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Zimbabwean man denied bail in SA over rape of landlord's daughter
The Atteridgeville Magistrate's Court in Pretoria has denied bail to a 55-year-old Zimbabwean national based in Saulsville, who was charged with three counts of raping his landlord's 12-year-old daugh...Published: 13 hrs ago | 594 | by Staff reporter
Mozambican vendors invade Zimbabwe
On January 2, 2025, 18-year-old Castigo Quembo from Matazi village near Manica in Mozambique left home and crossed into Zimbabwe through an illegal entry point close to the Machipanda-Forbes Border Po...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 12:35hrs | 2127 | by Staff reporter
Divorce among Zimbabwean women up by nearly 100,000 in 10 years
Zimbabwe has witnessed a significant increase in the number of divorced or separated women over the past decade, according to the newly released 2025 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS). The...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:05hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
The new PVO law is a sign of a government that fears its own people
The Zimbabwe government has always been afraid of its own people.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's signing of the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Act, 2025, into law marks yet ano...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:27hrs | 81 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mohadi son farm dispute: Villagers flee to mountains
Villagers at Arnold Farm in Mazowe have fled their homes and sought refuge in the mountains, fearing for their lives after protesting against an attempted land takeover by one of Vice-President Kembo ...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:57hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland chief in legal trouble over abuse directed at woman
The national Council of Chiefs has been petitioned to act on an errant chief who was filmed verbally abusing a woman during a village court sitting.Chief Nyamaropa, of Shamva in Mashonaland Ce...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 16:56hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
3 women raped in Bulawayo every week
The Minister of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Monica Mutsvangwa, officially inaugurated a regional one-stop center for gender-based violence (GBV) survivors at Mp...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 16:56hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
South Africa apex court reverses GMO approval
After an arduous nine-year legal battle, a full bench of the supreme court of appeal (SCA) has set aside the commercial approval of a drought-tolerant genetically modified (GM) variety of maize....Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 10:44hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle Examination Department examiners arrested for corruption
Three officials from the Vehicle Examination Department (VED) stationed at the Chinhoyi depot have been apprehended for engaging in corrupt practices. They are accused of granting a driver's license t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 18:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man accused of murdering SA girlfriend and hiding body in freezer
A shocking and gruesome discovery in the Samora Machel community of Philippi, Cape Town, has led to the arrest of a Zimbabwean national, Brian Miripiri, who stands accused of murdering his 56-year-old...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 08:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chief ordered to return a cow and US$1 200
The Bindura Civil Court has ordered Chief Nyamaropa to return a cow and $1 200 forcibly taken from a woman in his village at gunpoint as maintenance for her co-wife's children.The court set as...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 20:54hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe judges must not be fazed by critics, says CJ Malaba
JUDGES handling high profile political cases should not be fazed by critics of their legal decisions as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has their backing and ready to defend them should the need...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
How Poverty Drives Innovation in Bulawayo's Ngozi Mine Landfill
Located in the outskirts of Bulawayo, the Ngozi Mine landfill is home to a resilient community that has learned to adapt and innovate in the face of extreme adversity.Families there live in ho...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 09:44hrs | 31 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Thabo Bester's Zimbabwean accomplice appears in court
A 31-year-old suspect appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court for allegedly helping convicted serial rapist Thabo Bester escape prison.Zanda Moyo, 31, faces four charges - aiding and a...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 15:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mandatory 15-year jail terms for rapists
Those convicted of rape or aggravated indecent assault will soon face minimum mandatory 15-year jail terms under proposed amendments to the criminal code set to be enacted to arrest the rising number ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's SONA raises dust
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged legislators to finalise laws relating to elections and the controversial Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) (Amendment) Bill, which has been criticised...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for political tolerance
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday called for political tolerance among politicians aspiring to contest in the 2023 harmonised elections.The President also said parliamentarians should swiftly atte...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Scheming' lawyer granted $50,000 bail
LAWYER Norman Mugiya was yesterday granted $200 000 bail in a case he is being accused of fraud and violating the Insurance Act.Mugiya appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi who rema...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Bulawayo records 20 divorce cases in 1 day
Bulawayo High Court was on Thursday inundated with twenty (20) cases of people intending to divorce. According to a survey infidelity has been cited as the major cause of family break-ups in the...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:59hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-soldier claims he was 'tortured and beaten' in Harare for serving in British army
A British Army veteran is "living in fear each and every second" due to the threat of deportation to Zimbabwe.Joram Nechironga has spent more than 20 years living in the UK and served in Iraq ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Growing number of Zimbabwe couples opt for child adoption
IN most families, news that a loved one is going to have a child is usually received with joy.But when Kuteesa "Tess" Gweshe and her husband announced that they were going to have two more chi...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi Ziyambi challenged over PVOs Bill
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has been challenged to provide evidence on political interference by non-governmental organisations and that some charities are conduits for sponsoring terrorism and o...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman sues hubby's side chick US$15k for adultery
A Harare woman, Happygill Muyengwa, is suing her husband's girlfriend, Elmina Kusikwenyu, US$15 000 for adultery.She argues that Kusikwenyu has been involved in an extramarital affair with her...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 12:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
US$800m regime change kitty at risk in 2022 NGOs Bill
THE Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill could cost Zimbabwe close to US$800 million in development funding this year – with devastating social and economic consequences – if the governm...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Not blind to justice
"YOU will definitely lose cases because you will not be able to see the demeanour of witnesses."Mr Mehluli Ndlovu, a legal practitioner (44) from Njube suburb, in Bulawayo remembers how these ...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Judge's former assistant sues JSC
The former assistant of High Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere, Kudakwashe Zimba, is suing the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) for US$10 000 for unlawful termination of employment and has demanded r...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth Gwaunza announced as acting Chief Justice
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has announced Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza as Acting Chief Justice of Zimbabwe after the High Court Saturday ruled that Luke Malaba's term as the country top judge e...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Axe rampage killer escapes jail
A 21-YEAR-OLD Gokwe man who fatally axed five people and two cows in one night has been spared jail life after the High Court ruled that he was mentally ill when he committed the crimes in March last ...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution
SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anythi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer up for theft of motor vehicle
A GURUVE-BASED lawyer Nancy Mabhoyi (37) of Mabhoyi and Associates has been summoned to Bindura magistrates' courts to answer a case of motor vehicle theft.Mabhoyi is set to appear in court on...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man accused of killing wife, 5 kids
In the Eastern Cape, a husband and father accused of hacking to death his wife and five children has appeared in court.Nowa Makula (32) was arrested last week and detectives believe that the Z...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dozens of laws should be repealed in Gambia
The Commonwealth has said dozens of discriminatory gender laws should be repealed or revised in The Gambia to guarantee equal rights for women and girls within the legal framework.A report - p...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa sued over appointments
Zimbabwe women Lawyers association (ZWLA) and women's academy of Leadership and Political excellency (walpe) have taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court for failing to observe gender balance in h...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
CACH reaches out to vulnerable children
Care At The Core of Humanity (CACH) is playing a pivotal role in emancipating and providing legal aid to help children in Zimbabwe.Maxwell Chambari the Executive Director told Bulawayo24.com t...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:45hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Chamisa engages Zanu PF lawyers, is it democracy
Most Zimbabweans are perplexed by the lawyers who represent members of the opposition either side. Most people have been dismayed when members of the opposite side represent those of the other side. Z...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chronicles of a Trial Observer
Observing a trial in Zimbabwe's courts is an eye-opening exercise to the commendable progress the Judicial Services Commission has made in addressing the key challenges that the sector faces as well a...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 13:06hrs | 1 | by Richard Mugobo
Just a lawyer, not the law!
The South African justice system is one of the best systems in the world, and the historical background of how it was earned and adopted deeply touches my heart. However our justice system has been sa...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Eric Shikobela
Kombi crash survivor sues for $30 000
A MAN from Gweru who survived when a commuter omnibus he was travelling in was involved in a fatal accident that claimed 10 lives, is suing the driver and the owner of the vehicle for more than US$30 ...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
God made no concubine for Adam
A story published by some local news media recently and now so hot on the lips of gossips that no fly dares alight on them, has triggered consternation in the realm of holy matrimony with some worried...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Stephen Mpofu
Police brutality victim compensated 9 years on
A HARARE man, who was shot several times on both legs by the police in a case of mistaken identity during an investigation into the theft of a motor vehicle in 2010, has finally been paid ZWL$21 000 i...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa invites Linda Masarira
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has invited under fire former MDC-T Spokesperson Linda Masarira to join him in the opposition ranks as an Independent politician without any attachment to a po...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 20:59hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe must improve justice accessibility: EU
The European Union (EU) has challenged Zimbabwe to step up efforts to remove barriers in accessing justice for everyone regardless social status.Speaking at the launch of the Zimbabwe Ezekiel ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Caretaker rapes, infects pupils
A CARETAKER at a school in Kezi, Matabeleland South has been jailed 30 years for raping two siblings aged 10 and 12 years and infecting one with syphilis.Sikhangele Sibanda (30) who works at D...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bogus lawyer arrested for fraud
A BOGUS lawyer, Descent Moyo, who allegedly masqueraded as a housing estate agent, was nabbed last week and brought to court on charges of duping a Harare property owner of his money after being hired...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Free lawyers for the less privileged
GOVERNMENT has set in motion plans to extend free legal representation to those who cannot afford such services as part of efforts to deepen access to justice for the citizenry. The Sunday Mai...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Legal aid for unpaid workers expanded
The Zimbabwe Network for Social Justice (ZimJustice), which has been struggling of late to meet the demand to provide legal services to employees who had not been paid their salaries or terminal benef...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by ZimJustice
Army pilot kills lawyer girlfriend in love triangle
A 29-YEAR-OLD Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot based at the Josiah Tongogara Airbase in Gweru, Tashinga Musonza, has been arrested on allegations of murdering his girlfriend in a love triangle involving his...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:16hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed for bedding workmate's wife
A KEZI man has been given a 10-month wholly suspended jail sentence for stabbing his workmate with a knife and leaving him severely wounded after catching him with his wife in their matrimonial bedroo...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Safe Shelter, a haven for violence survivors
TWO police officers man the gate at Safe Shelter in Hauna, Nyanga. There are a few structures dotted around the yard, looking almost ordinary, but behind the walls, many "broken" women have found sola...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman sues hubby for $2 000
A GWANDA woman has dragged her husband to court demanding $2 000 as compensation for injuries she sustained after he assaulted her.Ms Linnet Moyo of Marriage suburb who was represented by Mrs ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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