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Senior citizen robbed
A senior citizen was allegedly robbed of his ZAR1500 by three suspects who assaulted him while he waited for transport in Plumtree.The injured Tadius Ndlovu (79) had to be rescued by Davison D...Published: 16 hrs ago | 869 | by Simbarashe Sithole
High school teacher fondles learner's manhood
There was drama at Solusi High School where a male school teacher ordered one of his male students to accompany him to his office during midday.The teacher Tafadzwa Mushangwe (26) allegedly dr...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:33hrs | 3075 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Highway robbers arrested along Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge road
Three suspected robbers targeting motorists along the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway have been arrested. The trio - Vision Bvudzijena (27), Gladman Zhou (26), and Crispen Komboni (35) - would poun...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 1448 | by Staff reporter
Man steals irrigation scheme solar panels
Bulawayo-based Mthulisi Moyo is in trouble after he allegedly stole 21 solar panels and installed them at his rural home.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts on Friday where...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 14:17hrs | 837 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man throws away wife's cooked green maize
In a domestic violence case, a 44-year-old caused a scene at a marketplace in Plumtree where he followed his wife who was cooking maize cobs for resale, threw away the pot, switched off the fire and t...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 11:45hrs | 1386 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rapist caught sleeping at crime scene wearing a condom
Lady Luck did not smile on Qubekani Nyathi, who allegedly fell asleep wearing a condom shortly after raping a mentally ill woman.The case came to light at the Plumtree Magistrates' Court on Fr...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 11:36hrs | 2209 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Zimbabwe cops drop bribe money and flee as ZACC officials close in
Two police officers stationed in Mutare have appeared before the Mutare Magistrates' Court on charges of demanding a bribe from an illegal taxi driver. The officers, Dudzai Jennifer Chiponda (47) and ...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:26hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter
Woman assaults granddaughter over maize meal
A 64-YEAR-OLD grandmother is in trouble after she assaulted her granddaughter with an electric cable before throwing an egg on her forehead over maize meal misunderstanding.Beauty Sibanda was ...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 09:41hrs | 1075 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jailed over missing dried meat
A 38-year-old man from Kezi, Matebeleland South, has been sentenced to a one-year and three months (15 months) imprisonment for assaulting other villager over missing dried meat at Esibayeni slaughter...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 20:11hrs | 828 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Kezi
Woman in court for drowning daughters
A Triangle woman, Blessing Chiromonye (25), has appeared before the Chiredzi Magistrates Court facing murder charges after allegedly drowning her two young daughters in a water canal. She was remanded...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:06hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Congolese man fined for overstaying in Zimbabwe
A Congolese national, Hassan Tata (45), has been fined US$150 by the Karoi Magistrates Court after being found guilty of overstaying in Zimbabwe without a valid permit. Failing to pay the fine will re...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:03hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Beer thief lands in jail after breaking into shop
A 22-year-old man, Forget Sibanda, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after breaking into a shop and stealing beer, which he proceeded to drink with his friends.The incident was brought...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 12:41hrs | 239 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chief Justice Malaba says democracy depends on public trust in courts
Zimbabwe's Chief Justice Luke Malaba has called for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to build public confidence in the judiciary, emphasizing this as essential for sustaining democracy and up...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 17:26hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Church secretary in court for US$21k theft
Chipo Molly Machokonera (40), the administration secretary of Apostolic Faith Mission's (AFM) Shalom Assembly in Westlea, Harare, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Saturday, facing charges o...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:18hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo hosts 2025 Legal Year
The stage is set for the official opening of the 2025 Legal Year, which will take place tomorrow at the Bulawayo High Court. Chief Justice Luke Malaba will preside over the main event, marking a signi...Published: 12 Jan 2025 at 11:59hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree man assaults grandmother over witchcraft
A 26-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he assaulted his grandmother with an iron bar after accusing her of bewitching him.Admire Nyathi was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts on Th...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:45hrs | 269 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teenager in court for murder
A TEENAGER from Budiriro high-density suburb yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Courts facing allegations of murder, with magistrate Sheunesu Matova remanding him in custody to January 23 fo...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:35hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Bribe seeking magistrate jailed 7 years
Talent Phiri, a former practising magistrate in Gwanda, Matabeleland South Province, who was no stranger to presiding over judicial cases, found himself on the other side of the law after being accuse...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:30hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Dangerous Zimbabwean prison break fugitive nabbed hiding in SA mountain
South African police have captured Zimbabwean national Lovemore Musoyi, who had been on the run since 2023 after escaping from custody in Mpumalanga Province. Musoyi, who faces over 10 criminal charge...Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:45hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
ZIMRA officials arrested for demanding, accepting US$1,500 bribe
Four Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) officials have been arrested for allegedly demanding and receiving bribes in connection with an anti-smuggling operation.The accused - Maguta Jonathan, ...Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:33hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
'Most wanted' Zimbabwean Fugitive Re-Arrested in South Africa
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has re-arrested Lovemore Musoyi, a 32-year-old Zimbabwean national ranked among the most wanted suspects in Limpopo province.Musoyi, who was on the run ...Published: 07 Jan 2025 at 04:43hrs | 3108 | by Staff reporter
Pedophile produces handcuffs to scare victim
A 34-YEAR-OLD suspected rapist who allegedly raped a minor during midnight is in trouble after he was charged with rape.Xolisani Sibanda was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts where he app...Published: 06 Jan 2025 at 12:06hrs | 1099 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Schoolgirl raped while trying to hide from the rain
A 25-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl who went to hide from the rain at his place.Vusimusi Ncube was dragged to Plumtree Magistrates Courts where...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:24hrs | 1902 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Clearing agent steals car washer pump
Poverty has led a clearing agent to allegedly steal a car washer pump to start his car washer business.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday where Gift Moyo appeare...Published: 03 Jan 2025 at 09:22hrs | 3212 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Woman bashes niece with cooking stick
Plumtree-based woman Sifundo Hlatshayo is in trouble after she severely assisted her niece with a cooking stick over a police dispute.Hlatshayo was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts where...Published: 02 Jan 2025 at 15:19hrs | 1457 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Paedophile kidnaps minor
A suspected paedophile is in soup after he allegedly kidnapped a minor and eventually had sex with a minor on Christmas Eve.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts where Lungis...Published: 02 Jan 2025 at 15:18hrs | 1568 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man jailed for 6 years for stealing a car in Zimbabwe
A 46-year-old man from Mberengwa, Hlangabeza Mabhula, also known as Benjamin Kutira, was sentenced to prison for theft and possession of illegal items in the Zvishavane Magistrates' Court.The ...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:19hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe boy threatens to blow school
A 15-year-old boy appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Friday after allegedly threatening to blow up a private school in Masvingo province, in retaliation for corporal punishment he claimed to ...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:51hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healer jailed for theft
Villagers of Mdlambuzi in Plumtree were left shell- shocked after a prominent traditional healer broke into a neighbours' house to steal....Published: 30 Dec 2024 at 17:24hrs | 613 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Son bashes father over paternity dispute
There was drama at Vaka village in Plumtree where a son assaulted his father over a paternity dispute before breaking windows at his father's homestead....Published: 30 Dec 2024 at 13:55hrs | 1192 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prison officer stabbed to death on Christmas day
A 35-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in soup after he stabbed his niece to death with an okapi knife.Khuliso Tshuma was dragged to Plumtree ma...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 14:56hrs | 2766 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Primonent Zimbabwean Pastor in court for raping in-law
A prominent Chinhoyi-based cleric, 40-year-old Lloyd Kanyangarika Karuru, founder of Followers of Christ Church International, has been charged with raping one of his in-laws on multiple occasions. Ka...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:55hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter
Judiciary calls for expanded sentencing powers for Regional Magistrates
The Judiciary has urged the legislature to promptly amend laws to expand the sentencing powers of regional magistrates, aligning them with the gravity of crimes they adjudicate. This follows concerns ...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:40hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Man impregnates own daughter
In a shocking incident a 42-year-old Plumtree based father allegedly raped his daughter for three years there by impregnating her in the process....Published: 28 Dec 2024 at 20:58hrs | 1684 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman (60) arrested over unregistered medicines
A 60-YEAR-OLD Kwekwe woman was arrested after she was found in possession of fifty tubes of epidemic cream.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates courts where Thandiwe Masango appear...Published: 27 Dec 2024 at 12:35hrs | 1724 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Burglar caught selling stolen property
Plumtree-based suspected burglar Polite Dumani is in trouble after he was caught selling stolen property.Dumani was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts where he appeared before magistrate J...Published: 27 Dec 2024 at 12:21hrs | 1152 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teacher (53) nabbed for sexual assault on schoolgirls
Chemhanza Primary School, Bindura teacher Leondus Murovanidze is in trouble after he allegedly fondled two primary school girls' buttocks who were sweeping at the school.The matter came to light y...Published: 24 Dec 2024 at 16:30hrs | 1226 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Woman beats daughter to death
A 20-year-old woman, Memory Moyana, appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court last week, charged with the fatal assault of her four-year-old daughter. The suspect, from Mabvuku, was remanded in cus...Published: 22 Dec 2024 at 11:07hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved man nearly rapes neighbour
Too much love of sex has landed a Plumtree man in trouble after he allegedly fondled his neighbour's breasts without her consent.Praise Nleya (25) was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts wh...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 11:08hrs | 1463 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man arrested after stolen battery found in his bedroom
A Plumtree man has landed in trouble after allegedly stealing a battery and hiding it in his bedroom.The incident came to light at the Plumtree Magistrates' Court yesterday, where Micho Mugand...Published: 19 Dec 2024 at 11:00hrs | 508 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man nearly kills his mother with axe handle
In a shocking incident, a Plumtree-based man is in trouble after he assaulted his mother with an axe handle after she quizzed him for not greeting her.Methuseli Mvundla (30) nearly killed her ...Published: 18 Dec 2024 at 22:14hrs | 938 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gwanda magistrate bribery case to be decided in January
Harare regional magistrate Mr. Farai Gwitima will deliver his ruling on the bribery case involving Gwanda magistrate Talent Phiri on January 6, after the defence closed its case on Friday. Phiri, 35, ...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:17hrs | 1399 | by Staff reporter
Headmaster's sex tape with student goes viral
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is investigating Nisbert Zaba Makhuyana, the headmaster of a Chipinge school, following the circulation of a viral sex tape involving him and a learner ...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:05hrs | 2567 | by Staff reporter
South Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman fined for bribery attempt
A South Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman, Prince Dube, has been slapped with a hefty fine after being convicted of attempting to bribe investigators probing his identity document. Dube, the directo...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:45hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Mai Dhuterere released on $100 bail
Dorcas Vambe, widely known as Mai Dhuterere, a prominent gospel singer from Waterfalls, Harare, appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Court facing fraud charges. The National Prosecuting Authority (...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 19:52hrs | 1031 | by Staff reporter
Mambo Dhuterere's wife arrested for fraud
Mai Dhuterere, the wife of popular gospel musician Mambo Dhuterere, was arrested on fraud charges and appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Court on Thursday morning. Dressed in a striking black-and...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 10:20hrs | 2772 | by Staff reporter
Court visits Mugabe's 'grave' in exhumation case
Chinhoyi Magistrate Kudzanai Mahaso has granted village head Tinos Manongovere his request for an inspection in loco at the burial sites of the late former President Robert Mugabe, following a dispute...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:58hrs | 2001 | by Staff reporter
Tenant in cyber-bullying storm over deposit
A Harare man, Martin Tinashe Mtandi (35), has appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court on charges of cyberbullying and harassment after allegedly making threats against his former landlord on soci...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:52hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Kudzi Chipanga arrested
Kudzi Chipanga, a Zanu-PF official, appeared before the Rusape Magistrates Court yesterday on charges of allegedly stealing Presidential-PFumvudza agricultural inputs worth US$11,200. The inputs, prov...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:31hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man dies in UK incident
A man who tragically lost his life in Walsall over the weekend has been identified as Kevin Taylor, a 51-year-old originally from Zimbabwe.West Midlands Police were alerted to Lichfield Street...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 17:11hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
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