Owner and crew members of the Chivero boat may face murder charges.

2012 May 05 | 600 Views
THE owner and crew members of the boat that capsized, killing 11 children at Lake Chivero on Christmas Day last year may face murder charges.The prosecution is likely to prefer a more serious charge after a survivor's testimony suggested the suspects intended to kill them.Latif Ameer (53) and crew m...
by Staff reporter

Man (63) in court for attempted murder

2012 May 05 | 866 Views
A Bulawayo man from Mzilikazi suburb is lucky to be alive after his uncle allegedly hit him with an iron bar in an undisclosed family dispute.The incident reportedly occurred on Sunday at Number G30 in the suburb.It is alleged Mr Mabutho Khumalo, whose age was not given but residing at Number N 67, ...
by Bhebhe Mandla

Zim woman murdered at Tutu residence

2012 April 14 | 2303 Views
A ZIMBABWEAN woman, Angila Muchinga, 40, has been found murdered at the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's daughter in Cape Town South African police said on Friday.Machinga was found on the floor of the Milnerton Central house on Thursday afternoon with her feet and hands bound with clothing.The dom...
by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans charged with murder in Botswana

2012 April 12 | 2076 Views
Three Zimbabweans on Tuesday appeared before a Botswana magistrate in Maun, charged with the murder of a Motswana, Baitirile Ipolokeng, over an unspecified issue.A Botswana newspaper, Ngami Times, reported yesterday that the trio, Thandolenkosi Khumalo (20), Talent Mguni (20) and Mlungisi Khumalo (...
by Ndou Paul

MDC-T police murder trial appeal judgement reserved indefinitely

2012 April 11 | 1129 Views
High Court judge, Justice Chinembiri Bhunu has reserved his judgment indefinitely on the application by 29 MDC-T members who are seeking the right to appeal for bail at the Supreme Court.The 29 members who are facing charges of murdering a police officer in Glen View, Harare and public violence in M...
by Mafu Sithabile

Public fury at police negligence as woman is raped and murdered

2012 April 10 | 2529 Views
National Police Agency chief Cho Hyun-Oh from South Korea said he would step down to "take all responsibility... for unpardonable carelessness" by the police following public fury at a bungled case in which a woman was raped and murdered after frantically calling police for help. He has also asked t...
by Staff Reporter

Elderly man brutally murdered for $20

2012 April 05 | 587 Views
A young man who brutally murdered an elderly man who had allegedly stolen his $20 was yesterday sentenced to 16 years in jail.Thandazani Mpofu (20), who worked and stayed at Plot Number 5, Wild East, Kezi, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Moga Rori (59), but was convicted of murder with actual i...
by Court Reporter

Murdered woman's family to decide on burial arrangement

2012 April 03 | 546 Views
THE family of the Mpopoma woman who was recently allegedly butchered with a machete is going to meet over the Easter holidays to decide on burial arrangements amid revelations that the blood-splattered walls and floors have still not been cleaned.The 34-year-old woman, Miriam Nyoni nee Takavingofa, ...
by Staff reporter

Murdered woman's family abandons blood stained house

2012 April 03 | 534 Views
THE family of the Mpopoma woman who was recently allegedly butchered with a machete have reportedly abandoned the Mpopoma house amid revelations that the blood-splattered walls and floors have still not been cleaned.The Mpopoma house where the gruesome murder took place has reportedly been abandoned...
by Staff reporter

Shamva murder, cops charged with murder

2012 March 28 | 455 Views
HARARE - Eight police officers who butchered a Shamva mine worker, Luxmore Chivambo and injured several others now face the hangman's noose.Aspias Shumba, a 48-year-old inspector who led the orgy of brutality at a Shamva farm to revenge the theft of his wife's purse, did not show any emotion as he w...
by Staff reporter

17 year old arrested for murder

2012 March 28 | 534 Views
A 17-year-old Chinhoyi boy has been arrested for allegedly fatally striking a neighbour who had confronted him over a US$5 debt. The teenager reportedly owed the woman’s brother the money and turned against the messenger.Shylock Mabvurira (24) of Plot 14 in Murereka went to the teenager's home a...
by Staff reporter

Man fatally assaults friend for making to much noise

2012 March 24 | 536 Views
An Inyathi mine worker, Soul Khabo has been sentenced to eight years in prison for fatally assaulting his friend because he had arrived home late and made a lot of noise.Khabo whose age was not given, pleaded not guilty to murdering Reuben Ndebele but guilty to culpable homicide before ...
by Manu Sithabile

SA whites suggests killing 30 blacks for every white murdered

2012 March 22 | 542 Views
Bloemfontein - South Africa's right wing leader Andre Visagie says his followers (Boers) at a meeting held in Bloemfontein on Wednesday suggested killing 30 black people for every white person murdered in the country. The leader also said his followers are upset and want them to prepare for war.A r...
by Staff reporter

Murderous Zim cop faces legal action

2012 March 21 | 456 Views
SHAMVA - Police say the officers involved in the clash with Shamva residents which resulted in the death of one person will be transferred while the matter will be treated as criminal.Seven other people were injured after police allegedly attacked residents of Shamva Mine in search of a thief. The...
by Staff reporter

Another murder, another 40 herd of cattle demanded before burial

2012 March 20 | 547 Views
 Another family whose daughter was brutally murdered by her husband is demanding 40 herd of cattle before burial.Letwin Siyapi aged 18 of Chiwundura in the Midlands area was last week killed by her husband Lovemore Toziya (30) who is a police constable.Toziya accused his wife of infidelity.Now...
by Alois Sibanda

Mpopoma murder victim family agrees to bury her

2012 March 20 | 501 Views
THE family of Miriam Nyoni (nee Takavingofa) who was allegedly brutally killed by her husband at their Mpopoma home in Bulawayo yesterday resolved to bury her but insisted the demands still stand.The family is demanding 45 cattle and $3 000 from the family of Goodman Nyoni, Miriam's husband.In a tel...
by Staff reporter

Bail hearing for MDC-T members postponed for the 6th time in one week

2012 March 16 | 457 Views
The bail hearing at the High Court for the 29 MDC-T members who are facing charges of murder and public violence has been postponed for the sixth time in one week.Today, the hearing failed to take place after Justice Chinembiri Bhunu who is presiding over the matter did not to come to court as he is...
by Nare Msupatsila

Woman body with a crushed head found dumped on railway line

2012 March 16 | 491 Views
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a woman who was allegedly hit by a train at Bulawayo Main Railway Station on Friday night. The woman, who is believed to be between 16 and 20 years old, is suspected to have been hit by the Victoria Falls-Bulawayo train, which departed from platform four at the station...
by Staff reporter

Granny facing death penalty for making granddaughter run for hours

2012 March 14 | 480 Views
A grandmother in Alabama, USA forced her 9-year-old granddaughter to run for hours as punishment for eating a chocolate bar on a school bus and then lying about it could face the death penalty for killing her.  Prosecutors are reportedly seeking the severe sentence for Joyce Garrard in Savann...
by Staff reporter

Mother's outburst at plans to let 6yr old son testify against her

2012 March 09 | 454 Views
Prosecutors’ plans to put her son on the stand in her high-profile trial next month, led to an outburst from a Brooklyn mother accused of killing her 4-year-old daughter.“He needs to be left alone, just leave him alone,” Carlotta Brett Pierce blurted out as lawyers and the judge discussed whet...
by Staff Reporter

MDC-T murder accused taken back into custody

2012 March 02 | 431 Views
Twenty-nine MDC-T members accused of murdering a police officer, Petros Mutedza last year were yesterday taken back into custody after being indicted for trial which is set to commence at the High Court on 12 March 2011.Lawyers representing the MDC members had to wait for the better part of the day...
by Moyo Roy

Tsvangirai dines with MDC-T activists murderer

2012 February 28 | 413 Views
The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent Joseph Mwale accused of masterminding the gruesome murder to two top MDC-T activists in 2000, reportedly formed part of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's security team during his recent tour of the Chiadzwa diamond fields.Mwale was implicated 12 ye...
by Staff reporter

Kombi conductor convicted of attempted murder

2012 February 23 | 507 Views
A COMMUTER omnibus conductor, who pushed a police officer out of a moving kombi, in a bid to evade arrest has been sentenced to an effective five-year prison term. Guide Matsika (25) was convicted of attempted murder.Harare regional magistrate Mr Morgen Nemadire sentenced Matsika to eight years in ...
by Court reporter

Mat South police arrest murder suspect

2012 February 23 | 434 Views
POLICE in Matabeleland South have arrested one man and launched a manhunt for others following the horrific murder of a farm worker in Mwenezi district. The farm worker, identified as Clement Zhou (52), is from Masvayamando homestead under Chief Mazepese.Zhou is said to have reported for work at N...
by Staff reporter

Romantic Valentine's night ended in grief

2012 February 22 | 505 Views
WHAT was intended to be a romantic Valentine's night ended in grief when a spouse was grisly murdered in cold blood.Wellington Chaminuka (38) met his fate in Zengeza 4, Chitungwiza while carrying flowers and a Valentine's card for his beloved wife Irene Mwanandimayi (33).Wellington worked for the H...
by Staff reporter

Bulawayo DJ charged with the 2010 murder of his girlfriend

2012 February 16 | 443 Views
A BULAWAYO club DJ, Clancy Junior Munetsi, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend.Munetsi, 20, is accused of assaulting Egifah Tambudzai Maphosa, 20, following a 21st birthday party for her cousin in the city on 8 May 2010.Munetsi, of Syringa Avenue in Sauerstown, accused Maphosa of "di...
by Staff reporter

MDC-T activists murder charges, Supreme court judgement reserved

2012 February 13 | 427 Views
Deputy Chief Judge, Justice Luke Malaba today reserved judgment in the bail appeal by seven MDC-T members who are facing charges of murdering a police officer to later this week at the Supreme Court.The defence and State lawyers today finished making their submissions on the bail appeal with the Sta...
by Nare Msupatsila

MDC member murdered by Chipangano in Mbare claims MDC-T

2012 February 13 | 461 Views
Shepherd Bandau, an MDC-T branch treasurer in Mbare, Harare was on Friday murdered by known Zanu PF youths operating under the notorious Chipangano wing, claimed MDC-T.Bandau was the branch treasurer for Jo'burg Lines branch in Mbare.Four of the 10 Zanu PF youths have been arrested and are detained ...
by Ndou Paul

Facebook defriending sparks murder

2012 February 11 | 451 Views
Chicago - A feud which started on Facebook ended with the early-morning slaying of a young Tennessee couple, found shot in the head with their sobbing baby still clutched in her dead mother's arms, police said.Easy to anger, Janell Potter had been making trouble in the tiny town of Mountain City for...
by AFP

MDC activist's hands chopped off, murdered by Zanu PF thugs

2012 February 10 | 433 Views
Sharukai Mukwena, an MDC activist of Ward 22, Zaka East in Masvingo was on Tuesday murdered by suspected Zanu PF thugs at his home.The MDC has expressed shock at the murder.Confirming the incident, the MDC provincial spokesperson, Harrison Mudzuri said, the party activist was murdered by suspected Z...
by Ndou Paul

'Gang' murders colleague and burn his body over food

2012 February 05 | 416 Views
Police in Mashonaland West have launched a manhunt for a seven-member gang of illegal gold panners who reportedly murdered their colleague before subsequently setting his body ablaze following a dispute over the sharing of food.The seven gold panners are said to have tied the deceased's hands with a...
by Staff reporter

Man murders brother over burial arrangements of his wife

2012 February 01 | 443 Views
A 65-year-old Silobela man who murdered his younger brother following an argument over the burial arrangements of his wife will spend the next three years in prison after the High Court on circuit in Gweru found him guilty of culpable homicide.Patrick Sibanda, of Masina Village under Chief Malisa, h...
by Staff reporter

Man get death sentence for murdering his father

2012 January 31 | 426 Views
A man from Mberengwa who in 2009 murdered his father and brother in cold blood for trying to restrain him from assaulting his sister has been sentenced to death by High Court judge, Justice Lawrence Kamocha.Kudakwashe Mtethwa, of Chikwangwadza Village under Chief Nyamhondo, who was aged 25 years at ...
by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's murder and divorce figure figures as 'frightening and scary' - judge

2012 January 25 | 420 Views
THE country last year saw an increase in divorce cases with 1 551 recorded compared to 1 216 in 2010, Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Lawrence Kamocha said. 395 murder cases were committed last year alone compared to 386 in 2010.The country also witnessed a general increase in other cases like mur...
by Staff reporter

Man stoned and set alight for murdering his daughter

2012 January 24 | 457 Views
A 50-YEAR-OLD man was brutally stoned to death before his body was set alight in Sekgosese outside Modjadjiskloof in Limpopo on Sunday night.The man was stoned and beaten with sticks. A tyre was put around his neck, doused with petrol and set alight. He was suspected of murdering his daughter Mendi ...
by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man sort in connection with the death of his wife in South Africa

2012 January 23 | 473 Views
South African police believe a 24-year-old woman, killed when she was hit by a car allegedly driven by her estranged husband, was murdered.Police are now seeking Zimbabwean Alexio Mukanda, 26, whose on the run, in connection with the death of his wife, Rejoice Giyane, who was killed on Wednesday i...
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Former SA defender murdered

2012 January 22 | 444 Views
Former South Africa defender Jeffrey Ntuka was murdered on Saturday after he was stabbed near his girlfriend's house in the South African town of Kroonstad, local news service Eyewitness News reported."Ntuka asked for matches from these six unknown guys which led to a quarrel. One of the guys then s...
by Moyo Roy

Prominent political activist in a Learnmore Jongwe murder style

2012 January 22 | 497 Views
Police in Shamva have arrested prominent MDC-T official Zivai Chimombe for allegedly murdering his wife following a domestic dispute early yesterday morning.Chimombe, who is brother to Shamva North parliamentary aspirant Mr Godfrey Chimombe, subsequently attempted suicide, but was rescued by neighbo...
by Staff reporter

No evidence of murder in Gen Mujuru's death

2012 January 17 | 426 Views
Harare - Zimbabwean state attorneys say forensic investigations have found no evidence of explosives or inflammable liquids used in the house fire death of a powerful general whose family believes he may have been murdered.Retired General Solomon Mujuru, husband of Zimbabwe's vice president, was bur...
by Staff reporter

Talking Boko Haram and More On Soul Talk

2012 January 09 | 438 Views
A lot has been going down in the country of my birth, multiple deaths, the fuel subsidy , unrest and so much more.   I know a lot of Nigerians are focused on the fuel subsidy issue which is a real issue because this affects everything that occurs in the day to day life of EVERY Nige...
by Pamelas World

Man rapes wife, murders son, flees

2012 January 05 | 566 Views
A South African man from the Limpopo province is on the run after allegedly shooting his son to death and taking part with three of his employees in gang raping his wife.The son was shot and killed after he allegedly caught them in the act.The men had allegedly been taking turns raping his mother wh...
by Staff reporter

State in no show for MDC-T police murder suspect bail hearing

2011 December 01 | 412 Views
The bail hearing for Solomon Madzore, the MDC-T Youth Assembly chairperson has been moved to High Court judge, Justice Maria Zimba Dube's chambers after the State prosecutor Edmore Nyazamba failed to come to court.The case was to be heard this morning with Nyazamba submitting his response but this ...
by Moyo Roy

Murdered victim's family demands 60 beasts from suspects

2011 November 30 | 424 Views
RELATIVES of a Shurugwi man who was allegedly killed by fellow villagers following a beer brawl at Shamba Business Centre early this month are now demanding 15 beasts from each of the four suspects.The demand comes amid revelations that police have since  picked four suspects in connection with...
by Staff reporter

Senior MDC-T official murdered

2011 November 18 | 380 Views
The MDC-T says it is saddened by the gruesome murder of Mr Albert Vhiriri, a senior member and founder of the party who died on Wednesday in Harare in a suspicious case of politically motivated violence. Mr Vhiriri, a pensioner, died on arrival at the Harare Central Hospital. He was discovered by ne...
by Nare Msupatsila

Fresh High Court bail application for MDC-T Youth Chairman Madzore postponed

2011 November 16 | 389 Views
The fresh bail application for Solomon Madzore, the MDC-T Youth Assembly chairperson was postponed today at the High Court to tomorrow after the State said it was not ready to file its response.  Madzore is part of 28 MDC-T activists who are facing charges of murdering a police officer in Glen ...
by Mafu Sithabile

Fired Zimbabwean couple on the run after SA double murder

2011 November 04 | 464 Views
Johannesburg - A man and his wife who bred parrots have been killed on a smallholding near Rustenburg, North West police said on Thursday.Don du Plessis, 72, and his wife Jackie, 68, were apparently assaulted with "objects" at their home early in the morning on Wednesday while they were feeding the...
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MDC-T activist laid to rest three years after death

2011 October 24 | 409 Views
MDC-T members, friends and relatives converged at Chipere Village in Gokwe for the burial of MDC-T activist Moses Chokuda who was murdered by Zanu PF youths in March 2009.Chokuda was murdered by Farai Machaya, the son of Zanu PF Midlands chairperson, Jason Machaya, Abel Maphosa and brothers Edmore ...
by Moyo Roy

Zanu-PF Governor pays MDC family for murdered son

2011 October 19 | 429 Views
MIDLANDS Governor Jason Machaya has agreed to pay 35 cattle and $15 000 cash demanded by the Chokuda family as compensation for the murder of Moses Chokuda by his son, Farai, and three accomplices.Machaya said he had by yesterday paid 20 cattle and $15 000 cash.He promised to hand over the remainin...
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'Man of God' slits son's throat

2011 October 12 | 410 Views
Johannesburg - A South African pastor from the Eastern Cape province is under police guard in hospital after he allegedly murdered his 2-year-old son and tried to take his own life in Kwazakhele, near Port Elizabeth.The Herald reported on Wednesday that the 29-year-old pastor allegedly slit his so...
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Zim man in the US fatally beat girlfriend over dirty dishes, burns the body

2011 October 12 | 451 Views
A 38-year-old carpet cleaner from Zimbabwe, Mthulisi Bhala Ndlovu, was arraigned at the Pierce County Court in the US on Tuesday on accusations that he fatally beat his girlfriend and burning her body to cover it up.At the arraignment, a Pierce County judge set Ndlovu's bail at $1 million and, due...
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