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Legal woes mount for Italian Mafia Boss Francesco Marconati as CID and Home Affairs are roped in
In the sinister saga unfolding within Zimbabwe's gold mining industry, Francesco Marconati emerges as a dark specter, casting a menacing shadow over the operations of DGL Investments Number Five (Pvt)...Published: 20 hrs ago | 603 | by George Tshuma
Goblins terrorise Insiza family, livestock
Residents of Fulunye, Insiza South, were left in shock as a local family became the target of spine-chilling goblin attacks last week.From Tuesday to Saturday, the family endured attacks from ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 15:58hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
'Dzamara family cry for closure'
AMNESTY International (AI) has called on the government to come clean on the whereabouts of pro-democracy activist and journalist, Itai Dzamara, who was abducted by alleged State security agents and d...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:10hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
FRANCESCO MARCONATI FILES: Unveiling the dark trail of violence and plunder at Queens Mine
Francesco Marconati, a self-styled Italian Mafia boss, has become a notorious name associated with Queens Mine, where his malevolent actions have left an indelible mark on the lives of those who have ...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 11:45hrs | 1049 | by George Tshuma
Zimbabwe going nowhere with delusional leaders
I KEEP being reminded of my younger days when we used to love joking about a guy who had fallen head over heels with a certain girl.In the midst of their intimate rendezvous, the guy would bec...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 05:01hrs | 1252 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Children terrorised by invisible creatures
THE way your skin crawled after watching goosefleshers like The Conjuring , Gothika and The Ring, will pale into insignificance when you read through this living nightmare for three children from Magw...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 20:04hrs | 935 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube issues chilling warning over sugar tax-linked price hikes
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has issued a firm warning to traders engaging in unjustified price hikes on sugary beverages, arguing that the officially gazetted tax thresholds do not warrant such exce...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:31hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
NewsHawks freezes exclusive Zimbabwe military story
The NewsHawks, which has further delayed publication this week due to circumstances beyond its control, will not publish follow-up stories on the issue of three Zimbabwean army generals forced out due...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 15:02hrs | 1288 | by NewsHawks Editor
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Mopa reincarnation of Posa
AWARD-WINNING human rights lawyer Darlington Marange has torn into the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (Mopa), saying it is a reincarnation of the discredited Public Order and Security Act (Posa)....Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:38hrs | 319 | 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...Published: 27 Jan 2024 at 08:16hrs | 2086 | by Peter Matuka
Zimbabwean man accused of murdering SA girlfriend and hiding body in freezer
A shocking and gruesome discovery in the Samora Machel community of Philippi, Cape Town, has led to the arrest of a Zimbabwean national, Brian Miripiri, who stands accused of murdering his 56-year-old...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 08:01hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Man grows floppy breasts
IN an eerier than fiction story, a man from Cross Dete in Hwange District, Matabeleland North province developed huge lady-like breasts amid chilling revelations that at night they are being suc...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:03hrs | 2272 | by Staff reporter
Woman found dead, used condoms litter crime scene
A CHILLING discovery sent shockwaves in Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo when a resident stumbled upon an unidentified woman's lifeless body at Denver Farm with used condoms scattered at the scene....Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 06:01hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt, MDC councils to blame for cholera deaths
HUMAN rights lawyers say government and local authorities must be held accountable for cholera deaths as the water-borne disease spreads across the country claiming lives.The Zimbabwe Lawyers ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:24hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Woman (23) kills hubby, on the run
A 23-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman is on the run after she allegedly stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife following a domestic feud over an undisclosed issue. The spine-chilling inciden...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:52hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
When children give birth to children!
There could have never been a more heartbreaking and disturbing sight.I had gone to the local clinic in my small town of Redcliff for a scheduled medical review.This is an ordinary rou...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 11:11hrs | 617 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Violence Is Violence No-matter The Gender
Last week, tragedy struck in Nyameni Suburb, Marondera, when a young girl named Sharon lost her life at the hands of her boyfriend. The news of this horrific incident has spread like wildfire across t...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 21:42hrs | 179 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo Violence Is Violence No-matter The Gender
Man's 'get rich quick' muthi backfires horribly
REMEMBER, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Blinded by the allure of prosperity, an elderly man from Hwange in Matabeleland North province's quest to get rich quickly thr...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 2838 | by Staff reporter
CCC faction threatening to kill innocent Matabele children in bad taste
Reports in the media that a CCC faction led by Nelson Chamisa is threatening to murder innocent children of Matabele MPs and councillors that have not been recalled by CCC Interim General Secret...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 17:58hrs | 1749 | by Israel Dube
Zimbabwean man found with 93 snakes in granary
In a chilling incident that unfolded in Binga, Matabeleland North province, under Chief Pashu's jurisdiction, a local villager has been apprehended for allegedly harboring 93 snakes in a granary. The ...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:18hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Herdboy rapes goat to death
IN a shocking case of bestiality, a 43-year-old herdboy from Togotsvebo Village in Mphoengs, Matabeleland South province chillingly confessed to his "sadistic sexual interest" in animals when he was c...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 07:45hrs | 1964 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has no one to blame but wapusa wapusa
Growing up in the country's ghettos, playing plastic balls was commonplace. Young boys stripped to their shorts, sometimes with holes that revealed their nether parts, and ran in the scorching...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:24hrs | 465 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 2022 | by Moses Moyo
Girlfriend killer spends night with corpse in Nketa
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 38-year-old man who allegedly struck his girlfriend to death with a golf club before spending the night with the body in his bedroom.The spine-chilling incid...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo uses fear mongering, cash in bid to win elusive constituency on August 23
Fear pervades the peri-urban farming community of Matava in the Midlands Province's Redcliff Constituency on the eve of Zimbabwe's harmonised elections following a campaign allegedly anchored on coerc...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:28hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Chiredzi violence points to Zanu-PF
MASVINGO Centre for Research Advocacy and development (Macrad) has released a chilling report of political violence allegedly orchestrated by suspected Zanu-PF activists in Chiredzi.In the rep...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's diatribe against Western nations sad
IT is beyond doubt that the election silly season is upon us.This is a period when all unimaginable things are said and jaws drop at the farfetched promises made to voters, who are also spoilt...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Man kills daughter (1), harvests body parts for rituals
IN a spine chilling ritual murder, a 38-year-old man killed his daughter (1) and chopped up the body to get parts for muti purposes.Thomas Muzenda, an artisinal miner (umakorokoza) from gokwe,...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 20:32hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Police issue arrest order for top cop threatened by Zanu-PF MP
A senior police officer who was at the receiving end of chilling threats by deputy tourism minister Barbra Rwodzi for arresting a Zanu-PF thug has allegedly gone missing.Police appear not too ...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:13hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth bashed for pasting Mnangagwa poster at Chicken Inn outlet
POLICE in Chegutu have launched an investigation following the assault of a Zanu-PF youth for putting President Emmerson Mnangagwa campaign posters outside a fast food outlet, Chicken lnn.The ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
UN commission condemns Zimbabwe's 'Logan Act'
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has added to the chorus of condemnation on Zimbabwe's enactment of the Patriotic Act, which criminalises the act of demonizing the country and presc...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 06:28hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Poison threat on CCC candidate
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Matobo ward 4 aspiring candidate, Mxolisi Ncube claims that Zanu-PF activists have issued chilling threats against him and his supporters.Ncube said a...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses underwear to rival
IN a typical "the man is mine" fight, which turned nasty, a woman from Selborne Park suburb in Bulawayo is living in perpetual fear after her underwear was allegedly stolen by her boyfriend’s allege...Published: 07 Jul 2023 at 07:55hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Obama of Zimbabwe politics bows out of Presidential race due to financial challenges
OPPOSITION Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) party leader Robert Chapman has withdrawn from the August 23 polls Presidential race citing financial constraints.This comes after DUZ Bulawayo pr...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 06:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF snubs US$10m western poll donation, dares CCC to accept grant
Zanu-PF has pulled rank and issued a chilling warning on political rivals not to accept a US$10 million donation offered to Zimbabwean political parties by Western countries through their agencies for...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 07:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
We Africans have our ways of doing things the African way
Believe it or not, rumours 'makuhwa', rumours 'manyepo'. Gossip and fibs make them triplets. At the end of the day, it's the mother of all lies. Some nutty professor would say hogwash but, it's true....Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 11:35hrs | 19 | by Mutanda Wachingama
Youth conscientization critical in liberating Zimbabwe!
As youth in Zimbabwe mark the 'Day of the African Child', it is clear that today's generation lacks conscientization on why the country is still not free. A few days ago, I penned an article, ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 13:45hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Threats against teachers show that Zanu-PF is biggest obstacle to free, fair polls
IT is sad to read about the poorly paid and frustrated teachers being allegedly abused by a Zanu-PF outfit called Teachers4Ed, with indications the group is forcing the educators to support President ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mystery death in Emganwini leaves community shaken
RESIDENTS of Emganwini suburb in Bulawayo were jolted from their slumber by a chilling discovery yesterday morning. As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the sleepy neighbourhood, a man's life...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election date triggers hope, despair
MUNYARADZI Mushawatu, an electrician in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, was both ecstatic and jittery after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently announced that national elections would be held on August 2...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5 election hurdles
AFTER days of political drama, anxiety and bated breath, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the election date, setting the stage for a season of intrigue, joy and heartaches. Zimbabwe decides on ...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 19:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's US like law gets thumbs down from foreign funded NGOs
Zanu-PF's spirited attempts to introduce a law that will impose a death penalty on 'unpatriotic' Zimbabweans is an assault on human rights to freedom of assembly, association and expression analysts s...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must withdraw 'Patriotic Bill' from parliament'
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights is greatly saddened by the passing of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill H.B. 15, 2022 introducing so-called patriotism provisions in the H...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:18hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Voters roll anomalies exposing Zec
THAT some names of registered voters have reportedly gone missing from the voters roll to be used in this year's general elections is more than disturbing.With less than three months to the po...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart
THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf he...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's amnesty to rapists raises a stink
Pressure is piling on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to reconsider the release of dangerous criminals, including rapists, who benefited from an amnesty that saw the release of 4 000 prisoners. R...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean nightmare and tragic optimism of Mutambara
To mention Zimbabwe and the idea of a "dream" in the same sentence, as Professor Arthur Mutambara has done, is to be provocative and challenging.The provocation and the challenge come from the...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:06hrs | 13 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Inside elections: Can the yellow wave shake-up Mashonaland East?
This is the first in a series of (inside elections) articles examining the politics and possible voting patterns of 2023's general election in expected swing/marginal National Assembly constituencies....Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:16hrs | 22 | by Farai Chirimumimba
The tragedy of Zimbabwe
Main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere last week spoke at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy - a major United Nations conference that shines a sp...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Fadzayi Mahere
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