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Zebra Kiss gang appears in court
Six employees of long-distance bus operator Zebra Kiss appeared before the Mbare Magistrates' Court on Tuesday facing assault and theft charges after allegedly launching a vicious attack on a female p...Published: 11 Jun 2025 at 09:08hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police intensifies manhunt for fugitive cop
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed it is actively pursuing Constable Prince Ndavambi, who is on the run following the death of 30-year-old Blessed Believe Juruvenge from Damafalls, amid ...Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 18:06hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Cop flogs suspect to death at station
A Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer stationed at Ruwa, Constable Prince Ndavambi (Force Number 078641D), is at the centre of a serious investigation after allegedly beating a suspect, Blessed Bel...Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:06hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults mother over witchcraft allegations
A 43-year-old man from Chief Tshitshi's area in Plumtree has been sentenced to 210 hours of community service after he was convicted of physically abusing his mother, whom he accused of witchcraft....Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:08hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Man drowns at Hillside Dams
The Bulawayo Fire Brigade successfully recovered the body of a man believed to have drowned at Hillside Dams yesterday morning, in what is suspected to have been a religious ceremony.The decea...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:11hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults neighbour over donkey cart
A man from Umguza has been fined US$300 after being found guilty of assaulting a neighbor during a dispute over an overloaded donkey cart.Clement Ncube (34) appeared before Bulawayo Magistrate...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 16:11hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Mutare Museum displays lightning making tools
The Mutare Museum holds many captivating exhibits, but few are as mystifying as the "mheni" or "umbane" (lightning) collection. These objects, reportedly used in the summoning of lightning for retribu...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 14:37hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 20 years for brutal murder of wife
A Mt Darwin man, Wellington Gwashure, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the vicious murder of his wife, Eustina Mutiwekuziva, following a domestic dispute that stemmed from his infidelity....Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 06:40hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Woman retaliates, strikes hubby to death
A 57-year-old woman from Shamva is in trouble after allegedly killing her husband following a dispute over an inverter.Esther Bwanause is assisting police with investigations after reportedly ...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:40hrs | 414 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CIO faces kidnap charges
A member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Cleopas Charuka (34), has appeared in court facing serious charges of kidnapping and armed robbery. Charuka made his appearance at the Harare M...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:59hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Vendors sjambok municipal police officers
Last week, two Harare municipal police officers were hospitalized at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after being assaulted with wooden sticks and sjamboks by vendors in the central business district....Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CCC MP's assault trial in false start
THE trial of recalled former CCC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara Constituency Munyaradzi Febion Kufahakutizwi on malicious damage to property and assault failed to kick off yesterday because the witness was una...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sex worker bashed at client's house
A Plumtree based commercial sex worker is regretting visiting a client's house after she was severely bashed by the client's wife.Prisc...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Recalled CCC legislator in court for assault
Recalled former CCC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara constituency, Munyaradzi Febion Kufahakutizwi, appeared in court yesterday facing separate charges of malicious damage to property and assault after he allege...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman assaulted for ending affair
A Plumtree woman was on Friday assaulted by her boyfriend for deciding to end their love affair.The move did not go down well with Darlington Moyo (34), of Kalanga farm in Plumtree who alleged...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 14:54hrs | 4 | by Desmond Nleya
Father kills daughter (7) for soiling herself
A 29-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man is in soup after he allegedly assaulted his daughter to death after she assaulted her for soiling herself.Tinashe John is assisting police with investigations followin...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 19:36hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman stones 2 daughters to death
A mother in Masvingo teamed up with her brother to stone her daughters aged two and five to death.This was after Modina Mavhunga (28) and Clever Mavhunga (35) had assaulted their father accusi...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bashes 'wife's lover' to death
Mekeleni Gumbi, a forty-year-old man from Fort Rixon Leachdale Farm was found dead earlier this week following a suspected marital affair with Phumulani Nyathi's wife. Nyathi (25) has since turned int...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo.
Electrical cable thief bashed to death
A suspected electrical cable thief from Budiriro, Harare was fatally assaulted by four men at Mukaradzi mining site in Mount Darwin yesterday....Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 16:42hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mount Darwin
Zanu-PF member dies as mob burns Mupedzanhamo
A Zanu-PF member died following violent clashes that were triggered by alleged opposition CCC space barons at the popular Mupedzanhamo Market in Harare which was also partly burnt by the rioting mob....Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
King Lobengula's most trusted chieftaincy seeks reinstatement
EARLY on Sunday morning last week, Mr Minus Mabhena made his way to the back of the Maphungo homestead in Nkayi's Sikopo area, in Matabeleland North province and stood on what looked like an anthill....Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Botswana jails Zimbabwe pensioner for shooting fisherman
A 72-YEAR-OLD Zimbabwean pensioner, Ian Douglas Carlisle, has been jailed one year in Botswana for shooting a fisherman whom he found fishing in a river at his farm.The shooting incident occur...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Villager bashes neighbour over a hoe
A 42-YEAR-OLD villager was slapped with a one year jail term by Mutoko magistrate Rumbidzai Mhandu for assaulting his neighbour over a hoe dispute....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 02:16hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Teenager attacks grandmother with wooden stick
An 18 YEAR-OLD Mudzi who assaulted his grandmother with a wooden stick was arraigned before Mutoko magistrate last week....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 02:14hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
CCC activists leave trail of destruction in Chitungwiza
MORE than 20 families are now homeless, businesses are still counting losses and schools have been shut down after CCC activists went on a rampage in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza on Tuesday night...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
School teacher in the dock for assaulting student
A LOCAL Primary school teacher, Progress Ziweya, Wednesday appeared in court after she allegedly assaulted her nine-year-old student before expelling her from the school.Ziweya (38) appeared b...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man pretends to be census enumerator, busted with married woman
THEY say desperate times call for desperate measures.It couldn't be truer for a man from St Peter's area near Old Pumula suburb in Bulawayo who pretended to be a census enumerator after he was...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Top banker beaten by wife
FORMER ZB Financial Holdings Chief Executive, Ronald Mutandagayi (59), claims he was heavily assaulted by his 48-year-old wife, Loveness.The banker Tuesday dragged Loveness to court, als...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 Batswanas involved in murder and stocktheft in Guyu
The Zimbabwe Republic Police have said they are investigating cases of murder, kidnapping, malicious damage to property, assault, stocktheft and unlawful entry into premises and theft which occurred i...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 17:35hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Villagers in court for assaulting village head
THREE Mudzi villagers were arraigned before Mutoko magistrates courts yesterday after they assaulted their 84 -year-old village head with wooden sti...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 21:57hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Jilted woman teams up with sister-in-law to kill hubby
POLICE have arrested a vengeful Zvimba woman and her sister-in-law who teamed up to assault her husband at the height of a domestic dispute.The pair of Rona Zvimba (31) and Angeline Chinyere (...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mudzi women jailed over boyfriend
TWO Mudzi women were slapped with six months jail term on Friday by Mutoko magistrate Elijah Sibanda after they bashed a villager accusing her...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 20:11hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
16-year-old kills three
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over a spate of murder cases involving minors after a 16-year-old boy from Beitbridge ran amok and killed his relative and her two children....Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Give Mnangagwa tsvimbo (sceptre) or else..?
No amount concrete on Mugabe's grave or temper proof installed on his coffin will stop ritualist Mnangagwa from digging up Mugabe's remains. According to Mugabe's nephew Leo Mugabe, Emmerson M...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 15:23hrs | 3 | by Israel Dube
Man burns own children with plastics
Police have arrested a 31-year-old man in Madziva, Mashonaland Central province, on allegations of ill-treating his children aged six, seven and nine after accusing them of eating boiled mealies....Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man killed after being caught with another man's wife
A suspected adulterous man from Mvuma was killed by his lover's husband after being caught in the act in the woman's matrimonial home, police have confirmed.Midlands Police Spokesperson Inspec...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Police raise red flag over beer binges killings
POLICE have expressed concern over escalation of murder cases emanating from disputes at beer outlets.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed cases of murder ...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man (27) nabbed for stock theft and assault
A 27-YEAR-OLD Concession man was arraigned before Concession magistrate Nixon Mangoti for allegedly stealing a she goat before assaulting the ownerLangton Victor Kwafaera pleaded not guilt...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Cowdray Park girl forced to walk home undressed
A WOMAN from Bulawayo has been sentenced to an effective six months in prison for assaulting and ordering her son's girlfriend to walk undressed on the street after she found the two lovers in the sch...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jealous woman assaults neighbour
A JEALOUS 20-year-old Mutare woman was yesterday jailed 20 days after she assaulted a neighbour on allegations of snatching her husband.Samandla Sibanda from Mutare appeared before magistrate ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance's orgy of violence
Around 8am on Tuesday, Lewis Marimo (not his real name) dodges a pelt of stones as he navigates a makeshift barricade at the intersection of High Glen Road and First Street near Kuwadzana, Harare....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Masendeke nabbed for murder
EDWARD Masendeke, who has been on the run since 2013 in connection with a murder case committed at a bar in Mbizo in Kwekwe has been arrested.Masendeke (40) was arrested by police detectives a...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cheeky panner breaks colleague's hand over hammer
A 37-YEAR-OLD Mazowe artisanal miner has been sentenced to seven months in prison by Concession resident magistrate Ruth Moyo for breaking a colleague's hand, accusing him of stealing a hammer....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bashes, stabs neighbour who once beat him up a long time ago
A man from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South is in trouble after he attacked his neighbour with wooden stick and stabbed him accusing him of having beaten him long back ago.This was heard by th...Published: 17 Aug 2017 at 13:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Silobela man beats teen daughter to death for having a boyfriend
A 42-YEAR-OLD Silobela man is on the run after he allegedly beat his 15-year-old daughter to death after accusing her of having a boyfriend.Acting Midlands province police spokesperson Assista...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gang slashes love rivals back
Five Chitungwiza women appeared in court yesterday accused of assaulting and slashing the back of a 21-year-old woman with a razor blade for having an adulterous affair with a colleague's husband....Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man 'kills' wife for refusing to leave shebeen
A 48-year-old Harare man has been dragged to court for allegedly bashing his wife to death after she refused to leave a shebeen following a drinking binge.Black Zondiwa Mayowa, of Marimba, app...Published: 27 May 2017 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Terror at Grace Mugabe's farm
For a while Tapiwa Daisi believed he would breathe his last on April 7.It was the day a group of armed plain-clothed and uniformed police officers descended on Arnold Farm in Mazowe....Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:16hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Woman scalds landlady with boiling water in 'love wrangle'
A Bulawayo woman recently scalded her landlady with boiling water in a suspected love triangle.Residents alleged the two had a fallout over an unnamed man, while the victim, Ms Lorraine Dl...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'ZimPF implosion was death of my dream,' says Mufuka - not quite Professor, not yet!
"The implosion of ZPF marks the death of my dream," lamented Professor Ken Mufuka in the Fingaz."Without an alternative to ZANU-PF, the economy will continue on its predatory path; serving onl...Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 06:09hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
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