Three Umguza men found themselves in murky waters after they were found in possession of a gun which they alleged was picked up in a bushy area.Grifix Moyo ,21, Vusumuzi Mabhena ,32, and a juvenile aged 16 instead of reporting the matter to the police, decided to keep it for reasons best known to them.They were arrested after a tip off to the police that the trio had a fire arm and a brown 303 SRG

A thieving wife teamed up with her lover to beat up her husband and mother in law for questioning her "thieving" antics.Mackson Khupe alleges that his wife has gained a reputation as a goat thief and villagers approach him with complaints.Khuphe was bashed by his wife of 17 years,Sikhathele Moyo for confronting her over the shameful thieving deeds and openly cheating on him.Moyo enlisted the servi

Two suspected car hijackers were hurled to the courts for allegedly luring a Filabusi man into a bush and robbing him of his car, before killing him and then dumping the body in a disused mine shaft to conceal the crime.Edgar Majasi,32, of Khohli village in Gokwe and Precious Nkomo, 34, of Godlwayo village in Filabusi face murder charges in connection with the death of Alphious Mabhena, 42.A state

Three police officers and a member of the neighborhood watch from Beitbridge were arrested after being paid off with $2 400 fake notes as a bribe by a suspected cattle rustler.The four officers had been pestering the man for money after promising to tamper with evidence in a case where he was arrested for stealing 13 cattle.Police officers Clayton Dube (29), Nigel Gurure (26), Taurai Mavoko (32) a

An employee at Gushungo Holdings was slapped with a four year sentence for siphoning more than $50 000 from his employer on the pretext that he was paying suppliers.Stephen Fino (36), who was employed as a personal assistant to the general manager, swindled the company of $52 327 and nothing was recovered.Fino pleaded for the court’s leniency saying that he was willing to meet his employer and m

President Robert Mugabe has given a go ahead to the closure of companies that have not conformed to the 51% indigenisation directive by April 1, a move likely to trigger massive job loses.Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment minister Patrick Zhuwao, said that Cabinet endorsed the decision to close all non-compliant firms.The order affects foreign owned banks,mines and the few remaining f

Bulawayo textiles giant, Merlin (Pvt) Limited share holder, Delma Lupepe, has announced that the company is set to re-opening in the next three months.The company has remained defunct after being placed under provisional judicial management in 2011.Lupepe said they were finalizing on issues relating to opening the firm, claiming that it was positive news for Bulawayo.He could not disclose the amo

A seven year old boy suspected of a spate of livestock rustling cases has been caught red handed in Tsholotsho  breaking into a house  with his two brothers.On Sunday night, the three brothers tried to break into a house belonging to a man only identified as saTshengi but the boy was caught.The minor, who dropped out of school in Grade One last year was arrested while his brothers aged 1

A man from Victoria Falls committed suicide after allegedly finding out that a 6 year old boy who he had thought was his son, was  not his. Thembelani Nyathi, 33, had an argument with his wife Thobekile Moyo, 30, on Saturday when she allegedly told him in anger that the boy was not his.Residents found his body hanging from a tree with a strand of wire on the neck on Tuesday afternoon in

Zanu PF and MDC MPs are demanding another hefty salary rise at a time the economy is on the brink of collapse.The MPs have tabled a motion in Parliament demanding a hike in their basic wage of all members to a new range.The rivalry between Zanu PF and MDC was traded for a treaty to agree on the figure they want in a meeting two weeks ago.The MPs demand stretched to the improvement of their conditi

One of the five man gang which raided TM Pick n Pay Cowdray Park supermarket in Bulawayo has been slapped with a 12 year sentence for armed robbery.On March 13 at around 12AM, Sibangani Nxumalo and his crew, armed with pistols ransacked a security personnel,Petros Masuku, guarding the supermarket.The crew stole groceries worth $1 100 before disappearing into the night.Nxumalo was apprehended after

Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) has filled a lawsuit after the failure of Sakunda Holdings  to pay over $246 000 for hiring 151 buses used during the Zanu PF congress two years ago.According to papers filed at the High Court by Zupco under case number HC1550/16, Sakunda Logistics, approached the bus company in November 2014 and hired 151 buses to ferry Zanu PF delegates to their con

Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene has sensationally claimed that rogue war veterans are plotting to unseat their patron President Robert Mugabe.War veterans at the weekend passed a vote of no confidence on Mphoko and seven other top Zanu PF officials including national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, politburo members Jonathan Moyo, Patrick Zhuwao and Kudzi Chipanga.Chimene insis

A man who had reigned terror for three weeks on a bushy strip connecting Cowadray Park and Ngozi mine in Bulawayo has been slapped with a 55 year sentence.Tapiwa Mutundu was charged of three counts of rape and three counts of robbery.Mutundu also pleaded guilty to a count of kidnapping one of his victims, whom he detained and rapped the whole night under a tree. Mutundu used a catapult to incapaci

A teenager from Victoria Falls who has had a trail blazing record of six convictions last year for thefts from motor vehicles, has been arrested again for allegedly breaking into 30 vehicles.Robert Kelvin Ndimande, 17, known as Bhawudo from Chinotimba suburb pleaded guilty to stealing a spare wheel from a parked vehicle.Blessed Mupande, 24, allegedly assisted Ndimande to steal a wheel from Collen