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Brick molder kills colleague
A Guruve brick molder allegedly stabbed his colleague to death over brick funds.The stabbed Mike Adriana was pronounced dead upon arrival at Guruve hospital.The matter came to light at...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:51hrs | 540 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Three children kill soldier
Tapiwa Munekwa(15), Noah Musenyi (12) and Tinashe Munekwa(10) allegedly murdered a member of the Zimbabwe National Army,Aaron Bhasopayi in Zaka on Wednesd...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 20:35hrs | 3615 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Violent soldier killed by minors
A 37-YEAR-OLD 1 Commando Regiment-based soldier was on Thursday night killed by three minors after he allegedly attacked their mother over suspected arson at his parents' home in Zaka, Masvingo provin...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1930 | by Staff reporter
Cop killer arrested
One suspect believed to have been part of the machete-wielding artisanal miners who allegedly murdered a police officer in December last year at Good Hope Mine in Kadoma, was arrested on Tuesday follo...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:53hrs | 715 | by Staff reporter
Man survives brutal stabbing
A 32-year-old Harare man escaped death by a whisker after he was suddenly stabbed seven times with a knife while drinking beer in Epworth, Harare, a court heard yesterday. Privilege Rumbe (24)...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:45hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Man fatally headbuts grandfather
A TSHOLOTSHO man who fatally head-butted his grandfather, who was also a village head, before stealing some groceries from him has been sentenced to 10 years in jail for culpable homicide.Bula...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:38hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora men held at ransom by their wives
Man sitting on outdoor wooden stairwell, cupped hand wrapped around clenched hand, both hands held to mouth, a pained gaze" This is the everyday posture most men in the UK adopt under pressure from th...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 8780 | by Dr Masimba Mavava
Police raise alarm over spike in murder cases
POLICE have raised alarm over the rise in murder cases reported throughout the country, with a record eight cases recorded at the weekend.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Pa...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:38hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Doctors were very foolish to bow to Chiwenga demands - without PPE, still susceptible covid-19 military or civilian
Zimbabwe is facing a serious economic crisis brought about by 40 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. The economy has all but collapsed forcing unemployment rate to soar to nauseating ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 22:51hrs | 1540 | by Nomusa Garikai
Beitbridge duo convicted of robbing Zinara tolling cashier
TWO men from Lutumba area under Chief Sitaudze in Beitbridge who robbed a Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) tolling cashier and another resident were convicted on Friday.Discuss ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean accused of attacking 10 hikers and murdering 2 in Cape Town
The double-murder trial of the alleged "Table Mountain killer" is set to resume next Monday in the Cape Town high court.Thirty-five-year-old Zimbabwean national Blessing Bveni is accused of at...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 18:12hrs | 2442 | by Staff reporter
Man strikes son to death with hoe
As the country is still in shock following the murder of a seven-year-old child in Murehwa, police have arrested a 43-year-old man from Zvimba for allegedly striking his son to death with a hoe while ...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 07:53hrs | 668 | by Staff Reporter
Muthi ritual scare hits suburbs
FEAR gripped residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs in Bulawayo after muthi (charms) suspected to have been used in performing a ritual was found tied to a tree near a bridge connecting the two s...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:23hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Hubby torches property in infidelity row
A GWANDA woman has been left stranded after her husband set their property on fire on Sunday morning following a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Amos Phiri (37) from Matshetsheni are...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Hubby apologises to wife before Magistrate
A Harare man, Mr William Chikoore, today promised to stop hitting his wife when Harare Civil Court magistrate Ms Meenal Narotam granted his wife, Nyarai Nziramasanga, a protection order against him....Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:35hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
Does the Rule of Law exist in the so called, 'ROLE MODELS SUPERPOWER COUNTRIES'?
This digital age has experienced a genocide of blacks perpetrated by the white supremacists in the USA. The genocide in question, was not only perpetrated by their white supremacists police, but by al...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 266 | by Njabulo
Man killed over woman
A GWANDA man has been arrested for allegedly ganging up with two accomplices, who are still at large, and beat up a man to death in a dispute over a woman.Alfred Moyo (21) from Guyu area was n...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 20:01hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
If I had married that man, I would be dead by now!
The level of violence in Zimbabwe is alarming: domestic violence accompanies the life of a married woman daily. Daily we read depressing news about the growing number of cases of femicide. Today again...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:58hrs | 1844 | by Nomazulu Thata
Man fakes erectile dysfunction to avoid sex with wife, 'rapes' minor
A Zvishavane man who faked erectile dysfunction for 17 years to avoid having sex with his wife was exposed after he was arrested for rape. Custon Jojo Machanja (68)'s wife shocked the court wh...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 06:25hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs estranged wife seven times
A BULAWAYO soldier followed his estranged wife to her family home where he allegedly fatally stabbed her seven times and in the process ripping open her stomach using a kitchen knife after she refused...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:33hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Tawanda Muchehiwa's gory story on how he was abducted by Ferret team
I often wake up in the middle of the night sweating profusely with a pulsating headache. At that moment, I can feel intense pain on the right side of my jaw. I never get back to sleep.I have t...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49hrs | 12818 | by Tawanda Muchehiwa
Police officer cries out for help
Police bosses in Manicaland have been accused of neglecting a 28-year-old officer, who was brutally attacked by robbers while on duty.Rodgers chihanga, father of constable David Taruvinga Chih...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:19hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Machaya fails to appear in court
FORMER Midlands Provincial Affairs Minister Jason Machaya today failed to turn up to court for judgement on his land corruption case yesterday amid indications that he was no feeling well after allege...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 17:12hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Man jailed for raping thigh vendor
A 32-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed 15 years for raping a sex worker and robbing her of R200 and her cellphone. Thobani Moyo from Ntabenende area in Esigodini pleaded not guilty to rape and robb...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1899 | by Staff reporter
When the church starts to talk, listen!
THE Catholic church, under the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference banner, has spoken, and this is now the time for Zanu-PF to listen.Zanu-PF has been branding everyone who points at the reg...Published: 15 Aug 2020 at 17:03hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime should not insult Zimbabweans' intelligence
On 25 July 2020, I penned an article to the effect that, most of us who are bravery and nrelentingly standing up, and speaking up (in the process, placing our own lives in grave danger, but for a very...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 11:21hrs | 2167 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Man stabs father-in-law
A GWANDA man has been sentenced to perform 315 hours of community service for assaulting his father-in-law during a misunderstanding. Siqokoqela Nyathi (40) of Sinkugwe Village was convicted o...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:35hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Man escapes from quarantine, kills neighbour
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a man who escaped from a quarantine centre in Beitbridge and killed his neighbour in Luveve before disappearing from the area.Mandla Ndlovu (36) of Entumbane w...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1777 | by Staff reporter
Woman stabs live-in boyfriend to death
A 31-YEAR-OLD Victoria Falls woman allegedly fatally stabbed her live-in boyfriend with a kitchen knife for refusing to open the door for her when she arrived home at night from a beer drink. ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
Armed car-jackers strike in Bulawayo
THREE armed men robbed a 44-year-old woman from Newtown West suburb in Bulawayo of her car, US$400 and a cellphone. The woman was driving into the city centre from her home in her Nissan Sylph...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:06hrs | 1436 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda miners 'arrest' suspected robbers
SMALL-SCALE gold miners in Gwanda have arrested suspected robbers who attacked Muzenda Mine near Coleen Bawn, 20km south of the Matabeleland South provincial capital.The suspected robbers, tra...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Robbery syndicate hit Bulawayo
Parking in Bulawayo's city centre has turned into a nightmare for motorists who risk having their cars broken into or being robbed at gunpoint. A robbery syndicate is targeting unattended cars parked ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Teenage wife stabs hubby to death
A Harare woman appeared in court yesterday for fatally stabbing her husband during a domestic dispute over a telephone call that the latter had received after they had retired to bed. Paidamoy...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Losing children to UK's social workers
Nesbert Shumba left Zimbabwe in 2003 and settled in the United Kingdom. His wife and two children joined him a year later and while in the UK, Nesbert was blessed with three more children. He moved to...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1124 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
6-man robbery gang released on bail
THE High Court has released on bail a gang of six men that allegedly attacked five small-scale miners with machetes and metal bars before robbing them of gold and over $23 000, all in one day. ...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge man killed in row over drought relief grain
TWO men from Beitbridge allegedly fatally stabbed their neighbour following a dispute during a drought relief grain distribution programme. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Ch...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:39hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Teen drops cap at crime scene, arrested
AN 18-year-old teenager from Filabusi has been arrested for allegedly robbing a 44-year-old woman who was with her daughter at her homestead before attempting to rape them, before dropping his cap as ...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Notorious Beitbridge robbers arrested
BEITBRIDGE police have arrested five of the six suspected armed robbers that early last week allegedly stripped an ex-soldier Dogeni Patsika of R53 000 in a violent pre-dawn robbery.Reacting s...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:08hrs | 2912 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife in infidelity row
A BEITBRIDGE man has been arrested after he allegedly fatally stabbed his wife for having an extra marital affair.Forget Mleya (42) from Zezani area left his place of residence in Beitbridge a...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 16:57hrs | 2357 | by Staff reporter
Ex-soldier gives armed robbers hard time
AN ex-soldier cornered by armed robbers gave his attackers a hard time and caused the arrest of one of the suspects despite losing his money.Dogeni Patsika (44), a retired military instructor,...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2766 | by Staff reporter
Man kidnaps and rapes ex-lover
A Bulawayo man recently broke into his ex-lover's home and kidnapped her before raping her.This was heard by the Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Mjanja when Quincy Manda (37) appeared befor...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:42hrs | 2879 | by Stephen Jakes
Laduma ladlula: lakhothama iqhawe lezwe.
Ibandla elidala le ZAPU lisungule inhlelo ezizathatha iviki eyodwa egcweleyo likhumbula owaye ngu Mongameli walo umuyi u Dr Dumiso Dabengwa owayesaziwa ngegama elithi"The Black Russian''loba ''DD'...Published: 23 May 2020 at 14:42hrs | 961 | by ZAPU
Rape, Assault cop appeals against dismissal
A POLICE officer stationed at Mzilikazi Police Station in Bulawayo who was accused of raping two women on separate occasions after assaulting and threatening to kill them, has approached the High Cour...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:27hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo man killed over witchcraft
Masvingo police have reported that they are investigating a case of murder that emanated from a witchcraft dispute among a certain family. According to the police report, the domestic dispute ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 12:31hrs | 1717 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Forex deal ends in stabbings
A 30-year-old Harare man severely stabbed his friend with a knife on the head and chest in a botched foreign currency deal.Tapiwa Joseph was facing attempted murder charges when he appeared be...Published: 13 May 2020 at 15:58hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife to go under the knife
The trial of Marry Mubaiwa on assault charges had to be postponed yesterday as some witnesses were observing the lockdown in their rural homes and cannot travel. Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 17034 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs friend for slaughtering dog
A 25-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his friend, leaving him severely wounded for slaughtering his dog. Obvious Maphala from Zendele Village in Colleen Bawn wa...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Woman lover imposter arrested over murder case
A WOMAN who was allegedly used as a bait to lure a married Gweru man into the hands of his murderers, has been arrested. Precious Moyo, the court heard, was allegedly used to make a phone call...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Brother kills brother over harness
A 25-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man allegedly fatally stabbed his elder brother with a knife for taking his harness without permission. Proud Siziba from Ndibe area in Gwanda was not asked to plead when ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Guard loses pistol to robbers
AN illegal gold panner allegedly teamed up with three accomplices and raided a gold mine in Inyathi where they attacked a security guard before disarming him of his service pistol, which they later us...Published: 06 May 2020 at 15:20hrs | 865 | by Staff reporter
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