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3 lions beheaded in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has launched an investigation into a disturbing case of poaching after the bodies of three lions were discovered beheaded in Hwange Nati...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:57hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Missing head found in Rushinga
The missing head of the late Grace Murenza (28) who was allegedly beheaded by her husband was found in a blair toilet recently.Barnabas Murenza (42) who was on the run after the gruesome murde...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 18:51hrs | 2289 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man beheads wife in a domestic dispute
Rushinga-based David Meja is on the run following the death of his wife Grace Mureza (28) who was beheaded in a domestic dispute.The incident left villagers at Munyozo, Rusambo shell shocked....Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 13:31hrs | 1609 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'ZPRA archives handed to British and American govts'
A former government minister claims that the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) archives, confiscated by Zanu immediately after independence, were handed over to the British and American gove...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 14:46hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
16-year-old rapes cousin, chops body into pieces
IN a grisly act of murder which left the community of Siamputeni Village 44, Chishizya area under Chief Sinamagonde in Binga, Matebeleland North Province shocked, a 16-year-old boy is alleged to have ...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen fatally strikes cousin-sister with axe
Lusulu - Police in Matabeleland North Province are tracking down a juvenile suspect who allegedly axed and killed his cousin-sister in a gruesome manner on Tuesday afternoon.The suspect Romeo ...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 22:30hrs | | by Peter Matuka
The ambiguous essence of Valentine's day
As social beings wired for celebration, human life is marked by various milestones. Births are celebrated, puberty initiations are observed in some cultures, weddings announce unions, and even divorce...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 11:44hrs | 11 | by Bishop John Carter
4 life sentences for killer mom
A CHIVHU woman, Emelda Marizani, who beheaded her four children in 2020 following a brawl with her husband, has been sentenced to four life sentences.Marizani was convicted by High Court judge...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC violence a threat to national peace
TIME and again many have inked articles articulating how the MDC-Alliance is wired in violence, with the streak running so deep that removing it simply means an end to the political outfit that was fo...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Zimbabwe team leaves for UK
THE National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) is preparing to dispatch a team of experts to the United Kingdom to assess a catalogue of human remains believed to be of First Chimurenga war her...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mozambique terrorists murder Zimbabwean man
Zimbabwean Nyasha Mugwagwa, who was among the 12 people killed in Palma, Mozambique, when armed criminals who claim allegiance to a terrorist group ISIS that attacked the town, has been buried by Moza...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Several Zimbabweans killed in Mozambique, the battle of palmer
Michael Chandada was so excited when he got a Job in Mozambique. His company is involved in extracting oil and gas and again runs marines in the area. Michael was posted to work from a plant in Palma ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 11:19hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwean man remains missing after Mozambique's Palma terrorist attack
FEARS are growing for a 38-year-old Zimbabwean man missing since March 24 when Islamist insurgents launched an attack on the northern Mozambican coastal town of Palma, a town of approximately 75,000 r...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The constitution of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi & related matters
Greetings to all Mthwakazi citizens! On 2 April 2021, I brought to your attention our preparations for the establishment of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi. In doing so, I also invited you t...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Dr. Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Guard beheaded, body burnt with tyres
IN a gruesome murder that has shocked residents in the faming town of Chiredzi, a security guard was murdered, his head cut off before the rest of the body was thrown at a scrap yard and burnt with ty...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare says 'Mozambican crisis a regional question'
ZIMBABWE will not individually deploy troops in northern Mozambique to fend off Islamic insurgents who have killed more than 2 500 people and displaced 700 000 others in the country, the government sa...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Polygamous man beheads wife, commits
A MAN from Dekezi area in Filabusi under Chief Sibasa went berserk beheading one of his three wives after he found her having sex with a local herdman.Zama Mafu, allegedly beheaded his wife wi...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa our own Mbuya Nehanda,' says Chinamasa
ZANU-PF acting spokes-person Patrick China-masa yesterday took praise-singing to a new level, describing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country's own Mbuya Nehanda, an ancient ancestral spirit fr...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands heroes' remains from Britain
ZANU-PF is demanding the return of heads of the country's heroes and heroines who were beheaded during the First Chimurenga for decent burials from Britain. This comes as the country is presen...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sadc plots Mozambique rescue mission
SADC yesterday undertook to work on a robust regional response to the growing threat of terrorism and insurgency in parts of Mozambique, which it will put in action once finalised. This came o...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans live in fear of terror attacks from Mozambique
A POLITICAL science student from the University of Zimbabwe, Jethro Ngara, sees doom and gloom as his country dares to wade into Mozambique's war on terror.Ngara, 25, said he is too young to d...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Terrorist threat to region - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe will help Mozambique in its struggle against Islamic terrorists in the north of the country. The Mozambiquan government has appealed for international assistance ...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:44hrs | 3 | by ZimVigil
Boy (7) beheaded in suspected ritual murder
POLICE in Mashonaland East province have launched investigations into the suspected ritual murder of a seven-year-old boy, Tapiwa Makore, whose beheaded body was recovered outside the family's vegetab...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teenager beheads father, dumps body in a pit
Police in Wedza, Mashonaland East, have arrested a 19-year-old man who beheaded his father, wrapped his head in a plastic bag before throwing his dismembered body into a pit.The body and head ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Repatriation of Mbuya Nehanda, Sekuru Kaguvi imminent
A UK museum has examined 13 human remains of heroes and heroines of the First Chimurenga as part of preparations to repatriate them back home.The remains include those of iconic 19th century l...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora met to pave way for repatriation of Mbuya Nehanda's bones
She said that after her death, her bones would rise and lead a victorious struggle against the British. This is Nehanda Nyakasikana, a Shona spirit medium who led the fight against British colonisers ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mthuli's mortal fight with the Hydra
If you ask the Bishop what will distinguish E D's Presidency, he will tell you that it is his fierce decisiveness, keen pragmatism and a commendable ability to swiftly change and adjust as the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi
Axe wielding Muzarabani man beheads senior citizen
In a bizarre incident that has left people of Muzarabani terrified, a 21 year well known mentally challenged man last week allegedly beheaded a 79 year old man from the same village over a misundersta...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 22:23hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
We are like the morning dew that dries up before midday
Honestly some people love lies with a passion and propagating them is to them the icing on the 'evil cake'. Perceived animosity between otherwise 'getting on well' government leadership is compactly p...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:55hrs | 2 | by Tondo Murisa
The case for the internet shutdown
The bygone violent and destructive protest stay away in most urban centres of Zimbabwe which ran from Monday to Wednesday this week triggered an internet shutdown since Tuesday morning. This was on th...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:33hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Man who beheaded wife with axe gets death sentence
THE Supreme Court yesterday confirmed the death sentence on a Binga man who axed his wife 11 times and chopped off her head before hiding it in a cardboard box following a domestic dispute.Won...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 10:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Confronting ED dictatorship head-on: demand enlightened Gvt based on free elections – not next time, NOW
"England must move forward to a more enlightened form of government based on a true representation of a free people. Such an institution is known as a democracy!" These were the memorable words of Oli...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chief Charumbira drops another bombshell
NATIONAL Council of Chiefs president, Fortune Charumbira has dropped another bombshell, declaring that traditional leaders would not hesitate to intervene in political issues when national interests w...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Generational gaps and false dichotomies
In the recent BBC HARDtalk episode, Stephen Sackur, the host, asked presidential hopeful Nelson Chamisa to respond to the allegation that some see him as a young man in a hurry.While the insin...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by David Mungoshi
Police dismiss kidnapping, beheading of children hoax
POLICE have warned members of the public against causing unnecessary panic following the circulation of messages on WhatsApp to the effect that some suspected criminals are kidnapping and beheading ch...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' son in court
A FORT Rixon man who allegedly beheaded his father with an axe after accusing him of stealing his mangoes has appeared in court.Clement Hove (37) of Maturi village under Chief Jahana, Lambani ...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father over mangoes 'theft'
A-37-YEAR-OLD man from Fort Rixon in Matabeleland South's Insiza District allegedly chopped off his father's head with an axe after accusing the elderly man of stealing his mangoes, police confirmed y...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
The fake Zanu pf Manifesto
Like lightning its veto stroke everyone who had been compelled to gather and chant the "not holding water" slogan. Their fists hoisted above their heads while tightly held so that no one could see tha...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Craig
Man beheads wife of 29 years
A Mutare man who had spent 25 years in the Diaspora and returned a month ago beheaded his wife of 29 years in a callous murder that has become the talk of the eastern border city.At a time whe...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 16:02hrs | 1 | by Staff Repoerter
Beheading haunts family
Dilapidated buildings blackened with soot, and shells of two burnt vehicles are what remain at what used to be one of the biggest shops at Zvipani business centre, about 70km west of Karoi.The...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier arrested over four sisters' killing
POLICE have arrested an ex-soldier suspected to have killed four sisters with an axe before burning their bodies in a bedroom hut in Chirima village in Gokwe South.Midlands acting police spoke...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Family demands 48 cattle after son-in-law murders their 4 daughters
A FAMILY from Gokwe is demanding 48 cattle to appease avenging spirits following the brutal murder and burning of the bodies of four of their children.The alleged killer, Dingilizwe Dube (38),...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 beheaded sisters buried
The four Gokwe sisters who were beheaded and burnt in a petrol bombed hut by unknown assailants were buried yesterday in a touching ceremony.The Dlomo girls, who have been identified as Peculi...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
4 sisters beheaded
A GOKWE family lost all four daughters, three of them minors, after they were allegedly beheaded and their bodies burnt beyond recognition in a hut.The incident occurred last Friday at Chirima...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman beheads baby as cover up after uncle impregnates her
A WOMAN who had an affair with her uncle resulting in a baby being born, connived with him to commit one of the worst crimes ever.Clever Shamhu and Chipo Mpofu from Chitoro village in Gokwe re...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The truth about atrocities of British colonisation
MY previous two articles have concentrated on the period of the Bush War or the Second Chimurenga, mainly because this period covers my own time growing up in Rhodesia.In this article I focus ...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Simon Massey
Ritual killing body stuck at mortuary
THE body of a mentally ill man from Gwanda who was beheaded in a suspected ritual murder three weeks ago, still lies unclaimed at Gwanda Provincial Hospital mortuary.A post mortem was done on ...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Businessman in court over ritual murder
TWO Hurungwe men appeared at the Karoi Magistrates' Court yesterday over the suspected ritual murder of a 40-year-old woman last Friday.Businessman, Robert Tazvireva (46) and a villager, Samue...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man beheads sister, tries to sell head to businessman for $4000
A 22-Year-Old Karoi man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly beheaded his sister in a bid to get $4000 from a local businessman.Sources familiar with the incident allege the suspect who i...Published: 15 Jul 2017 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
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