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Businesswoman murdered in suspected ritual killing
A chilling case of suspected ritual murder has rocked the town of Kadoma after a local businesswoman was brutally killed by unknown assailants on Wednesday night. The victim, who operated a shop at Ma...Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 21:12hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Boy's corpse found with missing parts
Police in Mvuma, Midlands Province, are investigating the discovery of a 14-year-old boy's body, which was found with missing body parts in what is suspected to be a ritual murder.Midlands pro...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:55hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Teacher killed, face skinned, eyes and ears cut off
A RIO Tinto Zhombe High School teacher was allegedly killed and defaced in a development that left the Zhombe community shell shocked.The body of the history teacher only identified as Mr Mwal...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 10:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Man kills daughter (1), harvests body parts for rituals
IN a spine chilling ritual murder, a 38-year-old man killed his daughter (1) and chopped up the body to get parts for muti purposes.Thomas Muzenda, an artisinal miner (umakorokoza) from gokwe,...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 20:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Missing villager's body found without tongue and ear
THE body of a man from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North Province was found floating in a dam with a deep cut on the chest and with some body parts missing after he had gone missing for three day...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Panic grips Bulawayo
PANIC has gripped Bulawayo residents following a spike in suspected ritual murders in the city.A number of mutilated bodies have been discovered in the city over the past few months, while som...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa agonises over murders, armed robberies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday expressed concern over rising cases of ritual murders, armed robberies and traffic accidents and implored the justice system to curb thevices.Mnangag...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sounds death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday sounded the death knell on armed robbers and ritual murderers, calling on law enforcement agents to decisively deal with the violent criminals.Speaking at the bur...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man killed, body parts missing
RESIDENTS of Gwanda were left in shock after a man was allegedly lured to five men who beat him up and stabbed him to death.After committing the spine-chilling act, they dumped his body in a t...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 16:15hrs | 11 | 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
Woman kills hubby in infidelity brawl
A 35-year-old Harare woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband over infidelity.The woman, Leoba Muzondo retaliated after her husband, Farai Tsatse (39), who accused her of infi...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Girl (5) found dead with body parts missing
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD juvenile was found dead with some body parts missing in Nyanga in what her family suspects was a ritual murder.Police yesterday confirmed the murder saying they were still inve...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mental exam for ritual murder suspect
ONE of the ritual murder suspects who allegedly sawed his victim in half, stole US$400 from her handbag and used some of the money to buy a drum and hydrochloric acid to dispose of the body has been o...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife for ritual purposes
A 39-year-old man from Mvuma has been arrested after allegedly luring his wife into the bush and killing her on Sunday night for ritual purposes after being promised US$5 000 by an as yet unknown pers...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Spiritually healed chief warns against tsikamutandas
BINGA traditional leader Acting Chief Charles Sindeki from Mansenya area, who was grateful to be back on his feet after a lengthy wound-healing journey thanks to Bulawayo cleric Madzibaba Emmanuel Mut...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 20:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Grandpa (73) slices privates in suicide bid
THE word suicide or death is not just scary, but too morbid to even imagine or think about.Having been a widower for the past 19 years and depending on his 34-year-old son and daughter-in-law ...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uncle murders brother's son
A HONDE Valley man recently confessed to killing his nine-year-old nephew for ritual purposes, before going on to harvest the minor's private parts, arms, ears and eyes after being contracted to do so...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Murder unites MDC Alliance, Zanu-PF
THE gruesome murder of a seven-year-old Murewa boy, Tapiwa Makore last month, has united the otherwise bitterly antagonistic parties ZanuPF and the MDC Alliance despite the father of the deceased bein...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | | 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 | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Coronavirus still a threat, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored Zimbabweans to remain wary of Covid-19, warning that the lethal virus was still a threat to the country.Speaking at the burial of national hero, Ruphu...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has ordered security arms to decisively deal with ritual murderers and those who betray their country by engaging in criminal activities for money.Addressing mourners at th...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in fresh ouster fears
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday alleged a plot by Zanu-PF insiders to oust him from office after agreeing to pay white commercial farmers US$3,5 billion in compensation for land expropriated by...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
Police kombi shooting: Fresh details emerge
POLICE have arrested the driver of a fleeing unregistered kombi and two cops following the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman which occurred in Gletwyn, Harare, on Wednesday.National police...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Boy (7) beheaded in suspected ritual murder
POLICE in Mashonaland East province have launched investigations into the suspected ritual murder of a seven-year-old boy, Tapiwa Makore, whose beheaded body was recovered outside the family's vegetab...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man arrested for ritual murder
A Masvingo man, who allegedly killed a two-year-old boy before mutilating the body for suspected ritual purposes, has been arrested.Darlington Magomana (39) allegedly hid some body parts under...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 14:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Murder victim's body rots in mortuary 2 years on
THE decapitated body of a mentally-challenged man, believed to have been killed in a ritual murder two years ago, is still stuck at Gwanda mortuary and in an advanced state of decomposition, while the...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sangoma nabbed for hooker's death
A SANGOMA, who was involved in the suspected ritual murder of a hooker in the Avenues area, has been nabbed and is set to appear in court today.The sangoma, only identified as Sekuru Hungwe, w...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 15:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Ritual murder victim in morgue 1 year later
THE body of a mentally-ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, has spent more than a year in the morgue as police are reportedly still conducting investigations on the matter...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Missing Bulawayo man found dead in Khami River
THE body of a Bulawayo man who was reported missing more than a week ago has been found floating in Khami dam.The police Sub-Aqua Unit from Fairbridge retrieved the body on Wednesday morning....Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ritual killing body dumped on highway to disguise murder
HOMICIDE detectives in Mutare are battling to put pieces together and solve how a man who was initially believed to have been killed in a hit-and-run road accident ended up with some of his body parts...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ritual killer names four businessmen who bought human body parts
A HONDE Valley man, who is being troubled by the avenging spirits of people he murdered for ritual purposes together with 11 accomplices, has opened up on how the ruthless gang trailed unsuspecting vi...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ritual killing: Victim's body unclaimed for 11 months
THE body of a mentally-ill man, who was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, will spend six more months in a mortuary before it is given a pauper's burial.The body, which is in an advance...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Plumtree stuck with 21 decomposing bodies
PLUMTREE health officials are in a quandary over 21 decomposing unclaimed bodies in the two districts' mortuaries, which have a combined holding capacity of 16 bodies at a time.The situation h...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man murdered, body parts missing
VILLAGERS in Chipinge's Manesa area were left shaken last Wednesday following the discovery of the body of a man believed to have been murdered for ritual purposes.The corpse, which was in an ...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murder victim's body stuck in hospital mortuary
THE body of a mentally ill man, whose head was decapitated in a suspected ritual murder, is still stuck at the Gwanda provincial hospital, nine months after he was killed.Mduna, as he was popu...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Beheading haunts family
Dilapidated buildings blackened with soot, and shells of two burnt vehicles are what remain at what used to be one of the biggest shops at Zvipani business centre, about 70km west of Karoi.The...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 beheaded sisters buried
The four Gokwe sisters who were beheaded and burnt in a petrol bombed hut by unknown assailants were buried yesterday in a touching ceremony.The Dlomo girls, who have been identified as Peculi...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
4 sisters beheaded
A GOKWE family lost all four daughters, three of them minors, after they were allegedly beheaded and their bodies burnt beyond recognition in a hut.The incident occurred last Friday at Chirima...Published: 22 Aug 2017 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ritual killing body stuck at mortuary
THE body of a mentally ill man from Gwanda who was beheaded in a suspected ritual murder three weeks ago, still lies unclaimed at Gwanda Provincial Hospital mortuary.A post mortem was done on ...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Businessman in court over ritual murder
TWO Hurungwe men appeared at the Karoi Magistrates' Court yesterday over the suspected ritual murder of a 40-year-old woman last Friday.Businessman, Robert Tazvireva (46) and a villager, Samue...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Serial killer Jindu used cash to lure victim'
THE family of a man who was allegedly killed by Rodney Tongai Jindu in an apparent calculated ritual murder in Bulawayo recently has said their relative was lured by his alleged killer with promis...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 06:18hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Two teens burnt beyond recognition in 'ritual murder'
TWO Zimunya teenagers were last Sunday night burnt beyond recognition in an inferno that gutted a hut they were sleeping in. Villagers of Mafuke Village, who are still at pains to think through the tr...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 11:50hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Prophet Makandiwa predicted Zambia's xenophobia
Popular Zimbabwean preacher, Emmanuel Makandiwa prophesied about the xenophobic violence that recently rocked the Zambian capital, Lusaka, according to a video posted on YouTube.The video, whi...Published: 26 Apr 2016 at 14:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
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
Herdboy absolves Chief Mathiba’s sons Claims police brutally forced him to lie.
The Mmathethe murder case involving Chief Daniel Mathiba’s two sons took a new twist this week when the fourth suspect, Gindra Stegling confessed that he single handedly killed the deceased Zimbabwe...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Suspect confess single handedly killing Zimbabwean
The Mmathethe murder case involving Chief Daniel Mathiba’s two sons took a new twist this week when the fourth suspect, Gindra Stegling confessed that he single handedly killed the deceased Zimbabwe...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:46hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ritual murder suspects granted bail
Chief Daniel Mathiba’s two sons and a third suspect accused of murder were this week granted bail despite objections from the state prosecutor who argued that the trio should remain behind bars sinc...Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Murdered boy (5) found without limbs
In a suspected case of ritual murder, a five year old boy from Nyakuchicha area under Chief Makopa in Chiweshe was brutally killed and his body was discovered six days later with some limbs missing....Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 18:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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