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Chiwenga wife's case fast tracked through courts
An 18-year-old man from Domboshava, Success Mukaro, has been found guilty of unlawfully entering and stealing cellphones valued at US$16,915 from the Borrowdale shop owned by Miniyothabo Chiwenga, wif...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:23hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
Remembering Nkomo's crossover fame and shame
As the year ends, it is important to reflect on some silly incidents amongst fellow journalists and there is a need to visit how their actions impact on shaping perceptions or narratives amongst commu...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 15:45hrs | 1045 | by Leon Kachembere
The criticism of the Bosso supporters boycott by Jaravaza is myopic
The recent discourse surrounding the Highlanders Football Club supporters' boycott of games has engendered a cacophony of opinions, yet none are as misguided as the assertion that this boycott is orch...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 14:41hrs | 616 | by Ezra Tshisa
The criticism of the Bosso supporters boycott is myopic
The recent discourse surrounding the Highlanders Football Club supporters' boycott of games has engendered a cacophony of opinions, yet none are as misguided as the assertion that this boycott is orch...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 10:35hrs | 994 | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Prison officer convicted of theft
A ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services officer has been convicted of stealing valuables ranging from laptops to printers from offices at Mgandane Dlodlo Building (New Government Complex) in Hara...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZUDAC affiliates extort passengers, corrupt
THE Zimbabwe Union of Drivers and Conductors (ZUDAC), including its affiliates, have been fingered in an extortion scandal and being accomplices in abusing commuting passengers, an investigation expos...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:07hrs | 8 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Man arrested for violent murder of pregnant girlfriend in Bulawayo
POLICE have arrested a 26-year-old man, Obvious Velani Sibanda of Emakhandeni suburb for the violent murder of his girlfriend Nothabo Ncube, whom he accused of being impregnated by another man....Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 police officers killed driving across flooded river
Two police officers and their four-month-old daughter drowned after their vehicle was swept away as they attempted to cross the flooded Kana River which cuts across the road between Gomoza in Lupane a...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:02hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Allen Bhasvi denied Bosso a clear penalty
Dynamos FC 2-0 Highlanders FC(Match abandoned)AGAIN, violence reared its ugly head in local football yesterday.So ugly were the scenes that showed up at the Castle Lager Premiershi...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Goods train crushes Beitbridge lovebirds after turning railway line into a love nest
A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga....Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fire these rogue police recruits
I bemoan the fall of dignity of a once noble profession. I got recruited into Zimbabwe Republic Police in 1997 and was so much excited to be part and parcel of the police force. I was not driven or in...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 14:14hrs | 14 | by Leonard Koni
Cop steals US$30 from the police station
A police officer stationed at Nyamapanda police station will spend the holidays behind bars after appearing before Mutoko Magistrate, Terrence Masha...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 09:42hrs | 14 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tobacco thieves in court
Three men appeared at Concession Magistrates Court on Saturday facing allegations of stealing three bales of tobacco at Terrydale farm in Mazowe.Arnold Chiito aged 31, Jeffrey Mavhuto (45) and...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 08:54hrs | 11 | by Desmond Nleya
Mnangagwa signs law for complaints against security forces
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gazetted into law the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Act, which paves the way for people to report acts of misconduct by security services.The law ...Published: 26 Oct 2022 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa piles more misery on Zimbabweans
SOUTH Africa has piled fresh pressure on Zimbabweans living in that country to return home after Pretoria's Social Development minister Lindiwe Zulu said nations need to take care of their citizens....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Shots fired in Entumbane as guards foil robbery
WARNING-SHOTS were fired early Sunday morning in Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo when security guards reacted to an attempted robbery and arrested two suspects at Nhliziyo Shopping Centre.Bulaway...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police officer murdered
A POLICE officer died after he was allegedly attacked resulting in a deep cut on the back of the head and bruises in the mouth, in the early hours of yesterday in Pumula South, Bulawayo.Sunday...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Border corruption accused challenges her suspension
A PLUMTREE-BASED immigration officer who allegedly facilitated the illegal exit of 17 travellers into Botswana in return for a US$425 kickback has approached the High Court challenging her suspension....Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2 police officers up for extortion
TWO serving members of the police on Saturday appeared in court facing extortion charges after they demanded bribes from bottlestore owners in Mbare, Harare, who were violating COVID-19 regulations....Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who is Zanu-PF national PC - Rugeje or Matemadanda?
Confusion continues to reign supreme in Zanu-PF's commissariat department as it is not clear who is the current National Political Commissar (PC) between Victor Matemadanda and Ltd Gen (Rtd) Engelbert...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
More frontline workers vaccinated
Zimbabwe had vaccinated 3 138 frontline workers by 4pm yesterday, taking the total number of people vaccinated so far to 18 843. The vaccination programme started on a slow note amid indicatio...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family buries wrong body, forced to exhume
A FAMILY from Lobengula West suburb was left speechless after they were given a wrong body by a funeral parlour and had to travel all the way to Plumtree to exhume the body of their loved one for rebu...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge cop arrested for defying lockdown regulations
Beitbridge police officer Mtokozisi Ndlovu(33) was arrested last week for unnecessary movement during national lockdown at Beitbridge boarder post.Ndlovu was moving around the border area, off...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 18:12hrs | | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Ndebele language barrier stalls court case
HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi on Monday urged Zimbabweans to learn local languages in order to solve communication barriers in court, after a case was postponed because the litigants spoke ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private hospitals not reporting Covid-19 stats
SOME private and public hospitals in the country have been accused of not providing the Government with Covid-19 statistics, a move that the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on health described as sc...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police issue fresh warning to curfew violators
POLICE have stepped up their clampdown on people violating the current dusk-to-dawn curfew - warning that only those providing essential services would be allowed passage at roadblocks during curfew h...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC condemns Zupco fare increase
The Chamisa led MDC Alliance has condemned the recently government approved 100% Zupco bus fare increase as anti-poor.The opposition party said the move was clear testimony that the government...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's leave, a pitstop to nowhere
Now that we have seen the edited versions of people's lives across social platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram during Christmas and New Year festivities, its back to the basics, the da...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 10:21hrs | 3 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Man assaults wife with burning log
A CHIPINGE woman is battling for her life after she sustained serious burns after being assaulted by her husband with a burning log.She was assaulted after delaying giving him a cellphone torc...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rogue police, soldiers turn to crime
More and more members of the security services are being arraigned before the courts for playing a major role in perpetrating blue-collar and violent crime.Analysts attribute the breakdown of ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Doctors end strike?
Striking public sector doctors have agreed to return to work with immediate effect after an agreement with Government on a plethora of grievances that had witnessed the health practitioners' stay away...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Guard on the run after R30 000 theft
A SECURITY guard is on the run after allegedly stealing R30 000 and $200 from a lodge where he was employed in Gwanda. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspector Philisa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's ally in hot soup
A former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employee who was released from police custody by ex-vice president Phelekezela Mphoko in 2016 is now facing criminal prosecution over graft char...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA having bank accounts 'blocked without notice'
Permit issues are leaving some in SA frustrated when they can't access their money.Some Zimbabweans who are waiting for their new Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) have found their South African b...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 15:39hrs | 4 | by Bernard Chiguvare, GroundUp
Nurses scored a major victory against Chiwenga
NURSES have scored a major victory with the government hiring a number of unemployed colleagues and reversing dismissal letters of almost 6‚000 others that were fired after downing tools.A f...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter & TimesLive
Bussed supporters claim on MDC Alliance rally in Bulawayo Rally misleading
AN MDC Alliance member Discent Collins Bajila has described the claims that the alliance supporters who filled the White City Stadium to the brim recently were bussed was misleading."So, it's ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 09:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Doc, nurse in sex scandal
ST John Apostolic Faith Church Prophet and medical doctor is alleged to have bedded a nurse who is a member of his congregation.Dr Richard Kudakwashe Mariga's prophecies at his church are repo...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 16:16hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi 'used council workers at his farm'
Vice president Kembo Mohadi has been sucked into a nasty labour dispute involving a former employee of the Beitbridge Town Council, who is demanding his benefits, amid claims that the politician...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 15:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plumtree residents threaten to boycott paying ambulance levies
PLUMTREE residents and businesspeople have threatened to boycott paying fire and ambulance levies if council fails to invest in state-of-the-art fire tenders for the town.The town has been hit...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magwegwe triple murder a sign soldiers are still out of barracks - MDC official
Bulawayo MDC-T spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda has said the recent incident where a member of the Zimbabwe national Army Private Carlos shot and killed his wife and her two sisters before shooting him...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sex worker on the run after stabbing a client
A Glendale sex worker is on the run after allegedly stabbing an artisanal miner, ripping his stomach open with a knife in the process at Tsungubvi bar in Glendale last Sunday.Poster showing he...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 08:11hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Protests scuttle AirZim audit
Protests by former Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) workers have forced the International Air Transport Association (Iata) to indefinitely postpone a scheduled audit of the beleaguered national airline.T...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Cops bashed, building set on fire during New Year's eve celebrations
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Bindura were reportedly on the receiving end from an angry mob that was celebrating on new year's eve near Tendai Hall in Mashonaland Central capital.Sources...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
92 army officers graduate
At least 92 Zimbabwe National Army School of Armour officers on Friday graduated in Troop Second in Command, Crew Commander and APC driving and maintenance courses. Speaking during the graduat...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Goblin terror at church boarding school
SUSPECTED goblins have struck at Minda High School in Maphisa, Kezi with teachers and pupils living in fear of midnight attacks from invisible creatures.Minda pupils who spoke to B-Metro said ...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest notorious sodomising armed robbers in Gweru
POLICE in Gweru have arrested four men believed to be behind 15 cases of murder, rape, sodomy and armed robbery in the Midlands capital, The Chronicle reported.The quartet allegedly sodomised ...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 09:32hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Man raped by two women
He now moves around with the aid of crutches, and each time he visits the toilet to relieve himself, the scars on his manhood bring back the memories of how he suffered at the hands of three female ra...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman steals safe containing $12 000 cash
A 31-YEAR-OLD Harare woman was yesterday convicted on unlawful entry and theft charges after she connived with three other suspects to steal $12 000 from her mother's employer.Chido Precious S...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kombi, truck head-on kills 11
ELEVEN people died while several others were seriously injured when a Toyota Hiace commuter omnibus collided head-on with a haulage truck near Summerview shopping centre in Zhombe along Gokwe-Kwekwe h...Published: 08 May 2017 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
18 year old jailed for car theft
A TEENAGER has been jailed one year for stealing a car from his employer before getting involved in an accident along Mazowe Road.Elisha Chimuti, 18, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Mba...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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