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Smelly Dube collapses as she faces fraud charges
Gweru land developer Smelly Dube has been arrested by anti-corruption police accused of selling state land in Gweru.The River Valley Properties CEO collapsed and was hospitalised on Tuesday af...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1470 | by Staff reporter
Hooker arrested over sex with 13-year-old boy seeks bail at High Court
A sex worker accused of sleeping with a 13-year-old boy she met on a dating website has launched a bail appeal at the High Court.Lawyers for Precious Teya, 26, say she had no way of knowing th...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Joe Biden renewed draconic sanctions against Zimbabwe
RE-ENGAGEMENT attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration went up in smoke on Wednesday after United States President Joe Biden renewed sanctions against the southern African nation over...Published: 3 hrs ago | 619 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa trial deferred
NORTON legislator Themba Mliswa (Independent), who is accused of violating COVID-19 regulations after he held a Press conference which attracted several journalists at his Borrowdale home, had his tri...Published: 3 hrs ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
Jailed MDC activists appeal to Malaba over delayed ruling
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has been asked to look into a year-long delay on pronouncement of judgment on an appeal by incarcerated MDC activists Tungamira Madzokere and Last Maengahama.The two ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 126 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers tie up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours
ARMED robbers raided two service stations in Bulawayo, tied attendants' hands before getting away with cash in dramatic incidents that occurred within two days. In the first one on Monday at a...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa to challenge placement on remand
NORTON legislator, Temba Mliswa, accused of violating Covid-19 national lockdown regulations after calling a media conference at his Borrowdale residence in Harare, is on Monday expected to challenge ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
Police impersonators arrested
TWO men have been arrested for masquerading as police officers in Dete, Matabeleland North. David Ndlovu (29) and Posent Nyathi (32) wore police uniforms and demanded bribes from businesspeopl...Published: 3 hrs ago | 150 | by Staff reporter
Travellers warned over spike in robberies
More passengers are being robbed of cash and valuables by criminals offering lifts, with four such robberies occurring on a single day last week in Harare. This has prompted police to urged tr...Published: 3 hrs ago | 168 | by Staff reporter
Journalism, a new form of activism!
A polarised political environment breeds microcosms across all other subsectors of the community.As the old truism would put it, "a fis...Published: 9 hrs ago | 394 | by Shelton Muchena
Flashy lifestyle exposes 'thieving maid'
AN insatiable appetite for a "flashy" lifestyle by a Bulawayo maid attracted the attention of the police, leading to her arrest on allegations of stealing US$23 000 from her employer.Bulawayo ...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2143 | by Staff reporter
Teacher’s body found hanging from tree
THE body of a teacher in Silobela was found hanging from a tree in a suspected murder case. Mtandazo Moyo (52), of Simana Village under Chief Malisa, a teacher at Simana Primary School was fou...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 20:31hrs | 3929 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's irrigation pipes thief caged
A 42-YEAR-OLD Glendale man accused of stealing six irrigation pipes from First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's Angel of Hope Foundation has been sentenced to 3 years behind bars by a Concession magistrate. ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 19:59hrs | 777 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Lockdown a major setback
On Monday President Mnangagwa relaxed some of the lockdown restrictions but the fact remains that the country been literal under lockdown for close to a year, now due coronavirus. Like many countries,...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 19:46hrs | 819 | by Shelton Muchena
Smelly Dube arrested
Prominent Gweru businesswoman Smelly Dube has been arrested by a Special Anti Corruption Commission team on allegations of selling State land.Dube was arrsted while in hospital where she is be...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 16:54hrs | 3740 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults cheating wife, burns bedroom, kills self
A man from Madziwa district in Mashonaland Central, Max Chauke died after consuming a poisonous substance after accusing his wife of cheating.Mashonaland Central Police Acting spokesperson Ass...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 10:15hrs | 5096 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF guns for MDC Alliance bigwigs
Zanu-PF yesterday claimed that more MDC Alliance bigwigs were ready to jump ship to save their political careers after realising that the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party was reaching a dead end, w...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2623 | by Staff reporter
Ex-army captain challenges dismissal
A FORMER captain in the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Solomon Ndlovu, is seeking reinstatement after he successfully appealed his six-year jail term for theft of a motor vehicle, at the High Court in ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 2449 | by Staff reporter
Parliament blocks increase in fines
Parliament yesterday blocked the recent increases in the standard scale of maximum fines for each level after the Parliamentary Legal Committee found the statutory instrument setting the fines defecti...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1214 | by Staff reporter
Form two pupil goes missing
Tawanda Anesuishe Muzira a form two pupil at Nyazura Adventist Mission went missing on the 19th of February 2021. He was last seen in Warren Park wearing a blue T-shirt, black trousers and a pair of s...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:59hrs | 3089 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Siphatheleni bites cops
A Tshabalala money changer, commonly known as 'Siphathelelni', who allegedly went berserk and bit police officers as she resisted arrest in the city centre, was yesterday granted $2000 bail pending tr...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:01hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Imbiber defies curfew order dies
A drunk Mvurwi man who defied the curfew and went for a beer binge on Saturday slipped while walking on a dam wall and drowned.Shakeman Malungwe (28) drowned around 01:00hours while walking in...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 13:04hrs | 1519 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Mutoriro' (methamphetamine) claims a life
Tatenda Kasinyore (28) from Mutapa suburb in Gweru died yesterday after he was detained from Mutapa police station for disorderly conduct three hours earlier on influence of mutoriro.Assistant...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 12:43hrs | 2246 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man hacks off rival suitor's 3 fingers
A MUTARE man was yesterday arraigned before the courts after he chopped off three fingers of his wife's lover in a case of alleged infidelity.The accused, Emmanuel Matemba, appeared before Mut...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1972 | by Staff reporter
Man dies after police custody
A Mtapa Suburb man died in hospital yesterday morning after he was detained at a police station for disorderly conduct three hours earlier. Tatenda Kasinyore (28) popularly known as Nyale was ...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
9 guards turned robbers in custody
NINE security guards employed by Northern Deep Security, allegedly caught red-handed while robbing a truck driver near Maruta Shopping Centre along Seke Road in Harare after robbing a motorist earlier...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Gold panners diverting water from Bulawayo water supply dam
GOLD panners in Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South have been accused of diverting water from Umzingwane Dam catchment areas to their illegal mining activities.Umzingwane dam is one of t...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:36hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Council worker found dead
Mvurwi Town Council employee, Gumburai Magunde was found dead on the road yesterday after allegedly consuming too much homemade illicit beer called Kachasu.He is believed to have fallen on the...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 12:45hrs | 4349 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Arrest of Young Activists meant to Silence Zimbabweans?
As the Zimbabwean economy continues to take crumble. More and more young Zimbabweans are taking a stand against mal-governance and plunder of resources by politicians. Jail time is the price that all ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | 566 | by Prince Njagu
Mnangagwa's govt told to remove army from the streets
LEGAL and Parliamentary think-tank, Veritas has urged the government to desist from using the military to abuse country's citizens under the guise of Covid-19 management.Veritas said any use o...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:11hrs | 5848 | by Staff reporter
Govt must revisit their anti-graft strategies
HE latest arrest of principal director in the epidemiology and disease control department in the Health and Child Care ministry, Portia Manangazira, brings the effectiveness and seriousness of the who...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:00hrs | 163 | by Nkosilathi Lesley Ngwenya
$200,000 fine for lockdown violation
A 40-YEAR-OLD woman from Mvuma has been fined $200 000 or six months in prison for illegally opening a bottle store during the Covid-19 induced lockdown. Plaxedes Chivera, a court heard, in Ja...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:55hrs | 1309 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers urged to offer free services to inmates
LAWYERS must provide free legal services to suspects who are unable to pay as part of their social responsibility programmes for the courts to make fair decisions. High Court judge Justice Web...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:52hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Pair arrested on four counts of robbery
POLICE in Bulawayo arrested two men last week for four counts of robbery.Alois Ndoro (22) and Blessing Ngwenya (29) helped police with investigations leading to the recovery of some stolen ite...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 17:35hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 2386 | by Kenneth Mufuka
How does Zimbabwe define its heroes?
I WANT to thank President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his team for the conferment of provincial war hero status on Saul Musaka, Soul Jah Love. I would like to thank him again for the conferment of national...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:50hrs | 232 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Man (61), hangs self over cow sex shame
A MAN from Binga could not stomach the shame of being caught by his wife while committing bestiality with a cow and later committed suicide while the hapless wife watched in horror.So traumati...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:45hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Men arrested for smuggling corpse
TWO men from Chiredzi District in Masvingo were last week arrested after they allegedly smuggled a corpse into the country from Mozambique through an illegal point at Chisuma along the border in Chipi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:44hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Undocumented migrants bolster indigenous truck owners' businesses
THE refusal by bigger companies like Botswana Couriers, Sprint Couriers, Skynet Couriers, UPS, TNT Express and FedEx to accept parcels from individuals without identity documents has created an opport...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:03hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to buy security vehicles
MORALE in the security services may soon hit rock bottom as the government battles to plug a massive backlog of personal service vehicles for senior officers amid deteriorating working conditions, The...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:00hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Lightning kills Mushumbi man
A bolt of lightning struck and killed Maxison Nyandoro from Mushumbi who was seated under a tree during the rains last week.Acting Mash...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 13:46hrs | 1012 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Turning Point - HRM King Mzilikazi II
Mthwakazi omuhle ondlela zimhlophe, sizwe senkosi yohlanga ngiyalibingelela!Sesiside isikhathi lingezwa lutho oluvelela ngapha nges'Godlweni. Isizatho yikuthi njengothunyiweyo, kumele ngizwe N...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 09:27hrs | 854 | by HRM King Mzilikazi II
Bribe-taking cop arrested at roadblock
A HARARE traffic police officer was arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last week after he allegedly received a bribe from an unlicensed driver to pass through a road...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:38hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
Man kills uncle over witchcraft
A 26-YEAr-OLd Bikita man hacked his 70-year-old uncle to death with a machete, accusing him of practising witchcraft, police confirmed the incident yesterday.Tatenda Garai of Musvasva village ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:35hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Eccentric Luveve man causes a stir
HE's mad! He's a genius! He's creepy. He's amazingly gifted!The unassuming Mathamsanqa Tshuma (67), a bachelor from Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 2144 | by Yvonne Ncube
SA-based Zimbabwean gay couple demand rights back home
SHINGIRAI Musekiwa and Elton Chibhebhe fled Zimbabwe to come to South Africa because they are gay.Now based in Langa, the activist couple is fighting for the human rights of Zimbabwean homosex...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:28hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
Mapfumo calls for UN intervention in Zimbabwe
CELEBRATED United States- based Zimbabwean Chimurenga musician and human rights activist, Thomas Mapfumo, has appealed to the international community to immediately intervene and stop what he calls an...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:26hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
Chombo gets bail
Former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo was today granted bail by Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje and was ordered to continue following bail conditions imposed on his other previous co...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:40hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Policeman in court for bribery
A Harare police officer appeared in court today on allegations of soliciting US$45 bribe from a motorist he had arrested.Broadway Jongwe was facing bribery charges when he appeared before Hara...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:39hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
6 machete-wielding robbers arrested
Police in Zvishavane have arrested six suspected armed robbers who were part of an eight machete-wielding gang that was targeting people with large amounts of cash.The six are Farai Moyo (21),...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:39hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
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