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Man kidnaps minor for ritual purposes
A Bulawayo man kidnapped a three year old girl and confessed in court that he wanted to rape her for ritual purposes.The suspect Tawanda Maronze (23) was convicted and jailed four years ...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:18hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba 'mutes' woman's voice before raping her
Tendai Chikowore, a 40-year-old man from Chikanga, Mutare, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted of rape. The sentencing took place at the Mutare Magistrates' Court following ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 10:35hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
'Stop Gukurahundi hearings'
STAKEHOLDERS and interest groups in Matabeleland have called on the government to stop the Gukurahundi hearings accusing President Emmerson Mnangagwa of running the project like a personal show....Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:44hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Unrepentant fake Prophet swindles US$11k, recruits more criminals
An unrepentant fake prophet has been reportedly on the run after duping unsuspecting people of their hard-earned money amounting to US$11 000, impregnating former fellow congregants and recruiting cri...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 09:26hrs | 10 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Mutare
Sex predator sangoma sexually abuses woman seeking help with marriage
A WOMAN facing difficulties in her marriage and seeking help from a traditional healer had her trust betrayed when she was subjected to repeated sexual assaults by the self-proclaimed healer and one o...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Incompetent Western puppet faking political bravery
There is a sequence that can be employed to identify CCC leader Nelson Chamisa as a snollygoster!A snollygoster is a political candidate, usually willing to be an instrument of another country...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 9 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Tsikamutandas caught planting live python
TWO self-styled traditional healers popularly known as Tsikamutandas' attempt to dupe a Kwekwe family went horribly wrong after they were seen attempting to plant a live python behind a family's wardr...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Self-styled prophet jailed for rape
A self-styled prophet from Chitungwiza has been jailed five years for taking a young girl as payment for cleansing the family home in addition to two beasts.In what appeared more like a movie ...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spirit medium vs police: A clash of beliefs at Wenimbi Dam
WHERE do we draw the line between reality and belief?Who do you believe, a mouthpiece of the unseen or an account of an elite trained squad whose experience tells a story of service?Th...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murdered girl's family demands 60 cattle
THE family of the late Sanele Ndlovu who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend Tendai Gondo in a domestic dispute is demanding 60 cattle or US$48 000 from the Gondo family as compensation before the...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns renegades
Zanu-PF has warned fired former party members, Godfrey Tsenengamu and Jimu Kunaka, against abusing the revolutionary party's regalia and trademarks as appropriate action would be taken against them....Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sperm harvesters on the loose in Bulawayo
A GROUP of female sperm harvesters is on the loose in Bulawayo after three women reportedly drugged and sexually assaulted a man who they had given a lift, with police warning the public not to accept...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Stephen Mpofu
Goblins unleashes a reign of terror
Randy goblins have unleashed a reign of terror in Nkayi's Hojeni Village, with their insatiable sexual attacks forcing teachers at Hojeni Primary School to flee their dwellings amid claims by villager...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Artuz to launch anti-corruption clean-up campaign
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) is planning to launch an anti-corruption clean-up campaign tomorrow, which will coincide with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's monthly national c...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Herdboys in narrow escape as lightning strike kills cattle
"We ran for our dear lives when we saw the sun falling down and suddenly our cattle were lying on the ground."These are the words of 13-year-old Thabo Ndlovu after he and his friend Andrew Mpu...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spirit medium dies at 'Little Njelele'
A SPIRIT medium died after he was stung by a swarm of bees at a shrine in Tsholotsho where rain-makers, popularly known as ihosana, had gathered for some traditional rituals.Mr Milton Tshuma (...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Did Nkomo ordain Mugabe?
THE occasion on which Cde Joshua Nkomo showed his acknowledgement of Cde Robert Mugabe's future role was most probably the strangest experience the author of this narration had during the struggle. ...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:19hrs | 8 | by Saul Gwakuba-Ndlovu
MDC mayoral fights hold city to ransom
MDC-Alliance has simply turned Harare into a circus. Mayoral fights pitting councillors Jacob Mafume and Musarurwa Mutizwa, both claiming to be in charge of the city, have further exposed the shortcom...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mermaid attack': dead bodies found floating
Villagers of Tazvigwira village in Mapanzure area, Masvingo were left tongue-tied on July 23, when lifeless bodies of the three people who mysteriously drowned during a cleansing ceremony at Musongwez...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 18:04hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Police shooting fatal case in bizarre twist
SOME Beitbridge police officers believed to have shot and killed a local man, allegedly approached a traditional healer in the border seeking to be cleansed against avenging spirits, the deceased's fa...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:33hrs | | by Gifford Mehluli Sibanda
Zimbabweans have come to view constitution not as statement of shared principles but as cudgel with which to attack enemies
Zimbabweans on both the left and the right now view their political opponents not as fellow Zimbabweans with differing views, but as tribal enemies to be vanquished. And they have come to view t...Published: 19 May 2021 at 23:53hrs | 1 | by Mandla Dlamini
Madzibaba Mutumwa rids Binga school of menacing goblin
PROMINENT Bulawayo prophet Madzibaba Emmanuel Mutumwa, who recently made headlines for "vanquishing" a Binga businessman, who allegedly used mubobobo on more than 50 women, has made claims that he als...Published: 19 May 2021 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet steals client's car, money
A SELF proclaimed prophet from Johanne Masowe Apostolic Sect has appeared in court for allegedly stealing a vehicle and other valuables worth $31 123 and US$93 from a client under the pretext of heali...Published: 13 May 2021 at 18:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma uses manhood to heal patient
A SELF-STYLED sangoma from Stoneridge in Harare has been arrested on rape charges and allegedly using his manhood to treat a woman who had menstruation problems.Stephen Nyashanu Mabviregudo (3...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Brothers kill Good Samaritan in infidelity fight
TWO brothers who were fighting each other at a shrine after the elder brother accused his sibling of having an affair with his wife allegedly turned on a Good Samaritan who had tried to stop the fight...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mbuya Nehanda's family must not disturb honouring of our heroine
Flags in Zimbabwe must fly at half-mast, each giving a sorrowful wave in the winds and in remembrance of our fallen heroes. The rhythm of the wind sings to a sad tune which says long leave the legend ...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:59hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Popular prophet engaged to solve Mtshabezi Bridge mystery
ONE of the most talked about mysteries in Gwanda Town is of a mysterious creature which reportedly lies hidden in Mtshabezi River near Mtshabezi Bridge that is said to have claimed the lives of a numb...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man loses wife to sangoma
IT was apparently a bad move for a Mberengwa man to accommodate a sangoma he had consulted to cleanse his wife from goblins that she claimed were sexually harassing her during the night.This w...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr. Masimba Mavaza, please do not excite!
I have hardly recovered from the last article you wrote on Bulawayo24: an article that sees female gender as unreasonable and out of sic with African traditions and culture. Here we go again today: "M...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 20:57hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa challenges Zimbabwe's military
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has implored soldiers to uphold, defend and respect the core values that helped their forebears to prosecute the liberation struggle together with, and not against the people...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants army to join his August 16 demo
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has appeared to plead with the country's army to join his MDC party's planned protest set for Friday that insiders claim is aimed at toppl...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 22:11hrs | | by newzimbabwe
FULL TEXT: Chamisa's Defence Forces Day message
The Defence forces day, is a day set aside to honour the men and women who have dedicated themselves to defend our nation. The defence forces form the backbone of any nation and ours is no exc...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 20:11hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gwanda prophet jailed
A SELF-PROCLAIMED prophet from Gwanda has been jailed 18 years for raping a 16-year-old juvenile under the pretext of healing her.The prophet aged 38, from Spitzkop North suburb told the juven...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Traditional healer' in court for fraud
A SELF-PROCLAIMED traditional healer from Gweru, who allegedly defrauded his clients claiming he could make them rich and cure HIV, last week appeared in court facing fraud charges.Lackshman M...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutanda's, witches go toe-to-toe over missing toddler
A BRUISING showdown is looming at Vukuzenzele 2 Village in Esikhoveni area of Esigodini District between witch-hunters popularly known as tsikamutandas and suspected witches. The alleged witch...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 10 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Prophet Chiza says Chamisa will become President of Zimbabwe
Founder of Faith In God Eagle Life Assembly Prophet Blessing Chiza has issued a controversial prophesy that for Zimbabwe to be prosperous God is going to install Nelson Chamisa as President of the cou...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 16:43hrs | 15 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Family and Religious Studies Advanced Level Analysis
Explore the lessons that can be drawn from Jesus ethics and demonstrate how they can be applied in a Zimbabwean society faced with problem of HIV and AIDS?...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 17:22hrs | 5 | by Brian Maregedze
Chamisa insulted the demonstrators that could have taken him to Zimbabwe state house: Hate speeches once more!
It can be said with 100% certainty that the demonstrations would have been a game changer for Chamisa if he was sincere with his opposition leadership. Chamisa is abusive to many other people and not ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 22:58hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Of prophets-cum-herbalists
'Aguma', who knows may be its the panacea to the HIV/AIDS scourge. But wait a minute, when and how did the purported man of God 'migrate' from spiritual healing to herbal concoctions? Where do we draw...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Tondo Murisa
Ex-minister haunted by 24-year-old divorce
FORMER Minister of State in ex-Vice-President Joice Mujuru's Office, Sylvester Robert Nguni, has been taken to court by his former wife, Christine Silindeni Nguni, who is seeking an order to bring to ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube will keep tripping over himself'
As long as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube doesn't play the politics of his appointing authority as well as of the ruling Zanu-PF party he will keep on tripping over himself, analysts contend.Th...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 13:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zamco gives grace period for bad loans
The Zimbabwe Asset Management Company (Zamco) will allow an eight-year moratorium on all restructured non-performing loans (NPLs) before the central bank's bad loans cleansing special purpose vehicle ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers flee goblins' sexual terror
TEACHERS at a school in Tsholotsho District that failed to open after they fled to their respective homes following goblin attacks last week, have demanded that villagers put up in their rooms to witn...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa exposed - Truth is out
How could the president that carries people's hopes misfires so early in his mandate as president of the republic of Zimbabwe. I never thought the day would come when the tax payer's money is wasted a...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:19hrs | | by Ntombizanele Ndlovu
Tikoloshe takes over family's house
THE FAMILY couldn't explain the disappearance of their granddaughter's school books.But that was only the beginning of a life of hell for the Rahlogo family.They did not know that a ti...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goblins dispute taken to court
A WITCHRAFT storm ravaging a Mutambara family has spilled into the courts as an aggrieved woman has hauled her husband's relatives before a Mutare magistrate seeking a protection order against her in-...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, show some leadership, and stop the incitement
The season of press conferences is upon us. It seems like it never ends, and each one has its own little piece of drama or soundbite of stupidity that makes one forget that rarely something is being s...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 15:30hrs | 1 | by Anthony Mkondo
A farewell to factual journalism (now extinct)
The state of a democracy can best be measured by evaluating its journalism. A free press is often called the "Fourth Estate", and its importance is second-to-none for every prospering society. ...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 14:47hrs | | by Jonathan Matika
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