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Polygamist in trouble for abusing first wife
A Chipinge-based polygamist, Phillip Mhlanga (36), appeared in court after he attempted to abuse his first wife. Magistrate Nixon Mangoti sentenced him to four months in jail, wholly suspended on cond...Published: 9 hrs ago | 312 | by Edson Mapani in Chipinge
Land wrangle victim still in mortuary 4 years on
Four years after the alleged assault and killing of Headman Taurayi Lovemore Takawira, his body remains in the mortuary at Masvingo Provincial Hospital, as the murder case involving Chief Fortune Char...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:48hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Family feud over SA citizen buried in Tsholotsho
The family of the late Churchill Guduza, former leader of the Mthwakazi Liberation Front, has been plunged into turmoil following disagreements over the burial arrangements of one of their brothers....Published: 08 Jun 2025 at 12:00hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Siblings clash over father's tombstone
A Harare woman has filed for a protection order against her brother, accusing him of threatening to kill her over a disagreement on how to erect a tombstone for their late father.Esther Chirum...Published: 21 Apr 2025 at 09:06hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Regent Chief Mabhikwa divides Khumalos
Regent Chief Mabhikwa of Lupane has vowed to continue executing her duties despite ongoing challenges to her appointment. This comes after a faction of the Khumalo clan filed a High Court application ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 13:03hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Mum takes son to court for vandalism
In a distressing family dispute, Magret-PFunda, a Harare woman, appeared in the Civil Court seeking a protection order against her son, Masiiwa-pfunda, whom she accused of vandalism, theft, and emotio...Published: 21 Mar 2025 at 09:12hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Fresh wrangle rattles Mabhikwa chieftaincy
The appointment of Ms. Zanele Khumalo as Regent Chief Mabhikwa has sparked fresh controversy, with 32 family members approaching the High Court to challenge her ascension to the chieftaincy.Za...Published: 16 Mar 2025 at 09:22hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Boy finally buried after 16 days of family dispute
After a prolonged 17-day standoff between his divorced parents over burial arrangements, 8-year-old Tinofara Muzavazi was finally laid to rest last Sunday.The young boy drowned while swimming ...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 06:51hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
Chief dragged to court over judgment delay
Nyasha Nzara has filed a case against Chief Munikwa in the Masvingo Civil Court, seeking to compel the traditional leader to deliver a judgment on a long-standing dispute over the Nzara Village headsh...Published: 01 Mar 2025 at 09:01hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's children snubbed memorial service organised by Mwonzora
The children of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, the founding leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), have reportedly snubbed a memorial service organised in his honour by Douglas Mwonzora, the...Published: 17 Feb 2025 at 09:05hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko's son files $500,000 lawsuit over rape allegations
Siqokoqela Mphoko, son of the late former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko, has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against a relative who accused him of raping her then 12-year-old daughter, as deepening famil...Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:09hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Man assaults mother with axe handle, jailed
A 23-year-old man from Fort Rixon, Proud Manasa, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after assaulting his mother, Ms. Irene Bell, with an axe handle during a domestic dispute.Manasa was ...Published: 13 Jan 2025 at 07:16hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Siqokoqela Mphoko's search for biological mother led to family rift
Siqokoqela Mphoko's quest for answers about his biological mother has ignited a devastating fallout between him and his late father, Phelekezela Mphoko, the former Vice President of Zimbabwe. The emot...Published: 31 Dec 2024 at 13:46hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Family caught in mysterious haunting and family feud
A Chipinge family is facing a series of disturbing and unexplained events they believe are linked to the ghosts of two deceased traditional healers. According to the family, these healers' services we...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:04hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Siqokoqela snubs Mphoko's burial
Siqokoqela Mphoko, the son of the late former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, was conspicuously absent from his father's burial at the family's Douglasdale plot in Bulawayo yesterday. His absence c...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 04:39hrs | 2030 | by Staff reporter
Feared CIO's mother dies in deplorable state
Gogo Tarima Muzariri, the mother of the late Livingstone Maynard Muzariri, former director-general of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has passed away at the age of 112. She died on Tuesda...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 08:55hrs | 1732 | by Staff reporter
Court grants protection order in high-profile domestic dispute
In a dramatic twist to a widely-followed domestic saga, a Bulawayo magistrate has granted a protection order to prominent businesswoman Ms. Pamela Mwapaura, the owner of Pamela Creations, against her ...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:41hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Woman suffers miscarriage after being beaten up by her husband
A 39-year-old woman, Sibusiso Ndlovu, from the Entumbane suburb, endured a devastating ordeal after allegedly being brutally assaulted by her husband, Clever Jirimwe, 45, resulting in a miscarriage. T...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:52hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Uncle and niece fight it out in court
A longstanding family dispute in Entumbane, Bulawayo, recently spilled into court as Floid Ngwenya sought legal protection from her uncle, Lemius Moyo, who accused her of mistreating her elderly mothe...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:52hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Daisy's Fortuner in misfortune
The new Toyota Fortuner gifted to Daisy Mtukudzi, widow of the late music icon Oliver Mtukudzi, by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has been extensively damaged in an accident at the Warren ...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 13:42hrs | 5465 | by Staff reporter
Daisy Mtukudzi in accident with Chivayo donated car
Daisy Mtukudzi, the widow of the late renowned musician and national hero Oliver Mtukudzi, was involved in a car accident at the Warren Park roundabout in Harare on Thursday morning. She was driving a...Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 10:46hrs | 3576 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo gifts Daisy Mtukudzi a 2024 Toyota Fortuner
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has made headlines once again, this time by gifting Daisy Mtukudzi, widow of the late music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, a brand-new 2024 Toyota Fortuner. The ges...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 13:42hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
Selmor excluded from Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival by Daisy
Could the legendary late national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi, be deeply disturbed by the rising tensions within his family ahead of a festival held in his honor?A rift between his daughter, ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:41hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Son blackmails mother over drugs
In Harare, a 28-year-old man named Shelton Kawonde was brought to court by his mother, Dzengesu Mutsara, for threatening to commit suicide unless she bought him drugs. Mutsara explained to Harare magi...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 10:44hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Boy (18) commits suicide over warm bathing water
An 18 year old Mbire boy hanged himself behind his grandma's goat pen after he was barred from bathing warm water, last weekend.The boy...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 22:48hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Police's cold blooded murder details
Police detectives allegedly tortured a robbery suspect to death and later pumped bullets into his body to conceal the evidence of torture.They later claimed that the suspect was gunned down af...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:39hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Woman Accused of Violent Altercation with Sister-in-Law Over Alleged Affair
Madabe, September 12, 2023 - In a small community in the Madabe area in Plumtree, a family feud turned violent when a woman allegedly attacked her sister-in-law...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:45hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa, police differ on Shurugwi arson case
POLICE have dismissed speculation that an arson case in which 10 houses were burnt in Shurugwi, Midlands province, over the weekend was a result of political violence.The police's position con...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Man kills self after bashing from son
A Chiweshe man committed suicide by hanging after being bashed by his son, Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Stephen Mubaiwa (56) of Mbisva vil...Published: 30 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Cop abuses office in inheritance wrangle
A Highfield family has exposed a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer for interfering in an inheritance dispute.A policeman who identified himself as Constable Mwachema from Police General H...Published: 22 Mar 2023 at 21:14hrs | 18 | by Tendai Guvamombe in Harare
Pressure to send money home creates many problems in UK
Pretty Matekenya sat with her children in their small apartment in Luton, United Kingdom, just gazing at her payslip.Since she moved to England, she felt pressure from her relatives in Zimbabw...Published: 21 Jan 2023 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chief Mathe's heir found 7 years later
A MATOBO clan in Matabeleland South has finally identified an heir to their chieftainship seven years after the last chief, Leonard Mathe died.Nkululeko Ngqabutho Mathe (51) who is the late ch...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Matobo villagers demand chief's installation
VILLAGERS in Matobo, Matabeleland South province have expressed concern over delays in the installation of a new chief to replace Chief Leonard Mathe who died seven years ago.The lack of a tra...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Masuka installed
CHIEF Masuka of Gokwe South in the Midlands province has been installed following the reinstatement of the Masuka chieftainship by the Second Republic after it was abolished by the colonial regime in ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Rebellious youths must heed wise counsel
In the news, both print and electronic media, cases of bizarre happenings are now common. Maybe telltale signs of a world coming to an end. Call it end times. A Form One student hung himself b...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 19:05hrs | 12 | by Thomas Murisa
Police red-flags family murder cases
POLICE have raised alarm over increasing murder cases involving family members countrywide.In the past week, police reported cases of three people who were allegedly killed by their relatives ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sulu scoffs at family rift narrative
Dendera musician Sulumani Chimbetu says he is not moved by those trying to sidetrack him from keeping his father's legacy alive through peddling falsehoods about an imaginary family rift.Sulum...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man torches family house in domestic row
A MENTALLY-ILL man in Bulawayo's Queens Park suburb ran amok and torched a family house following a dispute with his mother.The man has been identified as Trevor Nyamakawo (29).Bulaway...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 05:49hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
HRH Chief Ndiweni, 'MyRight2Vote' election campaign message is not a 'game changer' but disingenuous
(You remain my paramount chief of Ntabayezinduna until you resolve your family disputes with Bhudi Jorum.) Reading Bulawayo24 you are officially advising your royal constituency to register for vo...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:37hrs | 4 | by Nomazulu Thata
Woman hires duo for 'R100k' to kill own mother
TWO Zimbabwean men aged 24 and 27 have been jailed for 15 years by a Polokwane High Court in South Africa after they were hired by a local woman to kill her 53-year-old mother to settle a family dispu...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Every Zimbabwean deserves secure land rights
IN 2019, Zimbabwe embarked on a long-awaited land policymaking process.The Land Policy's emphasis on gender sensitivity echoes global recognition and acknowledgement of the strategic importanc...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 07:05hrs | 16 | by Gaynor G Paradza
Make a difference: helping your parents financially, amidst tough times
The older you become, the more roles you need to take on. For many South Africans, this includes financially taking care of your elderly parents. While every child wishes to help their parents during ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 12:46hrs | 21 | by Staff writer
Struggling millionaires
HIS nickname, which I find a bit harsh, is Poor Millionaire. I prefer calling him just SP - for Struggling Peter.He shares a small cabin with his younger brother at an illegal settlement adjac...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 19:02hrs | 1 | by Black Edward
Man kills self after row with son
AN 80-YEAR-OLD Chipinge man hanged himself in an abandoned hut following a dispute with his son who blamed him for his misfortunes. Manicaland police spokesperson Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chigwedere seeks son's incarceration
Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has approached the High Court, seeking a 30-day jail term against his son, Mangwiza, in order to compel him to undergo paternity tests as the witchcraft sag...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
24 year old installed as Chief Dakamela of Nkayi
TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Mbusi Bekithemba Dakamela was on Friday installed as Chief Dakamela of Nkayi District in Matabeleland North Province at a colourful ceremony amid calls for chiefs to safeguard tra...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:06hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Man stabs stepdaughter to death
Police have launched a manhunt for a 44-year-old Mberengwa man who allegedly murdered his stepdaughter after she had intervened in a family dispute.Aaron Moyo of Maromo village under Chief Mat...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's wife almost considered suicide just like her mother in-law
The wife of the late opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said Valentine's Day is a poignant time for her, struggling to deal with the pain and grief of losing her husband.Still a tall,...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not alone in fight against misinformation
Recent moves by the Facebook–owned WhatsApp messaging company to limit users to forwarding a message only five times, in an attempt to cut down on the spread of misinformation, demonstrates the glob...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:48hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
Nurse assaults terminally-ill wife
A CHIPINGE nurse has been dragged to court for assaulting his terminally-ill second wife, resulting in her sustaining serious injuries after she was involved in a dispute with his mother.Charl...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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