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Man jailed for licking niece's private parts
A 30-year-old Chiweshe man was sent to jail by a Bindura regional magistrate on Friday after he fondled his nine-year-old niece's breasts before licking her private parts.Nyasha Munhuweyi will...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 21:22hrs | 1892 | by Simbarashe Sithole
9-year-old raped during extra lessons
A BULAWAYO man allegedly raped a nine-year-old student who had come for extra lessons at his house.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednigo Ncube confirmed the incident.Ncube sa...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 08:22hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho thief's luck runs out
A 20-year-old man from Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, has been sentenced to over six years in jail after being convicted of unlawful entry, escaping from custody, and assault. The accused, Bukhabo Si...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 16:20hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Stunner assaults daughter's friend
Musician Desmond Chideme (Stunner) appeared at the Mbare Magistrates' Court on allegations of assaulting his daughter's nine-year-old friend. Chideme, represented by Dumisani Mtombeni, faced c...Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Accident claims 2 lives
Two people died and nine others were injured in a road accident involving a Nissan Caravan commuter omnibus and a bicycle ridden by a nine-year-old on the Kadoma-Sanyati Road. The Zimbabwe Rep...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora neglects 9-year-old son
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday accused of neglecting his nine-year-old son with his ex-lover Getrude Chuma.Chuma revealed this before Harare magistrate Meenal Narotam where she de...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tragic Incident: Nine-Year-Old Boy Fatally Attacked by Crocodile in Zambezi River
In a tragic incident, a nine-year-old boy named Option Aurther Muzamba lost his life in a crocodile attack at the mighty Zambezi River on Saturday. The incident occurred while the boy's mother, Juliet...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 08:31hrs | 4 | by Peter Matuka/ Simbarashe Sithole
Witchcraft claims derail search for missing 2 year old
WHEN Ms Glenda Sibelu left her two-year-old daughter at home to fetch water from a nearby river, she had no idea it would be the beginning of a heart-wrenching search for the toddler who has been miss...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gardener accused of killing SA boss and son refuses legal counsel
THE Zimbabwean man who is being accused of murdering his employer and her nine-year-old son in cold blood in Johannesburg, South Africa last week has refused to get a lawyer.Instead, he has op...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mom flogs daughter to death
A FURIOUS Shamva woman fatally assaulted her nine-year-old daughter for wasting the family's mealie-meal and cooking oil, which she used to play house with friends.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZR...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Father stabs son (9) with knife for failing to find glue
A nine-year-old boy was seriously stabbed by his father for failing to find a glue which his father had sent him to collect.The horrendous incident happened in Mphoengs, Plumtree on 30 Septemb...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:40hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole/Desmond Nleya
Man runs away with condom on after foiled rape attempt
A MAN from Mabutweni suburb in Bulawayo ran away with a condom still 'stuck' on his manhood after he was busted trying to rape a nine-year-old girl who was also his church mate in a bushy area....Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man pays maintenance for 12 kids
A Harare man on Friday refused to pay US$250 to support his nine-year-old daughter saying he had a maintenance bill for 12 of his other children.Simbarashe Jari told Harare magistrate Ayanda D...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCC blasts Mnangagwa
Some of the more than 4,000 prisoners released on amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week include child rapists, it has emerged.One fiend who raped a nine-year-old girl had served ju...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Girl dies fleeing from Nyau dancers
A nine-year-old girl died on Monday after falling down while fleeing from Nyau dancers in Mabvuku.The Zimbabwe Republic police confirme...Published: 18 May 2023 at 00:20hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Pit bull kills nine-year-old girl
In a sad incident, a nine-year-old girl was mauled by a pit bull in Whitecliffe Harare and died upon admission at Parirenyatwa Hospital on Saturday last week.The police confirmed the incident ...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 09:44hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Girl jumps off kidnapper's speeding vehicle
IN a shocking incident, a nine-year-old girl in Bulawayo sustained a fractured arm, leg and a swollen face after escaping from the clutches of her kidnapper by jumping out of a speeding vehicle....Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop rapes 9-year-old daughter
A Mount Darwin based Constable allegedly raped his nine-year-old girl child.The cop who was transfered to Harare from Mount Darwin &nbs...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 16:48hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's mandatory 15-year jail terms for rapists
Those convicted of rape or aggravated indecent assault will soon face minimum mandatory 15-year jail terms under proposed amendments to the criminal code set to be enacted to arrest the rising number ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parental negligence fuelling teen pregnancies
COMMUNITY leaders say the prevailing economic hardships have forced parents to abandon their children, making them vulnerable to sexual abuse.This came out during engagements on gender-based v...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
220 minors raped inside 9 months
AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women's Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse c...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shock as 13-year-old impregnates 9-year-old cousin in Tsholotsho
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has issued a statement confirming that the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) results obtained from National University of Science and Technology on 25 November 2022, in connecti...Published: 26 Nov 2022 at 14:39hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga says parents also face jail
VIOLATORS of children's rights and parents will soon face criminal charges as government introduces stiffer penalties to curb sexual offences that have seen children as young as nine years old b...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga talks tough against child abusers
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, currently squabbling with his ex-wife over custody of the couple's minor children, has ironically issued a warning against child rights abusers amid frightening ca...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bindura girl (9) falls pregnant
In another shocking incident, a nine-year-old at Kambira primary is 27 weeks pregnant Bulawayo24.com has learnt.The pregnancy came to light after suspicious school authorities took the grade 3...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 13:00hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
9-year-old pregnant girl gives birth
THE nine-year-old girl from Masekesa village in Tsholotsho who made headlines recently after it emerged she was heavily pregnant has given birth to a baby boy.State media reports the girl gave...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Couple rapes biological children
A MACHEKE couple was yesterday arraigned before Marondera magistrate Ignatius Mhene facing charges of raping their biological children.According to court papers, the father (41) raped his nine...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 year-old girl 8 months pregnant
IN what could be the first in the country, a nine-year-old girl is admitted to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) as she is 33 weeks pregnant and is expected to give birth at the institution....Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Africans' 'victim mentality' now sickening and disgraceful!
I know what racism, racial segregation and discrimination are - having spent the first seven years of my life under colonial rule in the then Rhodesia.Thereafter, facing the same at the dawn o...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 12:32hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Cop killer sentenced to 25 years in jail
TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD Charles Chauluka who in 2019 killed a police officer stationed at Entumbane Police Station, Constable Eckson Mane, has been sentenced to 25 years.Bulawayo High Court judge...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'My girlfriend's parents filed false rape charges against me'
A twenty-nine-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo who is languishing in prison after being slapped with a 20-year prison sentence claimed his girlfriend's parents filed false rape charges against him as a way ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed 12 months over false rape claim
A WOMAN from Mahatshula North, Bulawayo, has been slapped with a 12-month prison term for making a false rape claim against her husband Doswell Mupundu (52) to spite him.After falling out with...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
School teacher in the dock for assaulting student
A LOCAL Primary school teacher, Progress Ziweya, Wednesday appeared in court after she allegedly assaulted her nine-year-old student before expelling her from the school.Ziweya (38) appeared b...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court judge dismisses minor's case
BULAWAYO High Court Judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo has dismissed with costs the application by a nine-year-old pupil from Gwanda, who was suing teachers' unions and Government.Amuhelang Ulukile ...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicide cases trigger alarm in Zimbabwe
"It is so hard to take it in because I could not hear him scream or anything, it is too painful," those are the heart-breaking words from Farai Munemo's mother Felistas Mundere.Munemo would ha...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Child prostitution rampant in Zimbabwe slums
DONNING mini-skirts, popular for being the dress code for the oldest profession, girls as young as 12, file past the railway tracks towards Harare-Chinhoyi Highway, where one after the other, they are...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court postpones teachers' unions case
Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo on Wednesday postponed, on a technicality, the case in which a nine-year-old pupil is seeking to stop teachers from engaging in industrial action over ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Child marriages are evil
The story of the fourteen-year-old Marange 'girl wife' who passed on at a shrine whilst birthing made very sad reading. Adding salt to the wound and rubbing it in was the attempt to conc...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 07:06hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Child brides: Machaya saga opens Pandora's box
THE story of a 14-year-old girl, who died while giving birth at an apostolic sect shrine in Marange has sparked outrage across the globe.Anna Machaya was allegedly forced out of school and int...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Rapist caught pants down' offers US$5 bribe
A 62-year-old Shurugwi man allegedly attempted to buy his freedom by offering US$5 to the uncle of a nine-year-old girl who walked on him while he was raping the niece.The man, the court heard...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (12) hangs himself
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy from Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb last week hanged himself while on his way to school.The boy, identified as Owami Mabhena, was going to school with his nine-year-old broth...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pandemic forces city dwellers to migrate
Thirty-nine-year-old retrenchee Thembelani Masuku ditched the bustling life of Bulawayo in May 2020 for his rural home in Matshetsheni village in Gwanda North, about 100 kilometres away.It was...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple arrested for rape of minor
A Zvishavane couple has been arrested for allegedly assisting each other to rape their nine-year-old niece and infected her with a sexually transmitted infection. The couple threatened to bury...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple found dead
Police are investigating a case in which a married couple was found dead in Mudzi on December 24. The bodies of Robert Muchenga (31) and his wife Patience Machaka (26) were discovered by villagers. ...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills boy, cooks head
In a grisly incident, a man from Matova village under Chief Zimuto in the Gokomere area, yesterday murdered his brother's nine-year-old son before cutting off his head and boiling it in a pot....Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A-Level student struck by lightning
IN a tragic incident that left Mutoko residents shocked, a 20-year-old A-Level student died on the spot after she was struck by a bolt of lightning while on her way from writing an examination....Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's secret love child revealed
The death of Genius Kadungure is increasingly shining a spotlight on his once-secretive private life, and skeletons are beginning to tumble from the closet, after revelations he fathered a son with a ...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 06:43hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Man 'rapes' daughter-in-law
A 49-YEAR-OLD Bindura man was arraigned before a Bindura regional magistrate Amos Mubhobho yesterday for allegedly raping his daughter-in-law.Anderson Chabata was not asked to plead to the rap...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 08:01hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Boy, 9, accidentally hangs self
A nine-year-old boy from Lobengula West suburb in Bulawayo accidentally hanged himself with a rope tied to a mango tree which they were using as a swing with his siblings.Bulawayo Police Spoke...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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