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Mysterious black chicken causes stir at court
Feathers flew and tongues wagged last Monday when a mysterious black chicken wearing a red scarf strutted confidently into the Kwekwe Magistrates Court yard, as if it owned the place.The unexp...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:15hrs | 1223 | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Joint police, army operation to flush out illegal miners raises stink
The police and army recently mounted a joint operation to flush out violent illegal miners throughout the country, but the officers have quickly seized the opportunity to make dirty money, it has been...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs face fresh charges
MDC legislators Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff) and Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), who are facing charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government, have been slapped with new charges....Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man faints in court
Proceeding at Kwekwe Magistrates courts briefly came to a halt yesterday after an accused person collapsed just before sentencing. Portipha Musiiwa (49) and his son, who were facing charges of...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drama at Kwekwe magistrates courts
There was drama at Kwekwe magistrates courts on Thursday afternoon where a local lawyer was reportedly denied access to talk to his client who had been arrested by the police for an alleged foreign cu...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 10:07hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tsikamutanda killed for failing to reverse spell
A popular Redcliff faith healer was stabbed to death after he failed to heal an ulunyoka patient.Lunyoka is a condition or spell that is cast on a man that beds a centrally locked, and usually...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 11:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Riot police crash Gweru lawyers march
RIOT police yesterday blocked Gweru lawyers from marching in protest against the alleged absence of rule of law and lack of independence of the magistrates' courts.The legal practitioners unde...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No more carrying machetes, dangerous weapons: Police
POLICE in the Midlands province have banned the carrying of machetes and other dangerous weapons as a way of maintaining peace and order ahead of general elections scheduled for July 30.In rec...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrates demoted in nationwide reshuffle
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has redeployed 52 magistrates across the country in a move that has seen some magistrates being demoted.The latest redeployments that will be effective fr...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies linked to murders
POLICE are investigating senior Zanu-PF officials linked to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa over alleged illegal gold panning, cases of violence and murders in and around Kwekwe's volatile gold mini...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villager takes chief to ConCourt over traditional rituals
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) last week filed an application at the Kwekwe Magistrates' Court seeking the authority to approach the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenging Chief Gwe...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zhombe man accuses Police, Kwekwe Magistrates Court of corruption
A Zhombe man who was recently brutally assaulted by six men at a local dip tank has accused the Zhombe police and Kwekwe Magistrates Court of corruption, after his assailants were sentenced to a few h...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 14:00hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
2 students sue Zimsec
Two former students of Mbizo High School in Kwekwe, who were accused of exam cheating during the November 2013 Ordinary Level examinations, have taken the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec)...Published: 09 Mar 2015 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop up for theft
A police constable stationed at ZRP Kwekwe District Headquarters allegedly stole an FBC Bank ATM card from a fellow constable before transacting with the card at a local supermarket.The matter...Published: 31 Dec 2014 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Thieving teen tells court 'everyone' steals
A DARING Silobela teenager might be deprived of the pomp and fanfare associated with the Christmas holiday if he fails to pay a fine of $200 for stealing 500 metres of wire belonging to a fellow vil...Published: 21 Dec 2014 at 12:20hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF house is on fire
SPARKS are flying in the faction-riddled Zanu-PF party with rival camps resorting to violence and smear campaigns as the war to fill important party organs ahead of the elective congress in December c...Published: 28 Aug 2014 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber arrested for stealing six pack
A SUSPECTED armed robber appeared in court last week charged with robbing a barman at Chipere Hideout along the Gweru-Kwekwe Road of a six-pack case of clear beer last month after failing to locate th...Published: 08 Apr 2013 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matambanadzo up for another armed robbery charge
Convicted criminal mastermind Luckmore Matambanadzo (37), who is appealing against a 12-year jail sentence for a series of carjackings in the country, yesterday appeared at the Kwekwe Magistrates Cou...Published: 04 May 2012 at 07:01hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai to deliver his End of Year Statement
Prime Minster Morgan Tsvangirai will on Thursday deliver his End of Year Statement in Parliament. He is expected to touch on a number of issues especially the performance of key government ministries ...Published: 14 Dec 2011 at 12:58hrs | | by MDC-T
Man in court for kidnapping two police officers
A 41-year-old Nyamweda bus driver, Gift Mapfumo of Tynwald South was last week brought before the Kwekwe Magistrates' Court facing charges of kidnapping two police officers.Mapfumo was arreste...Published: 08 May 2011 at 04:17hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
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