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Zimbabwean accountant dumps Mzansi celebrity wife
South African singer Busisiwe "Bucie" Nqwiliso is heading for divorce from her husband, Zimbabwean chartered accountant Lucky Nhlanhla Nkomo. Married since 2016, the couple, who have three chi...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:10hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Lux exposed - The disturbing picture behind the masks of the man heading Operation Dudula
Nhlanhla "Lux" Mohlauhi (also Dlamini) has been churning up anti-foreigner sentiment and bursting into people's homes like a vigilante, instilling fear and panic in refugee and immigrant communities....Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula leader Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini arrested
Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini the South African leader of the extremist xenophobic vigilante group Operation Dudula has handed himself over to the Soweto police station on yet unknown charges. Qu...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 10:51hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe MPs appeal to SA to act on Operation Dudula
LEGISLATORS yesterday expressed concern over an anti-migrant group championing Operation Dudula in neighbouring South Africa, saying the recent brutal killing of a Zimbabwean, Elvis Nyathi was xenopho...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Operation Dudula leader talks tough
Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini, the leader of the extremist xenophobic vigilante group Operation Dududula has called upon his members to adopt a more radical approach in dealing with illegal foreigners in the n...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 13:19hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Katsande road rage attacker prosecuted
Willard Katsande's chase for justice is on with the man accused of assaulting him during a road rage incident having now been brought to book.According to the City Press the accused, Jacobus K...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Katsande assailant to appear in court
THE man that assaulted veteran midfielder Willard Katsande and damaged his car will appear in court this week.Katsande was driving home after making his debut for new club Sekhukhune United ag...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Katsande left bloodied in SA road rage incident
Zimbabwe international midfielder, Willard Katsande, was left bloodied after being assaulted in an ugly road rage incident over the weekend. Katsande was travelling home, after making his debu...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top South African Advocate behind bars for 'incitement'
ADVOCATE Ike Thamsanqa Khumalo appeared in the Booysens Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 27 July - not as a defence lawyer, but as the accused. Khumalo was appearing on two charges of contraventi...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU RSA provincial press statement on the province's roadmap to provincial conference and national congress
Zimbabwe African People's Union South Africa Provincial leadership Council sat on 04 October 2020 to take stock of the progress that has been made and the shortfalls that still need to be covered. ...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 13:20hrs | 1 | by Cde Godfrey Viki
Acid Test for Zimbabwe Rugby Academy as they face Border Bulldogs
It will be a tough test for the Zimbabwe Rugby Academy when they face the Border Bulldogs on Sunday (April 28) at 1430hrs in the debut appearance at the SuperSport Rugby Challenge at the Sisa Dukashe ...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:19hrs | 10 | by APO
The night Zimbabwean journalist was killed in South Africa
A State witness has told the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg of the events that unfolded the night that journalist and fixer Godknows Nare was gunned down in Florida, west of Johannesburg.I...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brickz sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for rape
South African Kwaito star Sipho "Brickz" Ndlovu has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday.The celebrity was found guilt...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
16 Zimbabwean miners die in SA mine explosion
SIXTEEN of the 31 people who died after a mine shaft collapsed in South Africa have been identified as Zimbabweans.The mine explosion killed 29 people while 11 others were rescued.The ...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Illegal Zimbabwean miners feared dead in SA shaft explosion
ZIMBABWEANS are feared to be among the people who died in a blast that happened at a disused mine in South Africa where 29 bodies have been retrieved while 11 people were rescued.The accident ...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3-year-old plunge to death from thrid floor balcony
A 3-year-old boy who was left alone at home died when he fell from the third-floor balcony of his parents' Roodepoort flat, Gauteng police said on Wednesday."The child took a chair and jumped ...Published: 28 Dec 2015 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Ex-Generations actress was once involved in an adulterous affair with ...
Former "Generations" actress Sophie Ndaba was unwittingly involved in an adulterous vat en sit relationship with sushi king Kenny Kunene eight years ago.She then dumped him like a spoilt fish ...Published: 26 May 2015 at 08:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 arrested over fake SA asylum documents
Johannesburg - Two men were arrested after being found with fake asylum documents in Honeydew, Johannesburg in the early hours of Thursday morning, metro police said.The men were arrested...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 09:26hrs | | by Sapa
Prophet 'steals baby from woman's womb'
23-year-old Lydia Masetele from zone 7 in Sebokeng, Gauteng, SA, says that her baby was solen from her womb by a woman claiming to be a prophet.She said she had had a stressful pregnancy ...Published: 10 Jan 2015 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Brickz rape trial latest
Johannesburg - Kwaito musician Sipho Charles Ndlovu, accused of raping a 17-year-old girl, wants the case withdrawn, the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court heard on Friday.Ndlovu's newly-appointed ...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 14:15hrs | | by Sapa
Brickz appears for rape
Johannesburg - Kwaito musician Sipho Charles Ndlovu appeared in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Thursday accused of raping a 17-year-old girl.The matter was postponed to 8 July for Nd...Published: 26 Jun 2014 at 13:42hrs | | by Sapa
Man shot dead during argument
Johannesburg - A man was shot dead and two were wounded in Roodepoort, on the West Rand, on Friday, paramedics said.The man was killed during an argument with two other men in Main Reef road, ...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 07:01hrs | 25 | by Staff Reporter
Govt salutes SA based Zimbabweans
Government has paid tribute to Zimbabweans in South Africa for assisting in the repatriation of 22 illegal miners who died in a disused shaft in that country in February.The miners entered the...Published: 19 Mar 2014 at 06:29hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
You are illiterate like Zuma, teacher tells 10-year-old
A Johannesburg parent in South Africa is reportedly seething after a teacher allegedly told her child who failed to answer a maths question he reminded her of President Jacob Zuma - who could not read...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Letter to ZAPU from families of deceased miners
TO THE ZAPU PARTY IN JHB This letter from Durban Deep Disaster Committee and family members serves to express our greatest gratitude in view of your contribution towards this disaster wh...Published: 15 Mar 2014 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Women forget gallant daughter on women's day
Saturday 8 March was officially declared as the International Women's Day (IWD), a day in which the world takes time to reflect on women challenges and achievements. Several women who have defied...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA mine horror, countless bodies were left trapped underground
A MAN who was involved in operations to retrieve 22 illegal miners from a disused mine in Johannesburg yesterday said many more bodies were left trapped underground. The miners suffocated at a...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA mine victims' burial today
THE 22 bodies of Zimbabwean illegal miners who were gassed to death in a South African disused mine arrived in Bulawayo yesterday just before 6am and a funeral service attended by hundreds of mourner...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 08:13hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Dead miners' families snub political parties as bodies arrive in Bella
Families of the 22 Zimbabwean miners who died in the Roodepoort mine disaster in South Africa snubbed political parties that tried to hijack the Bulawayo memorial service of their loved ones....Published: 08 Mar 2014 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Footballer cheats death
Orlando Pirates star Rooi Mahamutsa walked away from a serious accident without a scratch at the 14th Avenue offramp of the N1 in Roodepoort, Johannesburg. "I'm okay! Thank God I survived. It'...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 15:07hrs | | by Sports reporter
Bodies of miners leave Johannesburg
The bodies of the 22 Zimbabwean illegal gold miners who died in a Roodepoort mine in Johannesburg have left Johannesburg Friday morning.The bodies departed from Kings and Queens Funeral Pa...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T MP to highjack 22 miners' bodies welcome
BULAWAYO EAST MP Tabitha Khumalo has been deployed by her MDC-T party to receive the 22 bodies of illegal Zimbabwean miners who died in a disused mine shaft in South Africa.The miners died aft...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU hailed for prompt response to mine disaster
Families of the 25 Zimbabweans who were retrieved dead from a disused Roodepoort mine west of Johannesburg last week have hailed the Dumiso Dabengwa led Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) Sou...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 18:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Queens & Kings Funeral parlour boss speaks out on SA mine disaster
As friends and families of 22 of the 23 Zimbabweans who perished in a disused mine in South Africa prepare to accompany the bodies home, an official at the funeral parlour that is handling the repatri...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 18:35hrs | | by Nomalanga Moyo
Repatriation of SA mine victims set for Friday
Repatriation of the 21 bodies of illegal miners who died at the Durban Deep mine in Roodepoort, South Africa, on February 21 this year has been moved to 8 o'clock in the morning tomorrow.Twen...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Scores of Zimbabweans attend miners' memorial service
Scores of Zimbabweans resident in South Africa on Wednesday braved a very chilli Johannesburg weather coupled with a heavy downpour to attend a memorial service for 25 Zimbabweans who were retrieved d...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 22:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dead illegal Zimbabwean miners named
SOUTH African authorities have released the names of 22 Zimbabweans who suffocated to their deaths in a mining accident last week.Twenty-seven bodies were retrieved from a disused shaft at Roo...Published: 05 Mar 2014 at 06:39hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Zimbabwe Government bungled condolences to Roodepoort mine deaths
After exactly six days since events at the Roodeport mine disaster started unfolding the Zimbabwean government has finally issued a statement which by any standards is extremely disappointing if t...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 20:27hrs | | by Lizwe M
MDC-T lies about repatriating bodies of illegal Zim miners killed in South Africa
Reports published by the Morgan Tsvangirai led Movement for Democratic Change that the party has paid a South African funeral parlour owned by a Zimbabwean businessman to ferry 22 bodies of Zimb...Published: 01 Mar 2014 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Humanitarian Disaster at Roodepoort, South Africa
Hundreds of Zimbabwean men are estimated to have lost their lives in a disused mine at Roodepoort in South Africa. The majority of those who are believed to have perished trying to fend for their ...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 08:18hrs | | by Mso Ndlovu
Kwaito star - Brickz - denied bail
Johannesburg - Kwaito musician and rape accused Sipho Charles Ndlovu was denied bail by the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Tuesday."There is convincing evidence and likelihood that the appl...Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 07:35hrs | | by Sapa
Rape accused Kwaito star Brickz applies for bail
Johannesburg - Rape accused Kwaito star Brickz brought a formal application for bail in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.Prosecutor Willem le Roux said the hearing would continue a...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 11:28hrs | | by Sapa
Kwaito star Brickz arrested for raping a 16 year old
JOHANNESBURG - Another local musician is in trouble with the law. Kwaito star Brickz is behind bars.He's accused of raping a minor earlier this year. A case was opened more than six months lat...Published: 04 Nov 2013 at 15:41hrs | 1 | by eNCA
Zim woman appears in an SA court for possessing explosives
The Zimbabwean woman Elitha Sibanda who was recently arrested with explosives at Beitbridge Border Post on the South African side has appeared briefly at the Musina Magistrate's Court on charges of u...Published: 01 Nov 2013 at 03:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Moyo to rot in SA jail
PRETORIA - Bongani Moyo, who is known for robbing banks and escaping from custody, may not appeal against his latest sentence of a 62-year imprisonment, a High Court in Pretoria judge ruled yesterday...Published: 20 Sep 2013 at 04:16hrs | | by Sapa
Couple burnt to death
Johannesburg - A couple died on Sunday morning due to a fire in the Kya Sand informal settlement, in north west Johannesburg, South Africa, Sapa reported.The fire began around 02:00 and was be...Published: 08 Sep 2013 at 04:05hrs | | by Staff Report
Top 10 Selected for Ford Ranger Odyssey Africa 2013
- Ranger Odyssey Boot Camp put 17 semi-finalists through rigorous four-day selection process - Trained and evaluated in 4x4 theory, off-road drivi...Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 22:05hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Man arrested for pleasurising himself in front of kids
A man accused of attempting to coerce school girls to perform oral sex on him and masturbating in front of primary school pupils was denied bail in the Roodepoort Magistrate's Court.The 30-yea...Published: 30 Apr 2013 at 03:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial jail escapee and bank robber, Bongani Moyo, to spend 62 years in prison
Serial escapee Bogani Moyo and a fellow bank robber were handed lengthy prison terms on Monday for robbing six banks in six weeks.The High Court in Pretoria sentenced Moyo, 30, to 62 years im...Published: 25 Mar 2013 at 16:44hrs | | by Sapa
'Prison officials helped me escape'
Arguments in mitigation and aggravation of the sentence of serial escape artist Bongani Moyo will be made in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday.Moyo appeared in the dock with ...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 05:44hrs | | by Sapa
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