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Rapist's wife nabbed

A Plumtree based woman is in trouble after she tried to defeat the course of Justice by trying to bribe a rape victim.Thokozani Mkandawire (30) was remanded in custody today by Plumtree magistrate Joshua Nembaware.Mkandawire is wife to bus…

Published: 06 May 2025 at 21:03hrs | 2030 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Zimbabwean serial rapist gets 111 years in jail

A 38-year-old man from Chakondora village in Shamva has been sentenced to 111 years in prison after being convicted of raping six women and robbing villagers in Mt Darwin and Madziwa two years ago.Luckmore Mazambani pleaded guilty to six c…

Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 15:08hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter

Victim begs rapist to wear a condom

A defenceless Plumtree woman was left with no option but to ask a suspected rapist who raped her at midnight to wear a condom and he agreed.The matter came to light at Plumtree magistrates' courts today, when Thethelela Moyo (38) appeared …

Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 20:08hrs | 2728 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree

Rapist kills victim after sex

Police in Chinhoyi are hunting for a 33-year-old man who allegedly raped and forced his victim to drink a tobacco pesticide.The woman died two days later after Tafadzwa Nkonde allegedly forced her to consume the pesticide that was in her h…

Published: 04 Sep 2024 at 17:41hrs | 1735 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Missing child raped

Glendale-based rapist who took a mental health patient to his house after she had ran away from home with her brother for three days was convicted of rape on Friday.Robson Banda was sentenced to 15 years behind bars by Bindura regional mag…

Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:37hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Sex starved rapist murdered by victim

A sex starved Guruve man was allegedly bashed to death after attempting to rape a married woman yesterday.The now deceased Brighton Mapira died after being struck twice with an axe handle.Mashonaland Central province police spokesperson In…

Published: 23 Feb 2024 at 20:24hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Rapist bashed to death

A suspected rapist in Plumtree was bashed to death by three suspects who spent the whole day punishing him until he breathed his last.Alasha Gumbo (15) was severely assaulted  and complained of hunger before his death.The matter came …

Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 17:54hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Rapist leaves trouser, shoes at crime scene

A suspected rapist, hailing from Zhombe in the Midlands Province, is alleged to have inadvertently left behind his trousers and shoes at the crime scene after reportedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in the presence of her two you…

Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 19:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF pampers rapist with house, cash

THE ruling Zanu-PF party rewarded convicted rapist Bobby Makaza with a house and a substantial amount of cash during a presidential rally in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, on Saturday.Makaza was sentenced to 16 years in prison by a…

Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Man rapes friend's niece (7)

A 28-YEAR-OLD Muzarabani rapist was on Friday jailed 18 years by Bindura regional magistrate Mr Amos Mbobo after he raped his friend's niece.Tinos Nyamande will however serve 14 years after the magistrate suspended four years on condition …

Published: 16 May 2023 at 19:40hrs | 17 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Wanted SA rapist Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe?

Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe to lay low after escaping from the Mangaung maximum security prison where he allegedly paid R5 million to at least nine prison warders who helped him escape.Bester and his Zimbabwean smugglers w…

Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa marches expose Zanu-PF fights

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is increasingly using parallel structures after some Zanu-PF organs resisted the imposition of his allies ahead of the ruling party's congress, insiders say.Mnangagwa is accused of imposing his ally John Paradz…

Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Serial rapist in court

A KNIFE-WIELDING man who raped and robbed several women in Harare was arraigned before the courts yesterday.The rapist, Bessam Mahosi alias Kudzanai Gwaze Ambewe (37) appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing several rape and robber…

Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Serial rapist jailed 55 years

Bindura based serial rapist Kwaramasa Kwaramasa of Chiwaridzo suburb was sentenced to 55 years by Bindura magistrate Lungile Ncube on six counts of rape today.The magistrate conditionally suspended 10 years Prosecutor Gossy Mudambu to…

Published: 13 May 2021 at 11:48hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura

Midnight 'rapist' nabbed

A 23-YEAR-OLD Bindura man is in hot soup after he allegedly raped a minor at midnight.Kudzanai Chatadza of Saimo, village 2 in Bindura was not asked to plead to the charge by magistrate Tinashe Ndokera.Ndokera remanded him in custody to Ja…

Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 00:09hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole

Police sniffer dogs track down 'rapist'

POLICE sniffer dogs led to the identification of a suspect who allegedly raped a woman in Bulawayo's Pumula South suburb before escaping from the crime scene. The incident occurred on Saturday at about 10PM while the woman was walking home…

Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Man jailed for raping stepdaughter

A 41-YEAR-OLD Bindura rapist was slapped with a 36 year jail term for raping his 10-year-old step daughter by a Bindura magistrate yesterday. The man from Mupandawana village under chief Musana who cannot be named for ethical reasons plead…

Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Suspected rapist freed after police bungle

The trial of a suspected Chikombedzi serial rapist failed to take off at Chiredzi Provincial Magistrate's Court on Tuesday after bungling by the investigating officers led to the accused walking free.It was the State case that the 65-year-…

Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Justice catches up with rapist

A MAN who, in 2014, raped an 11-year-old girl was recently hauled before the courts to answer to two counts of rape and unlawful entry charges after four years on the run.Fightwell Zulu (23) of Chenge Village in Jambezi under Chief Shana h…

Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Rapist father pours hot porridge on pregnant daughter

A RUSAPE man who raped his biological daughter several times recently ran amok and scalded her with hot porridge after she told him that she was pregnant.The victim (17) (name withheld) discovered that she was pregnant in August this year …

Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Rapist pastor takes case to Supreme Court

DISGRACED pastor and founder of Kingdom Rulers International Church in Bulawayo, Greatness Tapfuma (36), who turned a 16-year-old congregant into a sex slave, has approached the Supreme Court challenging the dismissal of his appeal against…

Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

PHOTO: Rapist nabbed trying to rape school girl

Another rapist was arrested in Masvingo yesterday while trying to rape a schoolgirl. Instant justice was matted on him before the police intervened.The incident happened in Lundi, Masvingo.An eyewitness told Bulawayo24 that "Uyu wabatwa ku…

Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 07:01hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Police must tell the truth about the arrested serial rapist

Editor,It's disheartening and bitter to swallow the fact that the police force Masvingo province are claiming that they reacted swiftly to the call by the public that the serial rapist had been apprehended by members of the public.We want …

Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Nkomah Isaac

'That man is my wife,' - rapist inmate tells court

An inmate serving 18 years for murder and rape stunned a packed courtroom with the above statement after he was accused of sodomising a fellow inmate serving 15 years for rape at Khami Maximum Prison.Young Zvidzai (46) allegedly threatened…

Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 12:43hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Rapist stepdad advised to stop drinking alcohol

A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Nyamandlovu was advised to stop drinking alcohol by the magistrate after he told the court that he does not remember raping his six-year-old stepchild because he was too drunk.The man had appeared before Bulawayo mag…

Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 06:54hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter

Rapist throw live frog at magistrate in court

A VILE robber and rapist serving a 20-year sentence yesterday threw a live frog at a magistrate accusing him of being biased against him.(image)Xolisani Nkala (30) is alleged to have raped two women but is denying the charges.He allegedly …

Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Vaseline' rapist arrested

POLICE in Binga have arrested a 44-year-old shopkeeper who allegedly raped his landlord's seven-year-old daughter while her mother was doing laundry outside.The man from Senga area under Chief Sinakome in Binga who is employed as a shopkee…

Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Woman tortures would be rapist

A BRAVE married woman from Binga fought off a rapist who had sneaked into her bedroom hut at midnight by grabbing his manhood until he was weak, a court heard. Mrs Christine Muzamba (21) from Simatelele under Chief Siachilaba allegedly end…

Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 07:03hrs | | by Leonard Ncube

Serial rapist convicted

An unemployed 20-year-old man has been found guilty of four separate counts of rape involving four different women.The Voice reported that repeat offender, Serenyatseng Bikina Garetshele, of Lekobeng cattlepost near Matsitama village in th…

Published: 06 Mar 2016 at 10:51hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwean jailed 10 years for raping woman after handcuffing her

A young Zimbabwean rapist who handcuffed his victims before sexually violating them was on Tuesday slapped with a 10 year jail term and three strokes of the cane.The Voice reported that Xolani Dube, 21, who hails from Chichi, a small villa…

Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 05:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Teen stabbed 5 times while fighting off rapist

A GIRL, 14, is recovering in a Masvingo hospital after she fought off a man trying to rape her. She suffered five stab wounds in the early morning confrontation that happened as she walked alone to school.  Police say the brave juveni…

Published: 24 May 2014 at 08:44hrs | 2 | by Walter Mswazie

Rapist drops trousers, reveals manhood in court

A Bulawayo man who earlier this year asked to be castrated after being sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for rape, yesterday forced the adjournment of his other rape trial when he dropped his  trousers in court feigning mental instab…

Published: 01 May 2014 at 06:11hrs | 1 | by Auxilia Katongomara

Women parliamentarians push for castration of rapists

Women parliamentarians are pushing for severe penalties which include mandatory life sentences or castration for rapists to safeguard the girl child and women from unrepentant rapists.They said it is not enough to sentence rapists to jail …

Published: 19 Mar 2014 at 23:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter

Mugabe want rapists to be castrated

PRESIDENT Mugabe has underscored the need to impose stiffer penalties like castration for rapists as part of measures to curb the vice. He said Government would soon deliberate the issue and explore ways of dealing with the crime which he …

Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 03:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Wanted 'rapist commits suicide' before police could arrest him

A SUSPECTED rapist allegedly committed suicide yesterday morning - just before police could arrest him.The 57-year-old man from Krugersdorp on the West Rand of South Africa, was wanted in connection with the rape of his 14-year-old step-da…

Published: 22 Jun 2012 at 16:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Rapist doctor fails to produce patient's card

THE medical doctor, who allegedly drugged and raped a 21-year-old patient at his surgery, failed to produce the woman's diagnosis card and the drug he administered to her to the police, the court heard yesterday. This came out during the t…

Published: 18 Apr 2012 at 04:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

HIV+ claims fails to scare away rapist

AN ATTEMPT by a Chivi woman to scare off a man who wanted to rape her by telling him that she was HIV positive failed to save her after the suspect allegedly went on to have anal sex with her. The woman sustained multiple lacerations. She …

Published: 29 Mar 2012 at 04:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Female rapist strikes again, police launch a manhunt

Female rapist resurfaced again last Friday, sexually molested a 39-year-old Karoi man in Mashonaland West and police have launched a manhunt for the suspected female rapist. The suspected rapist, who was accompanied by two males, also stol…

Published: 28 Mar 2012 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Altered' victim's account sparks appeal by Zim rapist in Northern Ireland

A CONVICTED Zimbabwe born rapist living in Northern Ireland has had his case referred to the Court of Appeal after claims his victim's statement was altered by the Public Prosecution Service.Tonderai Chakwana convicted at Belfast Crown Cou…

Published: 24 Mar 2012 at 05:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

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