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Married man kidnaps girlfriend and child

An outing turned into a harrowing ordeal after a married man allegedly kidnapped his girlfriend and her three-year-old child before assaulting her. Marvelous Baro (30) appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira facing two…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 08:50hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter

ZRP arrests 6 for assault and kidnapping police officers

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has dismissed reports circulating on social media suggesting police involvement in land-related disturbances at Lea Farm in Nyabira, clarifying that the matter is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 09:58hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter

'Detective Kedha' convicted of kidnapping Harare woman

Notorious private investigator Tafadzwa Chidawa, widely known as "Detective Kedha," has been convicted of kidnapping a Harare woman in a dramatic case that unfolded last year. The conviction came after a full trial before Harare magistrate…

Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 10:31hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter

Stranger tricks mother, kidnaps 11-month-old baby

Panic and heartbreak have spread through the Budiriro suburb of Harare following the suspected abduction of an 11-month-old baby boy over the weekend, in a case that has left residents stunned and the family devastated.The incident, which…

Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 12:59hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter

Girl kidnapped at Zimbabwe hospital, kidnappers demand US$2,000 ransom

A 12-year-old girl was kidnapped from Sally Mugabe Central Hospital on Saturday in a shocking abduction that has left her family distraught and police scrambling to track down the suspects. The kidnappers are now demanding US$2,000 for her…

Published: 14 May 2025 at 12:49hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora slams Mnangagwa third term bid,

MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has issued a stern warning against attempts to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutionally permitted two terms, saying the move would drain an estimated US$40 million from the…

Published: 02 May 2025 at 08:05hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter

Woman kidnapped, detained for 4 days

A 30-year-old woman from Ushewokunze was allegedly kidnapped, drugged, and held captive for four days in Mutorashanga after boarding an illegal commuter vehicle (mushikashika) in Harare, police have confirmed.The incident occurred on April…

Published: 02 May 2025 at 08:03hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter

Granny kidnaps daughter for exorcism

A 76-year-old man yesterday appeared before a Marondera magistrate facing accusations of kidnapping his biological daughter over religious differences.Godfrey Dzumbunu of Chitungwiza who is also a member of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC)…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 10:04hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean national kidnaps Portuguese businessman in South Africa

A 26-year-old Zimbabwean national has been arrested in connection with the March 11 kidnapping of a Portuguese businessman in South Africa, police have confirmed.In a statement released on Saturday, the South African Police Service (SAPS)…

Published: 15 Mar 2025 at 16:12hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF's Marapira distances self from kidnap storm

Zanu-PF information director Farai Marapira has distanced himself from allegations linking him to the reported abduction of environmental activist and farmer Nadia Vongai Mabvirakare.Mabvirakare was allegedly taken from her home in…

Published: 11 Mar 2025 at 07:17hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter

3 Zimbabweans in court for kidnapping Cape Town man

Three Zimbabwean nationals accused of kidnapping a Cape Town man and demanding R5m ransom appeared in the Stellenbosch Regional court on Monday.Luckmore Tawanda Muzhira, Takudzwa Trust Nzounhenda and Itai Elvis Takawira face charges of…

Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 20:39hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean businessman threatened with death, kidnapping of children

A Harare businessman, Musa Muteteli, is reportedly living in fear after a bouncer from Dzivarasekwa allegedly threatened to kill him and kidnap his children. The accused, Malcom Sikitara (42), appeared before Harare magistrate Ms. Ethel…

Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 10:04hrs | 2004 | by Staff reporter

inDrive taxi driver kidnaps client in Zimbabwe

A 33-year-old taxi driver from Harare, Talent Mhembere, has been convicted of kidnapping a woman following a payment disagreement. The ruling was delivered by Harare magistrate Lisa Mutendereki, who found overwhelming evidence against the…

Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:33hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter

Kombi crew kidnaps woman over cellphone

A Bulawayo kombi crew has been sentenced to nine months in jail for kidnapping a 23-year-old woman after accusing her of stealing a mobile phone. Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu (35) and Proud Mpofu (24) appeared before Bulawayo Regional Magistrate…

Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter

Kombi crew in court for kidnapping woman

A kombi crew from Bulawayo, accused of kidnapping and assaulting a 23-year-old woman over an alleged cellphone theft, appeared before the regional magistrate's court yesterday.Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu (35) and Proud Mpofu (20), both of Queens…

Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:51hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter

Businessman fingered in kidnapping juvenile for ritual purposes

In a shocking incident, a Muzarabani businessman is being accused of sending a villager to kidnap and kill a juvenile for ritual purposes in Mashonaland Central province.The businessman Josiah Hungwe (68) was implicated by Richard Million…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:45hrs | 319 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Man kidnaps minor for ritual purposes

A  Bulawayo man kidnapped a three year old girl and confessed in court that he wanted to rape her for ritual purposes.The suspect Tawanda Maronze (23) was convicted and jailed four years when he appeared at the Western Commonage…

Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:18hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter

Cellphones reveal incriminating evidence in kidnapping plot

Five suspected hitmen, accused of plotting to kidnap a Zimbabwean businessman, have been linked to incriminating evidence found on their mobile phones, a court hearing revealed on Wednesday.The suspects, based in South Africa, are alleged…

Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:41hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter

CIO faces kidnap charges

A member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Cleopas Charuka (34), has appeared in court facing serious charges of kidnapping and armed robbery. Charuka made his appearance at the Harare Magistrates Courts on Tuesday before…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:59hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter

Man kidnaps City Parking officers

A 23-year-old Harare motorist, Gift Nyadzawo, appeared in court on Tuesday facing charges of kidnapping two City Parking officers and inciting public violence. He was remanded in custody by magistrate Patricia Kamwanda, with a bail ruling…

Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 19:11hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter

Baby kidnapper jailed

A Chiredzi woman, Prosperity Hobyani (35), has been sentenced to three years in prison for kidnapping a 7-day-old baby.Hobyani appeared before the Chiredzi Magistrates' Court on kidnapping charges, to which she pleaded guilty. She was…

Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 16:53hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter

CCC MP sucked into missing teen investigation

A Harare family has filed a missing person's report accusing a Citizens Coalition for Change MP of "hiding" a 16-year-old girl.The family says in a report filed at Budiriro 2 Police Station that Trish Dewa-Moyo was last seen with Glenview…

Published: 24 Aug 2024 at 12:51hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter

Girl lures teacher into kidnap ordeal

A Chitungwiza woman, Rumbidzai Tauro (40), has been arrested for kidnapping and extorting over US$5,000 from Gerald Madamombe, a 52-year-old former teacher. Tauro is accused of holding Madamombe captive for five days after her 15-year-old…

Published: 30 Jun 2024 at 18:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Woman hires thugs to kidnap ex-hubby's wife

Four men appeared before the Shurugwi Magistrates' Court facing kidnapping charges. According to the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ), on June 16, the accused - Kaliwe Phiri (31), Kelvin Sibanda (35), Brighton Muchida…

Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

South African jailed 30 years for kidnapping Zimbabwean in Uganda

A South African national, Joachim Ugochukwu Onyeako has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for kidnapping a Zimbabwean national with the intention to procure a ransom.Onyeako was sentenced by a panel of three Court of Appeal justices…

Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Ex-top cop, wife in court for kidnapping

A FORMER senior police officer and his wife appeared in court yesterday after a two-month-old baby girl was allegedly kidnapped in Southview suburb in Gweru on Friday.Mekia Tanyanyiwa, who headed the ZRP Support Unit, and his wife, Sakhile…

Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man kidnapped over wife's sins

A HARARE man said his life almost ended after he was kidnapped by armed men, who threatened to kill him over his wife's promiscuity.Rodwell Nhata made these allegations before Harare magistrate Johanna Mukwesha on Friday after his wife…

Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans arrested in SA for robbing and kidnapping tuck shop owner

TWO Zimbabweans were arrested in South Africa's Mpumalanga province for allegedly robbing  and kidnapping a tuck shop owner.The incident occurred last week.The suspects aged 24 and 26 allegedly committed the offence in the…

Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:51hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Teenager arrested for kidnapping 3-month-old baby

POLICE in Shurugwi, Midlands Province, have arrested a 19-year-old woman who kidnapped a three-month-old baby at a bus terminus. Provincial police spokesperson inspector Emmanuel Mahoko yesterday confirmed the incident saying the suspect…

Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

25 school kids 'kidnapped' from Harare

Police have arrested a 60-year-old man on kidnapping charges after 25 children he was supposed to drive to their homes from school turned up in Macheke, 103km away.Police were tipped off by other motorists who reported hearing children…

Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

BA pilot kidnapped, forced to transfer cash, during stopover in Joburg

A hunt has been launched for a group of suspects after a British Airways pilot was kidnapped and robbed in Johannesburg, police confirmed on Thursday.The incident happened in Birnam, near Melrose Arch, on Monday as the pilot was shopping…

Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 17:35hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

3 boys in miraculous escape from abductors in Zimbabwe

THREE boys from Chinhoyi narrowly escaped danger and managed to survive an abduction ordeal. The minors, aged between 11 and 13, were seized in a bush on the outskirts of Rusununguko suburb while collecting grass feed for rabbits.As…

Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

CID request access into Takudzwa Ngadziore Facebook to unmask MP's kidnappers

Detectives investigating Takudzwa Ngadziore's abduction rang the CCC MP Friday requesting log-in details of the young lawmaker's private Facebook account ostensibly to draw some raw data in a viral video footage he boldly filmed live as he…

Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 10:09hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Woman, daughter ordered to stop harassing rival

The Harare Civil Court has ordered a Kambuzuma woman and her mother to observe and maintain peace towards another woman from their neighbourhood who claimed to have been physically, verbally and emotionally abused by the pair.The court…

Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:51hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Woman in court for kidnapping baby in SA

A woman appeared in court yesterday for allegedly kidnapping a five-month-old baby boy in South Africa from her Zimbabwean mother and bringing him to Zimbabwe.Janet Marimo (28) was charged with human trafficking when she appeared before…

Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean women kidnap man and rape him over two days

POLICE in Zvishavane, Midlands Province, are investigating a case in which a man was held hostage for two days, and sexually exploited by two women who had given him a lift from Zvishavane to Sandawana.The man, who could not be named on…

Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 20:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

CCC polling agent kidnapped, released

Zanu-PF activists allegedly "kidnapped" a Binga Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) polling agent last week, and released him after holding him hostage for hours.A message that circulated among the CCC members claimed that Fanuel Madimba…

Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 18:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Woman abducted and gang raped

A woman was reportedly abducted and raped after she was given a lift by three men with police launching a manhunt for the suspects.The men are said to have been travelling in a sky-blue Toyota Wish and the incident happened in Ruwa…

Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 18:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Woman grabs car steering wheel to survives kidnapping attempt

A 21-year-old Bulawayo woman survived a scary kidnapping attempt by a private motorist Thursday when she seized the steering wheel of the moving vehicle and forced it into crashing stop outside the road.The unnamed woman, police said, was…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Girl kidnapped, drugged and dumped at cemetery

A 14-YEAR-OLD girl from Old Luveve suburb was kidnapped by two women and a man who were driving a white commuter omnibus on 16 March.The juvenile had left her home at around 5PM going to Chigumira shops.Bulawayo police spokesperson…

Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Girl jumps off kidnapper's speeding vehicle

IN a shocking incident, a nine-year-old girl in Bulawayo sustained a fractured arm, leg and a swollen face after escaping from the clutches of her kidnapper by jumping out of a speeding vehicle.The heroic child and her guardian boarded a…

Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Minister Chitando stranded as Qatar Airways plane grounded in Zambia

Dozens of travellers from Harare including Zimbabwe's mines minister Winston Chitando were left stranded in Lusaka, Zambia, on Sunday night after a Qatar Airways plane developed a technical fault.The aircraft declared an emergency on…

Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:25hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean sangoma kidnapped and forced to say he is 'a fake healer'

Zimbabwe-born and South Africa-based traditional healer Khokhovula Gandabaloyi has opened a case of kidnapping and extortion against who he believes are people responsible for his kidnapping in January.He said he now feared for his life…

Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean national, wife and girlfriend among suspects arrested for kidnapping of SA businessman

A Zimbabwean national, his wife and girlfriend are among suspects arrested for the kidnapping of a Midrand businessman.Five suspects, including a Zimbabwean national, his wife, girlfriend, and two others, have been arrested allegedly…

Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Woman kidnapped, drugged and robbed by Honda Fit crew

A 36-YEAR-OLD woman from Emganwini suburb was kidnapped, drugged and later dumped in a bush on Sunday after boarding a silver Honda fit bound for the city centre.She got onto the vehicle at around 8AM near AFM church along Plumtree Road…

Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Kidnappers arrested after demanding R50,000 ransom for Zimbabwean truck driver

Another truck driver, aged 42, who became a victim of kidnapping in Mpumalanga has been rescued by police in Komatipoort.Two suspects aged 25 and 28 were arrested on Friday."The truck driver from the country of Zimbabwe was kidnapped on…

Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Man 'kidnaps' baby during car hijack

A HARARE man has been charged with theft and kidnapping after he stole a vehicle which had a child on board.Kudakwashe Lee Moyo (21) was yesterday remanded in custody to today, when he appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi.It is…

Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean businessman kidnapped in South Africa

A Zimbabwean businessman based in South Africa Ranga Gova, 35, is missing after he was hijacked and kidnapped in Midstream Mediclinic Centurion between Pretoria and Midrad.Gova was kidnapped just a few minutes away from his home in an…

Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:39hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Maid arrested for kidnapping baby

Police in Bulawayo yesterday arrested a maid who had kidnapped her employer's 20-months-old son and drove off in their car.Kimberly Ncube (19) was employed by a family in Paddonhurst suburb and started work last Saturday, only to betray…

Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

4 Zimra officers kidnapped, held for ransom in South Africa

Four female Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) employees were abducted and held for ransom in Musina, South Africa, on Monday night, ZimLive can reveal.The quartet, who work at Beitbridge border post, had entered South Africa at around 3PM…

Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

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