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Family dismisses police account of armed robbery suspect's killing
Armed robbery suspect Godknows Machingura's family has demanded an independent inquiry into the music promoter's killing by detectives arguing the police account of his shooting did not match what has...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 4 | by Innocent Mpoki
Wanted SA rapist Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe?
Thabo Bester skipped the country to Zimbabwe to lay low after escaping from the Mangaung maximum security prison where he allegedly paid R5 million to at least nine prison warders who helped him escap...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Deaths of renowned African nationalist leaders in overseas hospitals exposes cruel deception of independence!
How many nationalist leaders, who bravely fought European colonialism and avidly preached against so-called Western imperialism, actually took their last breath on the African continent, in African he...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa ignores Motlanthe advice, 4 years on
SOLDIERS who shot and killed innocent civilians on 1 August 2018 have not been prosecuted, four years on, with growing calls for justice falling on deaf ears.Despite appointing former So...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man found dead after 18 day search
THE family of a man who was found hanging from a tree in Woodlands, Bulawayo on Wednesday has disputed the results of the post-mortem revealing that he had committed suicide and is demanding a fresh a...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:06hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Slain CCC activist's family demands answers
PRESSURE is mounting on the police to unearth the circumstances behind the alleged abduction and murder of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali by suspected Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC rally murder victim's family bans political parties from funeral
The family of a 30-year-old Kwekwe man who died following violent clashes that broke out at a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party rally at the weekend has pleaded with the opposition party to st...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Man kills wife over sex'
A GWERU woman, Sheilla Chitakatira, was allegedly battered to death by her husband last Monday following an argument over sex.Her husband, Grant Chitakatira, who is a Zesa Holdings employee, i...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Munatsi family seeks closure
A fire broke out in apartment C9 at the palatial Northfields Complex in Harare in the early hours of Monday.The occupant of the luxurious flat was top investment banker and chief executive off...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:08hrs | 7 | by Bishop Lazarus
Man found hanging in kitchen
An investigation is underway after a man was found hanging in the kitchen of house in Nketa 9 he shared with his cousin on Thursday morning.Police officers were called to the house at around 9...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:10hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Female suspect succumbs to police torture
POLICE in Chivhu, Mashonaland East province, allegedly tortured and killed a woman whom they accused of concealing money stolen by her sister, the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has claimed.In i...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Form 4 pupil found hanging at Bulawayo beerhall
A FORM Four pupil at Msiteli High School was found hanging from a roof truss at a beerhall near his home on Friday in a suspected case of foul play. Nhlanhla Radasa (17) of Bulawayo's Ts...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza family wins order to get son's post-mortem report
A CHITUNGWIZA man, Julius Choto, whose son Kelvin Tinashe was shot and killed by the police at Makoni Shopping Centre during demonstrations over fuel increase in January has finally obtained an order ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's spooks boss bashed to death: Post-mortem
SLAIN central intelligence operative Peter Munetsi was not on medication as claimed by the government, but was beaten to death by his captors during the November 2017 military coup that toppled presid...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CIO boss 'beaten to death' in 2017 coup, autopsy reveals
Peter Munetsi, a senior Zimbabwean spy operative, died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries during the military-led coup that ousted former president Robert Mugabe, an autopsy report has revea...Published: 21 May 2019 at 18:11hrs | 85 | by TimesLIVE
Let there be no reburial of gukurahundi victims anywhere in Mthwakazi
As MLF, we strongly condemn the order by the government of Zimbabwe and its puppet body in Matabeleland Collective, to rebury the victims of Gukurahundi. It is insanity at its worst for someone at gov...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | | by David Magagula
Zimbabwe police, army clash over shootings
MEMBERS of the military, who were deployed into Harare to quell demonstrations against Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s alleged failure to release presidential election results on time, were depl...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
1 August killings: Army did not consult me says Police Boss
The Chief superintendent for Harare Central District‚ Albert Ncube said the army did not meet him to get orders before firing at the protestors. Ncube was giving evidence in front of the Commission ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 11:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Soldiers fired randomly on August 1'
A victim of the August 1 post-poll violence which claimed six lives said soldiers fired randomly at people in the streets and he was hit by a stray bullet.Giving his evidence on the second day...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery baby death: Nurses demand DNA tests
NURSES involved in the Victoria Falls Hospital mysterious baby death have called for DNA tests to be urgently conducted as they deny the baby swopping allegations raised against them by the infant's p...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Relatives claim plot to cover up army killings
Families of some of the victims of the army's fatal shootings on the streets of Harare last week claim authorities at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals tried to falsify post-mortem results to reflect th...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roy Bennet pilot had substance in blood
A helicopter pilot had a low concentration of fentanyl in his blood during a crash in New Mexico that killed him and four other people including Zimbabwean opposition leader Roy Bennett, according to ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by AP
Zimbabwean man murdered in SA hospital, family wants answers
The family of a Zimbabwean man is demanding answers after he was found dead in a ward in Stellenbosch Provincial Hospital where he had been admitted for 72-hour mental health observation.Tapiw...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's mystery car crash deaths
This is a 2013 article extracted from amabhungane website.The death of outspoken Zanu-PF MP Edward Chindori-Chininga has reignited debate over the mysterious deaths of Zimbabwean politicians t...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 05:34hrs | | by amabhungane
Man livestreams own suicide on Facebook in protest over daughter's wedding
A 54-year-old man filmed his own suicide live on Facebook because his daughter was getting married without his approval.Ayhan Uzun, 54, can be seen speaking to a camera in a lengthy rant about...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 11:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai death rumour, a hoax
There is a fake rumour circulating on social media claiming that the leader of the MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai who was airlifted to South Africa on Friday as he fell seriously ill is dead but officials fr...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 14:51hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man found dead after booze binge brawl
A MAN (61) was found dead at his friend's house yesterday morning after having spent the previous night drinking there, before a fight broke out, but circumstances leading to his alleged murder remain...Published: 01 Aug 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police ‘complete' Kuwaza death investigations
Police have reportedly completed investigations into circumstances leading to the mysterious death of former State Procurement Board (SPB) executive chairman, Charles Kuwaza and handed it to a judicia...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman drowns baby to please lover
A LOVE-struck Masvingo woman allegedly drowned her three-year-old son in Mutirikwi River to please her boyfriend.Joyce Madzimure (25) of Gwatinyanya Village under Chief Mapanzure was allegedly...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (3) killed for disturbing mother's affair
A Masvingo woman Joyce Madzimure (25) allegedly drowned her three-year-old son in Mutirikwi River to please her boyfriend identified as Amos Chipare (39).The two allegedly connived...Published: 01 May 2017 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mafia-style murderd Zimbabwe's tender board boss buried
FORMER State Procurement Board (SPB)executive chairperson, Charles Kuwaza, who died under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday, was laid to rest at a low-key burial at Glen Forest Memorial Park...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Collusion of the MRP with Zanu-PF in tampering and hiding gukurahundi evidence
1. Introduction For those so-called FACEBOOK supporters of the so-called Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) aka Zimbabwe Republic Party (ZRP) will be assisted by the power of the word which is cle...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by Mpiyesizwe Churchill Guduza, MLF Vice President
Woman dies giving birth at shrine
A 41-YEAR-OLD Wedza prophetess has been taken to court charged with culpable homicide after a pregnant villager died at her shrine soon after giving birth.Marondera magistrate, Arnold Mabu...Published: 09 Feb 2017 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sfiso Ncwane was poisoned : Report
A preliminary autopsy report done by an coroner at the Fourways life hospital has revealed that gospel legend, Sfiso Ncwane had poison in his kidneys. The revelations explains why the star had...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe student commits suicide in Cyprus
A ZIMBABWEAN student studying at Cyprus International University (CIU) allegedly committed suicide in her apartment after her Nigerian boyfriend, who is studying at the same institution, impregnat...Published: 08 Nov 2016 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutilated body of a boy found
A 12-year-old boy was found dead, with his lips removed, in a veld in Krugersdorp, Kagiso police said on Wednesday.Daily Sun reported that a resident directed officers to the veld, between Swa...Published: 06 May 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Soldier sucked in night club murder
A RUSAPE soldier has been arrested alongside two accomplices on allegations of murder after the patron they allegedly attacked and left for dead at a local night club died in hospital of internal inju...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 09:03hrs | | by Samuel Kadungure
Incest couple in baby slaughter pact
POLICE have arrested a couple from Tsholotsho, who were in an incestuous relationship, for allegedly killing a two-month-old baby in order to revive their love. The gruesome crime, during whic...Published: 04 Apr 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Whinsley Masara
Zimbabwean family cries foul over SA post-mortem
THE family of Zimbabwean gynaecologist Dr Tham Matinde, who was found dead at his Cape Town home in South Africa, in July last year, has expressed concern over the slow pace of police investigations i...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
Impounded US plane had R60 billion cargo destined for SA Reserve Bank
INVESTIGATIONS have unearthed that the decomposing body found last week on a Western Global Airlines cargo plane at Harare International Airport was that of a stowaway, and that the craft was carrying...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Brian Chitemba
SA now wants its money from Zimbabwe
THE South African Reserve Bank said rand notes found on a cargo plane impounded in Zimbabwe this week after a dead body was discovered on board should be returned home."The aircraft currently ...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 07:39hrs | | by Bloomberg
Death of Jonathan Moyo's daughter: Jacob Zuma steps in
The state media on Friday reported that an investigation into the death of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's daughter, Zanele, in Sou...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 23:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mysterious deaths of Zimbabwe students in South Africa
A few weeks ago Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo's family was thrown into deep mourning when news broke out that their 20-year-old daughter, Zanele Naledi Ntombizodwa - who was stu...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 14:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa refuses to release Zanele Moyo's heart?
South Africa's Police Service, Saps, is said to be refusing to release Zanele Moyo, daughter of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's hea...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 19:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Who in South Africa stole Jonathan Moyo daughter's heart?
THE family of higher education minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo, have launched a scathing attack on the Western Cape provincial government after their late daughter's heart was removed without them b...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 14:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanele Moyo's heart removal 'was in order'
Cape Town - It was standard practice to retain organs for further investigation to determine the cause of death, the Department of Health said, following revelations that Zanele Moyo's heart had been ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 14:06hrs | | by Cape Times
'Zanele Moyo heart removal illegal,' says Jonathan's lawyer
THE lawyer representing Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's family has described the removal of the heart from the body of the minister's late daughter, Zanele by a South ...Published: 08 Nov 2015 at 08:28hrs | | by Limukani Ncube
Jonathan Moyo to pursue criminal charges against SA hospital?
A diplomatic spat is looming after the body of the daughter of a leading Zimbabwe politician left a Cape Town forensic pathology laboratory without her heart.Jonathan Moyo's lawyer has said th...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanele Moyo killed for witchcraft?
Professor Jonathan Moyo's family friend Philip Chiyangwa said it was possible that Zanele Moyo's body had witchraft concoctions done on it before being handed to the parents. Chiyangwa forward...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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