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Inmates trade sugar, porridge for weed
GWANDA - Two serving prison inmates, Hloniphani Mkwananzi (42) and Tiisetse Ngulube, have been sentenced to 15 months in prison for trading food items received from relatives in exchange for cannabis....Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 16:01hrs | 539 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Sangoma invades Bindura prison
In a heartwarming display of corporate social responsibility, popular Glendale-based traditional healer Peter 'Sekuru Nyangatayani' Chingudzi, donated pads, groceries, winter wear and toiletries worth...Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 2128 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Harare remand prison a haven for drugs and corruption
Despite being guarded round the clock, Harare Remand Prison has become a notorious hub for drugs, smuggling, and illicit trading, activities abetted by some of the very guards assigned to enforce orde...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:27hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
ZHRC concerned over prolonged stays in prisons
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), in line with its Constitutional mandate, conducted a human rights monitoring visit to Harare Remand Prison on April 29, amid concerns over the prolonged de...Published: 27 May 2025 at 20:41hrs | 296 | by Stephen Jakes
Prisoner sodomises fellow inmate
A 39-year-old inmate at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, Brian Shereni, has been charged with sodomy after allegedly assaulting a fellow prisoner in his cell. The incident reportedly took place on October 29...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:59hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Zimbabwe ex-deputy minister shares expertise with fellow inmates
Former Deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe, who is currently serving a three-year sentence for fraud at Khami Maximum Prison, has been utilizing his financial and mathematical expertise to teach C...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:42hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge inmate wins Zimbabwe's Mr Ugly Pageant Competition
ONE of Beitbridge's prisoner walked away with R 1 200 for winning the Mr Ugly Pageant Competition.In a statement on X, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS), the inmate Mathew M...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 20:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ED-UNZA Scholarship Fund raises US$600,000
THE ED-UNZA (University of Zambia) Scholarship raised US$600 000 during a fundraising dinner held at State House two weeks ago.President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the patron of the fund, which was...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police brutality exposed
Three members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) special constabulary details are facing severe criticism for allegedly beating a suspect to death inside the holding cells at Banket Police Station....Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 06:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners murder fellow inmate
TWO prisoners face murder charges after they allegedly fatally assaulted a fellow inmate they accused of trying to sodomise one of them.Obey Chirandu and Nelson Chizuzu were remanded in custod...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$12 000 compensation can't soothe activist for unjustified imprisonment
AT the age of 28, Linda Musiyamhanje was charged with the murder of a police officer and spent almost a year in prison.She left her two-year-old son in the care of her siblings and together wi...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Britain expresses concern over Makomborero Haruzivishe's incarceration
THE British government has expressed concern over the continued incarceration of pro-democracy activist and MDC Alliance youth leader Makomborero Haruzivishe.Haruzivishe has been in jail for t...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Inmates 'strangle' jailed MDC Alliance activist
IN a bizarre development, incarcerated MDC Alliance youth leader and pro-democracy activist Makomborero Haruzivishe is being strangled in his sleep by fellow inmates at Harare Central Prison.T...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC jailbirds recount tale of horror
PAIN was scribbled all over his face as he narrated his ordeal in prison, which lasted for 10 years, served for a crime that he did not commit.MDC Alliance activist Tungamirai Madzokere finall...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Chimbiri evacuated from Chikurubi prison cell after snake intrusion
A snake intrusion forced the evacuation of MDC Alliance activists Joana Mamombe and Cecelia Chimbiri from a Chikurubi Maximum Prison cell, it has emerged.The mystery serpent was spotted dangli...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 20:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Massive diarrhoea outbreak at Chikurubi'
AN INMATE at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison (Chikurubi) has launched an urgent High Court application in which he wants authorities to deal with diarrhoea, hepatitis B and tuberculosis outbreaks at...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's daily life at Chikurubi
TODAY as you read this article, Job Sikhala would have woken up at 5:30am from the cold concrete floor that he has been sleeping on since his persecution and incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Securit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 17 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chin'ono 'seriously ill' - 'not seriously ill'
Investigative journalist Hopewell Chin'ono, who has been languishing in remand prison for over a month after being denied bail on three occasions, is seriously ill and desperately needs medical attent...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'MDC building structures in prisons'
MDC politicians who were recently arrested and jailed by the State say they have used their time behind bars to convert fellow inmates into ardent party supporters as well as build structures inside p...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Gumbura wives stand by hubby
JAILED Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura's wife have vowed to remain loyal to their husband and united despite negative coverage by some sections of the media. Even fro...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Munyaradzi Kereke getting VIP treatment in prison
THREE top Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officials face criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly giving preferential treatment to former Zanu-PF MP Munyaradzi Kereke.Ke...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:57hrs | 4 | by newzimbabwe
Prisoner jailed 1 year for assisting inmate to escape
A MUTARE prisoner who helped a fellow inmate to escape from jail was on Friday sentenced to one year behind bars.Blessing Ganji appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe charged with assisting L...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Rapist' Gumbura hires Madhuku
JAILED cleric Robert Martin Gumbura and eight fellow inmates have hired top Harare lawyer Lovemore Madhuku to defend them in a case in which they are being accused of masterminding a foiled jailbreak ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 16:53hrs | | by NewZimbabwe.com
Inmate rapes, murders prison officer
A GURUVE man raped and grisly murdered a female prison officer before stealing her vehicle at a workshop.Stancelus Mashayamombe, 34, committed the heinous offence when he was left with six mon...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'That man is my wife,' - rapist inmate tells court
An inmate serving 18 years for murder and rape stunned a packed courtroom with the above statement after he was accused of sodomising a fellow inmate serving 15 years for rape at Khami Maximum Prison....Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 12:43hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Man loses car to friend
A TERMINALLY ill Kwekwe man was slapped with a four-year jail term after he was convicted of stealing a friend's car and disappeared, only to appear a year later.Tapiwa Masawi (28) - who becau...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict arrests prison escapee
An ex-convict smarting from serving a jail term at Zvishavane Prison turned hero when he apprehended a prison escapee he found walking on the streets, a few days after he left him behind bars....Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapist convict sodomises cellmate
A Harare Central Prison convict on the verge of finishing serving a 10-year jail term for rape, was on Friday slapped with two more years for sodomising a fellow inmate.Farai Makwiyana (48) ap...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 00:15hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Prisoner eaten alive
A PRISONER was allegedly eaten alive before being killed by a fellow inmate on Monday afternoon. A source said the two prisoners were locked in the same cell at Beaufort West Police Station...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Death row prisoner tastes freedom after 26 years
IN 1990, the Government introduced an economic blueprint - Economic Structural Adjustment Programme - which became commonly known as Esap. Esap would grow in popularity to become one of the most commo...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 11:18hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Jailed sodomist pounces on prison inmate
A BUHERA man – who unleashed a reign of terror in Murambinda, waylaying men whom he forcibly sodomised and earned himself 15 years behind bars – is back in the dock on allegations of forcing himse...Published: 27 May 2016 at 16:24hrs | | by Abel Zhakata
Never allow condoms in prisons unless if homosexuality is legalised - commentator
A commentator Allan Wenyika has said the government must never allow the distribution of condoms in prisons unless if that means t homosexuality is now legalised.Wenyika said President Robert ...Published: 10 Apr 2016 at 08:04hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
'Haunted' prisoner dies during jailbreak
AN inmate at Khami Prison Complex on the outskirts of Bulawayo died after he allegedly fell from a four-metre wall while attempting a jailbreak.Elliot Mundoza, 27, sources from the prison said...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
'I have special place in my heart for inmates,' says Calaz
HIGH-FLYING Zimdancehall champion, Tawanda "Seh Calaz" Mumanyi has opened up on his close association with convicts and ex-convicts-commonly referred to as "Mabhanditi" in social circles- whom he is k...Published: 31 Dec 2015 at 18:07hrs | 2 | by Virimayi Nzira
Court orders government to provide ARV to Zimbabwean
Attorneys who represented a foreign prison inmate who had taken the government to court for failing to provide him with free ARV have hailed a Gaborone High Court judge’s decision for having ru...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Jailed rapist feasts on other prisoners
A Zimbabwean man serving jail time for rape has been handed another 10 years behind bars after admitting to sodomising a fellow inmate at Mutimurefu Maximum Prison.Andrew Marembo, 20, from Mak...Published: 23 May 2015 at 17:50hrs | | by Times LIVE
Botswana faces HIV crisis in prisons
A High Court landmark case in which a Zimbabwean HIV patient is challenging government's decision to refuse to provide HIV positive foreign inmates with ARVs despite a court order has sparked fear...Published: 19 Apr 2015 at 10:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Prisoner admits to sodomising inmate
A 31 year old inmate at Khami Maximum Prison in Bulawayo yesterday admitted to Sodomising a fellow inmate aged 23 with whom he shared a cell in August this year. Obert Sibanda of Ngotsha V...Published: 24 Oct 2014 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I used to have sex 4 times a day,' says Gumbura
It has been roughly 180 days since he left all that he had known, loved, cared for - and abused. Now he is serving a 40-year prison sentence after being convicted on four counts of rape.In tha...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 21:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Evil spirits make me bonk cow'
I was driven by evil spirits - escaped prisoner who had sex with cowA prisoner who escaped from Wha Wha prison after being caught red-handed havi...Published: 08 May 2014 at 21:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Escaped prisoner up for having sex with cow
A man who escaped from Wha Wha prison after being found having sex with a cow, appeared in court facing charges of bestiality.Remember Gambe, was facing another charge of escaping from law...Published: 04 May 2014 at 11:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai shell-shocked
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai was yesterday left shell-shocked after the three MDC-T members who were released from remand prison on Wednesday recounted harrowing tales of the rigours of priso...Published: 31 Jan 2014 at 17:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inmates cheer for rotten bread
Every couple of weeks, inmates at Harare Central and Chikurubi prisons in Zimbabwe greet the arrival of bakery trucks with roars of approval, whistles and dancing.The trucks arrival signals a...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 07:07hrs | | by IRIN
Zimbabwe revokes refugee status of self proclaimed satanists
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Zimbabwe has revoked the refugee status of three self-professed satanists who were last year placed in Harare Remand Prison after they applied for ...Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court Judge under fire
HIGH Court Judge Charles Hungwe has come under fire from the legal fraternity for denying justice to a 55-year-old man he convicted in 2003 but has failed to sentence over the past 10 years after losi...Published: 22 Mar 2013 at 21:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Churches asked to deal with satanism at Harare prison
Zimbabwe Prison Services Commissioner Retired Major General Paradzai Zimondi on Wednesday pleaded with the churches to cleanse the Harare Remand Prison of satanism.Zimondi's deputy, Huggins M...Published: 22 Feb 2013 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I made contract with the devil' - Self-proclaimed satanists
Two self-proclaimed satanists incarcarated at the Harare Central Remand Prison have dared authorites to let them prove their exploits. The two Congolese nationals were arrested last year along...Published: 02 Feb 2013 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone 'bump' into each other in hospital beds
Veteran action movie stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have been pictured together after 'coincidentally' attending hospital at the same time for treatment for stunt-related injuries...Published: 09 Feb 2012 at 08:04hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Cannibal and Satan-worshipping vampire seek permission to get married in jail
A cannibal and a Satan-worshipping vampire have asked for permission to get married behind bars.Isakin Jonsson, 33, has asked human vampire Michelle Gustafsson, 23, to join him in matrimony....Published: 31 Jan 2012 at 21:05hrs | 3 | by Moyo Roy
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