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Notorious robbers jailed 87 years
Two serial robbers who unleashed a reign of terror across rural Makoni District in 2024 have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 87 years in prison after being found guilty of 14 counts of robb...Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:17hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Cousins' feud over stolen thatching grass
A long-standing feud between two Nyanga cousins has escalated into a troubling series of allegations involving theft, violence, and abuse, with the matter now before Chief Saunyama's community court. ...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:19hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Bogus chief's messengers arrested
SEVEN daring Nyanga villagers who allegedly masqueraded as Chief Saunyama's messengers, issuing counterfeit summons to villagers to appear before the community court, were recently nabbed and arraigne...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 07:10hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Nyanga family tormented by thigh vendor's avenging spirit killed 50 years ago by their polygamist father
A Nyanga family finds themselves living in constant fear as they believe a vengeful spirit is haunting them, claiming to be a s_ex worker who met a tragic end 50 years ago at the hands of their patria...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:28hrs | 20 | by Erick Matotoba
Sex worker's ngozi surfaces 50 years later
A Nyanga family is living in fear of a vengeful spirit that claims to be a sex worker who was murdered 50 years ago by the family's patriarch.The spirit, which speaks through various possessed...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Traditional 'DNA tests' confirm paternity
DRAMA recently erupted at Acting Chief Saunyama's court after a toddler became the subject of traditional "DNA tests".The tests were done by a group of elderly women.The father of the ...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Police protects Minister Kazembe's hitman
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's alleged hitman Isheunesu "Chief Saunyama" Dzimbiti did not show up at Bindura magistrates courts today where he was supposed to answer to threats charges agains...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:10hrs | | by Paul Ndou
ZANU-PF fights justice
The ruling ZANU PF party is allegedly fighting justice by making suspected criminal abscond courts on the pretext of campaigning for the party....Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 20:38hrs | 11 | by Paul Ndou
Sithole's lawyer seeks Matanga's audience over ZANU PF militia
Freelance journalist Simbarashe Sithole's lawyer, Alice Mujakachi, has sent a formal complaint to Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga over delay by police in bringing ZANU PF militia Isheanesu ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 21:47hrs | 4 | by Paul Ndou
Breaking Kazembe's hitman arrested
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's thug Isheanesu Chief Saunyama Dzimbiti has been arrested.Dzimbiti who is being accused of threa...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 17:09hrs | 14 | by Paul Ndou
Police probe Kazembe's 'hitman'
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe's thug Isheanesu Aka Chief Saunyama Dzimbiti is on the run after threatening to as...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 17:39hrs | 17 | by Staff Reporter
Minister Kazembe behind attack on Tendai Biti?
Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) chairperson in Mashonaland Central province George Gwarada has condemned Minister of Home Affairs Kazembe Kazembe who is also ZANU PF chairperson for Mashonaland Cen...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Open Letter to ZUJ, ZANU PF and ZRP Commissioner General
Zimbabwe has seen an upsurge in violence and violent crime. The brutal killing of Moreblessings Ali is one among many such violent crimes that are on the rise. It is disturbing that in the wak...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 12:36hrs | | by Thuthani Khumalo
Kazembe's 'hitman' in trouble
Freelance journalist Simbarashe Sithole has filed a police report against Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's loyalist Isheunesu "Chief Sa...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 21:13hrs | 18 | by Staff Reporter
LISTEN: Journalist Simbarashe Sithole's life in danger
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has reportedly sent ZANU PF youths led by Shamva based one Chief Saunyama to threaten and assault Freelance journalist Simbarashe Sithole. Sithole i...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 14:20hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu-PF bigwigs on firing line'
Zanu-PF Manicaland chairperson Mike Madiro yesterday warned that a number of party members were on the firing line as President Emmerson Mnangagwa desperately moves to assert his control of the party ...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe’s campaign manager admits Chamisa's infiltration
ZANU PF Mashonaland Central chairperson Kazembe Kazembe’s campaign manager Shadreck Muwandi has admitted that he contributed to fuelling chaos in their party WhatsApp group.According to part...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 12:51hrs | 12 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Wife murders hubby over lobola
A NYANGA woman is being accused of murdering her estranged husband over the payment of her bride price after she allegedly teamed up with her two brothers and beat him to death.Esther Tambara ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Surprise visitor at Nyanga sangoma
VILLAGERS who on Friday attended Chief Saunyama's court hearings at his homestead in Nyatate Village, Nyanga were surprised to see a young woman, believed to be an Indian national, who had visited the...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fatal end to estate row
A WRANGLE over the estate of a deceased person turned tragic when two Nyanga family members ran amok and fatally assaulted a relative over a residential stand.Golden Sandi (35) and Nicholas Ny...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 14:58hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Palm markings used to solve paternity dispute
A TRADITIONAL way of identifying biological father of a child called palm reading in Nyanga solved a paternity dispute between a kraal head and his nephew in Nyatate Village, Nyanga, who were involved...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 12:36hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Avenging spirits demand 100 beasts
A NYANGA family is having a torrid time and enduring the wrath of a menacing avenging spirits (ngozi), which have caused untold suffering that included mysterious deaths and fires within the clan....Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 12:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt pledges to expand ICT to the rural areas
The government has underscored its commitment to expand infrastructure development for Information, Communication Technology (ICT) and reach out to the rural areas and enhance communication coverage....Published: 23 Aug 2016 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans urged to snub stay-away calls
Zanu-PF and traditional leaders have condemned recent acts of violence and implored Zimbabweans to ignore calls from some quarters to stay away from work tomorrow.The country yesterday wit...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 18:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
N'anga brutally killed
A N'ANGA from Nyanga last Saturday ran amok and savagely axed and knifed his colleague to death after being accused of using witchcraft. Wonder Ndowa (59) of Sanyabako Village in Chief Saunyama's area...Published: 04 Jul 2016 at 04:25hrs | 3 | by Liberty Dube
Man slips into a well he was digging, dies
A NYANGA man (35) fell into a well he was digging on Monday. Police confirmed the incident which happened in Village 16, Ruchera under Chief Saunyama. It is alleged that Wency Katerere met hi...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 13:05hrs | 1 | by Talent Simbi
Teenager killed while defending his cheating mother
TRYING to defend his cheating mother who had been confronted by her boyfriend's wife cost a Nyanga teenager his life after he was fatally stabbed by the enraged woman last Friday.Tobias Dawan...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 11:53hrs | | by Talent Simbi
Man hangs self over goblin
A NYANGA man hanged himself with a rope soon after confessing to his family members that he was in possession of a goblin that had killed 11 people.Silas Nyamhute from Bvukutwa Village under C...Published: 20 Jun 2015 at 14:06hrs | 1 | by Talent Simbi
Father, son have sex with one woman
A man from Nyanga in Manicaland and his son reportedly entangled into taking turns to have sex with one woman a development which has left tongues wagging in the area.WHEN most people hear...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 12:27hrs | 72 | by Staff Reporter
Father, son in love triangle
WHEN most people hear about a father and son love triangle, the response is usually a mixture of shock and disgust.Family ties can cause dramatic tension if the love triangle is the parent an...Published: 06 Jun 2015 at 15:02hrs | 13 | by Cletus Mushanawani
Villager jailed for assaulting policeman
ASSAULTING police officers on duty earned a Nyanga man a six-month jail term.Simbarashe Masandudzi (29) of Kanyuru Village under Chief Saunyama was sentenced by Nyanga provincial magistrat...Published: 24 Jan 2015 at 08:45hrs | | by Talent Simbi
Man fatally stabbed after beer-drinking binge
A BEER-drinking binge ended tragically in Nyanga when two villagers turned against each other in their drunken stupor resulting in the death of one of them over the weekend.Manuel Manuwer...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grandpa (68) jailed for growing cannabis
A 68-year-old Nyanga man was slapped with a six-month jail term after he pleaded guilty to cultivating 33 plants of mbanje that were found in his garden. Nyanga provincial magistrate Mr Ignati...Published: 24 Jan 2014 at 12:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man tells court he sells goblins for a living
A NYANGA man, who appeared to be in his late 30s, stunned attendees at Chief Saunyama's court when he claimed that he sells goblins for $25 each.Mathias Sithole of Ruwangwe in Nyanga North con...Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 18:11hrs | 9 | by Staff Reporter
Girl leads families to mystery grave
THE Nyanga teenager, who narrates the ordeal of a woman murdered for ritual purposes by her husband, is today (Friday) expected to lead the families to the site.Chief Saunyama, who is presidin...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Late spirit' demands compensation 45 years later
AFTER being murdered for ritual purposes by her husband almost 45 years ago, a Nyanga woman is now demanding reparations from her husband's Mandikonza family in Nyanga.The Mandikonza and Mavhu...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 05:12hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
Boy (12) hangs self because of school
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy from Nyanga last week hanged himself after he had complained to no avail to his parents that he no longer wanted to go to school because it was too far.Police confirmed the d...Published: 10 Nov 2012 at 18:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pervert rapes two-year-old in broad daylight
A Nyanga man (18) is reported to have raped his neighbour's two-year-old toddler in full view of other neighbours before fleeing the village as angry villagers bayed for his blood, the News Day repor...Published: 29 Nov 2011 at 21:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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