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Mugabe's son granted $200 bail
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of the late former President Robert Mugabe, was on Tuesday granted US$200 bail by the Concession Magistrates Court following his arrest on multiple assault charges ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:42hrs | 2397 | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi Church members die as robbers pounce on their prayer mountain
Two people from Mugodhi church died after they slipped and fell on rocks in Mazowe when armed robbers allegedly pounced on them at their prayer mountain &...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 21:52hrs | 2050 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Mugabe's son leads AK-47 armed mob at a Zimbabwe mine
A security guard is fighting for his life after a savage assault at a Mazowe mining site, allegedly orchestrated by former President Robert Mugabe's son, Bellarmine Chatunga, and a group of men armed ...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Motorist knocks dead police officer walking on roadside
A tragic incident occurred on Saturday evening when a female police officer, Constable Amanda Katanha, was knocked dead by a passing vehicle while walking with two colleagues along the Mazowe-Centenar...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:21hrs | 1347 | by Staff reporter
Running cop discovers attempted murder victim
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) cop based in Mazowe allegedly found an unidentified man lying unconscious with a deep cut on the head while he was on his morning road run on Monday.The police...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 20:00hrs | 1 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Gold thief killed at girlfriend's house
A group of illegal miners allegedly bashed a suspected gold thief to death in Mazowe before setting the cabin of his girlfriend ablaze on Sunday.The now deceased Llyod Ncube (32) was fatally a...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:33hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mazowe
Gold ore thief bashed to death
A 27-YEAR-OLD Rushinga man who allegedly stole gold ore at pit number 6 SOS East Mine, Jumbo, Mazowe was bashed to death over the weekend.Sources close to investigations told Bulawayo24.com th...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 10:11hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mazowe Villagers to receive USD $30K
More than 20 villagers who lost property at Arnold Farm in Mazowe after being evicted by former First Lady Grace Mugabe are set to receive US$30 000 in compensation.The villagers lost property...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 13 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
ZANU PF chairman jailed for rape
ZANU PF chairperson for Mazowe district, Amatola farm Alexander Makukula (58) was sentenced to 15 years in jail by Bindura regional magistrate Amos Mbobo.The magistrate, however, suspended thr...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:57hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
ZANU PF chairman 'rapes' maid
ZANU PF chairperson for Mazowe district, Amatola farm Alexander Makukula (58) has been dragged to Bindura magistrates court facing a rape charge.Makukula has been accused of raping his 15-year...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 11:05hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Security forces assault police officers over roadblock
A team of soldiers, central intelligence officers and police officers reportedly pounced on police officers who were refusing to remove a roadblock at Maz...Published: 20 Nov 2021 at 07:48hrs | 23 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prison officer steals laptop
Mazowe prison officer Ashley Shambira is in hot soup after breaking into a nearby home and stealing goods worth US$1165.The matte...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 06:04hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole and Alice Mangwanda
Cell phone thief dies in police camp
Bindura based illegal miner was reportedly assaulted and tortured by his colleagues on Wednesday and died the following day at Mazowe police station where he was trying to make a police report, Bulawa...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:42hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grace Mugabe orphanage challenges search warrant
THE trustees of the Grace Mugabe Foundation have filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to bar the police from seizing property at the former First Lady's Mazowe orphanage....Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier killed with shovel in gold dispute
A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) member Richard Makoto (32) of Inkomo baracks was allegedly murdered on Tuesday at Amatola farm, Mazowe in a gold dispute....Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 19:02hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grace Mugabe's son granted bail
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's son, Russell Goreraza, has been granted bail today at Concession Magistrates Courts on charges of stealing gold processing equipment at Tian Bao Mineral Industry in Ma...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 11:50hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Grace Mugabe's son detained for theft
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's son, Russell Goreraza, was yesterday remanded in custody at the Concession Magistrates Courts on charges of stealing gold processing equipment at Tian Bao Mineral Indu...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Motorist stripped naked, car robbed
POLICE in Mashonaland Central province are looking for Agent Kavhundu's silver Toyota Runx registration number AEQ 5620 which was robbed over the weekend at Amatola farm, Mazowe.Mashonaland Ce...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 17:15hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa son's name-dropped in R30 000 fraud
THE name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Tafadzwa Sean, has been dropped in a case where an alleged conman duped a Gweru businesswoman of R30 000 in a yet-to-be revealed deal.The conman...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police officers in court for robbing motorists
Central Bureau Four police officers, including a woman attached to the crime prevention unit, who allegedly assaulted and robbed a motorist of US$70 a few metres from a roadblock, have appeared before...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa guarantees Grace Mugabe's windfall
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has defended its move to ensure that former first lady Grace Mugabe receives a luxury car and a house as part of a host of benefits.On Friday, the gov...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Truck overturns at police roadblock
A Mazda Swaraj truck overturned yesterday afternoon at Mazowe police roadblock.Witnesses said the driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned....Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police officers nabbed at roadblock
Four police officers Bigboy Mujende(32), Natasha Mupingo(30), Sgt Manager William (44) and Brian Mzilikazi were recently arrested for resisting arrest, bribery and impersonation.The four were ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Kuruneri sues Mazowe RDC over damaged farm
Former Finance minister Christopher Tichaona Kuruneri has petitioned the High Court to compel Mazowe Rural District Council (MRDC) to rehabilitate part of his farm damaged when the local authority was...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eight soldiers up for armed robbery
Eight members of the Zimbabwe National army reportedly stormed Ceola mine,Concession last week armed with three pistols using a military vehicle and tried to disarm security guards before stealing gol...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 19:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
JUST IN: 5 CIOs storm Kasukuwere's farm
Human Rights Watch Southern Afrca Director Dewa Mavhinga has reported that five men claiming to be state agents have stormed exiled former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's farmSaid Mavhin...Published: 25 May 2019 at 11:38hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Soldiers appear in court over assault
THREE members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) last week appeared before a Concession magistrate facing three counts of assault after being refused entry to a farm where they intended to illegally ...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 soldiers appear in court
Three members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) appeared today before Concession magistrate on three counts of assault in bid to do illegal mining at Sommersat farm in Concession.Aleck...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Traffic cop in court over $5
A 28-YEAR-OLD Mazowe traffic cop was arraigned before Concession resident magistrate Ruth Moyo yesterday for duping a motorbike rider of his $5 at a police roadblock for ridding without a driver's lic...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cheeky panner breaks colleague's hand over hammer
A 37-YEAR-OLD Mazowe artisanal miner has been sentenced to seven months in prison by Concession resident magistrate Ruth Moyo for breaking a colleague's hand, accusing him of stealing a hammer....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mine shafts collapse, two illegal miners die
Two 37-year-old artisanal miners died in separate incidents in Mashonaland Central province last week police has confirmed.Mashonaland Central acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Pe...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 21:54hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa linked invaders dare Grace Mugabe
Clad in a dirty white T-Shirt emblazoned with the face of a glum Emmerson Mnangagwa, an illegal gold miner sifts through brownish wet sands and points out to a group of journalists, "this is gold"....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
All hell breaks loose as man armed with catapult attempts to rape minor
There was drama at Mazowe mine this morning (Friday) when a suspected rapist armed with a catapult reportedly attempted to rape a grade seven pupil in the bush on her way to holiday lessons.Ey...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe loses more computers to thieves
FORMER President Robert Mugabe reportedly lost 119 laptops and seven desktop computers from locked containers at the Polo Grounds adjacent to Zimbabwe House.It is understood the theft was disc...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Makorokoza hits back at Grace Mugabe
Former first lady Grace Mugabe may have made millions of dollars through gold mining at 16 gold claims she seized at Smithfield Farm in Mazowe, it has been alleged.The claim was made at ...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 12:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe raided
Former first lady Grace Mugabe's Mazowe Orphanage was allegedly raided by thieves who stole 31 laptops and floor tiles, a few days after her farm was invaded by gold panners.An emotional Grace...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe farm invasions are disGraceful
Photographs showing scores of illegal gold panners digging up a citrus farm in Mazowe last week paint a picture of lawlessness which no nation with a semblance of moral compass can be seen to celebrat...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:14hrs | 1 | by Staff write
Grace Mugabe's property invades
ONCE a colossal figure, First Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday saw how powerless she has become, as illegal gold panners have invaded her farm in Mazowe destroying citrus fruit, irrigation equipment and di...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's victims win compensation case
A ZIMBABWEAN court has ordered Home Affairs Minister Obert Mpofu and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to pay more than $30 000 as compensation to some villagers, ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Villagers chicken out of Mugabe, Grace demo
MAZOWE villagers yesterday chickened out of a demonstration against President Robert Mugabe, First Lady Grace and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over the continued harassment they are being subjec...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe mine wrangle turns ugly
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe's aides and police officers allegedly fighting on the side of President Robert Mugabe's wife have reportedly "poisoned" mine shafts as a wrangle over a gold-rich claim turned u...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 10:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal roadblocks along Jumbo Road
Editor, I am a concerned citizen who is worried about the level of corruption at Jumbo road. I live at Mazowe and 7,5km away from my place of residence is a Mine called Jumbo where i mak...Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Concerned Citizen
Human rights commission hunts Grace Mugabe
A HIGH-POWERED delegation from the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) will today visit Mashonaland Central as part of ongoing investigations into alleged human rights abuses linked to First Lady ...Published: 02 May 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe probe suffers still birth'
A ZIMBABWE Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) probe into the brutal removal of villagers from Arnold Farm in Mazowe to allow for the expansion of First Lady Grace Mugabe's business empire, could s...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe probe hits brick wall
A planned probe into rights abuses allegedly centred around First Lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly hit turbulent waters, with top government officials allegedly throwing spanners in the works and refu...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Human rights body probes Grace Mugabe
THE Zimbabwe Human Right Commission (ZHRC) says it has launched investigations into the alleged gross human rights abuse accusations levelled against First Lady Grace Mugabe following the recent f...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 06:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Policeman shoots self to death
A policeman from Support Unit based in Hwange fatally shot himself with a CZ pistol on Monday.The policeman (name withheld) who was based at the unit's Alpha Troop in Hwange, shot himself onc...Published: 06 Feb 2015 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cops devise new roadblock bribe tricks
ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) traffic officers have devised a new trick to avoid being caught with bribe money by their superiors through reportedly working in cahoots with some kombi crews and ...Published: 04 Mar 2014 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner stabbed over panning site
A 20-year-old illegal gold panner from Mazowe is battling for life at Concession Hospital after he was allegedly stabbed with a knife by a colleague yesterday following a dispute over a pannin...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 03:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife withdraws charges against gun-toting Zanu-PF husband
Cathrine Munjayi, wife of Zanu PF Mazowe West legislator Richard Chirongwe, has withdrawn charges against her gun-toting husband.Munjayi, 36, told reporters that she withdrew the charges again...Published: 25 Jan 2012 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
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