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Pressure mounts over killer cop
POLICE are yet to identify the officer involved in the fatal shooting of a Bulawayo man with a senior official claiming provisions of the Inquest Act have now been invoked to ensure the case is not sw...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3955 | by Staff reporter
Cops arrested after fighting over gun
Two Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers stationed at Chombira, Chiweshe were arrested recently after they allegedly fought for a gun.Luiz Manhezho (36) and Bernard Chibundu (30) are set to...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 11:37hrs | 5133 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kills HIV+ maid lover
AN ex-Lupane State University laboratory technician who fatally assaulted his 52-year-old maid whom he was having an affair with after discovering that she was HIV positive, was yesterday sentenced to...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2891 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights shift to Zec
NELSON Chamisa's MDC Alliance has vowed to block Thokozani Khupe and her party from replacing proportional representation (PR) legislators and senators recalled by the MDC-T from Parliament over the p...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1991 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma in soup for indecent assault
A 59-YEAR-OLD female traditional healer has been taken to court for sexually abusing a Grade 3 pupil on two occasions.Tracy Simbi, from Mutare, yesterday appeared before magistrate Prisca Chib...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:42hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
So much lies and distortions in Zimbabwean history - the true story needs to finally be told
When renowned pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey famously said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots", he had a very valid point, as indeed,...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1826 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Wife whips cheating hubby with wire
A Bindura woman could not stomach her husband's cheating habits and resorted to assault him with a wire.The matter came to light at the Bindura magistrates courts yesterday where Belinda Sekan...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:00hrs | 3364 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean man in trouble for filming police brutality
A CHIVHU man was assaulted by police detectives after he was caught video recording them taking turns to beat up two suspected thieves.Lovemore Munyoro, a shopkeeper at one of the shops in Chi...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1571 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults 'naked' woman (78)
A 35-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man has been arrested for beating up a 78-year-old woman who is his neighbour. Xolisani Maphosa of Matsholomotshe Village was convicted on his own plea of guilty to assaul...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1299 | by Staff reporter
'Another coup in Africa'
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have shared mixed feelings over the just ended Presidential elections in Malawi.On Saturday, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declared Dr. Lazarus Chakwera ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:27hrs | 6729 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
'Deployment of Zimbabwe army to Mozambique dangerous lies'
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has described as dangerous rumours and lies, reports government has deployed Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) soldiers to Mozambique to help that country quell an...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 1107 | by newzimbabwe
Plot to destabilise Zimbabwe economy exposed?
AS Government intensifies efforts to close channels that are fuelling the black market and other illicit financial activities, it has emerged that some foreign nations and individuals have been trying...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Chamisa abducted, forced to drink urine
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has reported that its Goromonzi South Youth District Chairman Davison Chamisa has been located in Norton after been drugged, brutalized, assaulted....Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 14:13hrs | 9090 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZNA dismisses social media assault claims
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dismissed social media allegations that soldiers deployed in Kadoma and Kwekwe to assist the police in ensuring compliance to lockdown regulations are assaulting c...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to go back to the drawing board
BATTERED and bruised MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, should go back to the drawing board and come up with new strategies to fight for his political life in the wake of the political and legal loss...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:49hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt probing army brutality
AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country's borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night - assaulting people and looting the...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 984 | by Staff reporter
Zim Government under spotlight over property rights: Paul Westwood saga
During the 2017 episode, one of the key fundamentals which the military reiterated during the seizure of power, was the restoration of legacy, getting rid of the purported criminals around Robert Muga...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 1066 | by Charles Murindo
Khupe's house built on sand
TYPICAL of the biblical foolish man who built his house on sand, the political winds seem to have come to blow the MDC-T house away, three months after its construction.Hardly three months aft...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 2134 | by Staff reporter
Malaba's lawyers dress code directive reversed
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has withdrawn Practice Direction (PD) 6 of 2020 banning tight-fitting, body-hugging and colourful attire for legal practitioners appearing before the Magistrates Courts. ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Mwonzora aides clash
POWER struggles have ripped the MDC-T faction apart ahead of its extraordinary congress slated for September, with interim leader Thokozani Khupe's aides allegedly assaulted by party secretarygeneral ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 8542 | by Staff reporter
Prison break backfires for inmates
Five Mazowe prison inmates who allegedly tried to break out from the prison are in soup after a foiled attempt.The ring leader Ali Muda...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 19:59hrs | 3332 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cowdray Park police brutality case postponed to July
The case in which six police officers are accused of brutally assaulting two Cowdray Park women for allegedly violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations is now to set to commence on July 13.This ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 20:58hrs | 952 | by Staff reporter
Chinese employer bashed for non payment of wages
A Chinese employer Qingfu Xu was bashed his manager for failure to pay wages.The matter came to light at Guruve magistrates courts yest...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:40hrs | 2868 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Magistrate who denied bail to MDC 'abduction' trio is promoted
A magistrate who denied bail to three female MDC Alliance activists accused of staging their own abduction has been promoted.Bianca Makwande refused bail for Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, Nets...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:58hrs | 2532 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi faces contempt of court over abduction damages
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi and several former government officials have been taken to the High Court by a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) employee, Pascal Gonzo, who wants them charged for contempt of c...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Minister Obadiah Moyo 'detained' in his bedroom?
HEALTH Minister Obadiah Moyo, who was arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officers Friday night, is reported to have spent the same night at his home before coming to court the next...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1111 | by newzimbabwe
Man hospitalised after being stabbed over girlfriend
A Matopo man is in hospital after he was attacked in a dispute over a girlfriend.Washington Sibanda (28) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Tinashe Tashaya charged with attempted murder....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:55hrs | 708 | by Stephen Jakes
Herdsman jailed 12 years for rape
A 22-YEAR-OLD herdsman from Filabusi has been jailed for 12 years for raping his employer's granddaughter on three occasions after she was left in his custody. The man from Sibambene Village i...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Zimbabweans invade Pretoria Embassy...demand impeachment of Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans under the banner of Chapter 2 Movement staged a demonstration outside the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria, South Africa on Friday demanding the urgent impeachment of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 13:50hrs | 7418 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police brutality Why the Zimbabwe, US outrage is different
THE past few weeks have seen unprecedented global outrage at the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white police officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes while Floy...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:16hrs | 725 | by Dzikamai Bere
'Soldiers brutalizing my people,' says traditional chief
Guruve chief Chipuriro has denounced members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) currently enforcing Covid 19 lockdown laws in Guruve for brutalising his ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:50hrs | 6804 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Is Zimbabwe on the brink of collapse - yet again?
The three women were in tears, distraught, and seemingly faint with hunger, as they sat in filthy prison uniforms in the dock in a magistrate's court in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, waiting to hear if ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 4275 | by Andrew Harding
Man jailed 25 years for killed security guard
A BULAWAYO man who ganged up with two accomplices and choked a security guard to death at a flea market in the city centre in 2013, was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in jail. Ignatius Mehlul...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:44hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's workers fight for oranges
Former G40's kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere's 18 workers were arraigned before Concession resident magistrate Nixon Mangoti yesterday for disorderly conduct after they allegedly fought for oranges....Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 21:37hrs | 5359 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Soldier bites off lender's nose, absconds court
A Chiredzi magistrate has issued a warrant of arrest for a Chikombedzi soldier who allegedly bit off the nose of a woman who had lent him some money.early this year, the accused Godfrey Chiwar...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:01hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Cops bash Gwanda magistrate
GWANDA magistrate, Ndumiso Khumalo, who was battered by police in April following his arrest over suspected robbery, has lodged a complaint for the violation of his rights.Khumalo filed his compla...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi faces imprisonment
A LOCAL human rights activist, Pascal Gonzo has approached the High Court seeking to have Vice President, Kembo Mohadi held in contempt after failing to pay him US$80 000 in damages.In 2009, G...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:11hrs | 1280 | by newzimbabwe
Killing of Munakopa by police worry ZPP
The alleged killing of a bulawayo resident Paul Munakopa by the police on 23 May 2020 has irked the Zimbabwe Peace Project which says justice must be done on the matter like it has been done on the Am...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1966 | by Stephen Jakes
Prison inmate up for guard's murder
A BULAWAYO man who was about to be released from prison appeared in court for allegedly participating in the gruesome killing of a security guard at a flea market in the city centre in 2013. I...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Coup plotters, saboteurs outed
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has been buoyed and given a significant jolt, following the senseless murder of a black man, George Floyd in the United States. Floyd was murdered by a predominantly whi...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1672 | by Trevor Shiri
Massive political implosion beckons
BACK in the day, there was nothing as maddeningly hectic and nerve-fraying as the monthly pilgrimage of shepherding cattle to the communal dip tank.It really tested your tolerance, patience, s...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:40hrs | 276 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe records over 100 cases of harassment, intimidation during lockdown
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that in the past month it recorded 110 cases of harassment and intimidation in the country.The organisation said the majority of the cases are attribute...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:24hrs | 111 | by Stephen Jakes
Armed robbers fire warning shots,rob gold dealer
A 45-YEAR-OLD Harare based man has appeared before the Bindura Magistrate Maria Msika yesterday facing charges of robbery involving property and cash in e...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 21:46hrs | 2477 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
'Lying' abductees deny lying over abduction
HARARE West legislator Joana Mamombe and two other party activists have denied charges they lied to police about being abducted and tortured last month, their lawyer said, as the women were remanded i...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 20:20hrs | 1437 | by AFP
The abduction of the three MDC activists explained.
Surely to their word the police have finished their investigations in the alleged abductions of the three MDC Alliance women leaders. For sometime now the press is awash with the charges and arrests o...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 13:46hrs | 6054 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
6-man robbery gang released on bail
THE High Court has released on bail a gang of six men that allegedly attacked five small-scale miners with machetes and metal bars before robbing them of gold and over $23 000, all in one day. ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Siblings sjambok father to death
TWO Nyanga siblings have been slapped with a two year jail term each following their conviction of culpable homicide after the death of their father whom they assaulted on allegations of witchcraft....Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 19:48hrs | 3223 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19, food aid, increased vulnerability and human rights
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has expressed concerns that the Covid 19 outbreak has increased the food insecurity, vulnerability and human rights violations in the country.In its latest report ZP...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 11:29hrs | 303 | by Stephen Jakes
Mashakada dumps Chamisa
MDC Alliance faces dramatic revolt as more MPs appear to be deserting the camp led by Nelson Chamisa.The former Cabinet Minister and Hatfield legislator Tapiwa Mashakada becoming the latest to...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7813 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's next move and strategy
THE main opposition MDC-Alliance is locked in countless battles, in and out of court, as the party resists an onslaught it says has been orchestrated by the Zanu-PF government. Nelson Chamisa'...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 7696 | by Staff reporter
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