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Wheelchair bound gangster jailed
A notorious gang leader Llyod Mahovhani Mabiti who was recruiting gangsters to rob, kidnap, assault, exort and threaten Chibuwe resisdence has been ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 21:30hrs | 1096 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe Prisons officer killed by uncle on amnesty
A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officer was fatally stabbed by her uncle on Christmas Day in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South, in a shocking incident that has left the local co...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:37hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty beneficiary faces new robbery charges
A man released under Presidential Amnesty in April this year has been brought back to court on fresh charges of robbery, raising concerns about repeat offenders exploiting the clemency program....Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:37hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons remain overpopulated
Zimbabwe's prison population is too high and authorities are struggling to fulfil their mandate of rehabilitating inmates, an official said on Tuesday.Appearing before a joint sitting of parli...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 15:47hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Farmers demand no amnesty for cattle rustlers
Farmers in Matabeleland have called for cattle rustlers to be excluded from the Presidential amnesty and denied bail, as livestock theft devastates their communities.The call was made during a...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:05hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant phone thief, ex-convict back in court
An unrepentant Harare thief and beneficiary of a recent presidential amnesty has been arrested again, this time for snatching an Iphone 15 promax from one Chido Mnangagwa.Oliver Rimai, 43, als...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's gun amnesty fails to bring down violent crime
A PRESIDENTIAL amnesty on illegal firearm holders has done little to stop violent crime as Zimbabwe continues to witness armed robberies.President Emmerson Mnangagwa in August last year de...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:25hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police urge illegal firearm to surrender weapons
Police are calling on all individuals and companies with unregistered or smuggled firearms and ammunition to "voluntarily" surrender these weapons under the presidential amnesty, according to a statem...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Zimbabwean prisoners can vote in 2028 elections
MUSARURWA & OTHERS v MINISTER OF JUSTCE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS & OTHERS HHC 751SUMMARY OF THE CASE1. The proceedings in this m...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 13:21hrs | 3 | by Clifford S. Ncube
Presidential amnesty needs revisiting
IN yesterday's NewsDay edition, we carried a story of a former jailbird who was released from prison this year under the Presidential Amnesty programme. The man, who was released after serving part of...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict re-arrested for similar offence
A 32-YEAR-OLD convicted car thief from Ratanyana village in Matebeleland South province, who was recently released under a Presidential amnesty, was re-arrested for stealing two vehicles during his sh...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS defends release of convicted rapist from prison on Mnangagwa's amnesty order
THE ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has justified the release from prison of Bobby Makaza, a convicted rapist, under a recent presidential amnesty order.Makaza, who resides in...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 16 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa promises projects already delivered by Zanu-PF?
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa took his campaign trail to Gadzema grounds in Chinhoyi yesterday, where he promised to undertake developments that have already been implemented or are being undertaken by...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Suicides spike in Bulawayo
AN EX-CONVICT recently released under the presidential amnesty committed suicide last week, becoming the third men to take his life in Bulawayo in a week.The man, who was recently released fro...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over sex offenders' pardoning
HUMAN rights lawyers yesterday expressed concern over the recent pardoning of jailed sex offenders under Presidential amnesty.On May 12, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted Clemency Order No...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty for rapists hitting victims harder
EMELKA (not real name) was only 11 years old when a 59-year-old villager forced himself on her. The villager repeated the attack several times, threatening to kill the young girl using witchcraft if s...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amnesty beneficiary steals hat on way out of prison
A PRISONER on parole almost forfeited his freedom after he was accused of stealing a hat from one of the inmates who benefited from the Presidential amnesty.Forty-three prisoners in Beitbridge...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Parliament flags overcrowding in Zimbabwe prisons
Parliament on Thursday raised concern over overcrowding within the country's jails with Harare Remand Prison having the most inmates at 1,485 against a holding capacity of 900 inmates.Accordin...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
No evidence to convict '6.9kg gold smuggler' Henrietta Rushwaya?
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) top official Tawanda Zvekare has made startling claims Zimbabwe's prosecuting arm of the judiciary does not have enough evidence to secure a conviction against Zim...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 20:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 000 prisoners granted amnesty
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has granted amnesty to at least 4 000 prisoners to ease congestion in prisons across the country.Addressing a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Inf...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police ready to swoop on illegal firearms holders
POLICE will soon swoop on all residential and business premises where they suspect illegal firearms and ammunition are stored.This exercise will also see the law enforcement agents conducting ...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa amnesty nets 144 firearms
At least 144 unregistered firearms have now been voluntarily surrendered to the police following the recent amnesty granted by President Mnangagwa.Under the amnesty, those in possession of unl...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty nets 105 guns in 9 days
The two month long amnesty on illegal firearm holders to voluntarily surrender the weapons to police has seen 105 firearms being brought to the police in just nine days of the operation.Accord...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 08:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's guns amnesty: Only 85 firearms surrendered
At least 85 unregistered firearms have so far been voluntarily surrendered to the police by members of the public countrywide following the recent amnesty granted by President Mnangagwa.Last w...Published: 16 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares amnesty on illegal gun holders to surrender weapons
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a near two-month long amnesty on all illegal firearm holders to voluntarily surrender the lethal weapons to their nearest police stations with no questions as...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Midlands prisons overcrowded'
PRISONS in Midlands province have been experiencing overcrowding due to COVID19-induced trial backlogs.This was disclosed by the police officer commanding Midlands province, Senior Assistant C...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pardoned thief corrected
AN unrepentant thief who was recently released from prison through the Presidential Amnesty is back in jail just a few days after being pardoned after he stole a bottle of face lotion from OK Supermar...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Undenge freed from jail
Former Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge, who was jailed for an effective 36 months for abuse of office in 2018, has been released in a Presidential clemency order. Undenge ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prisoners freed under Presidential Amnesty
SCORES of prisoners who qualified for release under the Presidential Amnesty on Tuesday were freed from various prisons yesterday afternoon. Government gazetted the legal instrument that saw s...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Meet Khami's longest serving inmate
HE was condemned at birth to a life of hardship after being christened Mhlupheki, which is Ndebele for "the one who struggles". True to his name, Mhlupheki Ngwenya (47) has suffered, living a ...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant female fraudster caged
An unrepentant Bindura fraudster Mary Matseka (35) has been sentenced to 7 years in jail by a Bindura magistrate for five counts of fraud....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 20:56hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole/Lloyd Rabaya
Ex-convicts sentenced to life in jail
TWO Bulawayo ex-convicts, who robbed an elderly man of his cellphone and clothes before they killed and dumped his naked body in a bushy area, were on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail.Perfe...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mudslinging in fight for Makoni DCC chairmanship
THE tussling for Makoni chairmanship in the Zanu-PF district co-ordination committee (DCC) elections tomorrow has escalated, with candidates engaged in smear campaigning.One Albert Nyakuedzwa ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe prisons overcrowded'
DESPITE the release of 3 000 prisoners through the Presidential Amnesty last year, Zimbabwe's prisons are still overpopulated, with the country's correctional facilities carrying 2 382 inmates above t...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Sytaff reporter
'Posa going nowhere soon'
IN the past few months, the Justice ministry has dominated public debate regarding a number of issues pertaining to its operations. These issues range from combating corruption, alignment of laws with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved convict
A SEX-STARVED convict is hoping that he will marry a new wife when he is freed from prison.Meck Nyakatende, who has been abandoned by five women he was customarily married to, said one of his ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inmate tells wife to move on
A 54-YEAR OLD convict who was sentenced to life in prison is hoping that his wife would find a new husband and move on with her life.John Vhera, who has been behind bars for the past 19 years,...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance neglects jailed cop killers
TWO MDC Alliance activists serving 20-year jail terms each for killing a police officer have accused the opposition party of neglecting them, NewZimbabwe.com reported.Last Maengahama and Tunga...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Prison riots caused by inmates seeking escape'
A REPORT by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Defence and Home Affairs on the attempted jail break at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in 2015 has revealed that the action was not caused by food shorta...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Connemara pleads for prisoners
OFFICIALS at Connemara Open Prison in the Midlands province, said they had been rendered redundant after all 65 inmates at the institution were recently released under the Presidential Amnesty....Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amnesty beneficiaries linked to grisly Bulawayo murder
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two ex-convicts who were released from prison under Presidential amnesty recently in connection with one of four grisly murders committed in the city last week....Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor beds jailed cattle rustler' wife
A ZANU-PF councillor has appeared before Chief Svosve's traditional court facing charges of conducting an illicit affair with woman whose husband was serving time in prison for stock theft.Jos...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Highway robbers arrested after robbing Malawi inyanga
NEVER rob an inyanga, especially from Malawi.This advice rang true for a gang of five armed robbers that has been pouncing on motorists along the Beitbridge-Masvingo and Beitbridge-Bulawayo hi...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Granny (95) infects grandson (9) with STI'
A 95-YEAR-OLD woman from Nkayi, Matabeleland North, allegedly "raped" her nine-year-old grandson and infected him with a sexually transmitted disease (STD).The granny met the boy when she was ...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers wreak havoc in Mvurwi
Three armed robbers using a black Honda Fit allegedly pounced on Mvurwi people and robbed them of their valuables after offering them a lift yesterday night, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Accordin...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 10:45hrs | 15 | by Simbarashe Sithole
MDC-T congress endorses Dr Khupe
THE much-talked about Dr Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T extraordinary congress held in Bulawayo yesterday resembled a routine meeting meant to rubberstamp Dr Khupe's rise to the helm of the faction of the ...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict drags prison officer to court
An ex-convict who was recently released from Mutimurefu Prison under the Presidential Amnesty has sued a prison officer at the prison for allegedly assaulting him while he was still serving his six ye...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jailbreak pair nabbed on way to SA border
POLICE have arrested two inmates who escaped from Bulawayo Prison, along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge highway on their way to the South African border.The police apprehended the duo on Sunday, bare...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Woman grisly murdered
AN unrepentant 35-year-old ex-convict from Chipinge who tasted freedom recently through the Presidential amnesty ran amok and brutally attacked two women with a knife, killing one of them in cold bloo...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
24 pardoned inmates back in jail
A TOTAL of 24 inmates including five women who were released on Presidential Amnesty are back in prison hardly two weeks after gaining freedom.A record 4 912 prisoners have been released from ...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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