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Hichilema can have Lungu's corpse, rules SA court

A South African court has ruled that Zambia's government can repatriate the body of former President Edgar Lungu and give him a state funeral, despite his family's opposition.The Pretoria high court ruled in favour of the Zambian state, wh…

Published: 08 Aug 2025 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo teen in court for allegedly robbing a corpse

An 18-year-old man from Bulawayo has been charged with tampering with a corpse after he allegedly searched the body of a deceased person and stole a mobile phone and wallet.Brandon Sifenyang, of Riverside suburb, appeared before Bulawayo m…

Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 17:42hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter

Hichilema's fight over a corpse forces Lungu family to bury him in SA

The family of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu says he will be buried in South Africa in a private ceremony following a row with the government over the funeral arrangements.Late on Thursday, President Hakainde Hichilema cut short a p…

Published: 21 Jun 2025 at 11:32hrs | 2050 | by Staff reporter

Boy's corpse found with missing parts

Police in Mvuma, Midlands Province, are investigating the discovery of a 14-year-old boy's body, which was found with missing body parts in what is suspected to be a ritual murder.Midlands provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Emmanuel…

Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:55hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter

Inyathi cops probe mysterious death of dumped corpse

Police in Matabeleland North are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 23-year-old man, Fandile Moyo, whose body was discovered on a footpath at Bucklands Farm in the Inyathi area of Bubi district. The body was found o…

Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 10:29hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter

Murdered granny's corpse burnt

A 38-year-old man from Chipinge has been arrested for the alleged murder of an elderly woman and a young child, and for burning the woman's body.Trust Sithole of Manyara Village under Chief Mutema is facing charges of killing 70-year-old S…

Published: 25 Aug 2024 at 11:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Corpse with no private parts found floating in Mazowe dam

Mazowe-based fisherman allegedly discovered an unidentified male dead body floating in Mazowe dam with the private parts removed totally from the corpse.Jaison Mukurunyova discovered the body on Monday and alerted the police who came and r…

Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:04hrs | 762 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Muzarabani

Man strangles wife, lets couple's minor kids sleep with her corpse

A Bulawayo man who callously killed his wife before making his two minor children sleep in the same blanket with her corpse has been jailed 20 years by Bulawayo High Court judge, Evangelista Kabasa.Bambanani Ndlovu killed his wife in full …

Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Man kills wife, buries corpse in shallow grave

Police in Insuza, Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have arrested Tryforward Mpofu (35) for the murder of his wife, Revai Rusive (36), whom he accused of infidelity. The incident occurred on June 4 in a bushy area near Shweshwe village.…

Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:55hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Joyride with a corpse woman jailed 25 years

A BULAWAYO woman who connived with her late boyfriend and killed her friend following an all-night beer-drinking binge before they went on a joyride with the corpse, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 25 years in jail.Musawenkosi Hara…

Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:45hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Charamba accuses CCC of stealing corpses from morgues

George Charamba, spokesperson for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has accused the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) of engaging in the theft of corpses from mortuaries for political purposes. Charamba claimed that CCC attempted…

Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 20:26hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Girlfriend killer spends night with corpse in Nketa

POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a golf club before spending the night with the body in his bedroom.The spine-chilling incident that has left residents shocked, occurred o…

Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter

Child's coffin exhumed from grave, corpse unaccounted for

A Chigodora family is in hot soup after it discreetly reburied its six-year-old child's empty coffin following the vandalisation of the grave, coffin and body.Three years down the line, the whereabouts of the corpse that was dug up soon af…

Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 12:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Police take corpse to wrong house for identification

WALKING home after a long day of school, the only thing that goes through a primary school pupil's mind is getting home, removing their uniforms and going out to play with others or do their homework.None would ever imagine coming across a…

Published: 24 May 2023 at 07:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Hit and run corpse remains uncollected

Police in Mashonaland Central are appealing for relatives of a male adult who was hit and run by a speeding motorist in Concession.The accident occurred along Glendale-Centenary road on 13 August around 20:00 hours.Acting police spokespers…

Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 17:52hrs | 13 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Corpse found in Pumula North

AN unidentified man was found dead in Bulawayo's Pumula North suburb.Police have called on members of the public with missing male relatives to come forward and assist in identifying the body.The man's body is at the United Bulawayo Hospit…

Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:20hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Community service for sexually abusing a corpse

The Harare man who sexually abused a corpse at a funeral early this year, has been sentenced to perform 315 hours of community service at Epworth Police Station.  Harare magistrate Mr Sheunesu Matova convicted Big Sipiliano for violat…

Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Two cops murder suspect, torch corpse

TWO police officers based in Beitbridge have been arrested for allegedly torturing to death and burning the remains of a suspect they had arrested for an alleged theft.Constables Xander Siasayi (33) and Daniel Peyani (32) of Tuli and Zezan…

Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:52hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter

2 children discover corpse in Emganwini

Police in Bulawayo are appealing to members of the public to come and identify the body of a male adult that was discovered on Wednesday last week in Emganwini residential area, near Mbokodo abattoir.Acting Bulawayo police spokesperson Nom…

Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:26hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Corpse changes attire in hearse

MOURNERS were forced to wait as relatives of the deceased changed her clothes in a hearse at a graveside before burial at Glenville Cemetery on Wednesday. The body of the late Agnes Mabvira, who was an ardent follower of Mugodhi Apostolic …

Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Husband killer stashed corpse for two days

A 25-year-old Bulawayo woman who stabbed her husband following an adultery dispute says she kept the corpse for two days before dousing it with paraffin and burning it to conceal evidence as she was in shock.The woman, Lakela Sweswe from B…

Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff rpeorter

Feast on my corpse!

A 31-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo allegedly hanged himself at Luveve cemetery and left a suicide note inscribed on his shirt alleging that he had been attacked by his girlfriend and two other men whom he ordered to feast on his body.Passersb…

Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:14hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Step-grandson cuts corpse, touches granny, demands cash

MOURNERS fled in terror when an injiva ran amok at his step grandfather's funeral wake in Bulawayo, cutting up the corpse's face, touching his grandmother and demanding to see the colour of her urine.He even broke open a coffin and demande…

Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:10hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Man 'steals', buries stillborn corpse

IN a bizarre case, a man from Bulawayo misrepresented himself as the father of a stillborn child before taking the body from Mpilo Central Hospital mortuary and burying it at Luveve Cemetery.Tineyi Machipanda pleaded guilty to supplying fa…

Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 06:53hrs | 22 | by Tanaka Mrewa

Two-year-old corpse found in granary

IN a typical Egyptian mummification process, a granny from Nkayi reportedly beat the Pharaohs at their game when a two-year old corpse was found in her maize granary.Circumstances surrounding the bizarre incident are that in 2013, villager…

Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 16:34hrs | 14 | by Nhlalwenhle Ngwenya

Only a foolish fly follows a corpse into the grave

In our African traditional custom we have a saying that "it is only a foolish fly that follows a corpse into the grave."Everybody is aware of what will befall such a fly that dares to follow a corpse into the grave. The irony of it all is …

Published: 18 May 2013 at 04:30hrs | 2518 | by Bowden B.C. Mbanje and Darlington N. Mahuku

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