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Taskforce to deal with machete gangs is due

Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi, has urged the establishment of a joint security taskforce to curb the growing menace of machete-wielding gangs terrorising mining communities across the country.Speaking during the ong…

Published: 4 hrs ago | 138 | by Staff reporter

Woman chops own mum with machete

A 30-YEAR-OLD woman from Ntabazinduna hacked her mother with a machete after a bitter row over a child's birth certificate.Aydah Tshuma flew off the handle on 4 July after her mother, Reginah Tshuma (58), allegedly failed to produce the bi…

Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 13:23hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter

MPs demand answers on machete sales in Bulawayo

Legislators from Bulawayo have raised serious concerns in the National Assembly over the government's policy on the ownership and sale of machetes, following a disturbing increase in violent attacks linked to suspected machete gangs in the…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Machete gangs wreak havoc in Bulawayo

Fear and frustration are mounting across Bulawayo as machete-wielding gangs continue to terrorise residents in several suburbs, leaving a trail of violence, injury, and trauma in their wake.Over the past week, multiple victims have been ho…

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 09:37hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter

Machete gangs terrorise Bulawayo

Residents of Bulawayo are gripped by fear as machete-wielding gangs continue to unleash violent attacks across the city's high-density suburbs. The brutal assaults have left many victims nursing serious injuries, while the growing insecuri…

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Alleged drug dealer seeks investigation findings

Tyron Pigors Siegfried, a suspected drug dealer arrested for illegal possession of 1.6 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine valued at approximately US$6,000, has filed a court application demanding the State provide a detailed summary of…

Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:22hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter

Police to arrest fake news peddlers after spate of online hoaxes

Police have issued a strong warning to the public against sharing unverified information on social media, cautioning that such actions are causing unnecessary panic and could lead to arrests. The advisory comes after a recent spike in fals…

Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:14hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo mother and 2 children go missing on trip to Harare

A Bulawayo family is in turmoil after a 33-year-old mother vanished without a trace while travelling to Harare with her two young children.Percy Nkiwane left Bulawayo last Sunday en route to the capital city, accompanied by her 10-year-old…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 16:16hrs | 1039 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo machete gang busted

A terrifying machete-wielding gang that had terrorised several Bulawayo suburbs for months has finally been brought to justice, with police arresting seven suspects linked to a series of violent robberies and a cellphone theft syndicate.Th…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 16:16hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter

Wave of terror in Entumbane as machete gangs attack residents

A terrifying crime wave has rocked Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb, where six residents were brutally attacked by armed criminals wielding machetes and an axe in a series of violent incidents along the railway line separating Entumbane and Ric…

Published: 29 Apr 2025 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Machete now a weapon of choice for armed robbers

THE emergence of machete gangs in Zimbabwe's mining towns has given birth to a new breed of armed robbers who use machetes as a weapon of choice since the broad blade, which is traditionally used as an agricultural tool, is easier to attai…

Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

75 year old man kills girlfriend

A 75-year-old man from the Whunga area in Beitbridge West went berserk and hacked his live in girlified (57) to death with a machete and an axe following an argument. Sitoboli Maluko killed Violet Ncube as his 16-year-old stepson watched i…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Should a man have authority over a woman's body?

Do husbands have the right to discipline their wives and does a man have authority over a woman's body? Khanyi Gumpo revisits a traumatic childhood event.Somewhere in the east of Zimbabwe, a man hacked his wife to death with a machete for …

Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Khanyi Gumpo

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