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Vendors4ED boss loses US$50,000 claim
A Kwekwe woman, Angela Nyathi, has lost her US$50,000 civil damages lawsuit against Electrosales Hardware after alleging that a male employee made sexually inappropriate comments to her while she was ...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:18hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for beating maid over affair with hubby allegations
Hazvinei Tswangira, a 31-year-old woman from Mbizo, Kwekwe, has been convicted of assault after she brutally attacked her maid, accusing her of having an affair with her husband.In a statement...Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 16:52hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo hosts 2025 Legal Year
The stage is set for the official opening of the 2025 Legal Year, which will take place tomorrow at the Bulawayo High Court. Chief Justice Luke Malaba will preside over the main event, marking a signi...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 11:59hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Nurse illegally performing surgeries on patients in ZImbabwe
Admire Munyeki, a former nurse from Mbizo 5 in Kwekwe, has been found guilty of illegally practicing as a medical doctor and performing four surgeries in Gokwe. He appeared before Kwekwe Magistrate Gr...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 16:48hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Chinese shoots 3 Gokwe miners, kills 1 in Zimbabwe
Kwekwe Magistrate Cheryl Tembo has remanded Chinese national Cai Yulong (58) in custody for allegedly murdering an artisanal miner and severely injuring two others who trespassed into his mine....Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 08:20hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Man busted with 2 deadly Cobras
A GOKWE man has landed himself in trouble after he was found in possession of two Cobra species, which he claims he uses to heal sick people.Polite Ncube was arrested last week and appeared at...Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 14:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rampage killer back in court
A POPULAR Kwekwe businessman who went on a rampage killing seven people in 2021, has once again been arraigned before the courts this time facing criminal insult and assault charges.Thubelihle...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Thieving Gweru cop denied bail
A police constable from Nehanda Police Station in Gweru, who is accused of stealing copper cables from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, has been denied bail. Mu...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:33hrs | 2 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for stealing from Mnangagwa's farm
A police officer stands accused of theft involving copper cables and solar panels from both President Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm and the adjacent Brownland Farm.Musa Mukuli, aged 40 and a member...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man discovers lover a man 2 months later
It's the kind of nightmare nobody would ever want to endure, but "tragedy" struck a prominent Kwekwe dealer who found himself entangled in a sodomy controversy when he allegedly discovered that the pe...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 20:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas caught planting live python
TWO self-styled traditional healers popularly known as Tsikamutandas' attempt to dupe a Kwekwe family went horribly wrong after they were seen attempting to plant a live python behind a family's wardr...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Double murder suspects arrested
POLICE in Kwekwe arrested four suspects in connection with the callous murder of two people that left the Kwekwe community shocked a fortnight ago.The body of renowned educationist, Lovemore M...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gang beats man to death for stealing 11 donkeys
A gang of five from Silobela which beat to death a 23-year old man for stealing seven donkeys sometime in 2020 and dumped his body at a headman's homestead has been arrested, NewZimbabwe.com has learn...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man shot dead by wife's boyfriend
A SILOBELA man was shot dead after he approached his wife's alleged boyfriend questioning him about the two's alleged extra marital affair.The incident happened on Thursday last week when Trym...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 19:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Women jailed for assaulting husband with burning log
A Silobela woman, who was in the habit of beating up her husband, has been slapped with a two-and-half-year jail sentence for assaulting her husband with a burning log.Early this year, Shamiso...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Overzelous cops, Kazembe, Matanga agree to settle
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and two overzealous cops Brighton Bvaure and Jasper Nechitima have agree...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 18:07hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZETDC property attached over US$5 800 debt
THE Kwekwe messenger of court has attached a truck belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) over a US$5 800 debt for transformers supplied by Techmate Engine...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC Kwekwe rally violence; suspects released on bail
FIVE suspects linked to the violence that rocked a Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) Kwekwe rally leading to the death of one person have been released on bail.Mbongeni Ncube died from the sk...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCC rally murder victim's family bans political parties from funeral
The family of a 30-year-old Kwekwe man who died following violent clashes that broke out at a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party rally at the weekend has pleaded with the opposition party to st...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rally murder: 11 out
ELEVEN of the 16 youths who were arrested in connection with the murder of a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter at a rally in Kwekwe, Midlands province, on Sunday have been released amid re...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man sues wife for collecting men's contacts
A man has been granted a protection order from his wife whom he accused of abusing him, including by collecting phone numbers of ‘every man.'Malvin Mupezeni had dragged his wife, Nomax...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Duo acquitted on charges of stoning cops
KWEKWE magistrate Samukelisiwe Gumbo has acquitted two victims of police brutality who were being charged with defeating or obstructing the course of justice.Deon Jane Craig and Menard Moyo, w...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudha and nexus of Kwekwe gold terror
AT the time former president Robert Mugabe was deposed in a military coup in November 2017, police were investigating senior Zanu-PF officials linked to then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa over all...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex starved cop bashes colleague at the barrack
There was drama at Zhombe police station where a sex starved cop allegedly bashed his collegue when he was caught having sex with a commercial sex w...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 19:14hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Kwekwe
Brick molders axe neighbour
Two Redcliff brick molders who allegedly axed their neighbor to death in a grudge fight were arrested and appeared at Kwekwe magistrate today....Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 15:08hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole in Kwekwe
Deregistered nurse in court for operating illegal clinic
A KWEKWE man has been arraigned before the courts for operated an unregistered clinic, pretending to be a medical doctor and prescribing drugs which were deemed dangerous, while treating COVID-19 symp...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More grief for fired Kwekwe magistrate
FIRED Kwekwe magistrate Story Rushambwa's freedom bid was dealt a huge blow after the court dismissed his application for discharge.Rushambwa (48) was arrested last year together with the Cler...Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief magistrate defends 'Mnangagwa laptop thieves' bail
CHIEF Magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi has said the daring thieves who stole a copy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2020 Independence Day speech and a laptop were granted bail because warrants of arres...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC urges supporters to besiege court
THE MDC Alliance Midlands provincial executive has called on party supporters to besiege Kwekwe courts ahead of the trial of its provincial leadership Thursday on public violence charges.Provi...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa speech thieves' skip bail
TWO of the three daring thieves, who allegedly stole a copy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2020 Independence Day speech and a laptop have skipped bail after they were remanded to April 22 by Kwekwe...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman 'strangles' stepson to death
A Redcliff woman allegedly strangled her six-year-old stepson to death and locked his eight-year-old sister in a bedroom that she tried to set on fire so that she could inherit her husband's house. ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Kombi full of stolen goats intercepted at roadblock
POLICE in Kadoma have arrested a man who was intercepted at a roadblock while transporting 45 goats that his accomplices and him had allegedly stolen in Zhombe.The goats were loaded in a commu...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fake Midlands doctor nabbed
Emmanuel Machaya "Dr Togara" (37) has been arrested today for masquerading as a qualified medical doctor operating a surgery in Kwekwe called Medical Oasis surgery without medical license and qualific...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 15:04hrs | 6 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
'Mnangagwa speech thieves' get bail
THE daring thieves, who allegedly stole a copy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Independence Day speech and a laptop last year were on Monday granted bail by Kwekwe magistrate Cheryl Tembo despite th...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillors jailed for staging anti-Mnangagwa demo
TWO MDC Alliance councillors in Kwekwe including three party activists were Friday sentenced to four months in prison each for participating in an anti-President Emmerson Mnangagwa demonstration in th...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls on Zanu-PF to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF must crack whip on troublemakers'
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth executive arrested for violence
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial youth executive member, Tapiwa Muto was on Thursday arrested in connection with violence that rocked the party's primary elections early last month. Muto (36) who i...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF youths march in solidarity with murder accused leader
ZANU-PF youths Friday brought Kwekwe CBD to a standstill when they were marching in solidarity with the party's youth leader Tapiwa Muto who faces charges of assault, public violence and murder....Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 18:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
3 men refuse to make way for Mnangagwa motorcade
Three men have appeared in court accused of failing to make way for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade.Tadzoka Nago, 42, Stanley Zibako, 37, and Honest Diura, 47, had parked their ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested for speeding unregistered car towards Mnangagwa motorcade
THREE men from Kwekwe have been arrested after they refused to remove their car from the road to pave way for President Mnangagwa's motorcade before speeding off in the direction the convoy was coming...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest spear-wielding serial robbers
POLICE in Kwekwe last week arrested Panashe Masekera (20) and Mathwe Mawino alias Mawindo (37), both of no fixed abode, after they allegedly terrorised Kwekwe residents and miners around the Midlands ...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds husband with cooking oil
A Redcliff man is lucky to be alive after his wife scalded him with cooking oil following a misunderstanding over gumboots. Mr Benny Chamunorwa (30) of Simbi Park in Redcliff was attacked by h...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man locks 'cheating' wife in deep freezer
A KWEKWE man got himself into trouble after he forced his wife into a deep freezer filled with water before locking it for some time as punishment for allegedly cheating on him.Lyton Kanda of ...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man sets assailant' hut ablaze
A 30-YEAR-OLD Silobela man escaped jail after setting a bedroom hut of a man who previously assaulted him on fire.Mungisi Dube (30) of python village,Silobela was spared a jail term by K...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 21:19hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MDC MPs' treason case further deferred
The case of MDC MPs Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo) and Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff), who are accused of seeking to subvert a constitutionally-elected government, has been deferred for the umpteenth time by...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gambler (25) stabs colleague to death
A 25-YEAR-OLD Kwekwe man last week appeared before a Kwekwe magistrate facing a murder charge after he allegedly pulled a knife and stabbed his colleague over a gambling misunderstanding.Cliff...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 21:18hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machete wielding robber jailed
A 24-YEAR-OLD machete wielding Kwekwe robber was slapped with a three year jail term by a Kwekwe magistrate after striking a local woman with machete before robbing her bag full of US dollars and clot...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:14hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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