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Chinese nationals face additional charges over Zimbabwe farm shooting incident
The State has pressed additional charges against two Chinese nationals who were arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at their employee and firing three warning shots during a confrontation over unpai...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 19:37hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man's R14 million cigarette smuggling case in SA
The case against a 44-year-old Zimbabwean man, Jaint Janos Bimha, who was recently arrested for smuggling Remington Gold cigarettes worth R14 million into South Africa, has been postponed for formal b...Published: 28 Jan 2025 at 06:58hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes maid
A 45-year-old man from Zhombe, Midlands Province has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for raping a 16-year-old maid from the same area.On January 6, the assailant ambushed the victim fro...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 17:36hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle rebate abuse: 34 convicted, 3 000 cases under probe
Authorities in Zimbabwe are investigating over 3,000 cases of alleged abuse of the civil servants vehicle rebate scheme, with 34 individuals already convicted. The government is intensifying its effor...Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:42hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cops drop bribe money and flee as ZACC officials close in
Two police officers stationed in Mutare have appeared before the Mutare Magistrates' Court on charges of demanding a bribe from an illegal taxi driver. The officers, Dudzai Jennifer Chiponda (47) and ...Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:26hrs | 1996 | by Staff reporter
Granny (71) arrested for 'stealing' 17 cattle
An elderly woman from Imbesu Park in Ntabazinduna has been arrested for allegedly stealing 17 heads of cattle. Sithabile Ngwenya (71) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Beverly Madzikatira to face a ...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:09hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe puhes for mandatory jail terms to curb corruption
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is advocating for mandatory jail sentences for individuals convicted of corruption to deter the crime and overcome challenges in asset recovery.S...Published: 16 Jan 2025 at 07:05hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for 6 years for stealing a car in Zimbabwe
A 46-year-old man from Mberengwa, Hlangabeza Mabhula, also known as Benjamin Kutira, was sentenced to prison for theft and possession of illegal items in the Zvishavane Magistrates' Court.The ...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:19hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Man locked up for raping own baby still in diapers
A 23-year-old Mutare man has been locked up on allegations of raping his daughter who is barely two years old.The man whose identity is being withheld to protect the victim has appeared before...Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:23hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Man caught after stealing from the same house twice
A 22-year-old man from Magama Village in Masvingo has been arrested after committing two burglaries at the same house within a month. The suspect, Phillip Mupinda, is accused of stealing two bags of m...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 16:36hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs wife her with broken bottle during argument
A 42-year-old man from Mzilikazi, Bulawayo, has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife during a domestic dispute that escalated into violence.The incident occurred on December 2, 2024...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:30hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Mai Dhuterere released on $100 bail
Dorcas Vambe, widely known as Mai Dhuterere, a prominent gospel singer from Waterfalls, Harare, appeared before the Harare Magistrates' Court facing fraud charges. The National Prosecuting Authority (...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 19:52hrs | 1032 | by Staff reporter
Parliament shortlists 47 candidates for ZAAC
Parliament has shortlisted 47 candidates from 145 nominations to serve on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), with public interviews scheduled for December 19 as part of the rigorous selec...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:47hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Murder charge for Zimbabwean man after he allegedly kills 4AM intruder
A 22-year-old man, Benson Macharangwanda, from Chitungwiza, has been charged with murder following the death of an alleged intruder during a confrontation at his home on December 2.Macharangwa...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:15hrs | 2354 | by Staff reporter
Man beats up mother, strips her naked for hating his wife
A 23-year-old man from Lower Gweru, Midlands Province, has been arrested for domestic violence after allegedly assaulting his mother with an iron rod in a drunken fit of rage.The incident occu...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 16:35hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya also used same forger as Gift Banda?
Former ZIFA vice president Gift Banda was granted US$500 bail by a Bulawayo court on Friday following his arrest for allegedly forging an Ordinary Level certificate.Banda, 55, walked the short...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 18:20hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu, Chimombe's request refused
High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has dismissed an application by businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe to refer their fraud case to the Constitutional Court. The ruling, handed down on Thu...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 17:12hrs | 1008 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes neighbour at knifepoint
A 36-year-old man from the Musane area under Chief Tshitaudze in Beitbridge has been jailed for an effective 15 years for sneaking into a neighbour's homestead and raping her at knife point.Th...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 18:31hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Multi-million-dollar scandal rocks Victoria Falls council
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has uncovered a massive corruption scandal involving high-ranking officials at Victoria Falls City Council, including Mayor Tuso Moyo and Town Clerk Ronn...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:49hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Murder charges against trade unionists withdrawn
The State has formally withdrawn murder charges against two prominent leaders of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), Obert Masaraure and Robson Chere. The two had been facing all...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:06hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Late former ambassador, wife lose US$1,3m in investment scam
Authorities in Zimbabwe are intensifying efforts to recover nearly US$1.3 million defrauded from the late Ambassador Hurudza Gift Punungwe and his wife, Runako Beauty Punungwe, in an investment scam d...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:50hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
3 cops jailed for extortion
Three police officers have been sentenced to 30 months imprisonment for extortion by a Rusape magistrate, following their conviction for demanding money from a resident under false pretenses.T...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:49hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Prosecutor General faces possible jail time
Zimbabwe's Prosecutor-General, Loice Matanda Moyo, is facing the prospect of jail time after a former prosecutor, Patrobs Dube, accused her office of defying a court order to reinstate him. Dube, who ...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:13hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
'Bribe seeking' magistrate's trial kicks off
The trial of Talent Phiri, a Gwanda magistrate accused of soliciting a US$3,000 bribe from an accused person, began in Bulawayo Magistrates Court on Monday. Phiri, who is facing charges of criminal ab...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:24hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Wife physically abuses hubby over food
A 45-year-old woman from Hwange has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after physically assaulting her husband during a dispute over food. The woman, who was not named, used kitchen utensils, inclu...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 15:53hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Sibling rivalry turns deadly serious
A 40-year-old man from Gweru has been sentenced to four months in prison after threatening his brother with a knife and physically assaulting him in an altercation at their parents' home.The i...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 15:52hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes
In a controversial move, Environment Minister Dion George has allowed the City of Cape Town to pump an unlimited volume of untreated sewage into the sea, following a suspension of discharge limits und...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Brothers jailed for slaughtering sibling's ox in funeral dispute
Two brothers from Mangunye Village in Gweru have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each for stealing and slaughtering their brother's ox during a heated funeral dispute. The incident occurred on No...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:40hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Neighbourhood watch member jailed for releasing detained suspects
A 56-year-old member of the neighbourhood watch committee in Hurungwe, Mashonaland West, has been sentenced to three months in prison after he was found guilty of releasing two detained suspects and d...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 14:33hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents acquire vehicle for neighbourhood watch patrol
Residents of Sunninghill suburb in Bulawayo have come together to add a fifth vehicle to their crime patrol fleet, in response to growing concerns over safety and security in the area. The collaborati...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:36hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Woman beats up naked would-be-rapist
A 20-year-old man from Chief Nyajena's area in Masvingo has been sentenced to five years in prison for attempting to rape a 37-year-old woman who was walking to Nyamande Business Centre.Accord...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 13:44hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Top lawyer withdraws from trial amid police intimidation claims
A prominent Harare lawyer, Musindo Hungwe, has sensationally withdrawn from representing one of the suspects in the high-profile trial of armed robber Godknows Machingura, citing threats from police o...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:15hrs | 1506 | by Staff reporter
Grandpa caught red-handed raping girl
A 70-YEAR-OLD man from Buhera was jailed 10 years for raping a 7 year old girl.Aaron Njuko came across the complainant, unaccompanied while herding cattle, and invited her closer.Njuko...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 12:28hrs | 1011 | by Staff reporter
Man steals from brother-in-law
A 23-year-old man from Beitbridge, Nigel Masona, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he broke into his brother-in-law's house and stole ZAR 4,900 from a safe. Initially handed a 24-month p...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Cursed father rapes daughter for 3 years
A 41-YEAR-OLD Tsholotsho man has been dragged to court for allegedly repeatedly raping his 13-year-old daughter from the time she turned 10.The man, whose name has been withheld to protect the vic...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:53hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man killed SA lover over lobola money, caged for life
A security guard who killed his partner after finding out that she spent the money he had been saving to pay lobola for her has been handed a life sentence.Louis Serenetra Moyo, 49, an undocum...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 14:48hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed for refusing to take off his belt
A 38-year-old man from Mapinga, Mashonaland West, has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a 24-year-old co-worker over a dispute regarding a belt.The incident occurred ...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 15:49hrs | 1540 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed in neck during land boundary dispute
A boundary dispute took a violent turn, leaving a 32-year-old man facing a four-year prison term after stabbing a neighbor during a heated argument. Fortune Hove, from Gazimbi village in Mberengwa, wa...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 15:45hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkululeko Sibanda's assets to be forfeited
The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has filed a High Court application to seize properties worth millions of dollars from the estate of the late businessman Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, ac...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:03hrs | 3298 | by Staff reporter
Andile Lungisa accuses NPA of 'weaponizing' SA legal system
Former ANC leader Andile Lungisa has voiced strong criticism of South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), alleging it has been "weaponized" to criminalize prominent figures within the Afric...Published: 01 Nov 2024 at 13:26hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu claim high-level corruption in ZEC tender case
Incarcerated business associates Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe revealed in court Tuesday that unnamed government officials allegedly received substantial portions of the funds awarded to ex-tenderpren...Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 16:37hrs | 6206 | by Staff reporter
Gokwe man sentenced to 10 years for fatal assault
A Gokwe resident, Evans Moyo, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of culpable homicide for fatally assaulting a 24-year-old man in 2022. Moyo, who was 25 at the time of the ...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 12:36hrs | 473 | by Stephen Jakes
CCC activist sues Kazembe over unlawful arrest
Human rights activist Robson Chere has taken legal action against Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) Director General Elijah Chingosho, serving them ...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:07hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean jailed for trying to bribe cops with only R50
A Zimbabwean man who tried to bribe two policemen with R50 has been sentenced to a R50,000 fine or five years in prison for corruption. The Giyani specialised commercial crimes court also orde...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 17:34hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter
Call for reparations: A mere excuse by failed African leaders!
As the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) kicked off this week in Samoa, the topic of reparations for slavery and colonialism has once again been thrust into the spotlight. Sever...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 20:31hrs | 275 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
NPA clears 69 708 criminal cases
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of Zimbabwe successfully cleared 69,708 out of 101,112 cases between January and September 2024, marking a significant achievement in the country's judicial sy...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:44hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Chipinge man jailed 4 years for attempted murder
A 39-year-old male of Chimambo Village under Chief Musikavanhu, Chipinge was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment for the attempted murder of a man.Wisdom Jombo appeared before Chipinge Magistrat...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 17:44hrs | 273 | by Stephen Jakes
Man fined for threatening fellow villager
A 34-year-old man from Gamba Village in Hwange was slapped with a fine of US$150 after threatening to murder a fellow villager.Irvine Shoko appeared before the Hwange Magistrate Court facing o...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 17:33hrs | 218 | by Stephen Jakes
SA constitution serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda
The MK Party has called for the scrapping of South Africa's constitution, claiming it serves the elite and the neoliberal agenda. The party, led by former president Jacob Zuma who was in the A...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 19:59hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
'Make your daughter marry me or I will kill you'
A 34-year-old man from Gamba Village in Hwange has been fined US$150 after threatening to murder a fellow villager who refused to marry off his daughter to him. Irvine Shoko appeared at the Hwange Mag...Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:10hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
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