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Granny bludgeoned to death for 'cursing' family
In a tragic case driven by superstition, a 27-year-old man from Marozva village, Shurugwi, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after fatally bludgeoning his 94-year-old grandmother, whom he accus...Published: 12 Oct 2024 at 15:56hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Council boss in witchcraft storm
Masvingo Town Clerk Edward Mukaratirwa has reportedly declined to occupy his designated office, citing fears that the furniture is bewitched. This unusual claim comes shortly after he returned to work...Published: 06 Oct 2024 at 10:13hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Witch hunting is a criminal offence
In Zimbabwe, it is a criminal offense to accuse someone of witchcraft, a law designed to prevent social unrest and violence stemming from such accusations. Individuals found guilty of making these cla...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 08:19hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Believing in ancestral spirits is a myth
At death the body and spirit or the material and immaterial separate. In African society the spirits of the dead, variously known in sub-Saharan Africa as amahlozi or amatongo (Zulu), Xhosa), balimo (...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:59hrs | 553 | by Dr Onesimus A. Ngundu
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 | 15 | by Leonard Ncube
Give Mnangagwa tsvimbo (sceptre) or else..?
No amount concrete on Mugabe's grave or temper proof installed on his coffin will stop ritualist Mnangagwa from digging up Mugabe's remains. According to Mugabe's nephew Leo Mugabe, Emmerson M...Published: 14 Jun 2021 at 15:23hrs | | by Israel Dube
Constitutional crisis and tsvimbo
By the time you read this letter, dear Fabian (Mabaya), I will be in the land of the free and the brave, and safe from the shenanigans of my beloved Zimbabwe. I have examined the self-made crisis crea...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:36hrs | 7 | by Ken Mufuka
Mugabe's ghost torments Chief Zvimba and Grace Mugabe
The late president of Zimbabwe cde Robert Gabriel Mugabe has refused to exit the lime light. Now he has ignited a huge traditional problem for the nation and the world. Mugabe has proved to be a sourc...Published: 13 May 2021 at 21:54hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Woman (77) dies, rises thrice before actual death
Imagine being at a funeral wake and the corpse suddenly comes back to life. Visualise the superstition, terror and the chaos. This has been a true-life experience for Sinotsi villagers in Bulilima's W...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying COVID-19 Vaccines: The Truth
We are consumed by the desire to herald the truth in the age of increased information and knowledge. For this reason, we would like to demystify some dangerous misinformation that is being peddled by ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Oliver Dube and Dr Stanley Maphosa
FC Platinum locked in the bus in Tanzania
FC Platinum starlet Kelvin Mangiza has revealed that the team was locked in the bus outside Benjamin Mkapa Stadium forcing players and officials to jump out through the windows ahead of the crucial CA...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ritual and superstition - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
The sight of an opposition MP grovelling on the floor of parliament before the Finance Minister to thank him for women's sanitary pads is about as stupefying as South Africa's Chief Justice Mogeong Mo...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:54hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Vampire' terror in Gwanda
DO vampires exist? According to legend, they are evil mythological beings which feed on blood and can morph into a bat or wolf. Most people associate vampires with movies or Count Dracula, the legenda...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance trio turns to prophets
MDC-Alliance activists who faked abduction in May this year have now turned to apostolic prophets in what appears to be a desperate bid, wrapped in superstition and mythology, to have the State's case...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti on the rise
The ascendance of Biti to the position of MDC co-vice presidency has generated a lot of interest locally and abroad.Sources within the MDC have suggested that the rise of Biti was made possibl...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 12:55hrs | | by Tendai Chimunda
The entire cabinet must be reshuffled for the good of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe needs a Major reshuffle as soon as now to get it moving again. In the inauguration speech the previous year ED had pledged to hit the ground running. The team has been assembled for the runni...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:05hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
CIO boss dies mysteriously
The sudden death on Easter Monday of a senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative has sparked weird conspiracy theories among Chinhoyi residents on the cause of his demise, with some all...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe's true legacy
There have been a number of books written on former President Robert Mugabe in his many leadership roles. As a leader of a guerrilla movement/army, as a Prime Minister (1980-87), as President (1987-20...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:43hrs | | by Takura Zhangazha
Deliberate transmission of HIV: The pros & cons
THE most topical issue this past week was the announcement by Justice minister of government's plans to revoke section 79(1) of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act, which makes the deliberate t...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:39hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mwonzora finds muti stashed in his mailbox at Parliament building
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said that he discovered a plastic container with a strange-looking liquid when he checked for his mail at Parliament in a suspected case of juju.The MDC ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora hints at contesting Chamisa
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has dismissed claims that he is settling for the deputy presidency at the party's forthcoming congress in May, the latest hint that he is preparing to challenge ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shock as ZTV broadcaster says albinism is witchcraft
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has ZTV and one of its religious programs broadcaster known as P. Nyaude for broadcaster misleading information that albinism is a pr...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 13:08hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa and the politics of paranoia
Yours truly was one of the vociferous critics of a proposition proffered by some Zanu-PF legislators on the need to have a 55 year- threshold for a presidential hopeful.The events of Saturday,...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 13:20hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Witchcraft: Girl pops out thorns from leg
Tales of witchcraft abound in Zimbabwe but some are so bizarre.A 10 year old girl from Nembudziya in Gokwe is afflicted with a mysterious condition that saw her mother trekking to Harare to fi...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 21:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dembare dump blue strip
IN a year in which they are battling the demons of relegation that almost struck them in 2005, Harare giants Dynamos have even broken with tradition and lately dumped the blue outfit synonymous with&n...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 23:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coventry 'a mere swimmer'?
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so says Murphy's law.Well, Murphy's law seems to following — nay, stalking — losing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.If ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | | by CONWAY TUTANI
Sex scandal at Choppies?
A MANAGER at a Choppies Supermarket in Bulawayo has been accused of pestering trainees for sex and allegedly impregnating one of them twice.Jealous Moyo, a manager at Choppies Aaromart at the ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Court of public opinion is real
Tomorrow Zimbabwe is going to experience a reality show as the Constitutional Court presides over the election petition against President Mnangagwa's electoral victory. Lawyers are going to turn into ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Superstitious politics will never win
Tomorrow we cast three ballots amidst a confetti of hope, despair, paranoia, suspicion, fear, confidence, hesitation and denial for some. We will either review these elections or perform a post mortem...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:18hrs | | by Micheal Mhlanga
'Zimbabwe bigger than Chamisa'
ZIMBABWE is heading for elections next Monday and opposition political parties are piling pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to reform the electoral roadmap ahead of polling day. ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mugabe refuses to vacate State House
Sulking former president Robert Mugabe and his unsettled wife Grace are refusing to remove their property, including furniture and other valuables, from State House - meaning that his successor Emmers...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Juju doesn’t work, claims Macheso
SUNGURA musician Alick Macheso has broken silence on superstition and juju saying it does not work in music.He believes time and hard work is the key to success in the industry.Macheso...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 17:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs an image advisor
Aesthetics is first in merchandising anything. President Mnangagwa's staff is a turn real off and it makes him look like a cheap rural businessman who believes in magic, superstition, symbols and shri...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 23:13hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Momentary celebrity cannot erase Zimbabweans' common sense
There is a growing belief amongst the political elite that Zimbabwean voters are devoid of a political soul. That they can be shunted from one political deception to the next, exchanged between elites...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Brian T Kagoro
Man grows breasts
Adultery and the strange world of mystery and witchcraft, or is it superstition?For a 47 year old man from Jahana village in Gokwe, the world of witchcraft is not just a fable but a reality th...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Superstition: Africa's worst nightmare after poverty
Every part of the world has had their fair share of ignorance; especially, the naivety that accompanies the weird beliefs people grow into believing. But while other continents seem to be gradually mo...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 09:50hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
Zanu-PF prophet predicts new Zimbabwe leader
There is gnashing of teeth among Zanu-PF's superstitions bigwigs who are engaged in a deadly dogfight to succeed President Robert Mugabe after revered prophet Madzibaba Wimbo apparently completely rul...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsikamutanda prefer python just like prophets use annointing water'
Witch hunters in Zimbabwe popularly known as Tsikamutanda and other traditional healers seem to have a strange love affair with pythons.If media reports are anything to go by...Published: 10 May 2017 at 10:01hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Dynamos in another juju storm
DYNAMOS have been forced to give all the powers of kit management to the coach amid a lot of superstition within the club. An insider within the club confirmed to Sportszone that there has ...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cultural beliefs were reduced from hill to a hump
The historical mountain Chidzuhwi in Hurungwe Mashonaland West has lost significance and wonders it used to have due to the dilution of cultures. The legends of Chidzuhwi lay between Karoi and...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 21:42hrs | | by Givestar Kamuzonde
God's protective cloud in the desert
Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us? Exodus 14:11.There is a lesson of the greatest importance f...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 18:31hrs | | by Mthulisi Ndlovu
In Mujuru's Party, they break each other's knee caps
Of course political pressure comes in many ways, and manifests in many forms.In Mujuru's National People's Party, they break each other's knee caps in order to hurt Zanu-PF! In the MDCs, they ...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 13:03hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
When Mugabe goes to Matobo . . .
When Mugabe goes to Matopos(Hayi mani bakithi(!) - MATOBO!!!)- goes to Matobo, Matombo:place of stubborn boulders,the land's mute womb that won't saywhat it has eaten, seen, or car...Published: 25 Feb 2017 at 09:00hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
WATCH: The TB Joshua 'corpse video' making grown men cry!
A surreal video released on YouTube by Emmanuel TV, the popular channel of Nigerian Pastor T.B. Joshua, has elicited a storm of emotional reactions online.The clip titled 'SHOCKING: Living Wit...Published: 26 Dec 2016 at 16:44hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Dynamos in juju storm, again
Struggling Dynamos has for a second week running been caught up in a juju storm against Bulawayo teams. At Rufaro Stadium on Sunday, visiting How Mine team got a shock of their lives afte...Published: 19 Sep 2016 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Superstition fail Dynamos at Barbourfileds
Dynamos superstition could not save them from defeat on Sunday to Highlanders.Their players reportedly refused to take to the field for a traditional warm up using official entry point....Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Zanu-PF in a bid to force a succession prophecy out of a 94-year-old prophet
More stunning claims are emerging regarding the mad-scramble within President Robert Mugabe's warring Zanu-PF to control the aged and mysterious leader of a secretive apostolic sect, who is acclai...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Magic or Superstition? The myths and legends that made Joshua Nkomo
In times of war it is common to hear of legends and stories that give popular participants in battles superhuman qualities that seem to defy the rules of everyday life.Perhaps to drive fear in...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 07:05hrs | 2 | by Bruce Ndlovu
Boy arrested for abducting 14-year-old girl
Police in Malawi have arrested a 17-year-old boy for abducting a 14-year-old girl. The incident occurred in Mdzuche village, according to Malawi24.The suspected was identified as Willard Paulo...Published: 19 May 2016 at 06:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'What is wrong with being Black?
Whereas the Bible has been faulted as being complicit in the subjugation of the black people, everywhere they appear in its passages, it is with respect to mission or majesty.A question often ...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:31hrs | | by Stanely Mushava
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