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Lenient sentence for unlicensed driver sparks public outcry
The 24-month suspended sentence handed to a 20-year-old unlicensed driver who fatally knocked down a Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) student has ignited fierce debate and ...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 08:00hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Before you get harassed by Zimbabwe police
Before you get harassed by the police in Zimbabwe, DID YOU KNOW?1. A traffic offence, including driving without a licence, is NO grounds for you to be jailed, so when/if you walk into that Pol...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 17:35hrs | 1493 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for fatal tractor accident
A 34-year-old man from Ntalale, Gwanda, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after a woman died when she fell from a moving tractor he was driving.Large Sibanda pleaded guilty to charges ...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:00hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Madungwe in legal trouble for driving offences
In a surprising twist, prominent spiritual leader Prophet Talent Madungwe, known for his bold claims of regularly meeting with God and serving as Heaven's Defence Deputy Minister, has found himself fa...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 19:08hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Top journalist arrested for driving without license...drives police officers to station
AMH Senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga was on Wednesday arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police traffic department in Mbare for failure to produce a driver's license. Posting on Twitt...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 12:41hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Unlicensed cop rams into pedestrians
A POLICE officer appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure answering to charges of reckless driving after he caused an accident that led to two people being admitted in hospital.God...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
186 000 arrested for bribery, smuggling
MORE than 186 600 people have been arrested countrywide on the three targeted crackdowns against cross-border crimes, bribing police and operating in machete gangs.The suspects have been arres...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man (29) hijacks loaded pirate taxi
POLICE in Marondera on Monday arrested a 29-year-old man who hijacked a vehicle he was a passenger after the driver went to relieve himself in the bush, leaving the keys on the ignition.Tapuwa...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Driver rams into Mnangagwa motorcade
An unlicensed driver yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of ramming into a State motorcade along Bulawayo Road in Harare. Tatenda Mupariwa (26) appeared at Mbare Magistrates Court c...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Security guard steals and crashes car
A SECURITY guard from Bulawayo has been arrested for allegedly stealing a car from a car park in Lobengula suburb and damaging it after being involved in an accident. Danisa Ncube (35) from Lo...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fatal accident nurse fights High Court ruling
A GWANDA nurse who fatally knocked down a nine-year-old boy has approached the Supreme Court challenging a decision by the High Court ordering her to pay the deceased's parents US$16 525 as compensati...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean doctor struck off in UK for lying
A children'S doctor who lied to the Child Support Agency to avoid paying maintenance has been struck off in the United Kingdom. Dr Collen Nkomo, from Greater Manchester, was ruled unfit to pra...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 16:43hrs | | by BBC
'Women lose makeup kits to Mnangagwa's armed security'
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has sensationally claimed that heavy security deployed to search people attending the graduating at Zimbabwe Open University on Friday lost pens...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 13:27hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa 'assassinator' sentenced to 16 years in prison
Harare - President Emmerson Mngangagwea's ‘would be' assassinator who is also a self-proclaimed prophet has been sentenced to 16-years behind bars by a Harare magistrate.The gun-wielding bog...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Margaret Matibiri for Mail & Telegraph (mailandtelegraph.com)
Man jailed for crashing into Chiwenga's motorcade
A 30-year-old commuter omnibus driver whose vehicle collided with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's motorcade was yesterday sentenced to an effective two-and-a-half years in prison. Silent...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yes, I bought a €4m Bugatti - Buyanga
Gift Phiri of the Daily News sits down for a wide-ranging interview with 39-year-old businessman Frank Buyanga. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: I understand you commenced your entrepre...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 19:36hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Jail all unlicensed drivers'
THE Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) has started lobbying government to impose mandatory custodial sentences to people who drive without licences among other stiffer penalties on errant drive...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's motorcade in accident
An unlicensed kombi driver is in a fix after reportedly hitting a car that was part of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's motorcade last Friday.Silent Hungwe appeared before Harare magistra...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed taxi driver jailed for killing pedestrian
A BULAWAYO man who was driving a taxi without a driver's licence and was involved in an accident which killed a person, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison.Nkosi Moyo (41) from Emganwini...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Andy Muridzo trial kicks-off
THE trial of musician, Andrew Kudzai Ngwenya popularly known as Andy Muridzo, who is accused of negligent driving after he was involved in an accident, while driving without a licence, started yesterd...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Andy Muridzo in hit-and-run accident
Musician Andrew Ngwenya popularly known as Andy Muridzo was hauled before the courts yesterday after he was involved in a hit-and-run accident that damaged three cars.Ngwenya, 37, was charged ...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos along Luveve Road, as operation 'tornado' nets 81 vehicles
POLICE in Bulawayo have impounded 81 vehicles without registration number plates in a blitz launched on Tuesday amid reports that unregistered cars are linked to serious crimes in the city.Pol...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed commuter omnibus driver faces life ban
A PLUMTREE man faces the mandatory six months in prison and a life ban from driving after he drove a commuter omnibus without a licence and was touting for passengers.Michael Khumalo (26) of L...Published: 23 Dec 2017 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Police brutality victim freed
Esigodini magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa has freed a suspected Mberengwa gold dealer who was allegedly beaten by police while in custody at Esigodini police base.Muchemwa last month ordered the a...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 14:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Driver blames cop for accident
A BULAWAYO man arrested for reckless driving has told a magistrate that a police officer was to blame for an accident that occurred in Mpopoma suburb resulting in eight people being injured.Vu...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver kills toddler
An unlicenced driver ran over and killed an infant while driving an unregistered vehicle in Harare's Highfield suburb.Tatenda Mariri (33) was arrested and has been remanded in custody on charg...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drunk policeman fined
A POLICE officer from Bulawayo who rammed a car into a Nkulumane suburb house while drunk, injuring two siblings has been fined $300 for negligently driving without a licence.In June, Munyarad...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 14:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magistrate slams police as accused fails to walk, sit
ESIGODINI senior resident magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa has slammed police brutality after cops brought to court an accused person who struggled to walk and sit after he was allegedly battered at the to...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed MSU student jailed for killing two people
An unlicensed Midlands State University student was jailed for an effective nine months for killing two people and seriously injuring two others in a road accident.Innocent Panashe Maviza (20)...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 19:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed policeman jailed for fatal crash
AN unlicenced Zimbabwe Republic Police constable has been jailed an effective nine months in prison for causing a road traffic accident that killed three people in Kwekwe.Constable Privilege F...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 09:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kombi conductor jailed for negligent driving
AN unlicensed Harare kombi conductor was yesterday sentenced to an effective 16-month jail term for negligent driving after he hit and injured four pedestrians crossing in front of his vehicle....Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver who fatally knocked down 9-yr-old ordered to pay $16 000 to victim's family
THE High Court has ordered a woman from Gwanda who fatally knocked down a nine-year-old boy to pay the deceased's parents more than $16 000 as compensation for their loss and funeral expenses incurred...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Drunken' cop in court for crashing car into house
A POLICE officer who allegedly rammed a car into a Nkulumane suburb house while drunk, injuring two siblings has appeared in court.Munyaradzi Mupfawa (26) pleaded not guilty to driving without...Published: 05 Aug 2017 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop loses bid to block disciplinary hearing
THE High Court has dismissed an application by a Beitbridge detective who sought to block his superiors from conducting a disciplinary hearing after he fatally knocked down two pedestrians.Dar...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teen girl driving without licence 'kills' mum
A 17-year-old girl from Nketa suburb in Bulawayo fatally ran over her mother with a car as she was trying to reverse out of their yard, a court heard.The girl whose name has been withheld for ...Published: 01 Apr 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'I didn't know I had to have a licence' says driver after fatal accident
A 38-year-old Guruve man was slapped with $300 fine for culpable homicide and driving without a licence.The state alleges that on 10 August 2016, Matthew Tapererwa (38) failed to control his t...Published: 27 Mar 2017 at 22:01hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Unlicensed cop runs amok after arrest
A 32-year-old police officer allegedly picked a stone and a metal hoe, threatening to attack his colleagues after they arrested him for driving without a licence.Luckmore Mandevere appeare...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba offered $300 for the arrest of killer driver
AN unlicensed 18-year-old commuter omnibus driver has pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian and disappearing from the scene.Terrence Chikwanha, who went into hiding after killing Eunice K...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man steals a kombi
A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly stole a vehicle worth about R200 000 last Monday in Mzilikazi suburb dumped it in Pumula South and sent a message to the owner to go and collect it.Zibusi...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver nearly crashes into Mnangagwa's vehicle
An unlicensed driver nearly rammed into Acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's vehicle in Harare on Wednesday.The 28-year-old, Gudza Garyson Gwande, has since appeared before Harare magistrate ...Published: 01 Jan 2017 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Stunner escapes jail
A Harare magistrate today sentenced Hiphop singer, Stunner, to 210 hours of community service. Stunner pleaded guilty to negligent driving and driving without a licence.Mag...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Soldier jailed
A 25-year-old soldier was yesterday jailed for eight months for causing an accident that killed one person while driving without a driver's licence. Nkosentsha Moyo based at Zimbabwe National Army...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Stunner
Musician Desmond Chideme, popularly known as Stunner, who is facing charges of negligent driving and driving without a licence, was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after failing to atten...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motorist sues Chombo, Chihuri
A BULAWAYO motorist has sued the police for illegally detaining him on allegations of causing a road accident.Solomon Chidyagwayi is demanding $20 000 in damages from Home Affairs minister Ign...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed driver crashes, dies on the spot
GWANDA - Donald Nsingo (28) from Bulawayo who was allegedly driving without a licence along Bulawayo-Beitbrigde died on the spot near Gwanda when he veered off the road and crashed as he tried to over...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed motorist fined $320
A HARARE man was last week fined $320 by magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta for negligent driving, driving without a licence and driving an uninsured vehicle. Fungai Freddie Machiya (29) of Glen Norah ple...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxi driver robbed at gunpoint
An unlicensed ex-soldier allegedly robbed a taxi driver of his vehicle at gunpoint and used the vehicle to ply the Harare-Kadoma route. Rodwell Mhande (27) and an alleged accomplice still ...Published: 25 Jul 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Court Reporter
Killer soldier's $300 fine angers victim's family
AN elderly couple from Bulawayo has lodged a complaint with the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) over a "lenient verdict" against an unlicensed soldier who killed their nephew in a hit and run acc...Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:45hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Unlicensed driver crashes into police station
AN UNLICENSED driver from Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb who had been arrested and taken to the Western Commonage police station for pirating without an operator's licence, smashed into the station's gate ...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 16:26hrs | | by Tanaka Mrewa
$250 fine for unlicensed negligent driver
A 30-YEAR-OLD unlicensed driver from Gweru has been fined $250 for negligent driving and driving without a licence after he caused an accident that left his passenger with some injuries. Webst...Published: 03 May 2016 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Elizabeth Tsuro
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