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Body of Lupane cop still missing after dam tragedy

The search continues for the body of a 24-year-old police officer who drowned on Sunday after a boat capsized at Bubi-Lupane Dam in Matabeleland North province, claiming two lives.Joseph Masvora, a young constable stationed in the district…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 12:52hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter

Police seek relatives of unidentified body

Police in the Midlands province are appealing to the public for assistance in identifying the relatives of a male adult whose body has remained unclaimed at Kwekwe General Hospital mortuary for more than three years.According to Midlands p…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:24hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter

Body of toddler disappears at Chitungwiza central hospital

Officials at Chitungwiza Central Hospital have launched an internal investigation following the mysterious disappearance of the body of an eight-month-old baby, Emmanuel Charindapanze, who had been taken to the hospital for treatment.Emman…

Published: 12 May 2025 at 08:44hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter

Slain woman's family dumps body at boyfriend's house

In a shocking and dramatic protest, the relatives of a murdered woman, Ms. Anna Matambo, dumped her body at the residence of her boyfriend, who is accused of killing her, in Kwekwe's Mbizo suburb. The suspect, who allegedly axed Ms. Matamb…

Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 08:59hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter

Man's body found floating in Mazowe River after row over sex worker

The body of a 25-year-old man was discovered floating in Mazowe River on Thursday, with initial police investigations suggesting that the young man was murdered following a dispute over a sex worker.The victim, identified as Taurai Sahanya…

Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 10:07hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter

Scattered pieces of man's body found in bushy area in Bulawayo

Police in Bulawayo have discovered the remains of an unidentified man, estimated to be between 40-50 years old, in a bushy area of Denver Farm in Umguza. The remains were found on July 6 by a 36-year-old herdsman searching for cattle. Acco…

Published: 09 Jul 2024 at 05:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Malinga's body leaves for Harare

The remains of the national hero, Joshua Malinga, have departed from Bulawayo in preparation for his burial tomorrow at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.The departure occurred at 1:06 PM from the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airpor…

Published: 14 Sep 2023 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Missing villager's body found without tongue and ear

THE body of a man from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North Province was found floating in a dam with a deep cut on the chest  and with some body parts missing after he had gone missing for three days, in what his family suspects was a ri…

Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

New students' body launched

TERTIARY students have partnered with an independent civic group to establish a new students' body, the National Students Council (NSU) to fight polarisation among learners at higher learning institutions.Reports abound of divisions among …

Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Woman murdered, killer left letter on deceased body

Police in Marondera have launched a manhunt for a suspect, who allegedly killed in cold blood, a woman from Grasslands, Marondera who was on her way to a prayer session.Nelia Maringa reportedly left her home at Grasslands Research Farm on …

Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 17:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's remains coming home

THE body of the late former CAPS United midfield kingpin, Joe Mugabe, is set to be repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial. Mugabe, who had been based in England since the turn of the millennium, succumbed to cancer in the early hours of Sunday…

Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Body mix-up at hospital fuels confusion

An 80-year-old Alaska man who died from Covid-19 complications was reburied yesterday following a mix-up of dead bodies at Chinhoyi Provincial Hospital mortuary.The mix-up happened after a funeral parlour was allowed to collect the body on…

Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Dabengwa's body expected in Bulawayo today

LIBERATION war icon and former Cabinet Minister, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, who died in Nairobi, Kenya, last Thursday has been declared a national hero. Dr Dabengwa was enroute to Zimbabwe from India where he had gone to seek medical treatment. H…

Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Game rangers beat poacher to death and dump body in a dam

TWO Gwanda-based game rangers have been arrested while their accomplice is at large after they reportedly beat a poacher to death and dumped his body in a dam in West Nicholson.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Chief Inspec…

Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Body stuck as cremation divides family

A Bulawayo man's body is stuck in mortuary due to family squabbles, with his surviving spouse and daughter demanding cremation while other members are opposed saying it is alien to their culture. The deceased, Mr Amos Nkomo, died on Decemb…

Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Second body found in Hillside Dams

MYSTERY surrounds the drowning of a couple at Hillside Dams in Bulawayo, with their bodies being found a day apart. Yesterday, it emerged that a woman who was reported in The Chronicle on Saturday to have drowned at the dam had in fact dro…

Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:13hrs | | by Staf reporter

Makhurane's body flown to Gungwe

The body of the late national hero Professor Phineas Makhurane has now been flown to his homestead in Gungwe, Gwanda South.Earlier on, the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), the institution he nurtured as the founding Vi…

Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Dead body in car shocks motorist

A MOTORIST in Gweru early this week parked his car and went about his business in town, but upon his return found a "stranger" seated on the passenger seat in his vehicle, and on getting closer discovered that it was a dead body.Acting Mid…

Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Trudy Stevenson's body arriving tomorrow

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade say the remains of the late diplomat and Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Senegal, Ambassador Trudy Stevenson, who died in Senegal on 24 August, will arrive in the country tomorrow, 3 Septemb…

Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Ritual killing: Victim's body unclaimed for 11 months

THE body of a mentally-ill man, who was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, will spend six more months in a mortuary before it is given a pauper's burial.The body, which is in an advanced state of decomposition, is still stuck at Gwa…

Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter

Street death body unclaimed since January

POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of sudden death where a man was found lying on the pavement along 5th Avenue and Herbert Chitepo Street on January 11 this year.Bulawayo Metropolitan Province police spokesperson Inspector Precio…

Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Gangster's body found two days after stabbing alert

MYSTERY surrounds the death of a suspected thief from Bulawayo whose body was discovered in a bushy area two days after he had been allegedly stabbed.A passerby found the body of Dumisani Nyathi (22) from Vundu Flats in Makokoba with two s…

Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Teacher kills girlfriend, sets body on fire

A TEACHER at Pakame High School, who lives in Kia Ora Lalapanzi, Chirumanzu, is in trouble after he allegedly killed his girlfriend after a dispute over her pregnancy.Tonderai Marabwa (33) was not asked to plead to the charge of murder whe…

Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Murder victim's body stuck in hospital mortuary

THE body of a mentally ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, is still stuck at the Gwanda provincial hospital, nine months after he was killed.Mduna, as he was popularly known to the Colleen Bawn community, was …

Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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