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US$720 000 heist: 5 jailed 11 years each

Five members of a robbery gang that stole more than US$745 000 from Quest Financial Services in Harare have each been sentenced to an effective 11 years in prison following their conviction for armed robbery.Washington Mangwanda (21), Brig…

Published: 09 Jun 2026 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Kwekwe prison struggles with overcrowding

Kwekwe Prison is operating beyond its approved holding capacity and faces a range of operational challenges, including inadequate staff accommodation, shortages of medical supplies and aging infrastructure, prison authorities have revealed…

Published: 09 Jun 2026 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe faces severe prison overcrowding

Zimbabwe's prisons are operating at nearly double their official capacity, with an alarming 27,683 inmates currently held in facilities designed for just 17,800, according to an internal memo from Prosecutor General Loice Matanda-Moyo date…

Published: 13 Jan 2026 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

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Search / Overcrowding

US$720 000 heist: 5 jailed 11 years each

Kwekwe prison struggles with overcrowding

Zimbabwe faces severe prison overcrowding

Chivayo backs CAB3, says Mnangagwa deserves 'eight more years'

Bindura man jailed for mutilating wife during domestic violence attack

Zanu PF rush to force a Mnangagwa 'third term’

Chivayo CAB 3 'bribes’ backfire

Tribute to Roy Barreto: Zimbabwe’s football scientist

Ex-soldiers launch party to challenge Mnangagwa term extension

Africa's silent menstrual health crisis

Bulawayo to relocate Cowdray Park families from wetlands

Chiwenga makes fresh cryptic remarks on CAB3

PSL sanctions favour Dembare

Bulawayo identifies 7 corridors to revive industry

Teacher breaks down in court during colleague's rape trial

Manwa bounces back as ZIFA CEO

Import hit AVM capacity utilisation

Chivayo secures R3bn Eswatini solar project

Injured Zanu-F MP escorted to parly for CAB3 vote

Chivayo's ex-father in-law accepts his 2 girlfriends in court

Magaya to build Zimbabwe's biggest gold processing plant

PSL in bizarre decision over abandoned Hardrock-Dynamos clash

Gula-Ndebele's son acquitted of cocaine possession

A full month without proper learning as politically connected SDC chair send pupils home

Ministry imposes immediate ban on workshops, foreign travel for local authorities

Court declines to set aside years‑long litigation over property dispute, counter‑claim referred to trial

Zimbabwe remembers Dr Joshua Nkomo 27 years after his passing

Man left without his manhood, living in hell

Ex-Harare boss files complaint with Zacc

China tightens grip on Zimbabwe lithium

Zimbabwe grants duty relief for Mfecane 2.0 victims

Fatal bus crash near Beitbridge

Fire destroys property at Harare flats

Zimbabweans face 5-year South Africa re-entry ban

WhatsApp to allow users to chat without sharing phone numbers

Zimbabwe sends buses to Cape Town, Johannesburg

Zimbabwe Schools directed to enrol children returning from South Africa

Man falls asleep after raping a woman

Mafikizolo dropped from Zimbabwe Concert

Malawi envoy commends Zimbabwe's support for stranded nationals at Beitbridge

Woman dies after collapsing at Bulawayo bus offices

Businessman, family robbed at gunpoint in midnight raid

Mining repository now has over 60 000 licences

Zimra's revenue surge masks growing pressure on formal businesses

CAB3 heads to Mnangagwa for signature

Tungwarara donates 50 buses to repatriate stranded Manicaland citizens

Malawians stranded in Beitbridge

SA security checks delay repatriation of Zimbabweans

Gutu to be suspended from Zanu-PF

Zimbabwe boxers bring home two WABA titles from Zambia

Zimbabwe has abandoned Joshua Nkomo's vision

Cattle case collapses over legal blunder

Zanu PF becoming 'billionaire's club'

Bulawayo faces food shortages

SDA pastor fired over indecent assault

Zimbabwe call for peace in Gaza

Ex-soldiers launch party to challenge Mnangagwa term extension

Chivayo backs CAB3, says Mnangagwa deserves 'eight more years'

Chiwenga launches African Dream boat

Chiwenga, doctors in crunch meeting

Injured Zanu-F MP escorted to parly for CAB3 vote

Zimbabwe deploys military in newfound oilfields

Bindura man jailed for mutilating wife during domestic violence attack

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