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Gun-totting prison escapee and robber gets 22-year jail term
Luke Zinyengere, the inmate who recently stunned Zimbabwe by staging a daring escape at the Harare Magistrates' Court, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of escaping from l...Published: 6 mins ago | 5 | by Staff reporter
Prophet T Freddy fails to appear in court again
Popular cleric Tapiwa Freddy, widely known as Prophet T Freddy, failed to appear at the Kadoma Magistrates Court on Wednesday in a protracted legal battle over a disputed land deal.Freddy, who...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 07:25hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Nigerian man in court over forged Zimbabwe spousal permits
A 52-year-old Nigerian national, Kelechi Godwin, has appeared before the Bulawayo Magistrates' Court facing four counts of fraud after allegedly forging spousal documents to obtain Zimbabwean residenc...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 21:12hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Notorious armed robbers denied bail
Three suspects linked to a spate of armed robberies targeting businesses and service stations across the country were denied bail when they appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Court last Friday....Published: 22 Apr 2025 at 08:16hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Donkey thieves jailed two years
A 76-year-old man from Plumtree is relieved after recovering his four stolen donkeys, which had been taken by Abednicho Ncube (34) and Mgcini Sibanda (18).The elderly villager, Paul Ncube, was...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 12:04hrs | 519 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man (26) rapes grandmother (50) on Independence day
A 26-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man is in trouble after he allegedly raped a 50-year-old woman who was coming from fetching water.Cleator Gumbo was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday, whe...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 11:53hrs | 1245 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Former Harare Mayor, Ex-Town Clerk arrested on corruption charges
Former Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni and ex-acting town clerk Josephine Ncube have been arrested on charges of criminal abuse of duty, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) confirmed last n...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 23:20hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean rapist kills victim in Botswana
In a shocking incident, a Plumtree-based businessman Cabangane Mathe (35), allegedly killed a rape victim in a bid to conceal the crime he had committed.The matter came to light at Plumtree ma...Published: 16 Apr 2025 at 10:33hrs | 1675 | by Simbarashe Sithole
900 candidates linked to suspected Zimsec paper leak
In a shocking development ahead of the upcoming Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level examinations, approximately 900 candidates have been linked to a suspected exa...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:49hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Cheating wife hauls husband to court
A Harare man, Kudzanai Marimbindi, has appeared before the courts on charges of assaulting his wife, Ms Tsitsi Siti, after he allegedly found her in their matrimonial home with another man.The...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 08:39hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on police corruption nets 9 officers
As corruption continues to plague the lives of ordinary Zimbabweans, the Southern Africa Regional Anti-Corruption Organization (SARACO) has intensified its nationwide operations, dismantling entrenche...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 13:59hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga sues Justice and Information ministers
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga has taken legal action against the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Information, and the Attorney General (AG), challenging the constitutional...Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:49hrs | 2711 | by Staff reporter
Former Highlanders FC CEO granted bail over alleged US$5,000 fraud
Former Highlanders Football Club Chief Executive Officer Brian Moyo and Bulawayo Chiefs FC administrator Andrew Mandigora have been granted bail following their arrest on allegations of defrauding the...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 17:50hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga takes freedom bid to the Constitutional Court
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has been detained for over a month, has filed papers seeking the Constitutional Court's intervention to challenge the law under which he was ...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 13:08hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Man forges mother's will to seize US$181,000 estate
A 50-year-old Kariba man, Gregory Graham Hall, has appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Court facing serious allegations of forging his late mother's will in a scheme to illegally acquire her entire es...Published: 10 Apr 2025 at 09:00hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Man steals cellphone at all-night prayer
A 23-year-old Plumtree man is in trouble after he allegedly stole a cellphone during an all-night prayer session.Denis Mayisa was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts after he opened Bernard...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 10:59hrs | 691 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Blessed Mhlanga denied bail for the third time
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) journalist Blessed Mhlanga has been denied bail for the third time, with a Harare magistrate ruling that there were no new circumstances to justify his release from custody....Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:40hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
'Rapist' teacher loses labour court appeal
A teacher, who lost his appeal at the Labour Court after being dismissed by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education on allegations of raping a student, has turned to a traditional court seekin...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 10:45hrs | 733 | by Sgtaff reporter
Prominent Bulawayo doctor seeks downward variation of US$500 maintenance
A well-known medical practitioner in Bulawayo has filed an application at the Bulawayo Magistrates Court seeking a downward variation of his maintenance obligations from US$500 to US$200, citing sever...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 10:09hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
17 Malawians to spend over two weeks in Zimbabwe jail
Seventeen Malawian nationals arrested on Sunday for entering Zimbabwe without valid travel documents have been remanded in custody until April 16 as authorities seek a Chewa interpreter to assist with...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga seeks bail after High Court denial
Senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga, who has been in remand prison since his arrest on February 24, is back at the Harare Magistrates Court seeking bail after the High Court recently denied his applicat...Published: 04 Apr 2025 at 08:27hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
Wife scalds hubby with hot water over scotch cart dispute
A man from Majere Village in Buhera is fighting for his life at Victoria Chitepo Hospital in Mutare after his wife scalded him with hot water during a dispute over the use of their scotch cart....Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:46hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Protests shut down Zimbabwe
THE March 31 demonstrations called by war veteran and former Zanu-PF central committee member Blessed Geza yesterday morphed into a nationwide shutdown, with businesses closed, streets emptied, and le...Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 08:42hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Suspect bites police officer's leg
There was drama in Dingumuzi township Plumtree where a man who resisted arrest after destroying a friend's property ended up biting a cop's leg.The 42-year-old Khangelani Khumalo was dragged t...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 09:39hrs | 834 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CIO charged with human trafficking
A member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Moses Mutambai, along with six co-accused individuals, was denied bail yesterday when they appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court facing ...Published: 27 Mar 2025 at 06:20hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally attacked after dispute over beer
A 24-year-old man from Zhombe, Nqobizitha Mabidli, was fatally attacked with a knife and an axe after a dispute erupted when one of the assailants took a sip from his opaque beer. The tragic incident ...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:54hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Suspected robber arrested after escaping from custody
An armed inmate who recently staged a dramatic escape from Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officers at the Harare Magistrates Court has been arrested, along with four of his relative...Published: 26 Mar 2025 at 06:47hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Prison guard arrested for aiding inmate's dramatic escape
A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer has been arrested for allegedly supplying a firearm to an inmate, who later used it to stage a dramatic escape from custody at the Harare Ma...Published: 24 Mar 2025 at 10:12hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Armed suspect stages dramatic escape at Harare magistrates court
In a scene reminiscent of a high-octane thriller, armed suspect Luke Zinyengerere executed a daring escape from the custody of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) at the Harare Magis...Published: 22 Mar 2025 at 06:20hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga bail ruling today
HEART & Soul TV senior journalist, Blessed Mhlanga, will return to the High Court this morning for a ruling on his appeal against a magistrates court decision that denied him bail following his ar...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:18hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Raped Granny (96) Still Admitted in Hospital
The Mbire community remains deeply distressed after a 96-year-old grandmother, who was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old villager, continues to receive med...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 17:07hrs | 1395 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve
Border jumper robbed $40
A Plumtree-based suspected robber is in trouble after he allegedly robbed a border jumper of her $40 at Plumtree border post.Gift Chagonda (29) was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts where...Published: 19 Mar 2025 at 10:53hrs | 460 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Victim begs rapist to wear a condom
A harrowing incident unfolded in Plumtree when a woman was left with no choice but to beg a suspected rapist to wear a condom to protect herself from sexually transmitted diseases during a terrifying ...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:26hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Burglar begs magistrate to send him to jail
There was a surprising twist at the Plumtree Magistrates Court when a suspected burglar pleaded with the magistrate to send him to jail, citing his inability to afford bus fare to return home....Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:25hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Desperate Measures: Burglar Begs for Jail Cell, Citing Bus Fare Woes
In a bizarre twist that left the Plumtree magistrates courts reeling, a burglary suspect, Tylor Ncube, 35, implored the presiding magistrate to lock ...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:56hrs | 1542 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Blessed Mhlanga back in court
Heart & Soul TV head of news Blessed Mhlanga will return to the Harare Magistrates Court today to face charges of incitement to violence.Harare magistrate Farai Gwitima previously remanded...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 06:52hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Withheld evidence delays bail application of journalist Blessed Mhlanga
Journalist Blessed Mhlanga was returned to jail on Wednesday after a Harare High Court judge requested more time to deliver a verdict on a defence application seeking critical evidence used by police ...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 07:43hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Blessed Mhlanga's bail hearing adjourned indefinitely
High Court judge Justice Gibson Mandaza has indefinitely adjourned the bail hearing for Heart & Soul Television (HSTV) senior journalist Blessed Mhlanga to review an application for the use of vid...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 13:11hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF activist labelled prostitute
A 62-YEAR-OLD Plumtree ZANU PF activist has taken her neighbour who labelled her a prostitute who sleeps with Shona party members to court today.Patience Madida dragged Bekhizile Moyo (64) to ...Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 20:07hrs | 1762 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Sex-starved grandfather (70) rapes grandchildren
A sex-starved 70-year-old grandfather is in trouble after he allegedly raped his two granddaughters aged nine and five respectively.The grandfather who cannot be named to protect the victims a...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 13:27hrs | 956 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Blessed Mhlanga's bail application delayed, remains in prison
Blessed Mhlanga, the head of news at Heart & Soul TV (HStv), will spend more time in remand prison after his bail application at the High Court this afternoon was postponed to Wednesday. Mhlanga h...Published: 10 Mar 2025 at 11:16hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man jailed 15 years for sodomy
A 24-year-old man from Gwanda has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of sodomizing his colleague while he was asleep.The accused appeared at the Gwanda Magistrates Cour...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:20hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs neighbour over snooker
A 31-year-old man from Chiweshe has been sentenced to five years in prison after he allegedly stabbed his neighbor for mocking him following a snooker match.Clive Kamudyariwa appeared before B...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:19hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Sheriff of the High Court to launch e-auctions
The Sheriff of the High Court is set to introduce online auctions (e-auctions) to enhance efficiency and transparency in the disposal of goods attached by the courts. This move is part of the broader ...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 13:11hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP acquitted of indecent assault charges amid political controversy
In a highly publicized trial at the Marondera Magistrates Court, Mudzi West Member of Parliament, Knowledge Kaitano of ZANU-PF, was acquitted on two counts of indecent assault. The trial, which conclu...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:46hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Victim begs rapist to wear a condom
A defenceless Plumtree woman was left with no option but to ask a suspected rapist who raped her at midnight to wear a condom and he agreed.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates' co...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 20:08hrs | 2583 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Mthwakazi activist appears in court over school protest
A Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) activist, Mkhulile Jele, appeared at the Plumtree Magistrates Court on Thursday facing a disorderly conduct charge after protesting at a local school over the alleged ...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:14hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for sex pestering ZANU PF MP
The ZANU-PF Mudzi West lawmaker, Knowledge Kaitano's two-year bid to prove his innocence over an accusation of pestering and caressing a (then) lower sixth student after paying for her fees will be de...Published: 04 Mar 2025 at 15:00hrs | 2598 | by Staff Reporters
Villager bashes suspected 'witch'
There was drama in Kitwe village, Mangwe where a 31-year-old female villager went ballistic and assaulted another villager after accusing her of bewitching people in the village.The matter cam...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 14:56hrs | 1929 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman masterminds release of armed robbers from prison
Police in Zimbabwe are pushing for the continued incarceration of a woman accused of facilitating the release of armed robbers from prison and harbouring them at her residence.Theresa Chenjera...Published: 03 Mar 2025 at 12:34hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
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