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Parliament flags overcrowding in Zimbabwe prisons
Parliament on Thursday raised concern over overcrowding within the country's jails with Harare Remand Prison having the most inmates at 1,485 against a holding capacity of 900 inmates.Accordin...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:13hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills son (3) at shrine
POLICE in Dema, Mashonaland East province, have arrested a 31-year-old woman who allegedly choked her son to death by stuffing ashes in his mouth at an apostolic sect shrine.The suspect (name ...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Sons kill 'bewitching' father
POLICE in Harare have arrested two brothers from Glen Norah on allegations of killing their biological father on Saturday after accusing him of practicing witchcraft claims on Saturday.Fearing...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
Mental health patient kills own father
Police in Zaka have arrested a suspected mental health patient who allegedly murdered his father with an iron bar and a wooden log.Arifas Chingwe (23) is assisting police with investigations f...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 08:55hrs | 890 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man kills brother over firewood
POLICE in Uzumba, Mashonaland East province, have arrested a 36-year-old mental patient who allegedly stoned his biological brother to death following an altercation over firewood.Batsirai Jon...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:42hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Vuzu parties encourage bad behaviour
POLICE detective, Sergeant Netty Kundizeza today said Vuzu parties must be outlawed as they encourage drug and sex abuse amongst the youth.Speaking during belated commemorations of World Menta...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Murder at Mnangagwa's State House?
A HARARE family has accused government security agents of murdering their son at or near State House in Harare last week.State House is mostly guarded by members of the military's Presidential...Published: 28 Aug 2022 at 08:18hrs | 2734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to build new prison in Gwanda
GOVERNMENT will soon construct a new prison in Gwanda, Matabeleland South to address the problem of overcrowding at Gwanda Prison which is compromising the rights of inmates.A site for the new...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:33hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe under pressure as drug abuse cases spike
GOVERNMENT is under intense pressure to establish rehabilitation centres accessible to ordinary drug users owing to the growing demand of people in need of professional mental health care.An i...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:00hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Brother kills sister over pap
A 27-year-old man suspected to be mentally ill, has been arrested on allegations of killing his sister after he was denied a third plate of sadza on Sunday night in Chiredzi.Jonathan Chiyitani...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:50hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's estranged wife's trial ruling today
HARARE magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube is today expected to make a ruling on whether Marry Mubaiwa's trial on criminal charges will commence after two medical practitioners gave conflicting explanations on...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
'Mental patient' torches vehicles at carpark
A SUSPECTED mental patient went berserk and allegedly stoned four cars at an overnight carpark in Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb before torching two of them, reducing them to shells while security guards w...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:21hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'Register to vote if you have had enough of Zanu PF,' said the deceitful to the insane
"Register To Vote If You Have Had Enough Of Zanu PF" was the headline of the article in Zimeye / Newsday. Reading a few lines was enough to evoke memories of my first visit to Ingutsheni Menta...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 13:56hrs | 9 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Man impregnates mental health patient, jailed
A 36-YEAR-OLD Mount Darwin man who proposed love to a 26-year-old mental patient before impregnating her has been sentenced to jail by Bindura regio...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 16:58hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Zanu PF is afraid of Chamisa' - rubbish, it's lure to participate and give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy AGAIN
It was the great Physicist, Albert Einstein, who said insanity was doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.My aunt, whose husband worked at a mental hospital, tol...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mental patient kills Grade 7 pupil
Tragedy struck a couple in Mtapa, Gweru, when their daughter, a Grade 7 pupil, died on the spot after she was allegedly struck by a mental patient with a stone on the left ear while on her way from sc...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 05:44hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills sister's child for irritating her
A MUTARE woman is facing murder charges after stabbing her sister's nine-month-old baby accusing her of crying non-stop.The accused Natasha Mugwenjere (32) yesterday appeared before Mutare mag...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
2 doctors to examine Mamombe's fitness
Two neutral doctors will examine MDC Alliance activist Joana Mamombe to determine her fitness to stand trial, a Harare magistrate ruled yesterday. Mrs Bianca Makwande ruled that Mamombe be exa...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Schoolboy (17) 'commits suicide'
A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Nkayi in Matabeleland North allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Mafela Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb. Mpilo Khumalo's body was ...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 00:04hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Violent man invades Mpilo hospital, mum, new born injured
A MOTHER and her newly born baby were injured after a violent man broke into Mpilo Central Hospital's maternity ward and assaulted them while damaging the health institution's property. The mo...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:03hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo becoming haven for drug peddlers, gullible youths turn to mental patients' pills
BULAWAYO is fast turning into a haven for drug peddlers, who are pushing an assortment of dangerous substances, turning gullible youths into addicts.Sunday News discovered that so cunning are ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:43hrs | 847 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe prisons overcrowded'
DESPITE the release of 3 000 prisoners through the Presidential Amnesty last year, Zimbabwe's prisons are still overpopulated, with the country's correctional facilities carrying 2 382 inmates above t...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:46hrs | 229 | by Sytaff reporter
Mental patient (70) burnt to death in hut
A 70-YEAR-OLD suspected mentally-challenged woman was burnt to death after her hut caught fire in Sadza, Mashonaland East province last weekend.Faina Mukundwa of Chiminya village, under Chief ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mental patient runs amok, kills 2
A SUSPECTED Mutoko mental patient reportedly went berserk before fatally axing a couple over an undisclosed matter.The suspect, Takudzwa Zaranyika (30) has since been arrested following the de...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 20:30hrs | 3410 | by Staff reporter
Woman fights off second-time 'rapist'
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo allegedly fought off and bit an alleged rapist who was targeting her for the second time, police confirmed yesterday. Bulawayo police spok...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:13hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Nun murderer threatens to kill magistrate
A 21-YEAR-OLD Mutoko man, who allegedly murdered a Roman Catholic Church nun while she was praying at a shrine near Mutemwa last year, yesterday threatened to kill a Harare magistrate for indicting hi...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 1501 | by Staff reporter
Ritual murder victim in morgue 1 year later
THE body of a mentally-ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, has spent more than a year in the morgue as police are reportedly still conducting investigations on the matter...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mental patient finally released after wrongful arrest
A MENTAL patient, who has been languishing at the Harare Remand Prison for more than a month after he was arrested for allegedly participating in a demonstration against the delay in the announcement ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mental patient kills psychology student
A 27-year-old Masters Degree student at Midlands State University (MSU) was on Tuesday stabbed to death by his 31-year-old brother suspected to be mentally challenged.Acting Midlands provincia...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mental patient goes berserk, kills 2
A 28-YEAR-OLD suspected mental patient from Chief Neshangwe's area in Chikomba went berserk before killing his uncle and aunt using an ox yoke on Saturday.Learnmore Chikunguwo was arrested in ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe in fresh war of words
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and his colleague-turned-political rival, Thokozani Khupe, are accusing and counter-accusing each other of working with the ruling Zanu-PF.Th...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | 4154 | by Staff reporter
Woman forced into bestiality with dogs
Police in Marondera are investigating a case in which two men allegedly forced a 40-year-old woman to be intimate with their dogs in a bushy area.The woman has since been taken to a hospital f...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:20hrs | 2919 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills toddler in suicide attempt
A 32-YEAR-OLD Seke woman allegedly took her four-year-old daughter around midnight and jumped into a nearby dam in a bid to commit suicide.The woman (name withheld) from Mangwende village, und...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:29hrs | 850 | by Staff reporteer
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 advance...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mental patient kills, buries granny (100) inside her hut
A SUSPECTED mentally-challenged 28-year-old Mudzi man last week killed his 100-year-old grandmother after a misunderstanding over the sale of a family beast and buried her remains in a shallow pit ins...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder victim's body stuck in hospital mortuary
THE body of a mentally ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, is still stuck at the Gwanda provincial hospital, nine months after he was killed.Mduna, as he was popu...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry seeks amnesty for over 2 000 prisoners
THE Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs wants more than 2 000 prisoners to be pardoned to ease congestion in the country's prisons in its 100-day plan and is engaging President Emmers...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SADC 'tolerate violent and rigged elections,' says Tsvangirai - what chutzpah
"Over the years, Mr. Mugabe has presided over violent and rigged elections. Unfortunately, regional bodies have tolerated this for far too long. Mr Mugabe manipulates the voters roll, ballot papers an...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Catholic nun sings from the grave
'Kunyangwe Zvino Tenzi Anoti' is a Roman Catholic song which marks the beginning of Lent.It is a signature tune for Ash Wednesday service, which is part of the celebration of the death and res...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:38hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over cigarette
A 36-YEAR-OLD Mutoko man was allegedly murdered by a mental patient after he refused to buy him a cigarette.Rodgers Manyore of Chipfiko village, under Chief Mutoko, was reportedly found in a p...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:31hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Mental patients detained at Chikurubi Maximu Prison
OVER 200 mentally-challenged inmates are held up at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison due to failure by the Mental Health Review Board to sit and determine their fate for the past three years....Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 06:07hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Fake prophets busted
TWO men masquerading as prophets from Johanne Masowe Yenguvo Tsvuku were yesterday busted in Cranborne after an attempt to con a family of a beast.Tineyi Mkokeri, 28 and Wilfred Banda who clai...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 17:42hrs | 1890 | by Staff reporter
When your confidence is low, you fight to lose - ZLHR wants us to fight lost elections
The opposition and those determined to contest regardless they will win the elections against whatever Zanu PF throws at them. They will accept that Zanu PF has been rigging elections and some even ac...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 20:33hrs | 288 | by Wilbert Mukori
We keep contesting flawed elections because we believe ourselves wiser than King Solomon
The opposition and those determined to contest regardless they will win the elections against whatever Zanu PF throws at them. They will accept that Zanu PF has been rigging elections and some even ac...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
New dangerous and addictive drug hits Bulawayo streets
A DANGEROUS and addictive drug called diazepam - popularly known as "dypapa" or "amangemba" in street lingo - has hit the streets of Bulawayo, with anti-drugs campaigners raising the red flag....Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 14:06hrs | 2416 | by Staff reporter
Dad beats year-old daughter to death
A 27-YEAR-OLD man allegedly bludgeoned his one- year-old daughter to death with a hammer and left his wife and mother-in-law seriously injured after attacking them with the same weapon.Lungisa...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet says he is not mad
CONTROVERSIAL prophet Talent Madungwe says he is not a mental patient contrary to what people are saying on social media.Madungwe made claims that he had arrested the devil and social media re...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 13:33hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda killer disowns statement
A MAN from Gwanda who was allegedly killed a homeless man and decapitated his head and removed his private parts a fortnight ago yesterday disowned his warned and cautioned statement saying he was tor...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:21hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Kangai family abandons daughter
A woman said to be the daughter of the late liberation war stalwart, Kumbirai Kangai, has been living in a rundown rural mental hospital without any visitors for nearly 40 years now, the Eastern News ...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 14:36hrs | 2429 | by Staff reporter
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