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Senior citizen rapes Grade 2 kid
A 72-year-old Bindura man who allegedly raped a grade two pupil has been denied bail.Lazarus Chiku of Chiweshe village was advised to apply for bail at the High Court by magistrate Amos Mbobo....Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
Man impregnates own daughter
In a shocking incident a 42-year-old Plumtree based father allegedly raped his daughter for three years there by impregnating her in the process....Published: 28 Dec 2024 at 20:58hrs | 1701 | by Simbarashe Sithole
AU consultant in US$49,000 fraud
A SENIOR partner and lead crisis consultant for African Union, Peace and Security Directorate in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, appeared in court yesterday facing allegations of fraud involving US$49 200....Published: 01 Mar 2024 at 19:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Malayitsha jailed 42 years
An attempt by a 53-year-old Beitbridge-based cross-border transporter to get rich through raping his teenage daughter has seen him locked behind bars for the next 36 years.The man started rapi...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 06:55hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mwenezi man attempts to rape step-mother
A sex starved 27-year-old Chiredzi man has appeared in court for attempting to rape his 46-year-old step-mother while they were fetching firewood in a bush.The young man literally begged for s...Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 14:18hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
Teens terrorise community
FEAR has gripped St Peters, on the outskirts of Bulawayo, with residents divided on whether attacks on residents by three minors are acts of robbery or satanism.The three minor brothers, aged ...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Beer brawl triggered CCC activist's disappearance'
The disappearance of a Chitungwiza woman three weeks ago, Moreblessing Ali, who was eventually found dead in the Nyatsime area last weekend, was triggered by a beerhall brawl between the deceased and ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sons kill father over witchcraft allegations
TWO Dotito brothers allegedly assaulted their father to death after accusing him of bewitching them.Munyaradzi Nyanzira (29) and Ashly ...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 12:06hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zvinavashe's son boots out stepmom from plot
THE late liberation war hero and army commander General Vitalis Zvinavashe's son has been dragged to court for allegedly mistreating his father's 56-year-old widow.Richard Zivanashe, 50, is ac...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:23hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's daughter silences 'step mother'
The late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi might have left a big void in the music industry, but through her daughters, Selmor and Sandra, Tuku's fans might have something to smile a...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Stepmom embarrassed in court
A SIX-year-old boy yesterday embarrassed his step-mother in court during proceedings when he told the magistrate he had been told to lie against his uncle.The boy's step mother, Millicent Mapf...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 19:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Man kills stepmother in witchcraft row
A 35-year-old injiva from Tsholotsho allegedly fatally assaulted his stepmother with a knobkerrie after accusing her of bewitching him, police have confirmed.Matabeleland North Province police...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SEX with 1,000 men
A CHITUNGWIZA woman has sensationally claimed that she slept with more than 1 000 men locally and abroad as a sex workerJoylene Musemwa of Unit N also stunningly revealed that she could lure m...Published: 15 Aug 2017 at 17:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Deputy minister's widow, step daughters in estate wrangle
The widow of the late former Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development deputy minister Seiso Moyo is locked in a legal wrangle with her two stepdaughters over the ex-MDC Nketa legislator's...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 12:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rising murder cases worry police
Police have expressed alarm at the spiking murder cases which in some cases, are being fuelled by binge drinking and minor disputes.Police spokesperson Charity Charamba vowed to end the killin...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cruel step mum fined
A 29-YEAR-OLD Granary woman was fined $80 for ill-treatig and failing to provide adequate food for her step-son. Molleen Manyenyezero pleaded guilty when she appeared before Mbare magistrate G...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 17:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Privileged, blinded by luxury & hopelessly clueless: Open letter to Jean Gosho
To Jean Gasho on "#HowTheyRobbedUs, another pity party for the cream of Zimbabwe"If you have got the luxury to go online and publish on how the pity cries of Zimbabwe are rather a waste of tim...Published: 24 Oct 2016 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by Rayanne Prince Chidzvondo
Man unleashes sangoma on step mum
A SELF-PROCLAIMED traditional healer, who was hired by ZBC presenter, Shelter Kwaramba, to conspire against her stepmother, was last week sentenced to seven months imprisonment by magistrate Joshu...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 15:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZBC presenter in witchcraft storm
Three siblings, one of them Shelter Chiweshe nee Kwaramba a presenter with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) reportedly hired a self-proclaimed prophet to implicate their step-mother as a wi...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 10:39hrs | 32 | by Thobekile Zhou
Man caught red handed in bed with step mother
A MAN from Gokwe - Keledious Majaji (24) was caught red-handed by his wife allegedly engaging in sex with his lonely step mother.He had abandoning his family for two days. Ma...Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 07:20hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Boy, 6, has father arrested for severe torture
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy had to approach the police after suffering severe torture and assault at the hands of his father who accused him of bedwetting.Plumtree magistrate Gideon Ruvetsa yesterday h...Published: 09 Jun 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Sukulwenkosi Dube
Zimbabwe arrested in the UK for allegedly raping 17-year old daughter
UNITED KINGDOM - A 45-year-old Zimbabwean man based in Leeds, Washington Chogugudza, has been arrested by British police on allegations that he raped his 17-year-old daughter over a period of time....Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 15:06hrs | 42 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe warns Mnangagwa faction
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has once again leapt to the defence of his wife, who is facing an internal revolt for trying to silence Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backers in the bitter Zanu-PF war to...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 17:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rape at a funeral
A GRANDMOTHER allegedly gave away her teenage granddaughter to a villager to rape her as punishment for not bringing back R40 change.The villager, who is a member of the Neighbourhood Watch Co...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Thandeka Moyo
Pastor touches teen daughter's privates for months
A 47 YEAR OLD Harare pastor repeatedly fondled and touched his 16-year-old daughter's privates whenever the two were alone.This happened from August to November until the girl started to resis...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Midzi family clashes over estate distribution
Amos Midzi family has reportedly clashed over distribution of his estate after one of his daughters, born out of wedlock, rejected the appointment of the politician's widow as executor.I...Published: 20 Aug 2015 at 11:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man assaults stepmom in cow-bell dispute
A GWANDA traditional healer assaulted his stepmother with a log before biting her following a misunderstanding over cow bells.Collen Moyo, 36, of Majiya village in Guyu under Chief Marupi was...Published: 26 Jun 2015 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Marvelous Moyo
Woman (41) strips for stepson (21)
A 41-year-old Cowdray Park woman took her clothes off in front of her 21-year-old stepson and repeatedly touched his manhood.Gertrude Mpofu told the court that she did the act as a way of ...Published: 27 Mar 2015 at 08:59hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Pastor T.B Joshua runs a nation in a country
Amazed. Amazed. Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua amazed me. I was part of a delegation that visited him two days into the newyear, on the platform of the human rights community. Our mission was to f...Published: 10 Jan 2015 at 12:07hrs | 1 | by Adewale Adeoye
Woman (63) strangled to death by daughter in law over witchcraft
A 63-year old Bulilima woman was allegedly strangled to death by her daughter in-law with the help of her brother following witchcraft accusations.The pair went on to hammer her with a kno...Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Demon possessed' daughters protest Dad's decision to marry a second wife
A BULAWAYO man claimed his three daughters were possessed by demons after they dragged him to court for maintenance, protesting his decision to marry a second wife.Lovemore Phuti, a teacher a...Published: 12 Feb 2014 at 09:18hrs | 2 | by Angeline Mpofu
Man assaults lover for being a 'prostitute'
A GWANDA man allegedly beat up his girlfriend accusing her of being a prostitute, a court heard on Tuesday. Allegations by the State represented by Alexander Moyo are that Mgcini Nyoni, 36, of...Published: 01 Jan 2014 at 15:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man killed in dispute over step mother's wheelbarrow
A 25-year-old man from Bikita's Chief Marozva area in Masvingo allegedly fatally struck a fellow villager with an iron bar following a misunderstanding over the use of his step mother's wheelbarrow....Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 02:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman jailed for bedding stepson
A 20-year-old Harare woman has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of sexually assaulting her 14-year-old stepson.Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya sentenced Catherine Nyamu...Published: 24 Oct 2013 at 08:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Man bedded and sired a child with stepmother
A married son has bedded and sired a child with his ailing father's young wife at Katsukunya village in Mutoko.Zvikomborero Tome (35) said his 80-year-old father, Benny Muzunza who died last...Published: 25 Aug 2013 at 18:58hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Woman catches hubby having sex with mum
A Gokwe man was recently caught by his wife having sex with his step mother.Keledious Majaji (54) of Majaji Village under Chief Nemangwe in Gokwe South was allegedly caught by his wife, Elai...Published: 27 May 2013 at 20:02hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Dad rapes daughter as son watches
A 36-year-old man who raped his 14-year-old daughter while his son watched and whose step mother later told the child "don't worry it happens in life" has been jailed.The man, whom we cannot n...Published: 15 May 2013 at 11:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman strikes 5-year-old step-daughter with a stone on the head
A Malawian couple was arrested in Dedza district on suspicion that they abused their 5-year-old daughter. The wife, 22, allegedly struck her step daughter on the head with a stone and then her...Published: 03 May 2013 at 23:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Widow throws her poop on family rooftop everyday
In a suspected case of witchcraft, a Warren park D widow stands accused of splashing her own poop on top of the roof at their family house, giving fellow tenants a scare.The accused woman, Ome...Published: 23 Aug 2012 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
We use the name prophet to deceive people
A self styled prophet is in police custody amid shocking allegations that he was sent to kill daughter of a late prominent businessman.Prophet Jacob Chigando (31) was Monday detained at Mbare ...Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim man flees UK after impregnating daughter
A Johane Masowe (UK) church man based in Luton who is also a polygamist with five wives and a recent graduate from University of Bedfordshire who studied BSc (Hons) in Business Information Systems ...Published: 28 Jun 2012 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Mafu Sithabile
Woman forces stepson (8) to clasp burning charcoal as punishment
In a shocking incident of child abuse, Rumbidzai Matina (33) from Tabungaidzwa village under chief Mkanganwi in Bikita was arrested for forcing her Grade 3 stepson to hold onto burning charcoal as pu...Published: 28 May 2012 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wife collapses as hubby gets 11-year-jail-sentence for raping niece
A wife and sister of a man sentenced to an effective 12 years for rape screamed and fainted at the Bindura Regional Courts on Wednesday when the sentence was announced. The 22-year-old man was convic...Published: 27 May 2012 at 20:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bedded mother before she wedded his father
A 30-year-old Bulawayo man was jailed after claiming that he had sex with his step mother three times before she wedded his father. As if that was not enough, the man went on to launch a scathing att...Published: 24 May 2012 at 11:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Step mother cuts four-year-old step-son's tongue with a razor blade
A 25-year-old woman from Budiriro has appeared in court accused of cutting her step-son's tongue with a razor blade. Tendai Rwodzi, who allegedly cut the four-year-old boy's tongue, appeared before H...Published: 24 Jan 2012 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Plea for Justice by Betty Makoni
IntroductionI am the father to a victim of sexual abuse - Statutory Rape. I am writing to all and sundry, but specifically to all Justice Systems...Published: 12 Jan 2012 at 18:27hrs | 1 | by Betty Makoni
How a General stole a farm: My family's story
This narrative was written by Zimbabwean farmer Guy Watson-Smith in 2004, recounting his experiences at the hands of General Solomon Mujuru. We are re-printing it as ...Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Guy and Vicky Watson-Smith
Day of African Child, June 16, celebrated
HUNDREDS of children yesterday joined the rest of the African continent in commemorating the Day of the African Child.Children converged at the Unicef offices to celebrate the day under the th...Published: 17 Jun 2011 at 06:42hrs | | by .
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