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Upcoming Steve Tgol fights drugs
Guruve based upcoming Afro-fusion musician Stephen Ngandu of Tgol Muzik band is taking a leading role in fighting drugs.The musician ha...Published: 16 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | 41 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prison Break in Beitbridge!
A prisoner is on the run after escaping from jail on Monday morning at Zimbabwe Prison Services Prison in Beitbridge, Matabeleland South province. A manhunt has been launched for Vusumuzi Ndou...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
500 more buses on their way
MORE than 500 buses are expected in the country with a special consignment set to go to schools as President Mnangagwa continues to implement measures that will improve the public transport system thr...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matiza, Zimondi declared national heroes
The late Transport and Infrastructural Development minister, Joel Biggie Matiza and former Zimbabwe Prisons& Correctional Services Commissioner General, Major General (Rtd) Paradzai Zimondi have b...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 20:18hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Every generation has its heroes
Today I felt encouraged as well as hopeful as I watched our comrades being escorted like criminals from Khami prison. Seeing Zimbabwe prison services officers in their unusual anti riot gear carrying ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 21:42hrs | 6 | by MRP Vice-president Ms Presia Ngulube
Arrested soldier 'killed' on hospital bed
A 52-YEAR-OLD member of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) who was remanded in custody by Concession resident magistrate Ruth Moyo on an armed robbery case last week has died.Shelton Marerwa who...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 10:46hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe Prison Services announces recuitment days
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service has announced that it is recruitment officers who are interested to be part of the General Duties section. Interested applicants should send their...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 11:52hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Captured prison escapee battling for life
ONE of the three prisoners who jumped off a moving vehicle in transit from Chikurubi Maximum Prison to Whawha Prison over a fortnight ago, before being captured last week, is battling for life due to ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police conduct illegal - Mthwakazi Republic Party
Mthwakazi Republic Party says it has come to their attention as the party that there was an attempt by the Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday at Ross Camp police station in Bulawayo to rig elections, ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Drama at hospital, Bulawayo24.com camera confiscated
A Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) officer at Guruve court responsible for Community service caused a scene at Guruve hospital on Tuesday after she impounded Bulawayo24.com's camera that had been used i...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, Angiqale ngokubingelela sizw'esinsundu, sizw'esimpisholo. Mthwakaz'omyama ondlelazimhlophe induku zibomvu. Mazinyan'eSilo uLobhengula wamaWaba kaMzilikazi kaMatshobana kaManget...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:03hrs | 3 | by Collen Dube
PHOTOS: Prison truck over-turns on way to Chikurubi
Thirteen Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPC) officers from Bindura and Guruve were reportedly injured when a prison truck they were travelling in overturned in Mazowe this morning.Sources privy to ...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boy aged 10 dies after being hit by a car
A ten-year-old boy has died after being hit by a speeding Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) vehicle 5km away from Mashonaland Central capital Bindura sparking police probeSources close to investi...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 21:50hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe, Zanu-PF takes full advantage of incumbency
ON this Thursday morning, something was certainly amiss.On a "normal" weekday, just after 0700 hours, traffic at the Mbudzi traffic circle would by that time long grinded to a halt.But...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Prison Services bosses selling donated rice
There is an uproar at Chiredzi prison over demands by senior officials who are demanding money from junior officers so as to get rice which was donated by government.Impeccable sources within ...Published: 08 May 2017 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa 'Ngwena': The incoming call
The year was 2005, the month was April and the weather was slightly chilled and sunny. As the clock struck towards 12 midday; a calm, dejected but undeterred gentlemen walked into a bare and completel...Published: 28 Dec 2016 at 10:10hrs | 3 | by Charles Munganasa
Notorious thug escapes prison
Notorious Mvurwi thug who was serving his sentence at Harare central prison escaped from custody on 16 December.According to a Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) official Admiral Wachenuka from Mv...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 10:57hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mugabe triggers fresh war with vets
Disaffected war veterans yesterday were breathing fire after President Robert Mugabe sneaked a shadowy executive to attend the Zanu-PF annual people's conference which gets underway in Masvingo to...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa, War veterans corner Mugabe
The war between President Robert Mugabe and war veterans continues to escalate, with the former fighters demanding that the veteran leader severs ties with G40 if he ever to entertains any hope of...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Three Notorious prisoners escape from Karoi prison
KAROI - Three Notorious D class prisoners broke the walls of Karoi prison and escaped today (Saturday).Sources close to investigations said one suspecting who is currently serving a murder sen...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 10:52hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Military on alert amid social unrest
ZIMBABWE'S Joint Operations Command (Joc), which brings together the army, police and intelligence chiefs, has put the military on high alert in the wake of rising tensions and protests which rocked t...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 15:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldiers paid bonuses, teachers in April
GOVERNMENT has paid solders and Air Force of Zimbabwe officials their 2015 bonuses.They began accessing the bonus on Monday.According to Public Service Commission sch...Published: 16 Feb 2016 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dembare eye Portuguese coach
DYNAMOS chairman Kenny Mubaiwa says the Glamour Boys have decided to cast their net beyond the country's borders in their efforts to breathe fresh impetus in the club's technical department. Irked by ...Published: 16 Jan 2016 at 16:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's daughter ‘unites' Zanu-PF
FIGHTING Zanu-PF factions yesterday buried their differences to give Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo's daughter, Zanele Naledi Ntombizodwa, a big send off similar to one accorded ...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 12:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
OAUS Condemns the systematic arbitrary persecution and arrest of its members
STATEMENT - Tichaona Danho, the Occupy Africa Unity Square (OAUS) member who was one of the two who accompanied Itai Dzamara when he first handed in the origin...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 22:45hrs | 2 | by Tendai Kwari
OAUS & CRISIS in Coalition members arrested
Another OAUS member Charles Nyoni has been arrested by the Zimbabwean police this afternoon. On Wednesday 22/07/2015, another OAUS member Tichaona Danho was kept in custody overnight and relea...Published: 24 Jul 2015 at 22:25hrs | | by Tendai Kwari
Solomon Mujuru died a 'pauper'
In a stunning revelation likely to stump the enemies of ex-Vice President Joice Mujuru, the executor of her late husband Solomon Mujuru's estate says it is in debt to the tune of $2 million-plus....Published: 15 Jun 2015 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi Prison Hospital stock expired drugs
Chikurubi Prison Hospital is said to be stocked with mostly paracetemol and cotrimoxazol in its pharmacy and available drugs have long expired. HIV positive prisoners are admitted t...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 11:55hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'Witch' caught in possession of dead bodies
In a bizarre incident, a Gwanda man has been reportedly found in possession of dried human flesh which he intended to export to neighboring South Africa for ritual purposes.The man who was...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 12:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zim economy on a recovery path, says Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe says the economy is on a recovery path following the introduction of the integrated result based management (IRBM), which will see all government and quasi-government instit...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 15:34hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
HIV+ Zimbabwean prisoners take Botswana to court
GABORONE High Court judge Justice Bengbame Sechele last week reserved judgement in a case in which two HIV-infected Zimbabwean prisoners took the government of Botswana to court challenging its policy...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 10:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
8 yrs for escaped prisoners
TWO final year inmates who escaped from Khami Prison where they were each serving nine year jail terms, have been slapped with another eight years in prison.Bigboy Chauke and Calisto Dube appe...Published: 14 May 2014 at 04:40hrs | 27 | by Staff Reporter
Grace Mugabe project expansion on the card
The First Lady, Grace Mugabe says plans are afoot to expand the Grace Mugabe Foundation project in Mazowe through the inclusion of a secondary school and a provincial hospital to cater for the surrou...Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 17:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Prison Services struggles to feed prisoners
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services last week failed to take prisoners to courts around Harare citing the shortage of fuel. ZPCS spokesperson chief superintendent Ms Elizabeth Banda...Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Prisoners on hunger strike over Mugabe amnesty
PRISONERS at Khami Maximum Prison on Tuesday last week reportedly went on hunger strike in protest over the criteria used to determine those granted Presidential amnesty, this paper can reveal....Published: 23 Feb 2014 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Kay Kaseke
Dudu Manhenga misses out on Mugabe amnesty
JAZZ songbird, Dudu Manhenga missed out on the recent Presidential pardon which saw more than 2 000 prisoners being freed as she was out on bail. Had the songstre...Published: 23 Feb 2014 at 10:36hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Pardoned prisoners go wild
FEMALE prisoners from Khami Maximum Prison who benefited from the presidential pardon on Monday created a spectacle in the city, as they broke into song and dance, chanting Zanu-PF slogans while celeb...Published: 19 Feb 2014 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Army, police, CIO divided over Mujuru's trouncing of Mnangagwa
THE Joint Operation Command (JOC), a grouping of top military, police and intelligence chiefs, has emerged sharply divided by the just-ended Zanu-PF provincial elections which saw a faction reported...Published: 06 Dec 2013 at 07:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Pastor removes all his clothes in court, then flees
KWEKWE - Pastor Victor Fire of the New Creation General Ministries who took off all his clothes at court and allegedly attempted to sexually abuse a woman was arrested by police on Wednesday before ...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 09:59hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Undressed possessed 'pastor' causes stir
A PASTOR identified as Victor Fire caused commotion at the Kwekwe Magistrate's Court yesterday when he fell into a trance and removed his clothes in the court yard bringing proceedings to a halt....Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 06:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inmates cheer for rotten bread
Every couple of weeks, inmates at Harare Central and Chikurubi prisons in Zimbabwe greet the arrival of bakery trucks with roars of approval, whistles and dancing.The trucks arrival signals a...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 07:07hrs | | by IRIN
Zimbabwe prison officials loot donations
Zimbabwe Prison Services officers are reportedly taking for their own use the goods donated to inmates, the Zimbabwean reported.Testimonies by former prisoners indicate that for a long time of...Published: 08 Oct 2013 at 03:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe hails medal shootout competition
President Robert Mugabe says the annual President's Medal Shoot competition provides an ideal platform for the participants to improve their marksmanship which will ultimately enhance national securit...Published: 15 Sep 2013 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Latest on 'self professed Satanists'
THREE self-professed Satanists who were last year sent to remand prison in Harare after they applied for permission to start a Satanism church at a refugee camp in Manicaland are still awaiting deport...Published: 22 Aug 2013 at 04:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No pardon for habitual criminals says Chihuri
Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri has called on the Zimbabwe Prison Services to make thorough assessments of inmates who benefit from the Presidential pardon to avoid the release of habitu...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Over 180 inmates graduate
MORE than 180 inmates received certificates on Wednesday after completing a stress management and rehabilitation training programme at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. Zimbabwe Prison Services Deputy...Published: 23 Jun 2013 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's plans to export nurses in limbo
HEALTH Services Board (HSB) executive director Ruth Kaseke says plans to "export" thousands of unemployed health professionals from Zimbabwe are still in limbo.This came after the government ...Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man who axed his girlfriend 12 years ago demands to be freed
A MAN who allegedly killed his girlfriend with an axe has asked a judge to halt his prosecution, claiming that he cannot possibly get a fair trial over the murder committed 12 years ago.Vincen...Published: 09 May 2013 at 18:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Legal officer bashed for snatching someone's husband
THERE was commotion at Whawha Prison compound when a legal officer with the Zimbabwe Prison Services was assaulted by three women who caught her pants down with one of the women's husband in her bedr...Published: 04 May 2013 at 05:34hrs | 23 | by Midlands Correspondent
Service chiefs will neither meet nor engage Tsvangirai
SECURITY chiefs will neither meet nor engage MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on the so-called security sector reforms and those peddling false information that they will meet over the issue run the ...Published: 01 May 2013 at 05:46hrs | | by Crime Reporter
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