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Teenager killed in fight over isitshwala
A quarrel over a plate of isitshwala, Zimbabwe's beloved staple food, turned fatal when 19-year-old Allen Shambare was beaten to death by two rival men at Abedine farm compound.Zimbabwe Republ...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 11:08hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Know your history:- Filabusi Memorial and the Edkins Store killings
Why Visit?: - This historic site remembers one of the earliest European murders of the Matabele Rebellion or First Umvukela of 1896. There seems no doubt that the initial killings occurred on ...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 15:48hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Intruder beaten to death after attempting to rape woman
A fatal incident occurred in Magunje, Zimbabwe, when Sammer Panashe Kaimbanemoyo (23) was fatally assaulted after being caught attempting to rape the wife of Nomore Chikandiwa (32). Solomon Ch...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 11:50hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Thief beaten to death
THREE men have been arrested after they allegedly teamed up and beat a man to death for stealing from one of them.Cephas Dube (32), Patrick Moyo and Leonard Sibanda (28) who are employed at Bl...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Wizard' beaten to death
A 59-year-old man from Gokwe lost his life due to a brutal beating inflicted by another man who accused him of practicing witchcraft.Vunzai Siachilimba (32) left Guster Sikadongwe (59) severel...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Quest for being respected leads man to death
The quest for being respected and recognized in the society led to the death of a Plumtree man who was beaten to death by a fellow villager.Appearing at the Bulawayo High Court on Monday, Jakw...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 15:00hrs | 11 | by Desmond Nleya/ Simbarashe Sithole
Brothers 'kill' sibling for abusing his wife
Two brothers reportedly ganged up to beat up and kill their sibling after they accused him of physically abusing his wife. The victim, Jonathan Mugari was reportedly beaten to death by his two...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 19:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Man mistaken for a thief, beaten to death
POLICE in Kwekwe are investigating a case where a 25-year-old man died while admitted at hospital after being beaten by two men after being mistaken for a thief. Sylvester Ncube had visited hi...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Man beaten to death over Nite Club chair
A 40-year-old man was beaten to death in a Nite Club in Dzivarasekwa, Harare, following a misunderstanding over a chair. Police arrested the suspect, Nathan Ziwini (38), yesterday. Nat...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man 'killed' by in-laws for 'abusing' wife
A 26-year-old man reportedly beaten to death by his brothers-in-law after he was accused of abusing their sister.Adrian Chinorwadza from Bindura was allegedly beaten and stabbed in his chest b...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's spokesperson convicted
CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere was today convicted of charges of publishing falsehoods emanating from her tweet where she lied that a police officer had beaten to death a child with a baton in Harare...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 11:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops hunt Jesus' killers
Three suspects are on the run for assaulting and stabbing a Gokwe man to death over yet unknown reasons.Jesus Nyoni (31) was beaten to death by the three who vanished after committing the crim...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
51-year-old man beaten to death in Lupane
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Lupane have arrested one Michael Donga over the alleged murder of a 51-year-old Josiah Moyo who was found dead near Primary School. According to the ...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 16:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean man beaten to death by angry SA mob
A Zimbabwean immigrant accused of raping a middle-aged woman from Matangari in Limpopo province was recently beaten to death by an angry crowd, it has emerged.The tragic incident occurred earl...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 18 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Sikhala wants magistrate recusal
CCC Member of Parliament for Zengeza West Job Sikhala wants another magistrate to preside over his case where he is charged with allegedly telling mourners at Moreblessing Ali's funeral in Nyatsime th...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mahere warned over taking pictures
CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere was yesterday warned to desist from taking pictures and posting them on social media during court sessions.This came after she took pictures of a prosecutor han...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duo murdered, thrown into pit
THE community in Binga is still trying to come to terms after two men were allegedly beaten to death before their bodies were thrown into a 80-metre pit at a local school.Villagers, police and...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora a death trap for cheating partners
As the British Home office plans to deport another plane-load to Zimbabwe again, it has become imperative to find out why many women and some men lost their lives to their spouses over the issue of in...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:19hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chebundo roped into Mnangagwa campaign squad
BLESSING Chebundo became "marked for death" in Kwekwe, his house razed down and forced into hiding for days as Zanu-PF hounds bayed for his blood.His sin was daring to challenge Emmerson Mnang...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Let's compile register of the dead in all our conflicts
January 1977 was the worst of the several months when I personally endured the ravages of the war for the emancipation of Zimbabwe from the toxic grip of rebel leader Ian Douglas Smith's Rhodesian Fro...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Clothes thief beaten to death
A MAN has been arrested for beating up a man to death after accusing him of stealing his clothes. Police in their twitter page confirmed the incident which occurred in Gweru on August 25. "Pol...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Housebreaker' beaten to death, five arrested
FIVE men from Nkulumane suburb in Bulawayo have been arrested for allegedly beating a man to death after accusing him of breaking into a house in the suburb.Melusi Ncube (31), Luckson Munsaka ...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono wins court battle, but not the war
Zimbabwe journalist and documentary filmmaker Hopewell Chin'ono was vindicated by a court ruling this week, but he has two further cases hanging over his head.After the court ruling by High Co...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Guard beheaded, body burnt with tyres
IN a gruesome murder that has shocked residents in the faming town of Chiredzi, a security guard was murdered, his head cut off before the rest of the body was thrown at a scrap yard and burnt with ty...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Thief' beaten to death
SEVEN men from Pumula South in Bulawayo have been arrested for heavily assaulting a suspected thief they caught at a house in the suburb, leading to his death in a cell at Pumula Police Station on the...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
School bullying mirrors broken society
A FEW days ago, a video of Waddilove High School pupils beating a fellow pupil for not wearing a mask caused an uproar on social media.It was heartbreaking for many parents and guardians to wa...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:04hrs | 2 | by Phyllis Mbanje
ZPCS warns journalists against blocking prisons vehicles
Journalists covering court cases have been advised against blocking vans carrying suspects to court, and disobeying orders from Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) officials as that may ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother denies baby's death in Sikhala case
THE mother of the child who was reported by MDC-Alliance activists as having been struck to death by a police officer using a baton in Harare, denied that her baby was beaten to death during the incid...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 22:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Man killed over gambling bet
A 23-YEAR-OLD Silobela man died from injuries he sustained after his friend attacked him over gambling money.Reason Muroyi of Chief Malisa in Silobela, was fatally attacked by Padorn Nkomo aft...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 21:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ubuntu/Hunhu is misplaced in African societies: Give me signs of...?
I should be excused once more for critiquing African values or should I say the African philosophy of humanism – Ubuntu/Hunhu. There are no traces of this noble philosophy in our culture: instead, w...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 13:32hrs | 16 | by Nomazulu Thata
Man beaten to death over mubobobo
A man from Zaka District in Masvingo Province was last week beaten to death by his relatives on suspicions that he possessed mubobobo, a magical way of having sexual intercourse with women without the...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
If I had married that man, I would be dead by now!
The level of violence in Zimbabwe is alarming: domestic violence accompanies the life of a married woman daily. Daily we read depressing news about the growing number of cases of femicide. Today again...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:58hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
'ZHRC making inroads at problematic institutions'
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says it has made inroads in ensuring observance of human rights at different problematic institutions such as prisons and refugee camps in the country....Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man beaten to death over firewood
Police in Goromonzi have arrested seven men who allegedly fatally assaulted a firewood poacher after he tried to recover his wheelbarrow which they had seized.Innocent Mukazika (24), Like Makw...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | 3 | 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 | 13 | 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 | 121 | by TimesLIVE
Soldiers beaten to death by gold panners
Two soldiers have been killed, while one was seriously injured following clashes with gold panners in Chipadze, Bindura this morning. Police Spokesperson for Mashonaland Central Province, Insp...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 13:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Violence & compensation of political violence
Compensation for political violence is the greatest apology but should not be done in a segregatory manor. Compensating white farmers is welcome and so should be the Gukurahundi victims. It looks a se...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:32hrs | | by Clement Moyo (Mr)
Zimbabwe is the only country we have, please stop being so negative about it!
Memories that will Never Go. It was a day that l will never forget. Sitting in the classroom our teacher was busy teaching us. All of a sudden, we saw the whole school was covered in green and red. Se...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 10:49hrs | | by Sinqobile Sibanda
Women 'savagely' raped and beaten to death
TWO women were allegedly raped and brutally killed while two men were robbed and killed in separate incidents in Bulawayo between last Tuesday and Friday.Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The cursed citizens: 'The rotten eggs in the family!'
I was 28 years of age in 1982 when I went to Zimbabwe for the first time after independence. My mother had passed on, was going to the funeral of my mother: Mrs Sihwa. It is very normal everywhere tha...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 14:44hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Suspected thief bashed to death
AN Epworth man was beaten to death for being suspected of stealing $27 from a patron at Cross Bar in the same neighbourhood.The trio of Claphios Mano, Tendai Chademana and Tendai Kamudidi were...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 16:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Woman kills daughter over boyfriends
POLICE in Macheke have arrested a Marondera woman, who allegedly beat to death her 16-year-old daughter, accusing her of having several boyfriends.Stella Mwale (38) is assisting police with in...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi: Walking in the deathly shadows of Kigali and Banjul
Should the architects of the Gukurahundi atrocities committed in Matabeleland and Midlands face legal action in an independent court of law convened in Zimbabwe, Africa or abroad? On May 30, 2016, His...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 15:19hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
She turned him down free touristic, free boarding in Germany: NUST Professor insults her hard!
A woman of 64 years, I have been officially pensioned beginning of January 2018 at the same time can continue working for another 5 years if I so wished. My age will inform that under normal circumsta...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Nightmare of Mugabe and his allies' Matabele atrocities
The first details of a shock report of Zimbabwe's government troops' atrocities in camp Bhalagwe and elsewhere has emerged despite Mugabe's curtain of silence, writes David BeresfordOne of the...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 10:42hrs | 2 | by David Beresford
White farmers see opportunity in Mugabe exit
Standing outside the gates of the farmhouse from which he was evicted in 2008, white Zimbabwean Deon Theron knows he will never get his land back.But he does believe that Robert Mugabe's fall ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 08:49hrs | | by AFP
Youthful Lumumba a sleeping giant!
As a teacher I watched Acie Lumumba's video on YouTube with great interest. That video was kind of multi-dimensional in its narrative. It is his youthfulness in relaying several messages that impresse...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 14:02hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
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