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Villager found dead after stock theft assault
A grim discovery has rocked Mashakwari Village under Chief Musikavanhu, after the decomposing body of a 35-year-old man was found in his home, days after he was allegedly assaulted by seven men who ac...Published: 02 Jul 2025 at 17:41hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF councillor found dead after alleged adulterous scandal
Tinashe Yingi, former Zanu-PF councillor for Mwenezi Ward 5, was found dead by hanging in a mountainous area near Chihlahla village two days after he went missing. His death follows the unearthing of ...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 14:56hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Police investigate suspected suicide in Bulawayo's Kingsdale suburb
Bulawayo police have launched an investigation into a suspected suicide case after the decomposing body of a 27-year-old man was discovered hanging from the roof trusses in his family home in Kingsdal...Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 08:00hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Family dumps decomposing corpse at killer's home, demands 55 head of cattle before burial
A family in Silobela is demanding 55 head of cattle and US$8 500 as compensation before they can bury their son who was allegedly killed in a revenge attack.The family of Tinashe Manyeruke who...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:24hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sheriff killers hit by misfortunes
The High Court has acquitted the two remaining members of a six-man gang connected to the brutal murder of a High Court Sheriff. All charges against Day Kaseke and Misheck Neshamba have been dropped b...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Slain sheriff's spirit 'haunts' killers
IN a bizarre case of the dead fighting from the grave, four of the six suspects linked to the murder of Harare High Court sheriff during an armed robbery are no longer able to stand trial after two of...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Nothing special about you' - Magistrate tells Job Sikhala
CITIZEN'S Coalition for Change Zengeza West Legislator Job Sikhala's application to have his trial live-streamed was Monday dismissed by Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa.The magistrate ruled...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
State forced to abandon pauper's burial on Moreblessing Ali after family outcry
The state was Wednesday forced to abandon burial on Moreblessing Ali's mutilated remains after the slain Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist's children and other family members fiercely prote...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza woman lives with rotting corpse
POLICE have said they are still investigating a case of a woman who lived with the decomposing body of her 80-year-old husband while her son identified as Grant Mashasha (39) was found hiding in a cei...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Judge's son and co-accuseds in flopped bid to delay murder trial
THE murder trial of High Court Judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze's son, has commenced despite several strenuous efforts to delay proceedings.Munyaradzi Mawadze is accused of killing Sipho Ncube...Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | | 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
Decomposing body found in Gweru mayor's hotel parking lot
GWERU mayor Hamutendi Kombayi's Midlands Hotel was Monday temporarily shut by police after discovery of a decomposing body, belonging to a yet to be identified man in a disused car in its parking lot....Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 19:40hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala now sick, claims CCC spokesperson
SLAIN Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali's family lawyer Job Sikhala who was arrested over two weeks ago is reportedly sick amid claims that he is being denied access to hea...Published: 04 Jul 2022 at 19:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
More jail time for CCC's Sikhala and Sithole
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole will spend more time in jail after their bail appeal was struck off the roll by High court judge, Justice Munam...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole appeal set for Wednesday at High Court
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole's bail appeal will be heard this Wednesday at the High Court according to their lawyers.Sikhala and Sit...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC blasts Sikhala bail ruling
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has condemned a court decision Wednesday to deny party legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole bail.The duo returned to remand after they...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala is a threat to public security, says court
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole will remain in jail after they were denied bail Wednesday by deputy chief magistrate, Gibson Mandaza.The two we...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 17:57hrs | 1 | 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
13-day marriage ends in tragedy
WHAT started as a normal holy matrimony early March this year, ended prematurely as the couple's misunderstanding ended on a tragic note.Simon Jackson (45) of Zvamano Village under Chief Nhere...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'I killed my abusive husband in self-defence'
A woman from Bulawayo who was jailed 18 years for stabbing to death her husband, keeping the body for two days before dousing it with paraffin and burning it to conceal evidence in 2016 still insists ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho man wanted for murder in SA
POLICE in South Africa are hunting for a Zimbabwean man from Tsholotsho for allegedly killing his girlfriend in Cosmo City after they had a misunderstanding. The alleged murder of Loveness Ndl...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:43hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Boy (6) strangled to death over sweet reeds
A 71-year-old man has been arrested in Chivi on allegations of strangling to death a boy for stealing sweet reeds in his field as murder cases continue to rise countrywide.The six-year-old boy...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mum holds on to corpse for 3 weeks
A 21-YEAR-OLD Chipinge woman and her mother reportedly kept her daughter's decomposing corpse in her bedroom for about three weeks.Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Luxson C...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Decomposing body found floating
An unidentified decomposing male body was found floating in an open shaft in Mt Darwin last week.The body was found by Raymond Zongoror...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 18:03hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
2008 terror leader dies
ZAKA residents say they are not sorry about the recent death of a Zimbabwe National Army colonel, Christopher Rufu Mayoyo, who led a murderous terror campaign against opposition supporters in the dist...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Missing policeman feared dead
Police in the Midlands are investigating a case in which a police officer on duty went missing in Gweru last month and body parts suspected to belong to him being found in Zvishavane three days ago. ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Another murder rocks Bulawayo
Eye-witnesses described horrific scenes after a mutilated body of a man with the chest ripped open and protruding intestines was reportedly dumped along Luveve road in Bulawayo on Saturday evening....Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 18:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nust student kidnapped, murdered
A 23-YEAR-OLD National University of Science and Technology (Nust) student was brutally murdered by three assailants who allegedly hired him on the pretext that they wanted him to ferry their goods to...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 06:44hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Slain MDC activist’s family living in fear
Family members of the late MDC activist, Blessing Toronga who was killed by suspected Zanu-PF militias during the January clampdown on protests against fuel price hikes, said they were being "terroris...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Body found under tree in suspected suicide case
THE body of a 40-year-old man has been found under a tree in Bulawayo's Nketa 7 suburb in a suspected case of suicide. Sources said the corpse was discovered by city council street clean...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let's not lose the spirit of Ubuntu
Zimbabwe lost one of its finest musicians ever when Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi passed away in Harare on Wednesday afternoon after a long battle with diabetes.Before his death, Tuku had produced at...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy was murdered
A SCHOOLBOY from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo who was certified by a post-mortem last month to have died due to excessive alcohol consumption was actually killed, a second post-mortem has revealed. ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwange: a sore thumb on a decomposing body
THE depth of corruption is astonishing that even those that have ranked Zimbabwe highly, regionally and internationally, should be ashamed of themselves for doing a disservice to the people of this gr...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday
VP Mohadi named in mysterious deaths and farm scandals?
Whistleblower Prisca Mutema has sensationally that Vice President Kembo Mohadi is involved in a series of scandals involving multiple farm grabbing and number of deaths.The expose come a...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:28hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Armed robbers kill sheriff of the High Cpurt
SHERIFF of the High Court, Kelvin Karasa and a United Theological College employee Isheanesu Brian Kadenge were murdered in separate incidences recently by suspected armed robbers after offering them ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust student commits suicide
A SECOND-YEAR Finance student at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo was found hanging in his hostel at the institution yesterday in a suspected case of suicide....Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Dead, decomposing body found in Harare water tanks
Zimbabwe's government is struggling to control the cholera outbreak in Harare caused by the city's dilapidated sanitation and water infrastructure.Raw sewage and rubbish a poor suburb of Harar...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 12:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ritual murder victim in morgue 1 year later
THE body of a mentally-ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, has spent more than a year in the morgue as police are reportedly still conducting investigations on the matter...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ritual killing: Victim's body unclaimed for 11 months
THE body of a mentally-ill man, who was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, will spend six more months in a mortuary before it is given a pauper's burial.The body, which is in an advance...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Decomposing body in Mpopoma
A DECOMPOSING body of a 35-year-old man from Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb was discovered at his home yesterday with relatives suspecting he could have been killed as there were scratch marks on the body....Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean man in SA kills ex-wife, keeps body and hangs self
A ZIMBABWEAN man based in South Africa slit his ex-wife's throat, kept the body in his room before hanging himself in his employer's office three days later.Bekithemba Moyo (27), from Go...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder victim's body stuck in hospital mortuary
THE body of a mentally ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, is still stuck at the Gwanda provincial hospital, nine months after he was killed.Mduna, as he was popu...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 20 years for killing mom
A Murehwa man, who attempted to forcibly bed his mother before strangling her to death will now spend 20 years behind bars. Titus Mafuka (36) of Chidhakwa Village under Chief Chitsungo in-PFungwe, is ...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Relief for arrested foreign nationals
Twenty one foreign nationals and prominent local rights activist Farai Maguwu were yesterday spared jail by a Mutare magistrate who fined them for trespassing following their arrest on Friday for hold...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Decomposing body discovered in Marange
TEMPERS reportedly flared between Marange villagers and security guards hired by the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) following the recent discovery of a decomposing human body in the Mara...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland man demands sex with his mother, kills her
IN a bizarre case of sexual assault and murder, a Murehwa man, Titus Mafuka, allegedly demanded to have s*x with his mother after accusing her of bewitching him which he said resulted in his failure t...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Wife 'killer's' body found hanging
Barely a day after the burial of Mrs Victoria Murimba who was allegedly killed by her husband, Mr Elisha Murimba last week under unclear circumstances, the body of the husband has been found hanging i...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 14:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman's body floats in river for 4 days
POLICE are investigating the circumstances leading to the death of a woman whose body was found floating in Gweru River.The investigation comes at a time when Mtapa residents are up in arms wi...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
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