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Prisons officer death opens can of worms

The death of a Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) officer has sparked controversy, with starkly conflicting accounts from the police and the deceased's family over what transpired during his final hours.In a statement, nation…

Published: 5 hrs ago | 126 | by Staff reporter

Prisons officer dies after mob assault

A Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officer stationed at Chinhoyi Remand Prison has died after sustaining severe injuries during what police describe as a mob attempt to carry out a citizens' arrest. The incident has stirre…

Published: 5 hrs ago | 91 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa reads riot act

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared that drug and substance abuse will not be tolerated within Zimbabwe's uniformed forces, emphasizing the need for discipline and moral integrity across the security sector.The announcement was made …

Published: 17 Nov 2025 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Blessed Mhlanga letter from prison

Harare, Remand Prison, 7 April 2025Dear friends and fellow Zimbabweans As I write from this discomfort of my overcrowded cell, I am suffering from a serious bout of flue which has drained my strength and now threatens my inner peace. Sleep…

Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 19:16hrs | 28 | by Blessed Mhlanga

Job Sikhala's New Year Message

CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONNEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM CHIKURUBI MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISONDear Zimbabweans and my Worldwide friends.My dearest Zimbabweans and Worldwide friends, Happy New Year, Happy 2023!!!It is through the grace of our eve…

Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 20:19hrs | | by Job Wiwa Sikhala

'Stop praying for me and Zimbabwe,' says Sikhala

Dear Zimbabwean and Worldwide FriendsMy dearest friends, today marks exactly one and half years, that is, the full 18 months under persecution, incarceration in a meter by two and half meters solitary confinement in Chikurubi Maximum Secur…

Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 11:04hrs | | by Job Sikhala

Resilience Behind Bars: A reflection on seven months in prison

It is seven months since magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka sentenced me to four years in prison for "calling for anti-corruption demonstrations". One year was suspended and am effectively serving three years. Yes in 2020 I called for peaceful a…

Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 12:47hrs | | by Jacob Ngarivhume

78 Covid-19 positive cases at Masvingo Prison

A total of 78 Covid-19 positive cases have been recorded amongst inmates at Mutimurefu Prison which is the biggest penitentiary in Masvingo province.The positiv

Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 16:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa prison visit caused trouble for Ngarivhume and Chin'ono

#JULY31 protests organiser, Jacob Ngarivhume says MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's recent visit to Harare remand prison angered authorities who ordered he a

Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Facing prison but I am not moved - Dzamara

On Friday, 23 June, 2017, I will stand before Magistrate Sande at Rotten Row Magistrates Court as she will deliver ruling over one of the trumped up charges the state has preffered against me. It is the state's case that I, together with H…

Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 12:50hrs | | by Patson Dzamara

Corruption on recruitment

SirAs a concerned and disadvantaged citizen I would like to ask if the recruitment strategy recently conducted by Zimbabwe Prison And Correctional Service was good. Some months ago I saw a hoax whatsapp message circulating on social media …

Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 21:00hrs | | by Sir

Linda Masaira Prison Diary

Torture of injustice: 6 JULY 2016There should have been someone to vindicate me. Who would feel my pain, my anger, my distress? I was suffering for speaking out and severely assaulted by one Inspector Kufankomwe on the 6th of July 2016, th…

Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 06:25hrs | 654 | by Linda Masaira

39 Zimbabweans facing prison and deportation - WhatsApp update

Please hide my I D.A friend of mine & 39 other Zimbabweans are facing 3 weeks in prison before deportation after they went to Messina to renew their asylum papers.uuuuuuum kusina amai hakuendwi

Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 18:03hrs | | by WhatsApp update

Take toddlers out of prison and devolve the justice system

The shocking revelations by Zimbabwe's Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs that some 30 toddlers are incarcerated with their mothers in Zimbabwe's squalid prisons calls for urgent remedial intervention.Deputy Minister Gutu is reported to…

Published: 11 Feb 2012 at 13:07hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou Jr

Fathering children from prison

Should men be allowed to father children while in prison, asks single dad Marlon Abrahams.Often I think we, as a society, are too clever for our own good!According to the Human Rights Act in the UK, a convicted (and imprisoned) criminal wa…

Published: 03 Jun 2011 at 20:29hrs | | by Marlon Abrahams

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Zimbabwe among countries losing the most purchasing power

Mutsvangwa tells aspirants to wait for 2027 congress

Fidelity expects record gold deliveries

Mashayamombe resurfaces in Zanu-PF leadership structures

Zimbabwe outlines payment framework for white ex-farmers

20 ZiG change dispute ends in tragedy

Bus operators challenge Zimra's 'inland borders'

Couple in court for alleged US$60,000 fake NRZ tender scam

War veterans blast Tagwirei

Chiwenga to represent Mnangagwa at G20 Summit

Fight for MDC offices spills to High Court

Zimbabwe deploys new vehicle inspection fleet in safety push

Mutsvangwa slams 'overzealous' Tagwirei

Zimbabwean migrant workers' families separated by Ireland reunification policy

Mbare seed scam

Chiwenga, Tagwirei must undergo taining at Chitepo Ideological College

Advocate Thabani Mpofu dismisses conflict of interest allegations

Women who remove ribs have a high risk of lung malfunction

Zimbabwe police roll out breathalysers, speed cameras

Senator blasts Gwanda Zimra checkpoint

ZIFA blocks PSL bid to suspend relegation

Zimbabwe upgrading national statistics system

Prisons officer death opens can of worms

Zimbabwe cement prices jump 42%

Prisons officer dies after mob assault

Mnangagwa declares Paul Mwazha a national hero

Man takes pangolin to Mnangagwa

Chiwenga's wife to judge Miss Universe 2025 in Thailand

Zimbabwe is regional leader in tobacco processing

'Chiwenga using the church to amass wealth for himself'?

Jonathan Moyo praises Retired General Sibanda for scandal-free 50-year military career

It's time to tackle the landlord menace

Will Kudakwashe Tagwirei sail this turbulent boat?

Police dismiss claims of prison escape, clarify suspect fled Plumtree Prison

Chiwenga, Tagwirei must undergo taining at Chitepo Ideological College

Zimbabwe witnessing generation of millionaires making a difference: Chivayo

Women who remove ribs have a high risk of lung malfunction

Senator blasts Gwanda Zimra checkpoint

Honda Fit Driver Arrested for Murder in Ruwa; Masvingo Man Also Charged in Separate Case

Open letter to Bulawayo City Council fathers

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