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Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Man kills colleague over R200
A suspected facilitator for border jumpers using Beitbridge on Wednesday appeared in court for allegedly fatally stabbing his colleague who wanted more money to help four Zimbabweans illegally cross i...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Man dies at girlfriend's house
A BULAWAYO man reportedly suffocated at his girlfriend's home in Nketa 6 suburb after a fire engulfed the house on Tuesday night amid suspicions of foul play.Trust Mandeya was found dead in th...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:31hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Man pulls gun on wife, fires shot into air
POLICE in Mutare have arrested a 38 year old man for unlawful possession of a firearm after he threatened to kill his wife following a misunderstanding.In a statement, the police said they arr...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 19:59hrs | 1814 | by Staff reporter
Serial killer on death row loses appeal at Supreme Court
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the death sentence by a Bulawayo serial killer Birthwell Sibanda who killed three people and robbed them of their cellphones and money.Dubbed ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 384 | by Staff reporter
Huge outcry over CCC led city vehicle clamping fine
While the outcry over Harare City Parking's fines continues to grow and a Government investigation has opened, a motorist is trying to get the High Court to rule that Harare City Council has no legal ...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:16hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Man axes ex-wife, kills self
In a bizarre incident, a Chiweshe man allegedly axed his ex-wife to death in a domestic dispute before hanging himself on Monday.The now deceased Brighton Justice (28) of Madombwe village in t...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 17:11hrs | 882 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe police bust counterfeit money syndicate
POLICE in Gweru have arrested two people who are alleged to be part of a syndicate that is swindling business people across the country with counterfeit notes.Chrispen Kutira (42) of Fourwinds...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:01hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Man murders friend over US$6
A DZIVARASEKWA man has been arraigned before the courts facing murder charges after he killed a man who owed him US$6.The accused, Gift Jamu (46) was today remanded in custody to March 16 by H...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 19:28hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP hires militia to disrupt party meeting
Mines deputy minister and Sanyati legislator Polite Kambamura allegedly hired a militia to violently disrupt a Zanu-PF cell inter-district meeting at Nyimo business centre in his constituency yesterda...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 411 | by staff reporter
Vapostori4ED leader attacked
TWO Harare men appeared in court yesterday on allegations of assaulting Vapostori for ED chairperson Lloyd Gwasira, popularly known as Madzibaba Moses.Elvis Borerwi and Tafadzwa Matoro, who we...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:08hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Woman acquitted of killing husband during Valentine's Day fracas
The High Court has cleared a Muzarabani woman of murder charges following the couple's violent quarrel 14 February last year which saw her stab and kill her husband in self-defence.Lackia Chir...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:21hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Killer cop hit with another charge
MURDER suspect, Jaison Muvevi who made headlines last week after he shooting and killing three people, including a police officer in Wedza has been hit with another murder charge.Muvevi ...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 22:24hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
Man axes brother over wheelbarrow
A 39-year-old man from Methodist Village on the outskirts of Bulawayo axed his 22-year-old sibling to death for selling his wheelbarrow without his consent, police have confirmed.The incident ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:18hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's councillor attacked by Zanu-PF land barons, car badly vandalised
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillor for Mabelreign, Denford Ngadziore, on Friday escaped a life threatening confrontation with some Zanu-PF land barons who he had tried to bar from invading...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:17hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Triple C: Puny-wise, Pint Foolish!
Obdurate immaturityIT is not like Nelson Chamisa had not been warned, whether by living men or by past circumstances. Both did; yet he still hurtled headlong towards yet another blunder, which...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:56hrs | 290 | by Jamwanda
Magaya in court for fondling friend's manhood
A Glendale man was dragged to Concession magistrates courts on Thursday after he fondled his friend's manhood before kissing him....Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 20:57hrs | 3572 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mupfumira angers Mnangagwa's wife?
FORMER Tourism Minister, Prisca Mupfumira, reportedly infuriated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa after bulldozing her way onto the top table during a recent function held at Mhondoro-Mubaira.Mup...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 5546 | by Staff reporter
Man killed for reprimanding foul-mouthed friend
A NKAYI man who allegedly killed his friend by plunging a home-made knife into his head following an argument has been arrested.The incident occurred at the Old Nkayi Shopping Centre on 16 Oct...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Bar owner jailed 15 years for murdering customer
DEMA bar owner Talent Nyamombe, has been slapped with a 15 year jail term following his conviction for strangling his customer to death over unbecoming behaviour.High Court judge Justice Moses...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Plot to block Chamisa thickens
The ruling Zanu-PF is plotting to bar opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party from contesting the 2023 elections by pushing for a constitutional amendment th...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 20:39hrs | 8161 | by Staff reporter
Kenya's Odinga copies from Chamisa's playbook
Opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday that he would challenge the results of Kenya's close presidential election with "all constitutional and legal options" after Deputy President William Ruto w...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2445 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally bites the dust in Kenyan presidential poll
Deputy President William Ruto has won Kenya's presidential election, the electoral commission chairman has said, amid dramatic scenes.He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga who is seen in Zi...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 16:53hrs | 9309 | by Staff reporter
Botswana jails Zimbabwe pensioner for shooting fisherman
A 72-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean pensioner, Ian Douglas Carlisle, has been jailed one year in Botswana for shooting a fisherman whom he found fishing in a river at his farm.The shooting incident occur...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
'Killer cop' granted bail
ONE of the Highglen police officers charged with causing the death of a pedestrian, Trymore Chinyamakobvu as they wrestled with a commuter omnibus driver has been granted $40 000 bail.Job Mapf...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:42hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Mutoko woman bashes hubby's girlfriend
A jealous Mutoko woman could not let her husband's girlfriend live in peace and went to assault her at her place in a bid to stop her from cheating with h...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 21:48hrs | 631 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Notorious machete gang caged
POLICE in Bulawayo have tracked down and arrested three armed robbery suspects who have been terrorising residents and have been linked to the robbery and murder of a Lobengula West businessman early ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa dodges questions on theft scandal
Embroiled in controversy, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday refused to answer questions about his alleged cover-up of a theft of large amounts of cash from his farm, saying only that h...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 17:42hrs | 1224 | by Associated Press
Mohadi embarrassed in Masvingo
Former vice president and Zanu-PF second secretary Kembo Mohadi was humiliated on the initial day of his party's traditional leadership mobilization programme as members from Charumbira and Nemamwa ch...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 15:26hrs | 4398 | by Staff reporter
Missing activist's children living in fear
TWENTY-FOUR year old Silence Ali is filled with fear, anxiety and hope as he peeps through the window when he hears a knock on the door."I thought it's our mother," Silence said, showing his d...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:13hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council rangers go on rampage
A resident of Bulawayo's peri-urban St Peters village is nursing gunshot wounds after municipal rangers went on the rampage beating residents before firing live ammunition in a dispute over armed robb...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:16hrs | 2161 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa booed, abandons workers day celebrations
Cyril Ramaphosa had to leave Cosatu's Worker's Day rally in the North West in a police Nyala as aggrieved workers stormed the stage in the Royal Bafokeng Stadium on Sunday with cries of "he [Ramaphosa...Published: 01 May 2022 at 14:14hrs | 3693 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's mob saves CCC activist from abduction?
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Makomborero Haruziviishe on Monday narrowly survived abduction after six unidentified men pretending to be police officers pounced on him in Kuwadzana 2, H...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:07hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Uhuru Cup cautions won't carry over to PSL
THE red card shown to Dynamos' utility player Shadreck Nyahwa by referee Arnold Ncube in the Independence Cup final against Highlanders at Barbourfields Stadium on Monday will not have any effect in P...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:02hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba Veshanduko granted bail
NewZimbabweOUTSPOKEN Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, Godfrey Karembera, has been granted ZW$10 000 bail by Harare magistrate Babra Mateko.Kerembera popularly, known as Ma...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 20:17hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
State opposes Madzibaba Veshanduko bail
THE State has opposed bail application by popular Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Godfrey Karembera, popularly known as Madzibaba Veshanduko, arguing that evidence against him is overwhel...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Police gun down violent suspect
POLICE in Zaka, Masvingo, shot dead an assault suspect who had been on their wanted list after he resisted an arrest and tried to take one of them hostage.Douglas Mahoya (35) was wanted by the...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Wife kills hubby over infidelity
A 22-year-old woman has been arrested in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central province, on allegations of stabbing and killing her husband with a knife following an argument over his allegations that she w...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:29hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Family seeks answers over killed prison officer
THE family of a murdered prison officer from Insiza district in Matabeleland South are still looking for answers as they claim that those involved in the crime are known but roaming the streets scot-f...Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora gets rude awakening
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday got a rude awakening when a paltry crowd attended his party's official launch of its campaign ahead of the March 26 by-elections.An estimated 300 people...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:44hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Reality check for Mwonzora
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday got a rude awakening when a paltry crowd attended his party's official launch of its campaign ahead of the March 26 by-elections.An estimated 300 people...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:42hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
Horrific tales of murderous weapons in Zhombe, Silobela
ON 21 January, a team of police officers and journalists led by Officer Commanding Midlands province Commissioner Winston Muza descended on Silobela to meet community leaders, who included those from ...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 21:21hrs | 1425 | by Staff reporter
No celebrity, no matter how influential, can convince an abused person to support his tormentors
I remember a debate we had with a learned friend, on social media a couple of months back, on whether an individual, as self-proclaimed prophet Passion Java, could be considered an influential person....Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 17:29hrs | 554 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Woman (55) arrested for bashing cop
A 55-YEAR-OLD Harare woman has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a uniformed police officer who wanted to arrest herson.Spelile Jack, of Mabvuku, on Saturday appeared before Harare ma...Published: 24 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Policeman shoots, injures girlfriend
A POLICE constable stationed at Dumisa base in Chiredzi south of Masvingo province Monday allegedly shot and critically injured his girlfriend in Chipinge before vanishing.A hunt for him is no...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:57hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Tracker on SA-registered car leads cops to armed robbers in Zimbabwe
A South African-registered car with a tracker helped police in Zimbabwe hunt down an armed seven-member gang.The KwaZulu-Natal-registered Toyota Fortuner with personalised registration plates ...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:55hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe offers agent US$25,000 to manipulate poll result
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, staring in the face of a heavy defeat in his bid to bounce back as Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairman, allegedly offered to pay a senior party membe...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 19:57hrs | 4087 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Elections Director Bars Intelligence Officers From Vote Counting Venue Amid Rigging Storm
INTELLIGENCE chiefs have reported a massive rigging plot in the party's Mashonaland Central provincial chairmanship election involving a senior staffer, Collen Mharadzano, to President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 19:54hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter
Robbers shoot dead 10-month-old baby
A 10-month-old infant was shot and killed by armed robbers who had pounced on a Macheke family in Mashonaland East Province earlier today.It is alleged that seven suspects armed with guns poun...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1176 | by Staff reporter
Man attempts to disarm Chiwenga's AK47-wielding guard
A 24-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court yesterday for attempting to disarm an AK47-wielding soldier guarding Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's Borrowdale residence in Harare.Munyaradzi Sani wa...Published: 21 Dec 2021 at 06:19hrs | 3082 | by Staff reporter
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