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Family whips granny to death over witchcraft
EIGHT Chivi family members allegedly whipped their elderly relative for more than 10 hours with mulberry tree switches leading to his death after accusing him of witchcraft, police have confirmed. ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:04hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Elliot Moyo died vomiting blood
While he got the world in hysteria and shock for the past weeks for being resurrected and dying again, all that Thabiso Proud Mlanje who is popularly known as "Elliot" has left are deep wounds among h...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 17:11hrs | 16464 | by Staff reporter
Man murders, skins 71-year-old woman
In a horror movie style which has left the community shell shocked, a Mwenezi man allegedly killed a 71 year old granny with a machete before skinning her head and gouging her eyes out.Austin ...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:19hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Man murders, skins granny (71)
A 35-year-old Chiredzi man, Austine Chitema, was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly killed Castina Moyo (71) and skinned her with a machete.Masvingo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Ch...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Rural dwellings must be solid structures
Basic rural dwellings ought to be structures modelled in accordance with approved minimum standards. Cyclone Idai has left scores of people homeless in Mozambique. The round huts are no problem since ...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 20:31hrs | 800 | by Tondo Murisa
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 | 2019 | by Staff reporter
Granny killer sentenced to death
A BEITBRIDGE man, who waylaid a 65-year-old flea market trader in the driveway of her house in the border town before fatally stabbing the woman and robbing her of two cellphones, was yesterday senten...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:08hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Home-alone grandpa axed to death
A-77-YEAR-Old man has been found dead in a pool of blood after being axed on the head and between his eyes at his homestead in Gokwe, police have confirmed. His attacker is unknown and police are inve...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:19hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Man (22) 'rapes' neighbour granny (88)
A 22-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man has been arrested for raping his 88-year-old neighbour after he unlawfully gained entry into her bedroom hut in the middle of the night while she was asleep. Trust Ncu...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:06hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Granny killed over witchcraft claims
POLICE in Mutawatawa have launched a manhunt for a 34-year-old man who allegedly killed his maternal grandmother accusing her of casting an evil spell on his sister, causing her not to get married....Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:19hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Granny, grandson axed to death
A-56-year-old woman and her nine-year-old grandson were found dead with multiple axe wounds all over their bodies at their homestead in Bubi District, Matabeleland North. The murder weapons, an axe an...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Matanga challenges $13k damages to granny victim of police abuse
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has asked the High Court to review a decision to award $13 000 in damages to 64-year-old granny Lillian Chinyerere as compensation for the assault she suffered at the hand...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 09:42hrs | 1702 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt reviewing city by-laws to manage vendors
LOCAL Government minister July Moyo says government is reviewing harsh by-laws targeted at managing vendors in a bid to contain cholera outbreaks.Addressing councillors from across the Midland...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:23hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Life aint rosy in Jozi - even with a degree
Go to school, stay out of trouble, get a university degree and all your problems are over, right? Melissa Ndlovu's story is an eye-opener.You are unemployed and desperately need a job ngoba ti...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 10:07hrs | 3587 | by Melissa Ndlovu in Diaspora
Daughter torches mum's house
A MUTARE woman is lucky to be alive after her 31-year-old daughter burnt down her house a day after she was released from police holding cells. Patience Makombe set her mother's Dangamvura Are...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Granny sends lizard to kill granddaughter
ANASTACIA Nsingo (62) (pictured above) from Thombankala Village in Zhombe, Midlands province reportedly sent a monitor lizard to suck the blood of her niece who later died.This was discl...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:19hrs | 1493 | by Staff reporter
84-yr-old granny arrested for tototo brewing
AN 84-YEAR-OLD woman has been arrested in Nyamandlovu for brewing an illicit beer popularly known as tototo. Alice Ngwenya of village 6B, under chief Deli, was found in possession of 60 litres...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:24hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Man axes grandpa to death over education advice
A 20-YEAR-OLD Murewa man allegedly fatally axed his grandfather and buried his corpse in a shallow grave after being advised to advance his education.Shadrack Moyo, of Chinzara village under C...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
'Khamisa's' oldest supporter 'receives death threats'
AN elderly woman from Matabeleland, whose video while declaring her support for MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa went viral on social media, is reportedly being victimised for her po...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 08:05hrs | 4020 | by Staff reporter
Court pardons granny for destroying Chamisa poster
A 59-year-old woman from Kungisai village under Chief Nhema, Zaka district, appeared before magistrate Peter Madiba on Wednesday, July 11, and was given a warning after being convicted of pulling down...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:13hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
28-year-old rapes granny 5 times
A 28-YEAR-OLD man broke into a 68-year-old granny's house, assaulted her, raped her five times and sodomised her twice.Isheanesu Dzingiso (28) of Plot 15, Julena in Somabhula allegedly abused ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
'My granny groomed me to be witchcraft guru'
A 19-YEAR-OLD woman was caught undressed at a fellow villager's homestead in Ngundu, Masvingo province, on a mission to "finish off" a woman on her deathbed.Patricia Mlambo was trapped by a lo...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 06:57hrs | 808 | by Staff rpeorter
Man dupes granny $52,000 in botched deal
A HARARE man has been arrested on charges of duping a granny of $50 000 in a botched mobile phone importation deal.Lloyd Manyepwa was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Rumb...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:29hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Man cut granny's throat, sucking her blood
A-34-YEAR-Old man from Nkayi is on the run after allegedly slitting a woman's throat before sucking her blood.Christopher Sibanda of Sikhewu village under Chief Sikhobokhobo, whom some allege ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Witch-hunters divide village
CHAOS has rocked Mbonqani Village in Bulilima as villagers are divided over witch-hunters with some dismissing them as robbers who stripped them of their livestock after "planting" goblins at their ho...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Grandpa (80) goes missing from hospital
A Masvingo family is appealing for information about an 80-year-old family member who went missing on June 5 from Morgenster Hospital outside Masvingo city. Mr Taruvinga Chitengedza underwent ...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
Concoction kills grandpa
A 67-YEAR-OLD man from Chipinge died at the weekend after he allegedly took an unknown poisonous substance.Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Bathing granny grabs attacker by the balls to save herself
There was drama in Magama village, Guruve last Friday when a 22-year-old man reportedly pounced on a 62-year-old granny who was taking a bath.Sources familiar with the incident allege Shadreck Kar...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 16:31hrs | 4003 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Aren't we just proud of Air Zimbabwe's safety record
IF Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) really, really was serious about marketing itself well, it would make enough money to buy more planes and pay workers, including those it surreptitiously fired.Now tha...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:46hrs | 710 | by Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga
Mudede ruled offside
REGISTRAR-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has been ruled offside by the High Court after he refused to issue an emergency passport to a 79-year-old ailing granny, who urgently required to travel to Namibia ...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:07hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Granny (78) bust dealing drugs
A NEW Zealand woman, 78, bust supplying heroin from her flat in Australia has escaped going to jail.According to the New Zealand Herald, Barbara Blewden pleaded guilty to supplying amphetamine...Published: 28 May 2018 at 08:40hrs | 996 | by Staff Reporter
Granny begs neighbour to impregnate daughter
A GWANDA granny begged her neighbour to impregnate her mentally challenged daughter in a bid to raise money to fend for her family.This emerged after Ms Felunah Hlabandewa of Sherbon Resettlem...Published: 25 May 2018 at 16:23hrs | 5680 | by Staff reporter
Nephew's noisy sex sessions unsettle granny
A 60-year-old woman from Jibajiba area in Lupane, Matabeleland North province dragged her 25-year-old nephew to court for disturbing her peace with noisy sex sessions.The matter came to light ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Granny (62) accused of promiscuity
THERE was drama at the Mutare Civil Courts last Friday when a local man accused his sexagenarian wife of promiscuity and demanded that the court divorce them immediately.William Magosvongwe (7...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:52hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
'Granny (95) infects grandson (9) with STI'
A 95-YEAR-OLD woman from Nkayi, Matabeleland North, allegedly "raped" her nine-year-old grandson and infected him with a sexually transmitted disease (STD).The granny met the boy when she was ...Published: 02 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Granny in 'Jesus meeting' claim
NOT everyone gets the chance to die and come back to life.Gogo Margaret Baloyi says this is an experience she is very glad to have had. The 69-year-old from Diepkloof in Soweto told Daily Sun ...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
'Gangster's body found two days after stabbing alert
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a suspected thief from Bulawayo whose body was discovered in a bushy area two days after he had been allegedly stabbed.A passerby found the body of Dumisani Nyat...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:10hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Court orders granny to pay $60 000 or lose house
EIGHT-THREE-YEAR-OLD Arcadia granny, Violet De Souza, who was last month evicted by the Sheriff over a civil dispute of her home, has now been ordered by the High Court to pay $60 814 for the property...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:09hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Man threatens granny over isitshwala
AN Esigodini man recently landed himself in trouble after he arrived home late and threatened to assault his grandmother, accusing her of failing to properly prepare his supper.Thuthukani Mlot...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Granny reunited with late hubby in same grave
FORMER Highlanders Football Club goalkeepers' coach, Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu's mother Mrs Veronica Zulu passed away last week. She was 113 years old.Mrs Zulu, who died of natural causes, was burie...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:31hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Donel Mangena's star shines brighter
He seems ready for the world but is the world ready for him?Hailing from Bulawayo, unheralded teenager Donel Mangena (16), seems to have a bright future in the music industry.While mos...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Mental patient kills, buries granny (100) inside her hut
A SUSPECTED mentally-challenged 28-year-old Mudzi man last week killed his 100-year-old grandmother after a misunderstanding over the sale of a family beast and buried her remains in a shallow pit ins...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:42hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: The Bulawayo-born singer taking the Voice UK by storm
Bulawayo-born Donel Mangena is taking the Voice UK on ITV Choice (DStv 123) by storm.The 16-year-old first blew the coaches away during his memorable Blind Audition and who can forget his 77-y...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 08:36hrs | 3264 | by Staff reporter
Super Hero grannies defeat 'rapist'
OPERATION Restore Dignity in Women!Two grannies shocked the Sizinda suburb community in Bulawayo with their heroic acts, ganging up to attack an alleged rapist.The would-be rapist, who...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 05:42hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Kids beat 4-year-old to death, dump body
A NINE year old girl from Lupane allegedly teamed up with her Grade One neighbour and tied her four year old sister's hands and legs with strips of bark (ingxoza) before beating her to death with a st...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:34hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Mbuya Sauti dumped
HARDLY two months after popular Sakubva socialite, Mbuya Sauti, "wedded" her 29-year-old lover boy, Wellington Mabhiza their union is on the rocks after it emerged that the latter is not "really in lo...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:19hrs | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Teacher's satanist tatoos spark off trouble
PANDEMONIUM rocked Gombakomba Primary School last week as furious parents boycotted an annual general meeting and bayed for the blood of an ECD teacher who allegedly inscripted 'satanic tattoos' on th...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Granny nearly raped, neighbours come to rescue
Assailants are reported to be terrorising Masvingo province committing heinous crimes like murder, rape and robbery Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Sources who spoke to Bulawayo24.com allege a grand...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 18:37hrs | 1232 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Granny (101) commits suicide
A 101-YEAR-OLD woman committed suicide by throwing herself into a stream in Bulawayo's Kingsdale suburb on Tuesday evening.Gogo Sarah Phulu, who was born in 1917, threw herself into a tributar...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter
Teen nabbed for 'raping' granny (73)
A 19-year-old man from Makorokoro in Mangwe District was arrested for allegedly raping a 73-year-old granny after stabbing her on the hand to coerce her into submission.Melani Ncube, of Jinjik...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 05:41hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
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