Pardoned Gutu Convict (36) Hangs Himself After Wife Failed To Visit Him In Prison, And Is Allegedly Cheating On Him

Pardoned Gutu Convict (36) Hangs Himself After Wife Failed To Visit Him In Prison, And Is Allegedly Cheating On Him

AN ex-convict from Gutu who was last week released from prison on Presidential Amnesty committed suicide by hanging, after accusing his wife of cheating on him while he was incarcerated. Ishmael Zinyoro, 36, of Munangarwa Village under Chief Gutu was found hanging in their matrimonial bedroom by his wife when she returned home from fetching water from a nearby well. Zinyoro went home following his release from Mutimurefu Prison in Masvingo when he was pardoned…

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Two Credit Controllers And Three Accomplices ‘Defraud’ Bulawayo Tel One Of US$700,000

TWO TelOne employees and three other accomplices have been arrested in Bulawayo for allegedly defrauding the telecommunications company of nearly $700,000. The fraud was unearthed during an audit. The five suspects appeared before Magistrate Gladmore Mushove yesterday facing fraud charges. They were not asked to plead and were remanded in custody to today for bail application. Mushove heard how Thembile Sondida, 53, and Chelesile Nkatha, 33, who are employed as credit control clerks by TelOne,…

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3 Of Embattled, Mnangagwa Allies Arrested For ‘Inciting Public Violence ,Attacking Mugabe, & Grace’

3 Of Embattled, Mnangagwa Allies Arrested For ‘Inciting Public Violence ,Attacking  Mugabe, & Grace’

Three of embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s most vociferous supporters have been arrested on allegations of inciting public violence and attacking President Robert Mugabe, his powerful wife Grace, and other senior government officials. The trio – Godfrey Tsenengamu, 33; Godwin Gomwe, 37; and Vengai Musengi, 36 – are part of a tight 14-member youth group that was summarily expelled from the warring Zanu-PF last Thursday, as the ruling party’s factional and succession wars continue to…

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Mvuma Circuit Court Accountant Jailed For Forging Two Magistrates Signatures

Mvuma Circuit Court Accountant Jailed For Forging Two Magistrates Signatures

A MVUMA Circuit Court accountant will spend the next two and a half years in jail for forging two magistrates’ signatures on bank slips to withdraw money. Zvishavane Magistrate Tayengwa Sangster sentenced Sungano Kubiku, 36, from Newlands suburb to 42 months in prison. Kubiku pleaded not guilty to two counts of fraud but was convicted due to overwhelming evidence. He will however serve an effective 30 months in prison after 12 months were conditionally suspended. The…

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Four Dead, Eight Seriously Injured In Mbalabala Highway Accident

Four Dead, Eight Seriously Injured In Mbalabala Highway Accident

FOUR passengers aboard a South Africa-bound Toyota Quantum from Bulawayo died on the spot near Mbalabala along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway yesterday when the vehicle was side-swiped by an overtaking car. The Quantum overturned and landed on its side. Eight of the 14 passengers who were aboard were seriously injured and are admitted to Esigodini District Hospital. Only two were treated and discharged. The accident occurred at around 3:30AM at the 67 kilometre peg. National police…

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‘ Mlamuli Secondary School -Lupane Parents Demand The Removal Of Shona Headmistress’

‘ Mlamuli Secondary School -Lupane Parents Demand The Removal Of Shona Headmistress’

THE issue of the deployment of non-Ndebele speaking teachers in Matabeleland has resurfaced, with parents at a school in Lupane rejecting a Shona-speaking headmistress. Parents told the new school headmistress, identified only as Bonyonga, during a meeting at Mlamuli Secondary School in Lupane district, Matabeleland North on Thursday last week that she was not welcome at the school. The headmistress was transferred to the school in December last year and officially started work this term…

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Police Launch Manhunt For Dangerous, Armed, Poacher Syndicate

Police Launch Manhunt For Dangerous, Armed, Poacher Syndicate

POLICE have launched a manhunt for seven suspected poachers from across the country and have described them as armed and dangerous. National police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said anyone with information on the suspects should contact the police. The police appeal comes at a time when there are signs that security forces have made some gains in the war against poaching since they were roped in to fight the crime late last year….

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‘Bulawayo Police Arrest CIO (36), Who Supplied Poacher With Guns Which Killed 2 Police Officers’

POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a suspected member of the Central Intelligence Organisation, who allegedly supplied guns, one of which was used by a poacher to kill police officers in Chipinge recently. Police raided a flat between 4th Avenue and Samuel Parirenyatwa Street, where Munashe Mugwira, 36, was holed up on Saturday.He was allegedly arrested without incident and is said to be assisting police with investigations. Sources said a poacher, John Chisango, who survived a shootout with…

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Chief Chiduku Urges People Not To Report Child Marriages, Because ‘Its Against Local Culture’

Chief Chiduku  Urges People Not To Report Child Marriages, Because ‘Its Against Local Culture’

MAKONI: A traditional leader last Thursday surprised an anti-child marriages meeting when he openly discouraged reporting of perpetrators to the police saying this was against local culture. The chief also said waiting for girls to reach 18 before they are married off was mot “practical” as the economy was tough and marriage was a way out of abject poverty for many poor families. Chief Chiduku was speaking at a community dialogue held in the district…

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Chipinge Magistrate Sentences Two Mozambican Cattle Rustlers ,To 14 Years Each In Jail

Chipinge Magistrate Sentences  Two Mozambican Cattle Rustlers ,To 14 Years Each In Jail

CHIPINGE: Two Mozambican cattle rustlers who were causing sleepless nights to local villagers were Monday caged to 14 years each after they were convicted of stealing four beasts. Khozani Mtisi, 21, and Moses Masiya, 36, both from Bakonye village, Mozambique, pleaded guilty on their own plea when they appeared before Chipinge magistrate  Noah Gwatidzo facing stock theft charges as defined in section 114(2)(a)(i)(ii) of the Criminal Law (Codification Reform) Act chapter 9:23. Public prosecutor, Edith…

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