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Vumbunu brothers still in SA custody
The notorious Vumbunu brothers, Abraham and Elijah Temayi Vumbunu, are currently held in custody in South Africa following their arrest in connection with the massive US$4 million robbery at Ecobank t...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:19hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Dangerous Zimbabwean prison break fugitive nabbed hiding in SA mountain
South African police have captured Zimbabwean national Lovemore Musoyi, who had been on the run since 2023 after escaping from custody in Mpumalanga Province. Musoyi, who faces over 10 criminal charge...Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:45hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
How did things get so bad in Haiti? Here's what to Know
Things in Haiti have gotten so bad that Ariel Henry, the unelected Prime Minister, resigned and called for the installation of a tra...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 39 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe abolishes the hanging of men
Zimbabwean government records show that there are more than 60 prisoners on death row.Sixty-two death row inmates in Zimbabwe could have their sentences commuted to life in prison when the gov...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hooker and boyfriend rob client
IN a sort of Bonnie and Clyde remake, a sex worker and her boyfriend allegedly connived to rob a client in Sauerstown.Bonnie and Clyde were an American gangster couple that became notorious ou...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prison breaker re-arrested in SA while targeting game reserve for rhino poaching
One of the seven inmates who escaped from Makhanda correctional facility in October 2022 was this week rearrested in a private game reserve.Zimbabwean Abraham Moyane appeared at the Makhanda m...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 17:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nandipha left Merc at Zimbabwe border, returned on foot
As South African law enforcement continues the search for fugitive murderer-rapist Thabo Bester - known as the "Facebook rapist" - and his accomplice girlfriend Dr Nandipha Magudumana, more informatio...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 10:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among SA prison break trio
Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for three prisoners who escaped from police holding cells this week.The detainees escaped from police in Tshamutumbu outside Thohoyandou in the early hou...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison Break in Beitbridge!
A prisoner is on the run after escaping from jail on Monday morning at Zimbabwe Prison Services Prison in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province. A manhunt has been launched for Vusumuzi Ndou...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison escapee back in custody
A MT Darwin man (40), who executed a prison break at Harare Central Prison last year with the help of a prison officer has been re-arrested and arraigned before the court facing a charge of escaping f...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prison officers in dock over convict escape
THREE Bulawayo prisons officers are in the dock for helping a dangerous prisoner serving 53 years in jail for armed robbery escape from a maximum-security prison in broad daylight.Talent Bheki...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe transport woes: Women endangered by private cars
SINCE the first national lockdown in March 2020, Zimbabwean commuters in urban areas have faced transport problems. The government banned private public transport operators, allowing the ailing State-...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers released from prison
Notorious armed robber Luckmore Matambanadzo, who was serving a nine-year sentence for robbing a Harare couple of an Isuzu KB250 vehicle at gunpoint in 2008, has been released from prison. Mat...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Prison break at Chikurubi, Mamombe escapes prison?
In the past week there has been a serious talk about how Johanna Mamombe who is in a remand prison was treated. The issue was bordering on the video clip ...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 06:06hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Suspected prison breakers acquitted
Five Mazowe prison inmates who were accused of trying to break out from the prison were yesterday found not guilty at Concession magistrates courts.The magistrate Nixon Mangoti acquitted them ...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 16:31hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Guards exonerate Gumbura from prison break
Two members of the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services yesterday said they did not see jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura attempting a jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.Gum...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prison break criminals face more charges
THREE hard-core criminals who allegedly assaulted prison officers while on transit before jumping off a moving prison truck, were convicts with a combined jail term of 126 years, The Zimbabwe Prisons ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gumbura deserted by wives?
The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband.Gu...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spike in jail escapes
There has been a spike in the number of jail escapes, with some fleeing from cells during court appearances.More inmates have gone over the wire now more than the previous years....Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gangster in helicopter prison break
A notorious gangster has escaped by helicopter from a prison in the Paris region, the French authorities say.Redoine Faid was helped by several heavily armed men who created a diversion at the...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 17:31hrs | 3 | by BBC
'Prison riots caused by inmates seeking escape'
A REPORT by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the attempted jail break at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2015 has revealed that the action was not caused by food shorta...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans actress blossoms in Hollywood
ZIMBABWEAN actress Sibongile "Sibo" Mlambo's star continues to shine in Hollywood, after getting a role in ongoing hit series Lost in Space, which came hot on the heels of appearances in other notable...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:34hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Joseph Kabila has violated SADC's founding objectives without consequence
Political instability rocked the Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2016, when Joseph Kabila chose not to stand down as president of the central African nation when his term in office ended. He ...Published: 02 Jan 2018 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
The Operation to Restore Legacy
This column has been absent for nearly six weeks. There was just so much going on and the job to inform and represent views had to be done through other means. But we have a new Government in power no...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 05:18hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Prison warders probed over dangerous criminals' escape
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has reportedly launched a probe on nine Karoi Prison officers accused of facilitating the escape of three murder and robbery suspects in November ...Published: 14 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Son locks mom in house, goes partying
A WOMAN who was locked in the house by her son who went clubbing had no choice but to squeeze through the window when nature's "number two" called.Judith Nhema was locked inside her Iminyela h...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inmates 'kill' cellmate for refusing to join jailbreak
THREE dangerous criminals - one of them on death row - allegedly killed a fellow cellmate in cold blood at Wha Wha Medium Prison in Gweru after he refused to join their plot to break out of prison....Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice launches rewards programme for DStv customers
MULTI-CHOICE has launched a new continent-wide incentive programme called DStv Thanks, aimed at offering rewards to DStv customers.Commenting on the incentive, MultiChoice Zimbabwe chief e...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jail breaker nabbed in Botswana
POLICE in Botswana have arrested another Zimbabwean who escaped from prison in the neighbouring country on Saturday.This brings to four the number of inmates who have been apprehended afte...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi prison riots caused by food limits- parly committee
Parliamentary committee assigned to probe the cause of food riots at Chikurubi Maximum prison has established that the prisoner became violent after they were not being given their proper rations on d...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe prisoners trap rats for food
Some prisoners at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison trap rats for food, one of the nine men accused of masterminding a foiled jailbreak at the prison told the court yesterday.Lucky Matambanadz...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 05:12hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Jailbreak suspect denied bail
A Harare magistrate yesterday dismissed a bail application by convicted Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison jailbreak suspect Lucky Mhungu (38) saying he was a menace to society.In his ruling, M...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 06:21hrs | | by Fungai Jachi
Prison break in Mutare
A Convict escaped from Mutare prisons on Wednesday amid revelations the Mutare Show Grounds were cordoned off as scores of prison officers tracked down a convict who escaped and disapp...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 13:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prison break at Limpopo prisons
A group of Limpopo awaiting trial prisoners decided to flex their muscles a little more than usual in the exercise yard when they managed to cut through wire mesh and hot-footed it into the night in R...Published: 22 Jul 2015 at 11:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mohammed Morsi sentenced to death
An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 other people over a mass prison break in 2011.Morsi is already serving a 20-year prison t...Published: 16 May 2015 at 13:56hrs | | by BBC
'Chikurubi jailbreak politically was meant to embarrass Mugabe'
The jailbreak attempt at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in March was politically-motivated and involved members of the security forces who worked with the inmates in a bid to embarrass Preside...Published: 12 May 2015 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa debates on failed prison break - Video
Police fired directly at prisoners who rioted at a high security jail in Harare last week, Zimbabwe Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa told parliament on Wednesday.Mnangagwa said prisoners...Published: 19 Mar 2015 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chaos in Zimbabwe Is Just Another Seeming Cauldron In The Region
The week started with the abduction of human rights firebrand Itai Dzamara. The world over has been shaken and the abduction has been embarrassing as the government has no explanation for it since...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Chris Tongogara
'Sexy cops' seduce guards, help 26 prisoners escape
Call it a prison break that left little to the imagination. Two women, dressed in skimpy, "sexy" police officer costumes, allegedly showed up at a prison in Brazil's interior Mato Grosso state...Published: 09 Feb 2015 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by CNN
Chinhoyi 7, dawn of the new era
The Zimbabwean story has been distorted owing to laxity in exploiting the motion pictures in telling our history, endeavours and livelihood as a nation. The shooting of Chinhoyi 7, a 2 hour film b...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 10:20hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Chikurubi prison break - Video
The escape by two inmates from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm on Wednesday afternoon could have been an inside job after authorities found anomalies pointing to connivance. The two pr...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 10:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi prison break was an inside job?
The escape by two inmates from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm on Wednesday afternoon could have been an inside job after authorities found anomalies pointing to connivance. The two...Published: 26 Oct 2013 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
19 people killed during a Bible study in Nigeria
Abuja - Three men came to the central Nigerian church just before Bible study began, but instead of joining the worship service they opened fire, killing at least 19 people in an attack that sho...Published: 08 Aug 2012 at 03:31hrs | | by AP | Staff reporter
Christmas Eve Prison Break, 'Two Recaptured'
POLICE in the Midlands have recaptured two of the three daring criminals who escaped from Whawha Prison on the 24th of December 2010. [...Published: 06 Feb 2011 at 11:12hrs | | by Byo24News
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