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Traffickers leave 40 locals stranded in Sierra Leone

Herald Reporter MORE than 40 Zimbabweans are reportedly stranded in Sierra Leone after falling victim to a human trafficking syndicate, built around a local company working with a foreign outfit that...

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Man sneaks on neighbour, rapes her at knifepoint, jailed 15 years

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A 36-year-old man from the Musane area under Chief Tshitaudze in Beitbridge has been jailed for an effective 15 years for sneaking into a neighbour’s homestead and...

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Youthful robbers face more charges

Crime Reporter THREE young suspected robbers aged between 18 and 22,  accused of committing a spate of carjacking cases in Bulawayo and Gwanda, are facing a murder charge and 10 more armed robbery...

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Man loses US$92 000 in stand deal

Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent Shadreck Dzapasi of Norton and Steady Munyoro from Chitungwiza, have appeared in court, accused of defrauding a man of US$92 000 in a fraudulent residential stand...

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Company manager in court for rape

Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent A SENIOR manager at Old Mutual, Musa Nyasha Dube Manyika (41), has appeared in court facing charges of raping a 23-year-old female student who was on attachment...

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Madzibaba Ishmael’s ruling for discharge set for December 9

Nyore Madzianike Norton Magistrate Mrs Christine Nyandoro has set December 9 as the ruling date for Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa’s application for discharge at the State’s case. Madzibaba Ishmael is...

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Murehwa women (20) arrested for dumping still born baby

Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Bureau A Murehwa woman (20) has been arrested for dumping her still born baby in a blair toilet. The incident occurred on November 26, 2024, in Murehwa. National police...

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Ex-Shamva Mine employee charged with US$17000 fraud

Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A former Shamva Mine employee has appeared in court facing allegations of fraud involving US$17 000. Fastino Ngoma was remanded in custody until Thursday for bail...

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Chimombe, Mpofu bid to refer their case to ConCourt dismissed

Fidelis Munyoro The High Court has thrown out an application by Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu to refer their case to the Constitutional Court, citing that their claims are “frivolous and vexatious”....

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Beitbridge man jailed for raping toddler

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A 20-year-old man from Gabara Village in Beitbridge has been jailed for an effective 15 years for raping his neighbour’s three-year-old daughter. He is accused of...

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Probe into late former ambassador, wife investment scam intensifies

Crime Reporter Zimbabwean authorities and law enforcement agencies have intensified investigations into a case in which the country’s late former Ambassador to Belgium Hurudza Gift Punungwe and his...

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Matanga awards exceptional female officers

Crime Reporter Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga this Thursday awarded more than 40 female police officers for excelling in curbing crime, and sporting activities, among others. Comm Gen...

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Tout dies in clashes between bus operators

Herald Reporter A tout was killed at a bus rank in Chiredzi last week following clashes over passengers. A crisis meeting by Chiredzi Town Council and the police resulted in Inter-Africa and Stallion...

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Goromonzi woman robbed, raped at prayer session

Victor Maphosa-Mashonaland East Bureau POLICE in Mashonaland East have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly raped and robbed a woman in the Ngomakurira Mountains of Domboshava area in Goromonzi....

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Woman loses bid to block sale of trust property

Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter A Harare woman, Ms Tariro Lebogang Mutenda, has lost her bid to block businessman Mr Upenyu Mashangwa from selling a Borrowdale Brooke house to settle a debt of...

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Crack team busts notorious rustlers

Crime Reporter A TEAM of four detectives from Mashonaland East recently posed as a pair of couples to apprehend two notorious rustlers in Hwedza, leading to the recovery of 31 stolen cattle hidden at a...

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Three Bulawayo robbers arrested

Crime Reporter A gang of three suspected Bulawayo armed robbers has been rounded up. Mkhaliphi Ncube alias Mlonitshwa (25) of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo, and Givemore Dladla (23) and Timothy Dube (28)...

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Massive graveyards scam unearthed

Crime Reporter The Zimbabwe Republic Police has unearthed massive violation of approximately 380 graves and corpses at Restland Memorial Park, Rainham, Harare. This comes after the arrest of Edwin...

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Chimombe, Mpofu Concourt bid flops

Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter THE High Court has dismissed an application by Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu to refer their case to the Constitutional Court (Concourt), describing their claims as...

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Massive grave yards scam unearthed

Crime Reporter The Zimbabwe Republic Police has unearthed massive violation of approximately 380 graves and corpses at Restland Memorial Park, Rainham, Harare. This comes after the arrest of Edwin...

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