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Ex-magistrate dressed down
IT never rains but pours for former Bulawayo regional magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi who after being dressed down in court by his wife's former husband after he brazenly told him that his adulterous beh...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:55hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Ex-magistrate in hot soup
FORMER Bulawayo regional magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi had an adulterous affair with a married woman resulting in her husband divorcing her, a court in Bulawayo has heard.After the divorce, Sik...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
High Court judge dresses down 'ignorant' ex-magistrate
A BULAWAYO High Court judge yesterday dressed down former regional magistrate Mr Sikhumbuzo Nyathi for wrongfully addressing him as "Your Worship" during a motion hearing. Justice Francis Bere took of...Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Mashudu Netsianda
No jail for robber killer
A BULAWAYO man was slapped with a community service sentence for killing a man that he spotted trying to break into his neighbour's house.Mthokozisi Mkandla (27) of Cowdray Park suburb fatally...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 07:02hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Former ZBC presenter ordered to give back estate
THE High Court has ordered former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) radio presenter, Alice Masuku, to get her hands off an estate she fraudulently inherited from her late half-brother, Mbizo Mas...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Gay sex advances man killer jailed
A MINE worker has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for fatally striking a colleague with an iron bar during a fight.Fortune Ncube, 46, of Kensington just outside Bulawayo, flew into a rage a...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:36hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Robbers fight 97-year jail terms
THREE Bulawayo men, who were each jailed for 97 years last year for masquerading as private transport operators in order to rob commuters, have filed an appeal at the High Court challenging the senten...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:22hrs | 7 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Fired-magistrate fights dismissal
FORMER Bulawayo regional magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi has dragged the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to the Labour Court challenging his dismissal for alleged misconduct.Nyathi was suspende...Published: 09 Oct 2015 at 08:40hrs | 26 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Senior regional magistrate fired
SUSPENDED senior regional magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi has been fired after a disciplinary panel investigating his case of misconduct concluded that he was guilty of trying to bribe a junior magistrat...Published: 06 Jul 2015 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Magistrate expelled for skipping court to drink beer in his office
BULAWAYO magistrate Singandu Jele has been axed from his job by the Judicial Services Commission after he was found guilty of misconduct for skipping court to drink beer in his office.Jele, wh...Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo magistrate rubbishes corruption allegations
SUSPENDED senior regional Bulawayo magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi has dismissed corruption allegations leveled against him saying the reports were meant to tarnish his 'good image'. Nyathi, who ...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
Senior Bulawayo magistrates suspended
TWO senior Bulawayo magistrates have been suspended - one for alleged corruption and the other for drinking beer during working hours. Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, on a visit to Bulaway...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Thandeka Moyo
Warrant of arrest issued against court prosecutor
A BULAWAYO regional magistrate, Sikhumbuzo Nyathi, has issued a warrant of arrest against a prosecutor for allegedly defaulting court.The prosecutor, Paida Zengeni, who was supposed to handle ...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Kombi flees police, overturns killing one
ONE person died while 17 others were seriously injured when a commuter omnibus overturned after crashing into a pick-up truck at the intersection of Khami Road and Mpopoma Drive yesterday evening....Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 01:07hrs | | by Nokusa Masuku
Man 'rapes' son's girlfriend
A 15-YEAR-OLD Nkayi girl has told police that she was deflowered when her boyfriend's 65-year-old father raped her four years ago. Her boyfriend, whose name and age were not given in court as ...Published: 06 Oct 2014 at 09:31hrs | 2 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Maid paid R100 to hold employer's daughter at knife point while being raped
A DOMESTIC worker allegedly held a knife to her employer's 13-year-old daughter's throat while a man who had paid her R100 raped the child.The alleged crime came to light after the minor'...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 07:13hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Man jailed after raping drunk teen sisters
A 38-year-old Plumtree man, who forced two sisters to drink opaque beer and raped them in their drunken stupor, will spent the next 20 years in jail.Pint-sized Zenzo Ndebele, 38, from Mayo...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 06:46hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Kombi driver rapes woman at knife point
A woman was ordered from a car she was sitting in with a male friend and was allegedly raped at knife-point by a 21-year-old kombi driver who went on to rob her of cash.Kgotso Dube had alle...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 12:06hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Siblings drugged, raped
A MAN from Mayobodo area in Plumtree plied two sisters with opaque beer and allegedly raped them, a court heard yesterday. The suspect, who did not use protection, gave one of the victims 10 unused co...Published: 19 Sep 2014 at 09:43hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Church rapist jailed for 24 years
A BULAWAYO rapist, who was arrested after turning up at a church where his victim worships, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 21 and half years in jail.Bulawayo regional magistrate, Sikh...Published: 13 Sep 2014 at 13:32hrs | 1 | by Mashudu Netsianda
Magistrate threatens incompetent journalists
BULAWAYO Regional Court magistrate Sikhumbuzo Nyathi on Monday attacked court reporters for alleged incompetentence and threatened to have them arrested if they failed to correctly report his court pr...Published: 10 Sep 2014 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi conductor jailed for raping two minors
A BULAWAYO commuter omnibus conductor was yesterday sentenced to an effective eight years in jail for raping two minors aged four and six.Brendon Zolani Moyo, 21, of Old Pumula pleaded not gu...Published: 27 Aug 2014 at 07:43hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Police grab 'rapist' in church
A RAPIST lost his freedom after turning up at a church where his victim worships, a court heard yesterday. Mduduzi Ndlovu, 30, of Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo, was apprehended by ushers af...Published: 23 Aug 2014 at 17:22hrs | 3 | by Thandeka Moyo
Rapist weeps after 20-year sentence
A 34-year-old Nkayi man yesterday wept uncontrollably after a regional magistrate sentenced him to 20 years in prison for raping a minor.Prosper Mnkandla from Dimpamiwa area in Nkayi was c...Published: 06 Aug 2014 at 13:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man murders his ex-wife as she came out to see new boyfriend
IN a fit of jealousy, a Bulawayo man ambushed his estranged wife as she came out of her house to see her boyfriend and stabbed her several times, opening her stomach in the process, a court heard yest...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 06:46hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Uncles take turns to rape niece
TWO Hope Fountain men aged 71 and 54 years each allegedly raped their 14-year-old niece once on separate occasions.The complainant allegedly reported the rape to the wife of one of the rapists...Published: 31 May 2014 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Mpumelelo Nyoni
'Penis' prophet gets a 17 year jail term for rape
A SELF proclaimed prophet who claimed God sent him to heal women with his penis has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for raping his married neighbour.Lungile Ncube, 32, of Worringham in Bu...Published: 17 May 2014 at 12:47hrs | 3 | by Auxilia Katongomara
Family demands $3 200 from rape suspect
RELATIVES of an alleged Old Lobengula rape victim took a man to court after he failed to pay $3 200 they had demanded as compensation.This was said by Bulawayo Regional Court magistrate Sikhum...Published: 13 May 2014 at 06:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'God sent sex Prophet' arrested
WONDERS shall never end!A self-styled Bulawayo prophet who claims he was sent by God to heal with his organ has found himself in trouble.The sex prophet Lungile Ncube (32) from Warrin...Published: 05 May 2014 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Gibson Mhaka
'Rape' Pastor tells woman that when she reach climax she will be healed
A woman who was allegedly raped by a Twelve Apostolic church prophet under the pretext of healing her stomach ailment yesterday said the man told her to undress before smearing mud all over her b...Published: 04 May 2014 at 20:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prophet raped congregant during healing prayer
A WOMAN who was allegedly raped by a Twelve Apostolic church prophet under the pretext of healing her stomach ailment yesterday said the man told her to undress before smearing mud all over her body...Published: 02 May 2014 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man (57) claims girl (6) gave him a blow job because she was his girlfriend
A 57-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man yesterday left a court stunned when he claimed that a six-year-old girl gave him a blow job because she was his girlfriend.Ndola Gwebu, a father of three from Mzil...Published: 17 Apr 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Angeline Mpofu
Man who stabbed 'gay' admirer acquitted
A 22-year-old Bulawayo man, who was facing charges of attempted murder following allegations that he stabbed his ‘gay' friend in the chest for proposing love to him, was Tuesday acquitted of the cha...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Tendayi Madhomu
Man stabs, rapes, robs woman
A 28-year old man from Bulawayo's Burombo Flats allegedly broke into a house in Queenspark West, stabbed and raped the owner before demanding money from her, a court heard Tuesday.Thabani Tshu...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Tendayi Madhomu
Zim man acquitted for stabbing a 'gay guy' who caressed him
A Bulawayo man who stabbed an acquaintance he claimed had hit on him has been allowed to walk free the court.Bongani Phiri, 22, was acquitted by a Bulaw...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 21:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man threatens girl (12) with lightning, robs her of v1rginity
JUST for the love of nature's grandest occasion.A cattle minder from Swati Village in Inyathi used one implausible way to rob a 12-year-old girl's v1rginity when he threatened to strike her wi...Published: 12 Jan 2014 at 09:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rapist cries like a baby in court
A 24-year-old Hwange man had to be dragged by prison guards while crying like a baby after he was sentenced to an effective nine years in prison for indecently assaulting and raping his 14-year-old n...Published: 22 Dec 2013 at 04:30hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man rapes uncle's girlfriend at knifepoint
A LUPANE man was slapped with an 18-year jail term for raping his uncle's girlfriend at knife point after breaking into her home following her refusal to offer him accommodation for the night....Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Herdboy (19) rapes employer's one-year-old
VILLAGERS of Lusulu area in Binga are in shock after a 19-year-old man who was employed as a livestock minder raped his employer's one-year-ten-months-old baby.The accused who cannot be named...Published: 15 Dec 2013 at 11:00hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman axes hubby's ex-wife
A 32-year-old Dete woman attacked and attempted to murder her husband's ex-wife with an axe after suspecting that the two were seeing each other behind her back.Susan Mudenda of Rhodias Mupan...Published: 09 Dec 2013 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stepfather rapes daughter, promises 'jiggies'
A stepfather who sexually abused his 16-year-old stepdaughter and promised to buy her chips as a way of buying her silence has been slapped with a 30-year jail term.Nilford Ncube, 44, from...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Armed robber sentenced nine years in prison
One of the armed robbery gang members who three months ago raided a residential flat in Bulawayo Central Business District and a house in Burnside has been sentenced to nine years in prison.Br...Published: 17 Oct 2013 at 16:29hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
Mutinhiri's 'boyfriend' maintenance case postponed
The maintenance trial of a Marondera woman who accused former Zanu-PF Women's League political commissar Tracy Mutinhiri of snatching her husband has been postponed to May 21.Marondera magistr...Published: 14 May 2013 at 02:33hrs | | by Stafff reporter
Tracy Mutinhiri accused of snatching someone's husband
FORMER Zanu-PF Women's League political commissar Tracy Mutinhiri is accused of wrecking a Marondera woman's seven-year-old marriage after snatching her husband whom she took on romantic foreign trips...Published: 27 Apr 2013 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophets, sangomas team up to burn goblin, skulls
The mysterious objects and a suspected goblin that were dumped in the bush near Lushongwe Business centre in the Gwanda district have been destroyed. The suspected goblin was burnt last Sunday by loca...Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Use of cellphone while driving is not a court case
THERE is no law which authorises the police to refer cases of motorists who are caught using a mobile phone while driving to court for trial, a High Court judge said yesterday.In a landmark j...Published: 03 Aug 2012 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mum throws baby into a dam after tying stones to the infant's back
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl from Fort Rixon in Insiza district threw her five-month-old son into a dam after tying stones to the infant's back a Bulawayo court heard on Tuesday.The 17 year old mum is s...Published: 29 Feb 2012 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo DJ charged with the 2010 murder of his girlfriend
A BULAWAYO club DJ, Clancy Junior Munetsi, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend.Munetsi, 20, is accused of assaulting Egifah Tambudzai Maphosa, 20, following a 21st birthday par...Published: 15 Feb 2012 at 21:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Byo Art Gallery Director's Gukurahundi charges dropped
The acting Bulawayo Art Gallery director, Voti Thebe, who was being accused of illegally displaying material on Gukurahundi atrocities by artist, Owen Maseko had the charges against him withdrawn....Published: 30 Jan 2011 at 23:19hrs | 4 | by Byo24NEWS
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