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Mother-in-law teams up with daughter to bash son-in-law
A Bulawayo man, Thomas Bonde, who was hauled before the courts for verbally abusing his wife, has accused her and his mother-in-law of ganging up to beat him over allegations of failing to provide for...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:53hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen bashes daughter-in-law
There was drama at Nyagupe village, Mudzi when a 75-year-old woman bashed her 50-year-old daughter-in-law while coming from a river.The 75-year-old mother-in-law (Elizabeth Mudzagada) was drag...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:07hrs | 524 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man burns 7 huts because wife asked her parents for food
Mncedisi Khumalo (33) reportedly attacked his wife, Ms. Lungile Nzima, and her elderly mother and aunt before burning down seven huts at their homestead in Paradise Village, Bubi, Matabeleland North. ...Published: 24 Jul 2024 at 09:10hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman steal US$12k from mother-in-law
A 23-year-old woman from Budiriro, Pamela Nehumba, has been sentenced to one year in prison for stealing US$12,000 from her mother-in-law, Elinah Gwindingwi. Initially sentenced to two years b...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:12hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide in police cells
A man engaged in a heated argument with his in-laws allegedly went on a violent rampage, stabbing his father-in-law and mother-in-law with a kitchen knife before tragically taking his own life in poli...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 10:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra fighter receives mysterious US$400 windfall
A former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) liberation war veteran, Godfrey Mlalazi, who recently raised concerns about a prominent insurance company offering him a meager ZiG200 and US$50 a...Published: 20 May 2024 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zipra war vet gets ZiG200 funeral payout
A former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) veteran based in Bulawayo, who participated in the liberation struggle, has accused a prominent insurance broker of offering inadequate funeral pa...Published: 19 May 2024 at 12:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Hubby attacks wife with an axe handle over shoe laces
Failure to control temper landed a Plumtree man in the hands of the police after he attacked his wife with an axe handle over shoe laces.Culture W Ncube (35) was dragged to Plumtree magistrate...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 10:47hrs | 7 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa pays tribute to Petronella Mukwende
Main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa made a rare public appearance since he resigned from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), travelling to Chivi over the weekend for the funeral of the late Pet...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 19:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills his grandmother and cutting off her breast
A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe is on the run after allegedly fatally striking his grandmother (82) with a hoe handle before cutting off her left breast.The suspect was in 2016 charged with murde...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man stabbed to death at in-laws over spilt masese
A MAN from Bulawayo's Emthunzini suburb died at his in-laws' house after he was thrashed with an electric cable before he was allegedly stabbed in the neck with an Okapi knife.The incident was...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:51hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
When Boundaries Blur: A son-in-law's offensive language sparks family conflict
A Domboshava man has been fined two goats for insulting his mother-in-law using offensive words.Benjamin Jofuresi (40) of Mashonganyika village has been dragged before Chief Chinamhora's tradi...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 19:56hrs | 1 | by Alice Mangwanda
Mnangagwa insult lands woman in court
On Friday, a Harare woman informed a magistrate that her daughter-in-law was mistreating her by referring to her as "ED." Betty Chinyangare accused Mercy Mutonono of insulting her by using the initial...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man dumps wife, 3 minor children in Bulawayo CBD and disappears
In Bulawayo, a man is alleged to have abandoned his wife and three children in the city center on Thursday evening after picking them up from their rural home in Mt. Darwin.The woman, whose na...Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 20:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional 'DNA tests' confirm paternity
DRAMA recently erupted at Acting Chief Saunyama's court after a toddler became the subject of traditional "DNA tests".The tests were done by a group of elderly women.The father of the ...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's family builds community clinic
MASHONALAND EAST Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Aplonia Munzverengwi has praised Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga and his wife Colo...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Man beats up mother-in-law
A 29-YEAR-OLD Filabusi man has been slapped with a five-year jail term for beating up his mother-in-law following a dispute over US$50, and escaping from police custody.Polite Ncube of Chief M...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 18:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Foul mouth mum-in-law arrested
A 64-YEAR-OLD woman from Inyathi in Matabeleland North province has appeared in court facing charges of insulting her son-in-law with his private parts. Samukeliso Mathe appeared before Bulawa...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean detectives arrested for US$1 000 extortion
TWO detectives from CID Bindura appeared in court yesterday on allegations of extorting money from a suspected armed robber whom they had helped secure bail, but then started demanding more money unti...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills ex-wife's boyfriend
POLICE in Hwedza, Mashonaland East province, have arrested a 45-year-old man who fatally attacked his former wife's boyfriend after she refused to reconcile with him.Edward Mhishe of Rambanepa...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Paranoid Zimbabwe regime that sees enemies everywhere can't be trusted with solving country's problem!
In our growing up, we were told of individuals who were always prone to accusing their enemies (whether real or imagined) for everything that went wrong in their lives.When they fell sick, in ...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 09:27hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC Binga MP Dubeko Sibanda's wife joins ZANU PF
The wife of Prince Dubeko Sibanda the CCC Binga North Member of Parliament Memory joined ZANU PF on Monday, day after the CCC leader Nelson Chamisa addressed a thank you rally in the district. ...Published: 30 May 2022 at 10:16hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sangoma wife terrorises hubby
WHEN it comes to abuse in a relationship, we typically imagine the survivor as being female.But that is not always the case. Mzingaye Ncube from Nketa 6 suburb in Bulawayo is one of a growing ...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mother-in-law slaps, grabs rowdy son-in-law's genitals
A furious mother-in-law bashed her rowdy son-in-law and grabbed him by the balls for insulting her and her daughter.He also called them prostitutes.This was heard at the Western Common...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 10:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-MP's wife granted protection order
BULAWAYO lawyer and former MDC-Alliance Member of Parliament for Binga North, Prince Dubeko Sibanda has been ordered to allow his wife back into their matrimonial home by a local magistrate.Si...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Woman bashes neighbour over goat
A Bindura woman Perseverance Fashibheyi was on Friday dragged to court after she assaulted her neighbour over a goat misunderstanding.&n...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 20:43hrs | 6 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man attacks wife, son and mother-in-law
A man who had problems with his wife ran berserk and frenziedly attacked her, his child and mother-in-law with an axe.When Beatrice Ncube of Heany Junction in umguza was retiring to bed shortl...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man beats up mother-in-law over her daughter's infidelity
IN a pure act of disrespect, a Bulawayo man brutally attacked his mother-in-law with a brick on the head, left hand and knee as punishment for restraining him from assaulting her daughter whom he was ...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 19:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother kills son (6) for soiling himself
A WOMAN from Headlands has been arrested after she fatally assaulted her six-year-old son for soiling himself, before carrying the lifeless body on her back to her mother-in-law's residence in Rusape....Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man demands lobola back, torches in-laws' hut
A MUTASA villager has left the community dumb-founded after demanding his lobola back from his in-laws before burning his mother's kitchen hut to ashes following an argument with his wife.Know...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Woman slices mother-in-law's buttocks
A heated argument over water bills payment between mother-in-law and daughter ended drastically yesterday.Jacqueline Moyo the mother in law to Yvonne Ncube reived the news that her inlaw was n...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 20:41hrs | 7 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Man labels mother-in-law a hooker
A TROUBLESOME son-in-law from Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb, who is in the habit of unleashing a verbal tirade at his mother-in-law, calling her a prostitute, has been dragged to court.Whenever ...Published: 07 May 2021 at 11:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cult family shuns hospitals
DEATH in a family is heart-numbing and if there is anything that can be done to prevent it the majority will choose to do that. However, this is not the case for an Apostolic sect family in Gwambe in ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Embassy tribalism exposed!
The uncivil dance of tribalism is arguably the most wobbly and unentertaining spectacle at our embassies. This primitive practice of ethnicity is a debilitating epidemic currently eating into the inte...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Man commits suicide at in-laws' homestead
A 40-YEAR-OLD Mutoko man committed suicide at his in-laws' homestead on April 2 following a domestic dispute.Mike Diki of Hoyuyu village was found hanging from a tree by his mother-in-law Alic...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man seeks protection order against 'abusive' mother-in-law
A 43-YEAR-OLD man from Northvale suburb in Bulawayo last Thursday failed to get a protection order against his mother-in-law whom he was accusing of harassing him and his family.Hlebiso Ndlovu...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
In-laws thrash man over unpaid lobola
NO lobola, no sex!A Bulawayo man was mercilessly thrashed by his in-laws before they took away his wife and three children because he had not paid lobola.As if the accusations that he ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man kills mother (89), uncle (87) over witchcraft
POLICE in Murewa, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a man who allegedly murdered his biological mother and uncle on Monday last week after accusing them of practising witchcraft....Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa feels for Dzamara's wife and mother
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has challenged the house of assembly to take the missing person act seriously following the missing activist Itai Dzamara's case that has been going on for more than six...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man axes cheating wife 3 times
MUZAZA villagers in Mt Darwin were left shell-shocked last Thursday after a 32-year-old man struck his wife with an axe three times accusing her of infidelity.Knowledge Chimukanika was arreste...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo sister, wife in social media row
CONTROVERSIAL businessman, Wicknell Chivayo's family is imploding with his wife, Sonja Madzikanda accusing her late mother-in-law of bewitching the couple's ‘autistic' infant son.This was re...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet exposes cheating woman
IN one of the most shocking revelations, a married woman who conceived a child with her lover and deceived her husband to raise it as his own had her clandestine deed exposed by a prophet she had cons...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bashes wife, divorces her for disrespecting his mother
A Guruve man was slapped with $500 by Guruve Magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa for physically abusing his wife accusing her of not respecting his ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 20:15hrs | | by Lloyd Rabaya
Man bashes mother-in-law to death, commits suicide
A 40-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man allegedly went berserk and assaulted his mother in law with a log to death before throwing himself in a dam days after she died.Previous Mereki accused his mother in l...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 15:27hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man killed for visiting married lover
POLICE in Beatrice, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a 36-year-old man who allegedly killed his wife's boyfriend who had visited his homestead in the middle of the night....Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man commits suicide over marriage collapse
A MAN whose marriage was on the brink of collapse hanged himself from a tree at his rented home leaving behind a suicide note that gave a glimpse into his troubled soul.The deceased, Richard C...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gun toting robbers disarmed, beaten
A BULAWAYO man allegedly teamed up with an ex-soldier to rob people that his in-laws were selling a house to, at gunpoint. Covering their faces with face masks and caps tilted to further hide ...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Traditional healer speaks on Murehwa boy's murder
THE mystery surrounding the whereabouts of slain seven-year-old Tapiwa Makore's missing head and hands has deepened.The traditional healer suspected to be the brains behind the ritual murder i...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 07:51hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Lunch dispute turns fatal
A 39-YEAR-OLD Chirumanzu man, who four years ago killed his wife for failing to prepare lunch, was yesterday jailed for five years for culpable homicide.Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Thomp...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man assaults mother-in-law over witchcraft claims
A CHIPINGE woman was assaulted by her son-in-law until she fell unconscious after she was accused of being a witch.This came to light during the appearance of Tawanda Matesva (30), of Makiwa v...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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