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Two prison officers have been arrested accused of helping accused serial rapist Sam Muropa escape from Harare Remand Prison on October 1, ZimLive has learnt. The two have been named as Simbarashe Machekera and Ngonidzashe Munhuuripi. Muropa, 31, was rearrested on Wednesday night after stealing a car. Police believe he …

Police have arrested fugitive robber and rapist Sam Muropa who was on the run after allegedly escaping from Harare Remand Prison last Friday. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyati confirmed the arrest in a statement. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms the arrest of Sam Muropa (31) who escaped from …

A man accused of being Zimbabwe’s most prolific serial rapist escaped from prison on October 1, ZimLive has learnt. Sam Muropa, 31, was arrested in August and charged with 19 counts of robbery, six counts of rape, one count of aggravated indecent assault, three counts of indecent assault, one count …

Armed robbers are on the prowl in Masvingo where they have been on a warpath over the past week. A security guard was left for dead after being shot in the abdomen at Neshuro Growth point in Mwenezi on Monday while a pirate taxi driver is also battling for life …

Provincial Ministers of State and Devolution have been assigned to assemble crack teams that deal with the menace of illegal miners carrying out their activities in ecological sensitive ecosystems, Nhau has learnt. The teams will be comprising of members of the security sector, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and other …

Prosecutors and attorneys are praising several victims of R. Kelly for testifying at his trial. After the singer was found guilty Monday of federal crimes that could land him in prison for decades, some of those victims were speaking out again. Jerhonda Pace, the first victim to testify, posted a statement to …

Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking. In this federal case in the Eastern District of New York, Kelly faced a total of nine counts — one count of racketeering, with 14 …

A Chitungwiza man has been arrested on allegations of fatally assaulting his 19-year-old niece on allegations of spending four days away from home, as murder cases continue to increase countrywide. The suspect Epharaige Charamba (23) is alleged to have assaulted his niece, Winnet Charamba (19) to death with a leather …

Stakeholders in the fight and prevention of intimate partner and gender based violence (GBV) from around Mashonaland Central province converged in Domboshawa last week to map a way forward towards eradicating the practice in Shamva district. GBV has been identified as rampant in Shamva compared to other districts across the …

Award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is being sued for defamation to the tune of US$100 000 by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s lawyer Tinomudaishe Chinyoka. Chinyoka is claiming that the journalist defamed him after he made some Twitter and Facebook posts claiming that he was ignorant. The alleged damaging tweet was made on …