13 and 11 years who were part of a group of children seen abusing alcohol in a video clip that has gone viral on social media.The footage was taken in ce...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police probe supply of alcohol to juveniles
Police have viewed a video circulating on social media showing children taking alcohol in central Harare and are investigating since selling or giving children alcohol or access to alcohol is an offen...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Tragic Church Event: Nine Injured, Including Six Juveniles, in Kamativi Road Accident
Nine individuals, including six juveniles, sustained serious injuries in an accident near Kamativi in Matabeleland North, as they were en route to a church meeting. The incident, confirmed by the poli...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 14:11hrs | 4 | by Peter Matuka
Police pounce on Vuzu parties
Bulawayo police have heightened their efforts to address Vuzu parties, where schoolchildren engage in sexual activities, drug use, and alcohol abuse at specific residences, according to Provincial pol...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 05:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
King Mambo hosts national cultural day celebrations
DR Mike Moyo, who proudly identifies as the King Mambo of the historical Rozvi Empire (Dzimbahwe), is hosting the National Traditional Cultural Heritage and Spirituality Celebration Day. The momentous...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC members in court
TWO members of the ruling Zanu-PF party have been fined US$100 each for defacing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign posters while five members of the opposition party are on trial...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman in trouble for assisting rape of minors
A 35-YEAR-OLD Nyatsime woman was recently arrested and appeared before the courts for allegedly facilitating rape of two female juveniles in exchange for payment. The accused, Patience Nyadzun...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We Africans have our ways of doing things the African way
Believe it or not, rumours 'makuhwa', rumours 'manyepo'. Gossip and fibs make them triplets. At the end of the day, it's the mother of all lies. Some nutty professor would say hogwash but, it's true....Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 11:35hrs | 9 | by Mutanda Wachingama
Juvenile kills drinking mate
A 17-YEAR-OLD juvenile from Fort Rixon has been arrested for murdering a drinking mate while police have launched a manhunt for three suspects who are on the run.Matebeleland South police spok...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa grants non-violent prisoners amnesty
AN amnesty has been granted to a range of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons death traps, says Guantanamo Bay detention camp handlers
A UNITED States embassy human rights report has described Zimbabwe's prison conditions as harsh and life threatening.In its latest report on human rights practices, the United States said pris...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 minors drown while swimming
Three boys from Mpofu family in Fallow Fields Resettlement Plot 40, Gweru drowned at 4 pm on Saturday while swimming in Musango River.They were all pupils at Rowview Primary School and the two...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 22:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's underworld of teen sex, drugs
TEENAGERS of schoolgoing age take turns to go into a secret hide-out located in Hatfield, Harare, on a Saturday.The girls are dressed in all sorts of skimpy tight fitting clothes, while their ...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Vicious crackdown on opposition part of Zanu-PF election playbook
THE arrest of Citizens' Coalition for Change parliamentarians Costa Machingauta and Amos Chibaya (pictured in khaki shirt) alongside other party members, including the elderly and juveniles, for ...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bindura girl (9) falls pregnant
In another shocking incident, a nine-year-old at Kambira primary is 27 weeks pregnant Bulawayo24.com has learnt.The pregnancy came to light after suspicious school authorities took the grade 3...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 13:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Girl (6) mauled to death by dogs
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl was mauled to death by two dogs in Goromonzi, while playing with her cousins.Nakai Ngoshi of Dongo Village died on the spot.Police confirmed the incident on its Twi...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robbers terrorise Bulawayo residents
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested five machete-wielding robbers who were terrorising residents for months in the city centre.The suspects were using a Toyota Altezza as a getaway vehicle. ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police conduct awareness campaigns on gender-based violence and Human trafficking
The Zimbabwe Republic Police last week, conducted an awareness campaign against Gender-based violence with a bid to create more cognizance and reduce cases rape targeting mostly women and children in ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 13:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Why Mugabe desperately supported Chamisa
IT has emerged that the late former President Robert Mugabe decided to support the then MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's 2018 presidential bid after President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly shut the...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Junior parliamentarians and police must be included in child Justice consultation
The participants at a recently held consultation conducted by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs on the Child Justice bill submitted that junior parliame...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
2 Kwekwe teenagers arrested for murder
POLICE in Kwekwe have arrested two teenagers accused of murdering a 34-year-old man in a dispute over a mining claim.The two juveniles (names withheld) are said to be among the 12 people accus...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes three minors in a school toilet
A 20-YEAR-OLD Bindura man is in serious trouble after he allegedly raped three girls in a school toilet at Dengu primary school.T...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 17:19hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Corrupt police officers put on notice
Police need to redouble efforts to eliminate corruption within the force, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe said yesterday, amid reports that some bus operators plying the Ha...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for 70 Chamisa supporters
POLICE have launched a manhunt for over 70 MDC Alliance supporters who engaged in a voter registration campaign in Chitungwiza over the weekend.Seven activists were arrested and yesterday, fiv...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba who massacred 6 family members arrested
Police have arrested Thubelithle Khoshow (26) in connection with cases of Murder and Rape which occurred on October 9 at around 0300 hours at ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Shelton Muchena
Cigarette smugglers fined $12 000
THE 34 smugglers arrested while smuggling 76 cases of export quality Remmington Gold cigarettes into South Africa last week were each fined $12 000 (or three months) by Beitbridge resident magistrate ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simple recipe for Zanu-PF or MDC victory
A good number of those outstanding Zimbabweans who have chosen to serve their country as doctors, accountants, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, journalists, businessmen, politicians, documentary film-mak...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:54hrs | | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Government is in the process of taking over all council health facilities
Government is in the process of taking over all health facilities owned by local authorities as part of a grand plan to ensure standardised service delivery as envisaged by the National Development St...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teenager drowns in council sewage pond
A 15-year-old Phakamani Secondary School pupil from Plumtree town drowned in a council sewage pond on Wednesday while trying to swim, Matabeleland South police have confirmed.Shaun Khuphe, a F...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prisoners freed under Presidential Amnesty
SCORES of prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential Amnesty on Tuesday were freed from various prisons yesterday afternoon. Government gazetted the legal instrument that saw s...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Juveniles languish in remand prison
TWO Plumtree juveniles accused of murder are languishing in remand prison for a crime allegedly committed over a year ago as their case has been stalling at the courts. This was revealed...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why I decided to join Zanu-PF
MY political activism dates back to the late 1970s when I actively participated in the armed liberation struggle as a young mujibha attending pungwes in my rural area in Gutu district, Masvingo provin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Mnangagwa petitioned to decongest prisons
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights (ZHR) NGO Forum yesterday petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to pardon some prisoners in order to decongest the correctional facilities in line with COVID-19 safety prot...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:12hrs | | by Citizen
Tsholotsho boys drown during fishing expedition
THREE boys from Tategulu Village under chief Magama in Tsholotsho drowned in Gwayi River while fishing on Wednesday and their bodies were retrieved by the police sub aqua unit the following day. ...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mother, baby drown while attempting to cross flooded river
IN a tragic incident that has left the whole community shell-shocked, three Buhera villagers including mother and baby, drowned while attempting to cross a flooded river in Buhera on Wednesday....Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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