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Backyard breeding sparks vicious dog attacks
The alarming increase in dog attacks across Harare has been directly linked to the growing trend of illegal backyard dog breeding, according to the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Crue...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:28hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors push to ban pit bulls
A growing chorus of Bulawayo city councillors is calling for an outright ban on aggressive dog breeds, particularly Pit Bulls, as dog attacks rise and concerns mount over the proliferation of stray an...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:11hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's stray dog operation fails to launch due to police inaction
A citywide operation aimed at curbing the growing threat of stray dogs in Bulawayo has failed to get off the ground after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reportedly failed to cooperate, city offici...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 15:04hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Pit bulls kill neighbour, Harare man arrested
A man from Harare has been arrested after his pit bulls allegedly mauled a neighbour to death in a horrific attack that has reignited nationwide debate over the safety of the American Pitbull Terrier ...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 09:09hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo records drop in diarrhoea cases
The City of Bulawayo has recorded a significant decline in diarrhoea cases, with 317 cases reported in March compared to 396 the previous month, according to the latest council minutes on public healt...Published: 24 May 2025 at 09:10hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council enforces dog tie-up order
The Bulawayo City Council has launched a month-long operation to enforce a dog tie-up order as part of efforts to control the growing population of stray dogs and curb the increase in dog bite inciden...Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council orders crackdown on stray dogs
The Bulawayo City Council has issued a strict new directive requiring all dog owners to keep their pets on a leash, effective May 5, in response to a surge in dog bite incidents and concerns over unva...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:10hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Dog attacks on the rise in Bulawayo
Bulawayo is grappling with an alarming increase in dog bites, prompting the local council to implement stronger measures to address the issue and curb the rising number of incidents.According ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:46hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo registers 200 diarrhoea cases, one death
The City of Bulawayo reported over 200 cases of diarrhoea and one related death as of December last year, according to the latest council disease surveillance report. The city has implemented intensif...Published: 11 Feb 2025 at 06:45hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Stray dog bites Harare City Council worker
A City Council worker in Bloomingdale, Harare, was bitten by a stray dog while on duty, prompting calls for stricter enforcement of municipal by-laws to protect public safety. The incident occurred at...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 17:47hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man mauled by police dog, denied medical attention
A Karoi man, Caleb Chinodakufa (33), is recovering from serious injuries after he was attacked by police dogs and denied medical care for several hours. Chinodakufa, who suffers from epilepsy, was lef...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases surge 700%
The City of Bulawayo has experienced a concerning spike in diarrhoea cases, with approximately 555 reported as of August 2024. This marks a staggering 693% increase from the 370 cases recorded in July...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 17:58hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo on high alert over disease outbreaks
In July 2024, Bulawayo reported around 400 cases of diarrhoea, an increase from 318 cases the previous month, as noted in the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes. Health services director Edwin Siban...Published: 06 Sep 2024 at 07:18hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases go down
In June, Bulawayo experienced a decrease in diarrhoea cases, with 318 reported compared to 366 in May. The number of dysentery cases rose to eight from four, while dog bite incidents fell to 34 from 4...Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:36hrs | 33 | by Staff reporter
Police officers terrorise villagers; abduct, torture suspect's wife
In their futile effort to apprehend a suspected thief who allegedly stole irrigation sprinklers, armed members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police dispatched from Rusape indiscriminately terrorise communi...Published: 31 Jul 2024 at 11:51hrs | 1306 | by Gideon Madzikatidze in Rusape
BCC 'tie-up order' targets stray dogs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) intends to introduce a "tie-up order" where stray dogs will be shot as part of efforts by the local authority to control the growing population of dogs roaming the streets....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Dog bite victim sues brick-making company over savage attack
A ZIMBABWEAN man is suing a brick manufacturing company for more than US$15 000 in damages after he sustained severe injuries when he was brutally mauled by some vicious dogs owned by the Harare-based...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 13:09hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases decrease
BULAWAYO recorded a decrease in diarrhoea cases despite a worsening water crisis which has seen some residents enduring more than a week with dry taps.Due to the erratic power supply, Bulawayo...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
BCC confiscates 2 232kg of condemned meat
THE Bulawayo City Council's (BCC) department of health services has raided various grocery shops in the city, confiscating and destroying condemned meat weighing over 2 200kg.Council minutes s...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo diarrhoea cases increase
BULAWAYO has recorded an increase in the number of diarrhoea cases, a cause for concern considering the havoc wrecked by the disease previously.Diarrhoea is defined as the passage of three or ...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police dog mauls man's private parts
A Beitbridge man is lucky to be alive after he was mauled by a police dog which bit his private parts last Thursday.Police did not send to hospital the badly injured Proterge Kwangware despite...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
33% drop in Bulawayo diarrhoea cases
THE City of Bulawayo has recorded a 33% decrease in diarrhoea cases from 148 in March to 97 in April this year.Latest Bulawayo City Council minutes state that although the city is still experi...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:34hrs | 47 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pays $300k compensation for police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have "hastily"paid $300 000 as compensation to two victims of police brutality to avoid imprisonment for contempt o...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matanga, Kazembe escape jail
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have paid ZW$300 000 as compensation to two victims of police brutality to avoid imprisonment for contempt of court...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt pays $300,000 compensation for police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have "hastily"paid $300 000 as compensation to two victims of police brutality to avoid imprisonment for contempt o...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents to pay dog, bicycle fees
Harare residents who own at least a dog and a bicycle will now have to fork out an extra $2 500 on their bills, with the figure rising if one has additional dogs or bicycles.Latest figures ava...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 06:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Court orders cop, govt to compensate dog bite victim
A POLICE officer and his bosses have been ordered by the court to pay $150 000 compensation to a 40-yearold Rusape man for damages suffered after he was mauled by a dog set on him by the law enforceme...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Police set vicious dog on imbiber
Zimbabwe Republic Police officers at Mvurwi station on Good Friday allegedly released their vicious dog on one beer patron at a local bottle store.Benjamin Mutsandiani (42) was mauled by the d...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 12:49hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man dies after police raided a nightclub
A GRIEF-STRICKEN family is demanding justice after a relative died in custody in Murewa on Boxing Day following a police dog bite outside a nightclub, although a police statement to this publication s...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 15:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea kills 13 people in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded an increase in diarrhoea cases, which have claimed 13 lives, and remains on high alert for a typhoid outbreak as the city continues to facewater problems.The water pr...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Youths demand justice for rights defenders
A YOUTH pressure group in Matabeleland South province has demanded justice for human rights defenders, including slain MDC Alliance member Joseph Mazwi Ndlovu, who was reportedly killed in July for qu...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuses critics, allege rights groups
GODFREY Kurauone, a Zimbabwean opposition official, sang a protest song at the funeral of a party member in July. For that, and other political charges, he spent 42 days in jail before the prosecution...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN to probe Zimbabwe rights abuses
THE United Nations Human Rights Council will dispatch special rapporteurs to Zimbabwe to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by State security agents, Parliament has heard.Appearing...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army killings: Victims' relatives living in fear
The deadly army crackdown against civil society and opposition activists might have been paused, but relatives of some of the people that were killed by soldiers are living in fear following alleged t...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
NGO withholds shooting victims' names
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has withheld names of the 17 victims of the security forces' extra judicial killings which occurred during last month's protests against fuel price hikes.Th...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa defends army
President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed claims that the army raped women and killed people during recent protests over massive incr...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands 'V11' of army killings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has shot down reports that the military carried out extra-judicial killings on at least 17 civilians after being roped in by the police to quell last month's violent prote...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marauding soldiers ruin man's life
Policemen rough up a man in Epworth during the stayaway last monthA brutal attack by soldiers during the January 14 protests against steep fuel price increases has ruined the life of a 38-year...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's worst British nightmare
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's quest to re-engage the international community suffered a severe blow this week after his key Western backer Britain expressed support for additional European sanctions ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF torture camps emerge'
As the crackdown on anti-government protests escalates, human rights activists have reported the emergence of torture camps in the country following the clampdown on protesters, opposition leaders and...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protest death toll from riots rises to 12
As normalcy slowly returns to Zimbabwe after days of tensions between protesters and security forces following this week's deadly riots - human rights groups yesterday said the death toll from the cla...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe soldiers leave ugly terror trail
Horror stories are slowly emerging of how the country's trigger-happy security forces brutalised ordinary Zimbabweans this week - shooting 68 people and leaving dozens others requiring life-savi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Victims tell tales of Zimbabwe army brutality
IN a shocking exposé, victims of the violent attacks by uniformed military and police officers have spilled more graphic details about how they werebludgeoned with blunt objects and torched with ...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Protests left a trail of destruction. But Zimbabwe's problems remain the same
BULAWAYO - A military crackdown compounded by a partial internet black-out has ended violent protests triggered by fuel price hikes announced by Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, but "nothing ha...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | | by Divine Dube
172 injured people attended to, 68 gunshots wounds recorded
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has said it attended to 172 people between Monday and Wednesday, of which 68 had gunshot wounds, with the affected individuals sustaining s...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Thief bitten by dogs on his private parts
A 43-year-old Zengeza man was reportedly bitten by dogs on his private parts after stealing through a window.Chamunorwa Dick appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba charged with tw...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dogs bite thief's privates
A suspected thief who allegedly used a rod to fish out cell phones and clothes from houses is on the verge of losing his private parts after he was bitten by three dogs as he fled the scene in the wee...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea cases surge in Bulawayo
CASES of diarrhoea in Bulawayo spiked in August to 286 cases from 123 the previous month, a council report shows.The country's second largest city has largely been unscathed by the cholera out...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boy paralysed after dog attack
Eight-year-old Raymond Botsanzira from Chivhunga Village in Murewa has been bedridden for close to a year after he was attacked by a rabid dog.A visit to the Botsanzira homestead under Chief M...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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