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Siqokoqela snubs Mphoko's burial
Siqokoqela Mphoko, the son of the late former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, was conspicuously absent from his father's burial at the family's Douglasdale plot in Bulawayo yesterday. His absence c...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 04:39hrs | 2006 | by Staff reporter
Father rapes daughter for ritual purposes
In a bizarre incident a Bindura man allegedly raped his daughter for ritual purposes.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates co...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 22:30hrs | 1106 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Bindura
Mtukudzi's daughter shared meals with the dog in her father's house
The late music legend Oliver Mtukudzi's daughters, Sandra and Selmor, have courageously opened up about the mistreatment they endured at the hands of their stepmother, Daisy, during their childhood. T...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:30hrs | 3882 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi family circus continues
The ongoing tensions within the Mtukudzi family resurfaced in a recent no-holds-barred interview with DJ Ollah 7, where Oliver Mtukudzi's daughters, Selmor and Sandra, aired their grievances against t...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:15hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
15 years jail for trying to rape mother
A 22-year-old man from Beitbridge has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to rape his stepmother under the guise of asking for washing powder. The man, whose identity is being withheld...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:09hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Stepmother failed for killing stepson and staging suicide
A 17-year-old stepmother has been sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for the murder of her 13-year-old stepson. The young woman, whose identity is being withheld to protect h...Published: 17 Sep 2024 at 06:51hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Selmor excluded from Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival by Daisy
Could the legendary late national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, be deeply disturbed by the rising tensions within his family ahead of a festival held in his honor?A rift between his daughter, ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:41hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Prosecutors seek death penalty for 3 Americans implicated in foiled DRC coup
Prosecutors on Tuesday called for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what the Congolese army says was a coup attempt earlier this year.Military prosecutor Lieu...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 15:36hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Stepmother in court for child abuse
A 21-year-old woman from Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, has been accused of repeatedly assaulting her 10-year-old stepson and denying him food. The charges against her include i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:08hrs | 602 | by Staff reporter
More than 100 street children roam Bulawayo
Bulawayo is experiencing a troubling rise in the number of children leaving their homes to live and work on the streets, often turning to illegal activities such as drug and substance abuse. Over 100 ...Published: 25 Jul 2024 at 07:40hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
HIV-positive man rapes daughter, jailed 20 years
A HARARE magistrate yesterday sentenced a Greendale man to an effective 20 years in jail for sexually abusing his 18-year-old daughter well knowing that he was HIV positive.Magistrate Donald N...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Rape witness vanishes
RELATIVES of a Beitbridge man accused of raping his 13-year-old daughter reportedly engineered the disappearance of the victim's sister, who is one of the key witnesses to the ongoing case at the Beit...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:15hrs | | 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 | 12 | by Staff reporter
Widow fights eviction from stepsons
AN ELDERLY Harare woman was yesterday granted a protection order against her two stepsons who wanted to evict her from the family house after learning that she had been omitted in their deceased fathe...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:43hrs | 7 | 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 | 19 | by Staff reporter
Man says he fears son more than a lion after he tries to kill him in fire
A man told a court on Tuesday that he fears his 26-year-old son more than a lion after escaping the latter's attempt to burn him and his wife alive.Themba Mathe, of Tsholotsho, pleaded guilty ...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Woman in brutal attack on stepson
IN a shocking incident a 48-year-old woman from Matikiti Village in Inyathi, Matebeleland North province appeared in court, facing charges of brutally assaulting her 14-year-old stepson with a broomst...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Community wants witchcraft-accused family banished
St Peter's residents on the outskirts of Bulawayo are calling for a family to be banished from the community for practising witchcraft.This is after some community members suffered some myster...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Father hides daughter's murder by step mom
A BULAWAYO woman is on the run after she allegedly fatally assaulted her six year-old step daughter while her 47 year-old husband has been arrested for attempting to conceal death.Priscilla Mu...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moreblessing Ali's family forced to flee homestead
THE family of the slain activist Moreblessing Ali has been forced to flee their home following sustained threats by suspected state agents and Zanu-PF activists for demanding justice.The famil...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga marries long-time soldier lover
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has married his long-time lover Miniyothabo Baloyi, the presidency announced on Wednesday.The two lovebirds exchanged their vows during a private ceremony a...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 17:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills stepson (3)
A Bulawayo woman has been arrested for killing her stepson (3) through suspected food poisoning and physical abuse. Bulawayo Provincial Police Spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 07:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Teenager says raped by cop biological father, stepfather and third relative
A police officer has been arrested accused of raping his 16-year-old biological daughter at a police station.Police are investigating the New Year's Day incident at Senga police camp in Gweru ...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 19:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Son knifes mum in domestic dispute
A ROWDY 14-year-old stepson allegedly grabbed his stepmum by the neck before plunging an Okapi knife into her back and hand after she scolded him for coming home late.The unfortunate stepmothe...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 06:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Stepmom scalds 9-year-old boy with cooking oil for 'stealing' maize
A 29-year-old woman from Gokwe scalded her stepson, 9, with cooking oil for allegedly stealing maize grain, and then denied her medical treatment fearing her abuse would come to light, police said....Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:42hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Drama at Chief's funeral
THERE was drama at Chief Nyamukoho's funeral in Mutoko on Monday after some of his children refused to set foot at their father's homestead due to a feud over the late traditional leader's estate....Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Spouses can now disinherit each other
The Supreme Court has ruled that parties to a marriage are free to disinherit each other, in a landmark judgment likely to spark fierce debate. A five-judge panel of the Appeals Court unanimou...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman pummels stepmom
A BUSINESS lady had to summon her athletic skills and sprinted to a police station to report her stepdaughter who had turned her into a punching bag after she allegedly barred her from running her fat...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivhu man jailed for ill-treating son
A CHIVHU man was on Monday sentenced to 20 months in prison for ill-treating his son (10) by shoving him into a raging fire for alleged indiscipline.Talkmore Mawopa (36) of Village 9 in Magamb...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'roasts' son in fire for indiscipline
IN a heart-wrenching case of child abuse, a Chivhu man is being accused of shoving his eight-year-old son into a raging fire as punishment for disrespecting his stepmother.Talkmore Mawopa allegedl...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Old landlord beds tenant's minor daughter
There was drama at Guruve magistrates courts on Friday after a 40-year-old Mvurwi landlord told a Guruve magistrate that he bedded his tenant's 15-year-old daughter as a way of comforting her....Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 16:13hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
From Lupane to Liverpool
AT the age of three, she was abandoned by her own mother.The bottled up anger of not understanding why a parent, particularly a mother, would leave her child, made staying with her stepmother ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Zvinavashe estate
The High Court has lamented the absence of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in the estate of the late former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Vitalis Musungwa Zvinavashe, whose widow...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Widow, stepson lock horns over Zvinavashe estate
The wrangle over the estate of the late national hero Retired General Vitalis Musungwa Zvinavashe continues more than 10 years after his death. The surviving spouse, Margaret Zvinavashe (nee M...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zvinavashe's son in court over domestic violence
The late national hero Retired General Vitalis Zvinavashe's first born son, Richard, has been dragged to court by his stepmother, Margaret, over allegations of domestic violence and unlawful entry....Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Property damaged in stepson's rampage
A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has appeared in court for maliciously damaging his stepmother's property claiming it is his inheritance. Mncedisi Mpofu appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr F...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's daughter plays down Daisy rift
CRACKS in the late superstar Oliver Mtukudzi's family appear to be widening over his music legacy, with his daughter Selmor seemingly on the receiving end of planned attacks.Although she refus...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 13:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi widow's actions raise questions
What could be going on in Daisy Mtukudzi's mind? When she distances herself from gigs that have been organised in honour of her late husband Oliver Mtukudzi, is she implying there are sinister motives...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtukudzi's in-laws bitter
Mr Fred Gasho is bitter that the family of the late national hero Oliver Mtukudzi did not alert him, as per traditional custom, of the demise of his son-in-law. Mr Gasho is the biological father of Da...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Stepmother denies inserting sticks into child's privates
A WOMAN from Bulawayo allegedly inserted her fingers and a stick into her two stepdaughters' private parts. The woman, aged 20, yesterday pleaded not guilty to aggravated indecent assault char...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man lures girl (14) for sex, gives her eggs, polony
A Zvishavane man allegedly lured a 14- year old girl to his house where he gave her eggs, polony and $5 before asking to be intimate with her.Charles Chizu (44) appeared before Zvishavan...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'kills' son over wife
IN a bizarre incident, a 70-year-old man from Gweru allegedly killed his son following a misunderstanding after his son refused to approve his marriage to a 27-year-old woman.The incident occu...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen nabbed for fertiliser abortion
A TEENAGER from Tsholotsho has been arrested for unlawful termination of a six months old pregnancy using a fertiliser and water concoction.Alvina Moyo (18) of Makwakweni area under Chief Maga...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere, son ordered to get paternity tests
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has been ordered to have his son Mangwiza undergo a paternity test after the politician disowned his offspring after he accused him of practicing witchcraft...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes, infects daughter with HIV
A 29-year-old Harare man allegedly raped and infected his 11-year-old daughter with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a court heard yesterday. After the act, the man, (name withheld to prote...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man marries 'mother', sires child
A MAN from Kwekwe married his stepmother and they sired a child, in what he claims was a pre-planned arrangement with his late father so that they can safeguard the family's wealth.The i...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Siblings kill father over witchcraft claims
TWO siblings from Chief Madziwa's area in Mashonaland East province appeared at the High Court last week charged with killing their biological father accusing him of practising witchcraft.The ...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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