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Veteran Karateka dies in Harare car crash
Zimbabwean martial arts legend Sensei Mugove Muhambi, a veteran karateka who represented the country on numerous international platforms, has died following a fatal road traffic accident along Borrowd...Published: 8 hrs ago | 505 | by Staff reporter
Trio defrauds Econet US$54 800
Three airtime vendors from Mutare have appeared in court facing allegations of stealing US$54,863 through a sophisticated EcoCash airtime scam after allegedly discovering a system loophole that allowe...Published: 12 hrs ago | 80 | by Staff reporter
Mupostori in graveyard sex scandal
A sex scandal has stirred controversy in Honde Valley involving Talent Nyabanga, a married woman and member of the Johane Marange Church, who stands accused of having an illicit affair and allegedly c...Published: 12 hrs ago | 194 | by Staff reporter
Businessman threatens to kill estranged wife
A Harare businessman, Nyasha Masoka (44), who owns Grill Shake and Liquor Park, has appeared in court facing serious allegations of violating a protection order and threatening to shoot his estranged ...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:02hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Gas cylinder explosion destroys Honda Fit in Nkulumane
A parked Honda Fit was completely gutted by fire on Thursday morning at Manyenziwe Shopping Centre in Nkulumane 12 after a gas cylinder inside the vehicle exploded.Bulawayo Chief Fire Officer ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:47hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
High Court grants bail to 89 March 31 'protesters'
The High Court has granted bail to 89 individuals who were arrested on March 31 during anti-government protests, ending a month-and-a-half-long incarceration after they were initially denied bail by a...Published: 15 May 2025 at 14:11hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Judgment date set for Mpilo fake doctor
Bulawayo magistrate Mrs. Eva Matura has scheduled May 30 for delivering judgment in the case of Prosper Vanhuvaone, a 29-year-old man charged with fraud for allegedly impersonating a medical doctor at...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:20hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo tops crime charts amid surge in daylight robberies
Bulawayo residents have raised alarm over a growing wave of daylight robberies, as new crime statistics reveal the city now leads the country in reported criminal activity.Victims and eyewitne...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:04hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe faces daylight thefts
In the normally tranquil suburb of Magwegwe, Bulawayo, a sinister trend has emerged, leaving residents shaken and demanding action. ...Published: 14 May 2025 at 23:59hrs | 1095 | by Stephen Jakes
The war in Sudan is still happening and the world has moved on
Somewhere between the latest tech layoffs, celebrity gossip, and viral TikToks about how to season your trauma with lavender oil and affirmations, a war is still raging in Sudan. Yes, still. Not metap...Published: 14 May 2025 at 23:00hrs | 339 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Woman ducks cross-examination in disputed Rhodes Estate case
A Harare woman who claims to be the executor of the estate of the late Brian James and Elizabeth Rhodes - individuals she alleges were relatives of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes – abruptly h...Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:53hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Five church members perish in road accident
At least five people died yesterday in Bakasa, Guruve, when a truck they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned.The deceased are members of Mugodhi church who were coming from M...Published: 13 May 2025 at 08:13hrs | 1015 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Gideon Gono accused of presenting hearsay in court
A Harare couple accused of defrauding former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono of ZiG137 million has challenged the credibility of the prosecution's evidence, calling it hearsay and ...Published: 12 May 2025 at 08:45hrs | 1501 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth kingpin's attempted hijack of Bulawayo building fails
A politically charged attempt by Milton Maposa, a self-styled Zanu-PF youth figure, to forcibly reclaim a building from which he was legally evicted has failed, sparking outrage over the abuse of poli...Published: 08 May 2025 at 14:08hrs | 956 | by Staff reporter
6 dead after bus travelling from Botswana to Harare overturns in Gweru
Tragedy struck early this morning when a Hungwe bus travelling from Botswana to Harare overturned at the Fairmile roundabout in Gweru, claiming six lives.The accident occurred around 6AM, send...Published: 07 May 2025 at 10:43hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga granted $500 bail after prolonged detention
High Court judge Justice Gibson Mandaza has granted bail to Alpha Media Holdings journalist Blessed Mhlanga, ending a weeks-long detention that had drawn widespread criticism from press freedom advoca...Published: 06 May 2025 at 15:02hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
2 men denied bail in socialite's rape case
Two men accused of raping a 26-year-old socialite in Harare were denied bail on Monday by regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who cited the seriousness of the offence and the risk of flight as key ...Published: 06 May 2025 at 13:12hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
High Court slams State over delays in protest case involving 95 accused
High Court judge Justice Esther Muremba on Monday sharply criticised the State for its handling of a case involving 95 individuals who were arrested over a month ago for allegedly staging protests aga...Published: 06 May 2025 at 12:01hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
It's high time foreign governments took the lead in investigating Zimbabwe's corrupt elite
The Zimbabwe ruling elite clearly won't act against high-level corruption.There is something profoundly disturbing about the silence of Zimbabwean authorities in the wake of the damning exposÃ...Published: 03 May 2025 at 11:48hrs | 620 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Commission to probe sexual violations at universities, tertiary colleges
The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has announced the launch of a nationwide investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and abuse within tertiary institutions, following years of growing con...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 07:10hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman acquitted in COS fraud allegations
A Harare magistrate has acquitted Nyasha Mandeya, a woman who had been accused of duping a client out of US$22,000 under the pretext of helping her siblings secure employment in the United Kingdom's c...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:41hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman fined for attacking ex-husband
A Harare woman, Tyler Roxanne Rubenstein, has been fined US$150 after being convicted of assaulting her ex-husband, Ibbo Mandaza Junior, over a phone she claimed contained a picture of a nude person i...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:35hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Prophet T Freddy fails to appear in court again
Popular cleric Tapiwa Freddy, widely known as Prophet T Freddy, failed to appear at the Kadoma Magistrates Court on Wednesday in a protracted legal battle over a disputed land deal.Freddy, who...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:25hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian man in court over forged Zimbabwe spousal permits
A 52-year-old Nigerian national, Kelechi Godwin, has appeared before the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court facing four counts of fraud after allegedly forging spousal documents to obtain Zimbabwean residenc...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 21:12hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Harare businessman in court over US$46,080 theft
A Harare businessman, William Mikaye (46), appeared before magistrate Sheunesu Matova yesterday, facing serious allegations of theft of trust property involving groceries valued at US$46,080.M...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:36hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Independence tragedy, Dairiboard trucker plunges into Mupfure River
A visibly unretrieved floating lifeless body belonging to a Dairiboard milk tanker truck driver has been idle since independence when he lost control of the vehicle, overturned at the bridge and plung...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 16:39hrs | 1858 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Beatrice
Harare commodity broker faces theft allegations over US$35,000
A commodity broker, Petronella Nyazuwa, was arraigned before Harare Magistrate Ruth Moyo on charges of theft of trust property valued at US$35,000. The charges stem from Nyazuwa's failure to deliver g...Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:08hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
900 candidates linked to suspected Zimsec paper leak
In a shocking development ahead of the upcoming Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, approximately 900 candidates have been linked to a suspected exa...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:49hrs | 2476 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns Mnangagwa ally
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga had a dramatic and tense exchange with Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Owen "Mudha" Ncube last week, warning the Mnangagwa loyalist to stop targeting him amid ...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 10:08hrs | 10778 | by Staff reporter
Former Highlanders FC CEO granted bail over alleged US$5,000 fraud
Former Highlanders Football Club Chief Executive Officer Brian Moyo and Bulawayo Chiefs FC administrator Andrew Mandigora have been granted bail following their arrest on allegations of defrauding the...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Man forges mother's will to seize US$181,000 estate
A 50-year-old Kariba man, Gregory Graham Hall, has appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court facing serious allegations of forging his late mother's will in a scheme to illegally acquire her entire es...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:00hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga denied bail for the third time
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga has been denied bail for the third time, with a Harare magistrate ruling that there were no new circumstances to justify his release from custody....Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:40hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross fails to provide evidence of Mnangagwa corruption
Unconfirmed reports claim that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa launched a blistering attack on prominent economist and former presidential adviser Eddie Cross following ...Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 20:35hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
'Rapist' teacher loses labour court appeal
A teacher, who lost his appeal at the Labour Court after being dismissed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education on allegations of raping a student, has turned to a traditional court seekin...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 10:45hrs | 733 | by Sgtaff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga seeks bail after High Court denial
Senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has been in remand prison since his arrest on February 24, is back at the Harare Magistrates Court seeking bail after the High Court recently denied his applicat...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:27hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo fake doctor appeals against conviction
A man who masqueraded as a doctor in Bulawayo and operated at Mpilo Central Hospital while defrauding several people has launched an appeal against his conviction.Taurayi Prosper Vanhuvaone, w...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 17:52hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' cop released on bail
A police detective accused of fatally shooting his colleague, Detective Constable Cassandra Hove, during a pursuit of alleged armed robbery suspects in Pumula South last month has been granted bail by...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 08:51hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
95 arrested over anti-Mnangagwa protest
Ninety-five individuals were arrested following an anti-President Emmerson Mnangagwa protest on March 31, 2025, at Robert Mugabe Square (Freedom Square) in Harare. The group is accused of participatin...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 12:39hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
Protests shut down Zimbabwe
THE March 31 demonstrations called by war veteran and former Zanu-PF central committee member Blessed Geza yesterday morphed into a nationwide shutdown, with businesses closed, streets emptied, and le...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:42hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
5 SA hitmen convicted in Zimbabwe
Five South Africa-based hitmen were convicted on Friday by Harare Magistrate Mr. Stanford Mambanje for their involvement in the kidnapping and assault plot targeting local businessman Mr. Oliver Tenda...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:36hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Cars firebombed outside Chivayo, Tagwirei's properties
A series of deliberate firebomb attacks rocked Harare's central business district overnight, targeting commercial properties linked to influential businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Kudakwashe Tagwirei,...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 11:40hrs | 3573 | by Staff reporter
Vendors demand justice against Insiza councillor
Vendors and community members at Shangani Business Centre in Insiza, Matebeleland South, are calling for the swift delivery of justice in a fraud case involving local Councillor Nomusa Moyo (Citizens ...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:52hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Harare man jailed for forging ex-minister's property title deed
A Harare magistrate has sentenced 48-year-old Prosper Biziweki to three years in prison after convicting him of forging the title deed of former Cabinet minister Dzingai Mutumbuka's house, which was f...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:51hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Armed suspect stages dramatic escape at Harare magistrates court
In a scene reminiscent of a high-octane thriller, armed suspect Luke Zinyengerere executed a daring escape from the custody of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) at the Harare Magis...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 06:20hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga denied bail at High Court
High Court Judge Gibson Mandaza has dismissed a bail appeal filed by detained Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, ruling that there was no compelling argument to overturn the findin...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 18:14hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga bail ruling today
HEART & Soul TV senior journalist, Blessed Mhlanga, will return to the High Court this morning for a ruling on his appeal against a magistrates court decision that denied him bail following his ar...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:18hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo fake doctor convicted, back behind bars
The trial of Taurai Prosper Vanhuvaone, who was arrested last year for impersonating a doctor, began yesterday with the State revoking his bail following his conviction on two counts of fraud....Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:16hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Prison officers up for murder following fatal assault
Four members of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) have been charged with murder following the alleged brutal assault of a visitor at a Government building in Harare, which resulted...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested over Chivayo lobola theft
Police have arrested three men from Hopley, Harare, in connection with a violent farm robbery in which in-laws of flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo were robbed of US$75,000 in cash. Authorities ...Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 17:48hrs | 2293 | by Staff reporter
7 killed in Harare morning rush hour crash
Seven people lost their lives early Wednesday morning in a tragic three-vehicle collision near Dzivarasekwa, police have confirmed.According to National Police Spokesman Commissioner Paul Nyathi, ...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 11:28hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
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