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Man kills five villagers in Zimbabwe

A man believed to be mentally challenged allegedly killed five villagers in Bhelasi area, Madlambuzi village, Bulilima district, on Wednesday afternoon in a shocking spree that has left the community reeling.According to Ward 11 councillor…

Published: 21 Aug 2025 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Beitbridge soldiers kill unarmed churchgoer

A High Court judge has delivered a stern warning to trained and uniformed personnel, declaring that firearms should never be used in society unless in a war situation, as he sentenced three Zimbabwe National Army soldiers to prison for the…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:10hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter

Mum hangs self after killing 2 kids

A wave of shock and horror has swept through Besa Village after a young mother and her two young children were found dead in a suspected double child murder followed by suicide, in a chilling incident that has left the local community reel…

Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZimParks culls 5 problematic elephants

In a relief to communities living under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge District, the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) recently culled five elephants that had been causing extensive damage in the area. The elephants,…

Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:09hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter

ZRP chief kills senior prison officer trying to save trapped CIO boss

A tragic accident on May 21 has claimed the lives of two senior Zimbabwean security officials, turning an act of heroism into a devastating loss. Principal Correctional Officer Masimba Mandimutsira died after being struck by a Ford Ranger …

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:00hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter

Mum kills baby with rat poison mixed with milk

A 21-year-old woman from Mberengwa has been sentenced to seven years in prison by the Gweru High Court after she admitted to killing her seven-month-old baby by poisoning her milk in 2023.Felistas Mpofu committed the crime in March last ye…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 09:17hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter

Businessman threatens to kill estranged wife

A Harare businessman, Nyasha Masoka (44), who owns Grill Shake and Liquor Park, has appeared in court facing serious allegations of violating a protection order and threatening to shoot his estranged wife with an unregistered firearm.Masok…

Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe man threatens to kill child, himself over ex-wife's new marriage

A Harare man has sparked outrage and concern after reportedly threatening to kill his child and take his own life in response to his ex-wife's plans to remarry just weeks after their divorce.The disturbing revelations were made by Kelly Mu…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:03hrs | 222 | by Staff reporter

Shadowy group claims mercenaries hired to kill Chiwenga

A shadowy group supporting Zimbabwe's Vice President, the General Chiwenga Voluntary Supporters Association (GCVSA), has made sensational claims that mercenaries have been hired to eliminate the former army commander.The allegations emerge…

Published: 20 Mar 2025 at 09:26hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man sets bedroom on fire in attempt to kill stepdaughter

The Mutare Regional Court has sentenced 50-year-old Zvenyika Gomo to 16 years in prison for attempting to murder his two stepdaughters by setting their house on fire while they were asleep.Gomo, who was facing charges of attempted murder a…

Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 07:02hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter

CIO allegedly planned to kill Chamisa in 2020

A shocking investigation by the United Kingdom-based unit Dug Up has revealed that Zimbabwe's notorious Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) allegedly considered eliminating opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in 2020, planning to blame th…

Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe gold shaft collapse kills seven people

Police in Zimbabwe said on Monday that seven artisanal miners were killed in a disused gold shaft when it collapsed at the weekend.Few details were given on the circumstances of the collapse on Saturday in Bindura, about 85 kilometres (53 …

Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:54hrs | 1611 | by Staff reporter

Man whips stepson with bicycle chain, attempts to kill him

A shocking case of child abuse has emerged from Juta village in Beitbridge, where a 53-year-old man and his 32-year-old wife were arrested for torturing and attempting to kill the man's 12-year-old stepson.The couple, who cannot be named t…

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter

3 accidents kill 6 in a day in Matebeland South

Six people lost their lives in three separate road accidents that took place on Sunday in Matabeleland South, police have confirmed. The fatal incidents occurred in Filabusi, Gwanda, and Mbalabala, with Matabeleland South provincial police…

Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 08:12hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter

'Make your daughter marry me or I will kill you'

A 34-year-old man from Gamba Village in Hwange has been fined US$150 after threatening to murder a fellow villager who refused to marry off his daughter to him. Irvine Shoko appeared at the Hwange Magistrates Court on charges of threatenin…

Published: 19 Oct 2024 at 12:10hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter

Six sex workers kill client over $5

Six commercial sex workers are in soup after they allegedly bashed a client to death over a short time fee in Chirundu.The suspects appeared at Karoi regional magistrates courts today where they were remanded in custody over a murder charg…

Published: 28 Aug 2024 at 21:27hrs | 2813 | by Simbarashe Sithole

Truck runs over, kills Form 1 pupil

A Form One pupil from Founders High School was tragically run over by a truck in Emganwini while on her way to school. The incident occurred on Monday when the 14-year-old girl was hit by a UD truck driven by Fani Herbert. The girl sustain…

Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 14:52hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter

Motorist ploughs into pedestrians, kills two

A 20-YEAR-OLD man from the Hillside suburb in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing a charge of culpable homicide after he allegedly ran over four pedestrians with his vehicle, tragically killing two.Warren Meares Jeremy pleaded not guilty…

Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:35hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa wants to kill him, claims Mapfumo

EXILED protest musician Thomas "Mukanya" Mapfumo says returning to Zimbabwe would endanger his life despite permanent secretary in the Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services ministry Nick Mangwana claiming that the government has …

Published: 18 Feb 2024 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man attempts to kill cop with a sword

A 50-YEAR-OLD man from Seke appeared before magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka facing a charge of attempting to kill a police officer with a sword.Gilbert Bvongodza was remanded in custody to December 27 for bail hearing.Bvongodza told the court…

Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Man kills brother over US$20

A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Mabutweni bludgeoned his elder brother to death after accusing him of spending his share US$20 that came from rentals of their home.Bulawayo police spokesperson Assistant Insp Msebele said on August 5 this year the n…

Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Motorist ploughs into vendors, kills 2

TWO people died on the spot while eight others were seriously injured after a car veered off the road before ploughing into a group of vendors selling their wares by the roadside in Shurugwi on Wednesday.Midlands provincial police spokespe…

Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 12:01hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Woman connives with new lover to kill own baby

HOW rare is filicide, the death of a child at the hands of a parent?And what would drive a mother to kill her newborn? The killing of a child by its parent is not as rare as you might think.According to research a startling pattern of trau…

Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Trailer unhooks and kills 2 pedestrians

Two people died while three were injured after being hit by a trailer that had unhooked from a Ford Ranger. The freak accident occurred on 4 August 2023 along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Road.  Police confirmed the incident on their offic…

Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 20:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Fuel explosion claims one life

A Karoi fuel dealer was yesterday afternoon killed when containers of diesels exploded at a house in the farming town. The man, identified as Adam Kaponda, who was in company of two friends died on the way to Karoi Hospital. Adam Kaponda P…

Published: 15 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Ex-lover threatens to kill top Zanu-PF official

Zanu-PF Makoni district committee chairperson Albert Nyakuedzwa's extramarital affair has turned nasty with an ex-girlfriend now threatening to kill him for ending the relationship.Nyakuedzwa has approached Rusape Magistrates Court seeking…

Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt snooping on citizens to quash dissenting voices

AFRICAN governments, Zimbabwe included, are using sophisticated surveillance equipment to snoop on citizens and to quash dissenting voices.This is contained in a report compiled by the International Collaboration on International ICT Polic…

Published: 23 Dec 2021 at 05:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Suspected panners axe eight, kill one in Mabutweni

TWO men, suspected to be gold panners, ran amok axing eight people and killing one in the streets of Bulawayo's Mabutweni high density suburb, in a gruesome orgy of violence over US$2. Shepard Nhliziyo and Kholisani Nyathi indiscriminately…

Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:41hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter

75 year old man kills girlfriend

A 75-year-old man from the Whunga area in Beitbridge West went berserk and hacked his live in girlified (57) to death with a machete and an axe following an argument. Sitoboli Maluko killed Violet Ncube as his 16-year-old stepson watched i…

Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Man kills stepson over $50 airtime

A CHITUNGWIZA man has been arrested for smashing and killing his 11-year-old stepson with a hammer after the boy mistakenly bought $50 airtime instead of $20.Owen Nyamukachi allegedly grabbed a hammer and smashed Strive Madamombe's head le…

Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 20:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Man kills village head

A 20-year-old Zaka man allegedly fatally struck his village head and uncle with an axe for summoning him to his traditional court to censure him for attempting to rape his brother's wife. The brother was away in South Africa. Maxwell Manyi…

Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Hit and run driver kills self

AN unlicensed Gweru taxi-driver allegedly threw himself into a disused pool in Mkoba 10 suburb, after a hit and run accident involving two pedestrians whom he assumed had died.Ganizani Phiri of Mkoba 10 suburb in Gweru, abandoned his Honda…

Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Killing Dynamos softly, slowly

SO Dynamos were in the news again this past week. Not for the glamour that had come to define the Harare giants over the past decades but the plethora of problems bedevilling them.Coach Lloyd "Samaita" Mutasa was subtly promoted to the rol…

Published: 18 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Moffat Mungazi

Hit and run driver kills 73-year-old

A 73-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo sustained internal injuries resulting in his death following a hit and run incident which occurred along Nketa Drive in the city.Ben Mberi of Sizinda Flats was hit by a vehicle which did not stop at the scen…

Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Pupil spared jail for killing passenger

AN O-Level pupil at Shangani Secondary School was lucky to escape jail life when he was fined $200 for driving without a licence and killing a passenger. Michael Tawanda Hove (20) of Stand Number 14 Blackwaters in Shangani pleaded guilty t…

Published: 19 Nov 2013 at 13:43hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul

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