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Man jailed for killing wife's employer
The Budiriro man who fatally stabbed his estranged wife's employer four times with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute avoided a murder conviction when his guilty plea to the lesser violent crim...Published: 15 hrs ago | 302 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son appears in court
THE son of High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze, who was arrested along with his two accomplices on accusations of murdering a cellphone dealer in Harare last week, claimed detectives poured hot...Published: 16 hrs ago | 561 | by Staff reporter
Soldier shoots machete gangster to death
A CHIPINGE soldier allegedly shot a member of a machete gang with his AK47 service rifle following a fistfight while watching soccer at a nightspot.This came to light when Foster Macheza (27),...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 11:20hrs | 2546 | by Staff reporter
2 killers jailed 70 years for slitting motorist's throat, burning body
TWO stranded deportees from Botswana who stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond recognition, have been...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frees 5 000 criminals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pardoned 5 000 prisoners serving for non-violent crimes as part of measures to decongest the country's prisons whose population had ballooned to over 20 000. A...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:39hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pardons 5,000 prisoners
About 5000 prisoners will be released from the country's prison following a general amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Zimbabwe's prisons have a carrying capacity of 17 000 inmates but at...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 14:47hrs | 2221 | by Staff reporter
Death row inmate challenges sentence at Supreme Court
A LUPANE man who was sentenced to death in 2014 for killing two workmates at the late Vice-President John Nkomo's Winterblock Farm in Insuza in Matabeleland North has approached the Supreme Court chal...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:13hrs | 1496 | by Staff reporter
Presidential amnesty ex-convict kills two relatives
AN ex-murder convict from Binga, who was released from jail though the Presidential Amnesty in 2018, has appeared in court for killing his two nephews.Themba Muleya (38) of Sikhalala Village u...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:12hrs | 2683 | by Staff reporter
Hookers call on Ramaphosa to include them in plan to aid workers during lockdown
The Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (Sweat) and Sisonke, the National Movement of Sex Workers, have called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to make urgent provision for the Temporary Employee...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
Artisanal miners up for murder
TWO artisanal miners at Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South allegedly assaulted a villager to death with an okapi knife and electrical cord in a dispute over an unspecified issue.Kwanele Promise ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son up for murder
THE son of a High Court judge and his two friends allegedly robbed a Harare cellphone dealer of his four handsets and fatally stabbed him before dumping the corpse in a bush in Ruwa. Munyaradz...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 06:20hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans will never be united as long as only one political entity determines what is patriotism or national interest
Ever since Zimbabwe attained her political independence from Britain on 18 April 1980, the only dominant power in the country has been the ZANU PF party, which has ruled with an iron-fist - thus, sing...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1760 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Soldier's killer jailed 30 years
A MAN from Epworth has been jailed 30 years for robbing and killing a soldier. Besta Masaya, who was charged along with Tonderai Rupiya, denied killing Innocent Majuta who was in army uniform ...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 05:44hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Machete gangsters go underground
Hundreds of militias in the gold mining sector who were responsible for waves of terror nationwide have significantly retreated after a recent police clampdown.The militias were notorious for ...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Suspected thief bashed to death
A suspected Guruve thief was bashed to death on Thursday by an angry mob while his accomplice is battling for life at Guruve hospital Bulawayo24.com....Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 12:57hrs | 3798 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Mthwakazi Republic Party member in rent dispute, 'threatens murder'
A Mthwakazi Republic Party member was allegedly tangled in a tribal confrontation last month after he approached his friend's tenant and threatened to "chuck" him out if he didn't vacate the house in ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:19hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs hooker in dispute over payment
A VICTORIA Falls man who allegedly stabbed a hooker three times with an okapi knife for refusing to have sex with him has been charged with attempted murder and the woman has been hospitalised. ...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Murder over N$20 sucks in Zimbabwean man
Police in the Oshana region, Namibia, are looking for a Zimbabwean man wanted in connection with the investigation of an incident in which a man was allegedly killed at Oshakati over a taxi fare of N$...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 05:45hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
The Shona peoples learning hard facts about Zanu PF mentality
Listening to the video circulating around, young people all from Mashonaland are openly lamenting recent Mnangagwa's hate speech who of late uttered what he knows best: about rounding people up with c...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 13:26hrs | 3641 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZimFirst says Zanu PF's time came with disastrous results
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has said Zanu PF's time came with disastrous results and now it is of greedy looters and murders. He said the MDC had the opportunity ( remember the cross ...Published: 20 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 1653 | by Stephen Jakes
Man loses hand over sim card
A CHIPINGE man had his arm chopped off with a machete last Saturday evening in a fight over a sim card.Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident....Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 17:45hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife tries to commit suicide
A 27-YEAR-OLD Chiweshe man fatally axed his wife after accusing her of having an extra marital affair and tried to consume toxic after the gruesome murder...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 22:31hrs | 2111 | by Simbarashe Sithole
We are fine with our culture and traditions!
Miriam Majome: Barely 36 hours of writing about medieval traditions and cultural "beliefs" in our communities, we read today once more in Bulawayo24 about a classic case of the power of Sangomas and c...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 16:26hrs | 1212 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chiwenga's custody appeal takes new twist
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's dispute over custody of his children took a new turn yesterday after it emerged that his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa had actually conceded to being mentally uns...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:48hrs | 4095 | by Staff reporter
8 Tsholotsho villagers arrested for murder
EIGHT villagers have been arrested in Tsholotsho after they allegedly fatally assaulted a 60-year-old man accusing him of stealing 20 litres of fuel. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Chi...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:42hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping arrests for Mashurugwi
In one of the biggest swoops on potential criminals in recent years, Government using Support Unit brought in from Buchwa Mberengwa, Bulawayo and Harare arrested more than 1 000 illegal gold panners f...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:25hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Businessman kills partner over profit sharing dispute
A MAN from Gokwe allegedly fatally struck his Zambian business partner with a log and fractured his skull following a dispute over the sharing of profits after the two had sold fish.Evans Ngwe...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Molested, caressed and disembowelled by the 5th Brigade!
It all went wrong at the birthing of Zimbabwe, or just before. It is exactly what happens when a cow encounters dystocia during parturition. The calf refuses to come out properly by arrogantly facing ...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:19hrs | 2016 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Police complete Mubaiwa probe
Police have completed investigations into the charges faced by Marry Mubaiwa for attempted murder, fraud and money laundering and are waiting for relevant documents from South Africa to complete the p...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Ex-boxer kills girlfriend
FORMER Chiredzi boxer, Charles Jackson (45) was last week sentenced to 35 years over the cold blood murder of his live-in girlfriend, Ndaizivei James.The incident happened sometime in March la...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:10hrs | 2514 | by Staff reporter
'ZRP shields killer cops'
FORMER police Assistant Commissioner Gideon Baloyi has exposed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)'s alleged underhand dealings, including cover-ups for officers who committed murder and other various ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 20:09hrs | 1801 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self over stray cattle
A 20-year-old man from Siabuwa in Binga allegedly committed suicide by hanging after an argument with his father over a neighbour's cattle that strayed into their maize field.Philani Mumpande ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 17:26hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
'Covid-19 is God punishing West for imposing sanctions' - it's pandemic, we are next, what blasphemy will Zanu PF say then?
"Coronavirus is the work of God punishing countries that imposed sanctions on us," said Zimbabwe's Minister of Defence, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri."They're now keeping indoors. Their economies a...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2314 | by Nomusa Garikai
Man kicks and punches wife to death
A Victoria Falls man, who kicked and punched his wife to death for gossiping about him with neighbours, has been sentenced to five years in jail after being convicted of culpable homicide. Jap...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Can Mnangagwa regain lost mojo?
THERE will only be a few names of presidents etched in the history books of Zimbabwe. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will obviously be one of them.Though the list is small, future generations are goi...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 17:46hrs | 1411 | by Black Edward
Dead bodies recovered at Mohadi's farm
TWO bodies of a man and woman have been recovered at a farm owned by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi, about 60km from Beitbridge border town.Police said the bodies were of lovers that were involve...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:10hrs | 4242 | by Staff reporter
Biti accuses Mnangagwa of running down Zimbabwe's economy
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of running down the country's economy through dictatorship and corruption resulting in Zimbabweans' living standards plunging to...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 745 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe deserves better
After decades of sanctions, mismanagement and corruption, Zimbabwe is in economic trouble. Zimbabweans are poor and hungry and can not make ends meet. In a country that was once among Africa's m...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 17:31hrs | 3165 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Holding Zimbabwe Independence celebrations in Matabeleland in the face of coronavirus smells of evil
Zimbabwe government decision to hold its 40th Independence Anniversary in Bulawayo, Matabeleland, in the face of an infectious disease such as coronavirus smells of evil intentions.Besides spr...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 10:31hrs | 1366 | by Israel Dube
Man beats best friend's lover to death
A MAN from Gokwe beat his best friend's girlfriend to death after he found her in a compromising position with another man. George Ndebele (29) of Kufazvinei Village under Chief Jiri in Gokwe ...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1279 | by Staff reporter
A truthful, unbiased, and non-partisan analysis of targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe
The contentious issue of targeted sanctions imposed on certain individuals and entities in Zimbabwe by the European Union (EU), and United States of America (USA), requires a neutral and apolitical fa...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 896 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Border jumpers kill motorist, burn body
TWO stranded border jumpers deported from Botswana allegedly stabbed a motorist who had offered them a lift in Plumtree before they slit his throat and used tyres and diesel to burn his body beyond re...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:59hrs | 1152 | by staff reporter
Man tries to poison 'cheating wife' over cellphone password
A Harare man yesterday appeared in court for allegedly trying to kill his wife with rat poison after she refused to give him her cellphone password. The court heard that George Lovell (age not...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:52hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Man murders gossiping wife
A VICTORIA Falls man who kicked and punched his wife to death for gossiping about him with neighbours, has been sentenced to five years in jail for culpable homicide.Bulawayo High Court judge ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 16:03hrs | 3114 | by Staff rporter
Murders around Zimbabwe scary
THE case in which a 20-year-old Binga man recently axed five people to death, most of them his neighbours, is horrifying.The recent killings add to several other such sad instances as frequent...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 13:05hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
Why I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died!
I wept bitterly when Robert Mugabe died, leaving me discombobulated and severely pained. Indelible, agonizing, stabbing, chronic pain! Pain that eats into my liver, intestines and buttocks. The ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 6778 | by Nhlanhla Moses
'RBZ policies are litany of promises to be broken' Sadly, povo who suffer consequences are powerless - change is overdue
"Unsurprisingly, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s 2020 monetary policy statement is more of the same — a tired litany of promises waiting to be broken and targets queuing up to be missed. Govern...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1617 | by Wilbert Mukori
Axe rampage killer goes to victims' funeral
A 20-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe who cold bloodedly axed five people to death in Binga last Friday was arrested the following day when he attended a funeral wake for his victims and tried to light a fire ...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:57hrs | 1393 | by Staff reporter
Man murders neighbour over chicken
A BULILIMA man is on the run after he allegedly beat his neighbour to death after accusing him of stealing his chicken.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philis...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 18:06hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
'Have passion to repair stadia' insist Coventry - butterfly metamorphosed into caterpillar c/w ED regalia and scarf
Power corrupts and absolute power - it does not get any more absolute than in Zimbabwe where those in power are accountable to no one and so have done as they pleased for 40 years and counting - corru...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 16:17hrs | 1015 | by Nomusa Garikai
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