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Teen jailed for raping 11-year-old cousin at knifepoint
AN 18-year-old Bulawayo man has been sentenced to five years in prison for raping his 11-year-old cousin at knifepoint.The teenager, who lives in Suburbs, cannot be named to protect the identi...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:12hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
AMH Crisis Rages On: Journalists humiliated as marketing and distribution staff treated better
The crisis at Zimbabwe's leading privately owned media house, Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), continues to deepen, with journalists bearing the brunt of the company's financial turmoil.Only editor...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 14:04hrs | 466 | by Staff Reporter
Sex starved pastors force woman to commit unlawful entry
There was drama at Plumtree magistrates courts where a domestic worker at Solusi University told the court that she committed unlawful entry offence...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 09:20hrs | 1299 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gardener masterminds Hillside break-ins
A cunning housebreaking syndicate that terrorised residents of Bulawayo's affluent Hillside suburb for nearly three months has been brought to its knees, thanks to swift police action and a vigilant c...Published: 22 May 2025 at 18:14hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
UK will no longer be recruiting care workers from Zimbabwe
THE United Kingdom (UK) will no longer be recruiting care workers from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the Home Secretary has told the BBC.Yvette Cooper sai...Published: 12 May 2025 at 17:52hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
Maid cries foul after son's exam fees vanishes
The soft swish of a mop echoes through a spacious Waterfalls home in Harare, each stroke a part of Sharon Nyemba's daily rhythm. At 45, Nyemba is a domestic worker and single mother whose calloused ha...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 15:39hrs | 1762 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe linked domestic workers' 17-year fight for identity in SA
A nightmare journey of more than 17 years came to an end last week for a 36-year-old domestic worker who has been in a battle with the Department of Home Affairs to obtain a birth certificate, so that...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:15hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean nanny burns elderly woman's mouth with household detergent
A 75-year-old Glenwood woman was assaulted and burnt with a household detergent by her domestic worker of eight and a half years, following a confrontation over missing items from her safe.Thi...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 06:56hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman gives birth outside Cape Town home while husband dies next to her
While a pregnant woman in labour was waiting for an Uber to take her to hospital, her husband was brutally stabbed to death in front of her in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Cape Town.Ta...Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:52hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Domestic worker faces attempted murder charge after brick attack
A 23-year-old domestic worker from Mpanedziba Village, Tsholotsho District, appeared in court yesterday charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking a patron with a brick during an altercat...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:43hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
Botswana to legalise undocumented Zimbabweans
Botswana’s new president has told the BBC that he wants undocumented Zimbabweans to be legalised by granting them temporary work and residence permits."They do jobs that would otherwise not ...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 05:49hrs | 10712 | by Staff reporter
If Smith was an oppressor, then what is Mnangagwa?
As I sit here, my work at a standstill due to the daily power outages we are experiencing in Zimbabwe, most times going for 15 hours or more a day, I can not help wondering.What has this suppo...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 22:17hrs | 850 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cops rapes juvenile domestic worker
A 47-YEAR-OLD police officer stationed at Tshabalala Police Station in Bulawayo was recently dragged to court accused of raping his maid.The police officer appeared before Bulawayo regional ma...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:35hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
William Ruto visits Germany: German press rebukes his claims about labour contracts.
It does not matter how one looks at this story; it is not only shameful to Kenya: it must shame all Africans equally. Recently, President Willian Ruto was on a state visit to Germany, and was proud to...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 22:06hrs | 807 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF members use dead people's IDs to steal food aid
Some Zanu-PF supporters in Ward 19 of Zaka Central are up for stealing social welfare food aid by misrepresenting that they have more kids than they actually have, with them even using deceased people...Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:48hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Man kills friend, on the run
Police in Matabeleland North are searching for a suspected killer after Timothy Ncube, a 25-year-old domestic worker in Ntabazinduna, was found dead with head and neck injuries. The suspected...Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 07:51hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Heads and Hooves owner kills self
On Thursday, Bulawayo experienced two tragic suicides, underscoring the critical issue of mental health struggles.In the first incident, Christopher Androliakos, a 58-year-old prominent cattle...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 10:57hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
'Jobseeker' steals firearm from potential employer
Romeo Muzira, a resident of Harare, found himself in legal trouble after allegedly stealing a firearm from a potential employer while seeking a job as a domestic worker.Muzira, aged 27, appear...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman to be paid R17 million by SA Health MEC
The MEC tried to argue for a reduced amount to be paid, because the mother was a Zimbabwean citizen.North West's Health MEC will have to fork out R17.2 million to a Zimbabwean woman for her 10...Published: 21 May 2024 at 20:45hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans complain of SA Home Affairs incompetence
With the government determined to scrap the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP), permit holders were told they must apply for waivers and seek alternative visas if they wish to remain in South Africa lega...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 09:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Misunderstanding over SIM card ends in tragedy
A teenage boy from the Windsor Park suburb in Gweru allegedly hanged himself with a necktie from a mango tree at his parents' house following a misunderstanding over a missing SIM card with a domestic...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA govt called to stop exploitation of Zimbabwe domestic workers
The Africa Diaspora Forum (ADF) says Zimbabwean domestic workers should be granted special permits because they work for South African families that cannot afford to pay the minimum wage.The f...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 09:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters exploit Zimbabweans seeking UK health and care jobs
When Zimbabwean mother-of-four Eunice Sinoya enrolled in a first aid course near the capital Harare, she was lured by the college's promise of a job in Britain's care sector. But more than a year on, ...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Philip Moyo's search for the path home after 61 years in South Africa
Philip Moyo, an 81-year-old man from Tsholotsho, left his home for South Africa in 1960 and never came back until recently. He says he cannot remember much about Zimbabwe except that Bulawayo used to ...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:21hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
The mystery man who disappeared for 61 years
Philip Moyo, an 81-year-old man from Tsholotsho, left his home for South Africa in 1960 and never came back until recently.He says he cannot remember much about his life away from home, except...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:13hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman tortured by SA police gunned down outside court
A couple gunned down outside a court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 8 have been named as Zimbabweans Sicelubuhle Moyo and her partner Wilfred Dube.Moyo, who worked as a domestic wo...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 11:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Woman strikes maid with hammer
A Plumtree woman assaulted her domestic worker with a hammer following a dispute over her missing daughter.The matter came to light when Okwaziyo Ncube appeared before Plumtree magistrate Josh...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bogus employment agent exposed
Desperate job seekers face the risk of losing their money to a fraudulent recruitment agency that promises housemaid positions in the Middle East and Europe, potentially entangling them in a human tra...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 07:38hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Woman connives with new lover to kill own baby
HOW rare is filicide, the death of a child at the hands of a parent?And what would drive a mother to kill her newborn? The killing of a child by its parent is not as rare as you might think....Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's endorsement of 'rigged' election will bring more foreigners to SA, say Zimbabweans
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa's public support of Zimbabwe's national election results will lead to more foreign nationals fleeing to South Africa in search of a better life, Zimbabwean nati...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean owned house where 19 cash-in-transit robbers were killed
A 19th body has been found inside the lavish house in Makhado (formerly Louis Trichardt) were alleged cash-in-transit robbers were killed during a shootout with different police units on Friday....Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zec's refusal to avail electronic 2023 voters' roll dents election
THE voters' roll which is in a shambles and the persistent refusal by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release the electronic version for audit have dented the credibility of the 23 August g...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Expiry: There are legal alternatives for Zim nationals and their employers
For the many Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa - and their employers - the upcoming expiry date for the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP), has been a cause for major concern.The ZEP wa...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 10:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Africa should stop being such a crybaby!
We all know there is nothing more 'uncool' or 'unsexy' than someone who never owns up to his own failures in life - but seeks to blame others as to why he is not succeeding.Amongst all these, ...Published: 17 May 2023 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WANTED: Zimbabwean domestic worker on the run in SA
A Zimbabwean woman identified as Shaime Ncube is wanted by South African police according to news reporter PSAF Live for the alleged theft of goods worth thousands of rands.In a tweet by PSAF ...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 09:19hrs | 26 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Zimbabweans returning from SA battling to make ends meet
The Zimbabwean government says it has put in place a range of measures to help Zimbabweans returning from South Africa. But many say they are battling to make ends meet.Faced with the expiry o...Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Vending in Zimbabwean towns with kids declared an offence
DURING the peak hour, human traffic in Central Business Districts (CBDs) across towns and cities naturally swell, as commuters frenziedly make their way to various pick-up points for transport to take...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Regime-change agenda continues to cripple Zimbabwe, says Fikile Mbalula
The migration of Zimbabweans to South Africa in search of a better life is the fault of "regime change agenda" pushed by the US and UK to see Zanu-PF out of power.This is according to ANC secr...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police hunt for human trafficking suspect
Police have launched a manhunt for Jacqueline Takure nee Chikukwa, 45, who is a suspect in a case of human trafficking.According to police, sometime in 2022, Takure posed as an employment agen...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:51hrs | 90 | by Staff reporter
SA faces largest exodus of Zimbabweans
A country which was once looked at as a place of refuge and possible safe haven for Zimbabwean nationals, is gearing up for what is expected to be one of the largest exoduses of Zimbabweans this year....Published: 10 Feb 2023 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Domestic worker axes female boss to death
A 76-YEAR-OLD woman from Gwanda District was axed to death allegedly by her domestic worker under unclear circumstances.The suspect fled from the scene soon after committing the offence....Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Herd boy named as suspect in axe killing of granny, 76
A 76-year-old grandmother was allegedly killed by her herd boy in an axe attack in Mtshabezi, Gwanda, police said.Police are hunting Binga native, Brian Mwinde, who vanished with his belonging...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is being led by the Devil himself - please, dear God, intervene!
I have seen evil in this country before. In fact, I believe that my childhood experiences of watching those in my neighborhood of Redcliff being gruesomely beaten up, and their homes burnt to ...Published: 08 Jan 2023 at 09:53hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Couple kills employer, steals his property
Police in Bulawayo have arrested a couple who allegedly axed their employer, Dr Geneva Sibanda (62) to death before stealing his property in Inyathi.Sources close to investigations told Bulawa...Published: 02 Jan 2023 at 09:31hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean parents worried about learners' move from schools in South Africa
Uncertainty surrounding the scrapping of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) has left many parents worried about their children's move from schools in South Africa.GroundUp spoke to several ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Female teachers in Zimbabwe demand unlimited maternity leave
TEACHERS affiliated to the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) have called on government to come up with labour policies that will ensure unlimited paid maternity leave for female tea...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips undocumented foreign workers in South Africa
Zimbabwean domestic migrant worker Precious clocked in late for work, launched into her duties for a white South African family as if nothing happened, yet hours earlier she had been arrested for bein...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA Union shocked over story of Zimbabwean maid used as a sex slave and summarily fired
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) says it is shocked by unfolding story of an enslaved Zimbabwean migrant worker in Pretoria, who was used as a sex object by her Saudi Arabian emplo...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe domestic worker used as sex slave, exploited then fired in Pretoria, South Africa
A ZIMBABWEAN woman employed as a housemaid in Pretoria, South Africa is grappling to recover from the trauma of alleged sex slavery by a family she worked for, before her unceremonious dismissal....Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt must introduce social safety nets for unpaid care givers
VENDORS Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset) is part of a steering committee working group on unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW).The working group is convened by the Wom...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Viset
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