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Released psychiatric patient commits double murder
A psychiatric patient who was previously institutionalised for murder has been re-committed to the Chikurubi Psychiatric Unit after allegedly killing two more people, in a chilling case that has reign...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:05hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons fail to correct behaviour
Top lawyer Tererai Mafukidze has said the continuity of criminal activities across Zimbabwe's provinces was a reflection of how the country's prisons have failed to rehabilitate prisoners.He a...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police's 'shoot to kill policy' raises alarm
LAWYERS have raised alarm over increasing cases of fatal shooting of suspects by police officers under controversial circumstances saying taking the life of the suspected criminals before trial was un...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:58hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer' sent to mental hospital
A MENTALLY-CHALLENGED Kadoma man, who committed a series of murders before turning the sword against his father and setting the family home ablaze in June 2021, has been sent to Chikurubi Psychiatric ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Serial killer' sent to mental hospital
A mentally-challenged man from Kadoma, who committed a series of murders, turned the sword against his father, and set the family home ablaze in June 2021, has been transferred to Chikurubi Psychiatri...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Serial killer arrested
The Zimbabwe Republic police arrested the suspected serial killer Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu (20) today in connection with five murder cases in the Harare Central business district between August 28 and 4t...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 19:48hrs | 2 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Serial killer on death row loses appeal at Supreme Court
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal against the death sentence by a Bulawayo serial killer Birthwell Sibanda who killed three people and robbed them of their cellphones and money.Dubbed ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean serial killer slapped with eight life sentences
Zimbabwean national Themba Prince Willard Dube was found guilty of the kidnapping and murder of seven women in Seshego, Lebowakgomo and Mankweng.Dube, who is orIginally from Gwanda Mpaya villa...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-born alleged serial killer says SA cops planted evidence, forced confession
Alleged serial killer Prince Willard Themba Dube told the Limpopo High Court that the contents of his two confession statements were "a mixture of lies and the truth".The statements – one ta...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza woman lives with rotting corpse
POLICE have said they are still investigating a case of a woman who lived with the decomposing body of her 80-year-old husband while her son identified as Grant Mashasha (39) was found hiding in a cei...Published: 23 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala makes 8th attempt at freedom
ZENGEZA West MP and senior member of the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change, Job Sikhala, on Friday made an eighth attempt at freedom, citing changed circumstances.He is scheduled to ap...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Marondera serial killer cases rise to 23
CHARGES against the Marondera serial rapist and killer have risen to 23 after Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda added three more counts of murder yesterday.Bright Zhantali (30) was remanded in cu...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man pleads guilty to multiple counts of murder, robbery, rape, extortion
A 27-year-old Zimbabwean man, Wellington Kachidza, dubbed the Pretoria "serial killer" in South Africa has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of extortion, murder, robbery with aggravating circumstance...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man kills 7 women in SA
AN alleged Zimbabwean serial killer, Themba Prince Willards Dube, accused of kidnapping and murdering seven women in and around Polokwane in South Africa, abandoned his second bail application when he...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean serial killer appears in SA court
THERE were emotional scenes at the Seshego Magistrate's Court, outside Polokwane, Limpopo, on Thursday where an alleged serial killer appeared.For Kenneth Makhura and Takana Chigoyi, the sight...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe family can't bury victim of SA serial killer
The brother of one of the victims of the alleged Limpopo serial killer is frustrated and struggling to survive in South Africa since leaving his country to retrieve the body of his sister allegedly ki...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
SA police hold Zimbabwean serial killer in deaths of 7 women
South African police say a Zimbabwean man arrested for possession of a stolen mobile phone is in fact a serial killer responsible for the deaths of at least seven women.Themba Prince Willard D...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 18:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana stirs hornet's nest by labelling some doctors as 'medical assassins'
Zimbabwean govt spokesman Nick Mangwana has stirred a hornet's nest by insinuating that there are doctors who are now killing "certain political players" in hospitals.This was in the context o...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
MLF pissed-off by Jenni Williams
MLF is pissed-off to learn that all along, Jenni Williams disguised as the human rights activist who herself out of her mouth said she would never share a platform with Emmerson Mnangagwa, the serial ...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:24hrs | 1 | by Mthwakazi Liberation Front
Armed robber serving 25 years in court for four murders
AN alleged serial killer dubbed the "Underwear Robber" for stealing his victims' clothes and forcing them to walk naked, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly killing four people and robbing them ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new 'serial killers'
For many couples in Zimbabwe, the performance of customary marriage rites signifies the beginning of a new life journey for the two respective families tied. In September this year, lovebirds ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:36hrs | 2 | by Lawrence Tichaona Mangenje
Bulawayo 'serial killer' gets death sentence
BULAWAYO "serial killer" Rodney Tongai Jindu yesterday pulled another shocker when he pleaded for assisted suicide before he was eventually sentenced to death for the callous murder of two of his frie...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Killing our children is amusement for Chiwenga and Mnangagwa
The carnage, blood bath and dehumanization in the central district of Harare is a confirmation of what has been defined as free, fair and creditable elections led Priscilla Chigumba, Chiwenga and Mnan...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 21:53hrs | 1 | by Themba Mthethwa
Bulawayo 'serial killer' tells court he was sent by Lucifer to kill
BULAWAYO "serial killer" Tongai Jindu (27) has told the Bulawayo High Court that he was sent by the devil to kill two of his victims and threatened to unleash the evil spirit on prosecutors.Pr...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 05:47hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Taxi driver 'killer' up for another murder
A SUSPECTED serial killer and robber from Gweru who is already on remand for allegedly murdering shop owner and a Bulawayo taxi driver, yesterday appeared in court facing charges of murdering another ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Serial 'killer, robber' in court
A SUSPECTED serial killer and robber from Gweru who teamed up with two accomplices and allegedly murdered a taxi driver in Bulawayo and a shop-owner in Inyathi before stealing their property worth mor...Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter
32 murder cases lined up as High Court term opens
THE second term of the High Court commenced yesterday with 32 murder trials on the roll among them the case of alleged serial killer Rodney Tongai Jindu.Jindu's trial, in which the State has l...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer' fit to stand trial, doctors conclude
DOCTORS who examined "serial killer," Rodney Tongai Jindu, concluded that there was no evidence of mental illness.According a medical report, doctors observed that Jindu is fully alert and ori...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The Matabeleland genocide; Mugabe finally accepts his responsibility
In the early 1980s weapons were "discovered" in ZAPU owned farms, by the way by whom, the white led CIO and the newly intergrated ZANU- PF cadres. True arms of war were in some of these farms, but why...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 10:40hrs | 2 | by Clive Zulu
'Mutsvangwa is purely a Gukurahundist'
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has described special adviser to President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a Gukurahundists who is not repenatnt at all."It did not come as a surprise to us as MLF to hear Chr...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Female 'serial killer' seeks bail
A 20-year-old Harare woman, who is accused of being part of a gang that allegedly went on a murder and robbery spree, has approached the High Court seeking bail.Nelia Mushonga from Maseko area...Published: 26 Nov 2017 at 09:46hrs | 1 | by Staf reporter
'Serial killer' ate victims' brains
SERIAL killer Rodney Tongai Jindu yesterday stunned a court in Bulawayo when he revealed that he sliced off some body parts and also removed the brains of his two victims before eating them.Ji...Published: 18 Oct 2017 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Is money to blame for current and future challenges?
Why is money being blamed all the time? Does money think for you? Money is a good that acts as a medium of exchange in transactions. Classically it is said that money acts as a unit of account...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 19:33hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Is money to blame for current and future challenges?
Why money being blamed all the time?, Does money think for you?, Money is a good that acts as a medium of exchange in transactions. Classically it is said that money acts as a unit of account, a store...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 13:47hrs | | by Enos Denhere
'Jindu might have killed more'
POLICE in Bulawayo are reportedly investigating the possibility that suspected serial killer Rodney Tongai Jindu (26) may have killed a third person after finding a blood-soaked mat in his car....Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Serial killer denied bail
A Bulawayo High Court judge has thrown out suspected "serial killer" Rodney Jindu's application for bail pending trial saying there was a real danger that he could commit more offences.Justice...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer' Jindu seeks release on bail
A SUSPECTED serial killer from Bulawayo who allegedly shot dead his friend and a neighbour before burying their bodies in shallow graves in Burnside suburb, wants to be released on bail.Rodney...Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer’ wants car released’
A SUSPECTED serial killer from Bulawayo, who allegedly shot dead his friend and a neighbour before burying their bodies in shallow graves in Burnside suburb, has submitted an application of release of...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo 'serial killer' remanded in custody
A SUSPECTED serial killer from Bulawayo, who allegedly shot dead his friend and a neighbour before burying them in shallow graves in Burnside suburb, was yesterday further remanded in custody....Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jundu languishes in remand over two murder cases
A suspected serial killer who murdered two friends allegedly ritual purposes is languishing in remand prison pending the extradition of his case to the High Court to face tow counts of murder....Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 13:08hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
African hospitals adopt SOPHiA artificial intelligence to trigger continent-wide healthcare leapfrogging movement
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Sophia Genetics (www.SophiaGenetics.com), global leader in Data-Driven Medicine, unveiled today, at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Ameri...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 09:59hrs | 14 | by APO
Bulawayo serial killer back in court
A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly shot his friend, buried him in a shallow grave in Burnside suburb and sent a message to the deceased's mother pretending to be her son suddenly leaving the countr...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Collusion of the MRP with Zanu-PF in tampering and hiding gukurahundi evidence
1. Introduction For those so-called FACEBOOK supporters of the so-called Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) aka Zimbabwe Republic Party (ZRP) will be assisted by the power of the word which is cle...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 13:41hrs | 3 | by Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza, MLF Vice President
'Serial killer Jindu used cash to lure victim'
THE family of a man who was allegedly killed by Rodney Tongai Jindu in an apparent calculated ritual murder in Bulawayo recently has said their relative was lured by his alleged killer with promis...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's genocide victory ceremony
Mugabe's birthday celebration near Bhalagwe disused mine is a genocide victory ceremony and endorsement of Gukurandi massacre of the Ndebele people.Forensic psychology states that a serial kil...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 12:48hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
Bulawayo serial killer leads police to third shallow grave
Fears that a Bulawayo suspected serial killer, Rodney Tongai Jindu could have killed three people or more could be true after the suspect allegedly led CID Homicide officers to a third shallow gra...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 22:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Serial killer killed to harvest body parts on SA sangoma's instruction
A SOUTH African inyanga has been linked to the murder of a Bulawayo man who was shot and killed by a suspected serial killer in the city.The inyanga - only identified as Ndimande - alleged...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer' attracts huge crowd
A SUSPECTED serial killer from Bulawayo who allegedly shot dead his friend and a neighbour before burying them in shallow graves in Burnside suburb, was yesterday back in court.Scores of p...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo 'serial killer' makes shocking confession
A SUSPECTED serial killer from Bulawayo allegedly cut the dismembered body of his second victim and set the pieces on fire before burying them in four shallow graves.Rodney Tongai Jindu (2...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo 'serial killer' murdered best friend for $20 000
A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly killed his friend and buried him in a shallow grave in Burnside suburb could be a serial killer as he has led police to a second body.Rodney Tongai Jindu (25)...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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