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Stepson axes 'abusive' father
A stepson based in Mvurwi axed his father once on the head with whom he accused of abusing his mother.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates courts yesterday where Mighty Tembo was se...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2523 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tenant jailed four years for axing landlord
A BEITBRIDGE man, who attacked his landlord with an axe because he had attempted to stop him from feeding his dogs with chicken eggs, has been slapped with an effective four-year jail term.Sol...Published: 20 hrs ago | 928 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tours Nehanda statue site
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Monday visited the construction site of Mbuya Nehanda's statue where he was informed completion on the work is expected to be finalised by end of next week.The sta...Published: 20 hrs ago | 3891 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wife's arrest warrants cancelled
THE two warrants of arrest issued Monday morning against Marry Mubaiwa have been cancelled at the Harare Magistrates' Courts.This was after Mubaiwa was Monday afternoon rushed to court in an a...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:17hrs | 4116 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife wheeled to court
The warrant of arrest for Marry Mubaiwa on attempted murder and money laundering charges has been cancelled with the State indicating that it was ready for trial on assault charges.Mubaiwa's l...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:16hrs | 2784 | by Staff reporter
Obadiah Moyo's PA denied bail
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is also now going after the assets of deceased criminals whose source of wealth cannot be explained.This comes as the anti-graft body is intensif...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 19:14hrs | 1427 | 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 | 1381 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Marry Mubaiwa
MARRY MUBAIWA has today been issued with a warrant of arrest after she failed to attend court because of ill health.Her lawyer Ms Beatrice Mtetwa told magistrate Mr Ngoni Nduna that Mubaiwa wa...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 17:49hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira finally confirms that 5th Brigade targeted Ndebeles only
"We have heard lies being thrown around in the media. They are saying we have been captured to white-wash the gukurahundi reburial. Well let me make it clear that is not the case. Only Chiefs from Mat...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 10:18hrs | 5310 | by Israel Dube
Civil servants wade into Zanu-PF politics
JOSTLING for top positions in the ruling Zanu-PF party has gone into full swing ahead of the district co-ordinating committee (DCC) elections on December 5 and 6, with some bigwigs fearing being kicke...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1573 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth executive arrested for violence
ZANU-PF Midlands provincial youth executive member, Tapiwa Muto was on Thursday arrested in connection with violence that rocked the party's primary elections early last month. Muto (36) who i...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 423 | by Staff reporter
Sadc waits for signal from Mozambique
Let's face it, any disturbing developments in a neighbouring country have the effect of being contagious if not carefully managed. There is something disturbing taking place in Mozambique in the provi...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 661 | by Ranga Mataire
Plumtree businessman shot dead by an injiva
A PROMINENT Plumtree-based Zanu-PF businessman was shot dead in cold blood by a Zimbabwean based in South Africa while resisting a robbery at his shop at Ntoli business centre in Bulilima East....Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:58hrs | 3635 | by Staff reporter
Man kills son
A MUTARE man yesterday appeared in court facing murder charges for assaulting his son to death after accusing him of showing disrespect.Thomas Muchakabvura (40) was not asked to plead when he ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Man kills friend over US$5
A 28-YEAR-old Mvurwi man allegedly killed his friend following a dispute over a US$5 debt.Langton Machengo appeared before Guruve magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa yesterday for initial remand....Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Only few heads have to roll in Midlands for sanity to prevail
In the 2018 elections ZANU PF lost in Kwekwe to a G40 kingpin the late Blackman Matambanadzo. It was not the campaign of Matambanadzo or the idiocy of Chebundo which lost the plot for ZANU PF. It was ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 23:46hrs | 1039 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF youths march in solidarity with murder accused leader
ZANU-PF youths Friday brought Kwekwe CBD to a standstill when they were marching in solidarity with the party's youth leader Tapiwa Muto who faces charges of assault, public violence and murder....Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 18:07hrs | 1974 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt petitioned over police harassment on taxis
MATABELELAND secessionist group Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga over harassment of commuter omnibus o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Car sex goes horribly wrong
A MAN who was caught indulging in sex in a car with his girlfriend almost died after three unknown men who were armed with a knife and a knobkerrie stabbed him several times all over the body and left...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:12hrs | 2041 | by Staff reporter
Uncle murders brother's son
A HONDE Valley man recently confessed to killing his nine-year-old nephew for ritual purposes, before going on to harvest the minor's private parts, arms, ears and eyes after being contracted to do so...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:02hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Police raise red flag over beer binges killings
POLICE have expressed concern over escalation of murder cases emanating from disputes at beer outlets.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed cases of murder ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:21hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Fatal beating lands security guard in court
A SECURITY guard at a farm in Gwanda has appeared in court for allegedly beating up a man to death for stealing potatoes from a field. Torevesai Zhou (42) who works at Drummond Farm was not as...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:03hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC morphs into a terrorist ragtag?
A young politician with vibrancy is what many people thought of the advocate-cum-pastor and leader of a party that some believed was the true voice of an alternative logic. Nelson Chamisa foun...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 528 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Govt prioritises infrastructure development
The Second Republic has adopted a deliberate strategy to channel more resources towards speeding up key infrastructural development projects such as dam construction in order to ensure food security, ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:06hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Man beats 1-yr-old stepson to death, secretly bury body in anthill
A LUPANE man allegedly whipped his 18-month-old stepson to death and connived with the boy's mother to conceal the death by secretly burying the body in an anthill.Saviours Ncube (22) and his ...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:44hrs | 606 | by Staff Reporter
Tenant attacks landlord with an axe
A BEITBRIDGE tenant is in trouble for allegedly attacking the house owner with an axe several times during a dispute with his landlord over why he fed his dogs with eggs.Solomon Sigauke (31) d...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:46hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Spirit Medium aid killed with machetes
A Rushinga spirit medium aid Kingston Kazasi 81 was allegedly murdered by two unknown Mozambicans in Rushinga last week.The two suspects claimed to have come from Zenga village in Mozambique....Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 08:11hrs | 3741 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Need 'very hard-working' ethics back to fix Zimbabwe - no, need thinking caps on
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic and political rot is that Zimbabweans have lost their work ethics, Dr Simba Makoni, former Zanu PF Minister of Finance during Mugabe's days, told Trevor Ncube. ...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1186 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa living in constant fear of coup - as long economic meltdown remains so too will coup threat
'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. "President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Gu...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:40hrs | 3310 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Armed robber slapped with 24-year jail term
A BEITBRIDGE armed robber has been slapped with a 24-year jail sentence after a crime spree which include an attempted murder of a villager in the border town.Petious Ndou (26) of Beitbridge d...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:09hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect roaming free in streets
A MURDER suspect, who allegedly killed his girlfriend in 2015 and skipped bail in 2017, is walking free five years after the commission of the crime, moving from one rented house to another in Harare'...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Brain, eyes, ears removed in gruesome city murder
IN a chilling incident, a man was attacked by yet to be identified assailants who cut open his head and removed the brain, gouged his eyes, slashed off his right ear and stabbed him all over the body ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
More schools, colleges hit by Covid-19
COVID-19 is ripping through educational institutions in the country with latest statistics showing that more than 150 learners and teachers at schools and colleges have tested positive.Sunday ...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:40hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Father murders epileptic son
AS cases of child killings and kidnappings continue to rise, police have arrested a 38-year-old man from Rusape for allegedly killing his epileptic son.National Police Spokesperson Assistant C...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:38hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Jamesina King red flags Mnangagwa over Chin'ono
THE African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) special rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa, Commissioner Jamesina King, has written to President Emmers...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:21hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's straitjacket has no wriggle room, especially now coups are 'legal' - off with his head with crown upon it
"Zanu-PF has a constitution and under that constitution, we sit as a congress to elect our president," said Zanu PF acting national spokes-person Patrick Chinamasa."In 1977, a lot of the leade...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 822 | by Wilbert Mukori
Man chops off lover's ring finger so she will not wed another man
A jealous man from Mberengwa has been jailed for 10 years after he chopped off his lover's ring finger to ensure that she will not wear any other suitor's ring.Promise Moyo, 27, swore to Linne...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Machete gang robs rival miner of US$15 000
A GANG of 11 machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly invaded a gold mine in Zhombe in the Midlands and attacked a rival while he was prospecting for gold before robbing him of US$15 000 and ex...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Ubuntu/Hunhu is misplaced in African societies: Give me signs of...?
I should be excused once more for critiquing African values or should I say the African philosophy of humanism – Ubuntu/Hunhu. There are no traces of this noble philosophy in our culture: instead, w...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:32hrs | 946 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Trump promised an elixir for their racial anxiety' said Obama - Thank God and democracy Trump lasted only one term
"It was as if my very presence in the White House had triggered a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been disrupted," CNN quoted an excerpt from former US President Barack Obama upc...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 08:15hrs | 2581 | by Wilbert Mukori
What 'crisis' in a low crime Zimbabwe?
Despite the misleading and destructive narrative that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe, the country's crime rate has remained relatively low. Most countries in Africa and the entire world at large, are g...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:20hrs | 396 | by Pardon Muzawazi
Cop run over trying to arrest driver
A policeman doing traffic enforcement duties near Simon Muzenda Street bus terminus (formerly Fourth Street) died after he was run over by a truck as he was trying to arrest the driver for picking up ...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 05:19hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
Man kills his own mother over tea
A Rusape man has been sentenced to 23 years in jail for killing his mother following a misunderstanding over food.47-year-old Muzowaka Mucheke of Tandi Village in Makoni district was convicted...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 14:31hrs | 3245 | by Staff Reporter
Security guard bashes potato thief to death
A SECURITY guard at a farm in Gwanda has been arrested for allegedly beating up a man to death for stealing potatoes from the farm. Mr Trymore Dambani (32)'s body was found three days later wi...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1287 | by Staff Reporter
15-year-old kills stepfather
A 15-YEAR-OLD Bindura boy allegedly killed his stepfather with an iron bar to protect his mother, who was quarrelling with her now-deceased husband over a love triangle.Mashonaland Central act...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:27hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
Family dumps corpse at killer girlfriend's homestead
A FAMILY in Pfungwe district, Mashonaland East province, is being investigated for allegedly dumping a male relative's corpse at his girlfriend's home, accusing her of murder, NewsDay Weekender has le...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:32hrs | 3969 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills sister's child for irritating her
A MUTARE woman is facing murder charges after stabbing her sister's nine-month-old baby accusing her of crying non-stop.The accused Natasha Mugwenjere (32) yesterday appeared before Mutare mag...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 1479 | by Staff reporter
Trio appears in court for friend murder
THREE men have appeared in court after they allegedly brutally murdered their friend outside a house in Senondo Suburb in Gwanda over an undisclosed issue. Christopher Moyo (26), Mayibongwe Nc...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:38hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills 4 daughters, attempts suicide
A police vehicle carries the remains of four children who were burnt by their mother who had earlier cut their throats before setting the family house on fire yesterdayA 29-YEAR-OLD Chivhu...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:49hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's security guard killed
TWO men who allegedly disarmed and assaulted guards at businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa's Old Citrus farm, killing one of them, appeared in court Tuesday facing murder.Lazarus Zhou...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 4127 | by Staff reporter
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