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Zimbabwe prison overcrowding hits 300%

Zimbabwe's correctional facilities are facing a severe overcrowding crisis, with some prisons operating at nearly three times their intended capacity, a parliamentary committee has warned.The joint portfolio committee on Justice, Legal and…

Published: 16 Oct 2025 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Parliament flags severe crisis in Zimbabwe's prisons

Parliament has raised alarm over Zimbabwe's correctional facilities, citing overcrowding, crumbling infrastructure, inadequate healthcare, and shortages of basic necessities, according to a report jointly prepared by the Portfolio Committe…

Published: 15 Oct 2025 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

2 British 'drug mules' jailed in Zimbabwe

Two young British nationals have been handed lengthy prison terms after being caught attempting to smuggle more than 66 kilograms of cannabis into Zimbabwe.In a statement, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) confirmed tha…

Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 18:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Daylight prison break by 2 dangerous criminals from Zimbabwean prison

A dramatic daylight escape from St Thomas Prison in Marondera has triggered widespread concern among residents after two high-risk inmates managed to break free on Saturday afternoon under mysterious circumstances.Sources told NewZimbabwe …

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Newborn found abandoned near Khami Prison

A newborn baby boy was discovered abandoned and concealed beneath tree branches near the Khami Prison Complex on Wednesday, 24 July, in a deeply distressing case that has sparked public concern.Members of the public made the shocking disco…

Published: 25 Jul 2025 at 17:54hrs | | by Nevanji Madanhire

Inmates trade sugar, porridge for weed

GWANDA - Two serving prison inmates, Hloniphani Mkwananzi (42) and Tiisetse Ngulube, have been sentenced to 15 months in prison for trading food items received from relatives in exchange for cannabis.The items included four packets of suga…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:01hrs | | by Gideon Madzikatidze

Zimbabwe govt privatising prisons?

Zimbabwe is embarking on a fresh push to reform its prison rehabilitation system, aiming to better prepare inmates for reintegration into society. This initiative, announced recently by Cabinet, includes the creation of a government-funded…

Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

South Africans languish in Zimbabwe prisons

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has told IOL that scores of South African nationals are languishing in Zimbabwe's Harare Remand Prison, awaiting deportation, after they were arrested for breaching the neighbouring country's immigratio…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Blessed Mhlanga robbed 73 days of his life

Alpha Media journalist Blessed Mhlanga was finally granted freedom on Wednesday night after spending 73 days in pre-trial detention at Harare Central Remand Prison. Mhlanga was arrested in early January on charges of transmitting data that…

Published: 08 May 2025 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Blessed Mhlanga letter from prison

Harare, Remand Prison, 7 April 2025Dear friends and fellow Zimbabweans As I write from this discomfort of my overcrowded cell, I am suffering from a serious bout of flue which has drained my strength and now threatens my inner peace. Sleep…

Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:16hrs | | by Blessed Mhlanga

Judge condemns inhumane prison conditions

A High Court judge has directed the Ministry of Home Affairs and prison authorities to ensure that inmate holding cells across the country, specifically at Mutare Central Police Station and Mutare Remand Prison, are made habitable. This la…

Published: 03 Apr 2025 at 09:35hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter

Prison officers up for murder following fatal assault

Four members of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) have been charged with murder following the alleged brutal assault of a visitor at a Government building in Harare, which resulted in his death.The accused â€“ Nqobile D…

Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to introduce parole system to ease prison overcrowding

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) will introduce a parole system in June this year, marking a major shift in the country's correctional approach. The system will allow eligible inmates to serve the remainder of their sen…

Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Desperate Measures: Burglar Begs for Jail Cell, Citing Bus Fare Woes

In a bizarre twist that left the Plumtree magistrates courts reeling, a burglary suspect, Tylor Ncube, 35, implored the presiding magistrate to lock him up, not out of remorse, but from sheer financial desperation. Ncube, accused of a Dece…

Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:56hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

A leader who fears prison will always imprison his opponents!

Fear can be a tyrannical leader's downfall!There is a peculiar irony in how some leaders choose to deal with their political opponents, journalists, and human rights defendersâ€”imprisonment. Across different regimes and historical periods…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:21hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Woman masterminds release of armed robbers from prison

Police in Zimbabwe are pushing for the continued incarceration of a woman accused of facilitating the release of armed robbers from prison and harbouring them at her residence.Theresa Chenjerai (49) was arrested on Thursday on bribery char…

Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter

Police appeal for assistance in identifying road accident victim

Police in Harare are seeking the public's help in identifying the body of a 12-year-old boy who was fatally struck by a car along Seke Road in October. The victim, whose body is still at the Parirenyatwa Hospital mortuary, was involved in …

Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Prisons officer killed by uncle on amnesty

A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officer was fatally stabbed by her uncle on Christmas Day in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South, in a shocking incident that has left the local community reeling. The police suspect the…

Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Khami Prison runs dry

Khami Prison in Bulawayo has reportedly been without water for three weeks, raising concerns about a potential disease outbreak. Former CCC senator Gideon Shoko discovered the crisis during a visit to CCC ward 22 councillor Mmeli Bruce Moy…

Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:54hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Prisons assures safety of children in jail

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has reassured the public about the safety of children in its facilities following concerns raised about a one-year-old baby living in prison with their mother, a detained Citizens Coalit…

Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Timba and 77 CCC activists to spend another weekend in prison

Former Harare senator who is the Citizens Coalition for Change interim leader Jameson Timba and 77 others will spend another weekend in prison after their High Court bail hearing was postponed to July 16 - exactly a month since their arres…

Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chief's messenger bashed serving a summon

A daring Plumtree man was sent to prison for assaulting the chief's messenger with a wooden log after being served with a summons.Smile Ndlovu was sentenced to six months in prison by Plumtree magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware.Prosecutor Sele…

Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 17:24hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

US$5 armed thief sentenced to 20 years in prison

A MAN who stole US$5 from a motorist before causing a car accident has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.Blessing Moyo was facing two counts of armed robbery when he appeared before Harare Magistrate Letwin Rwodzi yesterday.Initially, h…

Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prisons fail to correct behaviour

Top lawyer Tererai Mafukidze has said the continuity of criminal activities across Zimbabwe's provinces was a reflection of how the country's prisons have failed to rehabilitate prisoners.He also blamed the society for failing to reintegra…

Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Job Sikhala's New Year Message

CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, Happy New Year, Happy 2023!!!It is through the grace of our eve…

Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | | by Job Wiwa Sikhala

'Stop praying for me and Zimbabwe,' says Sikhala

Dear Zimbabwean and Worldwide FriendsMy dearest friends, today marks exactly one and half years, that is, the full 18 months under persecution, incarceration in a meter by two and half meters solitary confinement in Chikurubi Maximum Secur…

Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 11:04hrs | | by Job Sikhala

Resilience Behind Bars: A reflection on seven months in prison

It is seven months since magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka sentenced me to four years in prison for "calling for anti-corruption demonstrations". One year was suspended and am effectively serving three years. Yes in 2020 I called for peaceful a…

Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 12:47hrs | | by Jacob Ngarivhume

Drama in court as convict assaults prison officer

An unapologetic offender who caused a commotion by assaulting a prison officer in front of a magistrate and attempting to escape before being apprehended has been sentenced to jail.Banele Ncube, aged 19, who no longer warranted leniency, r…

Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 20:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Another Zimbabwean escapes from SA prison

SOUTH AFRICAN police in the Waterberg district in Limpopo province have launched a manhunt for a 32-year-old Zimbabwean man who last Thursday escaped from holding cells at the Lephalale Police Station.The suspect, identified as Anthony Mak…

Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 18:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man escapes from SA prison

Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for an awaiting trial prisoner that escaped from Lephalale Police Station on Tuesday.According to provincial police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba, the 32-year-old prisoner has been identified …

Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 23:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sikhala's one year in prison

EMBATTLED outgoing Zengeza West lawmaker Job Sikhala, who has been languishing in remand prison for 380 days, says he will no longer apply for bail because it serves no purpose.Sikhala was arrested on 14 June 2022 for allegedly inciting th…

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

'One year under arbitrary detention in my oppressor's prison'

Chikurubi Maximum Security PrisonChikurubi FarmHarareTo My DEAR Zimbabweans,Regional and Worldwide FriendsWhere ever they may be found14 June 2023DEAR Zimbabweans, Regional and Worldwide Friends!   Re: One Year Under Arbitrary De…

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:24hrs | | by Job Wiwa Sikhala

Mnangagwa, ZPCS given ultimatum to reverse prison transfers of jailed Mthwakazi activists

MTHWAKAZI Republic Party (MRP) has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) a four-day ultimatum to reverse the transfer of its party activists from Khami Maximum Prison to Chikurubi in H…

Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Security fears as opposition Mthwakazi activists in 'suspicious' prison transfers

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has reportedly transferred Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activists from Khami Maximum Prison to Chikurubi and Gwanda Prisons, under unclear circumstances.In June this year, Bulawayo Ma…

Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:32hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe legislators push for VIP prisons

LEGISLATORS have demanded for a VIP section at prisons and correctional facilities complete with good gyms so that they do not suffer from stress and mix with common criminals.This was suggested in the National Assembly by Norton legislato…

Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prisons reintroduce family week

THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) is set to reintroduce family week as part of efforts to successfully reintegrate incarcerated inmates into society.Family week had been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will ma…

Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Prison officer in trouble over anti-Mnangagwa slur

A CHINHOYI-BASED prisons officer who was arraigned before the courts on charges of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week has been called for a disciplinary hearing.Peter Kudzai Mushonga is being charged for using "traitorous and…

Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:16hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Prison officer fined for culpable homicide

A BULAWAYO based prison officer has been ordered to pay a $10 000 fine after he ran over and killed a 79-year-old man from Gwanda.Bekithemba Ndlovu (41) of Khami Prison Complex was convicted on his own plea of guilty to culpable homicide a…

Published: 25 May 2021 at 17:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Another weekend in prison for Rushwaya

ZIMBABWE Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, who was arrested together with businessman Ali Mohamad, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives Steven Tserayi and Raphios Mufandauya and miner Gift Karanda on charges of …

Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 22:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa prison visit caused trouble for Ngarivhume and Chin'ono

#JULY31 protests organiser, Jacob Ngarivhume says MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's recent visit to Harare remand prison angered authorities who ordered he and investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono be transferred to Chikurubi Maxim…

Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Barring of Mrs B Mtetwa from seeing Hopewell Chin'ono at Chikurubi Maximum Prison

Reference is made to the above subject matter and to your letter addressed to the Commissioner-General of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service dated 25 August 2020. The Order that was made by Magistrate Nduna in paragraph I reads …

Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 21:02hrs | 8 | by W Risiro

Facing prison but I am not moved - Dzamara

On Friday, 23 June, 2017, I will stand before Magistrate Sande at Rotten Row Magistrates Court as she will deliver ruling over one of the trumped up charges the state has preffered against me. It is the state's case that I, together with H…

Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 13:50hrs | | by Patson Dzamara

Corruption on recruitment

SirAs a concerned and disadvantaged citizen I would like to ask if the recruitment strategy recently conducted by Zimbabwe Prison And Correctional Service was good. Some months ago I saw a hoax whatsapp message circulating on social media …

Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 21:00hrs | 1 | by Sir

Linda Masaira Prison Diary

Torture of injustice: 6 JULY 2016There should have been someone to vindicate me. Who would feel my pain, my anger, my distress? I was suffering for speaking out and severely assaulted by one Inspector Kufankomwe on the 6th of July 2016, th…

Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Linda Masaira

39 Zimbabweans facing prison and deportation - WhatsApp update

Please hide my I D.A friend of mine & 39 other Zimbabweans are facing 3 weeks in prison before deportation after they went to Messina to renew their asylum papers.uuuuuuum kusina amai hakuendwi

Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 18:03hrs | | by WhatsApp update

Take toddlers out of prison and devolve the justice system

The shocking revelations by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs that some 30 toddlers are incarcerated with their mothers in Zimbabwe's squalid prisons calls for urgent remedial intervention.Deputy Minister Gutu is reported to…

Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 13:07hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr

Fathering children from prison

Should men be allowed to father children while in prison, asks single dad Marlon Abrahams.Often I think we, as a society, are too clever for our own good!According to the Human Rights Act in the UK, a convicted (and imprisoned) criminal wa…

Published: 03 Jun 2011 at 21:29hrs | | by Marlon Abrahams

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'Mnangagwa won't serve beyond 2028': ZANU-PF insider, opposition confirm

Harare woman arrested for stabbing husband over loan shark dispute

Gweru man killed in hit-and-run near church, driver surrenders to police

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Zimbabwe rubbishes remarks by US lawmaker

US lawmaker warns Mnangagwa

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Mohadi awarded Honorary Doctorate

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Chimombe, Mpofu's properties to be forfeited

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Use of Zimbabwe Gold surges