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Zanu-PF candidate fined for land invasion
Zanu-PF aspiring candidate for Chinhoyi constituency, Thomas Chidzomba, has been convicted of illegally occupying gazetted land.Chidzomba, who lost in the 2023 parliamentary elections, appeare...Published: 10 hrs ago | 113 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso CEO loses bid for discharge
Former Highlanders Football Club chief executive officer, Brian Busani Moyo, has failed in his attempt to have fraud charges against him dismissed after a Bulawayo magistrate ruled that he must stand ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 230 | by Staff reporter
Armed men rob Chinese Couple, appear in court
Two men have appeared in court in connection with an armed robbery in which a Chinese couple was robbed of US$35 000, cellphones, and other valuables worth US$5 000 in Southerton, Harare, last week....Published: 17 hrs ago | 168 | by Staff reporter
Mshikashika driver 'vandalises' traffic cop's vehicle
A well-known Masvingo mshikashika driver has appeared in court for allegedly vandalizing the vehicle of Traffic Police Officer-in-Charge Melton Simari following a crackdown that saw over 50 kombis and...Published: 17 hrs ago | 278 | by Staff reporter
Milton High teacher acquitted of sodomy charges
A male teacher at Milton High School in Bulawayo has been acquitted of all charges relating to alleged improper conduct with learners at the boys-only school.Bulawayo magistrate Beverly Madzik...Published: 17 hrs ago | 150 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa freed on bail
Former Norton legislator Temba Mliswa was on Wednesday granted US$300 bail by a Karoi magistrate after spending two nights in police custody.The 53-year-old outspoken politician faces three ch...Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:56hrs | 1819 | by Staff reporter
Prominent businessman remanded over US$208,000 fraud allegations
Harare businessman Never Mhlanga, chairman of the Zimbabwe Insurance Brokers, has been remanded in custody following allegations of fraud involving US$208,500.Mhlanga appeared before Harare Re...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 23:01hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Security guard among suspects in US$40,000 armed robbery
A security guard and his accomplices allegedly robbed a Chinese businesswoman of more than US$40,000 at her Harare home over the weekend.Raison Kambarari, employed by Sapphire Security Company...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 23:00hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Man pushes ex-wife into oncoming vehicle
A Masvingo man, Sadam Rutsvara (36), has been sentenced to three years and four months in prison for assaulting his ex-wife and pushing her into an oncoming vehicle after she declined his plea for rec...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 22:59hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Shoe-prints expose trio over missing wild beast
Three villagers from Jeqe Village in Figtree appeared before Plumtree magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware, facing charges of poaching a wild animal from Shashane Game Conservancy. Game scouts reportedly tr...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 21:23hrs | 200 | by Gideon Madzikatidze & Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Senior citizen remanded for expired firearm certificate
A senior citizen, Christopher Masuku(75) of Figtree Hotel, was remanded to September 1 on $100 bail when he appeared before Plumtree magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware, facing charges of failing to renew ...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 21:17hrs | 188 | by Edson Mapani
Bulawayo socialite Gary Bell released on bail pending appeal
Convicted Bulawayo drug dealer Gary Bell has been released from prison after the High Court granted him US$500 bail pending appeal.Bell, a well-known socialite, was sentenced last month to 18 ...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:52hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for selling kudu meat without permit
A 62-year-old man, Samson Ncube, has been fined US$1 100 for selling dried kudu meat without a license, the Hwange Regional Court has ruled.Ncube was found in Lwendulu Village with 12kg of dri...Published: 27 Aug 2025 at 05:45hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate sentences armed robbers to 12 additional years
Magistrate Noel Mpeiwa has sentenced two armed robbers, already serving lengthy prison terms, to 12 years each following a full trial.Tafadzwa Richard Marondera (21) and Luke Zinyengere (45), ...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:06hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vows to prosecute environmental law violators
The government has pledged to clamp down on companies and individuals violating environmental laws, warning that offenders will face prosecution regardless of nationality.Environment, Climate ...Published: 26 Aug 2025 at 08:06hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi denied bail again
High Court Judge Justice Regis Dembure has dismissed former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi's bail application, upholding a Harare magistrate court ruling that he remain in custody.Justice Demb...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 21:12hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
White farmer to stand trial over 65 missing cattle
The High Court in Bulawayo has dismissed an application by a man accused of stealing trust cattle to avoid trial, ruling that the State presented enough evidence to place him on his defence.Ju...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 21:00hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
High Court slashes serial housebreaker's 'irrational jail term
The High Court has overturned a Tsholotsho magistrate's decision that sentenced a 25-year-old serial housebreaker to nearly two decades in prison, describing the punishment as "irrational, excessive a...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:56hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Councillor back in court over US$20,000 fraud case
Bulawayo's Ward 26 Councillor, Mpumelelo Moyo, who is facing fraud charges involving US$20,000 allegedly solicited from Labenmon Investments, returned to court today to explain the circumstances of hi...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:52hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Man fires 11 shots at cops after assaulting neighbour
Chaos erupted in Borrowdale last week when a man allegedly assaulted his neighbour, injured himself while attempting to break free from handcuffs, and later fired 11 shots at police officers.R...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 20:49hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Schools close over spousal dispute
A bitter ownership dispute between former business partners Janet Dapi and Watson Mirio Magwenzi is putting the education of more than 300 learners at Elizzy and Dyllan Primary and Secondary Schools a...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 05:56hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers nabbed
Four armed robbers who allegedly assaulted a Centenary couple in Mashonaland Central before robbing them of their vehicles and cash are in soup.Tapiwa Nyakasaka (32), Bright Murombedzi (35), L...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 22:11hrs | 1453 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sipho Mazibuko awaits judgment
All eyes are on the Bulawayo Magistrates Court today as prominent businesswoman and activist Sipho Mazibuko awaits judgment in her high-profile case over an illegal demonstration held last month....Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:57hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge pupils sue Green Fuel for US$110,000 over assault
ELEVEN Chipinge schoolchildren have dragged ethanol producer Green Fuel and three of its security guards to court, demanding more than US$100,000 in damages after they were assaulted earlier this year...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 14:53hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
AFM pastor in land ownership dispute
Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church advisory board chairperson and pastor, Titus Murefu, is facing accusations of harassing former farm workers by cutting off their water supplies despite allegedly f...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:11hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha fined for conning police officer
A Bulawayo cross-border transporter has been fined after duping a police officer who entrusted him with money to buy a refrigerator.Mlungisi Nkala (36) of Pumula South appeared before Magistra...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:10hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Love rival stabbed and stoned to death
Two men from Inyathi are facing murder charges after allegedly killing a man in a brutal attack that has left the local community in shock.Kudzie Takaendesa (24) and Fanuel Moyo (30) appeared ...Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:09hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Man locked up for stealing donkeys
A 47-year-old man, Edmore Mlambo Msipa from Masimbe village under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge, has been slapped with a three-year imprisonment for stock theft after his intention to steal four donke...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 19:20hrs | 334 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Chipinge
South Africans fined for obstructing traffic at Zimbabwe crash scene
Two South Africans and their Zimbabwean accomplice were yesterday fined for obstructing traffic at the site of a deadly accident in Chitungwiza that claimed 17 lives in July.Cooper Daniel Coli...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 13:21hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Brothers jailed for selling weed at tuckshop
Two brothers, Ncedani Moyo (27) and Thabo Moyo (21), from the Mpilo Moyo homestead in Malayitsha Village, Plumtree, appeared before Plumtree magistrate Mr. Joshua Nembaware and pleaded guilty to charg...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 13:11hrs | 304 | by Edson Mapani
Founders High deputy head fined over dodgy bus hire deal
FOUNDERS High School deputy headmaster, Nkosana Mlibazi (47), has been fined US$200 after being convicted in a botched bus hire transaction that embarrassed him before colleagues and dragged him to co...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:39hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Cop shoots self in knee drama
A POLICE officer stationed at the Police Protection Unit (PPU) has found himself in the dock after a bizarre shooting incident left him with a bullet wound in the knee.Dubani Munkuli (36) appe...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:31hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Naked night brawl lands Bulawayo men in court
Bulawayo's nightlife descended into chaos after a bizarre street brawl involving a half-naked man, two sex workers, and a would-be Good Samaritan — a scene that has since gone viral on social media....Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:30hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo duo in court over violent robbery spree
TWO Bulawayo men accused of turning the city into their hunting ground have been hauled before the courts after allegedly staging a violent robbery spree that left residents living in fear.Cli...Published: 22 Aug 2025 at 09:30hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Nyokayemabhunu's court case postponed to September
The immigration case of Zimbabwean social media personality Wellington Masiwa, popularly known as Nyokayemabhunu, has been postponed to 10 September 2025 after prosecutors told the court they were not...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 16:22hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Woman in court for illegal abortion
A 30-year-old Bulawayo woman was on Thursday arraigned before the courts after she was allegedly caught trying to dump a foetus in a bushy area in Entumbane suburb.Rumbidzai Tanewe of Entumban...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 16:19hrs | 537 | by `
Robbery gang arrested after tracking of AirPods and $10 phone
A four-member gang of suspected armed robbers has been arrested after police tracked a pair of stolen AirPods and a US$10 cellphone to one of the suspects, linking them to a string of violent robberie...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:49hrs | 1723 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe activists acquitted after year-long trial
A Harare magistrate has acquitted human rights activists Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza, and Samuel Gwenzi of disorderly conduct, bringing to an end a year-long trial that drew criticism from rights g...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:47hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Employees in $1.5 million illegal forex transfers to UAE
Two employees of a Harare-based company have appeared in court for allegedly operating an unlicensed money transfer business that moved more than US$1.5 million offshore.Kudzai Munatsi, 37, of...Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:46hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Man sentenced to community service for witchcraft accusations
A 37-year-old man from Simelamela Village in Mphoengs, Plumtree, has been ordered to perform 210 hours of community service for insulting and confronting his aunt, Gabagake Phuthi (49), over alleged w...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 22:25hrs | 469 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Jilted lover remanded in custody for unlawful entry
A jilted lover, Mgcinumuzi Ndlovu (35) from Nxele village in Plumtree, appeared before Plumtree magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware, facing unlawful entry and physical abuse charges. He was remanded in cus...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 22:16hrs | 418 | by Edson Mapani
Man Jailed for Threatening Father with Knife
A 27-year-old man from Mathombo Village in Plumtree has been jailed for threatening to stab his father with an Okapi knife.Rony Dube appeared before Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware on Tue...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 21:47hrs | 284 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Justice Katiyo in fresh storm
High Court judge Justice Never Katiyo is once again under scrutiny after granting the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) leave to appeal in a politically sensitive case before the deadline for respo...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:49hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo deputy mayor cleared of bribe allegations
Bulawayo's deputy mayor, Edwin Ndlovu, was acquitted on Wednesday of corruption charges linked to a proposed cement plant investment, bringing to an end months of court proceedings that had placed him...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 11:50hrs | 338 | by Mandla Moyo
Farm manager convicted of stealing 500 bricks
A farm manager from Mhangura has been convicted of theft of trust property after stealing 500 heavy-duty bricks that had been left in his custody.Warren Mukondiwa (58) appeared before the Mhan...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:39hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
70 year old man rapes step-granddaughter (16)
A 70-year-old pensioner from Hurungwe has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for raping his 16-year-old step-granddaughter on three separate occasions. The sentence was handed down by t...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:39hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
23-year-old man rapes elderly woman (63)
A 23-year-old man from Raffingora has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 63-year-old woman. The Chinhoyi Magistrates' Court handed down the sentence, and the perpet...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:38hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
High Court rejects cattle thief's appeal
The High Court has dismissed an appeal by convicted cattle thief Jarney Mumanyi, ruling that his bid to overturn both his conviction and sentence had "no reasonable prospect of success."Mumany...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:36hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses bar operators' case against Rufaro Marketing
The High Court has struck off the roll a case brought by three Harare bar operators against Rufaro Marketing (Pvt) Ltd, a company owned by the Harare City Council, in a ruling that strengthens t...Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 09:07hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Hospital accountant jailed 12 years for US$123,000 fraud
A 30-year-old accountant has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after defrauding his employer, a private hospital in Harare, of more than US$123,700, ZW$15.3 million, and ZiG95,409.Tonderai ...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 19:12hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
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