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Mupfumira faces fresh charges
Former Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Prisca Mupfumira, today appeared in court on fresh charges of criminal abuse of office.The court heard that sometime in Octobe...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters languish in remand as bail ruling is postponed again
A bail application by 11 suspected MDC supporters who are facing charges of assaulting a police officer in Harare Central has been postponed for the second time after the presiding magistrate was not ...Published: 21 hrs ago | | by Staff reporter
Law firm in stands scam
A BULAWAYO law firm, Vuyile Jamela Mpofu and Associates and a local resident have been dragged to court for their alleged involvement in a residential stands scam.The law firm's two lawyers Vu...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spear-wielding Marange man rapes daughter
A 44-year-old man from Marange, in Manicaland, has been arrested on charges of raping his 16-year-old daughter on different occasions while wielding a spear and knife.The man appeared before M...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds friend over gossip
A MVURWI woman was yesterday convicted of scalding her friend with boiling water after a misunderstanding over gossiping at a party.Alice Bongomwe (18) of Petra Farm, pleaded guilty to assault...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grandpa swindles homeseekers of US$11 340
A 77-YEAR-OLD Harare grandpa has been arrested on charges of fleecing homeseekers of US$11 340 and $34 510 in a land scam.Oswell Nduma Gwanzura appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuch...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Peace-maker stabbed to death
A MAN was stabbed to death while attempting to restrain his suspected murderer from stabbing another man during a dispute. Bhekimpilo Dlamini (27) of Vukuzenzele Village in Filabusi was not as...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man tries to kill three children to spite wife
A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly poisoned himself and his three children to spite his wife who had left him for another man. Chelesani Sibanda (34) yesterday told a court that he did not want to ...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Bulawayo lawyer up for fraud
A PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer allegedly ganged up with an alleged bogus estate agent and defrauded four home seekers of more than R200 000 in botched residential stand deals. Vuyile Jamela Mpofu...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Good Samaritan' cons pensioner $9 600
A 41-YEAR-OLD Murewa woman allegedly duped a political ex-detainee of his $9 600 pension by illegally transferring the money into her bank account.Audrey Muteera appeared before magistrate Rum...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
'Hungry' man punches, stabs wife
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife on the buttocks, scratching her with a steel nail and assaulting her with a brick resulting in her losing her front tooth. Zibu...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters forge title deeds to sell deceased's stand
A MAN and a woman from Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly using fake identity cards and forging title deeds to sell a residential stand belonging to a deceased woman for R58 000. Rosema...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:19hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 11 supporters remanded in custody
Eleven suspected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters who were arrested on Saturday for allegedly assaulting a police officer were today remanded in custody to tomorrow for bail rulin...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:21hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
HIV+ man rapes 9-year-old girl
A 25-YEAR-OLD Marange man has been arrested for raping and infecting a-nine-year-old juvenile with HIV.The accused appeared before Mutare magistrate Prisca Munhibi on Saturday and was remanded...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Grannies 'steal' US$17k+ burial money
TWO elderly women from Bulawayo allegedly stole US$17 160, R4 800 and RTGS$14 000 from their burial society. Dorcas Machengo (72) and Evelyn Chapepa (78) from Magwegwe suburb allegedly betraye...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:43hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Nurse in court for 'theft'
A FINAL year nursing student at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo allegedly stole an assortment of medical instruments including 200 surgical blades and 46 syringes worth $230, a magistrate heard yes...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 19:47hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for 'raping' granny
A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Nkayi has been arrested for allegedly raping an 80-year-old woman after hitting her with an iron bar.He also attempted to steal money from her.The man, whose nam...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 19:45hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
Man 'insults' Mnangagwa, acquitted
BINDURA magistrate Langton Ndokera has acquitted a local resident, Saymore Mashorokoto, who was on trial for blaming President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the country's deteriorating political and economic...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:33hrs | 1270 | by Staff reporter
Thief stuns court, disowns accomplices
A MAN who admitted to being part of a gang of thieves who allegedly broke into several houses in Bulawayo and stole household goods worth nearly $120 000, yesterday stunned a packed courtroom when he ...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:31hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Ex-student attempts to kill teacher in revenge fight
A 48-YEAR-OLD Chivhu teacher is currently admitted at a Harare hospital after he was struck on the head with an iron bar by a former student on a mission to avenge the beatings he got during his schoo...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Cop 'stabbed' 7 times
THREE men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a police officer seven times all over the body with an okapi knife before robbing him of his wallet and a cellphone.Mthabisi Sibanda (33), P...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
'Horny' cop busted in rape attempt
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo was allegedly caught red-handed, naked, wearing a condom and trying to rape a 54-year-old teacher after failing to locate his girlfriend whom he had come to visit....Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1066 | 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 06:32hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Subversion suspects back in court
Members of shadowy anti-Government organisations who allegedly received training in Maldives with the intention to roll out violent demonstrations in the country and subvert a constitutionally-elected...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:28hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko due in court on November 12
The trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, who is facing charges of criminal abuseof office, will take place from November 12 to 15.Mphoko allegedly instructed junior officers at A...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:27hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Uncle turns niece into sex slave
A MAN from Matobo district in Matabeleland South province, has been arrested and appeared in court on allegations of turning his 13-year-old niece into a sex slave, and reportedly pimping her out to s...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 1749 | by Agencies
Senior cop's wife tortures stepson over sweet
A WIFE of a senior Buchwa Support Unit policeman has been convicted of brutally torturing her nine-year-old stepson by tying his legs and hands with an electric cable before heavily assaulting him wit...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
I was in love, rapist tells court
A 24-year-old man from Victoria Falls who was arrested for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl after the juvenile's father caught the two in bed, has told the court that he was in a love relationship ...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:44hrs | 672 | 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 13:23hrs | 7130 | by Nomazulu Thata
Former Zvimba council boss charged with criminal abuse of office
Former Zvimba Rural District Council (ZRDC) chief executive Peter Hlohla and official Tapiwa Onismo Nhemwa appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court charged with criminal abuse of office.Hlohl...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
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 07:08hrs | 1174 | 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 07:05hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Son assaults father, leaves him for dead
A CHIMANIMANI man was allegedly assaulted and left for dead by his son after he reprimanded him for using his building material without permission.John Dinhira (23) of Mwandiyambira village un...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:48hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance members placed off remand
SEVEN MDC Alliance members, among them the party chairperson Thabitha Khumalo and Senator Helen Zivira Mpofu who were recently arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly distributing fliers for a planned demo...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho acting CEO arrested on graft charges
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council acting chief executive officer Nkululeko Sibanda has been arrested on allegations of fraud involving more than US$4,1 million.Sibanda is alleged to have preju...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:03hrs | 385 | 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 15:40hrs | 2502 | by Staff reporter
PG flexes muscle on Kasukuwere's Nyanga mansion
PROSECUTOR-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi is contesting a High Court decision reversing the confiscation of former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's Nyanga mansion.Kasukuwere, who was on remand...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 13:06hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Cheating man shot in scuffle with lover's hubby
A PARKS official stationed in Chimanimani, who was allegedly caught red-handed bedding a married woman in her matrimonial bedroom, is luck to be alive after being accidently shot by his firearm follow...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 06:03hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira back in court
Fired Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Prisca Mupfumira, who is facing corruption allegations involving US$95 million, was back in court yesterday for her routine remand. ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miner bashes journalist in charge office
A 21-YEAR-OLD artisanal miner flew in rage and assaulted a freelance journalist in charge office at Mvurwi police station after being surrendered to the station by an angry mob who effected citizen ar...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:34hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
State granted request to postpone Evan Mawarire's case
A Harare magistrate, Leanmore Mapiye today granted an application filed by the state for the postponement of #This flag's leader, Evan Mawarire, case to the 20th of November 2019, saying the cou...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 12:30hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man arrested for stealing from friend
A MAN from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly stealing R1 050 from a friend who owed him RTGS$2 250. Shepherd Kaaridze (44) of Cowdray Park suburb allegedly stole from Mr Blessing Matsik...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra official forges Customs papers
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official stationed at Plumtree Border Post has been arrested for allegedly forging customs documents to facilitate the smuggling of 50 cars into the country, preju...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:30hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe experience rise in armed robbery cases involving soldiers
Courts are handling armed robbery cases involving soldiers with concerning regularity, a prosecutor said on Wednesday as two troopers were charged for robbing a Harare woman of US$30,000 in a home rai...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 17:40hrs | 626 | by ZimLive
Man kills wife's boyfriend
A 34-YEAR-OLD Bindura man has been arrested on charges of killing his wife's alleged boyfriend with a hoe.Paradzai Parafini of Showground Compound was not asked to plead when he appeared befor...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1375 | by Staff reporter
Zimra loses US$430k to employee
A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) employee stationed at Plumtree Border Post has been arrested on charges of defrauding his employer of over US$430 000 and over $1,4 million.Norest Ushe (29...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1703 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer's wife gets death threats
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo and her team of commissioners have acquired firearms for personal security amid reports that they have been receiving ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | 5229 | by Staff reporter
Latest on ARTUZ leaders court case
Members of Amalgamated Rural Techers Union of Zimbabwe have applied to be placed off remand after their lawyer Advocate Fadzayi Mahere and Jeremiah Bamu successfully launched the application on Tuesda...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 11:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Serial thief steals from police station
A SERIAL car battery thief, who was doing community service for theft at Pumula Police Station in Bulawayo, allegedly broke into cops' vehicles and stole more batteries. Godknows Moyo (24) fro...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests trade unionist
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday arrested former National Employment Council for Engineering Council secretary-general Pumulani Musagwiza on fraud charges after he grabbed the ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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