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Zimbabwean sister of UK child abuse victim blames the Church for brother's death
The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death."The Church k...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:32hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man mauled by police dog, denied medical attention
A Karoi man, Caleb Chinodakufa (33), is recovering from serious injuries after he was attacked by police dogs and denied medical care for several hours. Chinodakufa, who suffers from epilepsy, was lef...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Dr. Arikana Chihombori: the unsung heroine of Africa
She will never get recognition in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean women have no vocabulary to appraise Dr. Chohombori breaking the glass-ceiling. The inner jealousy and the inherent envy among us women are so ev...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 379 | by Nomazulu Thata
13-year-old boy sentenced to 15 years in jail
A 13-year-old boy from Plumtree, Matabeleland South, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated indecent assault.The minor is currently incarcerated at Bulawayo Prison. His identi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1974 | by Staff reporter
Gang rape victim demands GOAT! as compensation
IT'S a crazy and insane world. But you have to believe it because it is true.A woman from Matobo District, Matabeleland South Province, who alleged that she was gang-raped by four men while he...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 09:04hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
SADC must worry more about Zimbabweans' welfare than the leaders' comfort
The frequent visits by the SADC Secretariat to Zimbabwe are quite troubling. Ever since preparations for hosting the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit by Harare went into full thr...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 16:54hrs | 604 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Granny, 74, survives rape by twisting attacker's privates
A 74-year-old Hwange woman survived a rape ordeal by grabbing and squeezing her 21-year-old attacker's privates, a Hwange court heard recently.The assailant was named as Mbonisi Ncube, a resid...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 13:35hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi political prisoners strengthened by jail
Activists from the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), recently released from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, declared that their imprisonment has strengthened their commitment to the restoration of th...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Bosso captain arrested for 'theft'
FORMER Highlanders Football Club defender Eric Mudzingwa has been arrested and detained at Western Commonage police station.While Bulawayo Provincial Police Spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncu...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo begs Mukanya to accept his gifts
Wickell Chivayo strongly criticized journalist Hopewell Chin'ono in response to his remarks following musician Thomas Mapfumo's refusal of a contentious businessperson's car and home gifts.In ...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 18:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Children terrorised by invisible creatures
THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magw...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zipra celebrates Mutsvangwa sacking
The Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) war veterans association has said the sacking of War veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa is good riddance after he snubbed their efforts to ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nyarota's latest book takes aim at opposition
Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota has released his latest book, 'The Journalist as an Outcast: Perils of Investigative Reporting in Zimbabwe.'Alpha Media Holdings chairman, Trevor Ncube was the gues...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sex-attack at funeral
A woman attending a funeral experienced a shocking turn of events after allegedly being sexually assaulted twice by a man who then attempted to buy her silence with US$1.The incident occurred ...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Married man pesters business client for sex
A Pumula South woman in Bulawayo rues the day she approached a building materials provider for bricks and cement as the married businessman has now turned his attention to a service that she did not a...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man (77) kills self over goats
A 77-year-old man from Tsholotsho committed suicide by hanging after a dispute over the ownership of family goats early this week.The deceased Hebert Zilawa Tshuma of Diwala Line under Chief G...Published: 22 Feb 2024 at 11:53hrs | 8 | by Peter Matuka
Man impregnates brother's wife and threatens to axe him to death
It's not the stab in the back that kills you.It's when you turn around and see who's holding the knife!The script reads so for Patson Ncube from Bulawayo's Selborne Park suburb who was...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Father from hell impregnates daughter
AN EVIL man strangely bizarrely claimed before a magistrate that he was in love with his biological daughter whom he sexually attacked on several occasions before impregnating her.The 51-year-...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'My father raped me for rituals'
A 16-YEAR-OLD Beitbridge girl stunned the court this week after revealing that her father reportedly raped her several times for ritual purposes.The girl (name withheld for ethical reasons) al...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 40 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Economic gloom feeds Christmas rush to get passports to leave Zimbabwe
Atop many Christmas wish lists in economically troubled Zimbabwe is a travel document, and people are flooding the passport office this holiday season ahead of a price hike planned in the New Year....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 4 | by Associated Press
Sex worker bashed at client's house
A Plumtree based commercial sex worker is regretting visiting a client's house after she was severely bashed by the client's wife.Prisc...Published: 23 Dec 2023 at 07:23hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Umkhonto weSizwe fighter will never forget what a white man told him in Zimbabwe in 1980
I have no idea whether the white man I am writing about is still alive or not. He gave me an understanding of what actually happened to us Africans, and how sinister it was, when we were colonized. Hi...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:11hrs | 13 | by Thula Bopela
Trucks pile up on Zimbabwe side as SA runs out of parking space
Commercial cargo destined for regional and international markets is piling up on the Zimbabwean side at Beitbridge Border Post after the South African side ran out of parking space.Zimbabwe ha...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Stop praying for me and Zimbabwe,' says Sikhala
Dear Zimbabwean and Worldwide FriendsMy dearest friends, today marks exactly one and half years, that is, the full 18 months under persecution, incarceration in a meter by two and half meters ...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Job Sikhala
Man stabbed to death at in-laws over spilt masese
A MAN from Bulawayo's Emthunzini suburb died at his in-laws' house after he was thrashed with an electric cable before he was allegedly stabbed in the neck with an Okapi knife.The incident was...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man crushed to death after crawling under bus in suspected suicide
A Bulawayo man died Tuesday in a suspected case of suicide after reportedly crawling under a bus which had stopped to observe the traffic lights signaling it to stop.Bulawayo police spokespers...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Truck crushes owner
A 27-year-old man from Mt Darwin tragically lost his life in an accident when he was run over by his own truck. The incident occurred because he had parked the truck on a downhill slope without engagi...Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man found dead at lover's flat
Bulawayo police are currently investigating a case of sudden death involving a 29-year-old man named Winford Nyoni from Mahatshula North. Nyoni passed away at his girlfriend's residential flat...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 20:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Goods train crushes Beitbridge lovebirds after turning railway line into a love nest
A Beitbridge man and his lover were yesterday fatally crushed by a goods train on the railway line they had turned into a love nest some 60 kilometres north of Beitbridge along the track to Rutenga....Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Girlfriend killer spends night with corpse in Nketa
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a golf club before spending the night with the body in his bedroom.The spine-chilling incid...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporter attacked with axe for wearing party regalia
A Zanu-PF supporter in Binga was reportedly attacked with an axe by a suspected opposition member for wearing ruling party regalia.The incident occurred on Friday evening in Ward 14, Dobola Vi...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2-man race in battle for Zimbabwe State House
AS things stand, it is abundantly clear and an inescapable fact that the battle for State House is squarely between Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 9 | by Lovemore Moyo
Cop squanders $40 fine
Bindura-based police officer Benson Justine (32) is in trouble after he allegedly fined $40 to a suspect who had slept with a minor and squandered the alleged fine.The matter came to light at ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 21:25hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa's health and well-being must be closely monitored
AS the sun was setting on August 7, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa was captivating his supporters who had waited the whole day for his message of hope and change in Norton.For the youthful o...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa no saint, but Chamisa sleeping on duty'
WITH three weeks before Zimbabwe holds general elections on August 23, there is already a sense of déjà vu among those following the run up to the polls.This week, leading analysts said they...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 21:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes mother
IN apparently the rarest of rare cases, a 31-year-old man from Esigodini in Umzingwane District, Matebeleland South province left the entire area reeling in shock after he allegedly raped his 64-year-...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza and wife ordered to repay US$100 000 with interest
Prominent Zimbabwean pastor, businessperson and political activist Shingi Munyeza and his wife Wilma have been ordered by the High Court to repay public relations strategist Marjorie Mutemererwa her U...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:38hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Traditional 'DNA tests' confirm paternity
DRAMA recently erupted at Acting Chief Saunyama's court after a toddler became the subject of traditional "DNA tests".The tests were done by a group of elderly women.The father of the ...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man of God sexually starves wife
Wonai Moyo from Thorngrove suburb in Bulawayo has accused her husband of sexually starving her as he spent night time reading the Bible and praying.She said when she demands her conjugal right...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 18:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt girlfriend killer
POLICE in Plumtree have launched manhunt for a 21-year-old man from Tshitshi Village in Mangwe District of Matabeleland South who allegedly killed his 21-year-old girlfriend.Mqondisi Ndaa Ncub...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 18:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative salutes Julius Malema for encouraging Zimbabweans to go back home
The Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative salutes South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for urging Zimbabweans living in South Africa to make the trip back home and participa...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:50hrs | 12 | by Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative
Woman loses underwear to rival
IN a typical "the man is mine" fight, which turned nasty, a woman from Selborne Park suburb in Bulawayo is living in perpetual fear after her underwear was allegedly stolen by her boyfriend’s allege...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Filabusi villagers on edge as loose lion preys on livestock
GOGO Janet Nkala has never seen her two grandkids so scared to the extent that they asked to sleep in the same bedroom with her hours after what they had witnessed in the afternoon.The boys we...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents must reject Mthuli Ncube
IF there is a nation of people who can be easily taken for granted in the world, it is Zimbabwe.At most government events that have to do with development, it's either President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Teachers sleep in the bush after threats from Zanu-PF
Teachers at Guni Secondary School in Gutu South were on Wednesday last week forced to sleep in bushes after receiving death threats from a Zanu-PF ward chairperson.The threats rattled the teac...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 18:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
Cop jailed 3 years for 'virginity testing'
A 41-year-old police constabulary has been sentenced to an effective three years in jail for inserting his fingers into a juvenile's private parts claiming he was doing a virginity test.Mengez...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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