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Zimbabwe man jailed 10 years in US$2.7 million ZB Bank heist set free
Tendai Zuze, who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his alleged involvement in the 2021 US$2.7 million ZB Bank highway cash heist, has been acquitted by the High Court on appeal aft...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 08:21hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Bishop rapes churchmate as wife watches
A local church leader, Bishop Jimmy Chateerera, 45, of Zvidozvavashe Apostolic Unity Church in Waterfalls, has been arrested following allegations of rape and sexual abuse. The incident, which occurre...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 11:12hrs | 1760 | by Staff reporter
New arrest in case of newborn baby sold for US$180
A further arrest has been made in connection with the shocking case where a newborn baby was sold for US$180. Jestina Mashamba (45), a midwife at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital, appeared before Harar...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:56hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Baby-selling trio denied bail
A 47-year-old woman from Murehwa accused of helping her 16-year-old daughter sell her new-born baby for US$180 has been denied bail by Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.The woman, h...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:38hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Jail in America is for commoners
Just remember that jail in America is for commoners, not for the rich and politically connected. You can do drugs, traffic women, evade taxes, buy and toss away guns and your father will spare you jai...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 10:00hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Biden exposes politicisation of the US judiciary
OUTGOING US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN EXPOSES POLITICISATION OF THE US JUDICIARY AS HE PARDONS HIS CONVICTED SON HUNTER BIDEN WHOM HE CLAIMS WAS "SELECTIVELY AND UNFAIRLY PROSECUTED"Things are falli...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 08:27hrs | 491 | by Jonathan Moyo
Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter in office abuse move
Outgoing US President Joe Biden has gone back on his word and pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted earlier this year of breaking federal gun and tax laws.In June, the younger Biden...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 08:06hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Mother, daughter sells new-born baby for US$180
A 16-year-old girl from Murehwa and her 47-year-old mother, Evelyn Zisengwe, have appeared in court alongside 34-year-old Dion Tore, accused of trafficking a newborn child in violation of Zimbabwe's T...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 17:05hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Mutumbuka's landmark case exposes the deep roots of property fraud in Zimbabwe
The problem of title deed fraud is not new to Zimbabwe, but recent cases have brought this pervasive issue into sharp focus. One of the most troubling and high-profile incidents has been the c...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 19:44hrs | 4429 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Harare submits long-delayed masterplan proposal
After missing the initial June 30 deadline, the Harare City Council and Chitungwiza Municipality have finally submitted their masterplan proposals, Local Government and Public Works Minister Daniel Ga...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:56hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Woman suffers miscarriage after being beaten up by her husband
A 39-year-old woman, Sibusiso Ndlovu, from the Entumbane suburb, endured a devastating ordeal after allegedly being brutally assaulted by her husband, Clever Jirimwe, 45, resulting in a miscarriage. T...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:52hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman claims she was forced to abort 15 times
A HARARE woman has made sensational claims that she was forced to ABORT 15 TIMES and then suffered a miscarriage before she was dumped by her lover.Sharon Zhuwawo claims her lover's wife, Vale...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 15:31hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs bogus Chief Chivero; withhold Isuzu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's non-committal to handover Isuzu double cab vehicle to the allegedly fraudulent Chief Chivero has been welcomed by several communities and Mashonaland West provincial chi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 11:13hrs | 3121 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
ZANU-PF official causes mayhem at Church
There was drama in Beitbridge at the Spirit Angels of God Church on Sunday where a former ZANU PF ward 4 councillor (and current party official), Aphos Ndlovu refused to be expelled from the church by...Published: 22 Sep 2024 at 18:22hrs | 4701 | by Simbarashe Sithole/ Gideon Madzikatidze in Beitbridge
Woman in trouble over offensive messages
A 24-year-old woman from Esigodini, Matabeleland South, has appeared in court after allegedly sending grossly offensive messages to a neighbor. Charity Mpofu faces ...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:11hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Man stumbles upon naked mom, aunt at his homestead
IN a bizarre incident, a Chigodora man allegedly bumped into his mother and aunt performing weird nocturnal rituals at his homestead while stark naked.The man further claimed that the duo infl...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:11hrs | 4202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Judge orders retraining for magistrate
The High Court reviewed and found that a Harare magistrate improperly convicted a reckless kombi driver, Munyaradzi Ronde, of a lesser offense of negligent driving, resulting in an inappropriate sente...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:32hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Do Zimbabwe judges really read? A critique of Justice Happious Zhou's handling of the Marconati Case
The recent decision by Harare High Court Judge Justice Happious Zhou to grant bail to Alessandro Marconati, the son of a self-styled Italian Mafia boss, raises serious questions about the competency a...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 19:35hrs | 905 | by George Tshuma
Ivy Kombo drags magistrate to the High Court
Gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Andy Kasi are challenging a decision by the High Court after being accused of illegally acquiring law practice certificates in Zimbabwe. They contest ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Justice Minister part of drug cartels
In a clear sign for miscarriage of justice and security institutions porosity, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi has been fingered by one of his close associates, L...Published: 17 May 2024 at 11:42hrs | 50 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Mthakwazi activists narrate horror stories from behind prison walls
MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) activists have revealed details of harassment and torture as well as unfair treatment during their incarceration after staging a peaceful protest outside the Bulawayo Ce...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:04hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Woman, married lover clash over social media videos
A HARARE woman feels betrayed and abused after her videos were recorded without her consent and posted on social media by people she claims were working on behalf of her married lover.Sally Sa...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 18:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 701 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
Zimbabwe has sunk beyond a banana republic!
I am sure the first time I came across the term 'banana republic' was in the early 1980s - when I was still a little boy in primary school.Obviously, I did not know what this meant.It ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:12hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Teachers clash with Zec
TEACHERS are up in arms with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over outstanding payments after the electoral body engaged them as election officers for the disputed August polls.Accordin...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt judges flout JSC code of conduct
THREE Constitutional Court judges have come under the spotlight after they failed to comply with the Judicial Service Commission code of ethics which requires them to deliver a judgement reserved with...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 10:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's detention a 'gross miscarriage of justice'
Amnesty International has strongly criticized the prolonged pretrial detention of Job Sikhala, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), labeling it a significant miscarriage of justice and...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Apostolic sect leader bashes wife over HIV status
A woman in Harare experienced a miscarriage after being physically assaulted by her husband, who is a leader in an apostolic sect, upon learning that she had not disclosed her HIV status to him. This ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt crackdown on dissent condemned
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has strongly criticized the government for its suppression of dissent and its inability to tackle the nation's socio-economic issues. During the African Co...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaria kills 26 in Zimbabwe
Between January and October this year, Binga District in Matabeleland North Province has seen an increase in malaria-related deaths, with 26 fatalities compared to seven during the same period last ye...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Love triangle drama turns nasty
IN a suspected love triangle drama that turned nasty a woman from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province is living in fear after her husband's suspected lover allegedly threatened to consult witch-...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Teens terrorise community
FEAR has gripped St Peters, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, with residents divided on whether attacks on residents by three minors are acts of robbery or satanism.The three minor brothers, aged ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ruvheneko regrets publicising pregnancy on social media
JOURNALIST and media consultant Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa, who recently lost her new-born twins, says she regrets announcing her pregnancy on social media.Last year, Parirenyatwa took to so...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:23hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Herd boy locked up 12 years for rape
A herdboy from Tsholotsho, Matebeleland North province, has been sentenced to an effective 12 years behind bars for raping and impregnating an 11-year-old girl who later suffered a miscarriage....Published: 12 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahere conviction unjust
THE country bleeds today because of lack of an independent Judiciary.Some judgments and sentences being handed to members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party need to be...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 10:18hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Love betrayal lands couple in court
A Harare man has appeared in court for allegedly assaulting and pointing a firearm at his extirlfriend after they had a misunderstanding. He also assaulted her, causing her to miscarry the baby she wa...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family fumes over death of relative at hospital
SALLY Mugabe Central Hospital in Harare has stirred the ire of a family whose relative died following a reported operation mishap at the institution.The deceased, Tafadzwa Chasakara (41), died...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Killer driver sues Prosecutor General for delaying his trial
A Zaka motorist, who allegedly caused a fatal road traffic accident which claimed three lives in 2019, has sued Prosecutor General (PG) Nelson Mutsonziwa for delaying his trial.Brian Chiwara, ...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malunga and his two business partners granted stay of criminal proceedings
THE High Court has suspended criminal proceedings against human rights lawyer, Siphosami Malunga and his two business partners Zephaniah Dhlamini and Charles Moyo, who are facing charges of illegal oc...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Almost 200 babies born through IVF Zimbabwe programme
The in vitro (IVF) fertilisation programme which was reintroduced in Zimbabwe in 2016 by a team led by Dr Tinovimba Mhlanga has proved a great success with 197 live births recorded so far and more exp...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:06hrs | 9 | by Agencies
Deputy Chief Justice in soup
WOMEN's Comfort Corner founder Rita Mbatha has filed a letter of complaint against Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza to Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and the Judicial Service Commission ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
48 000 petition Mnangagwa over Sikhala
SOME 48 000 people comprising Zimbabweans and citizens of other countries have signed a petition calling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's intervention in the continued detention of opposition legisl...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 Zimbabwe police recruits face discharge for falling pregnant during training
Five police recruits are set to be summarily dismissed from the Zimbabwe Republic Police after they were found to be pregnant during their training at Morris Depot in Harare.A senior officer h...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to pay $900,000 over neglect at govt hospital
HEALTH and Child Care minister Constantino Chiwenga has been ordered to pay $900 000 in damages to a woman who suffered a miscarriage because of negligence by health officials at Sally Mugabe Central ...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Muradzikwa's son trial postponed
THE trial of Insurance and Pensions Fund (Ipec) commissioner Grace Muradzikwa's son, Kundai, accused of stealing US$32 000 and jewellery worth US$152 000 from his tenant was yesterday postponed to Jun...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 18:35hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Paranoid Zimbabwe regime that sees enemies everywhere can't be trusted with solving country's problem!
In our growing up, we were told of individuals who were always prone to accusing their enemies (whether real or imagined) for everything that went wrong in their lives.When they fell sick, in ...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:27hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
High Court says 'Billboard' saga to go for trial
The High Court of Harare has dismissed an application for review by two businessmen who erected an illegal billboard in Borrowdale tarnishing the image of a development company.Gra...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophetess uses spirit medium
A JOHANE Masowe yeChishanu prophetess has SENSATIONALLY claimed that all prophets, who claim to be using the Holy Spirit, are a bunch of LIARS.Gogo Miriam has been a prophetess for 30 years....Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Umzingwane ward 9 villagers walk 16km to clinics
UMZINGWANE villagers in Matabeleland South province have called on government to construct a clinic in their area, lamenting that they have to walk eight to 16km to access health services.They...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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