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Man reflects on 25 years behind bars for the death of his son
July 1 holds a deep personal significance for Mhlupheki Ngwenya, a 52-year-old man serving a life sentence at Khami Maximum Prison, as it marks not only the day of national mourning for the late Vice-...Published: 3 hrs ago | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants lose jobs in SA after raid on spaza shops
Zimbabweans working in South Africa's spaza shops are facing hardship following a series of raids targeting foreign-owned tuckshops after allegations of food poisoning incidents, which have left child...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:51hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Businessman arrested in ritual killing saga
A businessman from Muzarabani, Josiah Hungwe (68), has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating a plot to kill a five-year-old boy for ritual purposes. The victim, Takunda Charumbuka, a pupil at Rose...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:52hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Businessman fingered in kidnapping juvenile for ritual purposes
In a shocking incident, a Muzarabani businessman is being accused of sending a villager to kidnap and kill a juvenile for ritual purposes in Mashonaland Central province.The businessman Josiah...Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:45hrs | 311 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Gukurahundi perpetrators are exposed and cited to clarify the 2017 coup!
That the General Chiwenga was cited in the genocide atrocities that took place especially in Matabeleland South is not a coincidence but well calculated. The Zanu PF conference was in Bulawayo, curiou...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 20:22hrs | 1290 | by Nomazulu Thata
Man who raped 5-year-old girl gets 20 years behind bars
Mazowe-based Denis Marodza (33) was sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Bindura magistrate after he raped a five-year-old girl in the bush.Marodza pleaded guilty to the charge.Prosecuto...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 13:26hrs | 706 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rapist drags minor in the bush gives her $1
Residents of Mazowe Valley were shell-shocked after Denis Marodza (33) dragged a five-year-old girl into the bush and allegedly raped her.The matter came to light at Bindura regional magistrat...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 11:52hrs | 727 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man strangles wife, lets couple's minor kids sleep with her corpse
A Bulawayo man who callously killed his wife before making his two minor children sleep in the same blanket with her corpse has been jailed 20 years by Bulawayo High Court judge, Evangelista Kabasa....Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man throws 5-year-old into blazing hut
A MENTALLY ill man from Zaka in Masvingo went berserk and torched a grass-thatched hut before throwing a juvenile in the raging inferno resulting in the boy succumbing to the burns, police said yester...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 family members perish in car crash
A pregnant mother, her husband and four of their children travelling from Marymount in Rushinga to Chinhoyi, were among the nine people killed early Monday morning in the head-on collision between two...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:11hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean pastor, e-hailing driver found shot dead
A murder case has been opened with the police after an e-hailing driver who went missing on Saturday was found dead.Ison Mthombeni was found at a mortuary in Johannesburg with a bullet wound a...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Woman shocks villagers over witchcraft claims
A woman in Murewa stunned a gathering in Munyuki village when she claimed that she and five others had "bewitched" her two late daughters and then presented a piece of meat she falsely alleged was hum...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is democracy effective in Zimbabwe?
In the words of Panel Mlotshwa, "allowing politically illiterate people to vote is like giving a five-year-old a loaded gun."I do not just share the sentiments but believe that the 'illiteracy...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Trayson Godfrey Dube
Highway robbers cause havoc in Zimbabwe
FORTY-FIVE-year-old Jonas Kabasa is among several truck drivers whose dislike for passing through Zimbabwe on long-distance trips is all too apparent.He drives trucks from South Africa to Zamb...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5-year-old wreaks havoc between neighbours
A-FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy's alleged sexual misconduct has caused some misunderstanding between Harare neighbours who have taken the matter to the civil courts.One of the parents of the affected chil...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man jailed 15 yrs for raping daughter (5)
A 37-YEAR-OLD man from Lobengula in Bulawayo has been slapped with a 15-year jail term for repeatedly raping his five-year-old daughter.The man, who could not be named to protect the identity ...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:45hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Even a five year old can tell that Mnangagwa has failed!
I remember when my son was still a little child, in the early 2000s, whereby we had to give him millions of Zimbabwe dollars to buy sweets and 'freezits' ...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 19:24hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lightning kills father and daughter
VILLAGERS in the Ndimimbili area under Chief Mabhikwa in Lupane, Matabeleland North province were left shocked after a bolt of lightning fatally struck a man and his daughter leaving his wife with ser...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
3 struck dead by lightning
A DARK cloud engulfed Lupane and Binga in Matabeleland North when three people died after they were struck by lightning in two separate incidents.In both incidents, the lightning struck and bu...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs to fall from grace
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said some Zanu-PF bigwigs must prepare for life as ordinary card-carrying members when he announces a new politburo.Mnangagwa made the remarks as he officially...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Robbers terrorise Bulawayo residents
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested five machete-wielding robbers who were terrorising residents for months in the city centre.The suspects were using a Toyota Altezza as a getaway vehicle. ...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moots Road Accident Fund
Government is mooting the establishment of a Road Accident Fund (RAF) which is aimed at minimising the effects of traffic accidents on the citizenry and the proposal was tabled to traffic stakeholders...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 18:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean dad and daughter (5) among victims of petrol station blast
A ZIMBABWEAN dad and his five-year-old daughter were among the 10 people killed by an explosion at a petrol station in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland.The victims of Friday's disaste...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boy (5) found hanging on a tree
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Guruve boy was found hanging on a fruit tree after his jersey sleeve choked him to death.Acting Mashonaland Centr...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole l
Mahachi granny testifies in court
A SOMBRE atmosphere engulfed the court when footballer Kudakwashe Mahachi's grandmother was testifying in a case in which the footballer is on trial for attempting to murder his son.Giving her...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Vandalism hits TelOne hard
TELECOMS giant TelOne is incurring huge costs due to vandalism of its telecommunications infrastructure, with the estimated revenue losses averaging US$1 million annually.TelOne corporate comm...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Female village head breaks new ground
Twenty-five-year-old, Ms Ketumile Nare broke new ground after being installed Headman Mahopolo at a colourful ceremony presided over by the area's paramount Chief Tshitaudze (David Mbedzi) at the Mali...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi survivors still struggling to get IDs
Twenty-five-year-old Charity Ncube (25), a villager from Lupane in Matabeleland North, doubts if she will ever obtain a birth certificate."My father disappeared and our homestead was burnt," s...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigubhu laid to rest
Anne Frank once said, "Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude ".In similar fashion and sentiment artists yesterday (Sunday) raised conc...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chigubu's death plunges showbiz into mourning
A DARK cloud hung over the local showbiz scene yesterday following the death of award-winning comedian Clive Chigubu.Chigubu succumbed to cancer in Bulawayo, aged 31.Chigubu is survive...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Creative sector mourns Chigubu
The creative sector has joined the family of the late Zimbabwean comedian, Clive Chigubu to organise his burial.Chigubu died yesterday morning at his home in Barbourfields suburb in Bulawayo a...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Top Comedian Clive Chigubu dies
Top Zimbabwean comedian Clive Chigubu has succumbed to Diffuse Large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), a type of cancer that is incurable. He was 31. Chigubu who passed passed on Wednesday morn...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 07:27hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5-year-old from Zimbabwe undergoes successful liver transplant
A five-year-old boy from Zimbabwe who was suffering from respiratory failure due to oxygen bypassing his lungs successfully underwent a liver transplant at Gurugram's Artemis Hospital.Accordin...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 19:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Boy (5) dies in croc attack
IN an incident that has left villagers in Nyamapanda shell-shocked, a five-year-old boy was killed by a crocodile and remains suspected to be his were discovered two days later.The boy was fro...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Brother rapes sister
A 19-year-old man from Mufakose in Harare appeared in court yesterday on allegations of raping his five-year-old sister on Christmas eve after she was left in his custody while their mother was attend...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Woman hammers stepson on knees
A 30-year-old woman appeared in court last week on allegations of assaulting her five-year-old stepson with a hammer on his knees, accusing him of gossiping with his sister.Loice Maga of Kuwad...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Girl (5) found dead with body parts missing
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD juvenile was found dead with some body parts missing in Nyanga in what her family suspects was a ritual murder.Police yesterday confirmed the murder saying they were still inve...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Petrol blast kills mother, child
A shopkeeper and informal petrol dealer from Chiwundura communal area died in hospital while her 5-year-old son was burnt beyond recognition after petrol and gas containers she kept in her shop at Muc...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man rapes neighbour's daughter (5)
A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province has been arrested for allegedly raping his neighbour's a five-year-old daughter.Derrick Dube failed to control his appetite for...Published: 28 Oct 2021 at 19:44hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean man jailed for 12 years in Botswana
A 29-year-old Zimbabwean man who attacked and repeatedly raped for three hours a Swaneng Hill schoolgirl in Serowe, Botswana, hour ordeal, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.Godfrey Moyo...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goodwood Festival: A recap of 2020's Sussex Stakes Day
The prestigious Goodwood Festival is on the horizon, and with England recently lifting the majority of their coronavirus pandemic restrictions, the five-day meeting will be one of the first major hors...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:01hrs | 3 | by Staff writer
Mentally ill man acquitted for killing sister, nephew
A MENTALLY ill Zvishavane man, who killed his sister and her five-year-old son last year in a dispute over his National Social Security Authority (NSSA) documents, was acquitted last Friday after the ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff report
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo again
BULAWAYO has recorded a third diarrhoea outbreak in 11 months with about 50 cases being reported in the high-density suburb of Emganwini. Residents have accused the city council of failing to provide ...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poverty drives women into prostitution
UNSURE of the direction he was taking, the driver of the fancy Chevrolet stopped beside two village women that were walking from the opposite direction, along the dusty road in Maranda, Mwenezi....Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Family loses clothes, furniture as house gutted by fire
A HOUSE in Killarney suburb, Bulawayo, was on Friday gutted by fire after a five-year-old child, who was playing with matches set it ablaze.The affected family was left with nothing after all ...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 3 | by Samantha Power
Toddler injured by exploding fuse
A five-year-old Kwekwe boy was seriously injured after a fuse he had picked up before putting it in a fire, exploded in his right hand. The boy, who is a son of a police officer, is admitted t...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Couple found dead
Police are investigating a case in which a married couple was found dead in Mudzi on December 24. The bodies of Robert Muchenga (31) and his wife Patience Machaka (26) were discovered by villagers. ...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Daughter beats up mum over absentee dad
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo's Makokoba suburb who is supposedly feeling unloved has resorted to beating up her 44-year-old mother while threatening her with murder as punishment for not telling ...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean accused of attacking 10 hikers and murdering 2 in Cape Town
The double-murder trial of the alleged "Table Mountain killer" is set to resume next Monday in the Cape Town high court.Thirty-five-year-old Zimbabwean national Blessing Bveni is accused of at...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
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