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Sangoma arrested for sodomy
POLICE in Mutoko have arrested a self-proclaimed traditional healer from Mutoko after he allegedly sodomised a16-year-old boy.Allegations are that the victim became acquainted with the traditi...Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:28hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Prophet in trouble for kissing followers' privates
In a startling incident, a self-proclaimed prophet from Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central province, faces legal trouble after allegedly performing exorcisms that involved kissing the private parts of 12 ...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 11:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Woman wins peace order against son
A DOMBOSHAVA woman has been granted a protection order against her 29-year-old son who she claims is possessed by evil spirits.Sophia Tsakundwa told Harare magistrate Sharon Mashavira that her...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Satanism scare at Holy Rosary High School
Parents besieged Holy Rosary High School in Mvurwi yesterday after twenty school girl were possessed by evil spirits in a suspected case of satanism....Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 22:56hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa says puppets will never rule Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe because Zanu-PF was the sole custodian of the country's liberation history.Addressing hundreds of ruling ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma uses manhood to heal patient
A SELF-STYLED sangoma from Stoneridge in Harare has been arrested on rape charges and allegedly using his manhood to treat a woman who had menstruation problems.Stephen Nyashanu Mabviregudo (3...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Children accuse mother of witchcraft
A woman from Jahana Village under Chief Njelele has approached Chief Njelele's traditional court after her children accused her of bewitching them.The woman Sithabiso Ndlovu said she hasn't kn...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prisoners seek spiritual cleansing
FOR killing his sister-in-law and attempting to murder his wife, 38-year-old Simbarashe Munakamwe was sentenced to 17 years in prison.Now an inmate at the Chikurubi Maximum Prison, Munakamwe i...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shiri warns independents
Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has called on all Zimbabweans to remain united and peaceful during and after the forthcoming harmonised elections. Zimbabwe will hold ...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I want sex now'. . . says possessed man as he strips in church
CONGREGANTS at an apostolic sect in Hope Fountain, Zviratidzo Zvevapostori Venguwochena were last Saturday left bewildered when a man went into a trance while being prayed for and demanded to engage i...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapist 'Satanist' 's reign of terror
ALMOST a month after serial rapist and murderer Charles Matanga Magombedze was jailed for 72 years following a brief trial, villagers in Masvingo still live in fear as some do not believe his reign of...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 15:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Rapist begs court to hang him
A 31-year-old Chivi serial rapist and self-proclaimed member of the Satanic world yesterday stunned the Masvingo Regional Court after he begged the presiding magistrate to pass a death sentence on him...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 15:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Producer bashes pregnant actress
A LOVE affair between an actress Fatima Makunganya and ZBC TV series "Outrage" producer Admire Maramba has ended prematurely after the two were involved in a nasty break up.Fatima is also part...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 17:48hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Dad fondles daughter's privates
A 39-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man who fondled his 16-year-old daughter's privates, has been sentenced to 14 months in prison.The man was convicted on his own plea by Western Commonage magistrate Mr S...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Teacher axes wife, butchers two children turns axe on himself
A COLD-HEARTED teacher based at Madume Secondary School in Matangombe Village in Gwanda District allegedly went berserk, axed his wife and callously butchered two children under his guardianship befor...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 10:33hrs | 5 | by Dumisani Nsingo and Lynnia Ndlovu
Ghost haunts school!
THE YOUNG pupil said she was leading the prayer meeting in song when she saw a strange man with a knife coming towards her.She fainted and so did six other girls.They claimed they had ...Published: 31 May 2016 at 07:18hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Man parades manhood to 12-year-old
A MAN from Pumula suburb in Bulawayo has been arrested after he allegedly exposed his private parts to a 12-year-old girl.Norman Sivango, 38, a married father of two, allegedly met the girl, w...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:25hrs | | by Melody Baya
Wizard shocked to find himself undressed at a strangers bedroom
A suspected wizard from Mbembeswana- Shingirayi Ndlovu aged 32 was caught undressed holding a bottle of concoction while urinating in a bedroom hut in Inyathi.Ndlovu gained entry into ...Published: 18 Dec 2015 at 08:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bible clutching man throws self into river
A MAN from Mbembesi, suspected to be possessed by evil spirits, committed suicide by throwing himself into a river while clutching a Bible. This was allegedly after his aunt refused to cut his hair as...Published: 12 Sep 2015 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
'Satanist' teacher force school to shutdown
A TEACHER in Chikomba District has forced Zinatsa High School to shut down after being accused of being a Satanist by parents.The parents pulled out their 480 children and demanded transfe...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 12:30hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Rapist sold out by his axe
A Nyamandlovu rapist aged 28 who was only identified through an axe he left at the crime scene has been jailed for effective 15 years.Mduduzi Ncube sneaked into a 17 year old victim's room at ...Published: 22 Apr 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Man rapes niece, pretends to be possessed with monkey demon
A 23-YEAR-OLD man has claimed that he is possessed by evil spirits and pretended to be a monkey after he was caught raping his six-year-old niece.The man from Nkulumane suburb, who cannot be ...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Self-styled prophet applies vaseline on teen cousin's privates, rapes her
A self-styled Binga prophet who raped his female cousin after claiming that he had been inspired to apply Vaseline on her privates during a prayer session, has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. ...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Lindani Dube
Girl (12) sets fire to 5 houses in two weeks
A 12-year-old girl from Bulawayo's Queens Park West suburb allegedly set fire to five houses in the last two weeks, completely gutting three. Last week, the girl (name withheld becau...Published: 09 May 2014 at 21:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Man convicted of having sex with goat
Fortune Moyo, a 23-year-old herdman at Wichlia Farm in Kwekwe, was last Friday convicted on his own plea of guilty to bestiality when he appeared before magistrate Letwin Rwoodzi.The court...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 11:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Wife's 'evil snake' chases man away from matrimonial home
A Harare man has told the court that he ran way from his matrimonial home because he was being chased by his wife's evil snake.The man, Denford Mabvirakure, said this at the Harare Civil Cour...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 07:52hrs | | by Court Reporter
Man confesses to killing wrong woman
A 34-YEAR-OLD Gwanda man from Garanyemba confessed to killing a 50-year-old woman by strangulation in November 2013 when he appeared in the Gwanda Magistrates' Court on Monday.Kelboy Moyo appe...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Man (24) stabs, crushes 12-year-old brother's head with a hammer
A MTSHABEZI family in Umzingwane district is searching for answers after their South Africa-based son allegedly stabbed his 12-year-old brother several times before crushing his head with a hammer la...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 03:49hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Three self-styled traditional healers nabbed for conning villagers of cash and cattle
CHIWUNDURA - Police have arrested three self-styled traditional healers, commonly known as tsikamutandas, for allegedly conning villagers of cash and cattle as payment for their services. Act...Published: 18 Apr 2013 at 23:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Woman burns daughter's (7) hands and tummy on stove for misusing $1
A Warren Park woman forced her seven-year-old daughter's hands and tummy onto a burning paraffin stove after she had misused US$1 that was meant for extra lessons.Mai Masuka who resides at Hou...Published: 09 Jul 2012 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing tourist may have plunged self in Vic Falls gorges - police update
A Bulawayo man is suspected to have thrown himself into one of Victoria Falls gorges on Sunday. Police in Hwange today said they cannot rule out suicide but his body has not been found. ...Published: 28 Mar 2012 at 08:08hrs | 22 | by Alois Sibanda
Zimbabwean 'witchcraft girl' not guilty: UK Judge
A teenager who dressed in dark clothing and stabbed her mother five times as she slept has walked free from court after claiming she was possessed by the spirit...Published: 06 Jun 2011 at 13:11hrs | | by Ndou Paul
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