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Tagwirei publishes snakebite management guidebook

University of Zimbabwe pharmacist, toxicologist and academic, Professor Dexter Tagwireyi, has published the country's first comprehensive snakebite management guidebook, aimed at reducing deaths and injuries through prevention, education, …

Published: 13 Sep 2025 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean man uses live snake to scare and rape woman

A 25-year-old man from Chitungwiza has been arrested for allegedly raping a 23-year-old woman multiple times while threatening her with a live snake, a lizard, and alleged ritualistic paraphernalia, police have confirmed.The suspect, ident…

Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:13hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter

Prophetic rituals led to children's deaths and haunting by snake spirit

A 53-year-old woman from Hatcliffe, Harare, originally from Marembera in Uzumba, Murehwa, says two of her children mysteriously died after a prophet poured two buckets of water over her in a ritual meant to "cleanse" her of bad luck. The r…

Published: 17 May 2025 at 12:30hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Zimbabwe snake charmer succumbs to Puff Adder bite

A well-known Chinhoyi snake charmer, Show Chedhu, popularly known as "Mabhemba," tragically died early Thursday morning after being bitten by a Puff Adder, one of the most venomous snakes in the region. The incident occurred Wednesday afte…

Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:16hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter

South Africa's celebrity snake handler dies of snake bite

One month after he was placed in an induced coma following a snake bite, South African YouTuber, Graham 'Dingo' Dinkelman, has passed away.In a statement, 44-year-old Dinkelman's wife Kirsty Dinkelman, said her husband was bitten by a gree…

Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3304 | by TimesLive

Bid to kill a mysterious snake claims two

TWO men died last week after trying to kill a mysterious snake in a deep well in Shamva.Lesly Shangwa (31) and Prosper Mambodza (27) died after burning a rubber in a bid to suffocate a big snake they had seen in Jane Munako's  (86) di…

Published: 06 Oct 2023 at 05:57hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Family in close shave with death

A BULAWAYO family is lucky to be alive after a close shave with a venomous snake on Wednesday afternoon at their home in North End suburb. The snake was reportedly hiding in a water vase. B-Metro witnessed the capture of the reptile after …

Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Nkayi snake bite victim gets artificial limb

LEONARD Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe has come to the rescue of a 16-year-old Nkayi girl who crawls to school following the amputation of her leg after she was bitten by a snake in 2016.Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe, the Harare-based…

Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

Big snake scares Bulawayo residents

A HUGE black snake is scaring people at the traffic light controlled intersection along Robert Mugabe Way and 12th Avenue in Bulawayo.The fact that the snake is dead, is not making a difference as most people who see it scream and run away…

Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Student shares bed with giant snake

FEAR gripped students of Novena University, Ogume Delta State, in Nigeria, after a python invaded a female hostel in the school.The python was found early morning on the bed of an unnamed female student, creating panic among students."We s…

Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

A snake catcher's advice to homeowners, residents

SNAKES are increasingly invading homes in Bulawayo as the rains have disturbed their habitats, forcing them to seek refuge elsewhere.Experts say the country is in the snake season as the reptiles are looking for new habitats after their ne…

Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

When 'skinning a live snake' is not working

SOON after Fortune Chasi was sworn in as Energy minister in May, he admitted that the country was in a rut. In spelling out his immediate plan to avert power shortages, Chasi vowed to skin a live snake in finding lasting solutions to the c…

Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Cliff Chiduku

Nigerian lawmakers flee chamber after snake falls from roof

Lawmakers in the south-western Nigerian state of Ondo abandoned their session on Thursday as a snake dropped from the roof, local media are reporting.Members were about to begin the business of the day when the snake dropped from a hole in…

Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by BBC

Avoid snake bites

Despite not getting much publicity snake bites are very common in Zimbabwe, with some cases resulting in deaths. These slitherers are warm climate creatures that are found all over the country though with a higher concentration in rural ar…

Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Thomas Murisa

Tsikamutanda dies after snake overpowers him during exorcism

A CLEANSING ceremony turned horribly wrong when a self-proclaimed witch-hunter commonly known as a tsikamutanda died when he allegedly ran out of magical powers leading him to being bitten by a "possessed" snake he was getting rid of.The s…

Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Prophets fail to capture mysterious snake

The ability of prophets to deal with supernatural problems afflicting individuals or communities was this Sunday put to the test after leaders of the Zion Church's mission to remove a mysterious snake from Garanyemba dam in Gwanda failed a…

Published: 31 May 2018 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Prophet feeds 'snake' with semen

A 36-YEAR-OLD self-styled Marondera prophet, who on several occasions allegedly forced his former workmate to have backside sex with him before he was caught feeding semen to a snake, was on Tuesday arraigned before magistrate, Ignatius Mh…

Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

SA's 'snake pastor' in Nigeria

A self-styled prophet who caused controversy in South Africa in 2015 after being accused of making people eat snakes, rats and hair has appeared at a service hosted by popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua in LagosMr Joshua has tweeted …

Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 13:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Woman confess to sleeping with a snake

A Chitungwiza woman has confessed to sleeping with an invisible snake.The woman who appears to be in her 30s claims to be cursed and has never had a job for more than three months.She says almost everyday she feels a big snake moving up he…

Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 09:17hrs | | by youtube

Prophet pulls out snake from Businessman 's car boot

Congregants at an apostolic sect in Mabelreign witnessed what they believe is a miracle when a two-metre long cobra snake was pulled out of a local businessman's car boot.A Johanne Masowe Apostolic church leader, madzibaba Takudzwa Mwapeta…

Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Wife's 'evil snake' chases man away from matrimonial home

A Harare man has told the court that he ran way from his matrimonial home because he was being chased by his wife's evil snake.The man, Denford Mabvirakure, said this at the Harare Civil Courts where he had been taken by his wife Prisca Ch…

Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 07:52hrs | | by Court Reporter

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