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Suspected beer thief bashed to death
TWO Guruve men were arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro on Tuesday for allegedly killing a suspected thiefThe duo Simbarashe Chimedza (26) and Kenny Uyai (22) were not...Published: 7 hrs ago | 722 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Prophet escapes jail over child death
A PROPHET who caused the death of a four-year old dumb girl from Bulawayo after prescribing a herbal concoction purportedly to help her gain speech has been sentenced to a wholly suspended prison term...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
South Africa Minister wants alcohol banned forever
South Africa's Minister of Police General Bheki Cele told South African media that he might want to indefinitely ban the sale of alcohol in the neighboring country. Cele is reported to h...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 49592 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo doesn't need Nelson Chamisa
Two days after former President Robert Mugabe fired Professor Jonathan Moyo, I received a meeting request from the former information and publicity minister. It was a crazy, unpredictable time....Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 11:49hrs | 6462 | by Tafi Mhaka
Did God unleash COVID-19 upon humanity (1)?
HOW would you relate with God the Father and Creator if He wasn’t sincere and God of integrity? Surely God Jehovah is dependable, trustworthy and faithful. Would you appeal to Him if He is t...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:27hrs | 688 | by Erasmus Makarimayi
Man kills stepson for soiling himself
A Rusape man who fatally assaulted his four-year-old stepson after he had soiled himself has been slapped with an 18-year-jail sentence.He was found guilty of murder with actual intent by a Mu...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Judge's vehicle attacked
Justice Garainesu Mawadze, the Resident Judge at the High Court in Masvingo had a windscreen to his official Discovery 4 smashed with an unknown object as he travelled with his sister from his farm in...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Ex-wife killer jailed for 19 years
AN Inyathi man who killed his ex-wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife for dumping him has been sentenced to 19 years in jail for murder. Lyton Sibanda (24) who was a herdsman at F...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict kills grandmother with a spade
AN ex-convict from Bulilima has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his maternal grandmother using a spade two weeks after being released from prison after accusing her of causing his initi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:37hrs | 1569 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Tsholotsho man slits open father's throat
A Tsholotsho man, suspected to be suffering from a mental illness, cut open his father's throat in a gruesome murder.Villagers quickly apprehended the man and took him to the police.Vetera...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:24hrs | 2467 | by Moyo Roy
South Africa police kill more people compared to COVID-19
Eight deaths have allegedly occurred at the hands of police since the start of the nationwide lockdown on 26 March, according to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).The num...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:36hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Police seek murder suspect brothers
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police is pursuing three Beitbridge brothers who are accused of killing another villager in Mawale area on Saturday following a misunderstanding after a soccer tournament. It is ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Man on the run after fatal stabbing
A GWANDA man is on the run after he allegedly stabbed his elder brother to death while trying to stop him from assaulting their friend. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF refuses to grant Clark Mpofu national hero status
May Clark Mpofu's soul rest in eternal peace and may his gallant deeds be forever etched in the hearts and minds of those who care to know the truth about his sterling contribution which is a painful ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 15:33hrs | 4248 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
Clark Mpofu: Zanu-PF had no reason to declare him a national hero
May Clark Mpofu's soul rest in eternal peace and may his gallant deeds be forever etched in the hearts and minds of those who care to know the truth about his sterling contribution which is a painful ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 18:58hrs | 4190 | by Moses Mzila Ndlovu
1 680 inmates released
More than 1 600 prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential amnesty gazetted last week were released from various prisons this morning.Only 53 women benefited from the amnesty a...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 16:50hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
MLF launches Mthwakazi sovereign fund
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has launched a Mthwakazi sovereign fund for the liberation struggle to establish a federal republic.In a statement MLF President Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza said ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:25hrs | 591 | by Stephen Jakes
Man jailed for killing wife's employer
The Budiriro man who fatally stabbed his estranged wife's employer four times with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute avoided a murder conviction when his guilty plea to the lesser violent crim...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:08hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son appears in court
THE son of High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze, who was arrested along with his two accomplices on accusations of murdering a cellphone dealer in Harare last week, claimed detectives poured hot...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 07:56hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Soldier shoots machete gangster to death
A CHIPINGE soldier allegedly shot a member of a machete gang with his AK47 service rifle following a fistfight while watching soccer at a nightspot.This came to light when Foster Macheza (27),...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
2 killers jailed 70 years for slitting motorist's throat, burning body
TWO stranded deportees from Botswana who stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond recognition, have been...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frees 5 000 criminals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned 5 000 prisoners serving for non-violent crimes as part of measures to decongest the country's prisons whose population had ballooned to over 20 000. A...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pardons 5,000 prisoners
About 5000 prisoners will be released from the country's prison following a general amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Zimbabwe's prisons have a carrying capacity of 17 000 inmates but at...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:47hrs | 2225 | by Staff reporter
Death row inmate challenges sentence at Supreme Court
A LUPANE man who was sentenced to death in 2014 for killing two workmates at the late Vice-President John Nkomo's Winterblock Farm in Insuza in Matabeleland North has approached the Supreme Court chal...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:13hrs | 1499 | by Staff reporter
Presidential amnesty ex-convict kills two relatives
AN ex-murder convict from Binga, who was released from jail though the Presidential Amnesty in 2018, has appeared in court for killing his two nephews.Themba Muleya (38) of Sikhalala Village u...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 2692 | by Staff reporter
Hookers call on Ramaphosa to include them in plan to aid workers during lockdown
The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and Sisonke, the National Movement of Sex Workers, have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to make urgent provision for the Temporary Employee...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2532 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miners up for murder
TWO artisanal miners at Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South allegedly assaulted a villager to death with an okapi knife and electrical cord in a dispute over an unspecified issue.Kwanele Promise ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son up for murder
THE son of a High Court judge and his two friends allegedly robbed a Harare cellphone dealer of his four handsets and fatally stabbed him before dumping the corpse in a bush in Ruwa. Munyaradz...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1889 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will never be united as long as only one political entity determines what is patriotism or national interest
Ever since Zimbabwe attained her political independence from Britain on 18 April 1980, the only dominant power in the country has been the ZANU PF party, which has ruled with an iron-fist - thus, sing...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1794 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Soldier's killer jailed 30 years
A MAN from Epworth has been jailed 30 years for robbing and killing a soldier. Besta Masaya, who was charged along with Tonderai Rupiya, denied killing Innocent Majuta who was in army uniform ...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangsters go underground
Hundreds of militias in the gold mining sector who were responsible for waves of terror nationwide have significantly retreated after a recent police clampdown.The militias were notorious for ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Suspected thief bashed to death
A suspected Guruve thief was bashed to death on Thursday by an angry mob while his accomplice is battling for life at Guruve hospital Bulawayo24.com....Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 12:57hrs | 3806 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mthwakazi Republic Party member in rent dispute, 'threatens murder'
A Mthwakazi Republic Party member was allegedly tangled in a tribal confrontation last month after he approached his friend's tenant and threatened to "chuck" him out if he didn't vacate the house in ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs hooker in dispute over payment
A VICTORIA Falls man who allegedly stabbed a hooker three times with an okapi knife for refusing to have sex with him has been charged with attempted murder and the woman has been hospitalised. ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Murder over N$20 sucks in Zimbabwean man
Police in the Oshana region, Namibia, are looking for a Zimbabwean man wanted in connection with the investigation of an incident in which a man was allegedly killed at Oshakati over a taxi fare of N$...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:45hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
The Shona peoples learning hard facts about Zanu PF mentality
Listening to the video circulating around, young people all from Mashonaland are openly lamenting recent Mnangagwa's hate speech who of late uttered what he knows best: about rounding people up with c...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:26hrs | 3671 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZimFirst says Zanu PF's time came with disastrous results
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has said Zanu PF's time came with disastrous results and now it is of greedy looters and murders. He said the MDC had the opportunity ( remember the cross ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1657 | by Stephen Jakes
Man loses hand over sim card
A CHIPINGE man had his arm chopped off with a machete last Saturday evening in a fight over a sim card.Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident....Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife tries to commit suicide
A 27-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man fatally axed his wife after accusing her of having an extra marital affair and tried to consume toxic after the gruesome murder...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 22:31hrs | 2117 | by Simbarashe Sithole
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1264 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chiwenga's custody appeal takes new twist
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's dispute over custody of his children took a new turn yesterday after it emerged that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa had actually conceded to being mentally uns...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:48hrs | 4114 | by Staff reporter
8 Tsholotsho villagers arrested for murder
EIGHT villagers have been arrested in Tsholotsho after they allegedly fatally assaulted a 60-year-old man accusing him of stealing 20 litres of fuel. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chi...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping arrests for Mashurugwi
In one of the biggest swoops on potential criminals in recent years, Government using Support Unit brought in from Buchwa Mberengwa, Bulawayo and Harare arrested more than 1 000 illegal gold panners f...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:25hrs | 1764 | by Staff reporter
Businessman kills partner over profit sharing dispute
A MAN from Gokwe allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.Evans Ngwe...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Molested, caressed and disembowelled by the 5th Brigade!
It all went wrong at the birthing of Zimbabwe, or just before. It is exactly what happens when a cow encounters dystocia during parturition. The calf refuses to come out properly by arrogantly facing ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2033 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Police complete Mubaiwa probe
Police have completed investigations into the charges faced by Marry Mubaiwa for attempted murder, fraud and money laundering and are waiting for relevant documents from South Africa to complete the p...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Ex-boxer kills girlfriend
FORMER Chiredzi boxer, Charles Jackson (45) was last week sentenced to 35 years over the cold blood murder of his live-in girlfriend, Ndaizivei James.The incident happened sometime in March la...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:10hrs | 2529 | by Staff reporter
'ZRP shields killer cops'
FORMER police Assistant Commissioner Gideon Baloyi has exposed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)'s alleged underhand dealings, including cover-ups for officers who committed murder and other various ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:09hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self over stray cattle
A 20-year-old man from Siabuwa in Binga allegedly committed suicide by hanging after an argument with his father over a neighbour's cattle that strayed into their maize field.Philani Mumpande ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 17:26hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
'Covid-19 is God punishing West for imposing sanctions' - it's pandemic, we are next, what blasphemy will Zanu PF say then?
"Coronavirus is the work of God punishing countries that imposed sanctions on us," said Zimbabwe's Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri."They're now keeping indoors. Their economies a...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2318 | by Nomusa Garikai
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