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Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 6 hrs ago | 42 | by Frank Kuwonu
Latest on Jacob Zuma's criminal court case
Former South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Mhlanganyelwa Zuma's trial face corruption, money laundering and racketeering charges related to the controversial multibillion-rand arms deal signe...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2171 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Murder suspect arrested in prison
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a murder suspect on their wanted persons list moments before his release from prison for another crime after discovering that he had been in jail while they searched f...Published: 18 hrs ago | 461 | by Staff reporter
'Persuasion', Zimbabwe's foreign policy thrust
Besides being a journalist, I am also a literature student. As much as I am attracted to contemporary literature, I am equally an avid reader of old English literature in the tradition of Virginia Wol...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 107 | by Ranga Mataire
CJ Malaba reaffirms judiciary's independence
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has reaffirmed that the country's judiciary is independent and everyone including the executive is answerable to the rule of law.He made the remarks while delivering ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 20:46hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
2 women jailed for stealing cellphones during burial
TWO women from Bulawayo have been sentenced to nine months in prison for stealing cellphones during a burial at Luveve cemetery. Nolwazi Dube (18) and Minenhle Mare (25) from Pumula suburb sto...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:28hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma faces up to 25 years imprisonment
Former South African President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Mhlanganyelwa Zuma faces up to 25 years imprisonment if found guilty of during a trial where he is facing 18 charges of fraud, corruption, money lau...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:40hrs | 5441 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga to finish off Mnangagwa's Presidential term?
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is increasingly set to finish off beleaguered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential term, through a vicious military coup said to likely involve...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:18hrs | 22235 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Man fined $150 for assaulting ex-wife
A MAN has been fined RTGS$150 for assaulting his ex-wife on the back, shoulders and left eye with a stick after she banned him from visiting her.Trust Mapfumo (32) of Mbembesi village in Ntaba...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
On the run Zimra official in court for fraud
A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official who had been on the run for days before her arrest on Tuesday for alleged fraud appeared in court yesterday.It is alleged that she was a member of...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Teen stabs 'hubby-snatching' sister
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been sentenced to six months in prison for her sister thrice with a knife after she found her in her husband's car. Nkosinothabo Moyo (18) of Mzilikazi suburb stab...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bashes wife over sex
A Harare man has appeared before Mbare magistrate Ms Elizabeth Magomore on allegations of assaulting his wife for denying him conjugal rights on several occasions. He pleaded guilty to the charges. ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa's letter: my reply!
Dear Mrs Sithokozile Chamisa, I was excited to read your letter on Bulawayo24.com yesterday dated October 8th 2019. My excitement comes not only from the content and dismay you highlighted but...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 14:23hrs | 6971 | by Nomazulu Thata
General hand solemnise marriages at Harare court
A FORMER Judicial Service Commission general hand, who solemnised a marriage between a local woman and a Nigerian man while posing as a magistrate, was on Monday sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's minister faces jail over debt
Former Health deputy minister Edwin Muguti has been dragged to the High Court by the Zimbabwe Fertiliser Company (ZFC), which is seeking his incarceration for failing to settle a $24 610 debt....Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:05hrs | 5907 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Prisons boss in court over US$1,2m fuel fraud
RETIRED Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Elizabeth Banda and Gloew Trading company supervisor appeared in court yesterday facing US$1,2 million fr...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahiya rallies war vets against sanctions
The Zimbabwe National War Veterans' Association has embarked on a countrywide programme to mobilise its 60 000 members to participate in the anti-sanctions day scheduled for October 25. The da...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Cross, Prof Ncube and the questions for which Zimbabweans seek answers
WHEN the former MDC secretary for economic affairs, Mr Eddie Cross announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government was to introduce a new currency next month (November), it didn't seem like i...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 22:02hrs | 2496 | by Anthony Matutu
Car robbers jailed 30 years each
Two Zvishavane men, who had been terrorising motorists in and outside Harare, mainly targeting taxi drivers, were last week sentenced to 30 years in prison each after being convicted on three counts o...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare tops Aids-related deaths charts
BULAWAYO Province has recorded the least number of Aids-related deaths in Zimbabwe as the country continues to aim at reaching global targets of ending Aids by 2030, latest statistics from the Nationa...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr Cross, Prof Ncube and the questions for which Zimbabweans seek answers
WHEN the former MDC secretary for economic affairs, Mr Eddie Cross announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government was to introduce a new currency next month (November), it didn't seem like i...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | | by Anthony Matutu
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for violating court order
A MAN has been sentenced to three years in prison for violating a court order which prohibited him from using a family car which had been bought by his late brother. Sylivan Nkhoma (38) of Pel...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Syndicate steals from the dead
SON to the late Zimbabwe wrestling legend Big Mike Tshuma, David Tshuma was last week arrested after he allegedly tried to sell a house that did not belong to him.Tshuma (35) was arrested with...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 17:02hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira case in new twist
Former Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira's corruption has taken a new twist following revelations that she had government authority to buy cars using National Social Security Authority (NSSA) money....Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:40hrs | 2501 | by Staff reporter
Ntabazinduna villagers get reprieve
TWENTY-TWO Ntabazinduna villagers that were convicted alongside Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni for destroying a fellow villager's property got a temporary reprieve last week after their sentence...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:34hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Wake up! The rains are nigh
Politicians do not come as colourful as ex-Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko.But for Bishop Lazi, his colourfulness came from his colourlessness.The chap was just politically insipid a...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:02hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Mugabe's secret love children unmasked?
THE DEATH of former President Robert Mugabe has lifted the lid on the fallen leader's personal life after it emerged that he has a secret love child sired out of wedlock during the time he was studyin...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 13:17hrs | 3015 | by Staff reporter
Man forced to drink 2 litres of cooking oil
A Jerera man was recently left severely nauseated after two robbers forced him to drink a half-full two-litre container of cooking oil.Jameson Zihura, of House Number 1236 Jerera, was forced m...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hubby who ran amok after catching wife with boyfriend sentenced
THE man who ran amok two weeks ago in Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo and bashed his estranged wife and her alleged boyfriend after he caught them red handed getting cosy in their house has been senten...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail term for illegal forex dealers gazetted
Trading in any currency, which is not the Zimbabwe dollar, now attracts a fixed $6 000 fine and failure to pay the fine will result in the person involved being jailed. The new rules, gazetted...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drama as convict charges at magistrate, destroys property, court closes
A NOTORIOUS Kwekwe robber who was previously sentenced for 54 months on assault and two robbery could not stomach an additional 12 months of restitution of $61 026 to different people he robbed....Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:20hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
MPs urges stiffer penalties to curb crime
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts to deal with the crime....Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zanu-PF thug terrorises court officials
A Zanu-PF youth league member jailed for a spate of robberies in August sent court officials scurrying for cover in Kwekwe on Monday after a magistrate added a year to his sentence.Tichaona Is...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by ZimLive
Teenagers rob soldier
TWO teenagers from Bulawayo have been sentenced to a combined 30 months in prison for robbing a soldier of valuables worth over $1 500. Nhlanhla Ncube (19) and Simelinkosi Ncube (19) both of C...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manager jailed for sexual assault
Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) manager Leonard Rwambiwa was yesterday slapped with a three-month jail term for fondling his female subordinate in his office.Rwambiwa (43) will, ho...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons among the best?
Zimbabwe's prisons are now regarded as some of the best in terms of inmates welfare and human rights, the International Confederation of Red Cross (ICRC) has revealed. Speaking to journalists ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
America bans buying of Zimbabwe diamonds
The United States of America Customs and Border Protection (CBP)has issued five Withhold Release Orders (WROs) banning the importation of diamonds from Zimbabwe saying they are mined through forced la...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 17:37hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Teen jailed for housebreaking, robbery
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for housebreaking and robbery. Bruce Nyathi (19) from Nketa suburb robbed Ms Samukeliso Moyo (35), Mr Milton Charamba (21), M...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
$6 000 fine for pricing goods and services in forex
Government has stipulated a $6 000 fine for anyone found pricing goods and services in foreign currency, with a view to stopping the price madness on the market where some traders continue to wilfully...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
The recruits who challenged the Zipra leadership
SEVENTY-THREE-year-old Tapson Ncube passes for just another villager in the Inyankuni area in Umzingwane District, but when one goes down memory lane, the man whose pseudo name was Makhula Thebe durin...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:25hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Woe betide prawn-munching comrades
Having grown up in a very productive village, the Bishop knows all too well about the notoriety of nuisance greedy baboons, especially during the cropping season.Being assigned to fend-off the...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 13:15hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Man kills 2 infants to impress new lover
A HURUNGWE man allegedly strangled his two children, aged five and three, before dumping the corpses in a pit latrine to conceal them from his "new lover".Learnmore Chimbonza (29), of Murindap...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 20:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 jailed for attacking soldier during drinking spree
TWO men from Bulawayo have each been sentenced to 10 months in prison for attacking and stabbing a soldier with a broken bottle during a drinking spree. Innocent Ncube (26) and Bernard Mutanda...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Righteous' cop jailed
A POLICE Constable who recently opened up on corruption in the police force and tendered his resignation, has been sent to jail for communicating with the media without authority. Authorities ...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean asylum seeker fears being raped in SA prison
SOUTH AFRICA: A Zimbabwean national who has been in a Pretoria jail with 16 compatriots for being illegally in the country told the court the Home Affairs ministry was refusing their applications for ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 16:10hrs | 1795 | by Staff Reporter
FULL TEXT: UN Special Rapporteur releases scathing report on Zimbabwe
In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, I conclude today the first official visit carried by a United Nations Special Proc...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 14:39hrs | 5950 | by Online
MDC Reading donate to local Charity, whilst ZANU PF starves Zimbabweans and puts High Duty rates on even family Food gifts
In the true spirit of Ubuntu, on Saturday 21st September 2019, the MDC Reading branch members showed that they care about others less fortunate than themselves. With the united nations currently...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 12:44hrs | 1495 | by Thabo Makuyana
Chamisa's MDC plots Mnangagwa, police ambush
The opposition MDC has resolved to ambush the police and State agencies by engaging in flash demonstrations at different locations at the same time in an effort to circumvent prohibition orders....Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 17:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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