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8 removed from death row

April 3, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Herald Reporter At least eight prisoners, who have been on the death row for periods ranging from 10 to 12 years, this week had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment in line with the recent Presidential clemency order. The eight, who were facing the hangman’s noose, will now spend life in jail. President Mnangagwa recently […]
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Chinese couple still missing

April 3, 2020, 3:03 pm
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Herald Reporter POLICE are appealing for information on the whereabouts of the Chinese couple that went missing in Harare in mid-February. Lei Ding (35) and his wife Chi Lifen (30) disappeared on Valentine’s Day after briefly visiting a friend in Highlands and their car was found abandoned nearby and intact the following day. Their friends […]
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1 900 arrested for defying lockdown

April 5, 2020, 3:10 pm
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MORE than 1 900 have so far been arrested for defying the 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, in the first week.
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3 armed robbers arrested

April 6, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Mashudu Netsianda Bulawayo Bureau Police have arrested three other members of a gang of armed robbers that raided a Chinese-owned mine in Lalapanzi and several houses in Bulawayo, stealing a total of US$20 000, bringing the total arrests to four. MacDonald Tinashe Majaya (35) of Gwabalanda in Bulawayo, Oliver Mhlanga (36) of Hillcrest and Blessing […]
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Wife killer to spend 19 years behind bars

April 6, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter AN Inyathi man, who killed his ex-wife by stabbing her five times with a flip knife as revenge for dumping him, has been jailed for 19 years. Lyton Sibanda (24), who was a herdsman at Felton Farm in the area, was found guilty of murder with constructive intent when he […]
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Cop rapes teenager

April 6, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter A police officer stationed at ZRP Chinamhora in Domboshava has appeared in court facing rape charges after helping a colleague to rape a teenage girl they found with her boyfriend in the bush. Senior Kumadzi (34) was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Ms Barbra Maketo. State […]
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Cable thief jailed for 16 years

April 6, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Mildred Sithole Midlands Reporter A SHURUGWI man has been jailed for an effective 16 years for stealing copper cables worth more than $78 000 at Unki Mine after being caught when he left his employee identity card in a car with the stolen cables as he fled from a police roadblock. Maxwell Ndokanga (39) of […]
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Community service for possessing pangolin

April 6, 2020, 3:02 pm
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Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter A Binga man, who was caught while trying to sell a pangolin for US$1 000, must now do 620 hours of community service at Binga Police Station. Cleopas Dube (38) of Bazingili Village under Chief Siabuwa had pleaded not guilty to possessing a pangolin when he appeared before Binga magistrate […]
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Cops accused of soliciting Covid-19 bribes

April 6, 2020, 3:05 pm
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Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent There have been unconfirmed reports of police officers soliciting bribes at check points while controlling movement during the Covid-19 lockdown. In a tweet, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana said police officers were reportedly soliciting for bribes during the Covid-19 operations, calling them “Risk […]
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AFM leadership row far from over

April 8, 2020, 3:03 pm
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Infighting seems far from over in the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) after deacons from rival groups loyal to Bishop Aspher Madziyire and Reverend Cossam Chiangwa approached the High Court challenging the new church constitution adopted in 2018 since they were denied the right to vote on the proposals.
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Motorists evade checkpoints

April 8, 2020, 3:03 pm
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Motorists are evading police check points and using alternative routes into Harare’s central business district (CBD) where vehicular traffic has significantly increased over the past few days despite the 21-day lockdown meant to curtail the spread of Covid-19.
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Quartet jailed for defying lockdown

April 8, 2020, 3:03 pm
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Four Harare men, who were arrested on Tuesday in Mbare for defying the 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, yesterday appeared in court and were each jailed for three months with the option of paying $500 fines.
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Freed ex-convict murders granny

April 8, 2020, 3:03 pm
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AN ex-convict from Bulilima has been arrested for allegedly fatally assaulting his maternal grandmother using a spade two weeks after being released from prison.
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3 251 netted in police lockdown blitz

April 9, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Herald Reporter A police clampdown on motorists and pedestrians loitering in the country’s cities in violation of lockdown regulations yesterday netted 205 offenders, bringing the total number of people arrested for various misdemeanours since last week to 3 251. Yesterday’s offenders were arrested for violating Statutory Instrument 83 of 2020. Police are seeking to de-congest […]
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Poacher gunned down in shoot-out

April 9, 2020, 3:01 pm
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Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A suspected poacher was killed in a shoot-out with game rangers at Bubye Valley Conservancy, 60 kilometres west of Beitbridge town on Wednesday, while his accomplice escaped with a rifle. The two allegedly killed a male lion, before rangers caught up with them while in the process of killing a black […]
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‘Brutalised’ ex-prisoner seeks justice

April 12, 2020, 3:04 pm
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A former prisoner who suffered a broken arm in an attack at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison has filed a police report that two warders assaulted him after he barged into a cell of a convicted popular businessman who was entertaining a woman while a second report states that it was fellow prisoners who hit him.
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Amnesty beneficiary murdered

April 13, 2020, 3:02 pm
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Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent POLICE have arrested two villagers under Chief Seke on allegations of fatally assaulting a recently released prisoner whom they accused of theft. Bridget Muzadzi (41) and Kudakwashe Nechiva (50), both from Nechiva Village, Seke, were arrested on Sunday on allegations of assaulting Aleck Kaitano (43) who later succumbed to the injuries […]
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Smuggling cigarettes lands man in trouble

April 14, 2020, 4:59 pm
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Herald Reporter A Malawian man has been arrested in Botswana for possession of 84 boxes containing 4 200 cartons of Chele Chele cigarettes suspected to have been smuggled through Zimbabwe. The cigarettes are estimated to be valued at P126 000. The man, who has not been identified, was arrested on Monday by Mogoditshane police. Botswana […]
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RioZim loses court case

April 15, 2020, 3:00 pm
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Business Reporter RIOZIM Limited’s application seeking a contempt of court order against a mining company, Rusununguko Nkululeko, for allegedly defying a judgment by continuing to carry out mining activities on the international conglomerate’s chrome ore claims in Darwendale has been dismissed for lack of merit. The gold mining conglomerate also wanted Rusununguko Nkululeko’s two directors, […]
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‘Report rogue cops to superiors’

April 15, 2020, 3:02 pm
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Victor Maphosa Herald Correspondent PEOPLE aggrieved by the conduct of police enforcing the lockdown measures must report to the authorities for action to be taken, a top police officer has said. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi made the call following social media reports insinuating harassment of citizens by law enforcement agents. Journalists have […]
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