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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

Student drugged, raped after fleeing from mum

A 14-YEAR-OLD student was raped after she had fled from her mother who wanted to punish her for assaulting her classmate.The student learnt that her mother wanted to punish her for a brawl with her classmate.She fled to her grandmother's h…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 09:57hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter

Man wins protection order against mum over forced bachelorhood

A 34-year-old Budiriro man has successfully obtained a protection order against his mother, whom he accused of emotionally abusing him and blocking his attempts to get married.Appearing before Harare Civil Court magistrate Johanna Mukwesha…

Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 20:51hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter

Mum, daughter hack down would-be rapist

A MBEMBESI mother and her teenage daughter turned the tables on a suspected attempted rapist, hacking him with an axe after he broke into their home and tried to force himself on the girl.Kwanele Hadebe, armed with an iron bar, allegedly s…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 15:04hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter

Mum hangs self after killing 2 kids

A wave of shock and horror has swept through Besa Village after a young mother and her two young children were found dead in a suspected double child murder followed by suicide, in a chilling incident that has left the local community reel…

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mother turns son in for churchgoer's murder

In a chilling and unusual turn of events, a mother's bravery exposed a horrific murder in Zezani after her son confessed to killing a church-going woman and pleaded for money to flee to South Africa.Marvelous Tlou, aged 21, was found dead …

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mum kills baby with rat poison mixed with milk

A 21-year-old woman from Mberengwa has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Gweru High Court after she admitted to killing her seven-month-old baby by poisoning her milk in 2023.Felistas Mpofu committed the crime in March last ye…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 09:17hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter

Woman kills sister-in-law

A Rusape woman has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for murdering her sister-in-law during a heated altercation. The court heard that the horrific incident occurred on May 8 in Vengere, Rusape.According to court proceedings, Dorothy Ma…

Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:12hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter

Mum takes son to court for vandalism

In a distressing family dispute, Magret-PFunda, a Harare woman, appeared in the Civil Court seeking a protection order against her son, Masiiwa-pfunda, whom she accused of vandalism, theft, and emotional abuse.Magret told the court that he…

Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:12hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter

Man kills mum with pot

A man believed to be mentally challenged has been accused of violently attacking and killing his mother in Nkulumane suburb, Bulawayo, earlier this week. The victim, 54-year-old Prisca Hombarume, was reportedly struck with a pot during a c…

Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:05hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter

He didn't rape me, mum forced me to lie

AN 18-year-old Kwekwe woman is claiming she was forced by her mother to accuse their neighbour of raping her when she was a minor.The incident happened nine years ago when Evidence Makambe was nine.She accused the man, Simbarashe Chadiwa, …

Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 18:00hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Boy (13) stabs dad for ditching mum

A KWEKWE man is battling for life in hospital after his 13-year-old stepson stabbed him on the chest for ending his relationship with the boy's mother. Absolom Muzanharo was rushed to Gweru Provincial Hospital with the knife still stuck in…

Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Sadc mum on Chamisa's poll demands

Regional power broker, Sadc, has not yet responded to MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's plea for intervention, three days before watershed elections in Zimbabwe, whose result already appears disputed before a vote is cou…

Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Pupil whips mum with belt on consultation day

A FORM Three pupil at Wanezi High School allegedly whipped his mother with a leather belt on consultation day while teachers and other parents looked on in shock.Bewildered teachers at the Brethren in Christ-run institution ended up callin…

Published: 27 Jun 2017 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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