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Merry Chiwenga-Mubayiwa: A spot-on definition of Gender-Based Violence
The physical pain that Merry is going through is not possible to share. However emotional torture is possible and empathize genuinely with Merry Chiwenga. She is going through a physical and mental to...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 13:45hrs | 398 | by Nomazulu Thata
Pastor shot on suspicion of witchcraft
A-PASTOR from Magobo village under Chief Siabuwa in Binga was last week shot by suspects that are yet to be arrested after they accused him of practising witchcraft.Th...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Ritual killings leave Zimbabweans reeling
TEARS run down Michael Benza's face as he recalls the recent deaths of his son Dylan and nephew's daughter, Melissa. They were both seven."I was away from home, and when I came back, there was...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1 | by Gamuchirai Masiyiwa/Linda Mujuru
Zimbabwean is in great pain!
The report of today's Bulawayo24 is about two young men who beat a man of 72 years to death because he refused to share information about soccer results! Our citizen loses his life because of a trivia...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 13:06hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Commemorating the 45th Youth Day: Do something or say something that will end with results
We are commemorating this year's Day of the African Child in Covid-19 induced lockdown for the second year running. Times are hard,its not business as usual. There are plenty of reports ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 10:10hrs | 5 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Introducing the First Cabinet of the Federal Republic of Mthwakazi
Greetings to all! As I extend my cordial greetings to all our people, the people of Mthwakazi in their diversity comprising eight different linguistic communities, located in the 14 Districts ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:43hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Kazembe breathes fire to cops
Police commanders have been directed to immediately put to an end the rampant child kidnappings, ritual killings, traffic chaos caused by pirate taxis and general armed robberies targeting families an...Published: 21 May 2021 at 05:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Upsurge in ritual killings in Zim unsurprising - what are we to expect from country governed by leadership embroiled in murderou
There is a very popular adage - "a fish rots from the head" - and, as such, what characterizes any nation is shaped by its leadership. It is as simply as that!This is akin to a family....Published: 14 May 2021 at 13:30hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Let us stop child sacrifice
The death of a child of any age is devastating. The pain and anguish can be compounded when the death comes at the hands of another human being. Parents and family members can face many complicated is...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 11:18hrs | 26 | by Heaven Munyuki
Tracking the genealogies of societal violence and its manifestations in Zimbabwe
Investigating the Liberation war and post war timelines 1960 – 1987Zimbabwe is a country marred by a myriad form of violence. The entry point in this article is to establish the genealogies ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 18:02hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
Keep knocking at Heaven's door with prayers to God
Now that again schooling seem out of sight due to the evil Coronavirus, parents and guardians are urged to keep an eye on their children. Being young, energetic and restless, they are vulnerab...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Tondo
Heroine Nyaradzai Gumbodzvanda: Her speech at Amnesty International on Gender-based violence was heroic!
"Our language use perpetuate violence: we must refrain from language use that does not provide power to communities" said Madam Gumbodzvanda.Amai Gumbodzvanda made one of the most powerful spe...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 22:12hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa declares war on ritual murderers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his government is concerned by the increase in ritual killings especially involving minors and has ordered the country's security forces to deal harshly with the perp...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 16:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hillside Primary School girl kidnapped?
A 10-YEAR-OLD girl has gone missing in Bulawayo while police are searching for a woman (19) who is suspected to have been kidnapped in Kwekwe.Ropafadzo Samson (10), a pupil at Hillside Primary...Published: 26 May 2018 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Arrest bogus employment agents
In Zimbabwe with unemployment hovering above 90%, some unscrupulous people have made it their business to con and fleece job seekers by advertising nonexistent vacancies. Now and then we hear of so an...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
August - the month of traditional worship
THE lunar month of August starting on Tuesday is upon us. Zimbabwe is a country in which that period is culturally associated with traditional worshipping at several shrines in various regions....Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Bulawayo 'serial killer' murdered best friend for $20 000
A MAN from Bulawayo who allegedly killed his friend and buried him in a shallow grave in Burnside suburb could be a serial killer as he has led police to a second body.Rodney Tongai Jindu (25)...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Gospel musician commits suicide, records the act
WHEN gospel musician Richard Nhika walked into The Chronicle newsroom in November last year many wouldn't have thought from his demeanour that he was a troubled man.Two months later, Nhika...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Activists in Malawi call for action over albino killings
Attacks against people with albinism this year have also been reported in Burundi, Mozambique and Zambia - Al Jazeera The targeting and killing of people with albinism in Malawi has a rea...Published: 07 May 2016 at 08:06hrs | | by AFP
Zambia xenophobic attacks prompted by ritual murders by foreigners
As Zambia got into the second day of violence prompted by rumours of immigrants carrying out ritual murders, at least six people have been murdered in the capital in the past four weeks and poli...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Two people alive in Zambia xenophobic attacks
LUSAKA - At least two people have been burned to death in Zambia during riots targeting Rwandan-owned shops over allegations that foreigners were behind a string of ritual killings, police said yester...Published: 21 Apr 2016 at 04:50hrs | | by AFP
Xenophobia attacks erupts in Zambia
Foreign nationals, among them Zimbabweans, were forced to seek refuge at police stations in parts of the Zambian capital Lusaka following what was seen as an outbreak of afrophobic attacks on foreigne...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Walter Nyamukondiwa
Xenophobic attacks in Lusaka
LUSAKA - Attacks on foreign owned shops in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, have spread to other parts of the city with more shops attacked, local media reported late on Monday.The attacks started...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 23:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ritual murders shock villagers
Villagers and pupils in Mhondoro-Mubaira are living in fear following a spate of suspected ritual killings that have taken place over the past few months. The attacks on pupils took place in M...Published: 03 Mar 2014 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Farai Kuvirimirwa
Zimbabwe hires hangman to execute death row inmates
In Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, there are 77 convicts who have been condemned to death by hanging.Held in solitary confin...Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 19:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Satanists speak their mind
Homosexual and lesbian intimacy is central to their diabolic rituals. Innocent human lives are also sacrificed to keep their "blood bank" at optimum level. Red candles, strands of red cloth an...Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Five killed in ritual murders, mutilated bodies found
Five people were savagely murdered and their mutilated bodies found on Monday morning in Chinamhora communal lands. The body of Paradzai Benhura Masawi of Mungate Village was found near ...Published: 19 Sep 2012 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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