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A 42-year-old woman from Magedleni Village in Gwanda, Debra Nyathi, has been sentenced to 210 hours of community service for unlawful possession of contraband. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPA), Nyathi was intercepted on 12 February 2025 by the National Anti-Smuggling Unit while traveling on a bus from South Africa along the […]
A 25-year-old man from Chinavazyimi village in Beitbridge has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of raping his 15-year-old cousin by the Beitbridge magistrates court. The court that the assault occurred on the 1st of January 2025, while the victim’s mother was away. The perpetrator took advantage of the mother’s absence, […]
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has achieved significant progress in its efforts to combat corruption, successfully completing 470 cases in the past year. ZACC Chairperson Mr. Michael Reza shared in a recent media briefing that the commission processed and forwarded 343 cases to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for further legal action. Among its high-profile […]
Three individuals have been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for their involvement in the theft of presidential inputs from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot in Tsholotsho. Lydia Moyo (52), Abisanjo Mpofu (44), and Justin Maparadze (40) were found guilty of falsifying documents and orchestrating the theft of 400 bags of 50kg fertilizer, 30 packs […]
A Binga man, Clement Manyungwa Siluwe, was arrested after severely assaulting his 69-year-old father, Michael Siluwe, following an argument over witchcraft accusations. According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe, the incident, which occurred in December 2024, escalated when Clement attacked his father with a wooden chair before slashing him on the […]
A 23-year-old Beitbridge resident, Gerald Gumbodete, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for violently stealing two phones during a violent robbery in November 2024. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Gumbodete stabbed Avant Mugweva five times with an okapi knife before stealing his two cellphones. Police recovered the stolen phones along with […]
Onwell Mugariri, a 27-year-old man from Messina, South Africa, has been sentenced to 28 months in prison for drug trafficking. Mugariri was arrested on 12 December 2024 while attempting to cross into Zimbabwe with 1,666 kilograms of dagga, valued at $166 USD. The National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe confirmed that Mugariri was apprehended with the […]
Natasha Ngwenya, 33, has been arrested for stealing ZAR8000 from her relative, Kitumetsi Moyo, who was residing in South Africa. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), while Moyo was away in October 2024, Ngwenya, who was staying at Moyo’s residence in Mapane Line, Tsholotsho, discovered a locked trunk. After unlocking it, Ngwenya stole the […]
A Lupane man has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for violently assaulting his wife twice, first on Christmas Eve over her whereabouts and later after accusing her of infidelity. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe, the first assault occurred on 27 December 2024 at their homestead, where the man used open […]
Mengesi Sibanda, a man from Tsholotsho, has been sentenced to 6 months in prison for burglary after stealing ZAR 1,600 to fund his beer consumption and provide for his wife. On 9 January 2025, Sibanda unlawfully entered a complainant’s home and took the money. He gave ZAR 1,500 to Zikhiye Ncube, who took it to […]
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