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Mum, daughter hack down would-be rapist
A MBEMBESI mother and her teenage daughter turned the tables on a suspected attempted rapist, hacking him with an axe after he broke into their home and tried to force himself on the girl.Kwan...Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:04hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Lusengo's surname will cost him at Dembare
A faction of disgruntled Dynamos Football Club supporters has called for a boycott of all home matches, starting with this Sunday's highly anticipated Harare Derby against arch-rivals Caps United, in ...Published: 15 May 2025 at 09:14hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Wave of terror in Entumbane as machete gangs attack residents
A terrifying crime wave has rocked Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb, where six residents were brutally attacked by armed criminals wielding machetes and an axe in a series of violent incidents along the ra...Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:58hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
'Security apparatus' ploy to shutdown Manhize foils,' Mutsvangwa claims
ZANU-PF spokesman, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa has this Thursday sensationally claimed that a major security institution's ploy to shutdown Manhize ...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:47hrs | 2619 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Chivayo washes hands of Chimombe fraud case
In a shocking case of retribution, a suspected armed robber from Zimbabwe was found with both feet chopped off along the banks of the Limpopo River, where he reportedly targeted smugglers crossing to ...Published: 12 Nov 2024 at 10:57hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
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 | 839 | by Staff reporter
Man cuts off manhood, makes sandwich and EATS!
A 19-year-old gardener in Kwekwe has been hospitalized following a shocking incident in which he allegedly cut off his own manhood and consumed it, wrapped in slices of bread. The unsettling event occ...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:16hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wields axe on young MPs
A faction in Zanu-PF pushing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to have a third term has come out guns blazing pushing for the ouster of young party parliamentarians whom they accuse of sabotaging the 2...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:54hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Warriors squad chopped and changed in 24 hours
In a span of just 24 hours, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) significantly altered the Warriors squad set to participate in the COSAFA tournament in South Africa from June 26 to July 7 in Port...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 06:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Churches that support Mnangagwa benefit from Zimbabweans' suffering!
I HAVE written quite a bit on the deceitful and misleading teachings of Christian organizations that support the ZANU PF regime.I do not feel it necessary repeating the same things I have rais...Published: 02 Apr 2024 at 12:09hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZANU PF is the black sheep of liberation movements
So, Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU PF is currently hosting a conference of former liberation movements.Nonetheless, just how is the party viewed by their colleagues in the region?Are they trul...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:48hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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
Herdsman assaults boss and wife over delayed December pay
THOSE who believe hell hath no fury like a woman scorned have probably never come across a herdsman who has not received his salary.An infuriated herdsman from Nkenyani Village in Bubi distric...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Dembare fear Bosso backlash
Battle LINES have been drawn between Dynamos and Highlanders ahead of their epic clash at BF tomorrow, and DeMbare coach Genesis Mangombe knows very well that Bosso are more lethal when limping....Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills daughter (1), harvests body parts for rituals
IN a spine chilling ritual murder, a 38-year-old man killed his daughter (1) and chopped up the body to get parts for muti purposes.Thomas Muzenda, an artisinal miner (umakorokoza) from gokwe,...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 20:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Cheating businessman axed to death, legs chopped off
A BUSINESSMAN was axed to death, and had his legs chopped off, in a vicious attack on Sunday for allegedly bedding a gold panner's wife.Abia Vimbai Mapininga (67) of Chindavata General Dealer,...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Death sentence passed by Zimbabwe court
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday sentenced to death Tapiwa Makore Snr (60) and Tafadzwa Shamba (40) for the murder of a Murehwa boy.Mutevedzi said the duo showed no mercy ...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 20:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's killer further remanded in custody
PIUS Mukandi, alias Jamba, the Chitungwiza man who allegedly killed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Moreblessing Ali in cold blood last year, has been further remanded in custody pending Hi...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC demand heads to be 'chopped'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has called on the government to act on institutions and individuals implicated in the Al Jazeera documentary demanding heads to be 'chopped'.This comes as t...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF turns Mash West into war zone
SANYATI, in Mashonaland West province, reportedly turned into a war zone this week as rival aspiring Zanu-PF candidates bludgeoned each other ahead of the party's primary elections set for tomorrow....Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills father, castrates corpse
A Nyamandlovu man allegedly strangled his father, castrated the body with a blunt object before further dismembering it and stashing it in a maize field.Police are hunting for Effort Nothoenhl...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Robbers attack Roman Catholic church
IN a brazen robbery in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, robbers broke down a door at the residence of a Roman Catholic Church priest before getting away with cash.The attack took place at the...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's continued detention sparks protest
RESIDENTS of Chitungwiza Friday staged a flash demonstration demanding the release of incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Job Sikhala.The demonstration was held about 300...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bosso coach hails Zimbabwe football standards
HIGHLANDERS coach Baltemar Brito has hailed the standards of Zimbabwean football, describing the local game as highly technical and physical.This follows his team's 1-1 stalemate with Ngezi Pl...Published: 05 Jul 2022 at 07:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Killer' was not Moreblessing Ali's lover
THE late Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Moreblessing Ali's alleged killer Pius Mukandi alias Jamba wanted to flee the country after committing the heinous crime, a Harare magistrate's cour...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:09hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Jamba admits killing Moreblessing Ali
MOREBLESSING Ali's suspected killer Pius Mukandi Jamba has provided details on how he murdered the opposition CCC activist on May 24 before chopping her body into three pieces.Mukandi (31) is,...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 18:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Jamba to lead police on Ali murder indications
PIUS Jamba, the man accused of murdering Moreblessing Ali in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, is today expected to lead police on indications, narrating and demonstrating how he allegedly committed the crime....Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe electoral violence looms'
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has warned that the country risks sliding into electoral violence similar to the 2008 mayhem which resulted in several opposition activists being killed or had their l...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Granny axed to death as family watches
RESIDENTS of Gwanda are in shock following the death of a 68-year-old woman who was killed by an axe wielding man who had a score to settle with the woman's daughter and grandson.The woman, Em...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man axes woman to death
POLICE have arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly killing a 68-year-old woman by striking her with an axe on the head.The suspect, Albert Ncube also struck the old woman's grandson four tim...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe genocide will never be resolved as long as perpetrators given VVIP treatment
This morning, Zimbabwe woke up to the welcome news of the long-awaited arrest of the man accused of marrying a 14 year old girl, who tragically passed away on 15 July 2021, whilst giving birth at a Jo...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 17:35hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Death row inmate Jindu loses appeal
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the death sentence by Bulawayo "killer" Rodney Tongai Jindu who is on death row for the callous murder of his two friends in 2017. Jindu (27) ...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to tug and monitor all deportees with serious crimes
The Government must approve a legislation, which will provide for the tagging of murderers and sex offenders who are being returned to Zimbabwe from the U...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 00:37hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni
TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Teenager rapes, kills woman (53)
A 16-year-old boy from Beitbridge East allegedly attacked a 53-year-old woman from his village on Friday with a log, then raped her while she lay dying, bleeding from the head, and then stole R1 700. ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
75 year old man kills girlfriend
A 75-year-old man from the Whunga area in Beitbridge West went berserk and hacked his live in girlified (57) to death with a machete and an axe following an argument. Sitoboli Maluko killed Vi...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act to Zanu-PF big wheels
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again read the riot act to Zanu-PF's district co-ordinating committees (DCCs), saying they must desist from fomenting divisions and advancing personal agendas in ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
America angry that their blue-eyed boy has been recalled by his own party
The United States has made very hidden but vivid threats to Zimbabwe for allowing Biti to be recalled from Parliament by his own party. In a statement the United States a surprising statement by Ameri...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 08:56hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man hacks off rival suitor's 3 fingers
A MUTARE man was yesterday arraigned before the courts after he chopped off three fingers of his wife's lover in a case of alleged infidelity.The accused, Emmanuel Matemba, appeared before Mut...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Relief for Loga
WARRIORS star King Nadolo has been ruled out for up to three weeks with an injury that he picked last week and the team's technical team is hopeful that the attacker will have fully recovered by the t...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Injuries hit Warriors camp
WARRIORS stars Partson Jaure and Nqobizitha Masuku have picked injuries at training although they are expected to have fully recovered by the time the African Nations Championships (Chan) finals start...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa prepares to deploy soldiers in Mozambique?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is preparing to deploy soldiers to fight terrorism in neighbouring Mozambique with Zimbabwe Defence House officials being locked in meetings to analyse the risks of placin...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man chops off lover's ring finger so she will not wed another man
A jealous man from Mberengwa has been jailed for 10 years after he chopped off his lover's ring finger to ensure that she will not wear any other suitor's ring.Promise Moyo, 27, swore to Linne...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mr President so far so good
With my heavy heart I wish to congratulate HE President ED for a job well done following myriad of measures mitigating hyperinflation which has gone to extremes. Thank you so much HE and the finance m...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Benny Gudo
Brave performance by Brendan Taylor as Pakistan pips Zimbabwe
Shaheen Afridi tops Brendan Taylor to make it 1-0 for PakistanPakistan 281 for 8 (Sohail 71, Imam-ul-Haq 58, Chisoro 2-31) beat Zimbabwe 255 (Taylor 11...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 18:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
First Capital Bank axes 120 workers
FIRST Capital Bank Zimbabwe (FCB), formerly Barclays Bank, has laid off 120 workers as the economic crisis continues to take a toll on the beleaguered financial services sector, NewsDay can exclusivel...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Blood of foreigners flow in South African streets as locals swim in joy
If one can not be angered by the animalistic sadistic killings of our people in South Africa then one has a heart of a stone. Please be angry with me as we moan the patriots who are slaughtered like a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Why Mbuya Nehanda is still displayed in a library
Those who are Christians they do understand the importance of repatriating bones of the loved ones. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:05hrs | 2 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Bosso in Harare
RESURGENT Highlanders are not throwing caution to the wind as they take their battle to Harare this afternoon with a tricky Castle Lager Premiership football assignment against unpredictable Yadah at ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC aspirants chopped down to 35
NEARLY 100 individuals, who applied to sit on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), have been chopped from the nomination list after failing to meet expected attributes, The Sunday Mail has ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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