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Police Recover Stolen Vehicle During Easter Holiday Operation in Kamativi
In Matabeleland North Province, police successfully recovered a stolen Honda Fit vehicle during an Easter holiday operation at a roadblock....Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 09:28hrs | 10 | by Peter Matuka
Fleeing armed robber dies in accident
AN armed robber died in a horrific accident last week, while his three gun-toting colleagues sustained serious injuries after their gate-away vehicle hit a tree during a high-speed chase with vigilant...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbery suspects found with 9mm pistol
POLICE have arrested four armed robbery suspects following a report about patrons who were involved in a brawl at a sports bar.The incident occurred at Marondera Shopping Centre, Eastview, in ...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gardener steals 57 kg gold and forex from ex-employer
A BULAWAYO gardener who had access to his former employer's house in Killarney Suburb allegedly teamed up with a friend to sneak into the house on a number of occasions, where the duo stole about cash...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers hit Lupane bank
A suspected armed robber from Lupane is battling for life in hospital after being shot by police on the buttocks while fleeing a crime scene where he and four accomplices still at large, attempted to ...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 10 years for murder
A man from Glen View has been sentenced to 10 years in jail on charges of murdering his uncle in South Africa before fleeing to Zimbabwe.High Court Justice Priscilla Munangati Manongwa found A...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers raid Bulawayo VID
A daring eight-member gang last Saturday raided the Vehicle Inspection Depot in Bulawayo, where they got away with US$1 150 and $255 000, after attacking and disarming security personnel manning the d...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps cop, plunges vehicle into ditch
THERE was drama when a daring man from Bulawayo allegedly kidnapped a police officer who was escorting him to the police station following his arrest for public violence intentionally swerved his vehi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed while cuddling in a bush
A MAN who was caught cuddling with his lover in a bushy area in Mahatshula South suburb is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed on the chest with a screwdriver.Two unidentified men pounced o...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho injiva arrested for murder 16 years later
A 55-year-old man from Tsholotsho who skipped the country 16 years ago after allegedly committing murder has been arrested after he sneaked into the country thinking he would not be detected.M...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Serial armed robber arrested
A suspected serial armed robber who was also wanted for rape was arrested on Wednesday, as police continue to put their foot down in the fight against rising armed robbery cases.The suspect, T...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Groundnuts dispute leads to suicide
A MAN committed suicide after he had an argument with his sister-in-law over a packet of roasted ground nuts that he had sold at a cheaper price.Jonathan Mavhunga (35)'s sister-in-law Lovelett...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC getting hot under the collar over UN rapporteur's visit
Since the news of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur, Ms Alena Douhan's visit to Zimbabwe was broken, the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) and other anti-Government elements like political activist Hopewe...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Man kills former SA boss, arrested in Zimbabwe
A 28-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean man killed his Zimbabwean employer in South Africa early this month, and was arrested after fleeing back home.The suspect, Admire Dziko (28), who was arrested in Zimba...Published: 11 Sep 2021 at 12:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Couple savagely attacked, husband dies
A COUPLE from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo was attacked by robbers, leading to the death of the husband in a case that brings to the fore an alarming rise in crime and the collapse of the city's emerg...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dreaming of Zimbabwe: Stories from the diaspora
NEARLY 24 years ago, Lance Guma came face to face with a gun. A man had followed him out of the main post office in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, before attempting to provoke him into an argument. L...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man sentenced to two life terms for SA murders
"He is a cruel and cold-hearted individual who shows no remorse."Judge Judith Cloete slapped the convicted murderer known as "the Table Mountain killer" with two life sentences in the Cape Tow...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Missing teen found hanging four days later
A 17-YEAR-OLD Nkulumane suburb boy was found hanging from the roof of his father's bedroom after he had gone missing for four days. Kholo Jamela was reportedly under investigation after allege...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cellphone booster robbers arrested
Five armed robbers have been arrested by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for stealing about 300 litres of diesel and two 12 volt batteries from Telecel and E...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 18:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rhodesian chemical-biological war crimes
As Zimbabwe celebrates its 39th year of Independence, as Africans we have either chosen to ignore or have been brainwashed to forget the terrible things white Rhodesians did to our own freedom fighter...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Sifelani Tsiko
In-law attacked with screwdriver
A Chitungwiza man who used a screwdriver to "fix" his sister-in-law for meddling in his domestic affairs has been fined $30 by a Chitungizwa court.Samuel Mativenga (42) appeared before Chitung...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Accidents, robberies expose MDC-T bussing
Unfortunate incidents involving MDC-T supporters from various parts of the country continue to put paid to spirited denials by the opposition party's leaders that they regularly bus supporters to rall...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe murder, the facts
LOVE, infidelity, abuse and death! These words can sum up the callous killing of three sisters in New Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo last week, an incident that has sent tongues wagging with many...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jailed serial rapist wails in court
A JAILED serial rapist, currently serving a 23-year jail term at Khami Maximum Prison, on Friday wept in anguish soon after he was slapped with another 30 years imprisonment for kidnapping two women a...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'You can't dump me like that!'. . . ex torments married man
NO ways!Lungile Ngwenya, a defiant ex-small house would stab herself every time her married boyfriend Johane Nkomo wanted her out of his system.But because it was getting toxic, Nkomo ...Published: 26 May 2017 at 09:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two robbers take turns to rape 4 women
Two men armed with a screwdriver took turns to rape and rob seven women near West Nicholson on Monday evening. The women were returning from South Africa and their car broke down....Published: 21 Dec 2016 at 03:43hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Juvenile gets 4 strokes for stabbing neighbour with screw driver
A 16 year old juvenile has been slapped with four strokes and two year suspended jail term for stabbing his neighbour at a borehole.The boy pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before...Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Wicknell Chivayo robber jailed 11 years
A notorious housebreaker who was part of a gang that ransacked businessman Mr Wicknell Chivayo's Ballantyne Park, Harare, home before getting away with property worth thousands of dollars, was yesterd...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Woman held hostage, loses car
TWO robbers held a Paddonhurst suburb woman hostage after raiding her house before stealing household goods worth about $17,000 including her vehicle, which they used to carry the loot and later crash...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Taxi driver rapes, kills lover's baby
THE deal was that they would go drinking and then they would go home and have sex. But when the woman changed her mind the meter-taxi driver took revenge and allegedly raped and murdered her baby....Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 21:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cops bash Herald reporter over debt
A Herald sports reporter Paul Munyuki was severely assaulted by over a US$126 debt by two policemen who are allegedly part of a 14-man gang hired by a Harare businessman to carry out the task....Published: 30 Aug 2015 at 08:16hrs | | by Sundaymail
Sex cheat athlete killer jailed
KELVIN Sibanda, who killed his sex cheat athlete half-brother, Samukeliso Sithole during a fight over a wardrobe last year, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison.Sibanda, 23, of Siz...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 06:45hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man rapes, kills lover
HARARE - A jilted Glen Norah man, reportedly grisly ended his ex's life by striking her with a hoe for ending their relationship.Collen Jamu, allegedly struck his lover, Mitchell Chipere, 21, ...Published: 19 Jun 2015 at 21:18hrs | | by Blessing Masakadza
Small house stabbed nine times
A CHEEKY "small house" in Bulawayo was allegedly stabbed nine times by her boyfriend's wife when she showed up at the matrimonial home demanding to see her lover. Aletha Moyo, 32, allegedly po...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Nokusa Masuku
Kombi driver rapes lover after being refused unprotected sex
A COMMUTER omnibus driver allegedly raped his girlfriend after she refused to have unprotected sex with him.Bigboy Ndlovu, 44, from Iminyela suburb, who his girlfriend alleges is on anti-retro...Published: 28 Feb 2015 at 14:19hrs | | by Nokusa Masuku
Woman stabs hubby over food
A 33-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo's Lobengula suburb allegedly left her husband nursing his wounds after she stabbed him with a kitchen knife on the ribs on Sunday following a misunderstanding over fo...Published: 28 Feb 2015 at 14:07hrs | | by Nokusa Masuku
Woman stabs hubby over WhatsApp message
A 22-year-old Barbourfields woman was yesterday sentenced to one year which was wholly suspended for stabbing her husband using a screwdriver after she was caught sending a WhatsApp message to her...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 09:45hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
DJ stabbed by lover
A MATSHOBANE suburb disk jockey (29) got more than he bargained for after he went to negotiate a payment for a gig at night, when his prospective employer's boyfriend allegedly stabbed him with a scr...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man strangles father to death, gouges out his eyes with screwdriver
A Bulawayo man, 27, from Pumula North suburb morning gruesomely killed his father on Monday by strangling him with a wire, before gouging out his eyes with a screwdriver and then cooking isitshwala fo...Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 04:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Killer Brother arrested in gay athlete's murder
Police have arrested Kelvin Sibanda who allegedly killed his gay athlete brother, popularly known as Samukeliso Sithole, on Wednesday night.Sibanda, who had been on the run since committ...Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 20:36hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Man attacks wife with screwdriver and hammer
HARARE - An abusive Harare man recently attacked his wife with a screwdriver and a hammer following a misunderstanding, the Civil Court heard last Friday. Omega Madhanga claimed that her husba...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 06:53hrs | | by Court Reporter
Robbers arrested after a shoot-out with cops
Police arrested eight robbers after a shoot out in New Tafara, Harare, on Wednesday night.The group is believed to have committed a spate of armed robberies in the city. National Police spokes...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 14:08hrs | | by Felex Share
Brutal crime of passion, man gouges lover's eyes - Video
A taxi driver in Gweru's Mkoba 17 brutally murdered his girlfriend by ripping her stomach open and gouged her eyes before attempting to commit suicide.The taxi driver, who has only been identi...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 22:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tracking system on a cellphone give away armed robbers
A mobile phone stolen during a robbery at a Highlands house gave away the suspects who were arrested a few hours later in the city centre while on their way to Epworth where they intended to share the...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murdered Bosso fan laid to rest - Pictures
HIGHLANDERS Football Club fan, Thembelenkosini Hloli, who died following violent clashes between soccer supporters of Highlanders and Dynamos was laid to rest last Thursday in his rural home in Lower ...Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 men, 3 women up for Bosso fan murder
SIX men and three women appeared in court yesterday facing murder charges for the alleged killing of a Highlanders fan who is said to have smashed a rear window of a vehicle they were travelling i...Published: 15 Aug 2014 at 06:23hrs | | by Mpumelelo Nyoni
Bosso murdered fan, suspects to appear in court
SIX people will appear before Bulawayo magistrates today charged with murder over the death of a Highlanders Football Club fan last Saturday following a league match with champions, Dynamos.Th...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 06:30hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili and Mpumelelo Nyoni
Bosso fan killed with screwdriver - autopsy report
NEWS just in is that Thembelenkosini Hloli was murdered by Dynamos fans soon after the Bosso-DeMbare league match at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturday, family spokesperson and sister, Hlengiwe Hloli, ...Published: 13 Aug 2014 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 to hang for gruesome murders
THE Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) sitting in Bulawayo on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five men for "gruesome murders", bringing to 15 the number of people confirmed to hang by the Sup...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 20:17hrs | | by Thulani Ndlovu
Girl raped by boyfriend in front of her mother
A 26-year-old man suspected of raping his 16-year-old girlfriend in front of her mother is recovering in hospital after police rescued him from angry community members.The incident happened at...Published: 31 Jul 2014 at 21:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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