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ZimParks defends killing of collared lion 'Blondie'

Zimbabwe's wildlife authority, ZimParks, has defended the killing of Blondie, a collared and much-loved lion from Hwange National Park, despite widespread condemnation from conservationists and the public.Blondie, a research subject monito…

Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 13:03hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter

Man acquitted after killing his 'possessed' mother in witchcraft row

A 47-year-old man who fatally assaulted his mother during a violent confrontation sparked by allegations of witchcraft walked free on Monday after a Bulawayo magistrate ruled that he acted in self-defence.Amad Nyathi, of Mzilikazi suburb, …

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 10:19hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter

Mourners arrested for killing burglar breaking into house next door

Four men attending a funeral in Bhule Village, Tsholotsho, have been arrested for allegedly beating a suspected burglar to death after catching him trying to break into a nearby home.The incident occurred on June 13, 2025, in Matabeleland …

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:17hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe cops making a killing from fingerprints

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has come under fire following revelations that officers are illegally charging an additional $15 "facilitation fee" to expedite fingerprint clearance services, on top of the official $5 processing fee.An …

Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 13:26hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter

Cop confesses to killing Bulawayo detective

A police officer stationed at Hillside Police Station in Bulawayo has allegedly confessed to the fatal shooting of Detective Constable Cassandra Hove a fortnight ago.The suspect has been identified as one Constable Muradzikwa and is being …

Published: 18 Mar 2025 at 08:49hrs | 1971 | by Staff reporter

Village head jailed for killing subject

Clemence Chikazhi, a village head from Mhangura, has been sentenced to six years in prison after fatally attacking a 75-year-old man over a dispute concerning chickens. The court reduced his sentence to an effective four years after suspen…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:48hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter

Businessman arrested in ritual killing saga

A businessman from Muzarabani, Josiah Hungwe (68), has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating a plot to kill a five-year-old boy for ritual purposes. The victim, Takunda Charumbuka, a pupil at Rosehill Junior School, narrowly escaped ha…

Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter

Man jailed 30 years for murder

A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Shurugwi in Midlands has been slapped with a 30-year jail term for killing another.Tendai Tonderai Marihoho appeared before the Gweru High Court on a charge of murder.He was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in jai…

Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 14:35hrs | 303 | by Stephen Jakes

Ex-soldier arrested for 'killing' father-in-law

A former soldier, Stanley Nkomo (42), has been arrested in North End suburb, Bulawayo, after allegedly killing his father-in-law and subsequently engaging in a series of robberies. Nkomo, originally from Gokwe in Midlands Province, was app…

Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:07hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe policemen acquitted of killing armed robbery suspect

Five Bulawayo police officers - Herbert Kanyinji, Bornwell Mahachi, Amiga Shumba, Norge Rapayi, and Mbekezeli Bhebhe - have been acquitted by the High Court of charges related to the death of a suspected armed robber, Nkululeko Banda. The …

Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter

Village heads caged for killing lion

Two village heads from Hwange's Dete area have been sentenced to 12 months in prison for the killing of a lion valued at US$20,000. Elias Nyoni (51) and Zenzo Ndlovu (47) pleaded guilty before a Hwange magistrate last Wednesday.The court h…

Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:36hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter

Women arrested for killing sex pest

A Guruve man was allegedly killed by two women, one of whom he attempted to rape on Friday.The now-deceased Brighton Mapira died after being struck twice with an axe handle by his target victim and her neighbour.Mashonaland Central Provinc…

Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man brutally murdered in revenge killing

The ChronicleA 35- year-old man from Maboleni area in Lower Gweru died after he was allegedly fatally assaulted and stabbed by a gang of five men over previous grudges.The five suspects, three of whom have been identified allegedly broke i…

Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 12:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zim police dismiss claims Masaya's killing was politically motivated

Police Spokesperson Paul Nyathi has rejected the allegations of abduction, torture, and murder made by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in connection with the disappearance and subsequent death of opposition activist Tapfumaneyi Mas…

Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean teen among 3 Bradford men found guilty of killing compatriot

THREE Bradford men along with one other have been found guilty of killing a teenager by stabbing him 14 times in a tragic case of mistaken identity.Karl Belinga, 20, of Brendon Walk in Holme Wood, Karlson Ogie, 19, of Bierley House Avenue …

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean gardener accused of killing SA boss and son refuses legal counsel

THE Zimbabwean man who is being accused of murdering his employer and her nine-year-old son in cold blood in Johannesburg, South Africa last week has refused to get a lawyer.Instead, he has opted to defend himself in his murder case.In a r…

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:41hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

'Prophet' nabbed for killing client

A BULAWAYO man died after allegedly drinking a poisonous concoction he got from a self-proclaimed prophet whom he had consulted in a bid to cure an undisclosed ailment, a magistrate heard yesterday.Kilason Tshuma (42) died shortly after al…

Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Married Woman Killed By Lover

In a shocking turn of events, a Chiredzi man has been sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for the murder of his married lover. High Court Judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze delivered the verdict on Friday, marking the end of a trial …

Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 20:48hrs | 13 | by Erick Matotoba

Esigodini man in court for killing girlfriend

AN Esigodini man appeared in court after he fatally stabbed his girlfriend for receiving US$5 from another man she was suspected to be having an affair with.AN Esigodini man appeared in court after he fatally stabbed his girlfriend for rec…

Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

Ex-convict arrested for killing rival suitor

AN ex-convict has been nabbed in connection with the killing of a Bulawayo man in an alleged love triangle last week.Malcom Wilson Martin (44) of Queens Park West suburb and Bonakele Tshabalala (44), are alleged to have killed Tshabalala's…

Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

SA Afrophobia: Mnangagwa should speak out

THE image of Elvis Nyathi, a Zimbabwean immigrant's burning body on a Johannesburg street jolted the collective minds of Zimbabweans to the dark age of 2008 Afrophobia attacks in South Africa.This was when South Africans necklaced Mozambic…

Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 3 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Parties condemn Afrophobic attacks in SA

POLITICAL parties in southern Africa yesterday roundly condemned the brutal murder of Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi in South Africa, with opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa describing his killing as an …

Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe army, police in fix over killings

Police and the army last night sought to clear themselves and throw blame on alleged impersonators following reports that at least 12 people were killed by soldiers and the police during last week's nationwide protests against economic har…

Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Army killings shock details

Fresh harrowing evidence of people shot by the army during the August 1 protests in Harare has surfaced amid claims that the commission set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored the majority of the victims that wanted to tell their st…

Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reportwr

Killings inquiry in shock move

Zimbabweans reacted with surprise yesterday, to Thursday's announcement by the inquiry looking into the August 1 shootings in Harare, that it had already handed over the executive summary of its report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The c…

Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 11:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

August 1 victims dead before soldiers arrived

On an extraordinary and defining day in the quest for the truth over the August 1 military massacre on the streets of Harare, the men who made the key decisions on that day all totally denied they had signed off on the killing of oppositio…

Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by zimlive

Judgement reserved on Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry challenge

High Court judge David Mangota has reserved ruling in a matter in which a Zimbabwean woman is challenging the legality and composition of a commission of inquiry set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate the August 1, 2018 kill…

Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe is open for killing

1 August has become a Black Wednesday as the gallant sons and daughters of Zimbabwe perished in the streets of Harare as they exercised their constitutional right to demonstrate to show their displease to the stolen freedom. Automatic rifl…

Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Isaac Nkomah

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 advanced state of decomposition, is still stuck at Gwa…

Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter

Ex-soldier arrested over four sisters' killing

POLICE have arrested an ex-soldier suspected to have killed four sisters with an axe before burning their bodies in a bedroom hut in Chirima village in Gokwe South.Midlands acting police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende yest…

Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Four men get 72 years in jail for killing SA lesbian

Four men were jailed for 18 years each by a Cape Town court on Wednesday for stabbing and stoning 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana to death in 2006.Magistrate Raadiyah Wathen sentenced Lubabalo Ntlabathi, Sicelo Mase, Luyanda Londzi, a…

Published: 01 Feb 2012 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul

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