Sinokubonga Nkala sinokubongapnkala@gmail.com A 23-year-old man has been handed an eight-year prison sentence for a brazen robbery in Beitbridge, where he brutally stabbed his victim and made off with two stolen cellphones. On November 10, 2024, Gerald Gumbodete launched a brutal attack on Avant Mugweva in Beitbridge, inflicting five stab wounds with an okapi knife. […] …
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Monthly Archives: January 2025
Man caged 15 years for raping prison inmate
Sinokubonga Nkala sinokubongapnkala@gmail.com A 39-year-old man has been slapped with a 15-year prison sentence after raping a fellow inmate at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison while he was asleep. In statement on X, the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) said: “The court heard how the convict raped a fellow inmate (36) on 29 October 2024, […] …
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Chinese mine supervisor faces gun charges after pulling weapon on worker
Police say Zimbabwean employee also charged after knifing Chinese man in the leg
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Kirsty Coventry aims to challenge ‘status quo’ at International Olympic Committee
Zimbabwe’s most successful athlete aims to become IOC’s first female president
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Thousands uprooted as Congo M23 rebels near Goma in major advance
Rebels never managed to gain this much ground during previous offensives in 2012 and 2013
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Mnangagwa’s farm title deeds unbankable and worthless, says SADC Tribunal Rights Watch
Ex-farmer, rights defender warns of violation of international law by government
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‘We are waging an existential war’: M23’s Bertrand Bisimwa on DRC conflict
‘The logic of war dictates that when you have supremacy over the other, you take the space from which they were shooting at you’
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Court dismisses Magaya challenge against ZIFA election ban
Judge says appeal lacks merit
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Zimbabwe braces for economic pressures from US policies under Trump
Finance minister mulls taxation as stop-gap measure to plug looming aid deficit
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Street dweller dragged to court over Harare man’s murder
Suspect and accomplices wrestled victim to the ground in midnight robbery. court told
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