BULAWAYO businessman (32) ‘swindled’ National University of Science and Technology (Nust) employees of US$149 000 in a botched housing scheme.

  A BULAWAYO businessman, through his land developing company, allegedly swindled National University of Science and Technology (Nust) employees of US$149 000 in a botched housing scheme. Tendai Charuka (32), a director of the Zimbabwe Project Housing Trust (ZPHT) and residing at Kensington Flats situated along George Silundika Street and 2nd Avenue, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Crispen Mberewere facing fraud charges. He was remanded out of custody to January 23 for trial. Charuka…

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20 years in jail for Tsholotsho man kidnapped a woman, whipped her all the way to his homestead then raped her overnight.

20 years in jail for  Tsholotsho man kidnapped a woman, whipped her all the way to his homestead then raped her overnight.

  A MAN from Tsholotsho who kidnapped a woman and whipped her all the way to his homestead where he raped her overnight has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Mqondisi Sibanda (32) had pleaded not guilty to kidnap and rape on Friday last week. Sibanda said he did not have much to say and urged the court to take any action it deemed necessary. Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Mr Chrispen Mberewere convicted Sibanda of…

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Bulawayo Traffic West police officer jailed20 years for turning step-daughter (15) into sex slave

  A BULAWAYO Traffic West police officer who turned his step-daughter (15) into a sex slave, threatening to kill her if she exposed him, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. A court heard that the officer bragged to the girl and her mother that he would destroy all the evidence if they reported him to the police. Custom Farai (32) had pleaded not guilty to rape but Bulawayo Regional Magistrate Mr Chrispen Mberewere…

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A Plumtree Mpoengs Man, Locked 2 Minors, Neighbors kids And Burnt Down Hut In Dispute With Their Dad

A Plumtree Mpoengs Man, Locked 2 Minors, Neighbors kids And Burnt Down Hut In Dispute With Their Dad

MAN ex-jailbird from Plumtree allegedly locked his neighbour’s two children in a kitchen hut before torching the room to fix their father with whom he had a long standing grudge, a magistrate heard. Khulumani Ndebele (32) of Mpoengs was arrested after shoeprints at the scene led villagers to his homestead. The two juveniles escaped unhurt after their father, Mr Cain Ndlovu, heard them screaming and woke up. He found the hut in which his children…

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