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Energy Mutodi's father dies
Goromonzi West Member of Parliament Energy Mutodi has lost his father who succumbed to complications of old age.The administrator of Mutodi's Twitter account posted on Wednesday that, "Hon Dr ...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:51hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gift Mabhaudhi dies
FOR years, Gift "The Praying Mantis" Mabhaudhi's voice captivated radio audiences, especially Christians who followed former Radio 2, now Radio Zimbabwe's gospel programmes until 2004 when an unfortun...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ names another 47 over illegal currency deals
Another 47 people were blacklisted yesterday by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for operating on the foreign currency black market, taking to 77 the number of people whose bank and mobile money accounts ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Rowdy Mabaudhi
Members of the disability community have come out guns blazing against one Gift Rowdy Mabaudhi whom they accuse of misrepresenting himself as the champion for the disability cause in a secret bid to s...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 11:57hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Life in jail for security guard killers
TWO men from Bulawayo who were part of a three-man gang that attacked a security guard manning a city flea market and tied his hands, legs and neck using a wire coat hanger before strangling him to de...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as murder victim 'attacks' suspect in court
COURT proceedings had to be adjourned on Wednesday after a murder suspect claimed he was being pursued by the person he allegedly killed, forcing a Bulawayo High Court Judge to order that an ambulance...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fengu praises Mnangagwa
Zanu PF youth member Fidelis Fengu has started praising President Emmerson Mnangagwa after returning from his sabatical fgrom politics since the era of Robert Mugabe."One thing I learnt recent...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 09:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gold panner, accomplice 'stone' neighbour to death over $18
A FILABUSI illegal gold panner ganged up with an accomplice and allegedly stoned his neighbour to death in a row over an $18 debt, a High Court judge heard.Justice Maxwell Takuva heard this wh...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Castrate the, says Judge
A HIGH Court judge yesterday renewed calls for the enactment of a law that approves castration as punishment for paedophiles.Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Francis Bere made the remarks as ...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death for hijacker who ran over robbery victim in stolen car
A SERIAL armed robber, who was supposed to be released from prison in 2035, has been sentenced to death for carjacking a motorist, assaulting him and running him over with the vehicle.Taurai G...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cab driver stone passenger to death
A BEITBRIDGE taxi driver, who stoned a passenger to death following a dispute over payment of a R10 fare, was yesterday sentenced to eight years in jail.Owen Mavengedze (29) of Dzulani Zwavhud...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 08:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cigarette smuggler killer acquitted
ONE of the four cigarette smugglers who had been accused of forcing a member of a rival group to jump into the flooded Limpopo River resulting in him drowning, has been acquitted.Isheunesu Ndh...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills, rob neighbour
A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with an accomplice and lured their neighbour into a bush where they stripped him before strangling him and looting his house, has been sentenced to life imprisonment....Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Death sentence commuted to 18 years in jail for granny killer
A STUDENT teacher from Nkayi who was sentenced to death three years ago for killing his 83-year-old grandmother with an iron bar after setting her hut on fire, had his sentence commuted to 18 year...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple kills 97-year-old mum
A MAN connived with his wife and their maid to kill his 97-year-old mother after a South African sangoma said the elderly woman was bewitching him.The wife and the maid were each sentenced...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop who shot kid dead appeals against conviction, sentence
A POLICE detective, who shot dead a 12-year-old boy during a raid at a house in Gweru, 12 years ago, has been granted a $100 bail pending appeal by the High Court. Dumezweni Mahlangu was in August 200...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Shona murder suspects freed
THE High Court yesterday acquitted three of five men who were allegedly linked to the death of a gold panner in Shangani.Admire Makoni, 23, of Chitungwiza, McIntosh Nhawu, 17, of Gokwe, Tapiwa...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 05:59hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Murder convict undresses for judge
A CONVICTED murderer yesterday caused a stir at the Bulawayo High Court when he undressed and turned violent as he attempted to jump out of the dock moments before he was sentenced to life in jail....Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
High Court upholds HIV+ rapist's sentence
THE Bulawayo High Court has dismissed an appeal against conviction and a 20 year jail term by an HIV positive rapist who turned his 15 year-old sister-in-law into a sex slave for four years.Fo...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Woman who 'hired thugs to kill ex-lover' stabbed to death
A BULAWAYO man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death with a knife after accusing her of hiring thugs to kill him following a dispute, a High Court judge has heard. Bulawayo High Court judge Justi...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Inmate's death sentence commuted to 25 years
THE High Court has commuted businessman Danis David Konson's death sentence to a 25 year jail term.Konson, 64, of Parklands, Bulawayo was last year sentenced to death for fatally shooting his ...Published: 05 Dec 2015 at 07:29hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Zanu PF official blast VP Mphoko
Zanu (PF) official, Rowdy "Papuchi" Mabaudhi, has blasted second Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko for the insensitive speech he made regarding able-bodied persons and vending recently.Mphoko ...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man killed over $5 debt
A NKAYI man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for fatally striking his drinking mate with a log following a dispute over three chains and $5.Thokozani Moyo, 23, of Majoyi area appeare...Published: 16 Jul 2014 at 07:49hrs | | by Lindani Dube
Nkomo farm murderer sentenced to death
A HIGH Court judge has described as cold, calculated and callous, the senseless killing of two workers at the late Vice President Landa John Nkomo's ranch as he sentenced the murderer to death....Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man pushes father, 75, to death
AN attempt to intervene in a parents' dispute turned tragic for a 38-year-old Lupane man after he pushed his 75-year-old father to death.Samuel Dube of Menyezwa area in Lupane pleaded not gui...Published: 02 Jul 2014 at 06:33hrs | | by Lindani Dube
Trio allegedly cuts off breasts, privates of 3 women
THREE men, including a teenager, allegedly killed four people for suspected ritual purposes in Gwanda and cut off their breasts and private parts. Mncedisi Ndlovu, 18, Nhlanhla Sibanda, 23 an...Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 06:26hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Use of cellphone while driving is not a court case
THERE is no law which authorises the police to refer cases of motorists who are caught using a mobile phone while driving to court for trial, a High Court judge said yesterday.In a landmark j...Published: 03 Aug 2012 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court uphold five more death sentences
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed five more death sentences, two of them of men who murdered their lovers.On Tuesday the Supreme Court sitting in Bulawayo also confirmed three death sente...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:36hrs | | by Court reporter
Trio to hang for gruesome murders
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed three death sentences, one of them of a man from Sibona area of Gwanda District who killed ...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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