Chikurubi Maximum Prison

The 17 widows of rape convicted cleric Robert Martin Gumbura have chosen his nephew, Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi to be the executor of their late husband’s estate. Gumbura left behind 17 wives, 34 children and an estate comprising a compound…
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The painful experience of Chikurubi Maximum Prison concentration camp made me to be in contact with my long time colleagues in the struggle Last Maengahama and Cllr Tungamirai Madzokere.
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After 45 days in jail over trumped up allegations of inciting violence, journalist Hopewell Chin’ono has revealed that inmates who tested positive for Covid-19 were given hot water as medication
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After six weeks spent in state custody, much of it in an overcrowded maximum-security prison cell, Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has been granted bail on his fourth attempt at the High Court in Harare
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A Chikurubi Maximum Prison Inmate Simbarashe Chaunoita says prison has changed him over the past 11 years.
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Even at the age of 70, Arshid Kazunga is a restless man. His soul is tormented. He constantly scratches his unkempt grey hair while aimlessly staring in space, as if he is somehow waiting for a solution to his woes to fall from the…
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The High Court is still to bring to finality jailed former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke’s appeal, after he was sentenced to 14 years for rape in 2016.
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Prisoners at Chikurubi Maximum Prison miss Wicknell Chivayo.The dealer who was recently in remand facing fraud and money laundering charges is said to be a ‘godfather’ to other inmates.
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Convicted armed robber Elijah Vumbunu, 40, had only served 14 years of his 40-year jail term when the gods smiled on him in April this year. Vumbunu walked out of the High Court smiling, after he was granted $50 bail pending appeal against…
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Freed after two years in prison, Yvonne Musarurwa gives orders to district officers who had converged at Gutu and Chikowere law firm — the defacto Harare Headquarters for Thokozani Khupe’s break-away MDC formation.
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