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Ulunyoka, the spell that binds love and punishes betrayal
IN the shadowed corners of tradition lies the practice of ulunyoka - a spellbinding ritual that binds a spouse to fidelity with consequences dire enough to stir the soul. This ancient art of "centrall...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:43hrs | 22 | by Leonard Ncube
Woman bites another's eye in village catfight
A woman from Chimoyo Village in Fort Rixon, Matebeleland South province was left with scars and a swollen eye after a fellow villager allegedly struck her with a machete before biting her eye during a...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ulunyoka: a harmful violation of spouse's rights
Harmful traditional practices have led to the abuse of human rights and abuse of women. These include genital mutilation and child marriages that have infringed on the rights of women, however, the us...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 23 | by Mashudu Mambo
Runyoka victim appeals to his 'locker'
IN SUSPECTED case of juju, a 19-year-old inmate has appealed to the husband of the woman he cheated with to forgive him. Tinashe Mutsegwa, who was sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for unlaw...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 16:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Cheating love birds get stuck together, die during sex
Two married cheats died in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East in a suspected Runyoka\Ulunyoka last week Bulawayo24.com heard.Sources familiar with the incident allege the cheats were stuck together a...Published: 10 Mar 2018 at 17:56hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Central locking stops STIs'
Self-proclaimed prophet Madzibaba Steven Mugariri of Chitungwiza says his "central locking system" helps combat HIV and Aids, and infidelity.The prophet instructs clients to purchase a padlock...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 08:40hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
7 men die from sex with same woman
IT'S nice but deadly!A Bulawayo woman revealed that men like her so much and want to bed her but seven that tasted her cookie are six feet under.Rejoice Mukorima (40) made these startl...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba fakes miracle
A WATERFALLS prophet is embroiled in a fake prophecy storm.Madzibaba Benji stands accused of stage-managing a case of runyoka between a cheating couple and circulated photographs of a man and ...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 16:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man casts Lunyoka on ex-wife for 'security reasons'
A Mashonaland man from Forester E village was recently dragged before Chief Makope village court by his ex-wife who is accusing him of casting Runyoka\Ulunyoka on her.The complainant, identifi...Published: 04 Aug 2017 at 07:30hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man dies after bedding married woman
A 37-year-old Mvurwi man died in a suspected Runyoka\Ulunyoka incident yesterday (Thursday).The deceased, Jefry Talali, who worked as a security guard at Hwirisi farm in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Ce...Published: 12 May 2017 at 18:49hrs | 11 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cheating couple stuck during sex, dies
There was drama at Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare on Friday morning after a cheating couple reportedly got stuck to each other during sex.The love birds who are both said to be from Mount Darwi...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 12:12hrs | 28 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Nine men died soon after sex with me, says woman
A 26 year old Masvingo woman says she is in serious trouble with the ghosts of nine men who she allegedly killed from an apparent spell cast on her called Runyoka or ulunyoka.Narrating her ord...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 18:01hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
Man beds sangoma's wife, falls victim to 'runyoka'
A BID to have his wife back backfired for a Beatrice man when he allegedly fell victim to ‘runyoka'.According to a disputed version of events, the victim bedded a wife to a man he believ...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man suffers 10-day erection after bedding married woman
A MASVINGO man reportedly suffered an long erection and swollen testicles for 10 days after he allegedly slept with a married woman believed to be "fenced" with a spell traditionally known as ulun...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cheating lovers get stuck together during sex
AN amorous pair of cheating lovers from Mbizo suburb in Kwekwe was publicly shamed after they allegedly got stuck together during a sex romp.The sexy rendezvous which ended in agony when t...Published: 19 Feb 2017 at 12:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man accuses wife of central locking him
A Chitungwiza man has accused his wife of central locking him so that he can not bed other women.Tapiwa Mandidzinga (44) of Zengeza 4 who has been living separately with his wife Tiferan...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman vows to cast ulunyoka on wife if she divorces him
A Bulawayo businessman - Martin Changana has threatened to cast deadly ulonyonka on his wife who has vowed to divorce him.Changana runs Desires Hair Salon and has told his wife Muchaneta t...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 11:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's witchcraft capital
Gokwe, the cotton-producing district in Midlands province, has become synonymous with witchcraft and the occult. Basing on the number of reported cases, Gokwe could easily compete with the lightning-m...Published: 12 Apr 2015 at 08:32hrs | 3 | by Tendai Chara
Man grows woman - size breasts
STRAIGHT out of Ripley's Believe It or Not, comes this true tale of a city man who has grown woman size breasts after a mysterious rat like creature allegedly slurped his niippes at night. Th...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 23:41hrs | 10 | by Gibson Mhaka
Prophet assumes overnight celebrity status over love portions
IT only takes an instant to become a nonentity opined Zimbabwe's celebrated writer Dambudzo Marechera in one of his famous books, Black Sunlight.But the opposite of the statement seems to be t...Published: 25 Nov 2014 at 09:22hrs | 13 | by Gibson Mhaka
Man threatens wife's 'lover' with ulunyoka
PANDEMONIUM rocked Kudzananyi bus terminus in Gweru on Saturday when an angry man threatened to cast magic sexual locking known as ulunyoka on a man he suspected to be having an affair with his wife....Published: 23 Sep 2014 at 07:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Lunyoka/ runyoka fight spills into court
A Bulawayo woman claimed that her relationship with her husband was now that of brother and sister, as the latter was allegedly failing to perform in the bedroom for the past two years after his girlf...Published: 26 Aug 2014 at 11:11hrs | 11 | by Gibson Mhaka
'Central locking' (runoyaka) healer turns overnight celebrity
THE quest to find an eternal solution to prevent lovers and spouses from cheating, has seen a lot of people especially women seeking the services of the self-styled traditional healer, Eddington Virim...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Peter Matika
Bizarre 'pregnancies'
Two women, one from Domboshava, Mashonaland East and the other from Highfield in Harare, are tied by some inexplicable twist of fate and nature.The duo, Maidei Nemhara (40) and Portia Tapfuman...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 13:08hrs | | by Kingstone Mapupu
Woman with two husbands looking for two more
57-year-old Emma Chaleka, a traditional healer from Zimbabwe, is living with two husbands and intends to add two others and bring the total number of her husbands to four according to Myzim.Ch...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 15:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boy (14) urinates blood after bonking a married woman
The larger than life story of a strange worm that emerged from nowhere and entered a 14-year-old boy (name withheld) two days after sleeping with a married woman, has gone a gear up.News r...Published: 15 Jun 2014 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Worm eats boy's privates' after he slept with married woman
A family is distraught as they allege that a strange worm entered a 14-year-old boy' privates two days after he had sex with a married woman.The boy's aunt in Bulawayo's Matshobana suburb has ...Published: 11 Jun 2014 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man takes wife's panties to a sangoma
A woman yesterday told the court that her abusive husband connived with his father to steal her undergarment and took it to a traditional healer as punishment for her alleged infidelity. Anna...Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 09:43hrs | 10 | by Prosper Dembedza
'Central locking threatens marriage'
A Harare woman has told a Harare Civil Court that she is no longer willing to stay with her husband as he can not satisfy her sexually because his former wife had locked him using the traditional medi...Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 03:09hrs | 1 | by Court Reporter
Newly 'married' couple gets stuck for 2 days during intercourse
A Hope Fountain couple on the outskirts of Bulawayo who decided to dump their partners for each other reportedly got stuck to each other for two days after the woman's ex husband allegedly used 'run...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man dies as manhood stretches to knee-level
A Zvishavane man died last Tuesday morning at a Bulawayo hospital in a suspected case of runyoka which saw his manhood elongating to knee-level after he allegedly has sex with a headman's wife....Published: 29 Jun 2013 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man's organ disappears whenever he wants to urinate or have sex
A married man from West Acre Plots on the out skirts of Bulawayo is reportedly going through a nightmarish experience.His penis mysteriously disappears whenever he intends to have sex or reli...Published: 01 Jun 2013 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman gets stuck to boyfriend while cheating
In a confirmed case of runyoka, Manjolo villagers were left dumbfounded when a Binga man was caught mysteriously stuck to a married woman while having sex.A Zimbabwean online publication clai...Published: 26 May 2013 at 10:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Cheating man's penis disappears after bonking a married woman
A Bulawayo man will live to curse the day he decided to romp with a woman other than his wife following a series of 'manhood disappearances' whenever he gets ready to make love at home.Phibion...Published: 14 Feb 2013 at 10:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Prophetess locks men's joysticks, stops them from bedding other women
A prophetess with Johane Masowe eChishanu church in Buhera claims she is the best in 'locking' men and women so as to stop them from being promiscuous, a Zimbabwean online publication reported....Published: 01 Feb 2013 at 07:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Runyoka victim wants his penis cut-off
The runyoka man from Bulawayo's Entumbane Suburb who made headlines several weeks ago is appealing for assistance to make his problem go away.The embattled Biggy Shumba is also facing eviction...Published: 19 Jan 2013 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Adultery: Zimbabwe's dark secret
A worrying trend is emerging in Zimbabwe and the proverbial skeletons in the closet are being exposed.According to official figures, 427 child maintenance cases were dealt with at the Harare C...Published: 22 Apr 2012 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Itai Mazire
Dembare striker embroiled in a runyoka mix-up
Dynamos striker Cuthbert Malajila was yesterday DEEPLY embroiled in a Runyoka mix-up. This is after scores of people who claimed to have witnessed the phenomenon of the ...Published: 26 Nov 2011 at 08:35hrs | | by Harare reporter
Adulterous couple caught mysteriously stuck to each other
In a suspected use of 'runyoka' - the famed so-called Central Locking System, a cheating couple was caught mysteriously stuck to each other at Matapi Flats in Mbare yesterday. They were believed to be...Published: 24 Nov 2011 at 07:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man bedridden after sleeping with a stranded woman
A CHINHOYI man is now bedridden, suffering swollen legs, stomach and private parts in a suspected case of juju commonly known as "runyoka". Wilson Mawa (41) of Godzi Primary School in Kenzamba under ...Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 12:44hrs | 1 | by Bureau
Man losses arm after a suicide attempt
Trust Mwedzi of House No. 3331 Budiriro 2, sustained bruises all over his body after the train dragged him for metres along the railway line. Trust lost his arm when he threw himself...Published: 07 Apr 2011 at 10:16hrs | | by Byo24News
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