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Woman poisons self, 4 kids
In Kuwadzana Extension, Harare, a woman is suspected of poisoning her family's food, resulting in the deaths of two of her four children, while she and her remaining children are in critical condition...Published: 16 Jul 2024 at 12:34hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Nephew poisons grandmother (70)
A 70-YEAR-OLD Guruve woman died last week after she allegedly ate poisonous African spider leaves (Nyevhe) she got from her nephew.Marr...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 10:23hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mother poisons, kills two children
A ZIMBABWEAN woman based in South Africa allegedly poisoned her two children to death lacing food she prepared with an unknown substance, feeding them and also eating in an attempt to commit suicide....Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 16:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man poisons his three children, kills self
A 37-year-old Lower Gweru man gave his three minor children some porridge laced with poison before he went into the bush and committed suicide following a misunderstanding with his wife.Police...Published: 27 Mar 2023 at 21:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman poisons 7-month-old-baby
POLICE in Mberengwa, Midlands Province have arrested a 19-year-old woman for allegedly poisoning her 7-month-old baby.Felistus Mpofu of Village Shumba under Chief Mposi in Mberengwa was picked...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 15:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family accidentally poisons 21 cattle
A Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province has been left distraught after losing 21 cattle valued at over US$8 500 following a breakdown in communication which resulted in a dangerous grain protect...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman poisons 10 mourners
A 71-year-old woman has been arrested on allegations of attempting to kill at least 10 mourners at a funeral after lacing a bucket of water with an unknown poison at Luvuluma Village, Madlambuzi in Bu...Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:22hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
UK slaps sanctions on Kudakwashe Tagwirei and companies
The United Kingdom on Thursday announced it had imposed an asset freeze and travel ban on Sakunda boss and President Emmerson Mnangagwas adviser, Kudakwashe Tagwirei.The sanctions will also ap...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Afrobarometer opinion is it is flawed and manipulated
Zimbabwe woke up to a report by Afro Barometer which was so negative to the efforts being made in the democratisation of Zimbabwe and positive on the fight against COVID-19. The mixed bag from Afrobar...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:27hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Man (50) poisons wife
A Glendale based man isin soup after he attempted to kill his wife with rat poison on Monday.Fidelis Nyanhi (50) of Major Brown farm, Glendale is assisting police with investigations after he ...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 04:52hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man poisons girlfriend's well, maize-meal
A Guruve man is on the run after poisoning his girlfriend's well and bucket of maize-meal after she greeted her ex-boyfriend.Seven family members- five minors and two adults- ate the meal prep...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jealous man attempts to kill girlfriend, poisons seven
Police in Mashonaland Central province are hunting for Tawanda Kupara of Makunde village,Guruve under chief Bepura who allegedly poisoned seven people in ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 00:58hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Abducted' Zimbabwe doctor free of poisoning: Tests
A RANGE of blood and urine specimens extracted from Peter Magombeyi, the former Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) president, who was allegedly abducted by state security last year showed no...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs more than our prayers
As I carried a message of comfort to the young Christian pastors in Masvingo, I was overwhelmed by the trials and tribulations under which these brothers worked.My interactions with Apostle El...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:27hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
Using colonial past to mask current govt failure is criminal
LAST week, I stumbled on a conversation that was questioning why African politicians are increasingly becoming wealthier, while their governments and countries are getting poorer. Zimbabwe was cited a...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
All hail Mthuli, Zimdollar will boost competitiveness
The rate at which the black market value of the RTGS dollar (now Zimbabwean Dollar) has been fast sliding against the US dollar was no longer sustainable and the move by Government to abolish the mult...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ED full speech at AU - UN summit in Vic Falls
STATEMENTBYHIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE CDE E. D. MNANGAGWAATTHE INAUGURAL AFRICAN UNION-UNITED NATIONS WILDLIFE ECONOMY SUMMITVIC...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 12:56hrs | 6 | by President ED Mnangagwa
Chiwenga's health woes linked to Zanu PF's thickening internal assassination plots over Mnangagwa's successor
Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's perennial health problems are reportedly linked to the ruling Zanu PF's thickening internal assassination and counter-assassination plots among it's ...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Dirty, dirty Harare water
The toxicity levels in Lake Chivero have reached alarming levels, twice the stipulated minimum, with Harare City Council spending US$3 million monthly on a cocktail of water treatment chemicals to rem...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Rhodesian chemical-biological war crimes
As Zimbabwe celebrates its 39th year of Independence, as Africans we have either chosen to ignore or have been brainwashed to forget the terrible things white Rhodesians did to our own freedom fighter...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Sifelani Tsiko
Chiwenga suspectedly poisoned with deadly Polonium-210
Vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is suspected of suffering from the lethal polonium- 210 poisoning, and is reportedly admitted at an undisclosed Indian military hospital.High ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
The circle of poison
The US continues to export pesticides, which are restricted in the US, to developing countries .In recent decades, harmful pesticides spread around the world's less developed nations have caused i...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:20hrs | | by Erick aMtotoba
1893 MHRRM condemns state and Zanu PF's terrorism in Matebeleland
As 1893 MHRRM, we take this opportunity to condemn the bombing and the continued importation of violent acts by the perpetrators of Gukurahundi and their allies into Matebeleland.As a peace-lo...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Nkosinathi Mbambo
Woman poisons infants, one dies
VILLAGERS in Mutasa were left shell shocked after a 22-year-old woman poisoned her two infant daughters, killing one while the other is battling for life in hospital.The incident happened last...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man wields axe, poisons father
AN elderly man is fearing for his life after his son allegedly wielded an axe and tried to poison him.Cuthbert Zvareva said his life was at risk after his son Joseph tried to kill him by poiso...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call for Grace Mugabe's arrest
Liberation war fighters are piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to arrest former first lady Grace Mugabe over her attainment of a doctorate degree under controversial circumstances but ana...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 11:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Village head poisons village dogs, chickens over dead goat
A village head identified as Sabhuku Chikamare of village 5, Munyamani resettlement in Ward 16 under Chief Maranda is being accused of poisoning dogs and chickens to avenge his goat which was killed b...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:15hrs | | by TellZim
Faeces-laced love potion poisons hubby
IN a bizarre twist of events, a woman from Chikondori Village under Chief Ndanga in Zaka nearly killed her husband after she poisoned him by allegedly lacing his food with a love potion prepared with ...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa poisoning saga deepens, Mugabe tried to conceal medical findings
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe initially wanted Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa to conceal medical findings in his poisoning saga, fearing the issue could rock the boat in the ruling Zanu PF party, but the...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo challenges Mnangagwa on poisoning
HARARE - Cabinet minister and Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo waded into the saga involving the alleged poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday; suggesting that police shou...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe fears attacks and the assassination of her children?
IN the August of the year of Our Lord two important politicians found themselves in South Africa facing two different but equally grave protocols.One faced serious medical protocols after inge...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 14:00hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Suicidal mum poisons 2 kids, axes granny
A WOMAN from Gwanda poisoned her two children aged six and two years, axed her employer's mother and committed suicide following an altercation with her employer for whom she worked as a maid....Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reptiles and Eagles in High Noon
In the August of the year of Our Lord two important politicians found themselves in South Africa facing two different but equally grave protocols. One faced serious medical protocols after ingesting a...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 17:23hrs | 26 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
More elephants poisoned in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park
More than 14 elephants, including a mother and her young calf, have been poisoned in and around Zimbabwe's premier game reserve, Hwange National Park. Most of the poisoned elephants died near the sout...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 10:09hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Form 3 girl 'poisons' self after being reprimanded over a boyfriend
AN 18-YEAR-OLD Form Three pupil at Mudadisi High School in Chivi allegedly committed suicide by poisoning after being reprimanded over a boyfriend by her sister-in- law.The body of Paidamoyo M...Published: 10 Jun 2017 at 17:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Ian Smith myth and other fallacies
There are many fallacies associated with the history of Zimbabwe. Let's start with one of the oldest.Rhodesia was not built on an empty veld. The fallacy that the land was empty is just that: ...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:53hrs | | by Simon Massey
Prophet Chiza hands down 25 prophecies
Bulawayo based prophet and founder and leader of Eagle Life Assembly Church Blessing Chiza has said God handed him a massive 25 prophecies which include a rise in sex workers in the next t...Published: 08 Jan 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe: 2017 the Year of the Monster
It was a stern Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Minister of State Security, who looked at Ken Flower in the eye told him that Robert Mugabe, "the Prime Minister wishes you to know that the Commissioner of Poli...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Vultures face extinction as betting outlets sprout
THE mushrooming of sports betting outlets has given rise to a demand for a concoction of vulture body parts used as luck charms, a factor which might result in the extinction of the carnivorous bi...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kruger animals becoming meat for starving neighbours
This is a story about too much hippo poo in the Kruger National Park, hungry neighbours and rain that just won't fall. It's also about culling, but the park doesn't like the word and prefers harvestin...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 16:56hrs | 2 | by Don Pinnock
HIV scare for 12 minors, Grade 6 pupil plays nurse, injects playmates
A GRADE Six pupil at a school in Bulawayo allegedly injected 12 children from Pelandaba suburb with an unknown substance, spreading panic among parents that the kids could have been infected with ...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:35hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Zimbabwe: WhatsApp or Whatsfear?
One seemingly innocuous detail from history I always want to share with Zimbabweans relates to the relationship between a few whites in Bulawayo and King Lobengula soon after the signing of the fatefu...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:26hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Jilted mum poisons three kids
A WOMAN from Shurugwi who had been jilted by her husband allegedly forced her three children to drink poison before she took it too, killing her and her eldest daughter.They died at Mpilo Cent...Published: 17 May 2016 at 07:17hrs | | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa and Elizabeth Tsuro
Man poisons son, kills self over 'cheating wife'
A 31-YEAR-OLD man from Shurugwi poisoned his son before hanging himself after failing to stomach his wife's alleged infidelity.Moreblessing Moyana killed himself on Tuesday, but his son, a min...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 06:03hrs | | by Patrick Chitumba
Man poisons his 4 children after quarreling with wife
Eldoret - A man is being held at the Eldoret West police station in Kenya for poisoning his four children following a domestic squabble with his wife.The man, identified as Musa Saka, was ...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 12:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teen mum poisons self, daughter
A TEENAGE mum from Maphisa in Matobo District has been arrested for allegedly killing her two-year-old daughter before attempting to commit suicide following a domestic dispute.Nokuthaba M...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 16:20hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Teenage mum poisons self, kills daughter
A TEENAGE mum from Maphisa in Matobo District has been arrested for allegedly killing her two-year-old daughter before attempting to commit suicide following a domestic dispute. Nokuthaba...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Nqobile Tshili
School head 'poisons' cattle, goats, pigs
VILLAGERS in Zaka, Chief Ndanga's area, are baying for Saint Anthony High School headmistress Ms Immaculate Tinago's blood after she allegedly poisoned cattle, goats and pigs belonging to 30 villagers...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Walter Mswazie
Midzi post mortem results out
Ousted Zanu PF Harare Provincial Chairman and Epworth constituency legislator, Amos Midzi died of marked Pulmonary Oedema due to poisoning.This was revealed by results of a post mortem perform...Published: 10 Jun 2015 at 19:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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