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Zimbabwe pregnant prisoners to access private maternal healthcare

The High Court has issued a landmark ruling directing prison authorities to allow pregnant inmates to access maternal health care services of their choice, ending the practice of forcing them to use government hospitals against their will.…

Published: 10 Aug 2025 at 09:53hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe prisoners sleeping on empty stomachs

Zimbabwe's prisons are grappling with a worsening humanitarian crisis, with inmates reportedly suffering from malnutrition and pneumonia due to overcrowding, poor diets, and a critical shortage of blankets and warm clothing, Parliament has…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:36hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter

NODE empowers prisoners with entrepreneurial skills to rebuild Lives after jail

The National Organisation for Development and Empowerment (NODE) has pledged its unwavering support to transform the lives of incarcerated individuals by equipping them with entrepreneurial skills.During a donation ceremony at Anju Prison …

Published: 02 Jan 2025 at 16:18hrs | 939 | by Nkululeko Nkomo

Lifeline for Bulawayo ex-prisoners

Inside Out Development Trust, a non-governmental organization, has launched a rehabilitation program aimed at supporting ex-prisoners to reintegrate into society and prevent them from returning to criminal activities, including drug abuse.…

Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi political prisoners strengthened by jail

Activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), recently released from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, declared that their imprisonment has strengthened their commitment to the restoration of the Mthwakazi State.The activists made th…

Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Smart prison for Gwanda

GOVERNMENT is set to construct a smart prison in Gwanda with a capacity of housing 1 300 prisoners as part of efforts to decongest the prison, Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Deputy Minister Nobert Mazungunye has said. President Mn…

Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Jail escapees in soup

Two Guruve prisoners who tried to escape after working at the prison farm are in soup after they were caught and charged for escaping lawful custody.Never Chirenje (42) and Sam Maiteni (34) were dragged to Guruve magistrates courts yesterd…

Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 15:11hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Guruve

Zimbabwe elections set for August

ZIMBABWE will have its harmonised elections in August and people should vote for Zanu-PF to preserve their cultural heritage and independence, President Mnangagwa has said.He said Zimbabweans should be proud of their cultural heritage and …

Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa grants non-violent prisoners amnesty

AN amnesty has been granted to a range of prisoners serving time for non-violent offences with President Mnangagwa exercising executive clemency to release inmates who had served at least one third of their jail term by Independence Day la…

Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

2 prisoners escape, rob shop owner

TWO prisoners who were serving three-year sentences for unlawful entry escaped from Gokwe Prison on Saturday evening before robbing a shop owner at Gwehava business centre.One of the escapees was re-arrested, while his accomplice, Decent S…

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

BREAKING: 6 Zimbabwean prisoners escape in South Africa

Six Zimbabweans who were being transported by members of the South African Police Service escaped this morning after a group of heavily armed criminals attacked and shot at the officers in Makhado area in the neighbouring country.In a stat…

Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 14:34hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter

2 escaped Zimbabwean prisoners re-arrested, 3 on the run in South Africa

Four Zimbabwean prisoners being transported to a South African court escaped after armed men ambushed a police van and sprung them free on Friday.Augustine Nqobani Moyo, Nkululeko Nkomo, Mbongiseni Mkandla, Thulani Dube and South African n…

Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Prisoners demand voting right

THE High Court will for the second time hear an application filed by prisoners in 2017, seeking to be allowed to vote during elections, after the judge who initially heard the matter, Justice Clement Phiri, passed on before delivering judg…

Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Over 2500 prisoners to be freed

Prisons are set to be decongested by at least 13 percent as part of the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs' 100 day rapid result target.Minister Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi said his ministry is going to l…

Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Police hunt for escaped prisoner

A criminal serving a five-year jail term for theft escaped from prison guards who were monitoring him and other prisoners as they performed manual work at Zimbabwe National Army's Alphida Barracks in Chinamhora on Tuesday.Misheck Tiki (28)…

Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zambia's prisoners hailed for producing more food

Zambia's prisoners have been hailed by their government for working hard which have seen the nation doubling its food production to a point that has seen the country exporting food to Zimbabwe.Reports from Zambia show that Zambia Prisons S…

Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 06:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Zim prisons porous, 78 prisoners escape

A REPORT from the country's prisons, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPS) indicates that at least 78 prisoners have escaped from the country's correctional facilities in the past 24 months, raising concerns over the laxity o…

Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 09:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe prisoners denied ARVs in Botswana

HUMAN rights lawyers representing a group of HIV-positive Zimbabweans incarcerated in Botswana are set to file papers in the Gaborone High Court later this month to force the state to provide anti-retroviral treatment to foreign inmates.Th…

Published: 11 Jan 2013 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Government should look into the plight of prisoners

The Movement for Democratic Change implores the inclusive government to urgently look at the deplorable conditions at the countryâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã»Â¬Â¢s prisons where prisoners across the country have been condemned to s…

Published: 19 Apr 2012 at 12:33hrs | | by MDC

3 dangerous prisoners escape from Khami prison

THREE dangerous criminals have escaped movie-style from Mlondolozi Prison housed at Khami Prison Complex on the outskirts of Bulawayo, a senior Zimbabwe Prison Service (ZPS) officer confirmed yesterday.Chief Prison Officer Priscilla Mthemb…

Published: 18 Apr 2012 at 04:21hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe must release human rights activists: Amnesty

Amnesty International on Friday called for the immediate and unconditional release of three Zimbabwean human rights activists arrested on Monday, describing them as "prisoners of conscience".Three members of the Media Monitoring Project Zi…

Published: 09 Dec 2011 at 12:30hrs | 2 | by AFP

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