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Man axes wife to death, burns 3 homesteads

A Masvingo family has been left devastated and homeless after a 33-year-old artisanal miner allegedly murdered his wife with an axe before setting fire to three family homesteads, destroying all property and leaving eight schoolchildren de…

Published: 24 hrs ago | 767 | by Staff reporter

SA axe murder suspect arrested while fleeing to Zimbabwe

Police in Limpopo have arrested a 51-year-old Zimbabwean man who had been on the run after a violent love triangle turned deadly at Wegdraai Village, Maleboho.On Wednesday morning, IOL reported that the horrific incident occurred on Monday…

Published: 04 Sep 2025 at 07:57hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter

Man axed for refusing to give villagers scotch cart lift

A 38-year-old man, Tabona Ndlovu from village 13, Dombodema (Plumtree), under headman Khesari Nkomo, was heavily assaulted and struck with an axe by other villagers for allegedly turning down their demand for a free scotch cart ride back t…

Published: 03 Sep 2025 at 13:56hrs | 692 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Plumtree

Elderly man axed after rejecting sex demand

An 85-year-old caretaker in Kensington sustained serious injuries after being attacked with an axe by a woman who allegedly demanded sex, police confirmed.The incident occurred around 5 PM on August 10 when the woman, known to the victim, …

Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 12:59hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter

Axed wife survives, husband commits suicide

A woman in Waterfalls, Harare, is fighting for her life after being viciously attacked by her husband with an axe, in a case reportedly triggered by jealousy over a contact saved in her phone.Laiza Sipiwa, 40, was struck three times by her…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 08:22hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter

Mashonaland man kills wife, village head and neighbour, stabs himself

The community of Hurungwe, Mashonaland West, is in shock after a 37-year-old man allegedly went on a brutal killing spree, murdering three people, including his wife, the village head, and a neighbor, with an axe and a knife. The horrific …

Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 14:50hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter

Man bashes cheating wife with an axe handle

A cheeky 27-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man allegedly bashed his wife all over the body with an axe handle in a domestic dispute.Edson Ndlovu was dragged to Plumtree magistrates courts yesterday where he appeared before magistrate Mr Joshua Nembawar…

Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 15:40hrs | 1289 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Zanu-PF wields axe on young MPs

A faction in Zanu-PF pushing for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to have a third term has come out guns blazing pushing for the ouster of young party parliamentarians whom they accuse of sabotaging the 2030 agenda as well as lacking the party…

Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Filabusi man arrested for fatally striking neighbour with brick

A FILABUSI man has been arrested after he allegedly fatally struck his neighbour with a brick on the head for assaulting his cousin.Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Inspector Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident which o…

Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Inyathi Horror: Six robbers launch vicious axe attack on pedestrian

In a chilling incident that unfolded at Grave Sand Business Centre in Inyathi, a pedestrian identified as Bongani Khabo fell victim to a brutal assault by a gang of six robbers armed with an axe.Allegations are that on January 24, Khabo we…

Published: 27 Jan 2024 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Peter Matuka

Man threatens to axe sister over land

A 40-YEAR-OLD Hwange man appeared before Hwange Magistrate Court Ms Ailene Munamati on Friday morning for threatening to axe his sister over a land dispute.Mpindi Luwinga of Bangali village under Chief Nekatambe in Hwange was sentenced to …

Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 16:43hrs | 3 | by Peter Matuka

Cheating businessman axed to death, legs chopped off

A BUSINESSMAN was axed to death, and had his legs chopped off, in a vicious attack on Sunday for allegedly bedding a gold panner's wife.Abia Vimbai Mapininga (67) of Chindavata General Dealer, was lured to Doubt Dzama's house in a WhatsApp…

Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe has ignored calls to stop torture'

ZIMBABWE has adopted only 127 out of 264 recommendations made during the third cycle  of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process on January 26 and ignored recommendations on torture and other human rights abuses.The country reportedly…

Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man axes woman to death

POLICE have arrested a 33-year-old man for allegedly killing a 68-year-old woman by striking her with an axe on the head.The suspect, Albert Ncube also struck the old woman's grandson four times on the head with an axe leaving him seriousl…

Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni

TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard Nhliziyo and Kholisani Nyathi indiscriminately…

Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter

Khupe's axe targets Kwekwe, Redcliff mayors

THE MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe is reportedly targeting to recall Kwekwe and Redcliff mayors, their deputies and some other councillors this week, it has been gathered.Khupe has recently been on the rampage, purging MDC Alliance l…

Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:33hrs | 11 | by newzimbabwe

Man uses axe to discipline siblings

For several years they have stayed with their brother, not because they want to, but because they have no option.Paulinah Tshuma made shocking revelations that her eldest son Boyd Ncube (31) disciplines his younger sister and brother with …

Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

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