Four Mwenezi Villagers (27, 25, 17 & 15), Fatally Assault Rape Suspect (40)

FOUR villagers from Mwenezi allegedly fatally assaulted a man they accused of being a rapist with logs and switches before dumping his body on a mountain, police confirmed yesterday. Armstrong Munamo, 27, Prudence Kamazwa, 25, and two boys aged 17 and 15 whose names cannot be disclosed for ethical reasons, allegedly killed Alloy Chishiri, 40, after accusing him of raping a fellow villager in an area under Chief Neshuro. The four, all from Chimirigwa Village,…

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Two Killed And Three Seriously Injured In Free For All Brawl At Masvingo’s Mudzivo Bottle Store

Two Killed And Three Seriously Injured In Free For All Brawl At Masvingo’s Mudzivo Bottle Store

TWO men died while three others were seriously injured in a free-for-all beer brawl in which patrons set upon each other with iron bars in Masvingo Acting Masvingo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Kudakwashe Dehwa said the fierce fight started when one of the patrons at Mudzivo Bottle Store confronted a group that he accused of having caused his arrest in a 2014 assault case.   He said Soul Kani, 42, Paul Masimire, 65, and Lloyd…

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Bulawayo Man (32) Heavily Assaults Sister In Law (27) With A Hoe Over His Missing US$1

Bulawayo Man (32) Heavily Assaults Sister In Law (27) With A Hoe Over His Missing US$1

A BULAWAYO man allegedly nearly killed his sister-in-law after striking her three times with a hoe for allegedly stealing his US$1. Mehluli Ndebele, 32, struck Sichelesile Nsukwini, 27, with a hoe and she was hospitalised and later discharged as a result of the attack. Ndebele and Nsukwini live at the same house in Matshobana suburb. He appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Tancy Dube, facing physical abuse charges. He was not asked to plead and was remanded…

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Chirumhanzu Woman (27) Killed Son To Please Third New Husband & Save New Marriage

Chirumhanzu Woman (27) Killed Son To Please Third New Husband & Save New Marriage

Hamandishe, 27, of Ritize Village, headman Chigegwe in Chirumhanzu, said after finding new love earlier this month, she was ordered to surrender her son, Tadiwa Mangoma, to her former husband if she entertained any thought of staying with George Runesu (Jnr) as her husband. Hamandishe told Bulawayo High Court Judge, Justice Martin Makonese, sitting at the Gweru High Court yesterday, that after failing to take her son back to her former husband, she strangled him…

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3 ‘Gule Wamukulu’ Epworth Nyau Dance Group Members Kidnap Girl (11)

3 ‘Gule Wamukulu’ Epworth Nyau Dance Group Members Kidnap Girl (11)

TWO men and a woman from an Epworth Nyau dance group are answering charges of kidnapping a female juvenile aged 11 for several days. Adam Phiri, 32, Rita Tembo, 23, and Elvis Nhete, 27 were remanded in custody to a later day pending trial after their bail application was turned down. They appeared before magistrate Tafadzwa Muvhami last week. Court heard the group goes by the name Gule Wamukulu and that Phiri was the founding…

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‘Four Bulawayo Sixth Form, Foundation College Students Arrested For Murder’

‘Four Bulawayo Sixth Form,  Foundation College Students Arrested For Murder’

POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four Sixth Form Foundation College pupils in connection with the murder of a man from Nkulumane suburb who they allegedly pounded with a brick, fracturing his skull. Tsepo Phosa, 19, Zangelo Thebe, 20, Donald Musona, 21 and Mthulisi Sibanda, 21, were arrested on Sunday for the gruesome killing of Vengai Clayton Muza, 27. Muza died on the spot while his friend Brannon Moyo, 29, was left unconscious following the brutal…

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Rusape Man ‘Panganai Tangwena’, (27) Sentenced To 15Yrs jail For Sodomising Boy (18)

Rusape Man ‘Panganai Tangwena’, (27) Sentenced To 15Yrs jail For Sodomising Boy  (18)

RUSAPE: A Buhera man who sodomised a teenager, 18, has been slapped with a 15 year jail term by a local magistrate. Panganai Tangwena, 27, of Tangwena village under Chief Makumbe Buhera will, however, effectively serve 10 years behind bars after five years were suspended on condition of good behavior. Tangwena denied the charges but Livingstone Chipadze convicted him due to overwhelming evidence. Tangwena was not represented. Public prosecutor Tirivanhu Mutyasira said on August 31…

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