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Suicide attempt man falls to death from tree
A 71-year-old man from Lusulu in Binga died after falling from a tree while trying to commit suicide, police have confirmed. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon. Matabeleland North polic...Published: 25 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Nurse aid up for raping house maid
A nurse at Ingutsheni Mental Health Hospital has been taken to court after he allegedly raped a 17 year old girl who visited his home looking for a maid job.Edward Matimba (42) pleaded d...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:07hrs | 2289 | by Stephen Jakes
Tales of a Covid-19 ravaged Zimbabwean community in UK
"MANY loved ones will die!" screams a newspaper headline.As Covid-19 spreads, another headline ramps up emotions: "Daughters lose dad and big sister to coronavirus within days of each other â€...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 260 | by Charles Mtetwa
Dr Energy Mutodi insults his minister by mistake
Dr Energy Mutodi fired live animations to his minister Monica Mutsvangwa claiming that it is friendly fires. Such behavior is unwise,unpolitically placed,unministerial, behavior. While spitting his ve...Published: 14 May 2020 at 21:24hrs | 6377 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jailed robber's wife hides gun in field
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare woman, believed to be linked to armed robbers, was arrested for hiding a gun in a maize field at her residence in Hatfield acting on instructions from her husband, who is at...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Trio invokes ancient Tonga custom in 'kidnap and rape' incident
TWO brothers and their cousin who allegedly invoked an ancient Tonga custom to kidnap a girl (17) and take her to their homestead where one of them raped her before introducing her to relatives as his...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Harare businessman nabbed in cocaine tip off
POLICE have recovered US$18 000 worth of crack cocaine, cutting utensils, a cutting agent and a scale from a vehicle and house of a local businessman following a tip off. Tafungiswa Kennedy Ja...Published: 07 May 2020 at 11:12hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs neighbour's wife in 'love triangle'
A 69-YEAR-OLD MAN from Siyoka area in Beitbridge West has been arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing his neighbour's wife (52) on Saturday evening. The man is reported to have stabbed the wo...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Detective 'rapes' daughter for 7 years
A 43-YEAR-OLD police detective has been arrested for allegedly raping his 17-year-old daughter on several occasions from the time she was 10 years old. The cop, who cannot be named for ethical...Published: 05 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
'Workers in Zimbabwe are mourning'
"My prospects are useless, the leadership of the country should change because they have failed us as a country, in terms of employment it's their duty to create employment but they have failed. ...Published: 02 May 2020 at 18:34hrs | 1751 | by Daniel Itai
'Abused' man hangs self
A 73-year-old visually impaired man from Mabale in Hwange allegedly committed suicide by hanging at his homestead in the presence of a three-year-old grandchild after allegedly being abused by family ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Five-year-old burns 8-roomed house
FOUR people narrowly escaped death in Hwange when a five-year-old boy allegedly set fire to his elder sister's clothes in a wardrobe before the fire spread through the eight-roomed house and burnt all...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
15 Ethiopians face deportation from Zimbabwe
FIFTEEN Ethiopian illegal immigrants who were recently arrested, while hiding at a homestead in Swisha, Gwanda have been released from prison pending deportation. Police raided their hide-out, at a ho...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:45hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra top commander wallows in poverty
A 95-year-old former Zipra cadre, David Moyo, who is a brother to the late nationalist, Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo, says many ex-freedom fighters have nothing to show for their sacrifices, with some of the...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:33hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
7 detectives put on self-isolation
SEVEN police detectives have been put on self-isolation after they came into contact with an accused person believed to be infected with the deadly coronavirus. Court officials, prison guards ...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults wife, another takes poison
A HARARE man appeared in court on Wednesday charged with the murder of his wife during the current lockdown called by the Government to contain the spread of Covid-19. The case comes against t...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwean dad, daughter die from Covid-19
"I can't afford to breakdown now, my mum needs me."These are the heartbreaking words of a woman who has lost her sister and father to coronavirus.The deadly disease has taken the lives...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 20:10hrs | 4627 | by Staff reporter
Veteran journalist Ray Matikinye dies
The journalism fraternity was on Sunday mourning two veteran journalist, Ray Matikinye who collapsed and died at his home in Bulawayo.Matikinye previously worked for The Daily NewsMati...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 15:51hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over pregnancy
A Mount Darwin man committed suicide by taking a pesticide after his 21-year-old pregnant girlfriend eloped to him. Mashonaland central provincial deputy police spokesperson Assistant inspecto...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 exposes, heightens inequalities
Not so long ago, just before lockdown, a man reported to human resources at his workplace that he was not coming to work because he was experiencing flu and malaria-like symptoms. Because he had not b...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 322 | by Gloria Ndoro Mkombachoto
Man commits suicide in protest of pregnancy
A 25-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin man allegedly drank toxic after his girlfriend eloped to him after falling pregnant.Takudzwa Magunje of farm...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 17:41hrs | 2229 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Self-isolation of Covid-19 patients under spotlight
GOVERNMENT is in the process of reviewing home self-isolation measures to fit the local context as some household conditions can further expose families and the public to Covid-19. When Government int...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:36hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Increase in Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe worries MP
MDC legislator Settlement Chikwinya has expressed some worries over the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in Zimbabwe at a time when the country is very slow in testing people."Zimbabwe...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 2210 | by Stephen Jakes
Lockdown in the ghetto
THE lockdown issue has been done wrongly, especially to us in the ghettos. It has been set up in a way that negatively affects our wellness, wellbeing and livelihood.This is so because the peo...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 394 | by Vincent Mapiye
Mentally ill wife fights with daughter…axes husband to death
A mentally ill woman from Bulawayo's Emganwini township has been arrested after axing her husband to death during a fight she had with her daughter over remote control.Bulawayo police spokespe...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 11:38hrs | 2491 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Man kills himself
A 25-year-old Bindura man committed suicide after a misunderstanding with his wife after he squandered money on girlfriends.Iaan Chivanevana, of Sango Farm in Bindura, hanged himself on Tuesda...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:39hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 and the bad 'all-weather' friends
THIS lockdown must be logging down Sibusiso Moyo, the Foreign Affairs minister, too bad. When you are used to being out too much, lockdowns are, no doubt, a bad thing to happen to you.You, the...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:33hrs | 417 | by Tawanda Majoni
Man hangs self over financial problems in lockdown
Due to financial problems in the Zimbabwe lockdown a 25-year-old Bindura man committed suicide after a misunderstanding with his wife last week....Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:15hrs | 1091 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Wife murders hubby over TV channels
A dispute between a daughter and mother over which television channel to watch turned fatal when the latter went on to axe her husband for allegedly failing to reprimand their daughter during the misu...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:38hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Jackie Ngarande denies affair with Prof Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe socialite Jackie Ngarande has issued a statement after rogue figures hiding behind shadowy social media accounts alleged that she was bedding the country's Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube....Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 4978 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for housebreaking spree
A 37-year-old Victoria Falls man who went on a housebreaking spree at night in Mkhosana suburb stealing cellphones has been arrested. Member Mudenda residing at 1149 in Aerodrome used a metal ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbabwe artiste overcomes coronavirus
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED gospel music minister Rhoda Tongogora, popularly known as Mai Tongogara, has exclusively opened up to Standard Style how she contracted and overcame the novel coronavirus (Covid-1...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reported to the Judicial Service Commission
PROPERTY mogul Frank Buyanga and ex-lover Chantelle Muteswa's child custody wrangle has taken a new twist after the businessman wrote to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) complaining about how Pre...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:35hrs | 3921 | by newzimbabwe
Zim could have provided social safety to citizens - ZimFirst leader
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shuba has said the country could have provided social safety to citizens during the period they face challenges economically, health and social."Over the course of the ...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 15:42hrs | 629 | by Stephen Jakes
Calls for General Chiwenga to be quarantined made
Opposition leaders have called upon the government to encourage Vice President Constantino Nyikadzino Dominic Guvheya Chiwenga to enter into a period of self-quarantine for 14 days after he landed in ...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:13hrs | 5826 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Notorious Chiweshe couple jailed
A notorious Chiweshe couple was jailed 16 months for unlawfully entering into the complainant's room and stealing goods valued at $5000 by Concession magistrate Nyasha Machiriori yes...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1833 | by Simbarashe Sithole
HIV positive man jailed for rapping niece (15)
A 28-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man was sentenced to 5 years for bedding his nephew several times purporting that he was curing his HIV status by having sex with the...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 06:56hrs | 2141 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Cheated hubby goes after boyfriend's wife
IS "tit for tat a fair game"?In the wake of discovering that his wife of 12 years has been cheating on him and probably reeling from a storm of emotions, a Bulawayo man took the bold but rathe...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 2478 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor jailed
A ZANU-PF councillor for ward 13 in Chipinge will spend the next 12 years in jail for raping a mentally-challenged patient, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, on three different occasions after ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 20:40hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
The owner of Zimbabwe Parliament building revealed
One of the most enduring legends in Zimbabwean politics is the historical ownership of its current Parliament building.There are three narratives in this regard. The first, is that the buildin...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 10:22hrs | 13686 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
Sangoma, gang in gold heist
A robbery syndicate coordinated by a traditional healer, whose role was reportedly to provide lucky charms to the criminals, has been arrested over a 1,8kg gold heist. Persuade Maponga (45) of Epworth...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:15hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
New settlements turn into squatter camps
Michael has to wash cars along George Silundika Street in Bulawayo so that his wife, Luba, and their 10-month-old daughter do not go to bed hungry. Besides the food he has to budget for on the $25 he ...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 443 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
Armed robbers involved in road accident
SIX suspected armed robbers who killed a Mutare businessman Kumbirai Khumbula during a prayer meeting at his home on Sunday morning were involved in a road accident a few hours after committing the cr...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2210 | by Staff reporter
Cops, soldier up for robbery
A robbery gang comprising two policemen, a soldier and cellphone dealers that had unleashed a reign of terror in Chitungwiza and Kuwadzana, using guns, machetes and axes, was yesterday remanded in cus...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 327 | by Staff reporter
Zacc stalks 'forex' landlords
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), working with the police has advised tenants to anonymously use their offices and police stations to report landlords who are demanding rentals in foreig...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:53hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Uncle rapes niece (13) bribes her with jiggies
A MAN fromn Matobo is in trouble after he allegedly raped his niece (13) several times before giving her jiggies as bribe for her not to report the abuse.It is the state case that the man who ...Published: 14 Mar 2020 at 08:53hrs | 1840 | by Steve Grays
'NetOne boss Muchenje allocated himself and his wife $895 000 as a holiday allowance' - report
STATE-OWNED telecommunications firm NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje, whose suspension was lifted yesterday by the High Court on a technicality, is facing numerous charges, in which he is accus...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 06:11hrs | 4774 | by Staff reporter
Lawsuit exposes Chiwenga riches
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga is demanding a refund of US$245 428 paid into his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa's bank account as proceeds from his hunting concessions as the fight for properties ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 06:13hrs | 4803 | by Staff reporter
Axe rampage killer goes to victims' funeral
A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe who cold bloodedly axed five people to death in Binga last Friday was arrested the following day when he attended a funeral wake for his victims and tried to light a fire ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Woman stabbed 9 times
A 30-year-old Chirumhanzu man has been sentenced to 19 years in jail for robbing and stabbing a 28-year-old woman nine times all over the body with an Okapi knife after he had a misunderstanding with ...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 05:21hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
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