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Man (75) strangled over witchcraft allegations

Two brothers from Njere Village under Chief Garahwa in Chipinge have been arrested for allegedly murdering a 75-year-old villager whom they accused of witchcraft, in a chilling case that has shocked the local community.Clever Sithole (43) …

Published: 04 Jun 2025 at 13:29hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter

Woman accuses uncle of sexual abuse and witchcraft

In a deeply disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse and witchcraft, Margaret Muchuro, a 34-year-old disabled woman from Chimanimani, accused her uncle, Chrispen Muchuro, of demanding sexual favours as a condition for assisting her with her…

Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:01hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter

Villagers engage witch hunters in search of missing baby

Villagers in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have enlisted witch hunters to help locate four-year-old Milton Tshuma, who went missing on March 15. The boy was under the care of neighbors while his aunt attended a meeting at a local bu…

Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

Witch hunters wreak havoc in Mhondoro-Ngezi

Stories of witch hunters wreaking havoc in rural areas have been told repeatedly, but gullible villagers continue to fall victim to the scammers.Known as tsikamutandas or gauras, the purported witch hunters are on the rampage yet again in …

Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:40hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF in massive witch-hunt

Zanu-PF has reportedly initiated a massive witch-hunt to punish party leaders accused of sabotaging President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa after they won more votes than him in the August 23 and 24 elections.Mnangagwa polled less votes than so…

Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Neighbours fight over witchcraft

A HARARE woman has been granted a peace order against her elderly neighbour, who was accusing her of witchcraft.Elizabeth Mupawana from Glen Norah told Harare magistrate Sharon Mashavira that Elizabeth Madziwa was accusing her of bewitchin…

Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

In-law invites witch hunter prophets after fight over stove

A Bulawayo woman is at loggerheads with her sister-in-law after she reportedly invited a prophet to their house to conduct a cleansing ceremony claiming she was a witch.For Nethi Chikwena who was staying at her husband's house in Pumula Ea…

Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:05hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Outcry over witch hunters

HUMAN rights watchdog Coalition for Citizens Advocates (Coca) has petitioned Midlands police against the activities of witch-hunters popularly known as tsikamutandas in Zvishavane.They are reportedly demanding livestock from villagers as p…

Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 18:18hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Neighbours' witchcraft row spills into court

OCTAVIA Moyo has suffered enough verbal abuse at the hands of her neighbour who brands her a witch and a prostitute.Moyo claims her neighbour Alice Maseko accuses her of practising the dark arts and backs up her claims by saying she saw Mo…

Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Co-wives trade blows over witchcraft accusations

A woman from Bulawayo's Entumbane suburb was fined $5 000 for attacking her co-wife, accusing her of bewitching her.Silibaziso Moyo appeared before Western Commonage Courts magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube facing two counts of assault and i…

Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 07:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chief fines witch hunters

CHIEF Nyangazonke of Kezi's traditional court last Friday fined two witch hunters â€” Lloyd Chimanya (32) and his assistant Sergeant Chidyodyo â€” three cows and four goats for illegally operating in the area.They were given seven days to …

Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Witch hunters trigger crisis meeting

CHIEF Bekezela Sibanda Sibasa of Filabusi last week called a crisis meeting with villagers, human rights watchdogs and the police to discuss witch hunters (tsikamutandas) who he said were wreaking havoc in his jurisdiction.Reports indicate…

Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Teacher witch-hunt continue

GOVERNMENT has embarked on a witch-hunt, scrapping the recruitment of teachers as enumerators for the national census exercise as punishment for participating in a strike action when schools opened for the first term.Teachers and other civ…

Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa, who has bewitched you?

DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, as I see it, the spirit of the Lord is not upon the clerics who surround you. They were not anointed to preach the good news to the poor. They were not sent to proclaim freedom for the pri…

Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 05:58hrs | 13 | by Cyprian Muketiwa

Goblins run riot

A worried man in Gokwe reported his mother to Chief Mkoka accusing her of owning goblins that caused his wife to produce milk for four years after she weaned her child and also led to the death of two daughters-in-law.The son's in-laws hav…

Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Lizard sparks witchcraft scare in Old Magwegwe

A monitor lizard has caused a stir in Old Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo, stoking fears of witchcraft against a background of strange animal sightings in the area.On Friday last week the community convened a meeting to discuss the strange hap…

Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:30hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Flying winnowing basket or African drone?

Witchcraft, can it be called profession, career, art or low intensity murders where there is absence of evidence. We have heard before that absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence. Cases of witchcraft are very rife amongst bl…

Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 10:17hrs | 5 | by Thomas Murisa

Family whips granny to death over witchcraft

EIGHT Chivi family members allegedly whipped their elderly relative for more than 10 hours with mulberry tree switches leading to his death after accusing him of witchcraft, police have confirmed. The family members allegedly beat the elde…

Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:04hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Tsikamutanda's, witches go toe-to-toe over missing toddler

A BRUISING showdown is looming at Vukuzenzele 2 Village in Esikhoveni area of Esigodini District between witch-hunters popularly known as tsikamutandas and suspected witches. The alleged witches are accused of "detaining" a four-year-old b…

Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF infighting takes witchcraft twist

A prominent South African prophet, Alph Lukau says witchcraft is behind the deteriorating health of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, raising fears that the Zanu-PF infighting might have taken a new twist.Lukau made the prophecy at his …

Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 14:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Witch-hunters divide village

CHAOS has rocked Mbonqani Village in Bulilima as villagers are divided over witch-hunters with some dismissing them as robbers who stripped them of their livestock after "planting" goblins at their homesteads and latter accusing them of be…

Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Witch hunter in search of goblins shuts school

A SELF-PROCLAIMED tsikamutanda allegedly shut down a school in Matobo District in Matabeleland South on Tuesday and performed rituals in teachers' houses, saying he was searching for goblins which were terrorising the community.The school …

Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Cops warn chiefs against witch hunter invites

POLICE have warned traditional leaders against inviting tsikamutandas into their communities as their activities are illegal.Speaking to chiefs from Bulilima District at the third quarter Matabeleland South provincial crime consultative me…

Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Witch hunters in bid to kill magistrates

BUSINESS at the Gweru Magistrates' Court was brought to a standstill on Friday after two self-proclaimed tsikamutandas arrived at the court looking for two magistrates and an interpreter saying they wanted to kill them.Musiiwa Denhere (46)…

Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Family feud over witchcraft

TWO Harare brothers are at loggerheads over a ritual performed at the family home meant to enhance supernatural protection but allegedly backfired leaving a child crippled in the process.Cornelius Chimbo is at odds with his brother and bus…

Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Murambinda sex worker found unconscious, undressed

 A well known sex worker at Murambinda Growth Point was found undressed and unconscious near a maize field last Thursday and residents first thought she was a witch.Fungai Nzira who resides at the growth point was found in the morning…

Published: 17 Feb 2017 at 06:24hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes

Chiefs clash over tsikamutandas

TSHOLOTSHO chiefs have clashed over self-proclaimed witch-doctors, also known as tsikamutandas, who are allegedly causing havoc in the district.The tsikamutandas allegedly accuse villagers of practising witchcraft and force them to pay in …

Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Manhood locked, man accuses wife of witchcraft

AN elderly man has sensationally claimed that his wife is behind his manhood dysfunction, the H-Metro reported.For the past two years Watson Chinofamba's manhood is failing to rise to the occasion and he claims that his wife Moddy Chinofam…

Published: 22 Oct 2016 at 14:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Undressed â€˜witchâ€™ found wandering

RESIDENTS in the sprawling suburb of Dangamvura were last weekend treated to a macabre real life drama after a woman was found stark naked in the early hours of Saturday in a suspected case of witchcraft. The woman whose identity could not…

Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 07:26hrs | 13 | by Liberty Dube

Bandiza ngesikhova ogogo beNkayi

KULEZALUKAZI zeGuwe eNkayi okucatshangelwa ukuba bezigqokisa isikhova isigqoko somntwana andubana zindize ngaso ebusuku zisiyakhunkula, uMthunywa ukuzwile lokhu.Kuzwakale ukuba isikhova lesi ebesilophondo esifubeni okubikwa ukuthi belusebe…

Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 12:24hrs | 2 | by Ethel Ncube

Teenage witch caught

A CREEPY looking suspected teenage witch was on Tuesday morning caught in action in the sprawling high-density suburb of Dangamvura allegedly trying to remove an 18-year-old's uterus in a suspected case of witchcraft.The young witch - who …

Published: 30 May 2015 at 09:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Wife's snake chases hubby around the bedroom

An emotionally charged man has accused  his wife of witchcraft, narrating how her snakes chase him around their bedroom.Denford Mabvirakare on Friday told Harare Civil Court magistrate, Tafadzwa Muvhami that his wife, Prisca Chimwanza…

Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 11:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF plots witch hunt

A ZANU-PF official has called for an audit of ministries run by the MDC formations during the era of the inclusive government, raising fears President Robert Mugabe's party is plotting a witch-hunt.Psychology Maziwisa, deputy director of i…

Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter

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