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Notorious buglar jailed
A notorious Bindura burglar who terrorised most mining town suburbs was finally sentenced to 3 years six months behind bars yesterday at Bindura magistrat...Published: 11 hrs ago | 296 | by Simbarashe Sithole | Lloyd Rabaya
Abednico Ncube for Vice Presidency
Gone are the days when leadership was based on qualities, qualifications and to some extent anointing. Leadership came with a responsibility of protecting the interests of those being led. The recent ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:06hrs | 4545 | by Mthabisi Mathuthu
Customer scalding shebeen queen spared jail
A 34-YEAR-OLD shebeen queen from Ntabazinduna Flats in Mzilikazi suburb escaped jail for scalding her colleague who was demanding US$2 change from her. Brilliance Hlomayi took a kettle from th...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:33hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for incest with three minor sons
A 58-year-old Beatrice woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing her three minor sons. The woman sexually abused her sons twins aged eight and a six-year-old. ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for sexually abusing a corpse
Harare man who once made headlines sometime in January for sexually abusing a corpse has been jailed for 11 months.Bigman Sipiliano was convicted for violating the corpse's rights and indecent...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 12:41hrs | 2499 | by Shelton Muchena
Unlicensed courier service operator jailed
A HARARE man was yesterday sentenced to two months imprisonment for offering courier services to the public without a licence.Benson Masawi (28), who appeared before magistrate Tendai Muchina ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1509 | by Thandekile Moyo
3 jailed for assault
THREE Victoria Falls men have been arrested after they severely assaulted their neighbour until he lost consciousness before dumping his body in a nearby drain filled with sewage.Mr Khaliphani...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 15:04hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
5kg gold ore lands teenager in jail
A 19-YEAR-OLD Bindura man was yesterday sentenced to two years behind bars by a Bindura magistrate for possessing five kilograms of gold ore at a farm he ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1153 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jailed for indulging in sex with minor
A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Jambezi on the outskirts of Victoria Falls has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for repeatedly indulging in sex with a girl aged 14.Pride Nkomazana and the girl who c...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:16hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Hit-and-run driver fined
Hit-and-run driver, Herbert Chakanyuka, was today fined a total of $15 000 by a Harare magistrate for two traffic offences he committed after knocking down a minor at the intersection of Liberation Le...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:13hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Fake stamps syndicate man fined $100,000
A 44-year-old Beitbridge man who is part of a syndicate using fake customs and immigration stamps to illegally clear travellers and goods at the country's port of entry has been fined $100 000 by a Be...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:03hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Couple jailed 15 years for rape
A Zvishavane couple, who connived to rape a nineyear-old girl, was yesterday jailed to an effective 15 years after being jointly convicted of rape.Benson Moyo (26) and wife Tafadzwa Moyo, whos...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:01hrs | 2075 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa entrenches authoritarian rule
THE incarceration of opposition MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe this week has all but confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's unwillingness to reform as his regime continues to use lawf...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:36hrs | 799 | by Staff reporter
Rapper DMX dies at 50
Rapper DMX has died one week after suffering a "catastrophic cardiac arrest", his family has said.The 50-year-old, whose real name was Earl Simmons, had been admitted to intensive care in New ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:43hrs | 1194 | by Staff Reporter
Croco Motors founder jailed for killing pedestrian
CROCO Motors boss Moses Tonderai Chingwena was yesterday convicted on his own plea for killing a pedestrian in Harare while driving at night on July 11 last year.Chingwena appeared before magi...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe represents everything wrong about opposition politics
A young member of the MDC formation led by Nelson Chamisa, Makomborero Haruzivishe, was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the Harare Magistrates Court this week for inciting public violence. ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 335 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Female drug peddler jailed
Guruve based female drug peddler Concilia Chabvuta (33) was yesterday sentenced to 30 months in prison by Guruve resident magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa....Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 11:04hrs | 1514 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Charamba lauds courts for discouraging 'hooliganism' and public disorder
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed claims that the imprisonment of MDC Alliance executive member Makomborero Haruziviishe was political persecution and lauded the courts for disco...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:52hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Jailed MDC activist says, 'I will be back!'
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition party says the government is again cracking down on critics with a prison sentence given to 28-year-old Makomborero Haruzivishe. A court found him guilty of inciting violenc...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance seeks 'political prisoners' recognition for jailed activists
The MDC Alliance on Wednesday called on international human rights organisations to recognise nine of its jailed activists as "political prisoners" while urging the United Nations to launch an urgent ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 18:22hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe appealing both conviction and 'harsh' sentence, says lawyer
Jailed opposition MDC Alliance youth activist Makomborero Haruzivishe is appealing his conviction and 14-months sentence at the High Court, his attorney said on Wednesday, calling the punishment "too ...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 09:46hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
MDC activist jailed 14 months for inciting public violence
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance activist Makomborero Haruzivishe has been sentenced to an effective 14 months imprisonment for inciting public violence and resisting arrest.Harare magistrate Judith Tar...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 15:30hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy touts jailed
IN a strong statement to touts that harass passengers, four men who were recently caught on camera harassing an elderly woman at Dulivhadzimu long distance bus terminus were on Thursday jailed for an ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife's friend over beer
A HARARE man yesterday appeared in court on allegations of killing his wife's friend whom he accused of influencing his spouse to drink beer. Egypt Mukomachirandu allegedly assaulted Enita Mus...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Prophet jailed 20 years for rape
a sElF-PROClaiMEd prophet from Jotsholo in Matabeleland north province has been slapped with an effective 20-year jail term for raping a 10-year-old girl who was taken to him for prayers by her mother...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe, Ngadziore and Chimbiri bail appeal ruling delayed
The High Court on Tuesday postponed to Thursday its ruling on bail appeals brought by two MDC Alliance officials and the leader of the main students' union.Harare West MP Joana Mamombe, activi...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 18:51hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
President Magufuli: Letter to Prof. Lumumba of Kenya Cc. Energy Mutodi; Bcc African Presidents
Dear Professor Lumumba, Comrade Energy Mutodi is having his last laugh: he was spot on. He told us the bare truth about the President of Tanzania; the way he is handling the global pandemic wa...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1561 | by Nomazulu Thata
Jailed Zim-born DJ faces UK deportation
A BRITISH Northampton Crown Court last week sentenced Zimbabwean DJ Darlent Zirebwa to 24 months imprisonment for savagely beating his girlfriend in a drunken rage on New Years' Day in 2020.Th...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:09hrs | 2354 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland activists 'under siege'
HUMAN rights activists have accused authorities of employing unorthodox means to hound government critics following reports that armed police raided the house of a leader of a Matabeleland-based milit...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
West to impose sanctions on South Africa if Ramaphosa is removed
Lately, there has been rising positive publicity on Zimbabwe and rising negativity on South Africa by international and white media.Just recently, the world bank released unemployment numbers ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | 2947 | by Rutendo Ben Matinyararire
Mutsvangwa sons jumps Covid-19 vaccination queue
Two sons of Zimbabwe's information minister Monica Mutsvangwa appear to have jumped the Covid-19 vaccine queue as elites scramble for limited Sinopharm doses ahead of frontline workers, ZimLive can re...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 07:19hrs | 2795 | by Staff reporter
Girl (6) shouts for help in pedophile's kitchen
A 22-YEAR-OLD Bindura man who lured a six-year-old girl to his house through a footpath in a bid to rape her has been jailed.Ndangariro Bhurasho was sentenced to 12 months in jail by magistrat...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 07:56hrs | 2710 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Meaningless ZANU PF Covid-19 Exit Strategy
The clueless Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government has been found wanting; as the widespread of COVID-19 continues to ravage through Zimbabwean communities and the government has done little in as far as ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 13:50hrs | 1019 | by Prince Njagu
Zanu-PF and it's Vile Chiredzi Evacuations.
At a time when a government is supposed to stand in solidarity with the people that they claim voted them into office and assisting them during these covid19 infested times. The Emmerson Mnangagwa led...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 12:25hrs | 717 | by Prince Njagu
Former Manama head Rev Vellah-Ncube dies
FORMER Manama High School headmaster Reverend Arote Vellah-Ncube has died. He was 83.Rev Vellah-Ncube died at his Famona home in Bulawayo on Friday and the cause of death has not been establis...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 11:32hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube denied bail over US$9 million land deals
PROMINENT Gweru businesswoman and property developer - Smelly Dube - who is the chief executive officer of River Valley Properties - has been remanded in custody to Tuesday after a Gweru court ruled t...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:47hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Jailed MDC activists appeal to Malaba over delayed ruling
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has been asked to look into a year-long delay on pronouncement of judgment on an appeal by incarcerated MDC activists Tungamira Madzokere and Last Maengahama.The two ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo dairy bomber freed
HIGH Court judge, Tawanda Chitapi Tuesday granted $5 000 bail to Owen Kuchata, leader of Zimbabwe People's Front Party (ZPFP) who was jailed for attempt to bomb former President Robert Mugabe and fami...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Some of the biggest and most shocking scandals in boxing history
There will be one dispute or another about nearly everything in the film business. This makes it even more exciting and entertaining and draws even greater fans. Therefore, to achieve relevance and ma...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 16:56hrs | 999 | by Staff Writer
Meet Khami's longest serving inmate
HE was condemned at birth to a life of hardship after being christened Mhlupheki, which is Ndebele for "the one who struggles". True to his name, Mhlupheki Ngwenya (47) has suffered, living a ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2330 | by Staff reporter
The bane of deadbeat intellectuals
Talent seems to come with more than its fair share of baggage.Most often than not, gifted personalities belong to a pantheon of living gods that wow the world during their time in the limeligh...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 86 | by Bishop Lazarus
Geoff Nyarota revisits Willowgate scandal
I WAS at the time two months short of 38 years of age and a little-known editor of The Chronicle, the Bulawayo-based daily newspaper.In a building in our neighbourhood in central Bulawayo was ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:49hrs | 1308 | by Geoff Nyarota
ZCTU rocked by battle for leadership
CRACKS have emerged in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) ahead of the labour body's elective congress scheduled for December.Sources within the country's largest labour representati...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:45hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Two illegal miners jailed two years
Two illegal miners from Desmond farm, Bindura were jailed two years each by Bindura Provincial Magistrate Tinashe Ndokera yesterday for illegally prospecting for gold.Author Mukanya (21) and S...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:19hrs | 335 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
NPA moves to block Machaya appeal
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has filed a notice of opposition at the High Court challenging jailed former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya's application for leave to appe...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:40hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Chunga jailed for life in SA over highway crimes
A 41-year-old Zimbabwean man believed to be part of a syndicate of armed robbers who have been terrorizing motorists along the N1 highway between Musina and Makhado towns in Limpopo province has been ...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:34hrs | 5618 | by Staff reporter
Willowgate scandal-accused takes on Zimbabwe's foreign affairs assignment
President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced new Cabinet appointments on Monday, filling in positions at the transport and foreign affairs ministries following the Covid-19 deaths of Joel Biggie Matiza and ...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 20:22hrs | 3446 | by Staff reporter
Fertilizer thief jailed
A GURUVE man was jailed 10 months yesterday for stealing seven bags of fertilizer.Ngonidzashe Mhaka (23) of Zhakata village in Guruve pleaded guilty to the charge before magistrate Geral...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1366 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Machaya in fresh bid to get out of jail
JAILED former Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya has filed an application for leave to appeal at the Supreme Court after his application for bail pending appeal against conviction and ...Published: 04 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Thief targets female cops
A daring Bindura thief who went on a stealing spree targeting female police officers was jailed for two years by Bindura magistrate Ethel Chichera on Friday.Munyaradzi Gera (18) pleaded guilty...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:10hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
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