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60% of paternity tests in Zimbabwe return negative

Global DNA Zimbabwe has disclosed that nearly 60 percent of paternity tests conducted in its laboratories during 2024 returned negative results, highlighting the importance of accurate DNA testing in resolving family disputes and ensuring…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 15:19hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter

Televised DNA testing must be banned in Zimbabwe

DNA testing and its use in private family matters of biological relationships must be regulated by law.It should be restricted to resolve family issues privately in line with other regulations on data privacy and protection and…

Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 22:36hrs | 289 | by Glanis Changachirere

Woman in brutal assault on 1-month old baby after DNA test dispute

A 35-year-old Domboshava woman has appeared in court accused of severely assaulting a one-month-old baby belonging to her husband's second wife after DNA test results revealed the child was not fathered by their husband.Charity Charandura…

Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 18:40hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter

Kuda Mahachi faces DNA test showdown with ex-wife

What began as a routine maintenance case involving former football star Kudakwashe Mahachi and his ex-wife Marita quickly escalated into a tense courtroom battle filled with fierce accusations and serious threats.The drama unfolded…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 09:02hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter

Woman throws child at father in court

Emotions ran high at Chief Makoni's community court recently when Panashe Gundla, a young mother from Rusape, broke down in tears after DNA test results confirmed that Blessing Mlauzi, who had long denied responsibility, was indeed the…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 17:51hrs | 1231 | by Staff reporter

Tinashe Mugabe's DNA Show 'banned'

In a landmark ruling, the High Court has ordered the immediate suspension of Tinashe Mugabe's widely followed Closure DNA Show, citing serious violations of personal privacy rights. The verdict, delivered by Justice Joseph Mafusire…

Published: 01 Apr 2025 at 20:41hrs | 5034 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean men are raising non biological children

Recent data from Global DNA Zimbabwe has unveiled startling findings regarding paternity testing in the country. According to the latest statistics, an astonishing 72% of paternity tests conducted have returned negative results, meaning…

Published: 28 Feb 2025 at 03:56hrs | 4245 | by Staff reporter

Shocking baby swap scandal rocks Bulawayo hospital, DNA confirms

A shocking case of baby-swapping has emerged from the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH), where a new mother from Cowdray Park discovered through DNA testing that she had been discharged with a baby girl instead of her biological son. The…

Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 06:24hrs | 2028 | by Staff reporter

Madzibaba dismisses 'taintedâ€™ DNA results in rape trial

Apostolic sect leader Madzibaba Ishmael Chokurongerwa has dismissed DNA results presented in court, arguing that the tests are flawed and should not be admitted as evidence.Chokurongerwa, who is facing charges of raping and impregnating…

Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 19:55hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter

DNA testing nailed Madzibaba Ishmael

The leader of Johane Masowe eChishanu Gorejena Penyeranyika Sect, Ishmael Chokurongerwa, yesterday appeared in court on allegations of raping and impregnating three 14-year-old girls who are all his congregants, with DNA evidence linking…

Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 17:05hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter

NUST conducts 10 000 DNA paternity tests

Since acquiring specialised equipment in 2014, the National University of Science and Technology (NUST)'s Applied Genetics Testing Centre (AGTC) has conducted over 10,000 paternity tests, making it a leader in innovation and technology in…

Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:44hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter

'No maintenance monies until after DNA testsâ€™

A Gweru man, Mr. Givemore Shekede, was relieved after a Bulawayo magistrate, Mr. Vakai Douglas Chikwekwe, discharged a maintenance order that required him to pay US$350 monthly for the upkeep of two children he allegedly fathered with his…

Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 10:13hrs | 573 | 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 baby, Takunda Bhinzi Katerere, had refused paternity of…

Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

US$300 000 lawsuit for Sikhonjwa after child's DNA results

PROMINENT Bulawayo socialite, businessman and media personality Babongile Sikhonjwa has reportedly been hit with a US$300 000 lawsuit for costs associated with the upkeep of a 12-year-old who has been revealed as his daughter after genetic…

Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

High Court lifts ban on Tinashe Mugabe's paternity test TV show

TV presenter Tinashe Mugabe can continue with his programme, The DNA Show, after the High Court ruled that medical bodies which banned it overstepped their powers.The Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) and Medical Laboratory…

Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

'DNA tests will resolve Ndebele kingship wrangle'

ONE of the claimants to the Ndebele kingship, Stanley Raphael Tshuma Khumalo, has challenged other contestants to a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test to determine genuine heirs to the throne.All the four claimants to the throne, Tshuma…

Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Row over secret DNA tests

A MARLBOROUGH woman secretly took three kids, who were said to be her husband's children, for DNA tests which revealed he was the father of just one of the minors.The tests revealed the other two minors were not his children.Nomsa…

Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 13:57hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

DNA bank for exhumed victims on cards

The Government will set up a Biobank where DNA samples for all exhumed victims will be kept for future matching with potential relatives for easy identification.This will happen when the new policy on the management of post conflict mass…

Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 06:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's DNA show still suspended

The Health Professions Authority Zimbabwe has lashed television host Tinashe Mugabe's Global DNA Zimbabwe saying its right to freedom of profession does not supersede the public's right to health.Mugabe had approached the High Court…

Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 17:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe, Tilder Moyo unqualified to issue DNA results

THE Medical Laboratory and Clinical Scientists Council of Zimbabwe (MLCSCZ) says Tinashe Mugabe and Tilder Moyo, who broadcasting popular but controversial DNA shows, are not allowed to publicly issue paternity tests.Mugabe from the Global…

Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

DNA results fail to link businessman to rape

THE chief executive officer of African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST) Professor Collen Masimirembwa yesterday told the court that the DNA results from the tests done on toilet paper allegedly used by a rape accused…

Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

Paternity cheat exposed

A Bulawayo woman was exposed as a paternity cheat after results of a DNA test showed that the child was not fathered by the man who she claimed was her daughter's dad.The bombshell came to light when Nkosilathi Ndlovu, a lecturer at Gwanda…

Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Ritual and superstition - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary

The sight of an opposition MP grovelling on the floor of parliament before the Finance Minister to thank him for women's sanitary pads is about as stupefying as South Africa's Chief Justice Mogeong Mogeong's observation that Covid 19…

Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:54hrs | 3 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary

DNA show to premiere on small screen

A new television show addressing DNA issues titled The Closure is set to hit the local screen starting tomorrow courtesy of Global DNA.In an interview with NewsDay Life & Style yesterday, Global DNA principal consultant, Tinashe Mugabe…

Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

NUST to conduct Gukurahundi DNA tests

GOVERNMENT is working on a law that will guide the process of exhumations of the remains of Gukurahundi victims in Matabeleland and the Midlands with the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) expected to conduct the genetic…

Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Violence is ingrained in MDC-Allianceâ€™s DNA

THERE is consensus among those who read Zimbabwe's political landscape correctly that the country has exhibited conspicuous signs of dynamism under the visionary leadership of President Emmerson Mnagagwa. ED has read the situation facing…

Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Cuthbert Mavheko

'No maintenance before DNA test'

A Harare man has refused to maintain a child which his ex-wife claims is his.Ashdorn Jonga argued at Harare Civil Court that he was not the father of the child as claimed by his ex, Kumbirayi Bvunzawabaya.He vowed not to pay maintenance…

Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Stay away: A manifestation of the MDC's violence DNA

The MDC Alliance and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU)'s so called protest stay away ostensibly meant to register disquiet over the ongoing economic challenges paradoxically turned out to be a showcase of the two organisations…

Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 13:26hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga

Chamisa fuelling strife

The night is always darkest before dawn.  The people of Zimbabwe should bear with the Government, that while it is trying to resuscitate the economy that has been battered for 20years fuelled by misrule and misplaced priorities, some…

Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 09:02hrs | 2 | by Prosperity Mzila

Mystery baby death: Nurses demand DNA tests

NURSES involved in the Victoria Falls Hospital mysterious baby death have called for DNA tests to be urgently conducted as they deny the baby swopping allegations raised against them by the infant's parents.The incident, which has since…

Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Its business as usual for the shameless Zanu PF - Zvidzai

MDC Alliance senior official Sesel Zvidzai has said it is business as usual in Zanu PF as the DNA of that party is its and it conflates with the state."They are anti- the constitution and hence the people. In appointing his so called new…

Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 16:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes

Compelling reasons why young people should vote for ED

The Zimbabwean economy has been in a coma for a long time and President E.D. Mnangagwa has cast a bright light on the country's fortunes as he puts the economy over politics since assuming the presidency.In normal circumstances the seven…

Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 12:16hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Violence runs in the MDC Alliance's DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is defined as "a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses. DNA stores…

Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 15:55hrs | | by Elijah Chihota

Woman to contest DNA test for 3rd time

A Chishawasha woman has vowed to contest DNA tests for the third time after the results proved on two occasions that her ex-husband was not the father to her son.Eunice Hunda said her relationship with Victor Mariga began in 2009 and she…

Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 13:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

70% of Zimbabwe's DNA test results NEGATIVE

THE majority of women in Zimbabwe lie about the paternity of their children if DNA results are anything to go by.As many as 70 percent of men in the country are probably not the biological fathers of children they thought were their…

Published: 24 May 2018 at 14:35hrs | 52 | by Staff reporetr

Bribe attempts at Nust DNA centre

CHEATING spouses are reportedly approaching the Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC) at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo intending to bribe officials to manipulate their children's paternity results to save…

Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Transformation by humiliation

Some years back while coming from a church conference I was travelling with some church mates back home in the evening after a powerful church service. When we were a few meters from my house we were stopped by the police who asked to see…

Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi

Chigwedere's son spits venom

Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere's son, Mangwiza, has revealed that his father has over 40 children, but only loves four.Mangwiza, who is embroiled in a nasty witchcraft saga with Chigwedere, accused his father of attempting to…

Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

DNA exposes cheating wife

A Harare man is seeking divorce after DNA tests proved that his wife had a child with his nephew.Sheki Mugoni filed the summons for divorce on September 12 at the High Court but his wife identified as Joyce is yet to respond to the…

Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 13:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

NUST opens DNA testing clinic

The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has set up a DNA testing facility offering quick and easy tests to determine paternity and other biological connections.Nust's Applied Genetic Testing Centre (AGTC) is offering DNA…

Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 17:07hrs | 44 | by Staff reporter

Gukurahundi victims 'hurriedly' reburied without any forensic analysis

Suspected human bones believed to be of victims of the Gukurahundi massacres discovered in Kezi, Matabeleland South last week were "hurriedly" reburied without any forensic analysis, raising questions that government is "hiding…

Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF chairman fails to raise money for dna test

AN interim order which was passed in a maintenance wrangle pitting a top politician and his alleged mistress in which he was disputing the paternity of a seven-year-old child is now a final order after the politician allegedly failed to…

Published: 05 May 2017 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

DNA samples to identify 14 accident victims

EXPERTS from the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) had by yesterday used DNA samples to identify 14 out of 23 people â€“ by sex and age- who died in a horrific traffic accident recently, with complete identification of…

Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Man denies patenity over different ears,complexion

A Bulawayo man Butholezwe Mahlangu   denied fathering  a four year old boy saying the child's ears were different from his. However, DNA results shocked him.Mahlangu was in court after his ex-wife Anita Khumalo sought…

Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 04:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter

72% of women are maintenance cheats

SEVENTY-TWO percent of Harare men who challenged the paternity of children they were paying maintenance for were not the kids' biological fathers.According to the shocking statistics released by the Harare Magistrates Civil Courts…

Published: 23 Jun 2015 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

'DNA tests rigged,' claims Macheso

Popular musician Alick Macheso says the National Blood Transfusion Services of Zimbabwe (NBTSZ)'s DNA paternity results were 'rigged' because his estranged wife Fortunate Tafadzwa Mapako is one of the directors at the institution.Last…

Published: 25 Jun 2014 at 13:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Macheso undergoes DNA tests

Sungura icon and his estranged second wife, Fortunate â€˜Tafadzwa' Mapako, with their two minor children, Wednesday underwent the much â€“ awaited DNA paternity tests at the National Blood Transfusion Services of Zimbabwe (NBTSZ) in Harare…

Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Macheso's 'kids' to undergo DNA test today

ALICK Macheso's estranged wife Tafadzwa Fortunate Mapako failed to pitch up for her radio interview with Star FM's Tilder Moyo on Tuesday night saying she was waiting for her case to be finalised in court.The interview was supposed to be…

Published: 22 May 2014 at 09:42hrs | 2 | by Bongani Ndlovu

First DNA testing centre registered in Zim

The country's first ever DNA testing centre has been registered with the Medical Laboratory and Clinic Scientists Council of Zimbabwe, bringing local solutions to paternity disputes and other civil and criminal challenges.Although the…

Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 08:14hrs | 189 | by Staff Reporter

Man (32) admits to five sex attacks on campers

Privas, France - A 32-year-old man has admitted to five sex attacks in a popular holiday area of central France including one on an 11-year-old girl, prosecutors said on Saturday.Campsites in the Ardeche region had been told to step up…

Published: 12 Aug 2012 at 11:57hrs | | by Staff reporter | AFP

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