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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 (...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean professor kidnapped in SA
A Zimbabwean professor based in South Africa found himself embroiled in a harrowing ordeal when he was allegedly abducted by a group of eight men seeking to steal his cryptocurrency holdings valued at...Published: 22 May 2024 at 10:13hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businessman found dead in SA
THE body of a Zimbabwean businessman, Evans Katumba, who was abducted in Durban last month with the kidnappers demanding a ransom of R2,5 million, has been found by police in KwaZulu Natal, South Afri...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Policeman acquitted in abuse of office case
A POLICEMAN based at ZRP Glen View, who was facing a charge of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday set free by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.The magistrate ruled that the State faile...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | 1 | 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 vi...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 10:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Nigeria's Bola Tinubu warned against attacking Niger
Usman Yusuf, a vocal Nigerian professor of Haematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, has warned President Bola Tinubu not to get entangled in a messy proxy geopolitical war between Nato an...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kidnappers targeting learners, women
Police have intensified investigations into a case in which two pupils aged 11 and 12 were kidnapped in separate incidents in Harare and Chinhoyi, while a woman was kidnapped by unknown suspects in Dz...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | 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 Januar...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 17:17hrs | | 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 ...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:48hrs | | 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 bord...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Student shares bed with giant snake
FEAR gripped students of Novena University, Ogume Delta State, in Nigeria, after a python invaded a female hostel in the school.The python was found early morning on the bed of an unnamed fema...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man killed, body parts missing
RESIDENTS of Gwanda were left in shock after a man was allegedly lured to five men who beat him up and stabbed him to death.After committing the spine-chilling act, they dumped his body in a t...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:15hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Kidnapped Nkayi boy to be repatriated from Kenya
Authorities from Zimbabwe and Kenya are working on paperwork to repatriate a seven-year-old boy from Nkayi who was kidnapped and taken to Kenya in 2016 in a case of human trafficking.The boy, ...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 05:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Villagers detain, torture stock theft suspects
A GROUP of about 15 villagers from Gwanda allegedly kidnapped and tortured seven men for four days after accusing them of stealing their livestock.The Chronicle news crew caught up with two of...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for kidnappers
Police in Kwekwe have launched a manhunt for a three-man gang who kidnapped a 14-year-old girl and later dumped her in a bushy area in Msasa. According to Midlands police spokesperson Inspecto...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nust student demands $1m for wrongful arrest
AN engineering student at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has filed a $1 million lawsuit against police and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for unlawful arrest and pr...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkomo 1983 Prophetic Letter to Mugabe
DR. JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon United Kingdom7th June 1983 Dear Robert,1. I write to you as a citizen of Zimbabwe and one of the leade...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 13:58hrs | 10 | by Dr Joshua M Nkomo
Zimbabwe and abductions
Since the beginning of the year, some people, mainly government detractors, and opposition members have claimed to have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be b...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 09:46hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man murdered outside MDC office
Police are investigating after a man was killed outside a constituency office of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Kwekwe on Friday.Officers responded after reports of a man lying de...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 17:51hrs | | by ZimLive
Moyo mum on rebel fiasco
The recent kidnapping of a Zimbabwean miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.C)'s Kivu province on Friday morning, seems to be rather impertinent for Zimbabwe's foreign affairs and internation...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 18:56hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Let's stamp out fear of witchcraft
Whenever some calamity befalls us; illness, catching an infectious disease, an accident and injury, a bankruptcy in business, a failed examination, a failed marriage - we want to know what caused it i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Zimbabweans kidnap SA businessman, demand R1 million ransom, 1 shot dead, 1 arrested
A shoot-out ensued between the police and the suspects at the scene where the money was to be handed over.Eastern Cape police have rescued Mthatha businessman from five days of captivity at th...Published: 18 May 2019 at 21:07hrs | | by SAfm
'Makandiwa' gold mine kidnappers acquitted
Five men, who were accused of torturing, kidnapping and robbing while impersonating police officers to villagers who had reportedly stolen gold ore from a mine earlier believed to be owned by United F...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Makandiwa gold mine kidnappers in court
THE trial of five men accused of kidnapping villagers they accused of stealing gold ore at a mine believed to be owned by United Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa in...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army dismiss Piki's abduction claims
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed a story being peddled by some privately-owned publications alleging that Elliot Piki, a senior officer dishonourably discharged from the army for having an af...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staf reporter
ZNA claims abducted soldier was fired from army over sex scandal
The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has said Elliot Piki - who was allegedly abducted from his home last Sunday afternoon and suddenly pitched up at the official probe looking into the August 1 killings ...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Soldier 'escapes from kidnappers'
In a dramatic twist to the saga involving Elliot Piki - who was allegedly abducted from his home on Sunday afternoon - the retired army colonel suddenly pitched up at the official probe looking into t...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman kidnapped, robbed of $2700
A BULAWAYO woman lost about US$2 700 to five knife-brandishing thugs who kidnapped her and later threw her out of a speeding vehicle.Ms Memory Mapasure (30) of Matshobane suburb had just colle...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Kidnappers found with 12 children nabbed
Police in Norton allegedly arrested a gang with 12 kidnapped children. Photos of the criminals and the alleged kidnapped children have been shared on social media."Kana pane ane mwana ari kush...Published: 01 May 2018 at 21:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kidnapper arrested after three years
A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Mbuyazwe area in Umguza district has appeared in court for allegedly kidnapping and assaulting his ex-wife's lover three years ago.Western Commonage magistrates' court m...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo letter to Robert Mugabe from exile in the UK
JOSHUA M. NKOMO2 Stevenage RoadEast Ham E6 2WLLondon E6 2WLUnited Kingdom7th June, 1983INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABEDear Robert,1. I write...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 11:00hrs | 2 | by Joshua M. Nkomo
Charred remains of literacy in Nigeria
Sixty-five million Nigerians are illiterates, according to UNESCO. Nevertheless, the year has been moderately fine for Nigeria, having fared favorably in enviable awards, such as ranking big as the wo...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 12:22hrs | 1 | by Nimi Princewill
'Omabhinya' terrorise children
CHILDREN in Binga district are reported to have dropped out of school for fear of armed kidnappers commonly known as "omabhinya", who are waylaying them as they walk from school.Chief Siachila...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN-AU decry absence of women in peacebuilding activities
A high-level delegation to Nigeria and the DRC urges countries to promote gender equality Reporting back from a trip to Nigeria and the Democratic Repu...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 18:43hrs | | by Leon Usigbe
Cop kidnappers in court
A BULAWAYO Honda Fit driver and his friend have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and robbing a police officer at knife point after giving him a lift.Nervious Moyo (24) and Edmore Nkozo (...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Snake rescues kidnapped woman
A snake came to the rescue of a kidnapped 29 year old Tarisai Musandidaro from Birchenough Bridge after it bit one of her attackers.Musandidaro had been given a lift by four unknown peop...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Prophet Faleyimu Predicts Prophet TB Joshua Death In 2017
Prophet Olagorioye Faleyimu has predicted that popular televangelist T B Joshua's time is getting up and is likely to died in 2017.He also said President Buhari is not the Messiah bu...Published: 27 Dec 2016 at 07:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Another Mkoba pupil kidnapped, tortured
A 14-year-old form two pupil was allegedly kidnapped last Friday, bundled into a Noah vehicle and driven to Gwenhoro Dam where he was tortured by being made to touch live wires at a Zesa substation....Published: 18 Jul 2016 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African, Australians kidnapped in Nigeria
Port Harcourt - Nigerian police on Wednesday said three foreign nationals - a South African and two Australians - along two Nigerians were kidnapped in the country's southeast after their vehicle ...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 06:58hrs | | by Agencies
Air Zimbabwe Boss 'murdered'
AIR ZIMBABWE public relations executive, Shingai Dhliwayo, has been found dead in a bush in Botswana.Family members, in a series of Facebook posts last week, seemed to suggest that Dhliwayo, w...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Zimbabwean shoppers robbed, raped in SA
South African police are investigating cases in which two Zimbabwean women were killed, three raped while 25 people were kidnapped by a gang of criminals targeting mainly Zimbabweans travelling to tha...Published: 17 Jul 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
Zimbabwean women abducted, burnt to death in South Africa
TWO Pretoria-bound Zimbabwean women were reportedly abducted and burnt to death after the commuter omnibus they boarded at Musina near Beitbridge Border Post last month was intercepted by unidentified...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 13:47hrs | | by Nunurai Jena
12 Maleme farm worker 'kidnappers' acquitted
TWELVE men from Matobo District who were facing a charge of kidnapping a farm worker from Maleme Ranch were yesterday acquitted.Philimon Moyo, 72, Killion Masuku, 63, Cornelius Ncube, 63, Part...Published: 03 Apr 2015 at 08:10hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
6 Zimbabweans kidnapped and tortured in SA, kidnappers demand ransom
A Zimbabwean woman living in South Africa has told her heart wrecking experiences after she was kidnapped and seriously tortured by a taxi driver with another one woman and four men on their return to...Published: 30 Mar 2015 at 07:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
State fails to prove its case, Maleme villages apply for discharge
TWELVE Matobo District villagers, who were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a farm worker employed by district intelligence officer Rodney Mashingaidze, have applied for discharge at the close of the...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 12:11hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
The mischief has started again, Cdes
CABINET FILES AND CZ's NOTEBOOKDear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES, as you are all aware, I have been out of the country since last week as I had to attend this important Uni...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 09:17hrs | | by CZ
Bulawayo Kidnap horror - man forced to dance on grave and brutally assaulted
A car sales employee in Bulawayo survived death by a whisker after he was kidnapped by five men driving a car with South African registration, who claimed his employer owed them $250.Edwin...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 19:36hrs | | by Bhebhe Mandla
Let's not put all Eggs into one basket on Itai Dzamara!
The untimely disappearance of Itai Dzamara, a journalist and political activist, is a regrettable development. We pray for his soul wherever he is but should never to put all eggs into one basket...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 16:59hrs | | by Suitable Kajau
Itai Dzamara resorts to the Madhuku strategy for survival?
Some adults strive for attention and pay any price just to get it. Those attention seeking adults may do inappropriate things like lying just to get attention. Attention seeking behavior (ASB) c...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 16:57hrs | | by Dalla Bill
Mnangagwa promise to bring to book Dzamara's kidnappers
Acting President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa today told the Zimbabwe Parliament that his government is concerned about reported disappearance of Itai Dzamara, promises action against culprits....Published: 11 Mar 2015 at 15:46hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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