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Masvingo crime spree suspect arrested in Ngundu
Police have arrested a 29-year-old man believed to be the mastermind behind a wave of violent crimes that have terrorised communities across Masvingo Province since last year.Tafadzwa Janyure ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 66 | by Staff reporter
Zumra to appeal 'unfair' conviction
The Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA) has announced plans to appeal the fraud conviction of its Executive Director, Polisile Ncube Chimhini, describing the ruling as "unjust" and based on mis...Published: 5 hrs ago | 62 | by Staff reporter
Zimura boss convicted of fraud
The Executive Director of the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA), Polisile Ncube, has been convicted of fraud following a court appearance in Harare today. She was remanded in custody and is e...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 17:16hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Dr Guramatunhu loses money in cryptocurrency scam
Renowned ophthalmologist Dr Solomon Guramatunhu has reportedly lost more than US$583,000 in a cryptocurrency scam allegedly orchestrated by a business associate and her husband, a Harare court heard y...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 15:20hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Woman pours acid on love rival
A 29-year-old woman from Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South, has admitted to assaulting her friend by pouring acid on her, after accusing her of having an affair with her husband, a court heard on Tuesday...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cell verification attendance plummets
The ruling Zanu-PF party is facing growing signs of waning popularity in Mashonaland West, with low turnout reported in several districts during an ongoing cell verification exercise - a key process a...Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 09:00hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders return of US$78,000 seized in abandoned theft case
The High Court has overturned a magistrate's decision to withhold US$78,000 seized from two men previously accused of theft, ruling that the funds were unlawfully kept in police custody after the case...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 09:02hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Employee brutally attacked by Chinese over NSSA injury claim
An employee at Chinese-operated Huaman Investments (Private) Limited has accused company management of violently assaulting him and fellow workers after they sought assistance from the National Social...Published: 22 Jun 2025 at 09:10hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests opposition MP for 'illegal' land occupation
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested Patrick Sagandira, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament for Makoni Central, on allegations of unlawfully occupying a...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:47hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
UZ employee in trouble for possessing ivory
A University of Zimbabwe employee from the Clinical Trials Test Research department, Bloodshow Kopa (45), was yesterday brought before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo, facing charges of illegal possession...Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 09:46hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe woman sells infant via Facebook
A 27-year-old woman from Bulawayo, Christable Muringani, appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande on Wednesday facing charges of human trafficking after allegedly selling her newborn bab...Published: 20 Jun 2025 at 06:20hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Journalist acquitted of extortion charges
Freelance Journalist Simbarashe Sithole was on Thursday afternoon acquitted of extortion charges at the Harare Magistrate Court.After a full trial, Magistrate Rufaro Panavanhu ruled that the s...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 18:03hrs | 340 | by Paul Ndou
Mzembi welcome to rejoin Zanu-PF
The ruling Zanu-PF party has expressed willingness to readmit former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi, currently in custody, should he choose to rejoin and fulfill all party requirements....Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:19hrs | 2223 | by Staff reporter
ECD teacher sucks pupils' blood
A 51-year-old Early Childhood Development (ECD) teacher from Bikita, Masvingo province, has appeared before Masvingo Regional Magistrates Court charged with assault after being accused of sucking bloo...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:46hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Vapostori invest in US$2m concrete plant
The US$2 million investment by Taguta Stone Crushers in Mutare's construction materials sector, alongside significant agricultural and educational ventures by the Johane Marange Apostolic Church natio...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:41hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF, A reminder that roles can change, and the law applies to all
One reality continues to echo loud and clear, positions of power are not permanent and the law does not discriminate. The incarceration of former Foreign Affairs Minister Walter Mzembi is a typical ex...Published: 15 Jun 2025 at 12:43hrs | 891 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Man bashes young brother to death
MATOBO - Blinded by love and unable to stand the sight of his younger brother's right to life over suspicious involvement towards a previous divorce with his former wife, lands Xolani Dube (36) in cus...Published: 14 Jun 2025 at 20:34hrs | 1838 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Kezi
Democracy under siege
Zimbabwe's democratic space faces significant challenges, rooted in decades of authoritarian rule by the ZANU-PF party, which has governed since 1980.President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in power...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 14:18hrs | 604 | by Leonard Koni
Karoro claims Zanu-PF rivals targeting him for successive election defeats
Former Deputy Minister of Agriculture Douglas Karoro has accused political rivals Takesure Chikwamba and Charles Mutukudzi of orchestrating allegations that he stole fertiliser from the Grain Marketin...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:52hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Man (50) rapes drunk neighbour
A 50-YEAR-OLD Mukumbura man was dragged to Bindura regional court after he allegedly raped his drunk neighbour at night.Leonard Mafuta was remanded in custody by Magistrate Amos Mbobo....Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 20:45hrs | 2887 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Chimombe, Mpofu charges dropped
The State has withdrawn fraud charges against businessman Moses Mpofu and ZANU PF central committee member Mike Chimombe in a case involving an allegedly corrupt lighting tender awarded by the Harare ...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 12:52hrs | 2841 | by Staff reporter
ZACC arrests three council officials over illegal land deal
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested three senior officials from the Rusape Town Council in connection with a controversial and allegedly unlawful land lease deal involving a pr...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 17:18hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes, infects with HIV, and forcefully marry 17 year old girl
A 25-year-old man from Epworth, who allegedly sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, before forcing her into marriage, has appeared in court on charges of rape.It is alleged that the accused i...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 13:02hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Unchecked development eats up wetlands in Harare
What was once a lush expanse of fig trees, wildflowers, butterflies, and vibrant birdlife is now a patch of disturbed land under threat from bulldozers and concrete mixers. The Borrowdale wetland, nes...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 12:38hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner sodomizes colleague
A Mazowe prisoner is in trouble after he was dragged to Bindura regional magistrates courts facing four counts of indecent assault.Godfrey Kamupeperere (37) appeared before magistrate Elisha S...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 18:45hrs | 902 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Chimombe, Mpofu's defence object to tendering of new documents
Lawyers representing businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe on Thursday protested in court after the prosecution attempted to introduce a crucial document in the ongoing trial over a controversial ...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 18:31hrs | 739 | by Staff reporter
ECD teacher in court over drowning incident
A 50-year-old Early Childhood Development (ECD) teacher from Harare has appeared before the Magistrates' Court facing charges of culpable homicide following the drowning of a three-year-old pupil at S...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 14:46hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Police officer up for stock theft
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Plumtree is in soup after he allegedly connived with another villager to steal and sell a bull....Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 13:29hrs | 524 | by Simbarashe Sithole
South Africans languish in Zimbabwe prisons
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission has told IOL that scores of South African nationals are languishing in Zimbabwe's Harare Remand Prison, awaiting deportation, after they were arrested for breachin...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:33hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Rogue cop remanded over shocking murder of rape victim
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer accused of facilitating the cold-blooded murder of a rape complainant by handing her over to her alleged attacker has been remanded in custody alongside his co...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:16hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zim man assaults cheating wife in Botswana
A jealous husband is in trouble after he allegedly assaulted his wife with stones and fists, accusing her of infidelity.Moses Nkomo (28) allegedly bashed Kelebetsi Sibanda (29) on their way fr...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 22:06hrs | 1752 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree
Judge interviews: Why worthy legal minds will not offer themselves for the bench
LIKE most lawyers who heavily litigate, I followed the recently ended interviews from which it is hoped eight Labour Court judges will be appointed.As the interviews progressed, I became incre...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 14:46hrs | 995 | by Beatrice Mtetwa
Beatrice Mtetwa slams CJ Malaba
Renowned human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has sharply criticised Chief Justice Luke Malaba and other members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) over what she describes as the "haranguing, hum...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 14:42hrs | 2924 | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested over violent voice on chat group
A 27-year-old woman from Kadoma, Vernah Madhlangove, has been remanded in custody after allegedly using WhatsApp to incite public violence in her community.Madhlangove appeared before the Kado...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 12:00hrs | 1490 | by Staff reporter
Manager up for stealing employer's cash
A 42-year-old manager at Lingwale Enterprises in Plumtree, Sipho Ndlovu, has been arrested and dragged before the courts for allegedly embezzling over R621,000 from his employer in a sophisticated sch...Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 10:10hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Harare remand prison a haven for drugs and corruption
Despite being guarded round the clock, Harare Remand Prison has become a notorious hub for drugs, smuggling, and illicit trading, activities abetted by some of the very guards assigned to enforce orde...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:27hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Trio in soup for stealing city council property
Three men appeared before Mutare Magistrates Court charged with multiple counts of theft and unlawful entry involving property belonging to Mutare City Council.Tinashe Makonese, 22, together w...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:51hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Security guards up for contempt of court
Two security guards, Daniel Moyana and Selinah Moyana, have been arrested and charged with contempt of court after allegedly breaching a High Court order by forcibly halting operations at a quarry min...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:50hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Usher caught on CCTV stealing Ministry camera at high level conference
A 23-year-old man who was performing ushering duties during a high-level government conference in Victoria Falls has been arrested and appeared in court after being caught on CCTV stealing a high-end ...Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:40hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Businessman in hot water over forged documents in ZPC tender deal
A local businessman is facing criminal charges after allegedly using forged documents to land a lucrative Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) contract, in a scandal that has drawn the attention of the Zimbab...Published: 30 May 2025 at 12:06hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
Man seizes cop's gun during land dispute
A Ruwa man appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court on Thursday facing charges of public violence following a chaotic land dispute at Cloverdale Farm earlier this month.The accused, Garika...Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:54hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
2022 Mnangagwa insult case resurrected
The State last week charged the brother of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) leader Mqondisi Moyo with insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2022, a move the party says is politically motivated and s...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:36hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Duo appears in court for illegal diamond deal
Two men appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs. Ethel Chichera on Tuesday, accused of attempting to sell diamonds without the required licence.Stanley Zhanda (55) from Norton and Wellington Muk...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:43hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
ZHRC concerned over prolonged stays in prisons
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC), in line with its Constitutional mandate, conducted a human rights monitoring visit to Harare Remand Prison on April 29, amid concerns over the prolonged de...Published: 27 May 2025 at 20:41hrs | 295 | by Stephen Jakes
Celebrating 10 years of selective activism and ticking boxes!
It pains me when I find myself critiquing Zimbabwean women, especially organisations that want bring change in our broken-down system of fighting gender violence. Sometimes I find it inappropriate to ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 22:15hrs | 653 | by Nomazulu Thata
Rapist dozes off at crime scene
A 22-year-old man, Thabisani Moyo, appeared before Plumtree magistrate Mark Dzira on Friday, accused of raping an 18-year-old woman and reportedly sleeping at the crime scene shortly after the assault...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:18hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Female cop up for ivory possession
A female police officer stationed at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Chinhoyi Central has appeared in the Harare Magistrates' Court facing charges of illegal possession of ivory. Gilda Chaziva, 38,...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:16hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Nyokayemabhunu case in dramatic twist
The extradition case of Zimbabwean activist and outspoken government critic Wellington Masiwa, known as Nyokayemabhunu, took a dramatic and politically charged turn last week at the Randburg Magistrat...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:10hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Court officials arrested for extortion
The prosecutor at Mutasa Magistrate Court, Shephard Chavarika, along with two police officers stationed at Mutasa Police Station, Liberty Tivafukidze and Sencia Masase, have been arrested and charged ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:01hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Pumula man arrested with 6kg Ivory in broad daylight bust
A 30-year-old man from Pumula South, Blessed Matibenga, is facing serious charges after he was allegedly caught red-handed attempting to peddle a 6kg chunk of elephant ivory in broad daylight -&...Published: 26 May 2025 at 07:57hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
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