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Man kills 3 children with axe

Zimbabwe’s state media say a man allegedly killed three of his children with an axe and wounded two others in what police describe as Zimbabwe’s most brutal crime in recent years. The Sunday Mail newspaper quotes police as saying Elmon Mupombwa, 41, also torched his home in eastern Zimbabwe on Thursday and killed his livestock […]

Jail for woman who forged birth certificate

A Zimbabwean woman living in Ashford, UK has been jailed for 18 months after forging her birth certificate to stay in the country. Mavu Chinyani, 38, of London Road, was jailed on September 17 for fraud by false representation at Croydon Crown Court, after denying the crime. The court heard how Chinyani tried to con […]

Jailed Zim trouser thief made £150 000

A Zimbabwean thief made over £150,000 by stealing expensive pairs of trousers from department stores, a UK court heard. Mandla Ngwenya made the huge sum by leaving stores with  trousers on underneath tracksuit bottoms and conning refunds. A judge at Teesside Crown Court branded him a liar and a devious professional  criminal and ordered him […]

Zim Nurse Nicked in UK fake ID scandal

A trainee nurse from Zimbabwe who used forged ID documents to obtain a £19,700 bursary was caught when she was just one exam away from qualifying, a court heard. Viola Marume, aged 32, of Berrywood Road, Duston was granted the bursary to study nursing having used forged passport pages to secure it in 2006. At […]

UK fundraiser for murdered Zimbabwean

By Mike Grienshields Young people around Slough in the United Kingdom have rallied together to celebrate the life of Tarirai Ransome Munjanja, a Zimbabwean who was murdered in a knife attack last week. Friends of the 23-year-old, also known as ‘Terry’, have organised a fundraising night in his memory and to raise awareness of knife […]