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The donkey said to the tiger, 'The grass is blue.' Tiger said, 'No grass is green.'Then the discussion between the two became intense. Both of them are firm in their own words. To end this con...Published: 21 hrs ago | 229 | by Staff reporter
Disgraced Australian journalist arrested in Zimbabwe
Television news producer Stephen Rice has been arrested while working in Zimbabwe - three years after he was jailed on assignment in Lebanon.The Australian journalist, Rice, flew into Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 15:43hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Sudan's revolution has melted the core - pray, new cast is not yet another dictatorship
"In his first televised address, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Abdelrahman said he was also cancelling a night curfew ordered by his predecessor and ordered the release of all prisoners ja...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 212 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Man kidnaps his in-laws, jailed
A Chitungwiza man will spend the next two years in prison after he was convicted of kidnapping his in-laws following a dispute at a funeral. Benson Matamise (45) appeared before Chitungwiza ma...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:03hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
39 years on, Zimbabwe has achieved nothing: Chamisa
ZIMBABWE turns 39 tomorrow and NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga caught up with the opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa (NC) to discuss the importance of the day vis-a-vis the current econ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 15:00hrs | 2928 | by Staff reporter
'Gumbura has case to answer'
HARARE magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message Church founder Robert Martin Gumbura, who together with his six alle...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes win
Zanu-PF secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa has urged the people of Mutasa Central Ward 10 to vote for the ruling party's candidate in the forthcoming by-election. Chinamasa said people fr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man discussed at State capture commission in South Africa
Leon Abednigo Mbangwa, real name Lionel Moyo, was tasked with running Nathi Nhleko's police ministry as a chief of staff. He is a Zimbabwean. He had not been naturalized. Was arrested ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 21:12hrs | 7116 | by Staff reporter
Parliament hopeful jailed for conning residents
A GWANDA Central parliamentary candidate for the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP) in last year's elections has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conning residents of about RTGS $800....Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:11hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption campaign insincere
THE failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to tackle high-level corruption-which has contributed immensely to economic decay-has raised serious questions about his sincerity to fight the...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:49hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
MDC member arrested for assault moments after release from prison
Felix Mashavele (32) of Ranganai village under Chief Neshuro was on Thursday released from jail after serving his prison sentence but was arrested moments later for assaulting his elderly mother in-la...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:32hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Banana's widow seriously ill
Former first lady Janet Banana is seriously ill and is seeking medical treatment.The 83-year-old wife of Zimbabwe's first post-independence president Canaan Sodindo Banana is being taken care ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Prophet gave burglar charms to evade arrest
A HABITUAL Chipinge burglar has been jailed for two years for theft of goods worth over $600 in Buhera and Bikita after being given a charm by a prophet to evade arrest.Tinashe Mutete was conv...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Redwing Mine workers engage in massive strike
Workers at Redwing Mine have been picketing at the mine premises since 1 April. The contract workers had their employment contracts terminated on 31 March. They had not been paid for 15 months. Collec...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 14:29hrs | 853 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zec in fix as jailed MDC councillor resurfaces
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in a dilemma after Mutasa Central ward 10 councillor Frank Chitembwe (MDC), whose seat was declared vacant following his incarceration for public violence, r...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | 5367 | by Staff reporter
Woman conceals daughter's sexual abuse, jailed 3 years
A 41-YEAR-OLD Chiredzi woman was last week sentenced to 36 months behind bars for defeating the course of justice after she treated lacerations on her 10-year-old daughter's private parts with methyla...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
Thieves besiege Beitbridge border post warehouse
THIEVES have besieged the burnt State warehouse at Beitbridge Border Post where they are targeting mostly copper cables and related products still trapped under the debris, it has emerged. ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
225 Bulawayo protesters convicted
AT least 375 people - predominantly opposition activists, who participated in the January protests that resulted in 17 deaths, have been convicted with Bulawayo providing the bulk of the convictions....Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
MLF not hoodwinked by Mnangagwa's bluff over Mthwakazi issues
We warn those of us who are quick to see a saviour in Emmerson Munangagwa to put brakes in their quest to appease him and the Zimbabwe Government in Harare. For starters, it is mind-boggling to hear t...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 15:07hrs | 537 | by David Magagula
Woman jailed for poisoning husband, stepchildren
A 23-YEAR-OLD woman, who allegedly tried to kill her husband and stepchildren with rat poison after a marital dispute, was on Friday sentenced to five years in prison by a Chivhu regional magistrate....Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Protesters faint after sentencing
There was drama at the Gweru courts when two of five suspected MDC hooligans fainted after being jailed for three years for public violence. The two failed to come to terms with their sentence...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 17:13hrs | 5443 | by Staff reporter
Man fondles friend's wife
AN 18-year-old man from Filabusi has been jailed eight years for fondling his friend's wife and inserting his finger into her privates. Wayne Sibanda of Bekezela Township went to his friend's ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:06hrs | 3039 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Gumbura jailbreak case ruling
A Harare magistrate is on April 10 expected to make a ruling on the application for discharge at the close of the State case by jailed RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura and...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed for defending killer driver
A Zimbabwe Republic Police accident evaluator Shackmore Chitate has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment after taking a bribe from a negligent driver who was accused of culpable homicide. ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 11:07hrs | 2730 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Looters caught on camera jailed
TWO Bulawayo men who looted goods worth more than $11 000 at a Nketa 9 supermarket during the January protests have been caged five years behind bars after they were positively identified through the ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:21hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Decriminalising AIDS spreaders Is brutal and an assault to humanity
In 1996 the then Zimbabwe's Minister of Justice Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa oversaw the proposed legislation which makes it a criminal offence for a person who knows that he or she is infected with HI...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1540 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Prophet' jailed for stealing cellphone
A 23-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet from Bulawayo has been sentenced to three months in prison after he stole and sold a Nokia Lumia cellphone which he took from the owner under the pretext that he ...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Fake Zacc officials jailed
Five bogus Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials, who moved around farms in Marondera extorting farmers before kidnapping and robbing a fuel dealer, have been sentenced to an effective ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:08hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Teacher jailed for assaulting pupil
Kwekwe magistrate Tayengwa Sangster has sentenced a female teacher who assaulted a five-year-old pupil to an effective 12 months in prison.Mejulla Matina (51) was convicted on her own plea of ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:00hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' jailed for stealing cellphone
A 23-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet from Bulawayo has been sentenced to three months in prison after he stole and sold a Nokia Lumia cell phone which he took from the owner under the pretext that he...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1171 | by Staff reporter
Hwende must be allowed to do his work
The MDC is shocked by the revelation of a baseless ban on Hon Charlton Hwende who intended to visit the Mabvuku fuel reserve Depot as part of his parliamentary duties.Hon Hwende is a full memb...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 21:59hrs | 224 | by Jacob Mafume
Supa offers $100,000 house to get passport back
Ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira, pictured, - who is facing two counts of criminal abuse of office - has offered to surrender an additional property worth $100 000 as surety in a bid to convince ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:57hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Jailed Zinara boss out on $5,000 bail
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive Moses Julius Juma, who was last October slapped with a two-year jail term for criminal abuse of office, breathed a sigh of ...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to decriminalise wilful HIV transmission
Government is set to repeal a legal provision that criminalises transmission of HIV/AIDS to a partner in order to keep abreast with international standards, Parliament heard yesterday. Justice...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:21hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa drags Ziyambi into Kereke jail sex storm
OUTSPOKEN Norton MP, Temba Mliswa has accused Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi of unlawfully giving orders to Chikurubi Maximum Prison officials to allow jailed former Zanu-PF MP Munyaradzi Kereke hav...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1385 | by newzimbabwe
Mash Central MDC youth leader out on bail
Jailed MDC Mashonaland Central youth chairperson Tonderai Samhu, together with four accomplices, were finally granted $100 bail each to challenge their six-year jail sentence.High Court judge ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
Men jailed 2 years for defacing Mnangagwa banner
Two Chinhoyi men were jailed three years each by magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda for destroying a billboard with the portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Darlington Willard Machemba (31) and ...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 07:29hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
'Starving villagers' skin neighbour's cow
TWO villagers from Siampongo in Binga have been jailed nine years each for skinning and stealing the carcass of their neighbour's cow, which had died on its own.Tedious Mudenda (38) and Fanuel...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Gulewankulu leader jailed
A 29-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi Gulewankulu leader was slapped with three months jail term by a Guruve magistrate yesterday for setting ablaze his colleague's hut after he revealed their secrets and positively i...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 13:44hrs | 2400 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Taxi driver's killer jailed
A suspected member of a four-man gang that allegedly kidnapped, robbed and brutally killed a Gweru taxi driver in December last year before dumping his body in a dam with his hands and legs tied, has ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:53hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ally jailed for gate-crashing ZEC command centre
MDC Vice President Morgen Komichi was Friday handed a wholly suspended three-month jail sentence and a $200 fine after being found guilty of gate-crashing a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) command...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1054 | by newzimbabwe
Man jailed for wearing army regalia
A 20-YEAR-OLD Banket man was jailed for one year by Chinhoyi magistrate Letwin Rwodzi for wearing Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) uniform.Malvern Makuranga of Templeton Farm, Banket, who is emplo...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:04hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for hating Mnangagwa's picture
Farai Gwaza from Dindi village under Chief Chitsungo in Pfungwe, Mashonaland East province has been arrested for publicly saying he does not like President Emmerson Mnangagwa's picture. In a n...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 10:47hrs | 4807 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Congregants go berserk, jailed
Ten men from a Shurugwi church were last week jailed for an effective 40 months each for assaulting villagers whom they accused of beating a fellow congregant.Bright Chiviviti (28), Charles Nd...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1950 | by Staff reporter
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 175 | by Reason Wafawarova
Mugabe to Mnangagwa: From frying pan into fire?
A time comes when overwhelmed Africans desperately desire to see a change in leadership and don't pay rapt attention to the details of the next leadership provided it is a new face. This despe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 3173 | by Omolola Lipede
Mwonzora should be appointed Supreme Court Judge, He cannot be a President
Douglas Mwonzora is an advocate who studied at Goromonzi High and later went to the University of Zimbabwe were he studied law. At the University Mwonzora studied constitunal law and was instrumental ...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 18:45hrs | 8772 | by MTT (MDC Truth Trumpeter)
BREAKING: Top MDC leader granted bail...ordered not to use social media
Movement for Democratic Change Deputy Treasurer General Charlton Hwende has been granted bail by the High Court albeit stringent bail conditions that include not addressing public gatherings and not u...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 09:06hrs | 3292 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Artuz official jailed 30 days for assault
Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) secretary-general Robson Chere was on Monday sentenced to a 30-day jail term by Goromonzi magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, over a violence incident wh...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:54hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance planned to win 2018 with 4.5m votes - failed, plan lacked even common sense
MDC Alliance leaders want to cast themselves as democrats who have embraced the democratic ethos of open and meaningful debate and democratic competition. They are not democrats and there is nothing l...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 23:05hrs | 1362 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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