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Gweru woman arrested for murder
A GWERU woman has been arrested for the alleged murder of her husband during an episode of domestic violence.The woman's husband allegedly fell on a glass television stand and sustained a deep...Published: 7 hrs ago | 326 | by Staff reporter
5 up for killing stock thief
FIVE people have been arrested in Madlambuzi in Matabeleland South province on allegations of killing a 50-year-old suspected stock thief and severely injuring another after accusing them of stealing ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's critically ill ex-wife wheeled into court
THERE was a heartrending spectacle at the Harare magistrates court Wednesday after Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, was assisted into the court room in a wheelchair....Published: 20 hrs ago | 1875 | by Staff reporter
Wife loses tooth in an infidelity fight
A 35-YEAR -OLD Mudzi woman lost her tooth after her violent husband stoned her on the month.The matter came to light at Mutoko magistrates courts yesterday Nectar Mushonga appeared before magi...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 10:41hrs | 1643 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Villager bashes neighbour over a hoe
A 42-YEAR-OLD villager was slapped with a one year jail term by Mutoko magistrate Rumbidzai Mhandu for assaulting his neighbour over a hoe dispute....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 02:16hrs | 339 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gun-crazy Zanu-PF MP steps on woman's breast - then shares picture
A crazed Zanu-PF MP has been photographed stepping on a woman's breast while armed with a gun.Soul Ncube, the MP for Matobo South, posted the picture to a WhatsApp group for his constituents....Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 20:04hrs | 3680 | by Staff reporter
Biti's application unprocedural, claims State
The assault trial of Tendai Biti continued today with deputy prosecutor general Mr Micheal Reza informing the court that his application for recusal of the magistrate was unprocedural and lacked merit...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 19:06hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Ximex mall dealer commits suicide
The Harare Ximex Mall dealer, Tafadzwa Murengwa alias Boss Pangolin who yesterday morning shot and killed his girlfriend along Simon Mazorodze Road after accusing her of cheating him with a married ma...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:07hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Ximex dealer guns down lover
A dealer at the former Ximex Mall in Harare, Tafadzwa Murengwa alias Boss Pangolin, yesterday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend near Bathroom Boutique along Simon Mazorodze Road in Waterfalls after ac...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:06hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Cop stabs boyfriend 4 times
A FEMALE police officer has been arraigned before the courts after stabbing her boyfriend four times over his failure to support her financially.The police officer, Precious Mikazhu (31), who ...Published: 28 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Biti assault case to be heard daily after serious delays
HARARE regional magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro Muchuchuti has adopted a strategy to expedite Tendai Biti's assault trial by ordering the court to hear the case on a daily basis after observing serious...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 20:42hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Robbers axe pedestrian to death
A 21-YEAR-OLD Shamva pedestrian was axed to death by four suspected robbers who met him on a foot path in Shamva last week.One of...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:34hrs | 1652 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machete wielding robbers pounce on a miner
FOUR machete wielding robbers allegedly pounced on a Bindura robber and demanded gold and cash before assaulting him and his wife at night....Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:31hrs | 527 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Manager bashes wife, strips and dumps her
A MANAGER at a Bulawayo clothing company was on Monday brought before provincial magistrate Nobuhle Ndlovu to face charges of abusing his wife after accusing her of denying him his conjugal rights....Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
Man kills ex-wife's boyfriend
POLICE in Hwedza, Mashonaland East province, have arrested a 45-year-old man who fatally attacked his former wife's boyfriend after she refused to reconcile with him.Edward Mhishe of Rambanepa...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Biti seeks Reza's recusal
The case in which Tendai Biti is accused of assaulting an investor continued today with him submitting that deputy Prosecutor General Mr Micheal Reza was not objective and therefore does not qualify t...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:36hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Stunner cleared on wife assault case
URBAN Grooves artist Desmond Chideme better known as Stunner has been acquitted in a matter he was accused of assaulting his wife Dione Tafirenyika following a domestic dispute.Harare magistra...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 19:21hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed 12 months over false rape claim
A WOMAN from Mahatshula North, Bulawayo, has been slapped with a 12-month prison term for making a false rape claim against her husband Doswell Mupundu (52) to spite him.After falling out with...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Cops 'rob' suspect of US$1 000
EIGHT Gweru-based police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing US$1 000 from a suspect before assaulting him with batons, resulting in him sustaining a fracture on the right leg and a dam...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's office planned to get Advocate Teffo off Meyiwa murder trial
"On the 28th of April when I was arrested before your court, that was a plan, and the plan was hatched in the office of the president - the number one office in the country," said Teffo.H...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 08:09hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
Security guards assault suspected thief to death
Police in Masvingo City recently arrested three security guards from Etland Milling Company for allegedly fatally assaulting a man who had broken into a warehouse at their workplace on Tuesday around ...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:31hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Boy child vulnerable to sexual abuse too
POLICE in Bulawayo have put on spotlight sexual abuse perpetrated against the boy child after five boys were sexually assaulted within five months compared to zero cases that were recorded in the same...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:04hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Politics rock UZ SRC election
Police officers reportedly descended on the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) campus Friday and randomly attacked students after the conclusion of Student Representative Council (SRC) elections.The ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:24hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Sperm harvesters on the loose in Bulawayo
A GROUP of female sperm harvesters is on the loose in Bulawayo after three women reportedly drugged and sexually assaulted a man who they had given a lift, with police warning the public not to accept...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 768 | by Stephen Mpofu
Chiwenga's ex-wife D-Day set for July 27 in child minder assault case
VICE President Chiwenga's ex-wife, Marry Mubaiwa, will know her fate, in a case she is accused of assaulting a former child minder, on July 27 after the state closed its case Thursday.Mubaiwa ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:29hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Biti shocked
The assault case of Tendai Biti continued yesterday with him shifting his attacks from The Herald to deputy prosecutor, Mr Michael Reza, saying he was not objective and likes to prosecute opposition p...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:18hrs | 2297 | by Staff reporter
Notorious machete gang caged
POLICE in Bulawayo have tracked down and arrested three armed robbery suspects who have been terrorising residents and have been linked to the robbery and murder of a Lobengula West businessman early ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Brothers kill father over US$15
TWO siblings were arrested last Friday in Marondera after they allegedly killed their father during a quarrel over US$15 stolen from a shop.The duo, Eric (28) and Brian Kagoro (25) of Nyagambe...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:25hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army captain, doctor in court for impersonation
A former army captain and a local doctor appeared before Harare Ruth Moyo on Thursday charged for impersonation with intent to commit crime.Moyo remanded Alfred Ngonidzashe Mugadza (54) ...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:40hrs | 706 | by Staff reporter
Minister Kazembe behind attack on Tendai Biti?
Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) chairperson in Mashonaland Central province George Gwarada has condemned Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe who is also ZANU PF chairperson for Mashonaland Cen...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 5193 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mamombe nailed by owner of the Mercedes Benz in fake abduction trial
NEW details emerged yesterday during the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members Joana Mamombe (Harare West MP), Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova who are accused of faking their abducti...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3341 | by Staff reporter
Mahachi in court for stealing iPhone?
AFTER hiding from the media and the public since his forced return from South Africa, Kudakwashe Mahachi had no choice but to appear at the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court yesterday to answer charges of t...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter
Biti attacks Herald
Tendai Biti has accused The Herald of being biased in reporting his assault case.He said this today at the Harare Magistrates Court while submitting reasons why his case should be referred to ...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 19:57hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Kudakwashe Mahachi appears in court
AFTER hiding from the media and the public since his forced return from South Africa, Kudakwashe Mahachi had no choice but to appear at Bulawayo's Tredgold Magistrates courts for malicious damage to p...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 16:12hrs | 1421 | by Staff reporter
Biti blames Chinamasa for his arrest
The assault case of Tendai Biti continued yesterday at Harare Magistrates Court with him blaming Zanu-PF Politiburo member Patrick Chinamasa for causing his arrest.Biti is facing charges of as...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2510 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier claims he was 'tortured and beaten' in Harare for serving in British army
A British Army veteran is "living in fear each and every second" due to the threat of deportation to Zimbabwe.Joram Nechironga has spent more than 20 years living in the UK and served in Iraq ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:57hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
Man flees as robbers pounce on wife
FOUR suspected robbers allegedly pounced on a couple at Gibson gold base in Mazowe and the husband managed to flee leaving his wife being attacked....Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 13:57hrs | 3846 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chitungwiza turned into war zone as residents mourn slain activist
Six men sat in a tuckshop at a shopping centre in the Nyatsime where residents were roaming around waiting for the police to bring Pius Jamba to indicate how he allegedly killed Citizen Coalition for ...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter
Biti cornered
HARARE magistrate Vongai Guwuriro Muchuchuti Monday said Tendai Biti, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president should stop submitting irrelevant evidence in a case he is accused of assaultin...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
Police sweat over missing student
POLICE have denied charges of assaulting a student at St Mathias Tsonzo High School in Manicaland province, who went missing last year, a day before his "O" English examination on December 6.L...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:59hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records 15 armed robberies in two weeks
Although the cases are being recorded citywide, the majority of them are reported in Western suburbs.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said the robber...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 07:53hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Toe selling joke to amputee leads to violence
SOMETIMES jokes that people think are cool turn out to be cruel, and even occasionally backfire with deadly consequences.That was at play when a man from Bulawayo reportedly fainted and soiled...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:49hrs | 1096 | by Staff reporter
'Biti's assault trial may never kick off'
ACTING deputy prosecutor-general Michael Reza has said Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-president Tendai Biti's trial for allegedly assaulting a Russian national might never resume bec...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:05hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Kuda Mahachi in the news again
SuperSport United striker Kudakwashe Mahachi is facing possible criminal investigation for gender-based violence (GBV) after he allegedly assaulted and broke the hand of his ex-wife.He is also...Published: 23 May 2022 at 19:36hrs | 2867 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults wife over infidelity
A 35-year-old man from Somabula has been arrested for fatally assaulting his wife with a switch while accusing her of having an extramarital affair with a local herdboy.Police said the suspect...Published: 23 May 2022 at 12:43hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
Cheeky armed robbers jailed 10 years each
FOUR notorious armed robbers have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each for committing a spate of cheeky robberies.Mbekezeli Brighton Sibanda (24) of Mbundani, Lindani Mpala (20) of Gwabal...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga estranged wife's assault case postponed
THE trial of Marry Mubaiwa on charges of assaulting her family maid was yesterday postponed to next month, this time because the magistrate presiding over the matter is on leave. Mubaiwa's tri...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
School teacher in the dock for assaulting student
A LOCAL Primary school teacher, Progress Ziweya, Wednesday appeared in court after she allegedly assaulted her nine-year-old student before expelling her from the school.Ziweya (38) appeared b...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti loses recusal application
HARARE magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro has dismissed an application by lawyer Tendai Biti demanding that she must recuse herself from a matter where the Harare East MP is accused of verbally ass...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:39hrs | 766 | by Staff reporter
Chegutu villagers relive night of terror
"THEY must rot in jail!" Selma Modi (38) of Kalembo Farm in Chegutu yelled as she narrated her harrowing ordeal of last Tuesday night at the hands of armed Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) personnel....Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
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