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Woman assaults granddaughter over maize meal
A 64-YEAR-OLD grandmother is in trouble after she assaulted her granddaughter with an electric cable before throwing an egg on her forehead over maize meal misunderstanding.Beauty Sibanda was ...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 09:41hrs | 1075 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chinese food aid allegedly politicised amid Zimbabwe's hunger crisis
A recent donation of four metric tonnes of rice by China to feed hungry Zimbabweans has been criticized for allegedly being politicised, exacerbating the desperate hunger situation faced by villagers....Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:11hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults mother with axe handle, jailed
A 23-year-old man from Fort Rixon, Proud Manasa, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after assaulting his mother, Ms. Irene Bell, with an axe handle during a domestic dispute.Manasa was ...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:16hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree man assaults grandmother over witchcraft
A 26-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he assaulted his grandmother with an iron bar after accusing her of bewitching him.Admire Nyathi was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts on Th...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:45hrs | 269 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man assaults neighbour with barbed wire over debt
An angry Plumtree man is in trouble after he assaulted his neighbour with a barbed wire over debt.Alfred Musiz Dube (24) appeared before Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware yesterday....Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:18hrs | 586 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man assaults 2-year-old daughter
A 35-year-old man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo was sentenced to 510 hours of community service after being convicted of physically abusing his two-year-old daughter. The abuse occurred when the...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:17hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Primonent Zimbabwean Pastor in court for raping in-law
A prominent Chinhoyi-based cleric, 40-year-old Lloyd Kanyangarika Karuru, founder of Followers of Christ Church International, has been charged with raping one of his in-laws on multiple occasions. Ka...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:55hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Sexual harassment in Parliament of Zimbabwe
BUDIRIRO North legislator Susan Matsunga has called for a more robust fight against sexual harassment, emphasizing that the battle must begin within the very walls of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, where...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:42hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults wife over relish
A Plumtree man has been charged with assault after allegedly attacking his wife with a leather belt following a dispute over the absence of relish in their meal.Golden Malikondwe appeared befo...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:16hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults fines officer at court
A 42-year-old man from Harare, Eliah Mhiyangwa, has appeared in court facing charges of assault after allegedly attacking a court official at the Mbare Magistrates Court in August this year.Mh...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Woman robbed, raped at prayer session
Police in Mashonaland East have intensified efforts to apprehend a man accused of raping and robbing a 22-year-old woman in the Ngomakurira Mountains of the Domboshava area in Goromonzi.The su...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:26hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Hubby assaults wife over relish
A hungry man is an angry man, this was proved by a Plumtree man who allegedly assaulted his wife with a leather belt in a domestic dispute.Golden Malikondwe was dragged to Plumtree magistrates...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 20:04hrs | 484 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Harare crowd fatally assaults 'thief'
A tragic incident of mob justice unfolded on December 1, 2024, in the Belvedere suburb of Harare, claiming the life of Bla Odza. The 36-year-old was brutally assaulted by a group of people who accused...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:49hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Man whips stepson with bicycle chain, attempts to kill him
A shocking case of child abuse has emerged from Juta village in Beitbridge, where a 53-year-old man and his 32-year-old wife were arrested for torturing and attempting to kill the man's 12-year-old st...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:57hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Man whips tied-up stepson with bicycle chain, attempts to kill him
A 53-year-old man and his 32-year-old wife from Juta village, Beitbridge, have been arrested on charges of torturing and attempting to kill the woman's 12-year-old son in a shocking case of child abus...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults daughter-in-law in dispute over teaspoon
A 48-year-old widower from Senga, Gweru, has been handed a four-month suspended prison sentence for assaulting his daughter-in-law over a dispute involving a teaspoon.Appearing before Gweru Pr...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:59hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP assaults church leader
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for Zengeza East, Goodrich Chimbaira (37), and his three brothers—Phillip Chimbaira, Agrippa Shadreck Chimbaira (34), and Jericho Chimbaira (31)—have...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:28hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Insiza villagers cross swords with Chief Mafu
Villagers in Insiza District are at odds with their chief over the alleged protection of an abusive village head, Anton Msimanga, whose conduct has drawn multiple complaints from locals. The villagers...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
UK House of Commons receives Mthwakazi petition on Zanu-PF threats
The United Kingdom House of Commons has formally acknowledged receipt of a petition from the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), raising alarm over threats and human rights abuses allegedly c...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:57hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri, Sanyatwe to pay army brutality victims US$38,000
A Shurugwi magistrate has ruled that Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe must pay a total of US$38,000 in compensat...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 07:48hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
3 men fatally assaults rival suitor over woman
Police have apprehended three members of a gang and initiated a manhunt for three other suspects after a deadly confrontation over a woman resulted in the fatal assault of a rival suitor.The d...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 09:58hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Man severely assaults mother for refusing to give him money
A man from Karoi has been sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting his mother after she refused to give him money. The incident, which occurred on September 4, 2024, was confirmed in a stateme...Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:09hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Ben 10 assaults 'sugar mom' over infidelity
Magistrate Constance Mutandwa has sentenced 24-year-old Tonderai Mupindu to an effective 12 months in prison for assaulting his 45-year-old girlfriend, Anna Fadzai Katoma, after accusing her of infide...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 10:33hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Villagers up in arms with village head
Villagers in Malole B, Chetumbu area, Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, are urgently seeking assistance due to alleged abuse by their village head, Anton Msimanga. Appointed in 2016 by the...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:59hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
South Africa GDP growth is an 'illusion' benefiting the few
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have dismissed the recent GDP growth figures released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) as "misleading", accusing the government and financial institutions of c...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 09:17hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Spear-killer on the run
Police in Matabeleland South have launched a manhunt for a murder suspect, Petros Mbulawa, who is also wanted in connection with several assault cases. Matabeleland South provincial police spo...Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 17:04hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Stunner assaults daughter's friend
Musician Desmond Chideme (Stunner) appeared at the Mbare Magistrates' Court on allegations of assaulting his daughter's nine-year-old friend. Chideme, represented by Dumisani Mtombeni, faced c...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults mother after she refused to sleep with him
A 23-year-old man from Emakhandeni suburb in Bulawayo, Takudzwa Madzipa, has been sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting and strangling his mother after she refused his demand for sex. ...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 08:04hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
Man indecently assaults 10-year-old girl in car boot
A man from Rujeko, Chinhoyi, has been taken to court for indecent assault after allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl in the boot of a car. The accused, 26-year-old Panashe Tinotenda Magusvu, was sea...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:43hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
SA police offer R20k reward for information on Zimbabwean criminal
LOVEMORE Musoyi, a Zimbabwean national believed to be about 35 years old, is wanted by Limpopo police in connection with more than 10 criminal cases, including murder, attempted murder, armed robberie...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 12:51hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Zapu calls for SADC action against Zanu-PF
ZAPU has joined the list of growing organisations concerned about the government's clampdown on citizens ahead of the 44th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit in Harare, questio...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 17:14hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Herdboy tears, assaults maid for refusing sex
A 44-YEAR-OLD Plumtree herdboy was convicted by a Plumtree magistrate on Thursday for tearing the maid's blouse before assaulting her in a sex dispute.Nkululeko Moyo was sentenced to 18 months...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 15:47hrs | 1449 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man assaults fines officer
A 42-YEAR-OLD man has been remanded in custody to August 19 after he allegedly stormed the resident magistrate's office at the Mbare Magistrates Court and assaulted a fines officer.Harare magi...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:30hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults peacemaker
A 38-year-old man from Nyanga, Manicaland Province was fined for assaulting a villager who intervened to stop him from attacking another resident. According to the National Prosecuting Authori...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 15:20hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Granddad (78) 'sexually attacks' granddaughter
A 78-year-old man from Filabusi, Matabeleland South Province, has been charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting his 17-year-old granddaughter. The elderly man, wh...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Sister sexually assaults sibling, records videos
A WOMAN from Zengeza 2, Chitungwiza, who allegedly sexually assaulted her younger sister aged 14 since 2022 and would record videos whilst committing the offence, has appeared before the courts....Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 08:02hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
CCC activist 'assaults' village head over food
A CCC activist from Guvamatanga Village, Ward 35 in Gutu Central has appeared in court facing allegations of assaulting a village head who had refused him food aid from the Social Welfare Department....Published: 13 Jul 2024 at 12:29hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man escaped from SA police custody
Detectives in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo have launched a massive manhunt, seeking to arrest their "most wanted suspect", Lovemore Musoyi, a Zimbabwean national believed to be around 35-years-o...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 15:30hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
SA police on hunting for Zimbabwean murder suspect
POLICE in South Africa have launched an "intensive hunt" for a Zimbabwean suspect linked to a series of violent crimes including murder, attempted murder, armed robberies, house robberies, business ro...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 15:19hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Criminal known for 'devastating punch' finally arrested
Mxolisi Ncube (37), a notorious criminal from Mbila village in Bulilima District, has been arrested by Figtree police after terrorizing villagers for over two years. His capture came after a 52-year-o...Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:53hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political crisis has dragged on for too long
The phrase "political economy" has entered the dictionary of the World Bank and other development organizations around the world.Academic interest in the components of the political economy of...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 27 | by Evans Mathanda
Vendor assaults council cop
Simon Makoni, a street vendor in Harare, appeared in court on Tuesday, accused of assaulting a council patrol officer. Makoni, aged 21, was granted US$50 bail and is scheduled to appear in court again...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:45hrs | 3 | 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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to President Mnangagwa to Commission an Inquiry into Redcliff Municipality
Dear President Mnangagwa, It was with such great pleasure and a long overdue move that we learned of Your Excellency's instituting a Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of the City of Harar...Published: 17 May 2024 at 14:09hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe crime rate surges
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 21,5% jump in crime to 221 596 from 182 427 previously recorded in the last quarter, latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) figures have revealed.Th...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tout (18) assaults passenger over $2
A violent Gweru tout is counting his losses after he assaulted a passenger over $2 before being dragged to court.Silas Sanangura (18) w...Published: 16 Mar 2024 at 06:27hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Conductor assaults passenger over bus fare
A conductor has been arraigned before the courts today, for allegedly assaulting a passenger over a US$0.50 bus fare. Tafadzwa Zivavo appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi charge...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 15:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Woman assaults cop husband
A Bulawayo woman assaulted her husband, who is a police officer, for delaying opening the door for her when she arrived home early in the morning.Ellen Ndhlovu (38) pleaded guilty to the charg...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Children terrorised by invisible creatures
THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magw...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
One night stand haunts Harare man
A Harare man is refusing to take care of his unborn child as he is arguing that he does not know the mother who he met at a bar and had unprotected sex with.This emerged at the Harare civil co...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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