Gweru pastor nabbed for possessing illegal ivory and croc skins

Gweru pastor nabbed for possessing illegal ivory and croc skins

Friday, 20 March 2015 / No Comments

A Gweru based pastor was last month nabbed in Gokwe together with three accomplices after allegedly being found in possession of ivory, crocodile skin and 30 live rounds of ammunition. Pastor Garikai Masunda of 72 Brunkanhurt plots in Gweru was arrested together with Chipo Bridget Tinago (29) of 92 Mutondo Street, Mufakose, Harare as well as Gerald Sinyoro and Tamuka Madavanhu of Gokwe.

Prosecutor Tineyi Tirigo told the court that on 12 February at around 3pm, a patrol team comprising Zimbabwe Republic Police and members of the Zimbabwe parks and Wildlife Management Authority were on joint operation in Chilimba area, Gokwe, where they received information that the four accused were allegedly involved in illegal dealings in ivory.

The team then carried out a stop and search operation where they found the four accused persons parked at a lay-by. Tinago was seated in the car while the three men were standing outside.

The team introduced themselves and requested to search the vehicle. They found an elephant task wrapped with a cloth. It weighed 1,3 kilogrammes and was valued at $306,25. During the search a plastic bottle containing 30 live rounds of ammunition of a 302 riffle was recovered underneath a mat which was in front of the passenger seat.

The accused persons failed to produce a licence for the ammunition upon being asked to do so. The four were taken to Siakobvu Police Station where a thorough search was conducted leading to the recovery of one crocodile skin valued at $1,500 in the boot of the vehicle. They also failed to produce a permit for possessing it.

The four appeared before Gokwe regional magistrate Mr Sheperd Mjanja and only Madavanhu pleaded guilty to the charges of contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act and the Fire Arms Act. 

He was slapped with nine years imprisonment for count one and 12 months each on counts two and three. Three months were suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.The trio who pleaded not guilty will be back in court next week.

Masvingo man rapes 20 womens under the guise of madness

Masvingo man rapes 20 womens under the guise of madness

Tuesday, 24 February 2015 / No Comments

A man from Masvingo suspected to have been terrorising villagers in Nemamwa area on a rape and robbery spree and is suspected to be responsible for close to 20 cases reported in the area inside four months has been arrested.

Enoch Vengesa (38), whose residential address could not be immediately established, was arrested last week and is assisting police with investigations.

Although police could only confirm one case against the suspect, police sources in Masvingo told Sunday News that Vengesa was suspected to have been responsible for about 20 rape and robbery cases in Nemamwa since November last year.

Police sources say the modus operandi employed in most of the cases reported in Nemamwa area in the said period was the same, leading to suspicion that Vengesa could have been the assailant.

According to the sources Vengesa is alleged to have waylaid his victims naked, pretending to be mad and would chase after them before raping and robbing them of their valuables.

However, luck ran out for Vengesa after a 13-year-old girl he raped on 5 February this year managed to positively identify him.

Acting Masvingo police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Kudakwake Dhewa confirmed the case involving the 13-year-old girl for which he said Vengesa was being held, while other cases were still being investigated.


Asst Insp Dhewa said on 5 February this year Vengesa met the juvenile in a bushy area in Nemamwa. The girl was alone on her way home and he chased after her before raping her once.

"The girl reported the matter to police and gave a description of the assailant. A few days later, while police were doing their rounds, they met Vengesa at Nemamwa growth point, who matched the description given by the girl and they apprehended him. An identification parade was conducted and the girl managed to positively identify Vengesa as the person who had raped her.

"He appeared in court for initial remand and was remanded to 27 February," said Asst Insp Dhewa.

Police sources revealed that Vengesa had confessed to raping and robbing 20 women in the area when he was quizzed by police and blamed his heinous act on evil spirits.

"He appeared remorseful and seemed sorry for his act which he blamed on evil spirits. When he was asked by police how many people he had raped he said 20, much to the shock of everyone.

"There had been a number of rape cases reported in and around Nemamwa area and all of them had almost similar circumstances as the method used by the assailant was the same. This led to police suspecting that Vengesa could have been responsible for all the cases which are close to 20," said a police source.

Asst Insp Dhewa could not confirm the other cases against Vengesa, saying investigations were still being carried out to establish if the suspect was linked to the other cases.

"Officers at various stations in the area are still investigating other cases but the cases have not yet been linked to Vengesa. So far only one case has been confirmed. We will update you if there are any other cases brought against him.

"Right now we are trying to bring people who might have been raped in the area and are yet to identify the assailant to visit Nemamwa police station and help in investigating their cases.

"We shall be conducting an identification parade for Vengesa to establish how many cases are against him," he said.

Vengesa last week appeared before a Masvingo magistrate’s court for initial remand and was remanded in custody to 27 February as police are still conducting investigations.

He was not asked to plead.

Two love birds stuck together as they enjoyed steaming sexual ecounter

Two love birds stuck together as they enjoyed steaming sexual ecounter

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The cheater had been warned: "Leave my wife alone! I have put special muthi in her punani ."
But the cheaters again ignored the warning and ended up getting stuck together. They found themselves screaming for help, begging to be separated.
The rumour quickly spread that a cheating man had died after he got stuck in his lover's punani.
And a crowd of about 2,000 people gathered at Dena Court in Yeoville, Joburg. The police had to be called.

People were allegedly pepper sprayed and the amaBerethe chased people away with sjamboks. Many people claimed the police fired rubber bullets.
Priscilla Ndlovu (34) who claims to be a resident at the same flats said they heard screams from the room where the woman stays on Thursday night.
"At first we thought it was just the screams of sexual pleasure, but it turned to be screams for help," said Priscilla.
She said they called the security who forced the door open and saw the naked man on top of the naked woman pleading for help to be separated, but nobody could force them apart."
She said everyone was shocked and afraid of what they saw.
"We always hear of such things happening but we have never seen it," she said.
A family member of the husband of the cheating wife said the husband had been complaining about his cheating wife.

"He complained she was going out with his friend. I think he locked his wife to catch the man she's cheating with," said the woman.
She said in Zimbabwe, where they come from, it is a common way of catching cheating men and women.
"No one will separate them until the husband comes back from Zimbabwe to unlock them," she said.
A Zimbabwean source said locking a woman with muthi was a common way of catching and punishing cheating lovers in their country.
By Friday morning, when the crowd saw the ambulance at the flats they chanted: "We want to see them! Show us the cheaters!"
Cops were kept busy keeping the crowd at bay. Three streets were blocked off, causing major traffic jams and motorists had to use alternative routes.

The ambulance finally raced off at high speed. It is not known if the couple were inside. Neither the police nor the paramedics could confirm if the two were taken to hospital or not.
Sangoma Mathabo Mofokeng said husbands put muthi in their wives' punani to lock their women.
"There is muthi that is used by some men to catch cheating couples," she said.