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Dead man resurfaces 13 years after burial
In a sensational twist that reads more like fiction than reality, a 69-year-old Buhera woman, Judith Machao, has rocked her community - and social circles far beyond - with a jaw-dropping claim: her h...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 18:32hrs | 2243 | by Staff reporter
Simon Mann dies
Former British Army officer and mercenary Simon Mann, who was part of a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea in 2004, has died of a heart attack while exercising, friends confirmed.The 72-year-ol...Published: 12 May 2025 at 19:58hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Blackjack: What's a Side Bet? + A Few Rare Ones
There are only so many ways to play a game like blackjack - or so you'd think. The venerable game of "21" has a list of rules codified decades ago, so even slight tweaks to the gameplay seem like ...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:36hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Dead man found at car park
Police in Harare are investigating a murder case in Kambuzuma where a dead man was found at a car park with head injuries.Tadiwa ...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 21:29hrs | 1614 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Portion of buttocks cut off from dead man in Church shrine
Madzibaba Ekedi Mawodzwa, a religious leader based in Kuwadzana, Harare, is accused of involvement in the killing of eleven relatives at his shrine, allegedly in pursuit of spiritual powers. T...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 17:34hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Pair jailed for chopping off man's leg
TWO men who made several trips to the court for brutally attacking a fellow villager and chopping off his leg over US$6 have each been sentenced to serve 10 years in jail.Sibanengi Ncube (21) ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwig exit: More details emerge
FORMER Zanu-PF director general, Dickson Dzora, was reportedly forced to retire over a basket of allegations that include corruption and abuse of party vehicle policy, NewsDay reported.Dzora r...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:33hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'I want to know who killed me'
I want to know who killed me!The words from the soft-spoken tall dark man sent shivers down the spine of a security guard at Zimpapers Bulawayo Branch last Friday.He looked normal but ...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Stolen cellphones ring from dead man's socks
REVELLERS at night clubs around Chikanga's TM area in Mutare were lucky to recover their stolen cellphones which had been tucked in knee-high socks of a thief who was fatally assaulted by his colleagu...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:34hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Hail King Nero: Impotence as strength
Hail King Nero, The First and Last!"There shall be a leader and Change Champion-in-Chief (Advocate Nelson Chamisa) who shall be the Administrator and President tasked by the citizens to champi...Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 07:42hrs | 17 | by @Jamwanda on Saturday
Police probe Masaya death
POLICE are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of Tapfumanei Masaya (51) whose body was found at the intersection of Arcturus and Lobho Roads in the Cleveland area of eastern Harare on M...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now 'worse than under Mugabe'?
UNDER the long and cruel reign of Robert Mugabe, a lot of very bad things happened.But it's not clear that anyone was stoned to death for opposing him or his cronies.On Thursday this w...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' nabbed after failing to resurrect dead body
There was drama in Glendale on Wednesday where an alleged apostolic church prophet shocked mourners who were awaiting body viewing claiming the dead man was alive and he would resurrect him.Th...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 18:13hrs | 10 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police take corpse to wrong house for identification
WALKING home after a long day of school, the only thing that goes through a primary school pupil's mind is getting home, removing their uniforms and going out to play with others or do their homework....Published: 24 May 2023 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Dead' man and wife arrested for murder, car theft in South Africa
South African media have reported a hair-raising incident where a married couple was arrested and charged with murder after the husband who reportedly died in a house fire last year, was caught drivin...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 11:01hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Dead man's private parts retrieved 41 years later
THE popularly used 'stranger than fiction' phrase was brought to life this afternoon in Mutasa after the alleged private parts of a man who was allegedly murdered for rituals 41 years ago were retriev...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 16:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Family tormented by sex goblins
A Mutare family reportedly appeared before Headman Chengetai Chigodora's traditional court on Saturday last week for allegedly having sex with goblins....Published: 24 Dec 2022 at 01:54hrs | 102 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean man takes own life in Botswana, sick at tired at 'being broke and hungry'
Sick and tired of being broke and hungry, a 30-year-old man last week hanged himself from the ceiling of his rented accommodation in Ditladi village.The Zimbabwean native, believed to have bee...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out in MDC Alliance
DAGGERS have been drawn in the opposition MDC-Alliance (MDC-A) with party president Douglas Mwonzora's deputy, Elias Mudzuri and chairperson Morgen Komichi set to contest for the presidency at an elec...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police arrest 2 suspects from deadly robbery, recover guns at 1 Commando barracks
Two armed robbery suspects who fled from a crime scene at which three of their colleagues were shot dead by a retired detective on Monday night have been arrested, police said on Wednesday.Thi...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Doves in 'empty coffin' burial scandal
Police on Wednesday exhumed two bodies buried in one grave at a cemetery in Harare, hoping to solve the mystery of a coffin allegedly buried empty in Nyanga after a dead man's body was inexplicably le...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 15:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Dead man buried in wrong grave
The Bulawayo City Council's records of cemeteries are in shambles leading to the mislaying of the dead in reserved graves and the reopening of graves with remains.According to the Council, thi...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dead man's spirit (mis) leads family in search
When the alleged spirit of the late Never Tokoda who went missing 30 years ago, reportedly spoke through his sister Mobility Sibanda that Tokoda was killed in a love triangle and buried in Bulawayo so...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt okays 'shoot to kill' policy
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it had given police the greenlight to shoot and kill suspected armed robbers who have become a menace in the past weeks, threatening to make the country ungovernable....Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bus rank tout 'killed by bus crew' in fight over passengers
A bus terminus tout was killed, allegedly by a bus crew, early Wednesday in Harare.The body of the unnamed man was still at the 4th Street bus terminus at 7AM as police interviewed witnesses....Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance lies have short legs, indeed
In 2019, just a year after the harmonised elections, a 'dead protestor' appeared in the dock.Yes, a 'dead' one.The MDC Alliance and some non-governmental organisations played God and c...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Kwekwe put under lockdown to contain Indian Covid-19 variant
A localised lockdown has been ordered for Kwekwe to contain the spread of the Indian variant of the coronavirus.A resident of the Midlands city died on May 12 days after returning from India, ...Published: 21 May 2021 at 19:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Liberation War in Nkayi, Matebeleland: The Agenda by Rhodesian Army & State to starve 'terrorists', a personal experience!
In today's Africa, we often ascribe the violation of African rights to only African governments and easily forget a long-standing history of wanton violation of African rights by gun-ho racialist geno...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 22:38hrs | 32 | by Thembani Dube
Mnangagwa moving to tighten his dead man's grip on power
AFTER his initial daring purges of military commanders who propelled him to power through a military coup in November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now capitalising on political contingency an...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Failed Mnangagwa resorts to prayer, fasting
IN November 2017, the military replaced the late former President Robert Mugabe with his long-time confidante Emmerson Mnangagwa, who declared that Zimbabwe is "open for business", but up to now, the ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
The new dispensation now the new error
In November 2017, the military replaced the late Robert Mugabe as head of state with his long-time confidante Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa and declared that Zimbabwe is “Open for Business” bu...Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 00:18hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Rugeje shooting suspect dies in police cell
A suspect in last weekend's shooting incident at a retired army general's home died in police holding cells at Harare Central Police Station overnight Wednesday, ZimLive has learnt.Police sour...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dead man loses house over debt
Hamilton Property Holdings owned by business mogul Frank Buyanga has pursued a dead man into the High Court over a debt and his estate will now have to transfer ownership of his Chadcombe house to the...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga wins property battle with man who defaulted on loan
A court has ordered the estate of an indebted dead man to transfer ownership of a Harare house to a company owned by business tycoon Frank Buyanga – ending a 10-year legal battle.Cyprian Mus...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:12hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Cable thief electrocuted in Bulawayo
Residents of Burnside suburb in Bulawayo woke up to a strange sight overhead: a dead man suspended on ZESA electricity cables.The unidentified man is suspected to be a copper cables thief elec...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 16:58hrs | 2 | by ZimLive Cite
Things fall apart at Bosso, Madinda doubts himself
Chicken Inn 3 - 0 HighlandersIT took about 30 minutes for Madinda Ndlovu to arrive for his post match press conference. When he walked in he looked like a dead man walking and when he open...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws in the towel Mwonzora given a life line
Zimbabwe has but to lament the politicization of our justice system. If a decision does not please one political party it is quickly labelled a political decision. It is sad that even renowned lawyers...Published: 08 May 2019 at 18:00hrs | 9 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Prophet claims to raise the dead
Harare-based apostle and founder of Christ in Action International, Prophet Trevor Mawoyo, who made headlines after claiming to restore sight, says it is possible for men of the cloth to raise the dea...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:54hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
'Dead man haunting me'
A HARARE man claims that a dead man is haunting him in his dreams.Gilbert Mavhimira claims that his friend's late father appears in his dreams imploring him to look for his friend who left hom...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Prophet fails to resurrect dead man
In a video that has gone viral, a pastor is seen trying to resurrect a dead man. He prays and goes to the extent of sleeping on top of the man.After a futile exercise, the Pastor drops his stu...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe prophets under spotlight
The shocking video of a popular South African pastor, Alph Lukau, ostensibly bringing a "dead" Zimbabwean man back to life during a church service in Johannesburg, has reignited intense debate about t...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
No repatriation papers for 'resurrected Zimbabwean' man
GOVERNMENT yesterday dismissed claims that a Zimbabwean man was "resurrected" by a controversial pastor in South Africa as his body was being brought home, saying no repatriation papers had been proce...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Lukau used us in elaborate dead man con, say funeral parlours
Three Johannesburg funeral parlours on Monday said they were victims of "misrepresentations" by people associated with the controversial self-styled prophet, Alph Lukau, leading to his sensational cla...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 19:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
VP Chiwenga's Prophet causes stir over ressurecting a dead man
South African Pastor Alph Lukau has caught controversy after staging a resurrection miracle on Sunday. Lukau hogged the limelight in December when he prophesied that Vice President Constantino...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:51hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tongogara raped Oppah Muchinguri?
The late ZANLA General may have raped Defense minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, journalist Reason Wafawarova has sensationally alleged.Writing on Social networking site Facebook Wafawarova sa...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 10:21hrs | 72 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora, the dark horse
The MDC ever since the unfortunate departure of its founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has been left with a leadership vacuum that has led to a split and also different factions forming ahead of that ...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Claver Nyuki
'Dead man' battles 64 cents pay-off
FORMER PG Industries (Zimbabwe) Limited marketing director Nkululeko Mabhena, who has been battling his former employers PG Industries for 18 years, has accused Justice Nicholas Mathonsi and Lawrence ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Husband 'killer' claims dead man stabbed self
A 27 YEAR-OLD Beitbridge woman who allegedly killed her 50-year-old husband by kicking him on his privates before finishing him off by stabbing him with a kitchen knife during a fight over money for r...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda, Mutsvangwa dangerous cowards
Former MDC Bulilima East legislator Norman Mpofu has described war veterans leader Victor Matemadanda and Chris Mutsvangwa as dangerous cowards who betrayed Jabulani Sibanda when he pointed that Rober...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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