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Biti charged with assault, denies wrongdoing
MDC Alliance vice president and lawyer Tendai Biti was arrested and charged with assault on Friday after attending a police station by appointment.Biti's arrest follows an incident at the Hara...Published: 4 hrs ago | 985 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife in awful pain
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga's estranged wife Marry has filed an urgent High Court application seeking the release of her passport to allow her to receive urgent medical attention in South Afri...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1206 | by Staff reporter
Court hears of Marry Chiwenga illness in graphic detail
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ailing wife has petitioned the High Court on an urgent basis seeking the release of her passport to allow her to travel to South Africa for treatment.A So...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1073 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo poly forced to readmit dismissed student
AUTHORITIES at Bulawayo Polytechnic have reversed their decision to expel a motor mechanics student for alleged misconduct after Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights intervened.Lawson Machida, a ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 453 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife seeks release of passport to undergo treatment in SA
TROUBLED former supermodel and estranged Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry Mubaiwa has approached the High Court with an urgent chamber application seeking the release of her passport....Published: 14 hrs ago | 374 | by Staff reporter
High Court robber denied bail
ONE of the eight suspects linked to the recent botched armed robbery at the Bulawayo High Court has been denied bail pending trial. Linience Clifford Nyoni (38) of Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo ...Published: 14 hrs ago | 183 | by Staff reporter
Battered man seeks court's help
AS Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in marking the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, which is meant to raise awareness on gender-based violence and its effects on...Published: 14 hrs ago | 69 | by Staff reporter
Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 23 hrs ago | 677 | by Nomazulu Thata
Soldier jailed 12 months for assaulting pregnant girlfriend
A HARARE-BASED soldier has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for bashing his pregnant girlfriend.Reuters Makwanise (32) appeared before Mutare magistrate Nyasha Kuture yesterday who suspen...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative points gun at his superior
A BULAWAYO-based member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has been arrested for allegedly pointing an AK47 assault rifle at his boss and threatening to shoot him following an argument ove...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Mourner is killed in beer row
FOUR Chitungwiza men appeared in court yesterday for allegedly assaulting to death a mourner over beer, before dumping his body at the town's sewer plant. Never Zhuwawo (32), Edaldan Maponga (...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti probe continues
Police are continuing investigations into the assault case involving MDC Alliance vice president, Tendai Biti, who allegedly manhandled a woman at Harare Magistrates Court during a heated exchange. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls on Zanu-PF to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 19:34hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF must crack whip on troublemakers'
WAR veterans leader and former Cabinet minister, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has called on Zanu-PF leaders to deal ruthlessly with troublemakers whom he accuses of fomenting chaos in the ruling party ahea...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2167 | by Staff reporter
Game Park miner loses claims in violent takeover
UMFURUDZI Game Park miner, John Maungwa has lost control of his gold rich mining claims to Shantelle Chikafu, who once claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa's daughter and Shamva North legislator...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa defends flouting Covid-19 restrictions
INFORMATION Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has defended her decision to flout the national Covid-19 lockdown restrictions after hosting her 60th birthday party last Saturday evening where scores of guests...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Gold panner beats up workmate to death
A MANGWE illegal gold panner is on the run after he allegedly beat up his workmate to death for wearing his clothes without permission. Matabeleland South acting provincial spokesperson, Inspe...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:17hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Biti assaults a white lady at the Magistrate Courts?
POLICE are investigating a case of assault involving MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti who allegedly manhandled a white lady at the Magistrate Courts in Harare during a heated exchange. ...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:15hrs | 3486 | by Staff reporter
Tenant jailed four years for axing landlord
A BEITBRIDGE man, who attacked his landlord with an axe because he had attempted to stop him from feeding his dogs with chicken eggs, has been slapped with an effective four-year jail term.Sol...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's arrest warrants cancelled
THE two warrants of arrest issued Monday morning against Marry Mubaiwa have been cancelled at the Harare Magistrates' Courts.This was after Mubaiwa was Monday afternoon rushed to court in an a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:17hrs | 4309 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife wheeled to court
The warrant of arrest for Marry Mubaiwa on attempted murder and money laundering charges has been cancelled with the State indicating that it was ready for trial on assault charges.Mubaiwa's l...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:16hrs | 2930 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Marry Mubaiwa
MARRY MUBAIWA has today been issued with a warrant of arrest after she failed to attend court because of ill health.Her lawyer Ms Beatrice Mtetwa told magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna that Mubaiwa wa...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 17:49hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Supervisor bashed for terminating worker's contract
Eureka gold mine supervisor Ruben Mangure (50) was bashed by an employee Benedict Manyika (45) who failed to stomach a employment contract term...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 08:35hrs | 2172 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF youth executive arrested for violence
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial youth executive member, Tapiwa Muto was on Thursday arrested in connection with violence that rocked the party's primary elections early last month. Muto (36) who i...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Man kills son
A MUTARE man yesterday appeared in court facing murder charges for assaulting his son to death after accusing him of showing disrespect.Thomas Muchakabvura (40) was not asked to plead when he ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Man kills friend over US$5
A 28-YEAR-old Mvurwi man allegedly killed his friend following a dispute over a US$5 debt.Langton Machengo appeared before Guruve magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday for initial remand....Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Women nabbed for assaulting minor over cheating hubby
Two Bindura Women were dragged to Bindura Magistrates Courts yesterday for allegedly assaulting a 14-year old girl after suspecting that she was having an affair with one their husband.Vimbai ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:53hrs | 1573 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1044 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF youths march in solidarity with murder accused leader
ZANU-PF youths Friday brought Kwekwe CBD to a standstill when they were marching in solidarity with the party's youth leader Tapiwa Muto who faces charges of assault, public violence and murder....Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 18:07hrs | 1976 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to cut loose errant Zanu-PF bigwigs
A LIVID President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zanu-PF bigwigs to be loyal to the party or risk being cut loose, as he bids to contain growing divisions in the former liberation movement.Addr...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:18hrs | 6389 | by Staff reporter
Car sex goes horribly wrong
A MAN who was caught indulging in sex in a car with his girlfriend almost died after three unknown men who were armed with a knife and a knobkerrie stabbed him several times all over the body and left...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:12hrs | 2058 | by Staff reporter
Man stumbles on indecent pictures in wife's phone
A Bulawayo man was left shocked and upset after spotting "flirty" messages and indecent pictures in his wife's phone that she was exchanging with another man while making an appointment supposedly for...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:11hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Fatal beating lands security guard in court
A SECURITY guard at a farm in Gwanda has appeared in court for allegedly beating up a man to death for stealing potatoes from a field. Torevesai Zhou (42) who works at Drummond Farm was not as...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Chivhu man jailed for ill-treating son
A CHIVHU man was on Monday sentenced to 20 months in prison for ill-treating his son (10) by shoving him into a raging fire for alleged indiscipline.Talkmore Mawopa (36) of Village 9 in Magamb...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Catholic priest up for indecent assault
A RUSAPE-BASED Roman Catholic priest was last week arraigned before the magistrates' courts on indecent assault charges after he allegedly sexually harassed a female chef at a church-run mission schoo...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | 2014 | by Staff reporter
Shot women complain against police conduct
TWO women from Hwange in Matabeleland North have petitioned the Zimbabwe Republic Police to carry out investigations into incidents in which they were allegedly shot by law enforcement officers during...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:27hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Man beats 1-yr-old stepson to death, secretly bury body in anthill
A LUPANE man allegedly whipped his 18-month-old stepson to death and connived with the boy's mother to conceal the death by secretly burying the body in an anthill.Saviours Ncube (22) and his ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | 635 | by Staff Reporter
Man kills friend over opaque beer
A 28-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man allegedly killed his friend over opaque beer and US$5 dispute.Langton Machengo appeared before Guruve magistra...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 17:16hrs | 1595 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Spirit Medium aid killed with machetes
A Rushinga spirit medium aid Kingston Kazasi 81 was allegedly murdered by two unknown Mozambicans in Rushinga last week.The two suspects claimed to have come from Zenga village in Mozambique....Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 08:11hrs | 3743 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Armed robber slapped with 24-year jail term
A BEITBRIDGE armed robber has been slapped with a 24-year jail sentence after a crime spree which include an attempted murder of a villager in the border town.Petious Ndou (26) of Beitbridge d...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:09hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect roaming free in streets
A MURDER suspect, who allegedly killed his girlfriend in 2015 and skipped bail in 2017, is walking free five years after the commission of the crime, moving from one rented house to another in Harare'...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Brain, eyes, ears removed in gruesome city murder
IN a chilling incident, a man was attacked by yet to be identified assailants who cut open his head and removed the brain, gouged his eyes, slashed off his right ear and stabbed him all over the body ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1756 | by Staff reporter
3 men refuse to make way for Mnangagwa motorcade
Three men have appeared in court accused of failing to make way for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade.Tadzoka Nago, 42, Stanley Zibako, 37, and Honest Diura, 47, had parked their ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:00hrs | 10657 | by Staff reporter
Man bashes wife's boyfriend
A Mvurwi man who assaulted his wife's boyfriend with a log was yesterday jailed for 10 days by a Guruve magistrate.Westone Muvezwa (33) escaped jail after the magistrate gave him the option of...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:45hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
3 arrested for speeding unregistered car towards Mnangagwa motorcade
THREE men from Kwekwe have been arrested after they refused to remove their car from the road to pave way for President Mnangagwa's motorcade before speeding off in the direction the convoy was coming...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:41hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Father murders epileptic son
AS cases of child killings and kidnappings continue to rise, police have arrested a 38-year-old man from Rusape for allegedly killing his epileptic son.National Police Spokesperson Assistant C...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:38hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Police attempt to delete brutality evidence
A STATE witness on Wednesday described how a Beitbridge policeman grabbed a mobile phone and tried in vain to delete pictorial evidence of a badly injured victim of police brutality.Cyprian Ba...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:24hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Man chops off lover's ring finger so she will not wed another man
A jealous man from Mberengwa has been jailed for 10 years after he chopped off his lover's ring finger to ensure that she will not wear any other suitor's ring.Promise Moyo, 27, swore to Linne...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Half-dressed woman seduces minor into sex
A 24-YEAR-OLD woman who allegedly wore a tiny night dress that exposed all the essentials to seduce a 14 -year-old teenage boy and had sex with him has been arrested.The woman is a tenant at a...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate lashes out at rogue cop
A Bulawayo magistrate lashed out at a police officer who stabbed his friend with a kitchen knife on the cheek for drinking his hot stuff describing him as a "monster and rogue" cop who has dragged the...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:02hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
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