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Police bust cattle rustlers, applaud community vigilance
CHIWESHE - The Zimbabwe Republic Police applauded members of the public for their vigilance after alerting officers of suspicion that ultimately resulted in the arrest of stock rustlers.Inspec...Published: 20 mins ago | 20 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Judge proposes lawful use for seized mbanje
High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has urged magistrates to reconsider the blanket practice of automatically ordering the destruction of large quantities of mbanje (marijuana) forfeited to th...Published: 7 hrs ago | 261 | by Staff reporter
Couple locks son in room for 3 years, starving and abusing him
A shocking case of child abuse has emerged from St Mary's suburb where Herbert Purumero (45) and his wife Memory Kamuchato (40) locked up their 16-year-old son, Tinotenda Purumero, in a room for three...Published: 8 hrs ago | 525 | by Staff reporter
Polygamist in trouble for abusing first wife
A Chipinge-based polygamist, Phillip Mhlanga (36), appeared in court after he attempted to abuse his first wife. Magistrate Nixon Mangoti sentenced him to four months in jail, wholly suspended on cond...Published: 21 hrs ago | 918 | by Edson Mapani in Chipinge
Cop sentenced to 2 years for fatal shooting during arrest attempt
A police officer in Gwanda has been sentenced to an effective two years in prison after being found guilty of culpable homicide for fatally shooting a suspect during an attempted arrest in January 202...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:16hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Father dumps girl child for having sex
A 50-year-old man from Chipinge, Nicolous Bhebhe, appeared in court after dumping his 15-year-old daughter at his parents' home, accusing her of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old neighbo...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:10hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
What does Mnangagwa call a 'brutal colonial regime' when the ZANU-PF government is even more brutal?
It's often easy for the pot to accuse the kettle of being black. I am always left bewildered whenever I hear President Emmerson Mnangagwa express outrage at what he calls ‘the brutal co...Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 08:26hrs | 375 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Caretakers storm colleague's bedroom, assault her while naked
Two caretakers, Yenzile (32) and Admire Ncube (23), have each been sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment by Matabeleland South Provincial Magistrate Busani Sibanda after they broke into a fellow careta...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 09:01hrs | 609 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Kezi
Security guard bashed for asking village head's whereabouts at funeral
SIGWAZA VILLAGE, KEZI - A simple inquiry about the village head's whereabouts at a funeral wake in Sigwaza Village turned violent when Maphaneni Ranch security officer, Kudakwashe Maparura, was severe...Published: 19 Jul 2025 at 08:53hrs | 703 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Kezi
2 women jailed for insulting Zambian President Hichilema
Two women from Luangeni Constituency in Chipata, Zambia, have been sentenced to prison after they recorded and shared TikTok videos accusing President Hakainde Hichilema of killing former President Ed...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:14hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
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....Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:01hrs | 546 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Man (61) threatens to kill stepmom (70) over witchcraft
A 61-year-old Armson Ngwenya from Matanka village under Chief Bango has been sentenced to six months imprisonment by Plumtree magistrate, Joshua Nembaware, after being found guilty of threatening to k...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:44hrs | 313 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Woman steals US$5k, uses loot to pay sangoma in bid to avoid arrest
A 33-year-old woman from Penhalonga has been convicted of stealing US$5,000 from her employer and using part of the stolen cash to pay a traditional healer in a desperate attempt to avoid arrest throu...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:13hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Woman stealing US$24,000 after armed robbery at workplace
A 35-year-old Bulawayo woman, Nothando Banana, has been sentenced to an effective six years in prison after she took advantage of an armed robbery at her workplace to steal US$24,400 in company funds....Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:10hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Man convicted of stealing uncle's beer
An 18-year-old man from Mphoengs area in Plumtree, under Chief Tshitshi, has been sentenced to 210 hours of community service after being found guilty of stealing alcohol from his uncle.Plumtr...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:20hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Lenient sentence for unlicensed driver sparks public outcry
The 24-month suspended sentence handed to a 20-year-old unlicensed driver who fatally knocked down a Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) student has ignited fierce debate and ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:00hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Police officers in uniform banned from betting shops
Police officers in uniform are strictly prohibited from entering betting shops or gambling in casinos in Zimbabwe, national police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi has ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:58hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Congregants fight for pregnant girlfriend at church
There was drama at Zion church in Plumtree where two male congregants fought for a girl.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts where Thumelo Moyo (19) appeared before magistra...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:14hrs | 1616 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teen jailed for raping 11-year-old cousin at knifepoint
AN 18-year-old Bulawayo man has been sentenced to five years in prison for raping his 11-year-old cousin at knifepoint.The teenager, who lives in Suburbs, cannot be named to protect the identi...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:12hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Prophet demands US$6K from stranger's dead dad's 'spiritual debt'
A self-styled prophet who claimed divine powers to extort money from a woman over a fabricated debt allegedly owed by her deceased father has been convicted and sentenced to community service in a cas...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:09hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Sydney Gata is no hero
When US president Abraham Lincoln said that one can fool some people sometime, but one cannot fool all the people all the time, he forgot to add that Zanu-PF, as a stalwart, disciplined and principled...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:38hrs | 416 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwe prisoners sleeping on empty stomachs
Zimbabwe's prisons are grappling with a worsening humanitarian crisis, with inmates reportedly suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia due to overcrowding, poor diets, and a critical shortage of bla...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:36hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Council duped US$18,000 in fake bridge deal
Three men have been handed 18-year prison sentences each for defrauding the Hurungwe Rural District Council (RDC) of nearly US$18,000 in a fraudulent bridge construction scheme.The High Court ...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:31hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Vumbunu brothers still in SA custody
The notorious Vumbunu brothers, Abraham and Elijah Temayi Vumbunu, are currently held in custody in South Africa following their arrest in connection with the massive US$4 million robbery at Ecobank t...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:19hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed three years for robbing EcoCash agent
A 29-year-old man from Chitungwiza, Providence Shumba, has been sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for robbing an EcoCash agent and her friend of US$2,340 in cash and goods, threateni...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:17hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2 rotten apples
One of life's greatest follies is assuming that what matters to us matters equally to others. That our fears are shared, our desires understood, our sense of decency mutual. Quite the contrary, realit...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 09:35hrs | 3040 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Woman cyberbullies wife after snatching husband
A disturbing case involving infidelity, harassment, and ethnic slurs has rocked the Victoria Falls community, culminating in the conviction of Brilliant Hlatshwayo, a 36-year-old woman from Chinotimba...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:40hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Parents face charges for children's offences
Parents whose minor children are found guilty of drug-related or sexual offences in a court of law may also be held legally liable, potentially facing hefty fines or jail sentences, according to Zimba...Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:35hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Bikita soap factory sparks ownership dispute
A long-abandoned soap factory in Majaya Village, Ward 32 under Chief Marozva in Bikita West has become the centre of a dispute between the local village head and members of the community who once oper...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 20:41hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Abusive ex-hubby jailed
Jealousy can lead one to commit a crime if it is not managed; this was the case when Martin Maphosa assaulted his ex-wife, Ntombizodwa Moyo.Maphosa was convicted of physical abuse by Plumtree ...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 13:21hrs | 712 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chinhoyi Municipality in by-election dilemma
Chinhoyi Municipality is under fire after prematurely declaring a ward seat vacant, triggering a by-election before the matter had been finalised in the courts- raising questions over procedural integ...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:51hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Botswana man illegally enters Zim to see prophet
A 24-year-old man from Botswana was dragged to court yesterday after he illegally entered Zimbabwe with a firearmNchidzi Mbako Tshabang was slapped with a US$300 fine by Plumtree Magistrate Jo...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 12:33hrs | 921 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Beitbridge soldiers kill unarmed churchgoer
A High Court judge has delivered a stern warning to trained and uniformed personnel, declaring that firearms should never be used in society unless in a war situation, as he sentenced three Zimbabwe N...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:10hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
CCC abandoned Sikhala during jail time
In a dramatic and emotional moment during the Bulawayo launch of Job Sikhala's memoir, "Footprints in the Chains – The Life Story of Job Sikhala," Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:57hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Prophet jailed for sex with minor(s) seeking journey mercy
CHIPINGE - A 28-year-old predatory prophet will serve an effective 10-year jail term after Chipinge regional court sentenced him on two counts for having sexual intercourse with two minors (including ...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 09:02hrs | 534 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Geza, Mukupe replaced in Zanu-PF restructuring
The ZANU PF Mashonaland West provincial leadership has announced the replacement of two Central Committee members, Blessed Geza and Terrence Mukupe, as part of internal restructuring aimed at reinforc...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 17:47hrs | 2663 | by Staff reporter
US deports 'barbaric criminals' to African state
The United States has deported eight people it labeled "barbaric criminal illegal aliens" to South Sudan, a country the US State Department warns against visiting due to rampant crime, kidnappings, an...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 15:23hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Man up for raping sex worker
A Damafalls man has appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing serious allegations of raping a sex worker on two separate occasions after luring her under false pretenses.The acc...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:34hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman forges academic certificate to study in Ukraine
A 29-year-old woman from Harare has been spared jail after she was convicted of forging an academic certificate in a bid to pursue university studies in Ukraine. Cindy Mutswatiwa was sentenced to 24 m...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:09hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Viral audio exposes judicial corruption in Beitbridge
The Beitbridge magistrates' court is under intense scrutiny following the circulation of a damning voice note in which a woman allegedly narrates how she met with a prosecutor to influence the outcome...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:04hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for stealing condoms, cigarettes and bread
A 32-year-old man from Njube suburb has been sentenced to five months in prison - wholly suspended on condition of good behaviour and community service - after he was caught stealing condoms, cigarett...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:58hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe highway robbers jailed 144 years
Two violent highway robbers who terrorised travellers along the Masvingo-Beitbridge Road have been handed a combined 144-year prison sentence following their conviction on three counts of armed robber...Published: 05 Jul 2025 at 14:57hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Man bashed for trying to fall in love with a Sangoma
A 56-year-old Plumtree man was allegedly bashed by a jealous man who accused him of trying to lure his wife into a relationship.Richard Bhekithemba filed a police report after he was assaulted...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 22:25hrs | 768 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man rapes his older sister
A 21-year-old man from Matobo has been sentenced to 16 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping his 23-year-old sister during a harrowing incident that took place earlier this year....Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 16:37hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman fined for cyberbullying
A Harare woman has been fined US$120 after being convicted of cyberbullying her neighbour, whom she accused of being a prostitute and a husband-snatcher in a text message.Media Mashiri was fou...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:03hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
South Africa urged to deport foreign convicts
South Africa's Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has proposed the deportation of foreign nationals serving prison terms, arguing that the move would drastically cut the R11 million spen...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 11:44hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant ex-convict locked up for dangerous drugs
PLUMTREE - An unrepentant ex-convict, Sonny Mpofu (45), was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment by Plumtree magistrate, Joshua Nembaware, for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs.Despite pre...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 11:15hrs | 201 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Sadza eater sentenced for attempting to smuggle stolen Toyota
The Mokopane Regional Court has imposed six years of direct imprisonment against a 37-year-old Zimbabwean man, Joseph Kungwengwe, after he was found in possession of a stolen vehicle, a Toyota Corolla...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:24hrs | 7651 | by Staff reporter
Fong-kong receipts ring busted
Two men, Chamunorwa Paul Anesu and Nakai Hodera, have been sentenced to five years' imprisonment each for fraud and theft involving counterfeit receipts at a retail shop. The sentences were handed dow...Published: 01 Jul 2025 at 08:21hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Passenger jailed for squeezing own manhood against woman
CHEGUTU - A 45 year-old Chegutu man is unlucky after court (Chegutu Magistrates) slapped him with six-months sentence after being found guilty of indecent...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 21:47hrs | 1891 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
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