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Man whips wife after anonymous call
A JEALOUS Hwange man assaulted his wife with a switch on the street after he found her walking with a female friend and another man, he suspected to be her lover. Albert Phiri (28) of number 8...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:35hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba jailed for fondling congregant
A SELF proclaimed Concession apostolic prophet Maxwell Chitara was sentenced to an effective one year jail term by a Concession magistrate Nixon Mangoti y...Published: 31 May 2020 at 11:24hrs | 2229 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Harare man jailed for conning a Singaporean investor
A 38-year-old Harare man has been jailed an effective 7 years for conning a Singaporean investor in a USD$500 000 business venture.Fradreck Utsiwegota appeared before Bindura Magistrate Tinash...Published: 27 May 2020 at 10:18hrs | 4038 | by Staff reporter
Duo in soup for housebreaking, theft
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects for theft of property worth over $1,5 million.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube yesterday said Cuthbert Mnyandi (18) and Gamuc...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:46hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Wheelbarrows thief jailed
Footprints sold out a Chiweshe wheelbarrows thief who used duplicate keys to open the complanaint's house.The thief Gift Mhendami (39) ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 17:19hrs | 555 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Notorious Buglars jailed
Two notorious Shamva buglars were sentenced to 15 months each for breaking into three different tuckshops and stealing groceries at Bindura magistrates co...Published: 20 May 2020 at 22:40hrs | 1810 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Illegal miner jailed
A 44-YEAR-OLD Guruve illegal miner was yesterday jailed for two years by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro.Tatenda Nyamwanza ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 21:37hrs | 906 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mnangagwa's govt urges police to arrest three MDC youths
IN A move that is likely to further stoke political tensions in the country, authorities are demanding the arrest of three MDC youth leaders who participated in a flash demonstration in Harare last we...Published: 18 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 2214 | by Staff reporter
Poacher jailed 9 years
A 27-YEAR-OLD Mushumbi poacher was jailed 9 years by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday.Alan Pagan'a of Sedze villag...Published: 14 May 2020 at 21:10hrs | 1028 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Jailed robber's wife hides gun in field
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare woman, believed to be linked to armed robbers, was arrested for hiding a gun in a maize field at her residence in Hatfield acting on instructions from her husband, who is at...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Illegal Ghanaian immigrant jailed in Zimbabwe
A 38-YEAR-OLD Ghanaian national was sentenced to 5 months imprisonment by a Bindura magistrate Maria Msika on Friday for illegally staying in Zimbabwe.Homadi Martin Peniel pleaded guilty to th...Published: 09 May 2020 at 10:04hrs | 2817 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mnangagwa frees Bulawayo man after 22 years in prison
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally freed one Joram Siwela, a former Chaplin High School student and professional football player, who was jailed for murder 22 years ago.Siwela is part of...Published: 05 May 2020 at 13:59hrs | 9940 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: 'Anyone without face mask will be jailed for 1 year'
Attorney General Advocate Machaya has announced that all Zimbabweans who will be caught without wearing masks during level 2 of the Coronavirus lockdown mighty face custodial sentence.Machaya ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 03:10hrs | 3098 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean man saved by his HIV+ status from UK deportation
UK Home Office efforts to deport an HIV-positive Zimbabwean man because of his lengthy criminal record have been blocked after the supreme court ruled removing him would breach his human rights....Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 16:06hrs | 4340 | by Staff reporter
Another activist released on bail
ANOTHER MDC-Alliance activist who was jailed for participating in the January 2019 violent demonstrations has been released on $2 000 bail pending appeal. Otilia Sibanda (34) of Sizinda was am...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:38hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Teacher jailed for violation of lockdown rules
A primary school teacher in Bindura was sentenced to two months in prison by Bindura magistrate Moreblessing Makati yesterday for defying the countr...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 18:45hrs | 2126 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
'Why I was arrested' Josphat Ngulube speaks out
Now I am free to talk about it because I was tried and found guilty for nothing! Josphat Mzaca Ngulube didn't burn Zanu Pf cars or participated on what he was accused for!On the day 14th of Ja...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 13:49hrs | 6597 | by Josphat Mzaca Ngulube
Duo nabbed at lockdown roadblock, jailed
TWO men were sentenced to six months in prison by Bindura provincial magistrate Tinashe Ndokera for possessing dangerous weapons yesterday.The state led by Thembinkosi Mananga said on April 22...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 2238 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe bans medical supplies exports
GOVERNMENT has banned the export of medical supplies needed to fight Covid-19 that are in short supply in the country. The ban was published in Statutory Instrument (SI) 93 which also announce...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:40hrs | 3440 | by Staff reporter
Harare man arrested over fake Mnangagwa lockdown statement...faces 20 years in jail
A leaked docket form the Republic Police indicate that one Lovemore Zvokusekwa has been arrested for publishing a fake statement alleging that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had extended the lockdown da...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 17:47hrs | 3958 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mugabe guard jailed for theft
A security guard at the late former president Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Dairy in Mazowe has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment for stealing a laptop and a solar battery from his employer....Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:37hrs | 3674 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trio jailed for UK cheque fraud
Three Zimbabwean men have been jailed for between two and six years after they admitted their role in an elaborate "industrial scale" cheque fraud in the United Kingdom. Criminal mastermind Patson Mup...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans wait for Mnangagwa lockdown decision
When Zimbabweans watch President Emmerson Mnangagwa's televised Independence Day address on Saturday, many will be anxious to hear if the 21-day lockdown that ends the following day will be extended o...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 18:12hrs | 6520 | by Moyo Roy
Mugabe's under paid guard jailed
Under paid former president Robert Mugabe's Gushungo Dairy security guard was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment by Concession resident magis...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 23:05hrs | 3821 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Malaria death mistaken for Covid-19 in ZImbabwe
Government has dismissed as false, rumours circulating in Hurungwe District, Mashonaland West Province, of a man who allegedly died of Covid-19, saying the person succumbed to malaria at Nyamakate Cli...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:36hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
Soldier jailed for stealing from Mugabe coup announcer
A SOLDIER was yesterday slapped with a 10-month prison term for stealing eight bags of cement at Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's residence.Naboth Muzvare, 28, pleaded guilty to theft ...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 21:54hrs | 3083 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders probe into origins of lockdown extension falsehood
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said he has ordered an investigation into the originators of fake information purporting that the Government had extended the national lockdown. Spreading fake ne...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:15hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa orders hunt for lockdown extension liars
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed security forces to track individuals behind the false report that his government has extended the 21 day...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 21:05hrs | 5817 | by Moyo Roy
How Mike Auret tried to stop Gukurahundi
THE sad death of prominent Zimbabwe political activist Mike Auret in Ireland this morning is a significant event in the history of human rights in the country and its predecessor Rhodesia.Aure...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:37hrs | 1097 | by Staff reporter
Poacher shot dead in shootout
A SUSPECTED poacher was killed while his accomplice escaped following a shootout with game rangers on Wednesday at Bubye Valley Conservancy, some 60km west of Beitbridge town. The two men...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:02hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown loses momentum
THERE are growing concerns that the ongoing 21-day national lockdown that was imposed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to combat the spread of coronavirus is running out of steam.This comes as ...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1315 | by Staff reporter
Jailed for defying lockdown
Four Harare men, who were arrested on Tuesday in Mbare for defying the 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, yesterday appeared in court and were each jailed for three months with the option...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:13hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Security guard jailed for stealing a computer
A 24-YEAR-OLD Bindura security guard at Chipadze primary school was sentenced to 2years behind bars by a Bindura magistrate yesterday for stealing a compu...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 19:12hrs | 863 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Ex-wife killer jailed for 19 years
AN Inyathi man who killed his ex-wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife for dumping him has been sentenced to 19 years in jail for murder. Lyton Sibanda (24) who was a herdsman at F...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict kills grandmother with a spade
AN ex-convict from Bulilima has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his maternal grandmother using a spade two weeks after being released from prison after accusing her of causing his initi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:37hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for killing wife's employer
The Budiriro man who fatally stabbed his estranged wife's employer four times with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute avoided a murder conviction when his guilty plea to the lesser violent crim...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 08:08hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Top MDC official recounts prison 'hell'
A top MDC official, who was incarcerated together with 11 party youths in connection with protests in Chitungwiza last month, has described conditions under which they were held as hell.Stephe...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
20 years in jail for spreading fake coronavirus news in Zimbabwe
The government has gazetted tough new laws that could see people spending up to 20 years in prison for spreading fake news on the novel coronavirus.According to Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 12:46hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
Resident blocks Tagwirei from turning hospital into elite COVID-19 centre
A Harare resident on Saturday filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to stop businessman Kuda Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings from renovating and upgrading an abandoned hos...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:21hrs | 958 | by newzimbabwe
2 killers jailed 70 years for slitting motorist's throat, burning body
TWO stranded deportees from Botswana who stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond recognition, have been...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frees 5 000 criminals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned 5 000 prisoners serving for non-violent crimes as part of measures to decongest the country's prisons whose population had ballooned to over 20 000. A...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean cocaine pusher jailed
A drug dealer from Slough has been jailed for four years after he took over the Canterbury home of an elderly vulnerable man to peddle crack cocaine and heroin. Nyasha Mushayandebvu (25), of B...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:38hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Breaking Covid-19 rules in Zimbabwe can get you a year in jail
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has enacted a law that allows the arrest of people who defy his Covid-19 lockdown measures, but the public seems unfazed.Under statutory instrument (SI)...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1870 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei upgrades 2 COVID-19 treatment centres
FUEL mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei has embarked on a project to upgrade St Anne's Hospital and jailed rapist and businessman Munyaradzi Kereke's state-of-the-art Rock Foundation Medical Hospital in Harare...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei grabs Kereke upmarket clinic to set up coronavirus hospital for the elite
BUSINESSMAN Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his Sakunda Holdings have taken over jailed Zanu-PF ex-MP Munyaradzi Kereke's upmarket hospital in Harare's Mt Pleasant suburb with claims the facility will only ad...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1480 | by newzimbabwe
Security guard jailed for stealing crates
A 37-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi security guard was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment yesterday by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro for stealing 25 empty crates used for packing fruits at Forester Es...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 07:23hrs | 990 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Notorious Chiweshe couple jailed
A notorious Chiweshe couple was jailed 16 months for unlawfully entering into the complainant's room and stealing goods valued at $5000 by Concession magistrate Nyasha Machiriori yes...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1835 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Soldier's killer jailed 30 years
A MAN from Epworth has been jailed 30 years for robbing and killing a soldier. Besta Masaya, who was charged along with Tonderai Rupiya, denied killing Innocent Majuta who was in army uniform ...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Perrence Shiri just resign, you are a sellout: period
Let me take this opportunity to advise you Perrence Shiri the Women's University educated graduate, that when it comes to law the devil is in the detail, its you who has gone rogue , anti revolutionar...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 17:00hrs | 6144 | by Peter Moyo
HIV positive man jailed for rapping niece (15)
A 28-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man was sentenced to 5 years for bedding his nephew several times purporting that he was curing his HIV status by having sex with the...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 06:56hrs | 2142 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
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