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Zimbabwean man faces jail in Taiwan

Zimbabwean man faces jail in Taiwan

A Zimbabwean man was indicted on fraud and blackmail charges on Tuesday for swindling about two million Taiwan dollars (more than $A68,720) from eight Taiwanese women whom he promised to marry.

Zimbabwean burglar in Ireland jailed

Zimbabwean burglar in Ireland jailed

By Martina Nee  Ireland- A 35-year-old Zimbabwean man who committed burglaries at a number of B&Bs (Bed & Breakfast), by gaining access to rooms with filed down keys, was jailed for 12 months this week and could face deportation following his release.  Allan Dambuka with an address at 203A Collins Avenue, Whitehall, Dublin 9, appeared [...]

Zim baby murdered in UK by SA mother

Zim baby murdered in UK by SA mother

A South African woman married to a Zimbabwean has appeared in court charged with murder after the death of her 11-month-old son. Mapaseka Justinah Shapung was arrested after the body of baby Themba Bevin Shapung-Mpofu was found in a house on George Stephenson Way, in North Shields, on New Year’s Day. Shapung, 30, appeared yesterday at [...]

Zim drug dealer jailed for 5 years in UK

Zim drug dealer jailed for 5 years in UK

By James Colasanti A Zimbabwean man who was caught with a stash of cocaine and a sawn-off shotgun has been jailed for five years in the United Kingdom. Mthatshelwa Mabandla, 22, was a bank clerk with excellent prospects until he fell in with the wrong crowd in Southend, a court heard. Police discovered the weapon and [...]

Zim asylum seeker in UK gold con

Zim asylum seeker in UK gold con

A suspected Zimbabwean bogus gold dealer from Bury, in the United Kingdom has been ordered to stand trial accused of targeting a restaurateur in a £70,000 con. Thabisa Moyo, aged 39, of Mossfield Close, was allegedly a member of a gang which duped Patricia Ayonye after staging a fake valuation for two worthless lumps of [...]

Zim nursing student jailed in the UK

Zim nursing student jailed in the UK

A nursing student originally from Zimbabwe has been jailed for 12 months for fraud after using forged papers to obtain a place at university. Student nurse Shupikai Mbizvo, 29, of Montague Road, Slough, who has no legal status in the UK, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Friday for gaining the place at Thames [...]

Zimbabweans caught in sealed truck

Zimbabweans caught in sealed truck

Francistown — Tati Town police last Thursday fined four Zimbabweans after bumping into them in an unventilated freight truck along the Francistown-Maun Road near the Orapa turn off. The driver of the Massyn Moves freight truck who was traveling from Zambia to South Africa, and his unlawful passengers were fined P1000. Tati Town Police station [...]

Alleged Zim Wife Killer in Bots Court

Alleged Zim Wife Killer in Bots Court

Ndingililo Gaoswediwe FRANCISTOWN: Scores of sympathisers and family members of a murdered woman of Matshelagabedi village yesterday flocked to the magistrate’s court as the accused, her Zimbabwean husband Youngman Dube made his second appearance before court. Though instructions ordering silence in court are clearly spelt out on the wall, the audience kept murmuring as the [...]

Zimbabwean held in SA over fraud

Zimbabwean held in SA over fraud

A Zimbabwean national was arrested after the man whose identity he allegedly stole tracked him down, Gauteng police said on Thursday. “The complainant was sent a reminder by the traffic department that his vehicle registration had lapsed. The complainant was not having a vehicle so he started being inquisitive,” Captain John Shwane Serato said. He [...]

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