After days of drama and suspense before handing himself in, South Africa’s Jacob Zuma began a 15-month sentence for contempt on Thursday, after spending his first night in jail. The former prisoner of the apartheid regime had kept the country on tenterhooks by trying all legal avenues to evade jail, but Zuma became an inmate once again shortly after midnight. It is the first time a former president has been jailed in post-apartheid South Africa. He handed himself in at a recently renovated jail in the small mining town of Estcourt in his KwaZulu-natal home province. The sentence handed to Zuma by the Constitutional Court last week for snubbing anti-graft investigators also set a benchmark for the continent in jailing a former head of state for refusing to respond to a corruptio
MORE than 10 000 people have been arrested for contravening the enhanced Level Four national lockdown regulations introduced last week to curb the rising tide of Covid-19 infections. We urge Zimbabweans to follow the lockdown measures and wear their masks properly, if they don’t, we are going to arrest them,” he said. “For those who are opening beer halls and nightclubs, we are not going to show any mercy to them. “Like for instance, last night police officers on patrol in the Harare CBD arrested scores of people who were drinking at beer halls and nightclubs. “People must follow and respect the curfew. Lately, we have been having problems with people who are giving us unnecessary excuses. For example, some say they are coming from work at
Two Zimbabwean brothers have been convicted of attempted murder in the United Kingdom following a “savage” daylight assault with a machete. Benedict Zvekare (26), who left his victim with severe injuries, was found guilty of attempted murder and is beginning his 20-year jail term. His brother Blessing (31), also of St John’s Road in Edlington, was convicted by the same Sheffield Crown Court jury and given three years for assisting an offender. Det Insp Lee Townley, who led the investigation, described the incident, which happened as the victim walked along Balby Road with friends last September 28. “At some point, a rock was thrown into the road and towards Zvekare’s vehicle, which was the catalyst for what happened next,” said the officer. &
A Bulawayo based Zimbabwe Republic Police officer was arrested after he allegedly raped a woman at a police station. iHarare has learned that 31-year-old Phinias Shava who is stationed at Hillside Police Station appeared in court facing two counts of rape. Online publication CITE Zimbabwe reports that Shava pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Bulawayo Magistrate Rachel Mukanga. The magistrate released the police officer on ZWL$10,000 bail and remanded him out of custody to April 15, 2021. The magistrate also warned Shava not to interfere with state witnesses and to report at Mzilikazi Police Station every Friday. Outlining the state’s case against the police officer, the prosecutor revealed that the crime occured when Shava was assigned to the How Mine police base.
In a suspected case of witchcraft, three men, one of them wearing a police anti-riot uniform, recently visited a cemetery and dug three old graves. The incident happened at Katambe village in Dinde under Chief Nekatambe area just outside Hwange town a fortnight ago. New Zimbabwe reports that the motive by the three who are yet to be identified or arrested is not yet known. Police investigators found that a grave of a woman who died in 2012 had a one-meter-deep hole while two others had been dug as well on the side of the head suggesting the suspects may have been stealing coffins or anything related to the deceased. Matabeleland North police spokesperson Inspector Glory Banda said investigations were underway. It is alleged that on the 26th of March Vumani Nkosana of Katambe
A Secondary school in Chipinge was forced to shut down after incidences of Satanism continued to rock the school. Chimana secondary school under Chief Mapungwana was closed on Monday after students and teachers collapsed and experienced blackouts after seeing snakes in the classrooms. Tafara Sithole, who is the chairperson for Chimana School Development Committee (SDC) confirmed the indefinite closure of the school Zimeyenews saying that they had to close the school as incidences of suspected satanism had been recurring at the school since last year She said the school which has a population of more than 300 students has been experiencing incidences of suspected satanism ever since a female teacher died at the school in May last year. Sithole said that the situation is so
The abusive Zimbabwean husband who killed a popular midwife at Queen’s Hospital in Romford (UK) was working as a mental health nurse at the time, an inquest has heard. Simbiso Aretha Moula, 39, a “popular, valued member” of the Romford hospital’s staff, was found dead in her home in Lower Mardyke Avenue, Rainham, on the morning of January 4, 2019 A post mortem examination revealed she died from “compression of the neck”. An inquest at Walthamstow Coroner’s Court this week heard her husband Garikayi Moula – who was also found dead, having taken his own life – had a long history of abusing her. Police had been called to the house once before – in November 2017 – but east London coroner Nadia Persaud did not find &l
Woman beats up ex-hubby’s girlfriend in STI infection row. According to Owen, he and his wife separated after a misunderstanding. They have a child together. But it seems Sikhululekile, whose name literally means to be at peace and free, is not at peace with her ex-husband. A bitter woman who was allegedly infected with an STD by her ex-husband went on a rampage and beat up her former spouse and his alleged girlfriend after finding them sitting together in the living room. Sikhululekile Moyo was married to Owen Moyo who works in Gweru. According to her troubled former husband, Sikhululekile would allegedly phone Owen in the dead of the night and shout at him. As if that was not enough she would also send vitriolic verbal attacks to her ex-husband. The vilification did not end
A woman teamed up with her son and killed her child whom she accused of being violent, abusive and a drug addict, then buried the body in a shallow grave in Borrowdale. The alleged crime only came to light when the brother who allegedly pulled the trigger started hallucinating after being involved in an accident Tracy Samantha Carr, believed to be an owner of Lewisam Motors in Harare, allegedly teamed up with her son, Norman Tyron, and killed her other son, Dylyn Michael Carr. When the two appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Friday for initial remand on murder charges, prosecutor Mr Lancelot Mutsokoti alleged that in January the two decided to kill Dylyn. It is alleged that Samantha then gave Norman a pistol and that he fired the fatal shot. The two then allegedly du
In a rather heartbreaking development, a 33-year-old woman from Mutorashanga was arrested and charged with infanticide after she buried her new-born baby alive. According to New Zimbabwe, Margaret Musarapasi of Plot 12 Chihamba, Mutorashanga is reported to have given birth to a bouncing baby boy before she allegedly dug a shallow pit in which she buried him alive. Musarapasi appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Tendai Banda facing one count of infanticide. It is in the States case that on the 5th February this year at around 11 pm, a heavily pregnant Musarapasi, who was alone at her homestead, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. The following day at around 5 AM Musarapasi took her new-born baby to a nearby bush where she dug a shallow pit and buried him alive. The incident cam
