Police Launch Manhunt For Madzibaba Playing House With 15 Year Old Following Social Media Outrage The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has launched a manhunt for a Madzibaba affiliated with the Johanne Marange Apostolic Sect who married a 15-year-old girl. According to a report by Girl Child Network leader Betty Makoni the young girl eloped to the elderly man (aged 65) and her parents are said to be appealing for help to locate and rescue her. Police are appealing for information about pictures circulating on social media where a man is seen holding a girl. It is being alleged that the man is aged 69 while the girl is aged 15 years and they are married.
Prophetic and Healing ministries (PHD) leader Walter Magaya escaped abduction when seven machete-wielding men attacked his grandmother in search of him. Sources said the armed men arrived at the house around 0100 hours and demanded to know Magaya’s whereabouts. “They beat up two security guys… took US$2000 and a Mercedes Benz,” said the source. “Magaya usually passes by every Sunday after his church services to see his mother and grand mother.” The attempt on Magaya comes when reports of abductions are all over and mainly targeted at the opposition and activists. Sources, however, said the attack on Magaya is shocking because the clergyman is not a politician or an activist. “Why are they attacking him? He is not a poli
The Deputy Minister of Defence and War Veterans Affairs, Victor Matemadanda has said the abduction of the comedienne Samantha Kureya, (popularly known as Gonyeti) is an attempt to tarnish the government’s image by detractors. He was addressing war veterans and traditional leaders from Mashonaland East Province in Marondera on Friday (24 August 2019). Matemadanda said “It is laughable to hear people saying the government is abducting its citizens. Surely what would we get from abducting a comedian like Gonyeti, that is the work of our detractors bent on tarnishing the image of the government,” Matemadanda joins other government officials who have also said that the abduction of the comedian was not by government operatives or any group supporti
MDC President Nelson Chamisa addressed the Chibaya arrest on his Twitter account.
The People that abducted Gonyeti & beat her up may of been stalking her movements on social media platforms. Zimbolivenews investogators have found comments between Bustop TV and a person named Nomatter Magaya who threatened Gonyeti telling her she was next to be adducted. Bustop TV responded in a jocking manner that nomatter needed to come get a T Shirt from them. These comments were made hours before Gonyeti was Abducted.
Popular comedian Samantha Kureya, popularly known as Gonyeti, was abducted from her Mufakose home by a group of unidentified, masked and armed men. According to an alert by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) the incident happened around 10pm on Wednesday. “The men did not produce any warrant or give reasons for the abduction. The men forced their way into the house and assaulted Samantha’s family members, including minors, in the process. According to MISA “Kureya’s brother has filed a police report of the abduction at Marimba Police station. The report number is RRB 4149688.” In February this year, Kureya and her colleague from Bustop TV were detained and fined after Police held that a 2016 satirical skit amounted to public nuisance. Du
Former ZANU PF Political Commissar is a free man after a High judge ruled that the magistrate who handled the case was conflicted and was used by other forces. In a snippet judgement posted by Patrick Zhuwao on Twitter the Justice Chitapi said the magistrate, "openly confessed that he was conducting the proceedings under pressure from certain persons. He was therefore not independent and impartial as his duties required him to be." One Ranganai Chiwara warned Kasukuwere not to think that the current government has forgiven him "Mukoma even if you are Freeman please, it's high time you organise yourself and start it all again.They will always find something for you... Lacoste foot soldiers are keen and determined...the battle has not finished.All the best b
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has appeared in court facing charges of criminal abuse of office after he unlawfully instructed some junior police officers to release from cells, former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) acting chief executive, Moses Juma. Mphoko (79) of Douglasdale in Bulawayo appeared before Bulawayo provincial magistrate in charge of Bulawayo metropolitan province Mr Enias Magate today, facing charges of criminal abuse of office as a public officer. He was remanded out of custody to September 4 on $1 000 bail and ordered to report once a week at the CID Commercial Crimes Divisions in Bulawayo and to surrender his passport as part of the bail conditions. He was also ordered not to interfere with State witnesses and reside at his given address u
judicial organ and ensure expeditious justice delivery. The judges comprising four men and one woman are expected to take oath of office before Chief Justice Luke Malaba, when the final term of 2019 legal year opens next month. Veteran lawyer, Advocate Webster Chinamora, prominent Bulawayo-based lawyer Christopher Dube-Banda, Labour Court judge Evengelista Kabasa, Zimra head legal department Siyabona Msithu and Sunsley Zisengwe, who boasts of shining legal accolades after he obtained first-class law degrees at both undergraduate and master’s levels, are the latest to join the High Court bench. They were among the cast of 18 candidates nominated to contest for eight vacancies of the High Court bench last month. Judicial Service C
FIRST Lady, Auxillia Mnangagwa, has castigated some businesspeople that are creating artificial shortages of products in the market through unjustified price increases and corrupt tendencies saying this is against Government policy. Speaking during the commissioning of DCK Bakery in Kwekwe on Sunday, Mnangagwa said she was aware of some bakeries that were creating artificial shortages of bread in the market through limited supplies to a few retailers thereby unnecessarily raising the price of bread. She said such moves were tantamount to sabotaging the economy. "We are all aware that President Mnangagwa is calling on us to shun corruption and be transparent in the way we do business. "But we become worried that there are some bakeries whose
