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Mohadi visits mass grave of 300 ZIPRA fighters in Angola

Vice President Colonel (Rtd) Kembo Mohadi has expressed Zimbabwe's gratitude to the people of Angola's Moxico Province for sheltering ZIPRA freedom fighters during the liberation struggle, pledging that government will construct a shrine a…

Published: 20 Aug 2025 at 14:46hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter

4 year mystery: Family discovers missing cop's grave through spirit revelation

A decades-old mystery surrounding the disappearance of a Bulawayo-based police officer may finally be drawing to a close, after his family was reportedly led to a shallow grave by a spirit-possessed granddaughter nearly 45 years after his …

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 12:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Dead in 1973, declared hero in 2018, grave still empty since 2023

An unfilled grave tucked just metres from a homestead in Hwedza has become a symbol of grief, broken promises, and fading hope for the Chadoka family. For years, they have waited for the remains of their late relative, Elias Chadoka - a li…

Published: 10 May 2025 at 17:50hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter

Madzibaba's grave sets tongues wagging

Fourteen years after his controversial passing, the final resting place of the late Madzibaba Godfrey Nzira continues to spark debate and controversy, highlighting the intersection of social status and cultural traditions in death.Nzira, w…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:38hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's children win court battle over grave inspection

Former President Robert Mugabe's children, Bona, Tinotenda, and Chatunga, have secured a legal victory after Chinhoyi magistrate Kudzanai Mahaso barred a Zvimba headman from conducting an inspection of Mugabe's grave as part of a legal bid…

Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:35hrs | 1222 | by Staff reporter

New twist to Zimbabwe graves scam

Restland Memorial Park director Edwin Munyaradzi Muronzi, accused of unlawfully exhuming 78 graves without proper authorization from the Zvimba Rural District Council, has been granted bail of US$200.Muronzi, who was arrested over the week…

Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:33hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe police uncover massive graveyards scam

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has uncovered a shocking case of grave violations at Restland Memorial Park in Rainham, Harare, where approximately 380 graves and corpses were desecrated between 2015 and 2024.Four suspects-Edwin Muronzi…

Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:28hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter

Capital Markets Braille handbook launched

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim) on Tuesday launched a Braille handbook to promote capital market literacy among the visually impaired. The move aims to enhance the understanding of capital markets for people wit…

Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:25hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe war heroes' graves in Zambia, Mozambique desecrated

Recent reports have revealed a distressing situation regarding the graveyards of liberation war heroes, particularly those located in Zambia and Mozambique, which have been desecrated as farming activities have encroached upon these sacred…

Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:24hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter

2 Royal baLozi graves in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Bulawayo's Athlone Cemetery is the oldest formal graveyard in the modern city, being established in December 1893 in the vicinity of what was known as White Man's Camp. There are many significant personalities buried there. Few regularly e…

Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 11:12hrs | 1113 | by Paul Hubbard, Independent Researcher, Bulawayo

Man kills wife, buries corpse in shallow grave

Police in Insuza, Lupane, Matabeleland North province, have arrested Tryforward Mpofu (35) for the murder of his wife, Revai Rusive (36), whom he accused of infidelity. The incident occurred on June 4 in a bushy area near Shweshwe village.…

Published: 18 Jun 2024 at 06:55hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Graves cave in at Luveve Cemetery

AN elderly woman, accompanied by two young adults walks briskly into a section of Luveve Cemetery in Bulawayo, a little bit on the edge and sombre.They continuously scan across the hundreds of graves as if they are missing something.Their …

Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:56hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Manhize folk fret over graveyards

VillAgERs in Manhize have asked the Mvumabased Dinson iron and steel Company (Disco) to allow them access to graveyards on land taken over by the Chinese mining company so that they conduct traditional memorial ceremonies for their dead re…

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:40hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Man hated even beyond the grave

Throughout the world and within Zimbabwean culture, there is a prevailing respect for the deceased, often resulting in their negative actions being forgotten and overlooked in public discourse. The Shona people even have a saying, "wafawan…

Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:56hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe stirs debate from the grave

YESTERDAY marked four years since former President Robert Mugabe passed on, leaving behind an indelible mark on the nation's political landscape.Mugabe passed away on September 6, 2019 in Singapore, aged 95.Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe for 37 …

Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Cecil Rhodes's grave still haunts Zimbabweans

It's a sacred hill where for centuries Zimbabweans would go to consult their ancestors.It's also where the notorious British coloniser Cecil John Rhodes chose to be his final resting place.The white supremacist died more than 120 years ago…

Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Brothers dig up son's grave to recover US$300

There was drama in Rushinga when two brothers allegedly dug up a grave to recover US$300 they believed was buried together with their son.The brothers Ranganai Magara (47) and Owen Magara (45) are assisting police with investigations.Masho…

Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 16:13hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Marange's grave tampered with as sect fight rages on

THE Johane Marange Apostolic sect founder, Johane Muchabaya Momberume's grave was allegedly tampered with over the weekend in a suspected ritual case.The late sect leader's family members are fighting to control one of the country's larges…

Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Chief Khayisa Ndiweni's widow's grave tampered with

THE grave of the late Chief Khayisa Ndiweni's widow Agnes Masuku Ndiweni was reportedly desecrated and the family is set to hold an emergency meeting to address the issue today.Mrs Ndiweni died in her sleep last year at the age of 96 and h…

Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Secret grave exposes Chinese 'cartel's' identity fraud scam, fraudulent schemes

In a case pregnant with intrigue, bizarre episodes and curious developments involving what appears to be a sophisticated criminal Chinese cartel, the Registrar General's office was forced to cancel a burial order, death certificate and ide…

Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter

Glen Norah graves to be relocated

Over 40 graves are set for exhumation from an old cemetery in Glen Norah B to pave way for the construction of houses by private property developers.The exhumed bodies will be reburied at Granville Cemetery with consultations amongst stake…

Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Cont Mhlanga and the endless search for King Lobengula's grave

IT is the story that has been told a million times.It is a story passed from generation to generation. It is the story that is sold to all children, whether they sit on grass mats around crackling fires in the rural parts of Zimbabwe or lo…

Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:08hrs | 13 | 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, this is what led to the mix up for the Ngulube fam…

Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Burial space stolen in Bulawayo

Bulawayo City Council is investigating possible theft of reserved burial space at Athlone Cemetery after the family of a 103-year-old man had to endure the horror of finding human remains in his and two other graves which had been offered …

Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

When Magufuli spoke from the grave

There once lived a woman in Masvingo who was called Shuvai Ben Mahofa.Known for her unapologetic straight-talk and indefatigable industry, she had long morphed into an Iron Lady before activism on women's rights had gained significant curr…

Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:30hrs | 4 | by Bishop L

Chimonyo: Gukurahundi follows him to the grave

THE death yesterday morning of Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo (pictured) has sparked a fierce outcry among human rights activists over his alleged role in the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.Chimonyo, …

Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 12:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora could be digging his own grave

Douglas Mwonzora's support for controversial amendments to the constitution is a mistake that could destroy his political career because the changes to the supreme law are not popular among the electorate, analysts have warned.Mwonzora's M…

Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai turning in his grave

THIS year marks four years after the death of the late Prime Minister and founding leader of the MDC Morgan Tsvangirai. But the fourth anniversary of his death comes at a time some of his former lieutenants are bent on destroying his legac…

Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:13hrs | 15 | by Pardon Maguta

Poser for Gukurahundi mass graves

The exhumation of the remains of Gurahundi victims buried in mass graves dotted around Matabeleland and those thrown into mine shafts will pose ethical challenges as it will require the consent of all relatives, an expert has warned.Shari …

Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Drama at sex worker's burial

HOOKERS stopped a Catholic priest from giving a graveside speech with their seductive dances arguing that their departed friend was never into church.Sex workers accommodated in the Avenues hired a commuter omnibus to Mufakose and Zororo c…

Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Harare in graveyard space headache

The number of Harare residents that are burying their dear departed in cemeteries that are located on the outskirts of the city is increasing as pressure for graveyard space intensifies.With most cemeteries in Harare â€” notably Warren Hil…

Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:29hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Graves being opened at cemetery

MOURNERS yesterday clashed with security officers at Granville cemetery while protesting against the theft of a body, less than 24 hours after burial.The Tizora family went to the graveyard in the wee hours yesterday only to find an empty …

Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 13:06hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

BCC approves 2 bodies per grave to tackle grave shortage of space

THE Bulawayo City Council has been approving requests for two bodies to be buried in one grave at a time the city is running out of burial space, raising speculation that city fathers may be considering double burials as the solution to th…

Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Zanu-PF on its way to the grave'

INDEPENDENT candidate Temba Mliswa (TM) overcame the odds to win the Norton by-election held at the weekend. He speaks to the Financial Gazette's Online Editor, Paul Nyakazeya (PN), about the victory, expulsion from Zanu-PF, funding, his r…

Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 09:33hrs | 4 | by Paul Nyakazeya

Ingcwaba livuka ligejiwe isidumbu singekho lengcwabeni

KUSIGA esihlasimulisa umzimba kucatshangelwa ukuba kulabakhunkuli besigabeni seGwenzi  eZhombe njalo omunye wabo ongumkhokheli welinye ibandla abaphande isidumbu basithwala ebusuku kuviki ephelileyo osokubangele ukukhombana ngeminwe p…

Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 14:23hrs | 1 | by Johas Moyo

Church members nabbed for digs up grave in-search of 'riches'

FIVE Johane Marange Apostolic Sect members who were arrested for digging up a grave in Chivi told police their forefather told them in a dream he was buried with great wealth.Villagers stumbled on the group, from Gweru, at around 6AM on Mo…

Published: 11 Feb 2016 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Walter Mswazie

Gold mine digging graves to reclaim old dumps

Mazowe Gold Mine owned by Metallon Resources is reported to have employed local people to dig graves at Madhongi area near Mahachi's farm in Mazowe.The grave diggers started digging on Sunday 20 February, according to sources.The mine want…

Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 15:23hrs | | by WhatsApp

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