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Murdered taxi driver's family demands death sentence for ex-wife
Grief has turned into fury for the family of murdered taxi driver Aleck Sinoia, who believe his ex-wife, Apirizi Sekai, masterminded his gruesome killing. The emotional toll of the tragedy was laid ba...Published: 21 hrs ago | 185 | by Staff reporter
Teen kills aunt, violates her corpse
High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has delivered a scathing rebuke of increasingly horrific crimes in Zimbabwe, saying recent cases suggest that the world may be nearing its end. His comments...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:26hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean rapist jailed for life in SA horror bush attack
A 32-year-old Zimbabwean man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Pretoria Magistrate's Court for a horrifying 2020 rape and robbery that shocked the South African public and left a female jogg...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:00hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moves to modernise prisons
The Government of Zimbabwe is stepping up efforts to modernise the country's prison system through the construction of smart prisons and the adoption of technology-driven reforms, a senior government ...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:25hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa who once faced the death penalty now set to abolish it
Zimbabwe's Senate has approved a bill to abolish the death penalty, a key step in scrapping a law last used in the southern African nation nearly 20 years ago.Zimbabwe's Parliament said Thursd...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:44hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean arrested in Australia for smuggling drugs
A Zimbabwean man faces life in prison following an anonymous tip that led to the seizure of nearly 900 kilograms of methamphetamine, concealed in industrial machines imported from the United States. T...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:20hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe abolishes the hanging of men
Zimbabwean government records show that there are more than 60 prisoners on death row.Sixty-two death row inmates in Zimbabwe could have their sentences commuted to life in prison when the gov...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages
In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 36 | by Associated Press
Zimbabwean faces life in prison for attempted murder following infidelity brawl in Poland
A POLAND-based 27-year-old Zimbabwean identified as Sebele who is facing attempted murder charges for pummelling his partner last year, could spend the rest of his life in prison if found guilty accor...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter
BMW driver who killed 6, sentenced to community service
A 31-year-old Shamva man, Benson Sosera who fatally hit six people with his BMW in March 2021, injuring one, has been sentenced to 840 hours of community service and suspension of his license for a ye...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ghanaian MPs back tougher anti-gay legislation
The lead sponsor of an amended bill warns that the country will target US economic interests if Washington sanctions officialsGhana's parliament has unanimously passed a motion to further tigh...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man arrested in South Africa over Thabo Bester escape
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been arrested in South Africa in connection with the escape of Thabo Bester from a South African prison.According to the South African media, the man's identity was not re...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Uganda lawmakers pass amended draft of anti-LGBTQI+ bill, retaining harsh penalties
Parliament in Uganda has passed a new amended draft of the anti-LGBTQI+ bill, maintaining the harsh punishments for same-sex acts.President Yoweri Museveni returned the bill to Parliament with...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Uganda ban gays
Uganda's parliament passed a law on Tuesday making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence....Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says his activists are innocent
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the 14 Nyatsime party supporters accused of inciting violence are victims of political persecution.The 14 were releas...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says they want to jail him until 2023
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala says there is a sinister political plot by the authorities to keep him in detention beyond the 2023 general elections, The NewsHawks reported.Sikhala, who celebrate...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 28 | by Dumisani Muleya
'I killed my abusive husband in self-defence'
A woman from Bulawayo who was jailed 18 years for stabbing to death her husband, keeping the body for two days before dousing it with paraffin and burning it to conceal evidence in 2016 still insists ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Love for Passion Java lifestyle lands man in jail
BULAWAYO up and coming musician, Fanuel Jele a.k.a Richboy, is languishing in prison after he was convicted and sentenced to 10 months for defrauding his mother of over $13 000.The inmate comm...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 07:21hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to tug and monitor all deportees with serious crimes
The Government must approve a legislation, which will provide for the tagging of murderers and sex offenders who are being returned to Zimbabwe from the U...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 00:37hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC duo acquitted after 8 years in jail
THE Supreme Court yesterday acquitted MDC Alliance activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzokere of the murder of a senior police officer after it ruled that their conviction by the High Court wa...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:29hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under renewed pressure to give up Rwandan genocide suspect
United Nations investigators tracking one of the most notorious killers in the Rwandan genocide believe he is hiding in Zimbabwe and are launching a new effort to convince authorities in Harare to all...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 16:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not among Africa's five most dangerous countries to be gay in
Several African countries continue to persecute people in the LGBT community and Zimbabwe is not among them. The five most dangerous countries to be gay in Africa are Uganda, Nigeria, Egypt, Tanzania ...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man faces life in prison over railway block
A HARARE man faces life in prison for allegedly tampering with National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) infrastructure and removing a railway block from a defunct railway line in the city.Maxwell D...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Jacob Ngarivhume opens up about his life in prison
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has spoken out for the first time about how he was arrested and the situation he went through during his time in prison. Ngarivhume says he was arres...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mnangagwa is my younger brother'
Today we round up our interview with pioneer freedom fighter and former Member of Parliament for Nkayi Constituency, John Maluzo Ndlovu. In the last few weeks, Ndlovu has spoken about how he j...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
How TB Joshua's prayers in Nazareth saved this young man from killing someone!!!
The official Facebook page of T.B. Joshua shared the touching testimony of a young man living in Switzerland who says the pastor's prayers during his Nazareth meeting saved him from killing himself or...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:09hrs | 15 | by Tawia Acheampong
Reflections on the life of Dr Dumiso Dabengwa: highs and lows
Chief spies are not famous for mingling easily with the public: they tend to be aloof; secretive and in glamorised Western films have notoriety for keeping everyone guessing about everything in the wo...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:36hrs | 4 | by Dr Mandla Nyathi
'Zimbabwe prisons overcrowded'
DESPITE the release of 3 000 prisoners through the Presidential Amnesty last year, Zimbabwe's prisons are still overpopulated, with the country's correctional facilities carrying 2 382 inmates above t...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Sytaff reporter
Debate on running mate plausible
With its 2013 constitution Zimbabwe made a much better job of putting together a coherent, consistent and democratic constitution to replace the much amended and somewhat tatty 1980 constitution....Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 23:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime's weapon of choice against dissent
Joshua Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Dumiso Dabengwa, Lookout Masuku, Abel Muzorewa, Tendai Biti, Renson Gasela and Ndabaningi Sithole all have something in common.The firebrand politicians challe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 3 | by Desmond Chingarande
Murder victim's body rots in mortuary 2 years on
THE decapitated body of a mentally-challenged man, believed to have been killed in a ritual murder two years ago, is still stuck at Gwanda mortuary and in an advanced state of decomposition, while the...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pambuka speaks on jail experience
Television personality and Zimdancehall musician Oscar Pambuka has described his recent jail experience as an eye-opener.Pambuka who was initially jailed for 30 months along with former Zanu-P...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 17:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Inmate rapes, murders prison officer
A GURUVE man raped and grisly murdered a female prison officer before stealing her vehicle at a workshop.Stancelus Mashayamombe, 34, committed the heinous offence when he was left with six mon...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a coup leader who was illegimate to have even stood for July elections
As the nation of Zimbabwe grapples with the crucial debate over the validity of the 30 July presidential election results, we all seem to be missing one very critical matter - Emmerson Mnangagwa was i...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 12:50hrs | | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
Sex-starved convict
A SEX-STARVED convict is hoping that he will marry a new wife when he is freed from prison.Meck Nyakatende, who has been abandoned by five women he was customarily married to, said one of his ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inmate tells wife to move on
A 54-YEAR OLD convict who was sentenced to life in prison is hoping that his wife would find a new husband and move on with her life.John Vhera, who has been behind bars for the past 19 years,...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner congratulates Mnangagwa
A prisoner at Chikurubi Maximum Prison has congratulated President ED Mnangagwa for winning the Presidential elections.Forty two-year-old Jacob Harineki has been in prison since 1998 and was s...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mengistu now Chiwenga's special VP advisor
COLOGNE- Exiled and fallen Ethiopian autarch, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who is thought to have had an invisible hand in last November's Operation Restore Legacy, which was launched by the military to ous...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 05:50hrs | 7 | by Itai Mushekwe
Chamisa at 40 is ready to lead
Great statesman in the history lead at the age of 40. Martin Luther King was assassinated aged 39 but he had already fought against white oppression in the United States of America with his vision sti...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Trust Mukamba
Wife welcomes hubby's life jail term
A GOKWE woman whose husband killed her four siblings by torching the bedroom they were sleeping in, has welcomed a decision by the High Court to sentence him to life imprisonment.Bulawayo High...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Life in jail for 4 sisters killer
A MAN who killed four Gokwe sisters after torching a hut they were sleeping in has been sentenced to life in prison.Dingilizwe Dube (39) of Gayela Village under Chief Madliwa's area in Nkayi d...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to protect Mengistu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration ha no plans extradite former Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam.This is in spite of renewed pressure from the opposition and the civil soci...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Campaign to extradite Ethiopia's dictator Mengistu from Zimbabwe
In a move that stunned the world, Zimbabwe's defense forces ousted President Robert Mugabe from power on November 21 2017, bringing his 37 years of strongman rule to an end. When his successor, ...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 07:31hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe must be prosecuted for genocide
The immunity in question (granted to Mugabe), to all Zimbabweans, is for Mugabe not to be prosecuted for corruption and misuse of state funds. Because accordingly, the government must forfeit all his ...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
Mnangagwa faces treason charge
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe could lay treason charges against his former deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa , who slipped out of the country on Tuesday following his expulsion, on allegations of undermining the 9...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expulsion, the implications for Zimbabwe
Mao Tse-Tung or more popularly known as Chairman Mao, the founding father of the People's republic of China, ruled as chairman of the Communist party of China from 1949 until his death in 1976. His fo...Published: 07 Nov 2017 at 15:10hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa
Domestic worker 'forced to engage in sex with dogs'
A FARMER accused of raping his family's domestic worker also forced her to perform mouth sex on his two dogs, it emerged yesterday. The suspect appeared in the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate's Co...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:31hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Mandela was not perfect, but he was not a sellout
'I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and a free society in which all persons will live together in harmony wi...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 21:09hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo
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