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Soldiers (39) bashes wife (44) for leaving him behind in the bar
A member of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts after he assaulted his wife for leaving him behind while going to a bar.Arnold Nyoni (39) pleaded guilty to ...Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:45hrs | 956 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Man bites off victim's nose in violent assault
A 22-year-old man from Victoria Falls, Kelvin Ndebele, has been remanded in custody after appearing before the courts on Friday over a gruesome assault in which he allegedly attacked a fellow villager...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 15:59hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son tasered man for 'not greeting him with respect'
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, son of the late former president Robert Mugabe, faces growing legal troubles following an alleged assault on a truck driver using a taser stun gun at Iron Mask Farm in Mazo...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 12:33hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Top cop in rape storm!
A SENIOR Lupane police OFFICER (39) is facing serious rape and indecent assault charges after allegedly preying on a 16-year-old schoolgirl. Adding to the shock, the victim is reportedly the daughter ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 12:02hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son granted $200 bail
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the son of the late former President Robert Mugabe, was on Tuesday granted US$200 bail by the Concession Magistrates Court following his arrest on multiple assault charges ...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 09:42hrs | 2395 | by Staff reporter
Gossip over sex sounds led cook to bash student
A shocking case of violence has emerged at Ruya Adventist School, where the head cook, Lesly Bizwell, allegedly assaulted a student on industrial attachment, leaving her with a broken arm after accusi...Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa critic set free
The assault case against former Zanu-PF member Sybeth Musengezi has been withdrawn by a Harare magistrate due to the absence of the key state witness.Musengezi faced charges of assaultin...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:11hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma invades Bindura prison
In a heartwarming display of corporate social responsibility, popular Glendale-based traditional healer Peter 'Sekuru Nyangatayani' Chingudzi, donated pads, groceries, winter wear and toiletries worth...Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 2128 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Passerby bites off builder's lip for greeting him
A man from Chirundu, Mashonaland West, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after biting off another man's lower lip following a simple greeting.Joel Kwenda appeared before the Karoi Magi...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 18:58hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
2 female teachers draw pupils' blood
Two female teachers from Mbuya Nehanda Primary School in Bikita are facing serious assault charges after allegedly drawing blood from 19 Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupils without consent....Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1685 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses bid to reverse CCC activists' acquittal
The High Court on Monday dismissed an application by the Prosecutor-General seeking to overturn a default judgment that had cleared Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Chirumanzu South 2023 parliament...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:00hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Allan Wilson head in court for sexually abusing student
Allan Wilson Boys' High School headmaster, Tafara Zhou, is facing aggravated indecent assault charges after he allegedly abused a student between 2022 and 2024.Zhou was not asked to plead when...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:37hrs | 505 | 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 | 814 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP acquitted of indecent assault charges amid political controversy
In a highly publicized trial at the Marondera Magistrates Court, Mudzi West Member of Parliament, Knowledge Kaitano of ZANU-PF, was acquitted on two counts of indecent assault. The trial, which conclu...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:46hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for beating maid over affair with hubby allegations
Hazvinei Tswangira, a 31-year-old woman from Mbizo, Kwekwe, has been convicted of assault after she brutally attacked her maid, accusing her of having an affair with her husband.In a statement...Published: 04 Feb 2025 at 16:52hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Ibbo Mandaza's son faces assault charges
The son of prominent academic and political commentator Professor Ibbo Mandaza appeared in court facing allegations of assaulting his ex-wife on Christmas Eve.Ibbo Mandaza Jr (33) was charged ...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:17hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Cheating man bashes cop, ex-girlfriend
A 20-year-old Plumtree man is facing assault charges after allegedly attacking his ex-girlfriend and her mother, a police officer, following a confrontation over their failed relationship.Eric...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 11:02hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops caught with bribe money at Chinese tile manufacturer
Two Norton-based police officers have been arrested for extortion after attempting to escape arrest moments after accepting a US$5,000 bribe from the Chinese-owned Sunny Yifeng Tiles Zimbabwe Company....Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 08:20hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
Farmer acquitted of assaulting widow
Charles Lee Saunders, a farmer from Macheke, was recently acquitted of assault charges after facing accusations from widow Maivepi Jiti, who claimed that he had assaulted her at Yardford Farm. The inc...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman seeks protection & eviction orders against husband
A prominent Bulawayo businesswoman, Pamela Mwapaura, has taken legal action against her husband, Kwame Mwemba, seeking a protection and eviction order following a series of incidents involving assault...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:09hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved man beats woman for protecting teenage daughter
A seemingly sex-starved 24-year-old man from Bulawayo was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 49-year-old woman as punishment for refusing to let her 16-year-old daughter have sex with him.Thi...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist acquitted for assaulting village head
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Wilson Guvamatanga, 62, walked out of the Gutu Magistrate Court smiling today after being acquitted of assault charges in a case that highlighted ongoing t...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 13:44hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo 'fake doctor's' troubled past resurfaces
The drama surrounding Taurai Prosper Vanhuvaone, also known as Prosper Mpofu, continues to unravel after the 29-year-old was arrested for the second time at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo on Monda...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 17:19hrs | 1819 | by Staff reporter
Cops in court for bashing burglary suspect
Three police detectives have been dragged to court facing assault charges against a burglary suspect.They are Valentine Dhliwayo, 40, James Chiduwo, 43 and Isaac Musungati, aged 34.The...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 10:27hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes grandfather for 'interfering in his marriage'
A 21-year-old man from Chitumbelele village in Beitbridge has been remanded in custody after assaulting his grandfather with a log, accusing him of meddling in his marital affairs. The acc...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 14:38hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Chinese shoots 3 Gokwe miners, kills 1 in Zimbabwe
Kwekwe Magistrate Cheryl Tembo has remanded Chinese national Cai Yulong (58) in custody for allegedly murdering an artisanal miner and severely injuring two others who trespassed into his mine....Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 08:20hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
ZRP officer-in-charge assaults female colleague
Stanley Siampongo, the 48-year-old Officer in Charge of ZRP Kamativi, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a female subordinate in February this year. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) reporte...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 14:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF leader issued with a warrant of arrest
Magistrate Elizabeth Hanzi has issued an arrest warrant for Zanu-PF Masvingo youth chairperson Delight Mandebvu after he failed to appear in court today.Mandebvu faces three assault charges re...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 18:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Teacher attacked for testifying in a rape case
A 26-YEAR-OLD man from Mangwe, Plumtree, is in trouble for threatening a teacher for testifying against his brother who is facing a rape charge.Buhle Ncube appeared in court before Plumtree ma...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 16:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Passion Java reported for assault following clashes at local hotel
Controversial cleric Passion Java and businessman Mike Chimombe have reportedly been implicated in a police report following an incident where a local businessman was assaulted and left severely injur...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 15:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults nephew, locks him in freezer
A-28-YEAR-OLD Nyamandlovu man who allegedly assaulted his four-year-old nephew before locking him up in a freezer appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube facing assault charges.The a...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Driver left for dead in pirate taxi turf wars
BEING all brawn with no brains has landed three muscle heads who beat up a Honda Fit driver for allegedly being off-route, in hot soup.Not taking time to consider that they were illegally hire...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF security aide in court for assaulting Mnangagwa; fined US$200
A man from Harare, claiming to be a security aide at the Zanu-PF headquarters, has appeared in court on assault charges after allegedly attacking Tourism Deputy Minister Tongai Mnangagwa and Wellingto...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 17:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bus route war turns bloody
GOODLUCK Nyakabau lies on his back in Harare's Stoneridge area pondering his next move.Around this time, he should be more than 300km away from the capital city on a bus heading to the northea...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 09:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Rampage killer back in court
A POPULAR Kwekwe businessman who went on a rampage killing seven people in 2021, has once again been arraigned before the courts this time facing criminal insult and assault charges.Thubelihle...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti alleges politicisation of his assault case
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has accused Zanu-PF of having a hand in the verbal assault charges he is facing.Biti made the claims while submitting his defence in a case he is accused of...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti fights in Katsimberis's corner?
Politician Tendai Biti, while presenting his defence on assault charges, has introduced what he has described as an illegal action by the City of Harare in demolishing a showroom built by George Katsi...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare deputy mayor Kadzombe released on free bail
The Deputy Mayor of Harare, Councillor Kudzai Kadzombe, who was arrested on Thursday for violating the Electoral Act, has been released on bail.Kadzombe is also facing assault charges and rece...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party issued a warning about a concerning period ahead for Zimbabwe
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has issued a warning about a concerning period ahead, citing the recent arrest of three opposition leaders within two weeks of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's in...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court wants Biti to present his defence on assault charges
LAWYER and politician Tendai Biti must now present his defence to charges of assault after Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro dismissed his application for discharge at the close of the State case....Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man breaks company property to see ex-girlfriend
A 32-YEAR-OLD Glendale man is in soup after breaking Cottco Company's gate locks and gaining entry to see his ex-girlfriend.The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts today wher...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 23:51hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lawyer pleads for court protection against "antagonising" Ken Sharpe aide
Top lawyer Alec Muchadehama was forced to plead for court protection against controversial businessman Ken Sharpe's aide, Tatiana Aleshina who had turned abusive after he handed her a torrid time duri...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 22:29hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man assaults sex vendor
A Harare man has appeared in court for bashing a sex worker who demanded her money after offering him her services. Onisimo Levi (26) was remanded in custody when he appeared before Harare pro...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Biti trial: Businesswoman refuses to answer questions
A Harare businesswoman refused to answer questions during a cross examination at the Harare magistrates court last week in a case where she is accusing lawyer Tendai Biti of verbal assault.Tat...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Biti refuses to plead
LAWYER Tendai Biti yesterday refused to plead to assault charges and chose to make an application for the recusal of Harare Magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro Muchuchuti.This came after Mrs Muchuc...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 19:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF councillor bashed at graveyard
ZANU PF Mazowe ward 16 councillor Munyaradzi Mutauri was humiliated and bashed at a funeral in Glendale where he wanted to give a speech recently.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrate...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 14:47hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mubobobo man rubs manhood against woman in bank queue
A WOMAN who was queuing at a bank in the city centre nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt something hard and slimy sliding up and down her back.To her horror, when she turned to check, ...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to testify on murder attempt
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga is set to testify in a case where his ex-wife Marry Mubaiwa is accused of attempting to kill him in South Africa two years ago.Mubaiwa, who is being represe...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hooker bashed for refusing US$2 romp
A KARIBA commercial sex worker was heavily assaulted by four youths for refusing to entertain one of them in exchange for a US$2 fee.Gladys Mudubiwa (33) was left nursing a bloodied left eye, ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare family clashes with cops over arrest
A Harare man and his two nephews were over the weekend arrested on allegations of assaulting and apprehending two thieves they had caught stealing at their orchard/nursery in Braeside area, a move whi...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
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