25 Years Jail For Jotsholo Man Who Stabbed Cop With Deadly Okapi Knife

25 Years Jail For Jotsholo Man Who Stabbed Cop With Deadly Okapi Knife

  A MAN from Mzola 6 Village in Jotsholo, who stabbed a 24 year old  police officer to death was yesterday sentenced  to 25 years in jail. In an attempt to evade arrest,  the then 24 year old culprit ,  Proud Dlamini (26), of Mzola 6 Village in Jotsholo,     evade arrest on New Year’s Day, stabbed the  Lupane, Jotsholo Police Station cop, in the abdomen and head with the lethal  Okapi knife on new years day. While he pleaded…

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Bulawayo High Court, Clears Manwele Beer Hall, Friend ‘killer’ As State Has Failed To Prove Its Case

Bulawayo High Court, Clears Manwele Beer Hall, Friend ‘killer’  As State Has Failed To Prove Its Case

A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly fatally stabbed his friend in a fit of rage for admonishing him after he insulted his aunt has been acquitted after a High Court Judge ruled that he was not guilty of murder. Simon Ncube, 27, allegedly flew into a rage after being chastised by his friend Nkululeko Vuma for insulting his aunt, Rita Nxumalo. The incident happened at Manwele Beer garden in Mzilikazi suburb at around 9PM on April…

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Bulawayo Man, Fatally Stabbed By Friend, At Manwele Beer Garden For Admonishing Him Over Insulting And Threatening His Own Aunt

Bulawayo Man, Fatally Stabbed By Friend, At  Manwele Beer Garden For Admonishing Him Over Insulting And Threatening His Own Aunt

A MAN from Bulawayo allegedly fatally stabbed his friend in a fit of rage for admonishing him after he insulted his aunt. Simon Ncube, 27, allegedly flew into a rage after being chastised by his friend Nkululeko Vuma for insulting his aunt, Rita Nxumalo. Ncube had allegedly threatened his aunt after she refused to sing a song for him in a bar. He allegedly plunged a knife into Vuma’s neck and stomach before calling him a puppy…

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‘Zimbabwe’s Women, Granted Their Right To Free Movement By Bulawayo High Court Judge’

‘Zimbabwe’s Women, Granted Their Right To Free Movement By Bulawayo High Court Judge’

    Women in Zimbabwe will certainly be celebrating their right to free movement after Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Nokuthula Moyo, ruled that under the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, loitering for the purposes of prostitution is no longer a crime as that law is now non existent   It therefore follows that the arrest and fining of women, by police, on charges of allegedly loitering for the purposes of prostitution,is illegal as…

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‘Esikhoveni Man (36) Raped 15 Year Old Orphan & Crushed Her Head With A Stone & Feigned Mental Illness’

‘Esikhoveni Man (36) Raped 15 Year Old Orphan & Crushed Her Head With A Stone & Feigned Mental Illness’

AN ESIGODINI man who raped his neighbour’s 15-year-old orphaned granddaughter before crushing her head with a big stone to conceal the crime, was yesterday sentenced to life in jail.Twoboy Phiri, 36, of Vukuzenzele village in Esikhoveni lured Simangaliso Ncube to a stream on the pretext that he wanted to give her vegetables from his garden. He tried to feign mental illness by claiming that he had a history of mental illness inherited from his late…

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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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Zimbabwe Judiciary Concerned With Upsurge In Brutal Killings

Zimbabwe Judiciary Concerned With Upsurge In Brutal Killings

The judiciary has expressed concern with the upsurge of brutal killings and domestic violence cases in the country.This came out at the official opening the 2016 legal year for the Gweru High Court circuit. Speaking in Gweru during the ceremony, Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Martin Makonese expressed concern with the continued increase of brutal killings committed by both sexes around the country. He said despite lengthy prison sentences imposed on offenders, there is still…

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