Mayor escapes penalty after sentence wholly suspended on condition
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Zimbabwe arrests 9,527 in 5 months in drugs crackdown, cabinet told
616 of those arrested were drug suppliers while 8,911 were end-users
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Curran hits maiden ton as Zimbabwe clinch Ireland ODI series
‘I have sensed for some time that we were going to put on a performance like this’
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Did our freedom fighters go to war for a shack, borehole, and solar panel?
Source: Did our freedom fighters go to war for a shack, borehole, and solar panel? Forty-five years after Zimbabwe attained independence, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has suddenly launched a flurry of so-called “presidential schemes” targeted at veterans of the liberation struggle. Tendai Ruben Mbofana In just a matter of weeks, a $1.5 million “Presidential War […]
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Two-year-old boy vanishes in Bulawayo, family and police launch search
Sidumisile Mabena, sidumisile77mabena@gmail.com A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy’s disappearance has sparked a frantic search in Bulawayo, after he vanished while playing outside his home on 26 January 2025. Meluleki Junior Nkiwane, a toddler from Dankirk Farm along Solusi Road was playing outside with other minors when he went missing, leaving his family and authorities searching for answers. […] …
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Herd boy jailed 18 years for raping neighbour’s child
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau A 25-year-old man employed as a herd boy in the Tshinvhazwimi area under Chief Tshitaudze in Beitbridge was on Friday jailed for an effective 15 for raping a form two pupil (aged 15) who had been left in his custody on New Year’s Eve. Mickson Ncube was arrested after raping the […] …
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Abandoned fish pond claims two children’s lives
Diana Baloyi Moyo, Online Reporter IN a tragic incident, two children—a four-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl—died after drowning in a neglected fish pond at Madubeko Village in Mataga, Mberengwa, on Saturday. According to a statement posted on X by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the victims were collecting nyii fruits at an abandoned homestead in […] …
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Bulawayo man caged 20 years for raping mentally unstable daughter
Sinokubonga Nkala sinokubongapnkala@gmail.com A Bulawayo court has handed down a hefty 20-year prison sentence to a 61-year-old man from Upper Rangemore, convicted of the heinous crime of raping his stepdaughter, who suffers from mental instability. Allegations surfaced that on November 21, 2024, at approximately 3PM, the accused committed a serious offense by engaging in sexual […] …
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Men outnumber females in borrowing money – RBZ
Nqobile Bhebhe A Credit Registry database has revealed that men overwhelmingly outnumber women across nearly all eligible age groups seeking loans from financial institutions. The Credit Registry, which went live in 2017, addresses Zimbabwe’s ease of doing business deficiencies relating to getting credit and explores two sets of issues, strength of credit reporting systems and […] …
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Man murders wife, uncle and cousin and buries bodies in rubbish pit
Hurungwe villagers make grim find during search for missing trio
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