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Family caught in mysterious haunting and family feud
A Chipinge family is facing a series of disturbing and unexplained events they believe are linked to the ghosts of two deceased traditional healers. According to the family, these healers' services we...Published: 17 hrs ago | 523 | by Staff reporter
Woman accuses uncle of sexual abuse and witchcraft
In a deeply disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse and witchcraft, Margaret Muchuro, a 34-year-old disabled woman from Chimanimani, accused her uncle, Chrispen Muchuro, of demanding sexual favours as...Published: 17 hrs ago | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF consistent, immovable and unshaken
AMERICAN journalist and essayist Henry Louis Mencken once remarked: "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series ...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 16:14hrs | 357 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Witch hunting is a criminal offence
In Zimbabwe, it is a criminal offense to accuse someone of witchcraft, a law designed to prevent social unrest and violence stemming from such accusations. Individuals found guilty of making these cla...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
The power of goblins (Ontikolotshe)
A FEW days ago, my attention was drawn to some screaming and sensational headlines on social media. "Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Malawi." I never thought the story that appeared in the Malawi Voi...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 12:19hrs | 247 | by Pathisa Nyathi
Zimbabwe police officers terrorised by goblins at night
The Gwambe police base in Bulilima, Matabeleland South has been deserted by officers who claimed they were being terrorised by goblins at night.Ward 2 Councillor, Mabed Ngulani, confirmed the ...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 13:50hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Goblins terrorise Insiza family, livestock
Residents of Fulunye, Insiza South, were left in shock as a local family became the target of spine-chilling goblin attacks last week.From Tuesday to Saturday, the family endured attacks from ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 15:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Children terrorised by invisible creatures
THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magw...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunters wreak havoc in Mhondoro-Ngezi
Stories of witch hunters wreaking havoc in rural areas have been told repeatedly, but gullible villagers continue to fall victim to the scammers.Known as tsikamutandas or gauras, the purported...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Goblins terrorise Beitbridge teachers
Six female teachers at Tshabili Primary School in Beitbridge East have left their jobs due to alleged sexual abuse by malevolent entities, commonly known as goblins. The teachers claim they we...Published: 21 Oct 2023 at 18:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goblins immobilise pupils
VILLAGERS of Tsholotsho are still trying to come to terms with a mysterious ‘ailment' that has left about a dozen school children unable to walk after attacks from mysterious creatures.The b...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Woman turns into man when in bed
A resident of Chimanimani, Gibson Kufandada, alleges that his wife adopts a male persona when they enter their marital bedroom. According to Kufandada, his wife, Rumbidzai Ngomana, experiences a hoars...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 21:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Love triangle drama turns nasty
IN a suspected love triangle drama that turned nasty a woman from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province is living in fear after her husband's suspected lover allegedly threatened to consult witch-...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:44hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Mnangagwa is running scared
CITIZENS Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa has said the continued delay by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to announce the election date clearly indicates that he is scared of losing the plebisc...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Siblings fight over family house
A Rugare man has been insulting his sister accusing her of sleeping with goblins during the night.This emerged at the Harare magistrate court on Friday where Priscillah Mudanyanga was seeking ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bogus sangomas con bereaving widow
A HARARE man has been arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on charges of blackmail after he and some accomplices pretended to be traditional healers or n'angas/sangomas to extort money and prope...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vapostori4ED leader basher granted $100 000 bail
ONE of the two Harare men arrested last week for allegedly assaulting a Vapostori for ED chairperson was yesterday granted $100 000 bail by a Harare court.Elvis Borerwi and Tafadzwa Matoro, wh...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family tormented by sex goblins
A Mutare family reportedly appeared before Headman Chengetai Chigodora's traditional court on Saturday last week for allegedly having sex with goblins....Published: 24 Dec 2022 at 01:54hrs | 98 | by Simbarashe Sithole
VID senior management reshuffled as corruption soars
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has reshuffled senior management at the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in a bid to curb corruption...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
9-year-old pregnant girl gives birth
THE nine-year-old girl from Masekesa village in Tsholotsho who made headlines recently after it emerged she was heavily pregnant has given birth to a baby boy.State media reports the girl gave...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 19:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Goblin terror after child's mystery death
RESIDENTS in Bulawayo's Cowdray Park suburb are living in fear after a six-year-old boy died under mysterious circumstances following chilling revelations that he was allegedly attacked by an invisibl...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC urges Zimbabweans in SA to go home and register to vote
Citizens Coalition for Change members in South Africa Alexandra are in a mobilization drive urging people to go home in their numbers and register to vote...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 23:02hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chief summons witch hunter
A TRADITIONAL leader in Kezi, Chief Nyangazonke has summoned a tsikamutanda (witch hunter) operating in the area to explain his activities.Tsikamutandas are reportedly wreaking havoc in Matabe...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Goblins shut down school
REPORTED mysterious manifestations have shut down a school in Matabelealnd North's Bubi district.Villagers in the area are currently up in arms after an apostolic sect prophet popularly known ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Goblins 'besiege' school
CHURCHES and village leaders have been called for a cleansing ritual following alleged incidences of goblins sexually harassing teachers and students at Majiji Primary School in Bubi District, Matabel...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2 | 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 ...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 13:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Wafawafa' Zion prophets to cleanse school of sexually insatiable goblins
Female teachers at Makumbi Primary School in Plumtree have moved out of the teachers' cottages as they allege that they were being sexually attacked by goblins.The teachers said they wake up w...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:20hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Fake prophet's goblin plan backfires
A fake prophet from Hopely, Harare's plan to plant a monitor lizard in Glendale Mashonaland Central province purporting it to be a goblin hit the brick wall after residents denounced his motive....Published: 10 May 2022 at 16:53hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Tsikamutandas wreak havoc in Manicaland
SELF-STYLED witch-hunters commonly known as Tsikamutandas are wreaking havoc in Manicaland province where they are ripping off unsuspecting villagers of their livestock in the guise of "cleaning their...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
Man shares bedroom with bees for 32 years
A Lupane man (name supplied) who paid an inyanga to give him juju to make him rich regrets the day he stepped into the diviner's yard after the object of magical powers turned into bees that have been...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A golden gift from the political gods
If next year's watershed elections needed any divination, then the just-ended by-elections were the divine bones cast by a bone-thrower to provide a reading of the future.Well, they are a gold...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:27hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Russia-Ukraine tiff exposes hypocrisy of US, West
On the last Friday of last month, a delegation of US Embassy in Zimbabwe personnel and its European Union (EU) counterparts made a beeline for Munhumutapa Building in Harare to the Ministry of Foreign...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Top South African sangoma to consult live on Skyz Metro FM
Controversial South African traditional healer Dr. Khehlelezi, (real name is Bhongolethu Mzozo) will be consulting live on Skyz Metro FM in Bulawayo on the 3rd of March 2021. The program...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 20:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's dogs is a compliment, says lawyer
"MAN's best friend" is a common phrase used to describe domestic dogs, particularly referring to their millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, friendship and companionship with their human...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must sleep with one eye open
Elections always unfailingly produce rare and curious political creatures and species.You might think you have seen it all only for another election cycle to remind you that you ain't seen not...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Goblin economy creating goblin wealth
Without change of government's way of leading the economy, its system of governance of closely-controlled economy, Zimbabwe continue to be a goblin economy that creates goblin-induced wealth.G...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 82 | by Brian Sedze
Goblin attacks delay clinic re-opening
SHALE Clinic in Umzingwane district, Matabeleland South province, has remained closed since September last year after nurses fled the health institution due to alleged goblin attacks.Provincia...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fake faith healer bashed as snake trick fails
A self-styled Dzivaresekwa-based faith healer was on Saturday bashed in Chinhoyi after his tricks, where he fooled people he had removed snakes from their homes, were exposed.Madzibaba Mose we...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 14:18hrs | 16 | by Staff Report
12 wives, 100 kids and a goblin-selling business
HABITUALLY well-dressed and a teetotaller who does not take traditional snuff, the business-minded and flamboyant Sekuru Kafura, who cruises around in the latest Ford Ranger vehicles, is everything th...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma (106) in court for extortion
BINDURA traditional healer, Elias Godknows Zinyemba, who is popularly known as Sekuru Zinyemba has been arraigned before the courts on extortion charges after he defrauded unsuspecting clients of US$7...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:57hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Top South African sangoma invades Bulawayo
Controversial South African traditional healer Dr. Khehlelezi, (real name is Bhongolethu Mzozo) will be in Bulawayo on the 9th of January for a miracle service which will be held at BAC leisure ...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 12:09hrs | 11 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Goblins torment family
Some 40 km north of Chiredzi Town in Zvemombe Village in Magudu Ranch in Chiredzi North, a family has suddenly fallen under the terror of suspected goblins.Newman Zukwa who is aged 64 told The...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man loses property in goblin-cleansing deal
TWO self-proclaimed prophets yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud charges after they swindled a Tynwald man of property worth US$30 000 during a goblin-cleansi...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN envoy itinerary raises red flag
OBSERVERS yesterday questioned the itinerary of the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan, released by government, which excludes opposition parties and civic society.Douhan, who...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff writer
Prophet causes stir in Mutare
There was chaos in Mutare during Prophet Isaiah Brian Sovi's Prophetic invasion of the city where scores gathered in an attempt to attend the service and some had to be turned away due to the COVID 19...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 16:05hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Goblin terror at Tsholotsho Hospital - Terrorise nursing staff
IN a real-life drama whose script reads like folklore plucked from Gothic literature, nurses at Tsholotsho District Hospital in Matabeleland North province are being terrorised by suspected goblins wh...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide after being accused of possessing goblins
A 61-year-old man from Torero compound at Ledbury farm in Matepatepa committed suicide after being accused of possessing goblins and blamed for causing mysterious fires at the farm by a traditional he...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Villagers complain over Tsikamutanda
Villagers under Chief Nhema in Zaka have launched a complaint over a self-proclaimed traditional healer commonly known as Tsikamutanda, who is allegedly abusing little girls and demanding livestock fr...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 19:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spiritually healed chief warns against tsikamutandas
BINGA traditional leader Acting Chief Charles Sindeki from Mansenya area, who was grateful to be back on his feet after a lengthy wound-healing journey thanks to Bulawayo cleric Madzibaba Emmanuel Mut...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 20:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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