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Vendor in Zimbabwe bludgeoned to death "for overpricing"
ENRAGED over "high prices" two men beat a vendor with a hammer and sticks, resulting in his death after he was admitted to Mpilo Central Hospital.Confirming the incident which occurred in Cowd...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Foreigner arrested while trying to smuggle gun and ammunition into Zimbabwe
Police in Beitbridge arrested a 32-year-old foreign national, Mathabi Tshililo as he was attempting to smuggle a firearm and dangerous weapons into the country while at the Robert Mugabe International...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 17:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Prophet gifted me gun as lucky charm', busted woman tells shocked airport authorities
THERE was drama at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after a South African bound Zimbabwean woman was intercepted trying to smuggle a firearm into the neighbouring county.The suspect...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Paying for access in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe's economy craters and salaries lose their value, everything - including free basic services - has a price.Many residents have a story of a back-door, or "grease," payment they made...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Linda Mujuru
Thank God for ingenious coronavirus vaccine - we must now deal with political challenge
It was just over a year ago, November 2019, that the world learned of the coronavirus outbreak in China. By March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a world pandemic. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 17:57hrs | 4 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Life as an illegal immigrant in the UK
Staying in UK without a visa or a right to stay is like sitting on a razor blade. Life as an Illegal Immigrant Inside a 'Hostile Environment' is the worst thing ever. There are people wh...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 15:21hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mohadi and Prophet Bushiri
When the epic scene in which one of Zimbabwe's then senior Government ministers, Kembo Campbell Dugish Mohadi chanting "I receive" with his hands up in the sky to Prophet Shepherd Huxley Bushiri of th...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Robert Mukondiwa
Barber Shops pose HIV risk
PEOPLE who have their hair cut at salons are at high risk of contracting HIV through sharing barber clippers, the National Aids Council (Nac) has warned.Clients also risk contracting the potential...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Illegal fatal surgery prophetess spared jail
A BULAWAYO prophetess who performed "surgery" on a woman's private parts which resulted in her bleeding excessively and subsequently dying, has been ordered to perform 630 hours of community ser...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman gives birth in bus
IT's a boy!A final year nursing student helped a woman unexpectedly deliver a healthy baby inside a Chegutu-bound Tombs Motorways bus as other travellers also gave a hand as the special moment...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prophetess' surgical op kills woman
A BULAWAYO woman died due to excessive bleeding after a prophet and a prophetess at an apostolic church in Emakhandeni suburb allegedly operated on a growth which had developed on her privates....Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 05:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered over a razor blade
An 18-year-old Zvishavane man has appeared in court on allegations of murder after a misunderstanding over a razor blade.Descent Maposa was not asked to plead to the allegations of murder when...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 21:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reported
Gang slashes love rivals back
Five Chitungwiza women appeared in court yesterday accused of assaulting and slashing the back of a 21-year-old woman with a razor blade for having an adulterous affair with a colleague's husband....Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 13:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madzibaba fined for razor row assault
A MADZIBABA in Bulawayo has been fined $300 for assaulting a fellow congregant who had refused to adhere to his 'prophecy' demanding all congregants to shave their heads with the same razor blade....Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet bashed over one razor blade for all 'prophecy'
A MADZIBABA in Bulawayo was hospitalised following an assault by a fellow congregant who was against his "prophecy" that congregants should shave their heads with one razor blade.Mr Seppyoggi ...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Congregants viciously attack prophet
A self proclaimed in Bulawayo prophet, Seppyoggi Rutendo Mthethwa (22) was hospitalised following an assault by a fellow congregant who was against his "prophecy" that congregants should shave their h...Published: 20 May 2017 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Sangoma unleashes snakes on ‘patient'
In a spine-chilling episode, a traditional healer allegedly inflicted incisions on his patient with a razor blade and sucked the blood, before unleashing snakes to also suck the blood in a cleansi...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Oscar Pistorius on suicide watch
Jailed murderer Oscar Pistorius has been put on suicide watch following mysterious wrist injuries that landed him in hospital earlier this month, media reported yesterday.Prison officials ...Published: 15 Aug 2016 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Agencies
'Mugabe don't die with the country' warns Dabengwa
ZAPU leader Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa has warned the President Robert Mugabe not to let the ZANU-PF implosion and succession crisis degenerate the nation of Zimbabwe into disorder as economic and social pro...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 00:47hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa's Plumtree speech - Full text
Speaking notes: ZAPU meeting for Bulilima Districts, Plumtree, Matebeleland South 30 July 2016Comrades and FriendsDistinguished GuestsFor those who may not be aware, this ...Published: 31 Jul 2016 at 00:13hrs | 4 | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President
Hubby throws away wife's pills into a pit
A Marange apostolic sect man has literally sent his wife to her deathbed after he threw away her medication into a pit in keeping with his religious convictions. The incident happened in Chamba Villag...Published: 16 Jun 2016 at 15:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Popular Zola 7 haunted by demons
KWAITO star and actor, Zola 7, is haunted by demons that he claim comes from friends of the star.Daily Sun reported that they allege “Zola 7”, real name Bonginkosi Dlamini, is scared to sl...Published: 03 May 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Killer 'surgeon' grandmother spared jail
A HIGH Court judge has ordered a 72-year-old Binga woman who "operated on" her granddaughter in an attempt to remove fibroids from her uterus before she bled to death to immediately stop the tradition...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:38hrs | 2 | by Fairness Moyana
Man 'cuts open' wife's privates to assist home birth
A JOHANNE Marange Apostolic Sect member from Gutu in Masvingo province nearly killed his pregnant wife when he allegedly enlarged her birth canal using a home-made knife when she went into labour. ...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:36hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Woman jailed 2 years for abusing 'peeping' niece
A 35-year-old woman who sliced her eight-year-old niece's buttocks with a razor blade for snooping while she was engaging in sex with her husband was recently sent to jail for a year-and-a-half....Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:20hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Woman cuts niece's buttocks for laughing while she was indulging in sex
A HARARE woman Miriam Mungure, 35, of Westlea allegedly cut her niece's buttocks with a razor blade after suspecting she was peeping through her blankets and watching her engaging in sexual relations....Published: 23 Jan 2016 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hubby snatcher escapes jail term
ATTACKING the wife of her boyfriend with a razor blade earned a Burma Valley woman six months behind bars. Agnes Chigodzore (24) was convicted on her own plea of guilty for contravening Section 157 (1...Published: 28 Nov 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Collette Mukome
Botched circumcision kills Binga woman
A 33-YEAR-OLD woman from Binga, who was desperate to conceive, died after bleeding for more than a week following a botched circumcision during which her husband's grandmother cut off parts of her gen...Published: 17 Sep 2015 at 06:31hrs | | by Fairness Moyana
Flea Market space baron's grave tempered with
RELATIVES of the late Sakubva Flea Market space baron, George Tsaura Gambe, who died were last months shocked to find out that his grave grossly violated.Manica Post reported that apart from s...Published: 15 Aug 2015 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Businessman swallows three razor blades in rituals
A Binga businessman claims he was ordered by a traditional healer to 'eat' a razor blade in a ritual meant to bring back his missing brother.Mattheus Mombe Siakabizi is now in a dilemma to exp...Published: 06 Jul 2015 at 11:51hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Man attempts to forcibly remove wife's contraceptive implant using a razor blade
HAVING been incensed by his wife's refusal to have more children, a Mutare man opted for a forced surgical removal of his wife's contraceptive implant using a razor blade.Rumbidzai Chigumegume...Published: 18 Apr 2015 at 11:59hrs | 1 | by Caroline Chaparadza
Teenage Tsikamutanda kidnaps villagers
A Hwange teenager led six elderly men in a group that masqueraded as witch hunters, popularly known as Tsikamutandas, in kidnapping and terrorising villagers in Jambezi, Matabeleland North. ...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Prophet left needle in 'witch's' spinal cord
The story of Jabulani Nyoni (20), a tsikamutanda-cum-self-proclaimed prophet took a new twist with reports that it was likely to suck in six village heads from Matesti and Lubangwe who allegedly took ...Published: 04 Mar 2015 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Fairness Moyana
'Locks and Knives in Yeoville,' dissecting how Zim woman's thighs became a trap
For the first time in the seven years that I have worked here, I am the most important person. What with all these antics Zimbabweans have been performing; antics that have sent local sangomas demandi...Published: 01 Mar 2015 at 16:22hrs | 20 | by This n That with Maluphosa
Of snakes, marine spirits and crocodiles
Who am I? Let us play an old game. We tell you about a trending character and you decide who it is. We will name no names and whatever answer you come up with is yours and not ours. I come acr...Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 08:38hrs | 2 | by Bra Gee
Jilted woman slices ex-husband's buttocks
A jilted woman broke into her ex-husband's bedroom and sliced his buttocks with a razor blade while he was asleep, the Harare Civil Court heard yesterday.Leonard Shumbaimwe claimed Nyaradzo Ma...Published: 13 Feb 2015 at 08:20hrs | | by Court Reporter
Teenager slit over debt
A CHITUNGWIZA man has been fined for slitting a teenager with a razor blade after a misunderstanding over a debt.Zacharia Chibaduki used a razor blade on Horizon Mutandiro, demanding his money...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 17:44hrs | | by Blessing Masakadza
Man (70) jailed 15 years for raping daughter-in-law
IN a bizarre case of sexual assault, a 70-year-old Chinhoyi man raped his 17-year-old daughter-in-law and cut incisions on her buttocks, thighs, between her breasts and below her navel while claimin...Published: 09 Jan 2015 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cop savages lover's face with a razor blade
A 26-YEAR-OLD man had his face carved with a razor blade allegedly by a police officer he claims to be in a relationship with after he entered her house and insisted on spending the night.Tafa...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 06:56hrs | | by Court Reporter
Teen rapist languishes in remand prison
A Mberengwa teenager, Timothy Banda, who is suspected of waylaying schoolchildren while wielding a razor blade and a knife before raping them, is languishing in remand prison almost three months after...Published: 09 Nov 2014 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Teenage rapist arrested
A 19-year-old man from Mberengwa accused of waylaying schoolchildren while wielding a razor blade and a knife before raping them has appeared at the Zvishavane Magistrate's Court facing charges of rap...Published: 05 Oct 2014 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Prophet' tells family to undress, steal their money
A MAZVIHWA family in Zvishavane district was duped by a self-styled prophet who told them to undress and bathe while he stole their money after they had sought spiritual cleansing from him.Pa...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 08:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Boost for embattled Tsvangirai
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday got a major boost when top national executive members, including former legislators from the Welshman Ncube-led MDC re-joined his party....Published: 16 Mar 2014 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA girls' 'satanic' killing
Johannesburg - Two schoolgirls who were on Wednesday found dead in Dobsonville, Soweto, after an alleged Satanism-related killings were inseparable.Three black candles and razor blades were f...Published: 21 Feb 2014 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Casino employee fakes robbery, alleges inyanga duped him
A BULAWAYO man employed at a casino sliced himself with a razor blade in the abdomen, forefinger and also struck himself on the nose with an unknown object in a bid to fake a robbery.The man, ...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 02:27hrs | | by Court Reporter
'MDC-T Matabeleland rifts are minor issues,' says Chamisa
MDC-T national organising secretary Nelson Chamisa has downplayed the reported squabbles that rocked the party's Matabeleland structures over the past few months, describing the fissures as "minor"....Published: 04 Feb 2013 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Villagers discover 'tools' for witchcraft in their grazing lands
FEAR has gripped villagers in Mtetengwe area, some 40 km west of Beitbridge town, after the discovery of some mysterious objects in their grazing lands believed to be tools for witchcraft. The...Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 04:25hrs | 1 | by Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau
The Cultic Mindset of Pentecostals, links to the Occult and the History (Part 1)
This is the first year that FinX will run this briefing but it is the fourth year that it has been running as it was previously on a different platform. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the onl...Published: 02 Jan 2013 at 19:00hrs | 64 | by fxzim
Cross-Border trader arrested for hiring people to kill man(32) for rituals
POLICE have arrested a Lalapanzi cross-border trader for allegedly hiring the services of five men, including her son, who then gruesomely killed a 32-year-old man.They...Published: 25 May 2012 at 21:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional healer sells Mubobobo for 'raping any woman'
A Bulawayo traditional healer has opened a mubobobo outlet at the Centenary Park, where he is alleged to be selling his juju to multitudes of men. The man, identified as Mutambara...Published: 16 Apr 2012 at 06:10hrs | 21 | by B-Metro
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