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Chamisa imposed Shona councillors causing tribal may ham in Bulawayo
On 15 September 2018, when more than 12 Shona councillors took office in the City of Bulawayo on the ticket of MDC Alliance MLO released a statement that partly read as follows: "hoi! to the people of...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Suicide over hooker wife
A MAN from Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo hanged himself from a roof truss at his rented home after his self-confessed sex worker wife of two years allegedly fell in love and ran off with one of her clie...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about the 'new dispensation'
Grace Mugabe is like a civet cat's stench. It's so strong it will burn your nostrils. And it doesn't go away in a hurry. Now, that disgraceful smell is hanging around President Emmerson Mnangagwa's se...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa unleashes his boys?
Violence reared its ugly head once again within MDC-Alliance after supporters clashed over the weekend during their district congresses held countrywide. Several supporters were arrested while...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo police hunt 4 armed, masked robbers
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for four armed robbers who attacked a family in Mahatshula on Sunday, and got away with some money and goods.Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspe...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gang of robbers subjects Bulawayo family to torture
FOUR masked men armed with iron bars and an axe subjected a family from Mahatshula North suburb in Bulawayo to a horrifying ordeal, torturing them before getting away with R18 000 and $400 in bond not...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe immunity: Court between a rock and a hard place
The High Court in Pretoria was presented with a legal dilemma on Thursday as it considered the diplomatic immunity granted to former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe.The court was not sure w...Published: 10 May 2018 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by TimesLive
Grace Mugabe to appear in SA Court?
According to the AfriForum Media Statement, The civil rights watchdog AfriForum's application against an earlier decision by the Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:28hrs | 1 | by A. Mhlongo
Fresh moves to arrest Grace Mugabe
The declaration by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week that former first lady Grace Mugabe is no longer immune to prosecution appears to have left Mugabe's garrulous wife vulnerable to arrest as vu...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 security guards charged for killing suspected thief
Five private security guards appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday facing culpable homicide charges after they allegedly fatally assaulted a suspected thief whom they caught red-handed t...Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
South African groups gun for Grace Mugabe
Three rights groups have joined forces with the Democratic Alliance (DA) to set aside the diplomatic immunity granted to former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe to shield her from trial for allegedl...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Police wanted to arrest Grace Mugabe,' says Mbalula
South Africa's Police minister Fikile Mbalula has said his law enforcement agency were ready to arrest Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe when she assaulted model Gabriella Engels in August but backtrac...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kingship and Nationalism will not solve Matabeleland problems
Mthwakazi Republic Party has warned that the issue of Ndebele Kingship and Nationalism will not solve the problems bedeviling the region."The false start to King Stanley Raphael Khumalo's coro...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Karanga people under attack - Zodwa Wabantu rescues Masvingo
Karanga people are clever. Korekore people are uneducated. All Ndebeles want to do is drink, burn meat over fire and dance, if they are not stabbing people. Manyika people learn a few English words an...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 18:38hrs | 3 | by Jera
Kingship and Nationalism will not solve Matabeleland problems
Greetings to you all my Comrades and friends in the name of Mthwakazi struggle for Self-determination. I have not been politically active since I lost my wife some two months ago. Well I have accepted...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 22:25hrs | 1 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Grace Mugabe vs The people
Gabriella Engels and Afriforum have filed a review application in the Pretoria High court against South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane and first l...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:49hrs | 1 | by Marianne Thamm
Grace Mugabe solidarity march slammed
War veterans and opposition parties yesterday poured scorn on the planned solidarity march with First Lady Grace Mugabe scheduled for Harare today, after she whipped a South African model with a...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe to escape prosecution'
HARARE - South Africa is mulling granting diplomatic immunity to First Lady Grace Mugabe to escape prosecution after she was accused of assaulting a model at a hotel in Johannesburg, the Daily News ca...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 18:00hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt officials remain mum on Grace Mugabe's whereabouts
Zimbabwean government officials on Wednesday refused to shed light on First Lady Grace Mugabe's whereabouts after she did not turn up at the Randburg Magistrates Court on Tuesday to answer to assault ...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matobo Community Development complain over police, CIO harassment
Matobo Community Development has complained over police and Centyral Intelligence organisation (CIOs) harassment ahead of President Robert Mugabe's birth day celebrations slatted for next month ...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man jailed for tying father with electric cord on the neck
A 23 YEAR OLD man tied his father on the neck with an electric cord and broke his leg in an argument over $200.Blessing Ndewere will now spend 15 straight months in jail for his actions....Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Electric cord assault teacher fined $200
A TEACHER who burst into tears as she begged the mother of a pupil she assaulted with an electrical cable to withdraw the charges before the matter could be heard in court, has been fined $200. ...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Patient Sibanda
Women sharing husband trade insults in court
TWO women in a polygamous marriage yesterday traded insults in court as the second wife sought a protection order against her senior.Confidence Sibanda, who dragged Happiness Dlamini to court,...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:34hrs | | by Noleen Makhurane
$13 robber falls down 30m well
A SUSPECTED robber, fleeing a crime scene, drowned in a 30-metre unprotected water well on Saturday night while his teenage accomplice escaped death by spreading his legs and hands and clinging to the...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:10hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Man beheaded wife with an axe, hangs himself
A MAN from Ntabamhlophe Village in Lower Gweru beheaded his wife with an axe, chopped the severed head into pieces before hanging himself following a misunderstanding over missing cattle.Accor...Published: 22 May 2015 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman lashes unclothed daughter (13) with electric cord
A 13 year old Chitungwiza girl was lashed with an electric cord - while she had no clothes - by her mother on for returning home late from school.Dadirai Munatsi ordered her daughter to undres...Published: 23 Mar 2015 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman batters stepdaughter for lying
A 27-YEAR-OLD Plumtree woman has been jailed for battering her six-year-old stepdaughter who was admitted to hospital after sustaining severe injuries.Patience Ncube of Madube Extension pleade...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Man 'rapes' three girls on one night
A PLUMTREE man who allegedly raped his teenage lover, her cousin and a friend has appeared in court.Brighton Nzirambiri, 23, from Mathendele Extension, allegedly forced the girls, two aged 1...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 09:35hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Gunman bashes ex-girlfriend
A married Bulawayo soldier allegedly assaulted his former girlfriend with an electric cord when she confronted him over maintenance that he had not been paying since July 2013.Peter Zharare, s...Published: 12 Feb 2015 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Thubelihle Mabhena
CIO assault Chiyangwa, leave him for dead
BUSINESSMAN and Zanu-PF chairperson for Bulawayo Central, Joe Chiyangwa, has been allegedly assaulted and left for dead by alleged members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)....Published: 06 Feb 2014 at 21:30hrs | 5 | by Ndou Paul
Electrocuted teen's family demands compensation from BCC
A Magwegwe North family is demanding compensation from the Bulawayo city council (BCC) after their 17-year-old boy who was electrocuted after touching an exposed electric cord at a soccer field ....Published: 23 Dec 2013 at 02:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man arrested for beating 4-year-old daughter with electric cord
A BULAWAYO man beat his four-year-old daughter with an electric cord because she could not count the number of drawers in the family's lounge.The man (29) of Richmond suburb was arrested for a...Published: 23 Nov 2013 at 03:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman whips co-wife with an electric cable, fined $80
A Harare woman was last week fined $80 by a Mbare magistrate for whipping a co-wife in a polygamous relationship with an electric cord after a heated argument in Budiriro, Harare. Magistrate ...Published: 30 Oct 2013 at 01:37hrs | | by Court Reporter
Sangoma in court for murder
THE inyanga from Bulawayo's Magwegwe North suburb who allegedly beat his wife to death accusing her of having an affair with her cousin brother has appeared in court. He is being charged with...Published: 24 Oct 2013 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Court Reporter
Killer inyanga beat wife regularly
THE Bulawayo inyanga who allegedly beat his wife to death on Monday was an abusive husband who had deserted his home for two "small houses", his in-laws said yesterday.The inyanga, Mnxwanelwa ...Published: 18 Oct 2013 at 17:11hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Widow sentenced to 105hrs of unpaid labour for fighting over boyfriend
A 31-year-old widow has been sentenced to 105 hours of community service for beating up her neighbour in a bid to discipline her for snatching her boyfriend.Sithokozile Gumbo of Number 100 Woo...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 16:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Urban Grooves star acquitted on murder charges
Taurai Mandebvu, the urban groover, who was facing murder charges after fatally assaulting a burglar has been acquitted.Public Mpofu, the State counsel was forced to withdraw the charges after...Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 17:41hrs | 5 | by Court reporter
Harare robbers to hang for murdering a security guard
A SOMBRE atmosphere prevailed in the courtroom yesterday as High Court judge Justice Felistus Chatukuta pronounced a death sentence for two armed robbers who viciously attacked and murdered a security...Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 05:59hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Brace for another Masendeke episode
Zimbabweans must brace for another Masendeke episode after three siblings from the family were last week accused of murdering a reveller at a Kwekwe night club on Good Friday.The name Masendek...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 21:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Maid fatally electrocuted by uninsulated electric wires
A 17-YEAR-OLD house maid in Cowdray Park, died when she was electrocuted allegedly by uninsulated electric wires illegally connected by her employer, a regional magistrate heard.Mrs Judith Zu...Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man beats 1-yr-old son to death for soiling himself
IN a heartrending incident that demonstrates cruelty, a one-year-old epileptic toddler who had a running stomach was beaten to death by his father with a whip for puffing, soiling himself and wetting ...Published: 23 Feb 2013 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Shurugwi man 'fatally assaults' girlfriend
A man in Shurugwi allegedly fatally beat up his girlfriend after reportedly finding her in the company of another man behind her bedroom, police have reported. Police identified the woman as M...Published: 30 Jan 2013 at 05:32hrs | | by Midlands Reporter
Trio to hang for gruesome murders
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed three death sentences, one of them of a man from Sibona area of Gwanda District who killed ...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Professor Moyo to hang for triple murder
A MAN who killed a father, his seven-year-old son and his 10-year-old niece by hanging them during a robbery has lost his appeal against the death sentence.Supreme Court judges wasted little t...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 10:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Murderer escapes hangman's noose
The killer of a Chisipite maid will serve 17 years behind bars for murder with constructive intent, after the High Court found he had strangled his niece during a dispute over a missing cellphone. ...Published: 26 Jun 2012 at 12:43hrs | 1 | by Court reporter
Zimbabwean hooker found strangled in Hillbrow Johannesburg
A Zimbabwean lady of the night has been found strangled with an electric cord at the Ambassador brothel in Hillbrow Johannesburg, South Africa, over the weekend. Her eyes had been plucked out with a c...Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers on the increase in Bulawayo
ARMED robbers are wreaking havoc in Bulawayo with three cases reported within two days since Saturday amid a strong warning by the police that perpetrators would be severely dealt with.On Satu...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self after being denied scotchcart
IS SUICIDE cowardice? A TOTAL of six people chose the easy way out over the past five days in Matabeleland North province.It appears there is a suicidal wave cresting in Matabeleland ...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC T youths dragged to court for violence
THREE MDC-T youth members were yesterday arraigned before the magistrate for allegedly assaulting the party's provincial director of elections on Saturday.The clash is one of the spates of int...Published: 12 Apr 2011 at 15:29hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Pastor, elder turn church into battlefield
A church building was turned into a battlefield when a pastor and an elder of a Lower Gweru-based Emmanuel Ministries Church were recently engaged in a fierce fight. Shepherd Maphosa, w...Published: 02 Dec 2010 at 09:05hrs | | by Freedom Mupanedemo
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