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Chivayo mocks Chimombe, Mpofu
Ex-convict Wicknell Chivayo has ridiculed his detained business associates, Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, dismissing them as “petty criminals” rather than friends.In a post on X, Chivayo ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers union slams conviction of school heads who abused funds
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has sharply condemned the conviction and sentencing of a school head and deputy from Chiredzi district for misusing the Basic Education Assistance Mo...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 08:35hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 615 | by Brighton Chiseva
Jacob Ngarivhume denied bail
Jacob Ngarivhume, leader of Transform Zimbabwe, and his alleged accomplice Kelvin Gonde have been denied bail by Harare magistrate Farai Gwitima. They face charges of disorderly conduct and pa...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:52hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes woman who turned down love proposal
A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with two years suspended, after being found guilty of raping a 34-year-old woman who had rejected his romantic advances. The inciden...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 11:42hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Judge orders retraining for magistrate
The High Court reviewed and found that a Harare magistrate improperly convicted a reckless kombi driver, Munyaradzi Ronde, of a lesser offense of negligent driving, resulting in an inappropriate sente...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:32hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Businessman loses 15-year murder sentence appeal
The Supreme Court has upheld the 15-year prison sentence for Bulawayo businessman Simon Tapera and his accomplices, Collen Mukombwe and Norman Tapera, who were convicted of murdering Tonderai Doka. ...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:15hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is presiding over a mobster regime!
It has been confirmed.So, the ruling ZANU PF party can, after all, have its opponents arrested and thrown in jail on trumped-up charges.This shocking revelation was made by none other ...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 628 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Relief as High Court reverses Masvingo evictions
The High Court has overturned the conviction of 16 villagers who were previously found guilty of illegally occupying gazetted land in Masvingo. The original conviction, handed down b...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1013 | 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 | 1112 | 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 | 480 | by Staff reporter
Man admits to stealing underwear to please wife
COURTROOMS are typically places of solemnity and seriousness, but every now and then, a spark of humour ignites, often unexpectedly.Such was the case when a man charged with breaking into a bo...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:56hrs | 832 | by Staff reportrer
'Mentally-ill people also enjoy sex'
HIGH Court judges of appeal have said mentally-ill people also enjoy sex in their own right.The court said it could not be dispelled, where there was no evidence, that the mentally-ill are inc...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:54hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
British Govt shows the world how to deal with rioters
It's, unfortunately, depressingly familiar. Violence has broken out in the United Kingdom led by loosely organised thugs driven by fake news and hate speech on social media that was made acceptable by...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Ex-CCC organizer jailed 36 months
Tineyi Mapepa, former Mwenezi district organizer for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), was sentenced to 36 months in prison by Mwenezi Magistrate Conceptor Ngwerume on July 16. Mapepa, 46, was ...Published: 04 Aug 2024 at 15:53hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Hate attacks on Zimbabwe magistrates condemned
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has expressed concern and urged the public to desist from conducting hate campaigns against judges and magistrates as this not only endangers the judicial o...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:55hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
High Court dismisses convicted cop's bribery appeal
Tyron Makayi, a CID officer from Masvingo, had his appeal against his bribery conviction and sentence rejected by the High Court. After being convicted and sentenced to 36 months in prison (with 10 mo...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 12:38hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans don't need to be paid by the US to reject oppression, Mr. Mnangagwa!
It never ceases to amaze!Can there be anything more demeaning than an entire nation being regarded as dimwits by its own leaders?What can be more insulting than your own government acc...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 17:17hrs | 882 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe armed robber loses appeal against death sentence
A Supreme Court bench has rejected an appeal against a death sentence filed by Doubt Mathe, who was convicted of murdering a security guard during a 2008 robbery at a cotton buying point in Gokwe....Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 10:52hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Mount Darwin Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Raping Mental Patient
A Mount Darwin man, James Museredza (38), has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the rape of a mental patient in Chiruma village, Mount Darwin.Museredza was convicted by Bindura regional...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 12:17hrs | 543 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gang rape victim demands GOAT! as compensation
IT'S a crazy and insane world. But you have to believe it because it is true.A woman from Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, who alleged that she was gang-raped by four men while he...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime knows can't shoot people in front of regional leaders!
Why has the President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime, of late, intensified its crackdown on gatherings? What are they so terrified of?...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 05:11hrs | 439 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa fears SADC Summit protests
In anticipation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Harare next month, the Zimbabwean government is cracking down on gatherings and dissent due to fears of protests in front...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 13:16hrs | 3032 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala successfully appeal conviction
Opposition activist and former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has successfully appealed a High Court conviction and sentence for publishing falsehoods on social media. Sikhala had been co...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:23hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Zec corruption scandal spreads to SA
A JOHANNESBURG printing firm and its agent are being investigated by Zimbabwe's anti-corruption authority for price gouging on election-related material and equipment.Zimbabwe is no stranger t...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:48hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nurse aid robs Ireland pensioners
"LOCK them up for a long time because they are evil," were the words of one of six vulnerable pensioners preyed on by their former carer for Euro 34 000 in violent burglaries in Athlone, Co. Westmeath...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:13hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe politics derail anti-corruption fight'
At a national anti-corruption conference in Harare, Transparency International Zimbabwe (TI-Z) board chairperson Isheanesu Chirisa highlighted several challenges hindering the fight against corruption...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:50hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
CCC activists clock month in detention
High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has reserved his ruling on the bail appeal of 78 opposition members arrested on June 16 for alleged unlawful gathering and disorderly conduct. The ruling is...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 16:33hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
VBS looter released on parole
Former VBS Mutual Bank's chief financial officer Phillip Truter was released on parole after he was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2020. Speaking to broadcaster Newzroom Afrika on Monday, De...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 11:57hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises free food for all in need
The government has committed to supporting food-insecure Zimbabweans affected by the El Niño-induced drought, intensifying its food aid program nationwide to ensure no one dies of hunger, President E...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:49hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Marapira to officiate Manicaland inaugural tech-transfer expo
Preparations for the inaugural Manicaland Rural Development, technology advancement and knowledge transfer exhibition are at an advance stage at Mutomba Hillside Citadel in Buhera, whilst the deputy M...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 14:33hrs | 10 | by Edson Mapani in Buhera
Man acquitted of rape
Harare regional magistrate Clever Tsikwa acquitted a man accused of raping his 10-year-old niece, citing contradictions in the evidence presented. The ruling pointed out discrepancies between ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Association with Chivayo warrants impeachment from Presidency
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the scriptural rhetorical question, "Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" (Amos 3:3) underscores the impea...Published: 03 Jul 2024 at 15:18hrs | 8 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Chivayo has Mnangagwa in his pocket?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's association with controversial figures continues to raise concerns, with recent revelations highlighting his ties to convicted tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo. This devel...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Teens kill rival suitor over sex worker
High Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has sentenced Ashton Tadiwanashe Mandaza (19) and Kudakwashe Machingauta (18) from Chivhu to 10 years in prison for the murder of Onisimo Mavhungire, stemmi...Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Regime not ready to fight corruption
The story of Wicknell Chivhayo has once again exposed the failure of this regime to apply its biting teeth to the scourge of corruption, which has destroyed the country's moral and economic fibre....Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 15:10hrs | | by Leonard Koni
ED2030 sloganeering lacks practicability
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, as I see it, the ED 2030 campaign sloganeering lacks practicality. It is corrosive, divisive and erosive. It contradicts the time-honoured lead...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwean man jailed in UK for removing condom during sex
A British court has slapped a Zimbabwean man with a four-year, three month prison sentence after finding him guilty of removing a condom without the consent of a woman with whom he was having sex....Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 08:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Self-styled Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati held at Harare Central Prison pending appeal
In a continuing saga that has captured national attention, Francesco Marconati, the notorious self-styled Italian Mafia boss, is now being held at Harare Central Prison pending appeal. Marconati, who ...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 13:51hrs | 7 | by George Tshuma
32 months in jail for stealing from 32 houses
Future Ncube, a 25-year-old from Makwika Village in Hwange, Matabeleland North province, has been sentenced to an effective 32-month jail term for 32 counts of unlawful entry. Appearing before...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 08:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boy dates, impregnates sister
WHILE stories of love conquering all inspire some of the greatest works of art and literature, tales of infatuation between close relatives siblings, or parent and child elicit disgust.That wa...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 08:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo's Mnangagwa claims rattle govt
An audio recording allegedly featuring Wicknell Chivayo, a controversial businessman, boasting about his close ties to President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stirred unease among Zanu-PF officials and gover...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING:Notorious Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati arrested for Community Service evasion...son on the run
In a dramatic turn of events, notorious self-styled Italian Mafia boss Francesco Marconati has been arrested for failing to conduct the community service mandated by the court. His son, Alessandro ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 16:18hrs | 49 | by George Tshuma
'Ideologically bankrupt' Ramaphosa's ANC in a governance tailspin
To suggest that the 2024 electoral outcome has fundamentally altered how parties relate to one another post-election would be an understatement.Never has the party with a majority of votes fou...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 13:56hrs | 2 | by Sipho Seepe
Zimbabwean trio nabbed for terrorising South Africans
Three Zimbabweans suspected of being in South Africa illegally appeared in court on Friday facing charges including murder, robbery, contravention of the Immigration Act, and possession of unlicensed ...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Overzealous police boss slapped with US$500 fine
A police chief in Kamativi, Matebeleland North province, found himself in hot water after assaulting a female subordinate. On February 22, 44-year-old Stanley Siampongo became enraged when the...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kereke still a free man after losing Supreme Court appeal
Munyaradzi Kereke, convicted of child rape, remains free despite losing his appeal at the Supreme Court. Despite facing a 10-year prison term, he should have reported to serve the remaining 20...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zuma gets revenge by humbling Ramaphosa's ANC
In a turbulent political journey spanning over six decades, Jacob Zuma has weathered charges of rape and contempt, facing dismissal from both the positions of deputy president and president of South A...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kereke sent back to jail
FORMER Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke is back in prison after the Supreme Court yesterday confirmed his conviction and an effective 10-year jail term for raping a juvenile relative. ...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 18:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's workers claims that property were gifts
During their bail application before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, two of the four men arrested for allegedly stealing property from Grace Mugabe's Blue Roof mansion in Borrowdale, Harare, clai...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
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