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Socialite's killer gets life sentence
After a long and emotional wait, justice has finally been delivered for the family, friends, and colleagues of Yvonne Mitchell Mafuta, a well-known Mutare hairdresser who was brutally murdered in Janu...Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:57hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean rapist jailed for life in SA horror bush attack
A 32-year-old Zimbabwean man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Pretoria Magistrate's Court for a horrifying 2020 rape and robbery that shocked the South African public and left a female jogg...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:00hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Njani Moyo only accorded liberation hero status
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred Liberation Hero Status on the late veteran of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, Elias Sikholiwe Njani Moyo, who passed away on April 26 at the age of 100....Published: 01 May 2025 at 16:56hrs | 2684 | by Staff reporter
Former Zapu cadre Njani Moyo dies
Elias Sikholiwe Njani Moyo, a revered figure in Zimbabwe's liberation struggle, has passed away at the age of 100. Moyo, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the brutal Rhodesian regime in 1976 f...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:19hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans jailed for killing South African soldier
Four Zimbabwean nationals based in South Africa were on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment by the Pretoria High Court after being convicted of murdering a soldier in 2022.The convicts - Cut...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 08:27hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Three Zimbabweans sentenced to life for brutal murders in South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa - The Pretoria High Court has sentenced three Zimbabwean nationals, Edison Ngamiko (38), Amos Hassan Masiya (38), and Edron Panashe Chisanako (39), to life imprisonment for the ...Published: 30 Sep 2024 at 18:55hrs | 1225 | by Staff Reporter
Midlands is Zimbabwe's murder capital
The Midlands Province has recorded the highest number of murder cases in Zimbabwe, with a staggering 90 percent of these involving the use of lethal weapons, according to the National Prosecution Auth...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 07:55hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Miner sentenced to life for brutal bar attack
A High Court judge, Justice Naison Chivayo, has sentenced a Gweru artisanal miner to life imprisonment for a brutal bar attack in which he used an AK-47 Colombia knife to fatally stab one person and i...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:33hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sentenced to life in jail for murder in SA
A Zimbabwean national, Norest Singage, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Pretoria North Magistrates' Court last week for the murder of a woman during a robbery, with an additional 27 years for...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:32hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
ZPCS defends release of convicted rapist from prison on Mnangagwa's amnesty order
THE ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has justified the release from prison of Bobby Makaza, a convicted rapist, under a recent presidential amnesty order.Makaza, who resides in...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 18:55hrs | 16 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean gets life sentence in SA
A ZIMBABWEAN man, who raped his girlfriend's six-year-old daughter in South Africa, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Tuesday.Peter Kaundura, whose district of origin was not mentioned in ...Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:38hrs | 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...Published: 13 May 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why SA is destination of choice for asylum seekers
CURIOUSLY but not surprisingly, post-apartheid South Africa has turned out to be one of the preferred destinations for political exiles.The country has played host to many prominent political ...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Dr Sizo Nkala
Double life sentence for Zimbabwean prophet who raped women and then tied them to trees
A 50-year-old Zimbabwean ‘priest', who used his position of trust to lure women to secluded spots where he raped them and then tied them to a tree, has been removed from society.The North We...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mandatory 15-year jail terms for rapists
Those convicted of rape or aggravated indecent assault will soon face minimum mandatory 15-year jail terms under proposed amendments to the criminal code set to be enacted to arrest the rising number ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among SA prison break trio
Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for three prisoners who escaped from police holding cells this week.The detainees escaped from police in Tshamutumbu outside Thohoyandou in the early hou...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We'll get him dead or alive': Reid's Mpiranya trail to Zimbabwe
A BESPECTACLED white man of medium height probably in his early 60s walks into the hotel restaurant where I am seated outside on patio couches basking in the sunshine while surfing social media platfo...Published: 22 May 2022 at 11:20hrs | 28 | by Dumisani Muleya
3 Zimbabweans to spend life in SA prison
THREE Zimbabweans have been sentenced to life in jail for killing a commercial farmer in South Africa's Limpopo province.Advocate Nketheni Munyai called for stiffer penalties on those who murd...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
What Rwanda did to bring real reconciliation after brutal genocide is exactly what Zimbabwe refuses to do
The international community today, commemorates the beginning of one of the darkest, most horrific, and barbaric incidents in world history - the Rwanda genocide of April 7 to July 15, 1994, in which ...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Dr. Ralph Mguni: my Mentor, my Teacher
His proud self is still intact. He has never been different at any time and space. We should accept that the Nguni people are known for their high self-esteem are a proud people. In the interview he m...Published: 02 May 2021 at 17:13hrs | 10 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mapfumo calls for UN intervention in Zimbabwe
CELEBRATED United States- based Zimbabwean Chimurenga musician and human rights activist, Thomas Mapfumo, has appealed to the international community to immediately intervene and stop what he calls an...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ANC's long fight for SA democracy inspiration for Zimbabweans never to give up on struggle for freedom
The African National Congress (ANC) yesterday celebrated its 109th anniversary - being the oldest political party on the continent - yet, the fact that South Africa was the last country to attain its ...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 10:30hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zim govt preparedness for Chalane proves was negligent with Cyclone Idai and should be held responsible for deaths
There is a popular local adage, "Mhosva hairovi" - which, loosely translated means that no crime goes unanswerable - that I keep hearing in my mind, as I watch, with amazement, the seemingly swift res...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ex-convicts sentenced to life in jail
TWO Bulawayo ex-convicts, who robbed an elderly man of his cellphone and clothes before they killed and dumped his naked body in a bushy area, were on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail.Perfe...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Malawi businessman kills pregnant Zimbabwean lover
THE Malawi High Court sitting in the neighbouring country's old capital city, Zomba, has sentenced to life imprisonment, businessman Misozi Chanthunya for murdering his Zimbabwean girlfriend Linda Gas...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murder victim's body rots in mortuary 2 years on
THE decapitated body of a mentally-challenged man, believed to have been killed in a ritual murder two years ago, is still stuck at Gwanda mortuary and in an advanced state of decomposition, while the...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inmate rapes, murders prison officer
A GURUVE man raped and grisly murdered a female prison officer before stealing her vehicle at a workshop.Stancelus Mashayamombe, 34, committed the heinous offence when he was left with six mon...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved convict
A SEX-STARVED convict is hoping that he will marry a new wife when he is freed from prison.Meck Nyakatende, who has been abandoned by five women he was customarily married to, said one of his ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inmate tells wife to move on
A 54-YEAR OLD convict who was sentenced to life in prison is hoping that his wife would find a new husband and move on with her life.John Vhera, who has been behind bars for the past 19 years,...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Prisoner congratulates Mnangagwa
A prisoner at Chikurubi Maximum Prison has congratulated President ED Mnangagwa for winning the Presidential elections.Forty two-year-old Jacob Harineki has been in prison since 1998 and was s...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Life in jail for security guard killers
TWO men from Bulawayo who were part of a three-man gang that attacked a security guard manning a city flea market and tied his hands, legs and neck using a wire coat hanger before strangling him to de...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Life in jail for robber
ONE of the three suspects who were captured on closed circuit television (CCTV) while killing and robbing a security guard at a company in Bulawayo's Thorngrove industrial area, was yesterday sentence...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Mengistu now Chiwenga's special VP advisor
COLOGNE- Exiled and fallen Ethiopian autarch, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who is thought to have had an invisible hand in last November's Operation Restore Legacy, which was launched by the military to ous...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 05:50hrs | 7 | by Itai Mushekwe
Chamisa at 40 is ready to lead
Great statesman in the history lead at the age of 40. Martin Luther King was assassinated aged 39 but he had already fought against white oppression in the United States of America with his vision sti...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Trust Mukamba
Winnie Mandela dies
Nomzamo Winifred Madikizela-Mandela‚ a stalwart in the fight against apartheid‚ has died at the age of 81.Her PA‚ Zodwa Zwane‚ confirmed the struggle veteran's death on Monday afte...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 15:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'I was 19 when I killed'
AFTER spending a decade in prison, a Kwekwe woman has been given a new lease of life.Shylet Sibanda (32) had been confined to the walls of prison for what would appear to be the rest of her li...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reverses sentence for prisoners sentenced to death
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commuted prison sentence to life for inmates who have stayed on the death row for over 10 years.Announcing the amnesty, Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Servi...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 14:58hrs | | by Simiso Mlevu
Gukurahundi: Walking in the deathly shadows of Kigali and Banjul
Should the architects of the Gukurahundi atrocities committed in Matabeleland and Midlands face legal action in an independent court of law convened in Zimbabwe, Africa or abroad? On May 30, 2016, His...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 15:19hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Life in jail for 4 sisters killer
A MAN who killed four Gokwe sisters after torching a hut they were sleeping in has been sentenced to life in prison.Dingilizwe Dube (39) of Gayela Village under Chief Madliwa's area in Nkayi d...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to protect Mengistu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration ha no plans extradite former Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam.This is in spite of renewed pressure from the opposition and the civil soci...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 07:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe must be prosecuted for genocide
The immunity in question (granted to Mugabe), to all Zimbabweans, is for Mugabe not to be prosecuted for corruption and misuse of state funds. Because accordingly, the government must forfeit all his ...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Njabulo
Jonathan Moyo's G40 and the lessons of history
Anyone with a sense of history would have known that the end was going to be bad for the manipulative, greedy, immoral and power hungry cabalSomeone has just remarked - beautifully – that th...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
China's 'Gang of Four' tale replays in Zimbabwe
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe's political career bears a striking resemblance to that of the "Gang of Four" which consisted of China's former chairman Mao Tse Tung's fourth wife, Jiang Qing and her allies, ...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's death penalty utterances uncalled for
Mugabe's call for reconsideration of the death is unwarranted and a reflection of someone who is not in sync with the world we live in.The People's Democratic Party is concerned with such reck...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 12:17hrs | 2 | by Jacob Mafume, PDP Spokesperson
Mandela was not perfect, but he was not a sellout
'I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and a free society in which all persons will live together in harmony wi...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 21:09hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo
International law and diplomatic immunity
Following the public display of hooliganism in a foreign land by our beloved First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe, debate has been raging on whether First ladies are included in the "diplomatic immunity doctri...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Mphoko wants death penalty for graft
Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has called for sweeping law reforms which impose stiffer penalties such as cutting hands and shooting people tried and found guilty of corruption.Mphoko's cal...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Life in prison for AK47 killer robber
ONE of the two armed robbers who stole AK47 rifles from ZimParks before raiding a bottlestore in Bulawayo's Kensington suburb where they shot dead a patron and went away with R800 and a consignment of...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
White supremacist stripped of his South African citizenship
South Africa's government has stripped white supremacist Janusz Walus, who assassinated anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani in 1993, of his citizenship, his lawyer has said.The lawyer made the disc...Published: 30 May 2017 at 16:47hrs | 1 | by BBC
Gardener fatally assaulting boss
A BULAWAYO gardener who fatally hit his 86-year-old employer with a metal bar on the head when she fired him and then stole the deceased's money, laptop and cellphone before skipping the border, has b...Published: 17 May 2017 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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