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Zimbabwe prisons officer arrested for illegal sex booster drugs
A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer stationed at Zvishavane Prisons has been sentenced to three months imprisonment, wholly suspended on condition he pays a US$250 fine, after ...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:19hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Man reflects on 25 years behind bars for the death of his son
July 1 holds a deep personal significance for Mhlupheki Ngwenya, a 52-year-old man serving a life sentence at Khami Maximum Prison, as it marks not only the day of national mourning for the late Vice-...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:40hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Woman shares heart-wrenching story behind kidnapping of newborn baby
A 39-year-old woman from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo has opened up about the devastating circumstances that led her to kidnap a two-day-old baby from Mpilo Central Hospital in September 2023, an a...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 10:39hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi's Treasurer abducted by heavily armed CID officers
Nkosinathi Ncube, the National Treasurer of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), was abducted this evening, 13 December 2024, by a group of heavily armed officers from the CID Homicide department in Bu...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 11:23hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Father, son reunite at Khami Prison after 27 years
Tafadzwa Hove's story is an extraordinary tale of fate and family reunion in the most unexpected of places - prison. Hove, who was sentenced to 369 years in prison for multiple robbery and rape charge...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:19hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Esigodini Gold Baron not going back to mining
Baron Dube, once a feared figure in Esigodini's illegal gold mining circles, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2020 for the murder of a rival gold panner, Prince Anthony Bvundura. Despite his ear...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:05hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Zimbabwe ex-deputy minister shares expertise with fellow inmates
Former Deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe, who is currently serving a three-year sentence for fraud at Khami Maximum Prison, has been utilizing his financial and mathematical expertise to teach C...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:42hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Mthakwazi activists narrate horror stories from behind prison walls
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activists have revealed details of harassment and torture as well as unfair treatment during their incarceration after staging a peaceful protest outside the Bulawayo Ce...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
SOS for released Mthwakazi activists
THE Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has appealed for donations in cash or kind to support six activists and their families who spent three years in jail on charges of public violence.Nine MRP a...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Jailed MRP 9 members released
Members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party who had been jailed for 36 months have been released, the Party Spokesperson Mbonisi Gumbo said in a statement today.In 2022, Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa S...Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 11:53hrs | 40 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Prisoner sentenced to 52 years for carjacking, armed robbery
FOR Joshua Zirebwa who committed a spate of robberies in Bulawayo and was incarcerated at Khami Prison, it has been 18 years of remorse, regret and above all, a journey of life changing lessons under ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'My girlfriend's parents filed false rape charges against me'
A twenty-nine-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo who is languishing in prison after being slapped with a 20-year prison sentence claimed his girlfriend's parents filed false rape charges against him as a way ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, ZPCS given ultimatum to reverse prison transfers of jailed Mthwakazi activists
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) a four-day ultimatum to reverse the transfer of its party activists from...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Security fears as opposition Mthwakazi activists in 'suspicious' prison transfers
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has reportedly transferred Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists from Khami Maximum Prison to Chikurubi and Gwanda Prisons, under unclear circu...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi replaces Zimbabwe flag with party flag at Zim Embassy in South Africa
A group of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) youths on Tuesday stormed the Zimbabwe Embassy in Pretoria in South Africa and removed the Zimbabwean flag before replacing them with their party's flag....Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Botswana to exchange prisoners
ZIMBABWE and Botswana are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding that will see prisoner exchange where a national serving in another country will complete part of the sentence in his or her country...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Love for women got me behind bars'
BIGGIE DUBE, a pastor at the Church of Christ, has finally broken his silence after being sentenced to 31 years in prison for raping some of his female congregants in Bikita.Pastor Dube, as he...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sex for debt landed me in jail
A man from Binga is languishing in prison after he was convicted on rape charges that he claims were manufactured by a neighbour who had failed to pay his debt on time.Sanele Ncube (46), who i...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Moyo fears for his life
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo says state-sponsored persecution has inspired him to cause government sleepless nights as he described President Emmerson Mnangagwa as worse than th...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Meet Khami's longest serving inmate
HE was condemned at birth to a life of hardship after being christened Mhlupheki, which is Ndebele for "the one who struggles". True to his name, Mhlupheki Ngwenya (47) has suffered, living a ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Judge overturns soldier's 15-year rape sentence
THE High Court has overturned the conviction and sentence of a soldier who was serving 15 years in jail for allegedly raping a sex worker and robbing her of $180 as well as her cellphone. Nkos...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Madlela takes axe to Khami Prison
Mothusi Bashimane Ndlovu popularly known by his stage moniker 'Madlela Skhobokhobo' has challenged the Bulawayo business community to partner the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service in different...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khami Prison now exam centre
ZIMBABWE Prisons And Correctional Service, Bulawayo Metropolitan Province turned Khami Maximum Prison into an examination centre meant to benefit inmates advancing themselves academically while servin...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe about to split into two states yet Mnangagwa says there is no crisis
It seems the move by the ANC to send special envoys to Zimbabwe to meet all stakeholders has struck fear into the hearts of Zanupf leaders. The former liberation movement has made so many political bl...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 15:16hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa visits jailed Chief Ndiweni
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday visited jailed Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni at Khami Prison outside Bawayo where he is serving an 18 month prison sentence.After t...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 15:34hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Ex-top cop on life jail freed
THE Supreme Court has acquitted an ex-top police detective who was serving life imprisonment for fatally shooting a mine worker in a fight over the ownership of a gold mine in Fort Rixon in Matabelela...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 16:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dreams of ruling Matabeleland forever: your ancestors are misleading you, muka ubike doro!
"Will a two-state solution bring stability to Zimbabwe? Zimbabwe is not one country; to pretend otherwise is a dangerous hallucination." These words are attributed to David Hilton Barber, that is, in ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
'Mnangagwa is my younger brother'
Today we round up our interview with pioneer freedom fighter and former Member of Parliament for Nkayi Constituency, John Maluzo Ndlovu. In the last few weeks, Ndlovu has spoken about how he j...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reveals childhood dreams
Imagine, aboard a plane and before take-off you hear a voice saying, "This is Captain Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa speaking. We are ready for take-off. Our flight is going take approximately three hour...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:08hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Paul Siwela: fearless father of Matabeleland cause, roar 'King Lion' roar!
Hate him or love him Cde Paul Siwela is a fearless, unapologetic and very principled father of Matabeleland revolution who has been in and out of Zimbabwe prisons and courts since his teenage years. ...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 17:37hrs | 5 | by Israel Dube
Activist who called for mass protest speaks out
Losing Bulawayo South Member of Parliament Josphat Mzaca Ngulube who was arrested during the army crackdown following the #ShutdownZimbabwe protest has spoken out for the first time since he was grant...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prison officer in gun suicide attempt
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer stationed at Khami Maximum Prison in Bulawayo is battling for life in hospital after he shot himself on the chest in an attempted suicide. ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Slain' MDC councillor's family arrested
The family of the late MDC Bulawayo Ward 28 Councillor Hapson Ncube has been arrested over allegations of accusing former Councillor Collet Ndlovu as being the one behind the death of their son....Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 14:56hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thieving cop and rapist traditional healer escape from jail
A COP who allegedly broke into colleagues' houses and stole assortment of goods and a self-proclaimed inyanga who was recently jailed for rape, have escaped from Hwange Prison. Maxwell Musarir...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Paul Siwela pens letter to Mnangagwa, Demands immediate restoration of Matabeleland State
Dear President ED Mnangagwa, Ref: Demand for Immediate Restoration of Matabeleland StateYour Excellency, I am writing to you in my capacity as t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 4 | by Paul Siwela
Pardoned convict arrested for theft
A Bulawayo man who was released from jail on the Presidential pardon on Monday was arrested hours later for allegedly stealing property worth $670 in Tshabalala suburb.On his way home from jai...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'That man is my wife,' - rapist inmate tells court
An inmate serving 18 years for murder and rape stunned a packed courtroom with the above statement after he was accused of sodomising a fellow inmate serving 15 years for rape at Khami Maximum Prison....Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 12:43hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Maintenance saga
REVENGE is sour!Rugare Mucherengi approached the courts to arm-twist her husband Benjamin Mucherengi, a prison officer stationed at Khami Maximum Prison on the outskirts of Bulawayo, to pay ma...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rape-accused man with breasts scared of jail
A 2012 rape accused fugitive meant to stand trial in 2013 has finally been arrested but fears he could be "special meat" behind bars.William Mukuku (39) since then developed "c cup"breasts tha...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former death row inmate outlives judge, prosecutor, State witness
A MAN from Esigodini who was sentenced to death in 1985 has outlived the judge, prosecutor, State witness and his lawyer who were all involved in his case.In 1985, Mr Albert Gasela, now 69, wa...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Joseph Msika wouldn't trade principles'
THE late Vice President Joseph Msika was a rare breed of a nationalist - a fearless and strict disciplinarian and one person who would not trade principle for friendship. His character would not chang...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jailed serial rapist wails in court
A JAILED serial rapist, currently serving a 23-year jail term at Khami Maximum Prison, on Friday wept in anguish soon after he was slapped with another 30 years imprisonment for kidnapping two women a...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Magistrate commends 'rapist' for keeping his cool
A BULAWAYO man burst into tears in court on Monday claiming that his wife fabricated rape allegations against him because he had caught her red handed engaging in sex with another man....Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex scandal at children's home
A SEX scandal that resulted in a 16-year-old girl falling pregnant has rocked a children's home in the Matobo District, B-Metro revealed.The girl, who cannot be named for ethical reaso...Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Better to die in battlefield'
COMRADE Gilbert Musekiwa Simon Majiri, whose Chimurenga name was Chabudaishudhu Kufahakuurayi is an unassuming war veteran. Born in 1938, Chabudaishudhu who now stays in Mvurwi, grew up in Shamva,...Published: 12 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Death row prisoner tastes freedom after 26 years
IN 1990, the Government introduced an economic blueprint - Economic Structural Adjustment Programme - which became commonly known as Esap. Esap would grow in popularity to become one of the most commo...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:18hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
When rape produces a child
"HE would open the door while I am bathing to look at my naked body, he wanted to know when I was menstruating and said he had the right to 'inspect' me regularly. One day after bathing he walked in a...Published: 15 May 2016 at 07:52hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Zapu's first intelligence officers
COMRADE Fox Adolphus Urayayi Ndambakuwa Muwani whose Chimurenga name was Larry Dube is one interesting comrade. He joined the liberation struggle from Ndola, Zambia on February 3, 1965 and went on to ...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'My wife is generous with sex, sleeps with my workmates'
A Prison officer at Khami Maximum prison has claimed that his wife Philis Muishi is so generous with sex such that she frequently dishes her goodies to his workmates.Brain Muishi made the sens...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
My wife is generous with sex, sleeps with my workmates - Prison officer says
A Prison officer at Khami Maximum prison has claimed that his wife Philis Muishi is so generous with sex such that she frequently dishes her goodies to his workmates.Brain Muishi made th...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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