Police Arrest Bulawayo Man Who Robbed And Murdered Victims By Bashing Their Skulls Near Makoni Centre

Police Arrest Bulawayo Man Who Robbed And Murdered Victims By Bashing Their Skulls Near Makoni  Centre

POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man suspected to be the infamous “skull basher” who allegedly unleashed a reign of terror on residents mugging them and bashing their skulls with stones. At least two residents are thought to have died after Tinashe Siziba from Pumula South suburb allegedly attacked them near Makoni Shopping Centre. Detectives have linked Siziba to the death of Patronella Zimende, 23, who was attacked at the crime hotspot in March this year…

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‘ Commission Of Inquiry By Government, Investigates Corruption Allegations Against Bulawayo Councillors’

‘ Commission Of Inquiry By Government, Investigates  Corruption Allegations Against  Bulawayo Councillors’

THE government has deployed a commission of inquiry to investigate corruption allegations against some Bulawayo councillors accused of land grabbing. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Engineer George Mlilo said the appointment of the commission was necessitated by complaints raised by Bulawayo residents over the conduct of some of its councillors. “Yes, the commission is now in place. It started its work on Tuesday. A lot of…

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8 Man Armed Gang, Raid TM Pick N Pay Shop In Cowdray Park, Bulawayo

8 Man Armed Gang, Raid TM Pick N Pay Shop In Cowdray Park, Bulawayo

EIGHT armed robbers travelling in two vehicles pounced on TM Pick N Pay in Cowdray Park yesterday, tied a security guard to a tree and looted groceries worth about $700 after failing to find any cash. The incident occurred between 1AM and 2AM. The supermarket’s management said yesterday that they do not keep cash in the shop. A Chronicle newscrew visited Cowdray Park at around 11AM yesterday and found homicide detectives conducting preliminary investigations. Shepherd…

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Bulawayo Woman Breaks Down Narrating Cowdray Park Gang Rape To Magistrate

Bulawayo Woman Breaks Down Narrating Cowdray Park Gang Rape To Magistrate

A BULAWAYO woman broke down in court as she narrated how three men gang raped her at knife point, forcing a magistrate to postpone the case. Two of the men, who allegedly cut off her clothes with a knife before taking turns to rape her, appeared in court facing rape and robbery charges. The woman sustained serious injuries after one of the suspects, who is on the run, allegedly savagely kicked her on her private…

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9 Men Arrested After 2 Teachers &Third Woman Were Raped At Luveve High School On Saturday

9 Men Arrested After 2  Teachers &Third Woman Were Raped At Luveve High School On Saturday

BULAWAYO police are preparing charges against nine men after two teachers and a third woman were raped at Luveve High School on Saturday night. Police raided several properties — including one in Esigodini — between Saturday night and yesterday in a dragnet which investigators believe could solve dozens of previous violent crimes, most of them committed in Cowdray Park high density suburb and surrounding areas. One of the suspects was shot by homicide detectives while trying to…

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Gang Ambush Malayitsha Vehicle, And Rape Female Passenger

Gang Ambush  Malayitsha Vehicle, And Rape Female Passenger

 A GANG of five men ambushed a malayitsha vehicle, looted groceries, robbed a passenger of R19,000 and took turns to rape a female passenger in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park Suburb. Six people — three of them men — were in the vehicle when the thugs struck on Tuesday night. The attack came barely three days after a similar incident in which a woman was gang-raped by three men in the same suburb on Saturday. The malayitsha…

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‘More Than 20,000 Unqualified Teachers To Be Fired Soon’ -Education Minister Lazarus Dokora

MORE than 20,000 untrained teachers may become jobless next year as the government has finalised the documentation for standards, which recommends exclusion of unqualified personnel from schools, the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Lazarus Dokora has said. He said the documentation of the Teacher Professional Standards (TPS) is part of the ministry’s efforts to improve the quality of education in the country. There was no proper supervision of standards in the education system, he…

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Police Arrest 16, Mostly Northlea High School Teenagers, Holding A ‘Sex Party / Vuzu’

Police Arrest 16, Mostly Northlea High School  Teenagers, Holding A ‘Sex Party / Vuzu’

Police in Bulawayo on Friday raided and arrested 16 teenagers conducting a ‘sex party’ popularly known as Vuzu at a house in Cowdray Park where they allegedly abused alcohol while engaging in sex. Police spokesperson for Bulawayo metropolitan province, Inspector Precious Simango, told Chronicle that the ‘vuzu parties’ were held at a house belonging to two of the teenagers whose parents are in the diaspora. According to police most of the children were pupils from…

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