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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 | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Court overturns robbers-cum-rapists' lenient sentence
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe has successfully appealed against a lenient sentence given to two armed robbers who also committed rape. Wallace Kufandada and Takudzwa Pepukai were orde...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mutoko men gang-rape minor
Two men from Mutoko allegedly hatched a plan to drug and gang rape a 15-year-old girl on Christmas day.The matter came to light at Mutoko magistrates courts this afternoon.Anesu Sebast...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 13:55hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Robbers gang-rape storekeeper
Two Mutoko robbers who broke into a tuckshop, stole groceries and gang-raped the storekeeper were arrested.Omega Sikochi (25)and Tinashe Chikeya (24) appeared before Mutoko magistrate Elijah S...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 12:27hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kombi crew gang-rape passenger
Police are hunting for a Kombi driver and his conductor who gang-raped a passenger on Sunday in Harare.The police confirmed the sad incident on their Twitter handle."The ZRP is appeali...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 15:56hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teachers desert school over machete gangs
TEACHERS at Mangwande Primary School in Lower Gweru have reportedly deserted the learning institution for security reasons after machete gangs terrorised the area since July 2018.As a result, ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Petrol attendant shot as violent crime wave sweeps Bulawayo
A petrol attendant was shot in the chest on Friday after armed robbers targeted a Flo garage in Bulawayo's Tshabalala suburb – the latest in a series of violent robberies in Zimbabwe's second city....Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco conductor gang-raped, robbed
A ZUPCO bus conductor was gang-raped and robbed of her belongings while on her way to work in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in Bulawayo. The 23-year-old woman was waylaid by four perpetrato...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Famous ghosts that saved lives
Though stories of the dead returning from the afterlife to involve themselves in the affairs of the living are as old as humanity, they still send chills down many people's spines.When terrify...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:12hrs | | by Tendai Chara
Teacher 'gang-raped' by armed men
TWO knife-wielding men from Lower Gweru who allegedly broke into a school teacher's house and gang-raped her before looting property, appeared in court yesterday.Knowledge Prince Nkomo (26) an...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reportet
British diplomacy condemned - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
British diplomacy on Zimbabwe came in for a mauling in a parliamentary debate this week and there were demands to suspend any re-engagement with the Mnangagwa government, oppose Zimbabwe being readmit...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Armed bandits on terror spree in Zimbabwe
Law enforcement agents are on high alert following a recent spate of armed robberies and heinous rape incidents around the country - including in the capital, Harare where a gang of rogue taxi drivers...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophets' up for gang-raping woman
Two self-styled prophets reportedly gang-raped a woman during a "cleansing ceremony" at Ruwa River, a Harare court heard yesterday.Blessing Chimbadzo, 28, and Wellington Kadzutu, 29, were char...Published: 31 May 2018 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Teacher gang raped on schools opening day'
THREE armed men allegedly gang-raped a teacher at a school in Masvingo, robbed her fellow teachers of their cellphones and cash before force-marching her undressed to the next school.The trio ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 women gang-rape man
A Harare man was reportedly abducted by four women before they took turns to rape him at an unknown location in Rusape, a court heard.The victim (name withheld) had been offered transport in t...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 15:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman robbed, gang-raped
TWO Chipinge men appeared in court on Monday for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman, before robbing her of her macadamia nuts worth over $1 000. Boniface Sigauke (25) of Mabunda Village and Tichaona...Published: 23 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers gang-rape woman
Three suspected armed robbers allegedly kidnapped an Epworth woman and her daughter during the night and took them to a secluded area where they took turns to rape the woman at knife point.Bef...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
11-man 'rape gang' arrested
SOUTH Africa's police have arrested 11 Tanzanians who allegedly gang-raped a 22 year-old Zimbabwean woman in South Africa while she was coming from work recently.Zimbabwe Consul-General in Sou...Published: 23 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers offered a lifeline
More than 100 commercial sex workers in Hopley, Harare, yesterday got a lifeline when philanthropist and Chivi Rural District Council chairperson Dr Killer Zivhu pledged to assist them to start severa...Published: 04 May 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Female sperm harvesters strike again, attack teacher
Four female sperm harvesters pounced on a unsuspecting Lupane teacher on Friday evening and reportedly kidnapped, drugged and "gang-raped" him.The teacher was left na*ed in a bush with b...Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 08:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Four held for gang rape of fourteen-year-old at party
BULAWAYO police have arrested four men, including a married nurse, who allegedly gang-raped a 14-year- old Form Two girl at a party.The incident happened last week on Thursday at a house in Ba...Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 10:16hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Notorious robbers arrested in Gweru
POLICE in Gweru have arrested four men suspected to be behind at least 200 crimes that they committed over two years, among them armed robberies and rape. They have been linked to robberies at gold mi...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 08:46hrs | | by Richard Mwinde
30 drug, gang-rape girl (16)
Rio de Janeiro - Police in Brazil are hunting more than 30 men who drugged and gang-raped a 16-year-old girl. The horrific crime in Rio de Janiero has shocked the country and prompted angry demand...Published: 28 May 2016 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student gang-raped walking from bars
Mahalapye police are investigating a case in which a 17-year-old student was gang-raped while walking home from the bars on Saturday night.Mahalapye police station commander, Superintendent Isaac ...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 11:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cowdray Park residents salute police
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park suburb yesterday saluted the police for the heroic work in bringing to an end the reign of terror in their area following the jailing of nine men for a combined 629 years for...Published: 23 Jan 2016 at 08:49hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Rape suspects further detained
POLICE were yesterday granted permission to further detain nine rape and armed robbery suspects who allegedly wreaked havoc at Luveve High School and Cowdray Park suburb, gang raping women and stealin...Published: 20 Jan 2016 at 05:17hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo/ Nqobile Tshili
9 rapists held, suspect shot while trying to escape
BULAWAYO police are preparing charges against nine men after two teachers and a third woman were raped at Luveve High School on Saturday night. Police raided several properties - including one...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 05:21hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Police launch manhunt for gang-rape criminals
POLICE in Bulawayo are hunting three men who allegedly assaulted, kidnapped and gang-raped a woman who was with her boyfriend before escaping in their victims' vehicle, which they used to commit other...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 09:52hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Man watched lover being raped
A WOMAN was gang-raped by two men while her boyfriend watched in a crime-hit Bulawayo suburb, a court heard.The victim, 24, was later forced to have sex with her boyfriend as her two rapists a...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Noleen Makhurane
Pair held for daylight gang rape
TWO Bulawayo men allegedly kidnapped a 25-year-old woman from the city centre in broad daylight and drove off with her to Lobengula suburb where they gang-raped her.The woman endured a two hou...Published: 05 May 2015 at 08:37hrs | 1 | by Nokusa Masuku
Ex-convict released under Mugabe amnesty gets 56 years behind bars
A 30-year-old ex-convict who was released under the presidential amnesty last year was on Thursday convicted of 11 counts of armed robbery and one of aggravated rape and sentenced to 56 years in priso...Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Underwear Robber' jailed for 25 years
A VIOLENT thug dubbed the 'Underwear Robber' for stealing his victims' clothes and forcing them to walk naked is beginning a 25-year jail stretch today. Birthwell Sibanda, 22, of Pumula South in Bulaw...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Thandeka Moyo
Night of fun ends in rapes
THREE women were raped in separate incidents in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria in the early hours of Sunday morning.Cops said all of the victims were on their way back home after a night of c...Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Baba Jukwa' suspect bail hearing postponed
Bail application hearing for embattled Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi was early Friday postponed to 3 July after the state insisted that it needed time to study voluminous application submitted by ...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Baba Jukwa' suspect remanded to July 7
Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi who is facing banditry and terrorism charges has been remanded to July 7 and advised to approach the High Court for bail since his offence is classified under 3rd sc...Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sunday Mail Editor described Mugabe as a 'tyrant' who stole elections
A brief check of the history of the Sunday Mail editor's work, Edmund Kudzayi who replaced Brezhnev Malaba reveals that in one of the articles penned on August 7 2008, he described Mugabe as a '...Published: 09 Jun 2014 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Intoxicated female student gang raped
POLICE in the Midlands are investigating a suspected case of rape at Vocational Training Centre where a 19-year-old female student was intoxicated and gang-raped by fellow students.Midlands p...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 05:31hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
6 pupils arrested for gang-rape
SIX pupils from a primary school in Mashonaland Central and their 13 year-old friend were last week arrested for raping a twelve-year-old girl who was fetching firewood in a nearby forest. A...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 04:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Schoolgirl gang-raped after taking a drink laced with silver bullet
A Form Four pupil reportedly laced a 13-year-old girl's Amarula drink with a sexually enhancing silver bullet tablet before raping her with the help of his Lower Sixth friend. Tariro Chirova (...Published: 05 Nov 2013 at 02:49hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Woman 'gang-raped' for not being a Zanu-PF card holder
THE agonizing experience of Chelesile Ncube in Zimbabwe in 2003 depicts an untold story of brutality against women as it veils stories of mass rape and abuse when a political order breaks down....Published: 12 Oct 2013 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
19-year-old gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes
A 19-year-old gang rape victim was sentenced to 200 lashes and to six months in jail for the crime of indecency and speaking to the press.Saudi Arabia defended a controversial verdict sentenci...Published: 28 Sep 2013 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man teams up with friend, gang-rapes girlfriend
A BULAWAYO man together with his friend were arrested for teaming up before they allegedly assaulted and gang-raped the man's girlfriend who they had detained the whole night.Darlington Chakad...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 15:16hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Teenager gang-raped while looking for boyfriend
A NORTON teenager's search for her boyfriend ended in horror after she was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by three men.The men - Knowledge Mpame (28), Lloyd Sibanda (22) and Foxen Mukozho ...Published: 16 Aug 2013 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
British tourist jumped out of hotel window, injured fleeing India sex attack
New Delhi - A female British tourist suffered leg injuries after she jumped out of a hotel window on Tuesday over fears of a sex attack in the Indian city of Agra, home to the Taj Mahal, police said....Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 10:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Journalist jail for interviewing 'gang-rape' victim, freed
Mogadishu - A Somali judge on Sunday freed a journalist who was jailed last month for interviewing an alleged gang-rape victim in a case that sparked international condemnation over how Somali authori...Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
India gang-rape suspects could face death penalty
Five men have pleaded not guilty to charges they gang-raped and murdered an Indian trainee physiotherapist, in a case that led to a shake-up of laws against sexual crimes after protests about a rising...Published: 02 Feb 2013 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hundreds of migrant children being held in appalling conditions in SA
AS thousands of Zimbabweans are deported from South Africa, hundreds of migrant children awaiting deportation are being held in appalling conditions in detention facilities near Johannesburg and Musin...Published: 04 Jan 2013 at 12:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
India: Fatal gang-rape suspects formally charged
New Delhi - Indian police on Thursday formally charged five men with murder, kidnapping and rape following the fatal gang-rape of a young woman that appalled the nation."We have filed the char...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 17:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Indian PM calls for calm in a bid to tamp down public outrage over gang-rape
...Published: 24 Dec 2012 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
3 in 10 female border jumpers gang raped: Report
THREE out of 10 Zimbabwean women are gang-raped while trying to illegally cross the border into South Africa through undesignated entry points along the Limpopo River.This was revealed in a de...Published: 20 Nov 2012 at 04:45hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
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